Bull in Maidstone

Absolutely fabulous service from Deb's and Joe, Food was marvelous, We'll definitely be back, Highly recommend a visit 👌

My family and I were staying nearby and wanted a family friendly pub that we could bring the dog along. We were very pleasantly surprised that not only this place fit the bill it is reasonably priced and the food was lovely. Kim and Debs were very friendly and gave us great service.

My friends and I had a delicious meal at The Bull and the evening was made even more enjoyable by the cheerful and attentive service from Jade and Charlee.

Service was slow could do with more staff.

Wouldn't come here waited 45 minutes and not even had our meals ordered very poor service

Excellent service especially given how busy it was for a Thursday lunchtime. Side salad was disappointing but gammon and my husband's Chicken Ciabatta were good. Thank you to Jade and Elle for looking after us. Very attentive and efficient.

Always great food and a good choice. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

I didn't eat but the ambience was very nice.

Staf was very friendly and attentive, great food,

Debs was amazing and so friendly

Excellent service by Kim, outstanding food served and very quickly. Top notch and we will be back.

Served by Jade & Ellie who very busy. Excellent meal, highly recommended.

Charlee was so good, gr8 service and loved my steak

Brilliant fast service, workers are so great

Unfortunately my risotto was not great. The chorizo was overcooked and dry and the chargrilled peppers overpowered the dish. Shame. Kim our server was excellent. Peroni was good.

Lovely meal and fantastic assistance with my sons allergy needs. Food was delicious, will definitely be returning :) Charlee, Kim and Lauren were all polite and friendly

Greeted with a lovely smiley Lauren and Kim. Orders taken swiftly and the food pretty quickly afterwards. Food was piping hot and so tasty. We will be back!

Very nice place with great food and customer service .

Very nice food. Thank you Craig and the team

Kim was so helpful and very sweet. Good food. Isacc very nice lad. Reasonable price, enjoyable evening 😀 birthday treat. Birthday candle 🕯 in pie. Nice touch.

5 of us Came here for a meal the staff did not know how to smile apart from the one in the beige top (Charlie) she was smiley and happy the food was average food but the pudding was lovely

We popped in for a meal with some old friends to catch up. And we're served by the lovely Elle! We were a very awkward group (sorry Elle) swapping sauces etc, but Elle got everything perfect for us! We were confusing things but she got it right every time and with a smile on her face ☺️. Looking forward to coming back.

Nice and cosy. Great staff. Very dog friendly place. Good food, good drink, and a great atmosphere.

Very good food. Reasonable prices

We booked the library to celebrate a birthday, the whole experience was great, atmosphere, food, staff and service

Really lovely food, and a great setting, friendly staff.

Came in on a Monday afternoon for a quick pint or two. Had a pint of Proper Job and it was fantastic, clearly a pub that looks after it's real ales! Even allowed me to use my CAMRA card for a 10% discount. Ellie and Isaac were brilliant bar staff, will be looking forward to coming back and seeing what other guest ales they have on

Visit 24/8/2024 We were a party of 4 with a booked table, which wasn't ready, despite being on time, so we had ordered drinks at the bar and sat outside. When we went to our table, we had a delay for someone to take our food order, so we left our drinks on the table to go outside for a vape, gone all of 10 minutes, only to find our drinks were gone and another party placed at our table! Finally, 15 minutes later, we were given our replacement drinks (which were all full).. and fair enough, the staff apologised. It was a very odd mistake to make, in my opinion. A member of our table went to use the toilet, only for a fight to break out with other patrons - and for police attendance - which I don't blame the pub for. However, by now, we were an hour into awaiting our food order, chased several times, only to be told due to a fight that had gone on.. more time went past (1 hour and 35 minutes) our food finally arrived.. all 4 of us could barely eat it due to porous cooking quality - that I wouldn't feed to my dog. We eventually gave up trying to order from the restaurant as others were seated after us/served before.. it felt more like our table was a burden to the staff. Yet, we had been polite and respectful over issues with the service - or lack of. This was a birthday meal for myself, and being a regular, I wouldn't recommend the bull inn anymore. This isn't the first issue I've had with the food/restaurant side. The last few visits, food has been below their normal standards and what seems to be a lack of care from the staff. Even trying to pay our bill, our "replacement" drinks were charged! Which by now, enough is enough. Just waiting on the bill. It took 40 minutes. It is with regret to leave this review as previously always rated this place, but now, I'd rather go elsewhere. It is such an ashame as being local/on the door step, I generally would have over looked minor issues, but this visit was beyond a joke.

