Address: King St, Fordwich, Canterbury CT2 0DB, United Kingdom
Phone: +441227710661
Rating: 4.5
based on 218 reviews.
Location & Ambience
Pros:
"Nestled away from the main road, it is an old building with a rustic touch."
"A lovely pub set in a beautiful, scenic setting."
"Nice garden backing on to the river."
"Lovely old pub, with a perfect spot next to the river ideal for watersports."
"Great location. Close to the river."
"Beautiful building, warm & cosy inside perfect for the autumn."
"As soon as we walked in we felt the lovely cosy ambience you hope for in a village pub."
Cons:
"Work was being done so was noisy."
"Covid has ruined the ambience of the pub. Too many hoops to jump through."
Service
Pros:
"Diane and her young, personable and efficient waiting staff make any visit to The George and Dragon a wonderful experience."
"Staff attentive and friendly and very nice decor inside."
"Service was excellent - quick but never rushed."
"Fabulous pub with friendly staff who are all very welcoming and attentive."
"The staff were friendly and helpful."
"Really excellent and attentive staff (but not overly so!)."
"The staff are friendly and always ready to help should you need to."
Cons:
"Staff very pleasant but had to wait 75minutes for our meal!"
"We turned up to a prebooked table of 9 and despite arriving 30mins early to allow for any delays, we still waited well over an hour for our meals."
"Arrived on time for our booking but it took 15 minutes to be seated, despite having no queue ahead of us."
"Then food took a long time to come out and did not come out all at the same time."
"Booked a Fathers Day for my Family of 4, arrived ahead of time and still took an additional 20 minutes to be seated?"
"After arriving at 11:30 we waited 2 hours 15 mins for our main course."
"Service staff are more interested in chatting to each other than taking care of customers needs."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Love the fact that they have separate menu for dietary restrictions... And a good selection."
"Good hearty pub food. Serves real vegetables."
"Food portion is large and tastes good so a very good bargain."
"Really delicious food, excellent portion sizes."
"Good portion sizes and great flavour accompanied by a prompt, polite but not overwhelming service."
"Food portions are just right and all food was presented and tasted excellent."
"The food was excellent, traditional Sunday roast with a few lovely tweaks, such as parsnip puree."
Cons:
"Fish finger sandwich was in fact heavily battered fish and very greasy."
"The underside of the batter was inedible."
"Missing quite a few menu items unfortunately, typical the 2 items I wanted were out of stock."
"The burger was extremely overcooked, dry and hard."
"Steak was burnt, we could not taste the steak itself as it was completely overpowered by the charred outside!"
"Battered fish was greasy and tasteless, pie was greasy."
"The fish didn't taste beer battered infact it was fairly tasteless."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Bill was excellent for I had forgotten it was a 50% reduction day."
"Prices are very reasonable for the quality of food."
"Good honest food at a good price and just right."
Cons:
"But it's very expensive for what it is- nearly a fiver for a tiny tiny pot of fried frozen chips."
"Menu is quite expensive for a pub."
"You could not park in the patrons car park for day trippers to the river, the service was very slow, the food was nice however £99 for 4 x soups, 4 x main course and 5 x diet cokes is too expensive for a Tuesday lunch."
"Prices have understandably gone up but £15 for a burger and £13 for a hot dog from the BBQ menu for the picnic area tables does seem a bit steep to me."
"Ordered chips which tasted good, but such a tiny portion worked out at least 25p a chip."
Special Needs & Preferences
Pros:
"I am gluten free and to have so much on offer with staff that understand is super rare and refreshing!"
"They have an ENTIRE gluten-free menu which is incredible!"
"I'm gluten free, lots of choices for me."
Cons:
"My friend and I came in with her toddler and did not enjoy our experience at all. We found that we were treated very differently compared to other customers and received filthy looks from various members of staff when the toddler made any sort of noise."
"One complaint, a female staff member had no compassion to a sensitive situation."