The Monument in Canterbury

Awesome food once again on our last vist always look forward to visiting this venue for a meal

Super, friendly local pub. We were well received and had a light snack...which turned out to be a plateful! Would recommend.

August, 2024 review I come here to eat sometimes. Some staff are more friendly than others, but all staff are polite. Food is usually good, and when there's issues they are quick to fix them. Portion sizes are good too. Can be hard to get a hold of someone as its a pub if dining in. Locals discount is a nice addition. Toilet room is good. Nice smelling soap, powerful hands dryer. Clean. Could do with larger windows without panes, but I guess it's a historic building so they're limited with what they can do. Can't fault the place. Would recommend. - Update Dec 2024 Beef lasagna was terrible. Cheap cheese is now used, almost no lasagna sheets and no flavour. Massive portion but just pure grease from the cheap cheese. This dish used to be a safe bet. Sadly not anymore. Thai green curry good... Except there's a weird taste of ghee but like it's gone bad. Cost £28 - Photos added Having now been here a lot, I'll say, the food is very inconsistent. Both in what you get on the plate portion wise... For example sometimes there's less veg, and flavour wise. Sometimes it's really bad. Last few times has been really bad.

We had Christmas dinner at The Monument yesterday. Fabulous food and plenty of it, for a very reasonable price. Lovely friendly staff. I would not be surprised if this was the best Christmas dinner in Whitstable. We have eaten meals here a few times over the past year and have always has great food served by friendly staff.

Had the 3 course Christmas menu . Generous portions, good quality ingredients well cooked and well presented with excellent service . In short 👌.

Thank you for accommodating me and my family for a list minute celebration meal. The food was tasty, hot and generous portions. Our waitress was good fun and worked hard to ensure we had a lovely meal, despite booking for 11 people at very last minute. Thank you!

My son law Steve organised an 80th birthday celebration at The Monument for his Dad. The buffet food style Lasagna (meaty and veggie) was very good as well as the service and laid back approach, which helped I think the birthday boy to enjoy it. Thank you all!

We had a christening party there for 25 people. Staff were wonderful - attentive, helpful and very accommodating. Would highly recommend (the cold buffet was also very well received by all who attended).

Superb pub and really great staff. We were let down by a restaurant booking for 12 people. Rang The Monument as close to home and they saved the evening. Superb food, very friendly staff. Really first class

Very welcoming and dog friendly. We're local but our first time there. We will definitely be back.

A fantastic atmosphere and a brilliant meal Fish and chips. All the staff were friendly . We will definitely be back again

Beautiful meal of enormous proportions, all freshly cooked and service was excellent. Mum & Dad live in CT5 (forgot to mention this and get our discount) but they will be spreading the word in the local bowls club. Highly recommend - you won’t be disappointed! Thank you. We’ve been before and never had anything but praise for this lovely, little gem.

Wow what can we say other than thank you for excellent service in the restaurant from the Monument Pub. The server recommended the lamb rump. We asked for new potatoes and other veg which was no problem at all. The food was amazing. Hubby said the best lamb dish ever and I had the the veggie Thai curry..delish. Well done to this lovely family run pub. It was brilliant. 5 stars to all the staff for being so attentive.

Probably the most bang average place I've been in a long while. Long wait for food. No Sunday roast. Food uninspiring. Service functional. Menu would have been considered up to date about 30 years ago Prices average also!

Some parking available. TVs show football. Good restaurant.

I could not fault the food here. Make sure you check the specials because they were excellent. The service could have been a bit more attentive but it's a pub with a restaurant at the side so most people doing two jobs. The atmosphere was quiet in tbe restaurant and the pub area felt a bit cliquey with local regulars.

My wife and I attended this pub recently. We had travelled over from Ireland and found ourselves away from home at the same time as the All Ireland Gaelic Football final. We made contact with the staff at the pub and they assured us that it would be on for us. On arrival, the staff showed us to a private room where it was just My wife and I. It was amazing to get that kind of service. We watched the matched and ordered food. The service was impeccable and the food was amazing. Very well priced drinks also. I have no faults to pick and will certainly be back again.

