Posillipo - Canterbury

Like the Red Lion of Stodmarsh, the Posillipo restaurant in Canterbury was found and continued to be frequented by myself and my family, as a culinary bi-product of my time at university. What's more, also like the Red Lion, there have been many visits to this gem within the city walls over that three year period, the last of which was recently the weekend just gone.

Unlike the Red Lion however, the Posillipo story, or at least my experience of it, does not have any real twists and turns; it did not really evolve through my eyes and visits as time went on. Instead, upon pretty much every occasion I can think of, it has provided a wonderful venue full of excellence again and again.

If any noticeable evolution has occurred at all, it is that Posillipo has become even more popular if possible in recent times, than it was when we first found it. And rightly so certainly. 

A vendor and purveyor of Italian custom and cuisine (in case you hadn't already worked that one out by now) Posillipo is actually a small but focused restaurant chain around Kent; in Canterbury, Faversham and Broadstairs. In fairness, I perhaps should have visited the latter two, but never got the chance. Happily however, the Canterbury branch provided and does provide more than enough in almost every way. Crucially and markedly to our decision to frequent the Canterbury Posillipo (which is tucked away in a respectable, artisan part of the city just off the King's Mile) is the fact that it has a real and authentic wood-fire pizza oven, whereas Broadstairs and Faversham apparently do not.

I think you will be hard pressed to find many Italian restaurants in Canterbury, Kent, and even further afield who are equipped with such, and can thus provide such remarkable pizzas as a result. Fired and cooked to perfection, made with the finest dough and ingredients, pizza is surely what draws many to the place food-wise. I myself normally go for the Calzone. 

So the food is consistently superb, the location is brilliant, the decor is charming, the staff seem well trained and the atmosphere is often remarkably buzzing and great to sit amongst. Truly, if you have any love for Italian, and plan on visiting Canterbury, Posillipo is well worth a look.