Bottega Montalbano in Ashford

Fabulous coffee shop just off the main High Street, attached to an Italian restaurant which we hear is also very good. Very cosy, very clean, so much choice and gelato to die for! We will definitely be returning and recording you to all. Best wishes for your business.

Lovely little restaurant with a good menu. Could have glass of wine there or beer. The oce cream is the best so many different flavours.

Great staff always cheerful food very 👍

Hidden gem tried the tiramisu and cappuccino was a delight pizzas looked good.one to try kn the beautiful village cant wait to go back.

Nice food and friendly staff. Crayfish and avocado salad was fresh and a good portion. Nice stop for breakfast coffee and pastry too.

This is without doubt the best restaurant for coffee in the whole of Tenterden.. Sissy and her team are amazing .. The cakes thus last week have been amazing...

3 years ago I left this Italian cafe a 5 star review and thought that it was time to update it. This is still one of the best places to eat in Tenterden together with their sister restaurant Montalbano. The staff are absolutely amazing, so attentive and helpful. Sissy has blossomed since taking charge of the cafe and is extraordinary in her ability to make everyone feel welcome and special and manages the staff impeccably. Thanks also to Finley and Crem who also go above and beyond to ensure you have a great time. One other thing! They serve the best coffee and cake too!

Very pleasant lovely coffee nice staff

My favourite cafe in Tenterden! The food is delicious as are the drinks. The staff are so friendly and it's a lovely atmosphere.

Amazing ice cream, huge portions and friendly staff.

A hidden gem, really friendly staff and service. Excellent quality food and great coffee!

This cafe is fit for a god BTW the one star and other under five stars are lunatic morons who have not eaten here

Lovely Cortado, well recommended

Best coffee in Tenterden. Great service and a nice vibe. Outside seating.

Please please please come to Faversham 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Fantastic food, ice cream to die for food excellent and tasty

Always love our trip to Tenterden and always head here for our lunch. Loved the way it was but love it even more with the new refurbishment. Food always delicious and service 5* 😊

Bottega Montalbano Is back and looking super cool with more seating… This fabulous Italian Caffe - in Highbury Lane, Tenterden always delivers quality. This morning the fresh warm apricot croissant were to die for

Went with a friend for lunch today and managed to get a table...always busy there, which speaks for itself. We both had lasagne. Really, really good.

Such a beautiful place! The breakfast is delicious, perfect eggs & fresh tomatoes and avocado. My kids loved the bubble waffle & I simply cannot have ice cream from anywhere else now.. it’s honestly like nothing you’ve ever had before! THE BEST! (Unless of course you’ve been to Italy) a MUST VISIT if you’re in Kent.

We visited this restaurant yesterday with our friends at short notice, so didn’t know if there would be space available for four people. The staff were very accommodating and re arranged the tables so that we able to sit together. We all enjoyed a delicious pasta meal with a recommended bottle of red wine. Look forward to returning soon. Would definitely recommend this place to eat at lunch time, you will certainly be made very welcome.

Great food with excellent service.

Very nice cafe with good quality ingredients in all the dishes we tried, great for breakfast or lunch, friendly staff

The best hazelnut gelato I've had in the UK.

I just love visiting this place 😄 I am not local so it's a real treat, great food, great friendly service 5* all the way

Good food - the pizza was thin and crispy, and came delicious. Service was a bit curt and unwelcoming. The waiter was petting people's dogs, which I don't think is hygienic when serving food.

Authentic Italian. Fabulous food drink and service 😋

It was OK the service wasn't brilliant, the food was OK but plenty of other places to eat in town so we won't go back

My fave place In Tenterden 🤩 The service is always Fantastic and all of the staff are amazing so friendly and welcoming and give the best service. All food & drinks are always perfect. Thank you for your amazing service and food.

Certainly one of the best ice creams I've tasted recently.

Lovely food, drinks, and treats. One of our favourite places for breakfast.

Small but, if you can get a seat in the morning, the breakfasts are great.

A nice little cafe with good food and a nice staff. All in all worth to for an easy and tasty visit

Happy pleasant staff always goes a long way...food and service excellent delicious lunch..

Our favourite coffee shop in town & now (due to necessity) we've found it serves the best decaffeinated americano in town!!!

Very popular Italian café, great for a light lunch or an ice-cream.

A lovely little botega just off the Tenterden High Street. we enjoy sitting outside when the weather is suitable and there are cosy tables inside too. we are regular visitors for coffee cakes or a delicious breakfast or lunch. There is also a kiosk for superb ice-cream. Most of all there is always a friendly welcome from the attentive staff

Great food at really reasonable prices ...they should make it bigger.

