Lovely staff & amazing beer garden. Fantastic veggie options. Tasteful decor. Food is DELICIOUS. I changed my original review as they tailored kids menu. Very happy. Will return again and again & again.
My wife and I were staying in the area celebrating our 25th anniversary and were recommended to try the Duke William. We were welcomed like we were old friends and looked after so well. The food (cod and chips followed by vanilla cheesecake) was off the scale delicious. Cooked to perfection, generous portions and at a really reasonable price. Just when I thought it couldn't get better, the tea was made with loose leaves in a real teapot! Highly recommended.
Great food, great service. Chef Joe is creating some great food. Great value for money too
Excellent food and service in a lovely pub, in an even lovelier village!
I highly recommend the Duke William. Do book in advance though, even on weekdays. I ve added a few photos for your delectation.
Just looking at them makes me want to go back!
This place was busy when we visited so I was glad I had made a reservation (Saturday lunch). This is a very up-market pub just outside Canterbury. I don't think I would have found it without Google maps guiding me. The food was delicious and nicely presented, the staff friendly and attentive.
Amazing gastropub. The food is amazing and the staff is very friendly. Definitely worth paying the place a visit
Lovely beer garden. The food was nice, but not all that hot. Would not let this put me off though and will visit again. There was a marquee outside so we stayed dry even though there was a thunder storm!
Terrible Sunday Roast. Being part of a pub company (whoever is the front personality) is not always a good idea. From the owners perspective its makes commercial sense probably, benefits of scale, sharing resources, suppliers and even having the same (simple) menu in many of the pubs. But this is to the detriment of individuality and any real effort.
I think the DoW is still trading on past reputation and experiences, which will soon dry up unless they make some changes. I went the first time over a year ago before we moved to Kent. Fairly positive experience. Perhaps was seduced by the sunset in the beer garden.
Now I'm a 'local' we went back for Sunday roast and that was a bad idea. The staff were hardly inviting. I understand they had to wear a mask, but would only let us in when we had our masks on and then immediately ordered us to download track and trace app and notify of our presence. We hadn't even got to our table yet. Slightly paranoid service from the staff maybe.
To the food. Sunday roast had ran out of lamb. First disappointment as my wife only wanted this off the menu. I ordered the beef and my, what a disappointment. Beef was overcooked, no flavour, and only the slightest hint of pink on one of the slices. Very chewy meat. Like leather. One long bland carrot and a massive wedge of diluted cabbage on the plate. Definitely not fine dining but you can forgive it being a pub and all. Menu suggested 'garlic and rosemary seasoned roast potatoes', but the 3 small ones I received on my plate had no flavour whatsoever and I think were frozen. Cauliflower cheese was decent, but literally 3 small florets in a small cup. I was just shaking my head in disbelief. We had kids with us so I didn't want to make a fuss as promised them pudding. Sunday roast is usually a nice relaxing experience. This was neither, and I couldn't get out of there quick enough. Poor experience and won't be going back.
Great garden happy and polite staff. Food excellent
Good pub nice beer but was a bit slow on service...
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