We visited The Monument whilst touring the area and were really impressed. The quality of the food was superb (all cooked fresh), and the staff were very helpful and welcoming. All in all, it's a really nice pub.

Absolutely loved it on my first visit, the food was great (recommend the fish and chips) and the staff were lovely, particularly the tall one with dark hair I forget his name maybe Neill. Overall I would highly recommend any local or visitor to give it a try, you won’t be disappointed!!

Had a mid-week meal here and sat in the garden as was a warm day. Food okay; not particularly good value (maybe we made poor choices), but the garden was a complete tip. Filthy chairs, children's playhouse literally falling to pieces (needs to be fixed or removed) rabbit in an uncleaned cage and dead plants in broken pots. Staff pleasant but you really need to pull your socks up and have a massive clear-up outside - would only take a few hours. Made me wonder about the cleanliness of the kitchen. This pub has a long and vibrant history, so was sad to see it in its current state.

What an amazing pub! Fabulous food and beer at brilliant prices and the staff were fantastic, very helpful and pleasant! 100% our favorite pub of our week in Whitstable!

Friendly local pub with a good menu selection and the food is yum. Especially liked the cheesy garlic bread and the pavalova. Great service.

Decent boozer. Very pleasant location and friendly staff.

It's not the first time I have rated this great hostelry. A good mix of clientele, good staff, and the owner's quiz nights have a great following. Check if eating as the kitchen isn't open every day. Good local beers as well as some popular nationals. Open Mike nights, music nights, and lots of games to play. Piped music is just right, too.

Had Sunday lunch here...I had chicken my husband had pork...very generous portions...4 roast potatoes...a huge Yorkshire pudding and plenty of fresh veg..5 different varities...one being cauliflower cheese which is normally charged extra in a lot of pubs. Absolute bargain at £14 each. Served by friendly staff...shout out for Karen...she was amazing....

Great Sunday meal by the entire team. Caz was our hostess with the mostest. Nothing was an issue. The team handled our requests with such professionalism. We will definitely be back! Thanks everyone.

Three of us were looking for a local place for lunch. We found The Monument pub on the internet and it proved a good find. Friendly service, well prepared and reasonably priced food and, as far as I was concerned, an excellent pint of ale. Top marks!

Had a lovely family meal here today! Lovely meat and roast potatoes. Staff really good and everybody enjoyed their meals! Desserts were great too! Definitely recommend a Sunday dinner here! One of the BEST! Thank you! 🤩 👏

Pleasant place to have a coffee with a beach view

Had a Christmas Festive dinner here with my husband it was really great evening. Service and food fantastic as always, very reasonably priced. Will be back again in the near future.

Just been in today for Christmas dinner with mum.good food well priced

Christmas lunch Very good prawn cocktail Turkey with all the trimmings large piece of not to rich xmas pudding with custard coffee mince pie & truffle to finish all for £27-50 excellent value but more than that excellent service by very friendly staff 😉

Went for meal with friends great meal and good service. Well priced. Worth a visit.

Nice pub with resonable food, service can be a little slow at times.

Service was excellent. The waitress served with a smile. 👍

Unfortunately, not a cozy pub. There was no music, bright lighting and we found the food very salty. Package used? Staff was friendly, yes. It wouldn't be my choice.

Love this pub! Visited for Sunday roast which is the best you'll get in Whitstable and I've tried them all. Great price at £19 or 2 courses, large portions, lots of veg & crispy roast potatos, beef lovely and tender all served with a smile. Dessert was home made lemon drizzle cake & ice cream - was absolutely delicious. If you don't fancy Sunday roast there's lots of other choice available. Great stuff!

Such a lovely atmosphere, a traditional pub feel, really delicious food! Highly recommend the Pavlova 🤌 Great friendly service and well priced.

A very good place to eat with family

Went there for a quick lunch - prompt service, ham egg n chips was good.