Having visited this cafe when it first opened and really loved the food and the ambiance. Today, the welcome was a little less warm although there seemed to be just one man serving the tables, and we were outside. Ordered two coffees and a piece of cake which were lovely! Tried to get the waiter’s attention to pay and in the end looked at the prices on the menu and managed to get the cash together thinking this would be easier. It came to £10.10 but when we handed it to him he informed us that the prices had increased and it was now £10.85! We said we wanted to pay the price on the menu and to be fair he said ok. Be warned though that the prices on the menu may not be the price you are charged - check your bill!

Great food, especially the gelato, and friendly service.

Top class food 🍲, Ice cream🍦, MOCHA👌 & 1st class service 👍

Very friendly attentive service. Food poor in my opinion - the focaccia sandwich was all bread and didn’t enjoy it at all. Pizza looked good although didn’t have it. Afraid I would not return.

Visited here today to collect some sandwiches for a picnic lunch. We had the best sandwiches ever, the club one was amazing, still warm bread, moist chicken, beautiful bacon and warm cheese. The Coto one can be recommended by my husband too. Well worth a visit for a coffee while we waited for our sandwiches to be made fresh. Quality ingredients and well worth the price.

Great food , friendly service . Highly recommended

Wonderful atmosphere. Great menu selection. Ice Cream, Sorbet and Cakes to die for. Ever increasing selection of Gluten free, Vegan dishes and products. Very friendly and happy staff. One of my favourite and regular go-to-Caffe.

Normally ww just have a coffee or hot chocolate when we are in Tenterden as they serve the best coffee in town, but on this visit we stayed for lunch and had an excellent pizza followed by some of their home made gelato which was yummie.

We have been going here for about 2 years now and love their menu and the staff. Everything is good and portions are good. The staff are friendly and do a great job and have a great rapport with their clients. We would certainly receive to others be an individual or group and pricing is just right!

Dropped into Bottega Montalbano Gelato for a quick coffee whilst I was waiting for my car to be washed at Waves car Wash near Tesco's superstore. Service was very quick and the proprietor was a lovely guy, every surface was wiped down thoroughly after each customer left. I didn't have anything to eat, however, my mother who was with me said how nice the food is. The menu is quite extensive with a great range of snacks and main meals, it only received four stars as I thought it was just a bit expensive but hey it is in Tenterden and nothing is cheap there.

Excellent food (always). Friendly and welcoming staff. Always clean and tidy and you have a choice to eat and inside or out. My favourite place to eat for breakfast and lunch in Tenterden.

Fantastic meal and excellent service. Lovely patio area. We were really enjoying our food. The ice cream is to die for, the best in Kent.

Nice place, unwelcoming owner. Food, drink, atmosphere really nice. The serving staff were pleasant and professional. Shame about the owner who was quite dismissive and unsociable towards us - although not with other clients we noticed. Don’t know what we did to upset him!

Delicious ice cream on a sunny day

Excellent food, great kids menu

A nice atmosphere and delicious food.

My partner and I went there this morning for breakfast. The young lady who served us was very understanding with my partner he was having trouble deciding on what to eat. He is undergoing chemo so his appetite is alover the place. But the young lady helped him with his choice and ate it all. The staff are very accodating frendly and i would recommend people to go there fir a snack or lunch you wont be disappointed.

Delicious hazelnut ice cream and an espresso doppio to sustain me on a bike ride!

I've been here 10 times since Feb. Pizza and sandwiches great, coffee great, cake great, gelato great. Its my favourite spot in town, I wish I could come for coffee here everyday!

Cappuccino was weak on our last visit so asked for an extra shot on this visit, was charged 40p extra. Asked for skimmed milk but was given full cream milk. When I asked the young girl about this she just said No it wasn’t full cream. Not quite sure why the tea bag comes in the cup and a large teapot of water to pour over then no where to put the used teabag… Am I missing something? Both my husband and I had rolls. A sausage and egg and myself avocado, cream cheese and chilli flakes. Alas no chill flakes in the mixture, once again I mentioned this to the cheerful young girl I was met with “ oh dear “ That was the end of that conversation. As I was unable to drink my tea as full cream residue was floating on the top, I suggested that perhaps she remove it from the bill. However she did offer another pot but this was at the end of our brunch. Sadly we will not be visiting again as we feel it is not value for money. Friendly staff, but we feel they need a little more training on how to deal comments or complaints

We stopped off here for ice creams on Mother's Day and we weren't disappointed... Excellent ice cream / highly recommended...

Friendliness of welcomes and just the best coffee,The cakes very nice too.

