A friend brought us here for a nice afternoon lunch while visiting…read more It is a great little restaurant in the english countryside. We came on a beautiful summer day and were able to sit out side in the back lawn. It is really beautiful back there surrounded by farm land. We didn't see much of the inside of the restaurant but i do remember it was a very very old building that was quaint and cozy. The staff was very helpful and like most english pubs you order you food and drink inside at the bar. There wasn't anything on the menu that didn't have meat in it so i asked the waitress and she said the chef could make me a vegetarian pasta dish. It was delightful and i was very grateful for that. All in all it was a great visit and i really enjoyed the food and service here!

Not a bad spot to hang out in the garden on a sunny afternoon and dogs are welcome…read more Not tried the food. The owner arriving by helicopter is amusing the first time and then is a bit irritating !

We sat downstairs in the bar which was a perfect atmosphere for the classic pub food we tried. I…read morehad the Steak and Ale pie and my wife had the Chicken and Mushroom pie. We both loved our food and would order it again next time we are in Dover. The bartender was very friendly and provided excellent service. Highly recommend this place!

We dined upstairs at this unassuming little place. I had the lemon sole, she had the steamed…read moresalmon, but substituted chips for the potatoes. The fish was fresh and tasty and the veg was some of the freshest I've had in a restaurant. My wife didn't care for the sauce on her salmon, but I thought it tasted fine. Service was good, though there was some confusion when an order for lemonade yielded a lemon-lime soda, a la 7up. The table next to us ordered beef stew, chicken hunter, and a cottage pie and said it was all delicious (we thought it looked pretty good too). Overall, a nice dinner out.

Wonderful food! It's our first lunch at Dover and it's absolutely a delicious start to trip. The…read moreprice is good and many traditional options to choose. So if you want to have a good food to experience the culinary culture here, this is definitely the exact spot you're looking for.

The gentleman at the guest house I was staying in recommended the place and I enjoyed it! A good…read morecup of tea and some eggs on toast, you really can't go wrong.

After a disappointing night out at the Seafood Shack we booked two dinners here during our stay in…read moreWhitstable. It's a smaller place, so better book ahead. It's a very nice, charming restaurant. A bit of Brasserie/Bistro style. Feels very warm and welcoming. Owner and staff were wonderful folks. Friendly, helpful and welcoming. Our Bulldog was welcome here as well. First night we've had the baked oysters (Rockefeller Style) and goats cheese salad. Both wonderful dishes. Fresh and tasty oysters, creamy flavourful goat cheese. For the mains we ordered mussels & shrimps and Beef Wellington with sides (veggies and potatoes). A bottle of wine with that. Both shrimp and mussels very fresh again and of high quality. The Beef Wellington was a real treat. Amazingly done! Kudos to the cook! A creme brulée for dessert. A really great dinner for a fair price. Happily we came back to other day and had another wonderful dining experience. Raw oysters and Terrine for starters. Both fantastic, they got great oysters here. Tasted a lot better than the ones at the Seafood Shack. Terrine was my thing...really like it. For the mains a chowder and shrimps...and another Beef Wellington. Beef was a great as the other night. Beautiful. Chowder was nice and creamy and the shrimps another winner. A winner was also the wine: Villa Des Croix. Nice, fresh, crisp. This is really a fantastic restaurant. Great food quality, wonderful staff and owner. A cook who knows what he's doing. Highly recommended.

Did a day trip in Whitstable. And found this restaurant. Really delicious food. They put together a…read moretable for the five of us so we did not wait at all. Love all the decorations they put on the wall, and mirrors that have the name of the restaurant.

Judi and I met Carole here for lunch in May '08 and I'm very glad we did!…read more It started well with an excellent Cabernet Shiraz for me and a lovely dry Sauvignon Blanc for the girls.. Much encouraged, we tottered over to look at the menu. BIG PROBLEM! Very hard to choose between wonderful-sounding dishes! In the end, I plumped for oysters followed by roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Sorry if that sounds mundane - let me expand a little! The oysters were, I will swear, fresh from the sea a couple of minutes ago! Beautifully presented on a bed of ice and absolutely wonderful! Roast beef and.NO! A beautiful thich pavé of ribeye - pink and tender as butter - served on a nest of vegetables with roast potatoes and an enormous, light, fluffy, puffy Yorkshire pudding. I won't insult the sauce by calling it a mere gravy either! Thereafter, it would have been rude not to try the warm chocolate mousse, now wouldn't it? What a delight! Judi and Carole declared that the belly of pork they had chosen was 'nearly as good as Rolf's'. Rolf deserves a mention as a wonderful chef a dear friend and Carole's much loved an missed husband. He knew a thing or two about food and wine! Strongly recommended!

Excellent fresh cooked food, even the choices I did not like, when tasted from my husband's plate -…read moredecided I did actually like. Visited several times now, but difficult to book a table as always popular. Never had a bad experience here. The menu is limited and not cheap, but well worth the money. Home cooked breads and seeds also a great addition. One of our favourites.

