The best restaurants in Canterbury South East

We have been using this takeaway for a year or so and the food is always hot, delicious and tasty. Would highly recommend!

We have just come home after having a fantastic meal with our family, we had lovely service from the staff and the food was delicious and very tasty - 6 empty plates. Thank you

arrived quickly, food great and always, good delivery

This is a review of the Abode Brasserie. The restaurant is a small plate eatery, we've been to a few small plate places and really enjoyed them, the menu sounded interesting and we wanted something a bit special as we were only in Canterbury for one night. We were met at the entrance by a man who waved us in the general direction of some tables and said we could choose where to sit, bit odd but fine. We sat down and after a few minutes he brought a food menu and explained how it works, that dishes would come when they're ready etc and recommended 2 or 3 dishes each. After about 10 minutes we were brought a drinks menu, then almost immediately we were asked if we were ready to make our drink order. After another 5 minutes (of us looking at drinks) we finally ordered. The first dish that came out (after another 15 minutes of waiting) was the smoked haddock soufflé. It was the size of a cupcake, so a mouthful each. It was a little chewy and bland. £10 for that. Then, a good 10 minutes later the pearl barley ragu with goats cheese came out in a cute saute pan about the size of a saucer. It was also a little chewy, tasty, but with the absence of any other dish the texture was hard work. We noticed the table next to us tucking in to what looked like a marvellous feast while we waited another 15 minutes for another plate. At this point we were considering leaving. The last straw was the lamb ragu which came in a miniature saucepan. There was about 1-2 tbsp of shredded lamb in gravy with peas and a small pile of mini hash browns - the exact same frozen ones we buy for our kids. £13.50 for that dish. I have never complained in a restaurant but I couldn't carry on. I asked if we could pay for what we'd had and go because it had been so bad. The waiter was excellent, very gracious and insisted we try the other dishes for free, which he then retrieved from the pass immediately. Why we had been waiting again i have no idea. The only dish that stood out was the gnocchi with fennel sausage, but at £12.50 for 4 bits of gnocchi and half a mashed sausage is madness. If the food had been outstanding it may have been worth the time and cost but it was disappointing at every turn. The 2 stars are for the waiter who did his best to turn it round!

Rose served us for our Christmas do at work. Highly professional, great sense of humour. Thanks for having us!

Had such a great night! The bar staff was super! We met the lovely owners Richard and Bobbie what a pleasure it was to meet such lovely people and lovely faces! Great atmosphere! And that view is just incredible! Good prices for drinks! All rounder fantastic evening! Will definitely be coming again! If you’re in the Whitstable area I absolutely recommend this beautiful bar!

Absolutely amazing food and service. Cannot fault the team or the food in any way. We had Beef Brisket - it was tender, succulent and full of flavour; the veg were done to perfection. The service team were perfectly attentive, friendly and helpful, even including a fresh trainee and advising him while we were served we were made to feel special and important among all the other guests. Fantastic experience - have recommended to our friends and would definitely go again!

I hoped for more. The service was a little inattentive whilst the staff played around with music playlists jumping from one song to another. The food was ok and quite tasty but poorly presented and MASSIVELY overpriced. £80 for a barbecue sharing platter!! This can be got elsewhere and better for half that price. In short, I would not go back.

The most delicious kebab I I highly recommend this 10/10 good food very tasty!

Dined there yesterday evening on a spur of the moment thing for a family get together. They managed to fit us in despite not booking. Nothing was too much trouble. Service was excellent and the food delicious in a wonderful bistro style atmosphere.

Great atmosphere, great Sunday lunch. I asked for carb free and they came up trumps. Recommend!

Coming from France to visit Kent we stayed in Herne Bay, our host recommended Fish and Chips from Britannia. We were not disappointed! The boss and his wife are very friendly and welcoming. The fish is fresh and very well prepared. The portions are generous. We enjoyed ourselves several times! Thank’s my friend!

I was a little anxious because we were the only customers in the restaurant on a Friday lunchtime. However the food was fantastic. It’s difficult to get a juicy succulent chicken taouk, but they nailed it. It was really yummy, all of it. We had a mixed mezzo to start. I would recommend!

Sunday Evening desperate for food Three adults Two grandchildren. Food was served cold, as it had to wait for the drinks to be made. It all felt rather worn out and uncaring. PARKING No body mentioned as we were eating in, DON"T STAY MORE THAN 45 Minutes otherwise you'll get a fine of £100 we stayed for 55 minutes OUCH we had two cars. Adds to the feeling of They Don't care for their customers.

We had 5 great breakfasts at the restaurant and Georgia was great and so happy at her job she made me feel so special she always had a beautiful smile on her face and Georgia was a lovely lady and worked so well i will miss her very much, we always had lovely hot food and everything was cooked so well the restaurant was so good and had a great bar in it to serving great drinks Georgia enjoy your jellies and hope i will see you very soon xxx Martin.