The Ivy Canterbury Brasserie

Walk into The Ivy Canterbury and you're immediately struck by how polished everything feels—high ceilings, art deco touches, and a bar that's genuinely worth lingering at. It's the kind of place where you could be having lunch with your nan or bringing a date and neither scenario would feel out of place. The menu trades in familiar classics done well: think duck confit, sea bass, the sort of food that doesn't shout but satisfies. The cocktails are taken seriously here, which is refreshing when you're sick of generic city-centre offerings. Service tends to be attentive without being suffocating, though it gets properly rammed on weekends and you'll want a booking.