The best restaurants serving British food in Sturry South Canterbury South East

Booked and paid a £30 deposit for lunch on Easter Sunday only to turn up to find the restaurant closed with a closed until further notice sign on the door. No message from them to inform us. DO Not Book with this restaurant wherever they are now.

A group of 10 of us, plus 1 child, dined here on Sunday to celebrate a friends birthday. Not everyone had a starter. Those of us that had starters, thought they were very good. Majority of us chose a Roast, which was Duck, Lamb and Beef. We all thought the roast meat was delicious, property cooked and tender. Roast potatoes were plus mixed vegetables, couple of us had a side of cauliflower cheese which was spot on. We found the service good, we weren't in a particular hurry but can't say it was slow. All the waiting staff we encounter were pleasant, helpful and professional. At the end we had some birthday cake (which we supplied) so we couldn't manage deserts. It was busy but not uncomfortable, in fact, thought there was a lovely atmosphere there. Think it's the perfect place for a Sunday lunch and drink. I'd suggest booking a table in advance. I would strongly recommend it and will definitely be back.

So this place looks great, really cool, historical building, staff were great , attentive and polite. Good atmosphere, but and I don’t know if we just choose the wrong meal or what but we had the pie and we opted for chips instead of mash simply because we had eaten a lot of mash that week! The pie didn’t seem to be homemade or locally bought, to me it looked like it was a pukka pie or bought from Aldi. That wouldn’t bother me at all is the pastry hadn’t been rubbery, the pie had most definitely been microwaved of something as it just had such a weird texture. Filling tasted great (thank god). The chips- again I’ll be surprised if they weren’t McCain’s skin on oven chips, they were okay but disappointing , gravy, again it was clearly bisto. For £16 I expected a nicer meal, it was a huge portion so there was that saving grace and I looked at other peoples meals and they looked great so maybe it’s just the pie to avoid but honestly it was a poor meal for such a cool place.