The Peter Cushing - J D Wetherspoon in Canterbury - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Standard spoons, was hoping for more pictures of peter cushing, but as it goes a decent place in centre of town to get a reasonably priced drink. Bit noisy in there as its one very large room with a high ceiling and nothing much to absorb the sound, can sound a bit like an auction room with all the shouting when it gets late!!

Nice pub converted tastefully from an old cinema. Nice tribute to the actor. Beer is the usually high standard and the food is good value. Recommend a visit.

Visited today 25/08/2024 at midday- not a good experience at all- our food order was incorrect, even though we repeated it several times, the bar staff were not very knowledgeable- didn't know what an Appletiser was- basic knowledge. When we challenged about incorrect food order we were met with a negative response with no way of an apology! The pub was running on minimum staff and wasnt particularly busy. Being an ex-publican, I understand staff challenges but this was unacceptable. After always visiting the Peter Cushing on most visits to Whitstable, that was my last - will never set foot in the place again- it's more a playtime than a serious business! Weatherspoons- buck your ideas up!

I am sorry to say this Venue is breaking the law when come to equality act 2010 staff are rude. My family has disability that requires the use of emotional support dog and we was refused to sit outside and a drink and a meal. I will be taking this matter with the company and whitstable l licensing board

Nice old cinema conversion. Lots of history memorabilia and art deco ..

Always loved Sir Peter Cushing such a wonderful tribute to a great man.

Bought lobster by accident after a couple

Lovely building conversion. It's stunning. Food was good and came out quick

The pub was a cinema and the decor is excellent. It's clean and all is in one room too. I ordered a traditional breakfast and coffee and my order was efficiently taken and the meal well cooked and presented and quickly delivered. A decent meal at a lovely pub.

Nice atmosphere in a historical building, delicious pizza!

Didn't eat here but food looked good and lovely garden and clean toilet facilities

Too many kids running around. It's not a crèche!

Love the building and memorabilia

Clean, amazing interior, good service and good location, it also has a beer garden, definitely place worth visiting.

Super looking place, Peter Cushing all over the place, not surprising since its named after him!! Very smart indeed had the breakfast, typical spoons I shpuld say bur nonetheless great value for money, Bacon and sausage perfectly done, as much tea as you want, quick service, all in all for a Spoons, this was a nice place to be in for a while, would defo go again...

Good range of food at decent prices

They are about the only place that will not except dogs inside or out which I am told is a blanket policy for all weatherspoons. This is ridiculous for around my area which is mostly holiday seasonal and people have their dogs with them.

Very busy, but thats because the food is so good...😋

Staff looked like they would rather be hanging in the bathroom than behind the bar but other than that it’s Aight

Attractive art deco style ex cinema. Fast service friendly service and short wait times when we visited on a busy Saturday night.

Loved it in here as it was quiet & you could have a conversation with the person you came in with!!! Building is a converted art deco cinema that has some old camera gear on display. Pub is small and square with some fantast features. It's all on the ground floor except for the toilets that were upstairs and immaculately kept. Staff were lovely. Food was great & served on a hot plate for a nice change. Under £10 each for a meal & an alcoholic drink. Whitstable town is lovely & I can see why Peter Cushing had a home here.

Beautiful setting old cinema. Tasty food at normal prices. Tastefully decorated.

Very cool setup in an old cinema

Good experience as I've never used wetherspoons before.

Very comfortable environment and pleasant staff

We was overcharged brought it to the attention of staff they argued with us even saying it was the bar staff had keyed it in wrong but she still expected us to pay for there mistake so we asked her to take it away and give us the food we did order she then argued again and walked away shaking her head so on that response we asked for a refund I asked her for her name but she would not give it I then contacted weatherspoons direct to tell them how rude she was and her attitude we then found out that she is the manager 2 days went by and the response we got from weatherspoons was the manager didn't want us to go there again according to her we was abusive this was truly a lie at no time was we we didn't want to be overcharged again as this was the 3ed time it had happened to us at weatherspoons i also told customer service to look at CCTV and it would see the real truth of the matter so here's a tip don't complain

Fantastic early birthday drinks with my friends. so reasonable in price, too.friendly staff

Good clean and nicely renovated spoons.

