We visited The Corner House in Canterbury - serving Kent's best roast according to TripAdvisor

The Corner House in Canterbury opened its doors in 2016 and hasn't looked back.

Head chef, Matt Sworder, already owned a celebrated restaurant in Minster but has replicated its success here.

The Dover Street food haven has twice made the final of Taste of Kent Restaurant of the Year and recently added Two AA Rosettes to ita AA Four Silver Star Restaurant with Rooms rating.

While these accodales carry prestige, it is also rated by TripAdvisor as the best place in Kent to grab a spot of roast beef.

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Shortly after it opened, we paid it a visit to check out the restaurant for ourselves.

Expectations were high.

Sworder has also previously worked as a chef in one of Gordon Ramsey's top restaurants, after all.

And it did not disappoint: the food was virtually flawless, with not a single detail missed, the staff were vibrant, friendly and knowledgeable and the atmosphere was cosy, quaint yet exciting.

The much anticipated restaurant serves the very best of what Kent has to offer - from Romney Marsh Lamb to locally caught seafood, from Kent Coffee to homemade 'secret recipe' ice cream.

Naturally then, in keeping with the ethos of the restaurant that sharing is in fact caring, I opted for all of the sharing options on the menu.

The sharing starter consisted of pork scratchings like I have never experienced before, dipped in a light and fruity apple sauce, thin slices of sausage roll, a moreish chicken liver parfait and a homemade terrine, all served on a wooden sharing board for two.

It sounds like an absolute mouthful, but rest assured, the portion sizes were spot on, definitely leaving enough room to tackle the meaty main.

Throughout the summer months, diners are offered a BBQ sharing platter, consisting of flat iron steak, chicken thigh kebabs and braised pork ribs served with triple cooked chips, super salad and an innovative range of homemade sauces.

And this was the second sharing option I selected from the carefully thought out menu.

The ribs were wonderful and meaty, nothing like the stingy variety you'd chomp on at a late night Chinese takeaway, the steak was cooked to medium rare perfection and sliced finely into easy to manage slices.

The chicken was tender and the chips were also cooked well - not once, not twice, but three times.

The stars of the show though were the little selection of homemade sauces offered with the platter, serving to pull the meaty components together with their unique flavour combinations.

On offer was a barbecue mayonnaise, a mushroom ketchup and a classic ketchup, all presented in adorable little kilner jars.

My only complaint would be that the jars were just too small - I was literally scraping the barrel to get the most of these little treats.

The dessert, yes you guessed it a sharing one too, was a selection of little delights - chocolate brownie with brown bread ice cream, lemon posset, gypsy tart and a little jar of honeycomb ice cream.

Again, here it's the homemade elements that really take centre stage. I had never heard of brown bread ice cream until dining at The Corner House, and this secret family recipe with its quirky crunchy texture was absolutely to die for.

As well as fantastic local food, cooked to perfection, customers can also enjoy an award-winning range of local beers from Gadds' The Ramsgate Brewery and wines from The Chapel Down Winery in Tenterden at the restaurant.

The menu even offers suggestions for the perfect drink to wash down their delightful food.

In short, the restaurant is definitely one to add to the food bucket list and could certainly end up on a few prestigious foodie lists of its own if my experience was anything to go by.