Went at a very quiet time of day. Staff very friendly and made a fuss of my dog. Food came quickly. Had the best ploughman's I have had in years

Very nice food and extremely generous portion sizes

I was with a large company, had a delicious breakfast, of many different kinds.

Good home cooked food ,very generous portions! Great fish pie,when they haven't run out!! 😋😋

Lovely pub. Excellent food. Highly recommend.

Fabulous chef and great atmosphere.

Lovely people, great service good value for money.

The welcome was great from our table server, young blonde lady. The other staff behind the bar less interested. There were 12 of us dining which she took in her stride. The food was delicious and well presented. We all ordered different things which came out all together and hot. The steak looked and I'm told was really nice. I had the Lamb which was perfectly cooked and tasted great. Well worth a visit despite the barstaff being more interested in locals.

Had an outstanding lunch today, the staff are friendly and the food was amazing. We both had sirloin steak and sauté potatoes, perfectly cooked, great value for money and already looking forward to going back 👌🏽👍🏼

What a lovely pub. Went in this afternoon for an impromptu roast. Staff sorted us out a table even though they were full and I hadn’t booked. The food and service was excellent, really good value for money, and they have a great sunny garden. Highly recommend. Lauren is a great asset to your team.

It was a great experience Great food and incredible staff Good prices and lovely place Would definitely come again

Good old traditional Pub with great traditional food and ale. Large garden with kids play area. Dog friendly also.

Had home made mac and cheese and it came out stone cold and when I asked for it to be heated up I was then left to hear them botching about me as they obviously don't realise that you can hear everything that they are saying with the kitchen window open. Avoid at all cost

From the outside looks like a nice pub and I'm sure it is when it's open. But on mother'sday I walked in this pub at 19:20 To be told last orders have been called so I was refused a drink! So for a pub that closes that early I rate 1 star! Imagine spending all your money in this establishment to be kicked out at your child's bed time lol

Great service ,great food and lovely atmosphere, plenty of seating indoors and outdoors, would recommend

Great Sunday roast. Friendly staff and service was good. Enjoyable lunch

Roast pork dinner was awesome. Decent pint of Timothy Taylor beer too.

After a very friendly reception we enjoyed an excellent snack lunch and will definitely be back for drinks and to test the restaurant. The Sunday roast is very tempting, especially if the roast beef is up to the same standard as the beef in the rare beef open sandwich. 😋

A little pricey for what you get, no atmosphere, waitress was very pleasant.

Lovely pub and restaurant. Friendly staff and great food.

We were very much looking forward to our Sunday Lunch at The Monument. The experience however left us a little disappointed. When we first entered the pub the staff where chatting behind the bar and we were stood for some time before they acknowledge us and took as through to the table. A little thing but it is nice to be greeted on arrival. Once we’d been seated we waited some time before having a drinks order taken. But I am pleased to say once we had ordered the food and drinks followed very soon after. The lunch itself was well presented with reasonable portion sizes. I enjoyed my chicken and my partner also enjoyed his roast beef. Compliments to the chef! As we were using the 2-course Sunday Lunch offer we also picked our puddings. These again arrived in good time. And we greatly enjoyed our puddings until my partner had to spit out a piece of glass! that was in the custard. When our puddings were collected the server didn’t seems to know how to respond. We were duly promised the desserts would be taken off the bill however, when the bill was first presented this hadn’t happened, so again we had to mention the error. To their credit this was then kindly resolved. I would encourage the owner to consider further training the junior staff in more attentive service and dealing with complaints professionally. There where repeated giggles by the team as staff members made mistakes on other tables! It just made things very awkward. It might be worth keeping glass well away from the kitchen wherever possible. Experience is so important in hospitality nowadays. You have a friendly team just need a little guidance to achieve their full potential!

Super Gluten Free menu. The burgers are ace!

