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The Drapers Arms, Canterbury

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1-2 Sun Street and 15-17 Guildhall Street
Canterbury
CT1 2HX

Phone: 01227479111

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Canterbury Central

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Strongers . left this review about The Drapers Arms

The Drapers Arms is a large bright and airy U-shaped corner plot bar with a central L-shaped serving counter that supports premium and mainstream craft keg. The bar area is L-shaped with central high tables around the counter area and long booths up one side of the floor to ceiling windows. On the other side of the bar are standard tables and chairs, I assumed that food was available for mainly eating in this area. Upstairs is a large bare boarded room with open plan seating and large windows that look over the bustling street below. At the rear is a small terrace with seating that overlooks a quiet back street where some uber delivery drivers were having a fag break. It’s a shame the terrace isn’t on the more interesting high street side of the building. This is the sort of place I’d visit if I had the wife in tow.

On 20^th August 2026 - rating: 5
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E TA left this review about Deakins

This place has changed significantly since as La Trappiste it was reviewed by others, below. It has taken the name of the tailor’s shop that used to be housed in this building and become more of a family diner than a bar. The interior hasn’t changed, but the operating model has – no longer is there a good selection of beers, just the normal megakeg range supplemented by two keg beers, Rebellion IPA and Beavertown Neck Oil, both hideously overchilled, and at £7.00 a pint, overpriced. There is a garden terrace on the upper floor, a range of gins available, while the food looks cliched and unappealing as well as being expensive. I wouldn’t bother coming back until the business changes again.

On 28^th January 2019 - rating: 4
[User has posted 3840 recommendations about 3798 pubs]

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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about La Trappiste

Attractive continental-style beer café and bakery with various seating / dining areas around the irregularly shaped bar (which benefits from being on a tapered corner plot and having full-height windows on three sides). Decent choice of 12 (mostly Belgian) craft beers on tap and a fine selection of bottled offerings (from which I could have happily chosen almost anything, but copped-out in the end by going for their 'beer of the week', the fine but pricy Paljus Saison at £4.00).

On 18^th December 2016 - rating: 8
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