Ancient Raj - Canterbury

We love this restaurant one of our favorite places to eat in Canterbury. There was five of us and the food, drink and service was excellent.

Wow… honestly what can I say about this place. Every time we have been it has been a pleasure from start to finish! Upon entering you are greeted graciously by the host (who I believe may also be one of owners? and taken to your seat. The menu has a great selection of classic favourites and traditional dishes, I don’t think I’ve had the same dish each time I’ve been there! The poppadoms come out warm and fresh tasting with that mix of crunch and melt in your mouth! The staff are speedy and attentive, sporadically checking how you are and whether you’re ready to order, they space this out enough to ensure that you aren’t being constantly hassled during your meal or aren’t being forgotten about. The food is just cooked perfectly. The meat is never chewy, the blend of flavours and spices is done in such an elegant way that even the harshest of flavours blends well and tastes absolute amazing. Overall, this place is top tier, and cannot be faulted! We will always be coming back here!

Fantastic food! I had lamb padina which was gorgeous . My husband had chicken balti tasty, but a bit too spicy for me. Very attentive service and friendly atmosphere. Just outside the main city centre. Great value for money.

This restaurant is far from an authentic Indian. We ordered a few dishes. Starters were ok but chicken was too chewy. For the mains, the butter chicken was reheated and had an after smell and taste to it. The garlic naan was a plain naan with some garlic spread over it. The Raita was yoghurt with tonnes of mint sauce added into it. We asked for chutney we were told this would cost us extra. We agreed but did not touch it in the end, due to the poor quality of the food. We could not finish our food after the first bite. We spoke with one of the colleagues who said we should speak with her manager. The manager was confused as to why we had complained, she had an attitude and after much explaining only agreed for the butter chicken and raita to be taken off the bill. A waste of £40!!! Please avoid if you are from London, or a regular consumer of Indian food. This is a VERY British take on Indian food.

An ABSOLUTE SHOCKER. Me and 4 others used this place last night. At first the service was attentitve and friendly ith our beers and poppadoms etc arriving quickly. After that nobody came to check how we were doing and it wasn't until I asked where our food was ONE HOUR LATER that they started rushing about. This resulted in one of our party having to gobble his food down as he needed to get back to Folkestone in the last train. I guess they could have had an excuse if the place was full but it was half empty. There was no attempt to make an amendment to the bill. We have been here before but won't be back. Poor!