Lovely conversion of the old cinema. Always great service and good value. sunny beer garden in the summer.

Love that is called The Peter Cushing. Food was ok for wetherspoons.

Great building. Stunning and interesting interior. American burger was not good, was not a good size burger that you'd expect for an 'American ' burger. Really small jacket potato. Waited too long for a desert that was ordered. Asked 3 times where it was. Eventually, nearly 30mins wait my desert turned up.

Can't beat a wetherspoons. Absolutely loved the food. Loved how it was a theatre based on old vampire movies based on Peter Cushing

Excellent weatherspoons that used to be a cinema. The food was excellent and the service was amazing

I'd like to give more stars for this place as normally Wetherspoons are good value but due to the fact they'd gone off line and no one could order anything, we didn't get to eat here. Paid £8 for two cars to park and told we couldn't even get a drink. OK these things happen but no one knew how long before they were up and running so daughter enquired whether we could get a soft drink on the house whilst we waited. Answer NO. Awful customer service although the young man we spoke to was polite the attitude from such a large chain was appalling!

Great place, plenty of seats, very clean, nice staff and friendly atmosphere well worth a visit

Only had coffee. 20/01/23, once again only had coffee. Have to say though, the old cinema/ bingo hall is overdue a refur⁶b. 17/3/23 Still desperately in need of a refurb. Bottomless coffee at £1.45 a cup, must be good. 19/5/23 coffee still £1.45 bottomless cup, still in need of refurb. Dead flies in the beautiful art deco lampshades. Fancy plaster/coving haging off the walls, and dirty. 20/7/23 had lunch today, what I could see of it. It's quite dark in there, and it looks like the beautiful art deco light haven't been cleaned since the day they were installed. One in particular has a large collection of dead livestock in it. Desperately in need of a refurb. One of these days I'll be able to say something nice about the Peter Cushing. It was beautiful when first converted from the Cinema/Bingo Hall. 6/10/23 Just popped in for a coffee. Down to £1.25 temporarily. Still in need of refurbishment. 5/12/23. Been meaning to say, the Art Deco Lightshades have been cleaned, no more dead flies/bees etc. 3/2/24. Only popped in for coffee. £1.56 now gone up 6p, but still as many refills as you like. Coving around walls panels still needs sorting. 5/7/24. Bits of refurbishment been done, but coving around wall panels still needs attention. Joints parting, and needs a good clean. Nice hanging glass holders installed above bar, quite in keeping with the rest if the decor.

Very atmospheric pub, in the old theater looking impressive and beautiful. Inside, it is dark and beautifully decorated. The prices are pleasantly surprising.

Manager was lazy for not cleaning the table and was still dirty after he took the dishes away.

Top praise to who I assume is the manager. Guy with a beard and deep voice. Very friendly and excellent customer service which seems to be lacking everywhere else. Food is as good as you’d expect but for the price can’t go wrong, especially breakfast.

Very outdated, from a teenager attending frequently to an adult who barely steps foot in there, found myself with friends inside! Drinks are cheap which certainly saves some pennies, the actual cleanliness and deco is in need of some tlc.

This is a pub that we had to try. From the outside it looks 'Art Deco' era and it was a theatre or cinema in its day. The inside lives up to the outside and it is a must be seen, Movie memorabilia all round the pub. We only had drinks here and the staff were very pleasant. We didn't eat here but the food that was brought out to other tables looked very fresh and with good portion sizes.

Busy place, yummy hot food. I had the scampi which was delicious! Quick, friendly service....

Good food which came up quickly and easily enough. Usual array of good beers

The building is a realy nice art deco venue .but it's a weatgerspoons .basic breakfast /food choices but also its well priced. Very large space and good for groups to meet up. Daytime it's a busy but a fairly basic atmosphere.

Lovely garden seating area one being non smoking. Didn't quite get that even though I am a nonsmokers. Food Brill service fast and cheap. staff great. All in all a good experience. Art deco did it all for me. Can't resist

Great service, had the garden all to our selfs.

