Smugglers

Absolutely amazing food, service and ambiance!! It was a family get together for our Mum + Dad's wedding anniversary! The whole evening was very special for us all , made even more special by staff and excellent food. Thank you very much for a very lovely evening!!!.

Excellent with allergies!
I visit here often with my parents. My allergies are very carefully looked after, and nothing is ever too much trouble. Staff always adapt meals for me as required and the food is great.

Great ambience, food was excellent 👍. We enjoyed our evening within this family friendly restaurant.

What used to be one of Thanet's best restaurants for its wonderful service, flavours and presentation has sadly become a shadow of its former self. I have now eaten here 3 times since lockdown and sadly the decline of the Smugglers is quite apparent. Firstly I do not expect to see a cat wondering around the restaurant begging for food, whilst I understand this cat has been around the Smugglers for sometime, when you are paying high prices this for me does not paint a good picture and not to mention the hygiene risk! Unfortunately the quality of the produce that are sourced are not the same quality as what has been used on previous occasions, resulting in a very chewy texture and a bland taste. This brings me on to my next point of the presentation as if you enjoy a bit of steak slapped on a plate with some pea's like you get in Weatherspoon's this certainly is the place for you. What happened to the attentive detail?! The service was also not to the standards you expect for a so called 'high class' restaurant, or should I say once was.

Sadly we will not be returning to the Smugglers as there are far nicer places to eat for the same price.

Lovely meal here during a family celebration. Nothing too much trouble and very friendly and helpful staff. Only reason it is not a 5 star review is because I felt the drinks prices are very high.

The Smugglers is a lovely restaurant, with great food, a good wine list and a fabulous and heartfelt welcome. Thank you Lisa, Bob and Bob.
Monique & Paul

Brilliant entertainment 'Elvis and Dean Martin Night' on 19th December, but food was disappointing. Chicken was like a lump of rubber, roast potatoes were soft and chewy (like they were pre-cooked a day ago), how a chef let the yorkshire puddings go out black and unedible, my mum had turkey dinner and she had just dark brown meat and about a teaspoon of gravy, and dreadful christmas pudding it was cut so thin. It is such a shame, such a lovely place can get it so wrong, but waitering staff were very good.

Good for Sunday lunch, have patience as the food can take a while to be served but is well worth the wait. We normally go in for a roast but decided to try something else. The med veg lasagne was superb. You could not tell there was no meat in there, the taste was great!