Best Historic Restaurants in Canterbury

The Duke William is fantastic on every front The people who work there go out of their way to be accommodating . They are friendly and helpful The good is great. The service is excellent. The pub itself is just lovely . Really lively, warm, cosy and friendly. Can’t recommend it highly enough

Had a wonderful time at The Ivy Canterbury. We arrived early but were seated immediately. The restaurant was busy but not too noisy and the decor and ambience was excellent. Our waitress Millie, was very friendly and quick to attend to our needs. Food and drinks were bought to us in a timely manner and the food was excellent (the Ivy Snowman quite something although I'd recommend to share). Despite the place being busy and a clear demand for tables, at no point did we feel rushed and after we finished our meal and settled the bill, we moved to the bar to have a few more drinks at our leisure where once again the mixologists were chatty and friendly and able to make a multitude of cocktails of our choosing without having to check how to make them. The food and drink were on the pricier side but you get what you pay for and the bill was not unreasonable for what we received. As a Canterbury resident, I think I have a new favourite restaurant/bar.

My Husband and myself dined today both having the Christmas dinner , which was absolutely gorgeous, we ate in this restaurant a month ago with friends and we found it was lovely , cosy and warm , the staff extremely friendly and couldn’t do enough for us . Definitely now our favourite restaurant and will certainly recommend it to others . Looking forward to yet another visit in the new year .

Such nice food we got a few starters to share between us and the dirty fries, the popcorn squid was insane too. Cannot wait to come for a meal on the main bit