The Millers Arms Restaurant

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#80 of 224 Restaurants in Canterbury££ - £££, Bar, British, Vegetarian friendly

+44 1227 456057+ Add website

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Sun

12:00 - 20:00

Mon

12:00 - 21:00

Tue

12:00 - 21:00

Wed

12:00 - 21:00

Thu

12:00 - 21:00

Fri

12:00 - 21:00

Sat

12:00 - 21:00

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4.0

191 reviews

#80 of 224 Restaurants in Canterbury

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PRICE RANGE

£4.00 – £13.00

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Bar, British, Pub

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options

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2 Mill Lane St Radigund's, Canterbury CT1 2AW England

+44 1227 456057

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PRICE RANGE

£4.00 – £13.00

CUISINES

Bar, British, Pub

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

FEATURES

Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Table Service

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KayCee

London9 contributions

Weekend city break

Apr 2023 • couples

We booked in here for a couple of nights as we were attending a wedding at Winters Barn. The staff were friendly, welcoming us immediately. Checked in at 3pm having parked our car in the ANPR public car park across the road and were given a discounted rate of £10 per 24 hours due to being a guest at the Millers. Double room was well equipped with plenty of storage facilities, a comfortable clean bed and a fantastic view of the river. Bathroom was spacious offering a large corner bath with shower above. Food in this place was amazing, we booked in for B&B, and dined in the restaurant on the Saturday evening. We’ll presented food at reasonable price. The staff were faultless and Paul, a fellow Scot engaged us in good conversation. Leon our waiter/barman was quickly on hand to ensure that we wanted for nothing. Jenny waiting on us for breakfast and was swift in her delivery from the chef, food was piping hot and excellent quality. Would definitely stay here again. Thank you to all the staff. Kay and Al 👍🏻

Written 3 April 2023

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ADI

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two night break with a friend

Feb 2020 • none

Wonderful welcome, Marnie who greeted us was just so accommodating and lovely! So that was a great start for both my friend and I! It turned out that all staff were really helpful and polite. The room was clean, comfortable and served it's purpose very well. Very conveniently located to the town centre, cathedral & theatre. We also had a nice view across the river. The breakfast was delicious with well sourced products and cooked to perfection. We also had a great lunch there - overall food was great. I will book here again when I return to Canterbury. Highly recommend!

Written 22 February 2020

Dave D

Canterbury44 contributions

Worth a visit (or more!)

Feb 2020 • none

Marnie & her staff make this a bar & restaurant worth more than one visit. There is a welcoming & friendly atmosphere that makes it a pleasure to dine out. This must be one of the best Shepherd Neame pubs in Canterbury. The Millers Arms was off our radar for many years simply because it was in an area that wasn't on our regular route. It was only by accident that we were able to rediscover this bar & restaurant and have been very pleased that we did. The Millers Arms has become one of our favourite places. The food is excellent & we've never felt rushed. The Millers Arms is situated alongside the River Stour & is in easy walking distance from the city centre. Nearby is the open space of Solly's Orchard. If you drive, there are two car parks in nearby locations.

Written 26 March 2020

Charlie

London24 contributions

WORST Sunday roast I have ever eaten

Jan 2022 • none

I took my wife and son here for a Sunday lunch, having been told that the food was rather wholesome and good value! And I must confess, I was incredily surprised... surprised as to how grotesque the food was. Below one will find a shopping list of criticisms: * Scotch egg pork meat was so raw that I could've swore I heard it Oink * Roast Pork consisted of as much flavour as a plank of sandwood; the beef was rubbery and gritty- needless to say neither were seasoned and both had the aesthetic pleasentries of something on the bottom of my shoe/ * Roast spuds were reheated in hte microwave (tasted stale and there was a lot of excess heat when one cut into them), likewise the vegetables were also reheated and were bathing in their own juices (again, because they weren't fresh). * I didn't realise there were such things as Yorkshire crisps? The puddings were so overcooked that I'm surprised my teeth are still in tact. * Gravy? More like watered down mud. Midway through masticating on this joke of a meal (totally not justified by the price!), both my son and I thought we would drown our sorrows with heaps of horseraddish; however the waitress brought us half a tespoon of the condiment to share. The most embarassing part is that despite leaving most our food and propogating our concerns over the meal, their good conscious and moral compass only reached as far as reducing the bill by 10%. The last time I came here was 20 years ago - and I'm afraid I'll have to wait another 20.