Excellent pub/restaurant with reasonable prices.

Been here before and was very good,kid friendly and dog friendly.

Having visited the pub on a sunny lunchtime we decided to sit in the garden, which I have to say was a little better than when we visited a few years ago. However it could do with a thorough clean and tidy up and get rid of the awful plastic flowers!- -food ok ish -staff not rude but tired and disinterested and lacking in basic hygiene skills … the member of staff that served us cake tried to serve it with barehands!!! This pub has so much potential but needs much, much better professional management.

Visited as it was local to the care home I had been to to see a relative. Food was served faster than we had been advised... they were busy. Garden was lovely to sit it... tables not to crowded together.

Food was quick to come out and was lovely, we had lovely friendly service from Rosie, thank you !! x

We had a few drinks then a sit down meal which was fantastic and no small portions, the beef and ale award winning pie was very filling and superb. And the service was excellent many thanks

Fantastic service and wonderful food.

Served by the waitress Charlie who was fabulous! Went to above and beyond with us eventhough we were too lazy to order at the bar …

Just a drinks and chat with friends.

Paid a visit today and I must say it did not disappoint. When we entered the premises it was extremely clean, staff were welcoming and friendly and the food was absolutely delicious. What a fabulous pub to go to and will definately be returning , great for families too as grab a drink and sit out the front and the kids can play on the field situated just a step away :-)

Fantastic service by Debbie Lovely roast dinner

Nice place first time I've been food good nice 👍

Me and my friends came to the Bull for a catchup and what an amazing service we had! Staff were lovely and food was amazing, will definitely be coming again soon.

Good service, fair price for food service, overall good

Our server this evening was Kim! She was so lovely, polite and also helpful. The food was lovely and will definitely going there again

Lovely dog friendly local village pub. Very lucky to have this pub on our doorstep. Staff are lovely, great pub garden with play park and there is always a great atmosphere

Great meal with a friend this evening! Service was welcoming and speedy by Aimee, food was hot and tasty, will definitely be back soon😀

Going in to the pub to ask for some water when it’s 30’c not having any money and states “That’s an unfortunate in your behalf not my problem” NEVER AGAIN ILL BE COMING BACK

Fantastic pub. Staff are lovely, especially craig. Went above and beyond of us. Thank you so much

Went today and sat in the beer garden which was absolutely lovely. When my friends received their food I was told mine would take longer but it ended up taking excessively long. I was blown off by staff saying how it would take longer but I had to wait almost 30 minutes for them to admit that they gave my food to the wrong table. I was disappointed as I loved the atmosphere.

Great pub in a lovely location. We had the pies and would recommend. Special shout out to Debs for our dessert 😊

Came and visited the Bull for some quick lunch yesterday. Staff were fantastic, couldn't fault them for the excellent service and the food that was served. I had the Beef and Ale pie and it was great, full of meat and very tasty. Would definitely recommend coming here, and I'll certainly be coming back

Service was good, very friendly staff. Food was good

Lovely Sunday roast great service didn't even book a table and they still fitted us in 😁

The special mussels was amazing. Lauren was very attentive without being imposing. She is an asset to your staff.. a lovely girl

Nice lunch at the Bull Penenden Heath. Served by Debs, who is always helpful and pleasant.

Food was excellent good service and lauren are waitress was very good

Great service from Jade, Efficient, polite and very pleasant .

Lovely staff, lovely meal. Only thing that was disappointing was that workman were banging about in the restaurant fixing windows. This was at 12.00 lunchtime.

Great family pub with kids play area

Lovely pub, full of friendly staff and good atmosphere, will return

servers Debs and Kim delivered a great service with a smile, the lamb shank was so good my husband really was jealous, he went to for his usual favourite turkey roast. The lamb gravy was the best I have ever tasted. Will definitely be back xx

I enjoyed a tasty meal today at the Bull and Kim and Lauren provided great service with a smile. I also enjoyed my free Pimm's and lemonade that I received because I'm a member of the email club. Thank you!

