Kino Cafe in Tunbridge Wells

Just visited here for coffee/cake. So impressed by two members of staff - one male, one female. A great team. Both very efficient, courteous and respectful to all customers throughout - in spite of being extremely busy throughout my visit. Would highly recommend the flapjack - delicious

This used to be really lovely but the staff have changed and a lazy rather loud abrasive manager seems to have change the whole atmosphere. We have seen her sitting down or chatting to her friends while leaving the lovely younger member of staff to deal with everything! We are regular customers here but are no longer feel we are treated with any polite service, or feel valued as customers. Rye Kino we can't fault, its much better and is always professional. Really sad to write this but its the only way to let you know what a difference one person can have on the business.

An absolute gem, you will not regret visiting here. It gets very busy alongside film showings but the staff are friendly and the venue is tiny. All round great facilities and one of our favourite places to visit to see films and find a tasty treat, or two. Sausage rolls, muffins, and cakes galore! Lovely.

What an unusual and delightful place for a light lunch. All very tasty and nicely done, albeit somewhat slow on the service side, but no complaints and all very good.

Lovely friendly cafe. I come here after my lash appointments & am never disappointed by the kind welcome from the staff & lovely treats they have x

I just took my daughters to the Kino Hawkhurst for lunch expecting to order a panini but really wanting a salad! We found everything we could have wished for. I had the most delicious and large Pear, Walnut and blue cheese salad served with balsamic and olive oil dressing. We shared a mezze plate of artichoke, delicious salamis, olives and feta with hummus and pittas and lastly a wonderful warm quiche and fresh leaves. We sat outside in the warm sunshine and the lovely girls in there were so welcoming and friendly. The food obviously prepared with love and care. It is an absolute gem of a place and we will be returning. Thank you so much!

We normally visit the Kino for the cinema, but we stopped there for coffee and cake and our 2 small dogs were allowed in as well. The Cappuccino's were really lovely.

We always have a coffee before going into the cinema as it is a good place to sit, and meet your friends, before the film begins. The staff are very friendly and the coffee is good. There are also snacks available. You don't have to be going to see a film because the cafe is good at any time of the day. We've had snack lunches when we have not been going to the cinema and the food choice is very good.

This cafe is a great place for a snack or just a drink whether you go to the ciema or not. There is a good choice of snacks on the menu and there is also a good choice of drinks, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Your food and drinks are served by friendly staff. You can even take your drinks with you into the cinema. There's plenty of seatin, at socially distanced tables, both inside and outside.

We always have a good coffee when we visit the cinema. Many just go for light snacks and a drink and meetup inside or on terrace with friends.

Having just visited the cafe of Kino Rye we sought out this Kino as a breakpoint in our journey back home from a week’s holiday in Kent. Plan was for a quick coffee and maybe a sandwich. No one was on the cafe counter for the first 4-5 minutes so we waited for service, and let an existing customer chase up their order first (more in a moment). I tried to order hot drinks but the staff member directed me to take a seat and said she would be out to take our order. Around 15m later a different staff member took our order. After another 15m, and chasing twice (and hearing another customer ask for takeaway cups due to the time their hot drinks were taking, and them having to request sugar and milk), the sweet element of our order (cream tea) arrived… before the hot drinks or quiche we had ordered. Again, no sugars. And despite making clear that the hot chocolate was for the clearly visible toddler, and asking for it to have cold milk added to chill it, it was served piping hot in a tall glass latte mug. The food was unremarkable (salad drowned in balsamic glaze) but the thing that stands out is the dismissive rudeness of the older member of staff and the poor communication/ training of the younger. Our bill was wrong and it took 2 uncomfortable conversations to resolve. When I fed back that we were unhappy with the experience and service, I was told in no uncertain terms by the older staff member that she knew what she was doing as she had been doing it for thirteen years. If today is anything to go by, that’s thirteen years of very poor and abrasive customer service. We’ll stick with the staff at Rye Kino next time we want a break.

Lovely greeting, very Covid safe and a welcomed hot drink. Great service and very clean. If we had more time would have stayed to watch a film

This is a great, little cafe to eat, whether you are going to the cinema or not. The staff are very friendly and helpful. My wife is Gluten Free and there's is usually something for her to eat as a snack meal. If she doesn't want a meal, there's usually a Gluten Free cake she can have with her coffee. As well as seating inside, there's also an exterior balcony area (which, at this time of the year, looks quite festive).