Superb value for all day food and drink in the high street in whitstable. Friendly helpful staff, great food deals. It’s an old cinema so it’s vast inside and a bit dark but if you dont mind that, then there is no better value for money for meals in this ( very ) expensive seaside town.

What an amazing great pub, lovely building, great beer garden, super friendly service, clean, quick and competent bar staff. The food was literally delicious, had a pint of Leffe and a fish and chips with garden peas. The fish was large, cooked to perfection, seriously one of the nicest bit of fish I’ve had in years, chips were ample and cooked to perfection. I don’t write reviews unless I’m seriously impressed but felt obligated to write this. Will return again soon and see if they can do this on the regular. Would recommend without reservation. Like I said, pint of Leffe and fish and chips sitting in nice surroundings, brought quickly on a plate for £9.97. You’re not gonna get that many places in the U.K. hat off big time to managers, staff and chef/s get 5 stars from me.

Great example of why my wife and I love Wetherspoons. Wonderful cinema preserved with lots of cinematic history plus cheerful, cheap food and drink. And great staff who love working in such an interesting place - well at least the ones we spoke to.

We went early. 8.15am. Service was quick and food was piping hot and tasty. Good value and great surroundings.

Very nice pub conversion from Theatre/cinema, good friendly atmosphere in rather grand building.

Always good food at good value and only 5 minutes from the beach ⛱️

Usual Wetherspoons consistency, staff very helpful and pleasant.

Exactly what you would expect at a Wetherdpoons, lovely building, toilets upstairs, cheap food, and fast service. On the whole lovely place. Many of the tables were high with bar stools, which I personally don't like.

Had a fish and chip meal the chips were cold and the small meal was small they had cut a piece of cod in three no bigger than a fish finger wont be going to witherspoons again very bad value

Amazing converted cinema air conditioning very comfortable don't know how they sell the beers so cheap ?

Busy Saturday night but found a seat in the garden. Drinks then food arrived very quickly considering how busy it was

Cheap and cheerful. Food OK for price (soft drink included)

We visited yesterday 11th May The food was lovely. Speedy service and suvh a lovely place

We came here for lunch with family who live locally. We live 250 miles away. Loved the place. Used to come here as a kid 60 years ago. Great to see it again. Food was good and I think it's one of the better Wetherspoons.

A great local spoons combining art deco cinema 🎥 with the relaxed seaside ambience.

Lovely room but a bit cold when we visited!

Good service, polite staff and reasonable prices.

friendly staff good food ok layout ok for disabled easy access but needs a scrub tables sticky and dirty chairs floors needs tlc

Very quick service and the food came out really quick.staff were friendly and nice atmosphere.i had the chicken burger and it was very nice for the price that it was.

Lovely afternoon spent in the garden of this amazing Art Deco pub . The dining area was rather dark , probably due to its former life as a cinema .

A little disappointing to be honest.

Best Wetherspoons I've ever visted ! Great food & service. Lovely and clean. 10/10. 👍😊

Best "Spoons" we have been in for a very long time we had the Fish and Scampi both excellent service we top notch despite the place being packed with every table taken. Well done to the Supervisor who was really on the ball.

Wonderful Art Deco building. Nice cooked breakfast. Speedy service.

The food was lovely, but so noisy, never been here on a Saturday night before. Full of people having pre drinks.

Great experience, food was well cooked and the pub itself was great. It was once a theater

Fast service good food A long walk and climb to the bathrooms first floor and the disabled was always busy that was the only issue

Such a wonderful tribute to this great actor. Loved the food and good service.