After traveling 4 hours, myself and my mum wanted to get some food before visiting family, we stopped by the Bull and was served by Kim! She couldn't not enough for us! I asked if it was possible if I could have jacket potato with cheese and beans (it wasn't even on the menu) and without hesitation Kim took our order away and service was very quick. Would recommend this pub to anyone around this area.

Ordered four meals burgers were reasonable Mac and cheese was dried up Stodge and barely warm, asked for it to be hotter which they did although it made it warmer it didn't improve the taste or texture, I had the mixed grill which was mediocre the steak was meant to be medium to well but came rare, not for me, when the waitress came back at the end and asked if it was OK, I told her and she said I should of told her when she bought it, bit difficult as I hadn't tried it than and they never came back to ask, never mind lesson learnt wont be going back, used to be lovely meals there and went there frequently but not any more.

Nice location . Friendly staff. Beer good . Menu looked ok . Maybe try food next visit .

Lovely place for meeting with friends for a meal.

Had a great lunch with the family on father's day. Food was excellent service was fantastic and reasonable prices.

Came for lunch with my mum, daughter and her boyfriend. Our service from Kim was brilliant, always a smile on her face, even when dealing with guests who can't read the 'wait here to be seated' sign! Patience of a Saint! Food excellent, my lasagne was cooked to perfection!

We booked a table for 7 to celebrate my mother birthday. We arrived at just after 5 and were seated. We order our drinks, then our food a little wait but not too bad. The food was bought to the table for both starter and main, first 5 dishes, then quite a wait, then the other 2 dishes. We ate the food. Then we sat the waitess who originally served us did not reappear in our part of the restaurant, and the other waitress just kept serving her tables. We had to get up and ask about the dessert menu from the 2nd waitess who then cleared our table but never returned to take the dessert order. In the end after 2h15 minutes, we gave up. We gad to ask for the bill again the bar on our way out. We had children eating off the children's menu and it is a school night. Very poor service.

My wife and I had been going to the Bull 2-3 times a week since 1996, until moving to Canterbury in 2021. Always enjoying the,beer, food and atmosphere promoted by the good humoured staff, most of which I, even now, class as friends. Since moving away we have still frequently visited,(my father in laws favorite),when visiting my father in law. However the last 2 visits have been pretty abysmal. The atmosphere more inner city drinking hole, staff giving the impression that they had more important things to do like "vaping". The beer,(Abbott), was well below par, for an otherwise great beer. Then we come to the food! I know the Bull is never going to be Michelin starred.We ordered the basic but British staple, Fish and chips. Now to put you in the picture, I am an ex head chef, executive head chef, development chef and area catering manager for some national and international companies, including the pub restaurant trade, over the last 50+ years, so I have some knowledge of what I am talking about. I know most of the menu is pre- prepared, cooked and packaged in a factory style kitchen elsewhere, but at least get the few dishes you cook on site right. Deep frier oil should be strained and replaced regularly, basic kitchen protocol. What was served to us was pretty dire, to say the least, photos attached. Because this was my father in laws treat for us this time, we didn't want embarrass him, so refrained from complaining. The experience doesn't end there, the chef,(!!!!), and some kitchen staff then came out of the kitchen to go to the bar...basic food hygiene course needed all round

Great Pub To Have A Drink & Some Food. Friendly Staff Aswell

Great & Friendly Place To Have A Few Drinks & Food.

Had a very large approx 18 group reunion yesterday lunch time, all ordered and paid individually, apparently was waitress first day, we would never of known, she wasn't overwhelmed at all.. The pub under new owners, all enjoyed our food, lovely spacious garden and parking.

We had a lovely experience here with Jade as our waitress. She as friendly and efficient and made the experience. The food was good and very reasonable priced. I had Thursday steak special which was a great deal.

Lovely pub in the sunshine, good selection of beers.