Written 13 January 2022

racoleman

Maidstone34 contributions

My favourite restaurant in Canterbury

Apr 2022 • none

I often do little cycles runs from 6 miles outside of Canterbury & usually end up here for an afternoon meal. The staff are helpful; the pub is attractive and overlooks the river; the food is limited in scope (but that applies to the vast majority of restaurants these days-can't get the staff). I almost always have one of their excellent steaks which are rarely anything but 10/10 for the quality of the meat and the cooking. I was in there recently for a birthday dinner and my wife's food was similarly good. I also appreciate being able to find seating where my greyhound can tuck his long legs out of the way.

Written 28 April 2022

Lorna G

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Unfriendly

Aug 2020 • none

We live close to the Millers and have been going there infrequently for a couple of years. Our relatives stayed at the hotel a couple of years ago and were very happy with there.This was our first visit since the pandemic and the staff were not very welcoming and were quite unfriendly. Definitely will not be visiting there any time soon would much rather try supporting another local business . In the past we found the staff to be more engaging but this time they couldn’t even smile.

Written 2 August 2020

J F

2 contributions

Failed reservation and offhand attitude

Aug 2020 • family

We booked this as an attempted 1st meal out since lockdown. I'm medically extremely vulnerable so we phoned in advance to request a table outdoors and were told one was reserved for us. When we arrived the staff seemed unaware of the reservation and the request. The landlady (presumably) told us our request had not been put in the book. She said that another party was sitting at the outside table having drinks and they would be there for a long time. All she had to do was explain to the others that we had reserved the table. No apology to us. She offered us a table indoors but we decided to leave. Our impression: the pub regulars are more valuable to the management than visitors. We were almost glad not to have stayed rather than be treated for longer in an offhand way. We may have stayed if the staff had been more welcoming. Could have been a race issue?

Written 14 August 2020

Bill M

Seattle4 contributions

Wow! Best UK Food I’ve had—-an American tourist visiting Relatives

Oct 2023 • couples

The food at the Millers Arms was better than any pub food I had had in the UK. Even better than any restaurant food I had had. Our inn keeper recommended the Miller’s Arms as a pub and we were checking out historic pubs in that area of Canterbury, after taking photos of the crooked house. We looked at various menus, couldn’t find anything compelling and so decided to find the pub our inn keeper had recommended. The tortelloni option sounded good so we went inside. The bartender was very friendly and did not mind that I asked to sample a cider, which was good, so I got a pint. My wife sampled one Chardonnay, which she didn’t like, and the bartender steered her to one she did. He let us sit wherever we wanted, and there were very nice tables in the back with pleasant views. The tortelloni was to die for. The sauce was made with shallots and as I am not a foodie I was thinking it’d be OK, but not great—you see I’m just thinking of a shallot as an onion light, but this sauce wasn’t like that, more like a sweet—but not overly sweet—chutney, with minced hazelnuts, and I’ve never tried to write about food, so just try it sometime if you like tortelloni. OK, long review for a good meal. The reason I am writing this is because our server, a co-owner of the inn (we found out later) was so nice. As an American tourist in England—even with British relatives—I still feel like I make some social mistakes, but our server (somehow) just let us feel relaxed and enjoy the meal. For dessert I had the chocolate rum tart—to die for, again—and my wife had green tea panna cotta, as she wanted something lighter, and that was also exquisite.

Written 17 October 2023

Peter499485

Brecon57 contributions

Cosy pub, friendly service, good food

Mar 2022 • none

Open wood fire was welcome sight on a raw wet night. Pub not busy but cosy atmosphere, genial and engaging host. The cod and chips and the pan fried chicken breast were both hearty, well cooked meals.

