Michael Caines at ABode Canterbury
30-33 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2RX
Abode hotels are on the march, the latest in Canterbury, with the mix much as in the others under the reassuring guidance of Michael Caines fresh from his leadership from the front after having a major hand in cooking the Queen's birthday celebration lunch. The boutique hotel is a masterpiece of redesign by Plumtree Mee and the dining room in particular, in muted shades of non-gloss, is restful and calming.
Which is just as well because the menu is something to get excited about, starting with a choice of seven dishes that could include ballotine of quail with leeks and summer truffle, pan fried red mullet, or ravioli of Kent lobster with Savoy cabbage and lobster bisque.
Roast best end of Romney marsh lamb with creamed vegetables and a brochette of lambs saddle and kidney leads the mains, with roast breast of guinea fowl, pan fried wild sea trout, and sirloin of Kentish beef all making regular appearances could make this one of the best meals you have enjoyed for quite a while. I still think wild sea trout remains one of the best fish dishes there is.
Great attention is paid to the cheeses here, with Lanark Blue, Grimbister, Waterloo and Brucklay amongst others often to be encountered, leaving only the pudding with Scottish cranachan soufflé or a classic apple tart tatin supported by vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce amongst the six or so choices.
British
: 12:00 - 14:30 18:00 - 22:00
: 12:30 - 14:30
01227 826684/766266
30-33 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2RX [Map]
£25.00 £58.00
£14.50 (3 courses), £19 (4 courses), £23.50 (5 courses), Mon - Sat, £14.95 (2 courses) to £19.95 (3 courses), Sun
£22.50 (2 courses) to £27 (3 courses), Mon - Sat, 7 - 10 pm, £17.95 (2 courses) to £25 (3 courses), Mon - Sat, 6 - 7 pm
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for two courses, coffee, half a bottle of house wine and tip/service)
REVIEWS OF Michael Caines at ABode Canterbury
Mary & Peter Berg (7 March 2009)
The grazing menu is the best value for money by far in Canterbury and possibly anywhere else? We have sampled four menus since Jan 1st this year and all have been excellent. If like us you can walk to and from the centre of Canterbury, the wines included with the money at only £16 are excellent, interesting and match the food well. It was full to bursting at Saturday lunchtime and we gather that it was yesterday too. So book!
Malcolm Phelps (20 October 2008)
We were attracted for a very special occasion by the availability of a vegetarian menu for my partner. We checked in the afternoon and although they couldn't show us the menu as such they did promise choices other than the usual fallback of mushroom risotto. We arrived on time at 8pm and after a couple of reminders that we were examining the menu in the champagne bar were shown to our table by 8.30pm. Nibbles, appetisers and the starters were lovely and there was plenty of time to avoid indigestion. However, by the time we got to 10pm, we really thought the main course was overdue. When it arrived, my veal was fine but my partner, who although a vegetarian still needs feeding, was presented with a small plate with two chestnuts, three cloves of roasted garlic, a few mushrooms and a bit of salsify. This was simply not acceptable and the staff went away embarrassed and got the chef to drum up some mange tout and broccoli. The cuisine of this ‘dish’ was certainly not ‘haute’. We needed puddings to fill us up but almost fell asleep before they arrived. The members of staff were very pleasant and removed some items from the bill in compensation. But we left three and half hours after entering leaving some people behind who'd been there even longer. The restaurant has great potential and the chefs can cook, but the speed of service must improve and if they are to offer a vegetarian menu it must be offered every night and be up to the standard of the rest and use more imagination. Vegetarians, like the rest of us, want a night out eating things they don't cook for themselves. That means more than risotto or plain steamed vegetables.
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Children welcome- Air condition
- Reservations
- Groups allowed
Outside seating- Cover charge
£22.50
£25.50
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