Now owned and run by Sam, who also owns the Carpenter's Arms and the Two Doves, also in Canterbury. Met Sam here this evening and we go way back in terms of work, but now great to see her and her dad doing well in the pub business. Good crowd of people in this, Andrew's favourite Canterbury pub, with a good juke box and 4 Kent micro beers. Also had the Franziskaner wheat beer on tap. Could well be in the 2010 Good Beer Guide.

Excellent little pub this. We sat outside and enjoyed the sun and watching the odd and interesting passers-by. Good beer line-up as usual with 4 beers from 3 Kent micros.

Out of the blue Martin contacted me to say he'd be in Canterbury - so we met up. The pub was subdued, possible because it was so cold outside possibly because it was post Christmas, but we sat under the Fremlins window and had a very enjoyable time.

Pretty lively with a fair number of santa hatted customers drinking Stella.

Here with Ian for a pre-Christmas mini-crawl. Great pub with the feel of a proper boozer. There was a group of blokes in Santa hats around the bar, a handful of quite locals along one end of the bar, a group of noisy locals at the other end and assorted tourists families at the tables.

There was a group of lively (euphemism for drunk) young people sat in the corner who were enjoying a pre Christmas session and an assorted group of Canterbury types around the bar.

Not many people in. I sat at the far end of the front part of the pub which had an unfortunate smell of bleach.

Fair few regulars around the bar. Staff are friendly and locals good fun. Sat and had my pint whilst waiting for my friends to arrive.

The more I come to this pub in the light the more I like its interior. Of course the Fremlins engravings on the windows always help (can't beat Fremlins!). Not overly busy inside but that just meant I could see more of the pub.

First time I've been here and I'm really impressed. Great atmosphere and really interesting interior. I'll be back.