The Harvester brand of restaurant. Good cheap pub food. Wrong. Cheap....well cheapish. If you…read moresample the 'Early Bird Menu' you get 1/3 off regular prices but are subject to a limited number of items. Other than this menu the rest is rather expensive, this is somewhat justified by the free salad bar, many people go up numerous times although I am not sure if it unlimited. Good food? When this place first opened the food was brilliant. Hot, fresh, tasty, I could not fault it. 3 months later the food tasted like a mixture of plasterboard and loft insulation, covered with balsamic dressing. I sent a dish back twice on one occassion. I wasn't being picky or anal its just that I expect things to actually be cooked before arriving on my table. I am pretty sure the chicken tried making a run for it as he was slammed down in front of me. So deciding to give the place one last chance I stupidly went there again. The food, once again was from a diy merchants so I got up and left. It wouldn't be so bad if the staff were apologetic but I think they may actually hate you. The staff who look like they run the front of house may quite possibly be servants of Lucifer who stare at you whilst you eat and delight in telling you theres a 30 minute wait for a table. The regular waiting staff don't bode well either. If I was told to deliver some of the stuff they bring out I would be depressed too but go on smile...just little bit. Its scientifically proven that smiling lifts your mood. The only thing that redeems this place. Well actually makes this place bearable is the fact it has a bar, after eating a meal I strongly recommend you get rid of the memory by drowning your sorrows in glasses of whiskey and chatting with the other patrons who like you figured out the actual restaurant was crap and made an attempt to make everything better by drowning the memory out. However don't drive home. I do not condone this in the slightest. You know what, to avoid this situation just don't go there at all, its not worth it, just chew on some actual plasterboard if you want a nice tasty treat.

My lad and I met up @HarvesterUK Talmead last night for a cheeky catch up. I have to say, the food…read morewas amazing. Lad had the Cheese and Bacon burger, omg! So glad that Harvester has developed this awesome tasting upgrade to the good old c&b burger! I had the fish n chips and mushy peas. Hand battered fish (it was a huge piece of fish too!) tastes fab. We both swapped up to sweet potato fries, and as always, these did not disappoint. Didn't do much salad as we wanted to save ourselves for our mains, but the variety, freshness and look of the salad bar was appealing. The main reason we both come to Talmead has to be the staff. We both live nearer to another Harvester in Thanet, but go out of our way to come to Talmead instead. Once again we were not disappointed. Was made to feel welcome and valued all the way through the meal. A special thanks goes to our lovely waiting staff member: Stacey. She was fun, professional and made sure we had a great experience. Overall, I would totally recommend this place to anyone, whether you're coming as a couple, a group of mates, or a family get together over dinner. Thanks guys. You rock!

Looking for a day trip from London to have some excellent seafood?…read more Samphire in Whitstable is one of the places I wish I knew about sooner. I know places can sometimes only be as good as their chefs or staff so if that is true, honestly come here now. Everything I had was EXCELLENT. Truly spectacular, if I lived in Whitstable, you would find me here regularly. I tried a few things on the menu but only had pics of a few of the dishes. I love to enjoy the day lunch special that is offered week days. Some of the excellent meals we had included: Dayboat -skate wing (Dayboat option was my favorite) Risotto with Lions Mane Pork Chop with Mash and Gravy Truly, the food here is outstanding and Michelin worthy. I adore this place and can't wait to be back to try more. Staff was friendly, attentive and knew the menu well. Food is so flavorful and served at perfect temperatures and excellent. I'm so happy with our meal here and can't wait to try more!

Extremely disappointed with the food and the wait staff. To begin with the menu's did not match…read morethe online one. Some of the potatoes were under done while the Porter house steak was tough and chewy. Lastly the head waiter was wearing gym Shorts. Over priced and too expensive for the meal we received. Would not recommend!

Grove Ferry is on the outskirts of Canterbury on the bank of the River Stour. It's a large pub /…read morerestaurant with plenty of outside tables so it's a lovely place to go in the summer. Traditional country pub style with restaurant about sums it up. I went there on Sunday a couple of times and their sunday roasts were delicious!

The Grove Ferry is a pub come restaurant run by Shepherd Neame. There is an excellent beer garden…read morewith loads of tables and a good kids play area with slide/climbing frame and a few other bits and pieces to keep the occupied. The kid's area is fenced off. The building itself is very picturesque. The pub sits on the bank of the River Stour and some of the restaurant seating is directly overlooking the river. The menu has a decent range of food, from pub grub to more restaurant type food, though it is relatively expensive for what you get. The Grove Ferry also has B&B rooms though I haven't stayed the night so can't coment on how good they are. More details can be found on the Shepherd Neame website here : http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk/pubs/pubs.php/groveferryinn_canterbury