Hawkhurst have hit the jackpot with this you can go in and just have a drink or coffee etc and a bite to eat or go along to the cinema. It is a really nice place

Really nice cafe alongside a great boutique digital cinema. Good coffee, cakes, light meals, ice cream and drinks.

Lovely glass of wine for me and beer for my other half pre show and then again to take into the cinema

This is a very good place for a light meal and drinks, whether or not you actually go into the cinema (if you do go into the cinema, you can take your drinks with you). You are given a welcoming greeting when you arrive and the staff are very friendly and helpful. My wife is Gluten Free and they go out of their way to make sure that there is a snack she can eat. The food is well presented and delicious; as are the cakes.

Now you may not automatically think about going into Kino for lunch but actually it's great. You don't have to go to the cinema to order some food. The coffee is great!

An interesting variety of snacks and drinks reasonably priced and served by friendly staff. The local cider (Sussex) was excellent.The cinema is first rate but so cold - it was a winter day (3' outside and raining) but something really needs to done.

Don't just read what others have said. Visit yourself and be charmed. Really good food and the staff are very helpful. Go do it!

The cinema is great with comfy chairs and a small auditorium offering good views.The cafe with a bar is friendly, efficent and the food is great for supper before or after a movie. We had the quiche with a salad (choice of three quiche) and it was tasty and well presented. Give it a try.

The Kino is a small cinema in Hawkhurst, Kent which seats about 90 people and shows all the latest films as well as special events. The Kino's Cafe is a cosy cafe including an outdoor (under cover) area. It sells a selection of hot beverages and cold drinks, as well as alcoholic drinks, snacks and ice creams etc..The Cafe is also used by customers who aren't watching a film. Service is very friendly.

Friendly and relaxed as you can sit outside. Staff somewhat off and on but overall a pleasant place to enjoy before a movie.

This venue saves light meals, but they are tasty and good value. We have been here three times together, and once with grandchildren.

We only stopped for a quick cuppa on our way to Sunday lunch at a local pub. But the service great, the drinks were lovely and hot - we could have had brunch here if we had wished.

A great cosy place to catch up with friends, have a drink ( I love the conservatory), and then watch a film

He hecho una reseña aquí, pero no bajo la poco cine, así en caso de que no viene a través de la cafetería PENSÉ QUE Mejor hacer otra como este Café es tan bueno!

El Kino Cafe es una verdadera joya. Aparte de que venden las entradas de cine, puedes pedir un café, té o bebidas alcohólicas a tomar en la película.

Tenía. Comida deliciosa. Antes. El cine. Tenía. Panini. Y. Ensalada. Y. Té. Servicio rápido. Amable. personal. Sólo. Queja es. Los inodoros. Estrecho. Sólo. 2. Los inodoros. Aunque. Limpio. Necesidades. Actualización. El cine. Can. Ser. Frío. Creo. Entradas. Precio. También. Alta. Quizás. As. El martes. Es. Ocupado. Cuando. Comprar. Uno. Entradas. Conseguir. Uno. Gratis. Extender. A. Películas. En. Semana. Antes. 3:00 pm

Lovely venue for a sundowner and great little cinema showing unto date movies. Quite novel being able to take your drink into the theatre.

El café en la Kino es fantástico. Es un entorno precioso, con una variedad de asientos en el interior y el exterior. El personal es siempre alegre y servicial, y el café es el mejor de la zona. Siempre tienen una fantástica selección de pasteles, algunas de las cuales son sin gluten. Las cosas pueden llegar un poco ocupado antes del comienzo de la película, pero liquida con suficiente rapidez. Sentado en la terraza cerrada que le mantendrá lejos de las prisas de cine. El Kino es mi lugar favorito para reunirse con amigos para tomar un café. Una comida y un ambiente encantador para un chat! Sólo tuve un capuchino esta vez, pero era perfectamente realizadas con polvo de chocolate espolvorear encima y una plaza preciosa de chocolate en el lado. Un auténtico lujo!