Good food good prices. Served by Kim and Jade, who were very good. If I could give them 6 stars I would! Thanks for a great night out 😁

The place is falling to pieces, the entrance door at the side is literally crumbling and looks awful. The mismatch chairs aren't great,just a shambles. However, the food was amazing, one of the nicest roasts I've ever had. The lady that saw us to our table was friendly and checked all was OK

The food, service and ambience good. Nice spot on the green and outside seating for when the weather obliges. Good lunch club and seniors menu.

Lovely dinner. Polite staff and nice dinner for me and my husband

Waitress tipped water over the table. then the roast was cold, and the food in general was inedible. (Hungary and pissed )

Nice pub, only ordered chips which were good but couldn’t believe the portions when they came out £3.95 for not even a handful!

Long wait for starter to arrive but it was busy. Overall food was good, wouldn't recommend the cod as is didn't have much flavour. Our waitress Debs was very nice.

The pub is lovely, the garden great for kids but if your eating it isn't great, the service was slower than slow, to the point that we had to ask for the table to be cleared after our mains, items missed the food was below average at best especially for the price

Very polite staff, very attentive. Good food ,I had Scampi, chips and salad, would have liked more Scampi on my plate but I'm probably just greedy.

Menu is standard pub grub nothing special but we had looked at the menu before so was what we expected. Had southern fried chicken burger, just about edible, very little chicken involved! My granddaughter had mac n cheese, massive amount of salt and looked very unappealing, would have benefited from a minute under a grill. The mixed grill was generous but sadly went back as some elements were completely cold, kids ordered carrot and cucumber sticks and got just cucumber? Service was slow, mainly I think due to just 1 member of staff serving, poor guy was run off his feet! Won't be returning anytime soon

Was visiting family in April and we ate here twice , great food, friendly approachable staff would deffinately recommend a visit here 😁😁

Shannon served us and was really helpful! Served us quickly, was really friendly and the food was great

Great pub and restaurant, polite staff and great atmosphere

We had a very enjoyable meal. Service was very good. I had the fishcakes which were very tasty.

Debs and the barstaff.. superstars. worked at a rate equivalent of three times as many staff!!

Came for lunch today for the first time with my husband and 2 kids. Warm friendly welcome and lovely atmosphere. Mid way eating through his mix grill my husband pulled a face and said his steak tasted funny left it to the side and carried on eating the remainder of his meal. He then said he could smell something cheesy and realised it was the steak. When Deb came to collect our plates my husband said the steak tasted off and instead of an apology got ' well if you had told me earlier I would have replaced it for you' my husband said it didn't matter he enjoyed the rest of the meal. Later on she came back to apologise we guessed the kitchen smelt the piece of meat and realised how foul it smelt and took it off the bill. We understand mistakes can happen but the initial reaction from the waitress would put us off coming again. Very defensive

Good price not very fast service

I would never go there again ! We went there as a group of for to celebrate my inlaws wedding anniversary but unfortunately it was a let down . ,3 main course came out only to be told the 4th meal was still cooking ! After about 15 minutes later the 4th dish arrived only to find the pie was raw underneath. Food sent back and by this time everyone else had nearly finished their mains so when they ask did I want something else cooked there was no point . Even thought waitress apologise for the mess up and gave a free desert we felt the evening was spoilt .

Very good service, and we were looked after by a lovely girl.

Food was delicious, well priced and prompt. Service was very friendly and attentive. Initially wanted to find somewhere to eat and play pool, however google lied! They haven't had a pool table for 10 years. But Service and food more than made up for it.

Table booked for 1.30 pm, ordered food 2.30 mains didn't arrive till 4.30pm and was disappointing.

Great for party dinner great service and food

Lovely evening with friends - service from Kim & Jade excellent and the food made by Ewelina & Liam was delicious.

Must say Jamie and Kim were both very friendly and efficient. Service a little slow as only them 2 serving, not a fault of theirs! Pub was pretty busy so should have had another person working!

Too long a wait for poor quality food. One hour for starters to be served and a further hour for mains. Food was poor quality, not well cooked, very disappointed.

Unfortunately disappointing. Portions small. Fish undercooked. No napkins - although napkins on various tables. ketchup bottle empty. Bar staff - had to search them out. Positive, shift change more attentive with a smile.