Written 1 March 2022

Gillian D

Ashford56 contributions

Small improvements would make this so much better

We arrived very early for a Pre-theatre dinner and staff were very accommodating and altered their table plans to allow us to sit down early. The specials menu board was placed on the table to choose from in addition to the paper menus on the table. The handwriting on the board, together with the large amount of information, made it difficult to read. It was also an exercise in translation into what (at its most basic level) was fish and chips, burger, chicken supreme, gnocchi etc. Why use 5 words when you can use 20? We ordered a charcuterie board to share. It was described as a sharer. Perhaps I have been spoilt by recent visits to Rome and Normandy and some amazing charcuterie boards, but the Millers Arms charcuterie board was a standard sized dinner plate with a small chunk of cheddar, about 6 slices of continental meats, a tiny pot of oil and vinegar, some minute pickles and one small slice of sourdough cut into 2 half slices. We had 4 adults and at no point did our waitress say it would not be enough for 4. It was over £15 for this. Main courses came in good time. One of the menu items on the specials board was unavailable, but we didn't know this until after we had ordered (5.30pm!) . Food was lovely but served in cold dishes, so by the time my sons food was delivered a minute or two after my pasta, mine was almost cold. I asked for salt /pepper as none was on the table. The black pepper grinders didn't not work very well . I tried two but dinner was rapidly cooling down. They did work, but pepper was very fine. Staff and service were very good and attentive. I didn't raise any points at the time as food was good, it just could have been so much better with some very small improvements (such as hot dishes to keep food hot)

Written 5 October 2024

Jan L

Canterbury67 contributions

Friday Lunch

Oct 2022 • none

We went to the Millers Arms with my sister. We all had the fish and chips which was perfectly cooked, and the presentation was Excellent. The Small portion was plenty for lunch. The staff were very friendly. Plus, you can take your Dog inside.

Written 3 November 2022

Kim S

Worthing44 contributions

Very hardworking staff keeping it professional while drowning!

Dec 2024 • family

We booked a table for an early dinner and arrived even earlier. The place was absolutely rammed and the staff were rushed off their feet. Even so, they arranged for our table to be set up while we waited for about ten minutes. The only reason I'm giving this a four instead of 5 is because during that time, it might have been nice to be asked if we wanted a drink while we waited - we were kind of standing in a corridor. Once we were shown to our table, everything was excellent. The service was very good and the food arrived swiftly and was absolutely delicious. Our dog was able to sit happily under the table. The reason we were so impressed was because, as previously mentioned, the staff were under immense pressure and yet the service didn't slide. One of the staff members even took time out to give our daughter advice on getting a seasonal job. It was quite pricey but then again, we did have the most expensive thing on the menu! (The rib eye steak - melt in the mouth).

Written 8 December 2024

themaddog74

312 contributions

Warm friendly atmosphere.

The Millers Arms used to be the main pub that I visited with my friends when I used to live 2 doors down from it in Canterbury, so out of sentiment, we went there for dinner last night. We received a warm welcome from staff, drinks and food were reasonably priced and we enjoyed our meals. The Millers Arms had the usual warm atmosphere, the same armchairs that we used to sit in were there, as well as the table that my labrador once cleaned all the glasses off with one swoop of his tail. The only thing missing were my friends who have long moved on from Canterbury. The Millers Arms is about a 5-10 minute walk from High Street, it is a pub that offers accommodation, meals and alcohol. It's a great place to be in winter and a great place to be in summer when they open their beer garden.

Written 7 January 2024

Sam T

4 contributions

Really bad covid prevention. Needs VENTILATION!

Oct 2020 • none

The food is so good here, but just felt dangerous. It was steaming hot in the pub and still it was air tight. They have not grasped that the number one thing for preventing covid is distance and VENTILATION. There is no excuse for leaving all the windows shut when everyone in there is sweating. The waitress wasn't wearing her mask properly either. Is a shame as many of the staff are very friendly and the food is excellent but safety has to be a priority.

Written 25 October 2020

Filmfan

3 contributions

Good experience

Dec 2024 • friends

My friend and I had a very good meal here. We were given a table in the restaurant area and there was a bleeping smoke alarm, which is something I can't block out. I asked the serving staff member, Jen, if she could do anything about it and she couldn't (waiting for electrician) but she kindly moved us to another table away from the noise. The food came quickly and was good and Jen is great at her job - friendly and efficient.

Written 31 December 2024

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