Friendly staff and lovely nibbles

Brothers birthday treat ,and it was we hadsirloin steak ,sea bass ,gorgeous curry ,dressed salad ..the food was amazing and so was the service could not be better .Youve really have someone special thank you and well done xxrea

Called in with my husband and our German Shepherd. We had a lovely lunch, and my roast dinner was amazing. Couldn't fault them. Definitely worth a visit!

Amazing place with reasonable prices to chill with friends. Especially for large gatherings and children's special area

Good food, good service, busy but with it being Christmas Eve no real complaints. Looks like the best option in Whitstable.

The Monument was lovely. We accidentally stumbled upon it and were glad we did! Donna and Karen went above and beyond. Had lovely food, late night and a few mulled wines. The Christmas atmosphere in The Monument was amazing. The place was dog friendly too. Can't wait to go back

Staff always welcoming ❤️lovely food x

Went on a Sunday and had a great Sunday roast. Nice friendly staff and atmosphere. Eat in pub or dining room. Pretty busy so recommend booking ahead.

Very helpful staff, found it busy when I visited.

Been meaning to try out this pub for a while and finally got around to it today. Excellent food, great service , will definitely be going back.

22/10/22. The Marquee is a brilliant asset, but the building itself could do with a bit of T.L.C.

Wonderful first class service great food . Proper Pub people enjoying Football ⚽ on TV Dog friendly . Beer Garden children play area 🍻

Food was amazing. Staff were very friendly and helpful. It was my birthday and enjoyed my meal 😋

We had a really lovely extended family meal for my mum’s 75th this weekend. The food was really nice, timed perfectly especially given the size of the group and the staff/waitresses so friendly and accommodating. Thank you!

First visit for a few years. Quiet at lunchtime,, food was edible but rather bland to my tastes and overall it all seemed a bit flat.

had a party here. was very gooc

Staff were very friendly and helpful and the food was fabulous. Would have been five stars, but the furniture needs an update or at least a steam clean! Wouldn't hesitate to go again though!

Needs decorating , very shabby.

Great for a family meal, having a drink indoors or outside. Sky and BT sports re football. Petanque piste out the back and a kids climbing area. Staff are also lovely. Recommend

Nice friendly staff. Meal and drinks arrived prompt, very tasty. Really nice they were doing kids eating for £2, plus discount for whitstable residents.

Ok mainly for eating had alot of local beers on tap

We reserved a table for dinner with family. Got drinks at the bar. They have a lot of indoor and outdoor seating. There were bunnies and a play structure for the kids. Sadly, they were out of prawns that night. Nephew ordered the pulled pork nachos that had a lot of pork. He could have had it as a meal. It was not quite like a California Mexican nachos but it looked filling. I had the crab dip for an appetizer and the chicken Caesar salad for my main dish. They were generous with the chicken and the anchovies. I was also pleasantly surprised to see the two Catman pieces painted outside. I love his art and discovered him when we were here 3 years ago.

Excellent food especially their burgers and the chips. Serious portions also. Nice size garden with equipment for the kids and rabbits and guinea pigs. Decent well kept ales. Kids food was good. Staff are great.

Like the local, with bat & ball in background, pool table as well. Friendly

the staff are friendly polite and helpful

Really nice Christmas dinner. We had the set menu very good value for money. The staff very nice too.

Very pleasant staff. Good atmosphere.

Pleasant spot with decent food. The garden and service really standout.

Great food good service very friendly

Lovely pub! Great food, friendly service and a great place to watch sport.

Local pub where I live, nice people and nice food and drink

Amazing food and fabulous design definitely a 5 star for me!

Absolutely great food. Shame outside bar has limited drinks.

We popped in for dinner the other night. The food was fantastic, very large portions too. The staff were very friendly and attentive. Couldn’t have asked for more!

Lovely lunch in this really nice restaurant/bar! Great good and excellent customer service by extremely friendly staff! Will certainly be back!! Highly recommend!!

Nice and friendly good service menu was about right roast dinner looked nice fish was a good meal burgers looked nice beer was a good pint

Well cooked. Great service from Lauren!

The grub looked delish. The beer was great. But the interior was just grey.yawn.