Thai hotpot, BBQ & dim sum restaurant at The Riverside, Canterbury

Book a table and cook your own hotpot and BBQ at the table, with homemade broths, fresh ingredients and dim sum from our kitchen

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Open every day, 12:00 to 22:00

Mama Suki

Hotpot made with a mother’s heart

Mama Suki is Thai-style hotpot and BBQ, cooked by you at your own table. Pick two homemade broths, fire up the grill, then mix your dipping sauces at a bar of eight.

Good food brings people together, and everyone ends up cooking for everyone else. That is exactly the point. Bring friends, family, a date or the whole office, and make an evening of it.

How to Mama Suki
Rows of caramel velvet booths against bottle green panelling, each table set with a hotpot and griddle

Thai-style hotpot & BBQ in six steps

How to Mama Suki

First time at a hotpot? Our team will talk you through everything when you sit down. Here is the short version.

  1. Choose your broth

    A Mama Suki table from above: a split pot of two broths bubbling beside the grill, surrounded by sliced meats, noodles, greens and dipping sauces

    Pick your favourite soup bases. Each has its own unique taste, and your pot is split in two so you can have two at once.

  2. Add ingredients

    A split pot of chilli and clear broth next to a grill, with trays of sliced meat, greens and mushrooms around it

    Start with vegetables, as they take longer to cook and soak up the delicious broth.

  3. Cook to perfection

    Sliced beef being dipped into a split pot of chilli and clear broth, beside a grill of beef, squid and prawns

    Vegetables go into the soup for about 10 minutes, and noodles for 2 to 3 minutes.

  4. Meats on the grill

    Trays of thinly sliced chicken and pork, glazed and scattered with sesame, ready to cook

    Cook your meats on the grill until browned and done just the way you like them.

  5. Dip and enjoy

    Bowls of dipping sauces, fresh chilli and garlic beside noodles and greens at a Mama Suki table

    Once everything is cooked, dip it in our signature sauces and enjoy the perfect combination of flavours.

  6. Repeat and share

    A full table: meats and seafood on the grill, a split pot of spicy and clear broth, and dipping sauces in front

    There is no right or wrong way. Keep cooking, keep sharing and, most importantly, enjoy.

  7. A smiling member of the Mama Suki team in a green apron, greeting guests with his palms together

    Not sure? Just ask

    The team are on hand to show first timers the ropes, from broths to the sauce bar.

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Dim sum & sushi, from £21.99 per adult

All you can eat

Choose from 40 dishes of dim sum and sushi, freshly cooked and made to order, and keep ordering until you are full.

Prices and how it works

Hotpot, BBQ, dim sum and small plates

À la carte

Build your own table from the menu: two broths and fresh ingredients for the pot and grill, with dim sum and small plates alongside.

Mama Suki Feast for 2 to 3 people, £49.95

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Dim sum from the kitchen

Not everything needs cooking at the table. Steamed baskets, crispy rolls and soft buns, made to order.

A soft steamed chicken bun in an open bamboo basket
Chicken bun, fresh from the steamer

  • Siu Mai

    Prawn, pork or vegetable

    £4.50

  • Shiitake Mushroom

    Prawn, pork or chicken

    £3.50

  • Cheung Fun

    Prawn rice noodle rolls

    £4.50

  • Pork Bun or Chicken Bun

    £4.50

  • Pandan Bun

    £3.95

  • Pork Spareribs

    £4.95
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Booths under the woven rattan ceiling, with pendant lights and windows looking out onto The Riverside
A guest on a velvet banquette holding a tray of four desserts by the window
A long caramel velvet banquette under a black and white flower wall and a ceiling of woven rattan discs

Come hungry

Where

Unit 2, The Riverside
Kingsmead Road
Canterbury CT1 1BN

On the river at The Riverside, a few steps from the Curzon cinema.

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When

Monday to Sunday
12:00 to 22:00

Booking ahead is the easiest way to guarantee your table, especially at weekends.

Groups & enquiries

01227 953246
mamasukicanterbury@gmail.com

Birthdays, office nights and big tables, or hire the whole restaurant. Send us an enquiry.

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The Mama Suki shopfront at The Riverside, with the Mama Suki logo on the glass doors