Canterbury Restaurants and Dining

(Canterbury, Kent, England, UK)

Quintessentially English with its approach to restaurants and eating out, you can expect plenty of gourmet haunts and fairly cosmopolitan dining options in the city of Canterbury. Whatever the time of day, or night, you will always be able to find something to eat in Canterbury, whether it be a full-English fried breakfast, a pasty or sandwich at lunchtime, or a three-course meal at a restaurant in the heart of the city.

Those who enjoy a break when shopping will find plenty of cafes and coffee shops en route, many of while offer outdoor tables in the sunshine. Department stores, such as Debenhams, and shopping centres in Canterbury also contain a number of restaurants and eateries worth considering.

What You Can Expect to Eat

Whilst a range of European-style cuisine and international dishes is available all over Canterbury, such as Indian, Italian, oriental and pizza restaurants, many visitors arrive here looking for traditional English fare. Takeaway restaurants are especially popular and no trip to Canterbury is complete without sampling freshly cooked, crispy fish and chips, or a pub lunch of steak and kidney pie. On Sundays, roast dinners are a must, with chicken, pork and beef with Yorkshire puddings being on offer as a carvery buffet, at many locations around the city.

Many of Canterbury's restaurants and pubs serve meals with a choice of chips and salad, or jacket potato and vegetables, although if you have any special dietary requirements, they will usually be happy to oblige.

Where to Eat

In general, in is not hard to find suitable restaurants wherever you are in Canterbury, although there are definite parts of the city where eateries are clustered. These dining hotspots are as follows:

• Best Lane
• Burgate
• Butchery Lane
• Canterbury Lane
• Castle Street
• Church Street
• Dover Street
• High Street
• London Road
• North Lane
• Northgate
• Old Dover Road
• Orchard Street
• Palace Street
• St. Dunstan's Street
• St. Margaret's Street
• St. Peters Street
• The Borough
• The Friars
• Wincheap

Further afield and close to Canterbury, why not consider the allure of the oysters and seafood at Whitstable's restaurants, or the superb fish and chips and hearty 'pub grub' around Herne Bay.