Very nice food such as wine and olives as supposed to coke and popcorn. However service can be rather slow and chaotic. Staff friendly but occasionally look very harassed

Yo entramos en Kino en principio ser semestre fue muchísima gente con niños, así que nos fuimos a comer y regresar una hora más tarde, cuando la película fue mostrando y sólo había 3 clientes más de dos pisos.

Service good in a lovely setting. Wonderful place , just love the coffeee, great movies aswell..visit t and u won't be sorry

Coffee & beer for me prior to watching Eddie Redmaine in The theory of Everything'. What a lovely atmosphere for the foyer of a Kino cinema. A good selection of refreshments and snacks at reasonable prices by pleasant staff. A good experience.

A Digital cinema that is a cut above the rest. It is well located in the village centre, in a beautifully converted historic building. The bar serves a wide verity of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks alongside a wide selection of confectionery to enjoy with the film. A beer and olives go down nicely whilst sitting the the extremely comfortable and spacious cinema.

Cafe attached to cinema. Plus point they had decaf tea. Minus point no cream for the cake. Pleasant staff.

What a wonderful idea to reamimate an old building with a brilliant idea. This Kino is worth to visit. No matter if you will have just a drink or go to the cinema. Just pass by and take a breath. Stuff is friendly and you will have a great time.

We love the kino, amazing coffee & cake, and lovely staff. Great improvement has been made to panini and light lunch options. Staff always really helpful and kind... It's so good to go to a cafe where people have been trained to make coffee properly! However, me and hubs think it's mad they don't sell or allow popcorn?!!? Missing a great profit margin there for the sake of a little less hoovering - but apart from that, amazing!!!

Something should be done about the acoustics here. When making coffee the machine makes such a noise that it drowns all conversation. Food and drinks are of good quality but I would never take a snack here because of the terrible noise!

Fabulous coffee to take into the cinema. Friendly staff and a good place to go even if not visiting the cinema.

This is a cafe rather than a restaurant. We often go in for coffee, which is really good. All food and drink is of excellent quality and good value for money - ice cream t die for! A lovely cinema experience all round. You can take a glass of wine in with you!

A little gem of a cafe and terrace area to enjoy a drink or snack before a film. Good selection though sometimes the staff are a tad slow.

Lovely place to have a quick snack prior to going in and seeing a film in very comfortable seats. Choice of beverages is good and one can have a nice choice of snacks and there is always a very good home made soup

Most staff are ok but others are far to up themselves and snobby. The food and drink is very expensive and not in the Price range of the normal Hawkhurst people. The cinema is ok but seating is very uncomfortable and the fact that your not allowed to eat popcorn is just ridiculous. Popcorn is a part of the whole cinema experience. They also need to stop showing such snobby films and focus on modern cinema being that they call themselves a new wave of digital technology!!

Good service, nice venue, enjoyed a film at the Kino, staff were helpful and attentive, Chairs in cinema were lovely and comfortable

As well as being an absolute gem of a cinema (without nasty buckets of popcorn or vast vats of coke), the seats are comfy and the legroom generous in the auditorium, the service in the cafe is excellent and the coffee and cakes are fab! Nice quality wine is also served, which you can take in to the film with you of an evening, and there is a good variety of sweets and ice cream on offer too, as well as nuts and olives. Kids' Club on a Saturday and Sunday morning is great and well attended.The cafe also has an attractive covered seating area outside at the back, where you can sit in the sun and it's a great meeting place for coffee and a pannini with a friend even if you're not seeing a film. A great asset to the village.

What an amazing little gem. Moving to the village soon and cannot wait to watch a film here. The cake is beautiful.

This stylish cafe/cinema is set in an old village hall, and so has real character; in the summer there is a very pleasant south-facing outdoor patio area. Excellent paninis, soup, simple fare but very tasty.

A great venue for coffee, cake, and films. Looks like homemade cake. Coffee is first class. But the real reason to come is for the cinema. Compact but great seating and good films. The building is converted from an old lecture hall. Well worth a visit.

I always early for films or simply call in for coffee and cake at the wonderful Kino Cafe. Love that you can take wine into the movie

Lovely choice of drinks and snacks including panini , proper cina good snacks ! Big bowls of olives / peanuts and cashews . With delicious chilled white wine what more could you want ?