The Unicorn Inn — Restaurant in Canterbury

Bar looked like a fine place to drink but had and awful dining experience there.

First of all it was terrible service, menus and cutlery were basically dropped carelessly onto the corner the table my the barman, no follow up or offers of any condiments. The menus are well presented but that only turned out to be far from representing the food itself.

It was very apparent that the very minimal effort was put into getting our order out the kitchen. The chilli turned up and looked like it had been sloppily poured onto the bowl from a small can, we had to send it back due to the comically small portion at first. The burgers we ordered were dry and had again been lazily thrown together, with cheap french fries and the burger cheese still cold from the fridge. Thai curry looked like it was old roast chicken breast with a pack of thai curry paste spread over it and chucked onto more flavourless white rice.

The pub itself has a nice atmosphere but i have to advise going somewhere else if you want a meal that has had any effort...

Beautiful garden, good beers, good food. When I went, the kitchen was very very busy, but the stuff managed to take orders and prepare them in a reasonable time. Only a small accident occurred. I went to the bar for another round of drinks with a colleague of mine, and I told the barman that, NO MATTER WHAT, he should not have accepted the payment from my colleague (who had already paid all the other rounds), but only from myself. I knew that my colleague would have insisted to pay again, that's why I explained the situation to the barman and I repeated myself five or six times. Guess what? My colleague went to the other side of the bar and paid with his card, to the very barman to whom I had asked five or six times not to accept his payment. That was a bit disappointing. Otherwise, good vibe, good...

(edited and upgraded) Proper pub! But not just a local, this is real slice of what used to exist in many places and has now died out: an all-round location that combines things rarely seem together anymore - charismatic landlord, quality drinks for affordable prices, an old building that's seen some stories and heard some tales. Despite being in the thoroughfare to town from the University, it's criminally under attended by the students. And that's not a good thing. The mix of ages, backgrounds and beliefs is what makes this place special. I...