Best Ice Cream in town you have to try it 😋

Fantastic staff, great food and lovely coffee. Easily the best coffee shop in Tenterden!

Cafe at the back. Fab pizza. Not too expensive. Nice coffee. A little bit of Italt. Lovely.

Lovely, friendly staff and tasty dishes

Such a lovely place, with delicious food and coffee and tasty gelato. I've been many times and the staff are so lovely and welcoming! Sometimes I just pop in if I need to feed the baby and have a quick coffee and I've also tried many of the food items on the menu! All lovely! My daughter also loves it when we swing by for a takeaway gelato. The tricky thing is what flavour to choose! Well done guys! Xx

Very cosy cafe serving great Caffe Vergnano coffee. Had A couple of espresso’s, both perfectly served. Panino Parma nice and also the Sundae. Will definitely pop in again when about town.

Popped in the cafe side on a extremely wet Sunday morning for cover and coffee. Excellent breakfast sandwich, great coffee and superb croissant. Lovely inside

Wish serving staff would wear masks.

A jewel in the many coffee shops of Tenterden. Child friendly, staff adorable.

Fantastic Italian food and ice cream..one of my favorite secret places ..lovely staff even better food 5*

Good service, good food, great Italian atmosphere. Maybe slightly pricey (£2.50 for an expresso, was that a mistake ??). We would definitely go back, well done Commissario Montalbano !

Excellent fresh food (panini bread baked on premises) and lovely friendly yet efficient service. Good value. The cherry ice cream was the best ice cream I’ve had all year. Will definitely be coming back again.

Good menu,good food,good service and sat outside in the sunshine

A lovely little piece of Italy in a side lane in Tenterden just off the High Street. This cafe is at the back of the equally Italian Montalbano. Lovely food and coffee served by lovely people. We visited twice for lunch over one weekend and...

Lovely, have the Italian pastries with chocolate!

My husband owns a shop in Tenterden so we always come here for coffee breaks. They serve the best coffee and sweet treats in town. Staff are courteous and lovely ambiance

Excellent food, good service and nice staff.

I have been here several times and the food and atmosphere never fails to please. Probably Tenterden's most popular restaurant. Book early!

Fabulous authentic food. Highly recommended.

Excellent lunch menu, attentive service and, of course, delicious ice cream.

Definitely one of our favourite places to go in tenterden, lovely coffee (hot and iced) gelato delicious, food gorgeous and staff super friendly. I've also purchased a few gift vouchers for friends and family as it is fab. Well done guys xx

Had a really lovely meal with my family. Staff so friendly and food delicious, we can't wait to come back

A lovely place to spend a lunch or evening over summer. If you have the time ,the Italian cuisine Is divine and is only rivalled by the fantastic service. Our charismatic waiter (Adriano) was attentive and a joy to talk to. Everything was on time...

Had an amazing time here yesterday. Staff were friendly, had a chat with all of them at some point! Food and atmosphere was great, very clean. Thank you for the great service and coffee, made our holiday! Nice waffles.

Only stopped as spotted a friend I hadn't seen for years. Ended up having coffee with them. Very pleasant and good service. Nice to see them busy after the last year of madness

Amazing ice-cream, outside service. The Only place my wife insists on going when we are in tenterden.

I took my grandchildren for an ice cream treat and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Best I've cream in town!!

Lovely little place, great choices, take away and eat in, all food served is excellent. Staff are brilliant.

A happy friendly place for a nice hot chocolate

I often visit this gem off a caffe , the food is simple but always absolutely delicious! They use top quality produce and the home made ice cream is to die for. The staff are all so friendly!

Very nice Italian Cafe serving excellent coffee and very appetising food.

Delicious 😋 ice-cream, milkshakes, light lunches & more!

The homemade ice cream is out of this world...delicious!

In honesty, the ice cream was average Italian gelato with an unimaginative choice of flavours. The service wasn’t particularly friendly. Kept waiting at their serving window whilst staff could see us but continued other jobs inside. We were on the verge of leaving when a...

Great ice cream and the panini's were excellent. the service was very quick and was reasonable. been back on several occasions

Nice to see them open serving lovely take away coffee. Plenty of people also had takeaway lunch so that's next week sorted 👍😀

I love this place. Best coffee in Tenterden & their bacon rolls are amazing. Staff are really lovely as well 👍

Good for coffee and a quick bite.

Brilliant food and service. Suburb Ice cream The staff are very helpful and friendly Within easy parking and a great place for lunch

A lovely place to have your morning coffee and pastries. Sitting outside available and track and trace QR code available. Fast service too..