Lovely building food and service was very good

Whitstable’s Wetherspoons. I vaguely recall there were objections when this place opened up but it really has brought life back into a lovely old building. The pub itself is based in an old cinema, the interior of which has been nicely restored and there are many nods to it’s heritage – the bar sits in front of the old screen and the balcony and projection area has been used for the toilets. The downside to putting a pub inside an old cinema is that it’s a big space to fill, with lots of height. That height, along with a lack of soft edges, can make this place a bit of a noisy barn at times, particularly when it’s filled with drinkers. A bit of background music might help to soften that, but that isn’t the Wetherspoons way…. In terms of drinks, the standards Wetherspoons selection is on offer – Corona etc. Full food menu also – haven’t eaten here in a few years, but you know the standard you’ll be getting, which is generally decent. Disappointingly only the one gaming machine on this visit – there used to be two at least – and that situated poorly, very close to a table area that was full of families – no chance to play Rainbow Gold: Slot of Gold on this occasion. One nice little gem here is that the pub has a garden – the former carpark out he back has been converted into an area with tables, bisected by a public footpath. The garden closes about 9 in the evening though, so local residents can have some quiet time. This is one of Kent’s better Wetherspoons I would say – far better than the terrifying one in Herne Bay.

Always a good place to eat, the staff are friendly and helpful nice outside area

Worth the visit for the decor. 5 star.

Lovely atmosphere and staff very friendly and helpful 🤠

The 5 stars is for being able to be inside a piece of genuine history. ✨️. Took me back to my youth. Proper old fashioned cinema. Although much of the decor is reproduction, the structure of this building is original. Well done wetherspoons for preserving this fantastic piece of history. Repurposed in such a way we can all appreciate its value but in a different way. 🍻🍺🍹🥂🍽🍷🍾☕️🥳

It's a really nice pub with so much to look, i.e., pictures. And it's very clean 👌.

The food was so bad, cold and soggy never again

Usual Spoons, but lovely building and wonderfully preserved by the company.

Very efficient..left a bad experience at the local beefeater to have breakfast at weather soon.. very impressed

Came here twice of a couple of days. The first was a drink on a busy Friday afternoon, the place was packed. We were still served in good time. We came for Breakfast the following morning, it was all very hot a well cooked served in good time. The staff seem to really care, it cant be said for all spoons but this is a good one.

one of the best Spoons I have been in. what A nice place to have a drink and and well cooked food.

Cheap and cheerful. Breakfasts are great.

Good steak and good beer. Who could ask for more.

Just like sitting in a School hall

It's a Wetherspoons. This one has been decorated in a really beautiful early 1900's theme and is a sight to behold. Every time I've been in there it is vibrant with young and old, regulars and visitors and is a lovely place to visit. It still has the feel of the cinema it used to be. It had a time where it was a bingo hall also. If you wish to visit Whitstable then make this one of the places to visit. It has the familiar Wetherspoons products situated in a one of a kind establishment. I can't give it more stars for the food comparing it to some of the other pubs in the area but you know what you're getting.

Pretty dreadful service from couldn't-care-less staff, plastic food, mean portions and filthy toilets. All bad really.

A great pub,to have food and drink, a great tribute to a great actor,yes the legendary Peter Cushing.

Just had a meeting in there and only had a hot drink so 5 starts for the coffee machine

Fantastic second best wetherspoons after saxon shore in herne bay.

It was ok. Food wer'nt to bad, service was as expected, prices are much better than the Duke of Cumberland! £6.50 a pint so jogged the Sausage on an went straight to Peter Cusions for food an drink!

This wetherspoons is well worth a visit. Named after the famous actor who lived in the area, it is set in an old cinema and there is lots of memorabilia to be viewed including the old projectors. They served a full menu including steaks which arrived quickly even though it was quite busy, by the friendly helpful staff. The prices were good too. One of the best run spoons I have been in.

Great service and excellent value food. Thoroughly recommend.

Like sitting in a library after being told off for talking. The whole place echoes of others conversations but a very cold uninviting Wetherspoons. Not as bad as some but much more needs to be done to make this one comfortable.

Lovely atmosphere. Very art deco.

Its been open a while now and a bit tired in places, still a nice place to be and prefer the booths over other seating. You get what you pay for and it's a cheaper option for eating out but rarely disappointed, had a large breakfast which was nicely cooked but food comes out warm rather than hot and cold before you finish. If you attend here get the app to order from your table 👍🏼