Harden's survey result
Summary
“Situated in the covered market next to Canterbury station, this mezzanine-floor restaurant allows you to enjoy delicious food in an interesting setting”, with its “small menu of local and seasonal things” (wholesome soups, tarts, salad bowls) reducing the food miles to about two feet. While, for the odd longtime visitor, there’s a sense that “prices have shot up” of late, the opposing view is that it’s “still as good as it was twenty years ago”, with “wine from a nearby vineyard” to wash down the “locally sourced everything”.
Summary
This “long-term favourite” in an old railway shed has “certainly put itself on the map” thanks to “solid cooking at reasonable prices using produce from the farmers‘ market with which it shares a home”. It’s a “buzzy” sort of place whose “tasty, wholesome dishes” can be “washed down with some excellent Kentish wine” – all backdropped by candlelight if you visit in the evening as the market winds down.
Summary
“Above the farmers’ market, cheese shop, and wine merchants in a converted goods shed”, a “lovely” destination where “the menu is determined by what local produce is available just a few feet away”; it’s “very romantic in the evening”, when they do formal candlelit dinners.
Summary
“Standards are high” at this “in-house restaurant in Canterbury’s permanent Farmers’ Market”. “Quality ingredients are sourced from the stalls”, and “the dishes have recently been more imaginative” – even if “prices have crept up”.
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Station Road West, Canterbury, CT2 8AN
Restaurant details
The Goods Shed Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Very good food & service under new chef since my last visit. Worth a trip"
"Some excellent touches in the cooking - particularly sauces. Staff very friendly and helpful. Great place. "
"Restaurant in a food hall in a Victorian station building. Very well done, small menu of local and seasonal things, so choice can be limited, but there is always something interesting. Nice ambience, can be chilly on a cold day"
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £34.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Station Road West, Canterbury, CT2 8AN
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑3 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑3 pm |
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