Never been before, this visit for a funeral wake for my late uncle. Lovely small English "local" even has outside loos!! Brought back memories for my
James Wells
Great pub great service and great beer and spirits and the bar staff and owner is friendly and nice and good to talk
Tammy Foster
Lovely little pub with a suntrap garden. Locals and bar staff were friendly. Cherry the cat was beautiful too.
200katyc1
We stopped here looking for a few drinks recently with friends as the weather was nice and we’d seen mentions of a beer garden. As soon as we stepped inside, the room fell silent and we were stared at (hard!) by approx 8 regulars and an unfriendly looking bar person with bare feet. We made an uncomfortable beeline for the beer garden (to get away from the overpowering stale smell of cigarette smoke inside) and found a small, poorly maintained outside area decorated with tasteless tat, flat cushions and a dirty, ring stained table. Feeling too uncomfortable to leave straight away, we ordered soft drinks (they only had cans of coke, nothing available on draught) and sat awkwardly biding our time. We left after about 15 minutes, as the regulars started coming out to the beer garden to smoke cigarettes about a foot from the open door - no wonder the smell inside was so strong! Overall a really unwelcoming, dirty and dingy pub that’s definitely a place reserved solely for regulars…tourists/visitors/potential new punters beware!! The Monument (about 5 mins walk away) is infinitely better!!
Matt Linehan
Nice peaceful pint in a real pub!
Ian Glover
Superb, Sunday lunch everything you would expect, excellent service and beer to match, traditional English pub, not many left now so put this on your list.
William Hester
Very friendly, homely pub Nice little local
Bruce Wheeler
Brilliant little boozer, very friendly welcome.
Sharan Stimpson
Best Sunday roast all fresh and cooked perfectly xxxxx
A local pub for local people. Football on the tele. Cheap drinks.
Neil Gregory
Great, As pub's used to be
Andrew Scott
Traditional pub. Lovely Sunday roast, eaten in the, very pleasant, beer garden. As one of our group described it - lunch was just like her Nanna used to make. Beautifully cooked. Excellent all round.
Jim Gordon
Whenever I visit Canterbury the Eight Bells is a must. Its one of that dying breed: a real pub, with real staff like Landlady Kim and real customers. It gets busy on the weekends, so for a quieter visit weekdays are best. On Sunday, it's roasts are legendary. I strongly recommend what is the best pub in the city.
Ben Swift
Kicked out 3 people after 9 of us ordered drinks. 3 kicked out for not ordering very poor customer service and treatment
Never been before, this visit for a funeral wake for my late uncle. Lovely small English "local" even has outside loos!! Brought back memories for my
Great pub great service and great beer and spirits and the bar staff and owner is friendly and nice and good to talk
Lovely little pub with a suntrap garden. Locals and bar staff were friendly. Cherry the cat was beautiful too.
We stopped here looking for a few drinks recently with friends as the weather was nice and we’d seen mentions of a beer garden. As soon as we stepped inside, the room fell silent and we were stared at (hard!) by approx 8 regulars and an unfriendly looking bar person with bare feet. We made an uncomfortable beeline for the beer garden (to get away from the overpowering stale smell of cigarette smoke inside) and found a small, poorly maintained outside area decorated with tasteless tat, flat cushions and a dirty, ring stained table. Feeling too uncomfortable to leave straight away, we ordered soft drinks (they only had cans of coke, nothing available on draught) and sat awkwardly biding our time. We left after about 15 minutes, as the regulars started coming out to the beer garden to smoke cigarettes about a foot from the open door - no wonder the smell inside was so strong! Overall a really unwelcoming, dirty and dingy pub that’s definitely a place reserved solely for regulars…tourists/visitors/potential new punters beware!! The Monument (about 5 mins walk away) is infinitely better!!
Nice peaceful pint in a real pub!
Superb, Sunday lunch everything you would expect, excellent service and beer to match, traditional English pub, not many left now so put this on your list.
Very friendly, homely pub Nice little local
Brilliant little boozer, very friendly welcome.
Best Sunday roast all fresh and cooked perfectly xxxxx
Friendly staff and a good pint
Restaurantji Recommends
A local pub for local people. Football on the tele. Cheap drinks.
Great, As pub's used to be
Traditional pub. Lovely Sunday roast, eaten in the, very pleasant, beer garden. As one of our group described it - lunch was just like her Nanna used to make. Beautifully cooked. Excellent all round.
Whenever I visit Canterbury the Eight Bells is a must. Its one of that dying breed: a real pub, with real staff like Landlady Kim and real customers. It gets busy on the weekends, so for a quieter visit weekdays are best. On Sunday, it's roasts are legendary. I strongly recommend what is the best pub in the city.
Kicked out 3 people after 9 of us ordered drinks. 3 kicked out for not ordering very poor customer service and treatment