Posillipo in Swale

Waited too long for main course. Man on table of 4 behind us got his food when rest of his table had finished. Shame as everything else great. Had similar issue here before. This was a 3 pm booking

Had an absolutely fantastic experience at Posillipo in Faversham! From the moment we walked in, the beautiful Italian decor and cozy atmosphere set the perfect scene for a memorable evening. The attention to detail in the decor—think rustic charm mixed with elegance—made it feel like a slice of Italy right here in Kent. The staff were wonderful, striking just the right balance of being attentive yet giving us space to enjoy our evening. You can tell they genuinely care about providing a great experience, as everyone was so warm and friendly. The service was prompt and thoughtful. The food, of course, was incredible—authentic, flavorful, and beautifully presented. Every dish had that perfect homemade touch.

Really popular, great service and most importantly delicious food! Great for birthdays too! They make a real effort if you let them know.

A lovely place to enjoy a meal! Great for gluten free.

Came in and asked to have a table outside to drink, the waiter seemed unhappy with our request and rudely said he’d be right out to take our order, he never came out. This is the second time that waiter has served us, the time before he was so rude too. The food was nice last time but his service was poor and every time you ask for a drink it seems to bother him.

Very nice restaurant. Good food and lovely building/ interiors.

Great restaurant, everything you want from an Italian

Lovely meal and attentive, friendly staff. Tasty specials and enjoyable, atmosphere. Wine was beautiful and the team managed our large group well.

My favourite restaurant in Kent

We were looking for a place to have, hopefully, a good lunch to mark the end of our week’s break in North Kent. Walking back along the creek we came across Posillipo. It looked inviting and as we walked in we knew we had found the right place. The setting alongside the creek was lovely but just too chilly to eat out. We were warmly welcomed and led to a table. The service was excellent. Attentive but discrete. There was time to chat and enjoy the ambience of the place. We both ate of The Specials - lamb ragù and orzo pasta with scallops. Lovely food. Well presented, well cooked and just a tad different. My wife loved the homemade gelato. Did we find our final day’s good lunch? We certainly did. It is a shame we live 170 miles away otherwise this would become a regular place to eat. Thank you.

The pasta was fresh and sauce was rich and flavourful. Do try their Carbonara. Can’t wait to come back and try more dishes.

Lovely food and a great hidden location. The Restaurant was busy but there wasn't any delay in service. The food was great and well worth a try if you're visiting Faversham

Food was lovely. Great atmosphere and friendly, attentive staff

A fantastic restaurant with some amazing food and a great atmosphere. Staff were very helpful but not intrusive.

Won't go here again if you paid me. Very slow service waited ages for started and mains. Prices are very high expected more.

My partner and I had a delightful meal here after a lovely day in Hastings. We hadn’t planned for a meal out but decided we fancied Italian and knew Posilippos was highly rated and on the way home. We had a 3 course meal (obviously) and every course was delicious. For starters we had mozzarella focaccia and Caprese salad. Both were absolutely delectable!! For mains, my partner went safe with a king prawn linguine. This was delicious. The pasta was fresh and the prawns were huge!!! I however went risky. I opted for the butternut squash Gnocchi with King prawn. I wasn’t expecting this to be as amazing as it was. This meal was an absolute flavour bomb!! This was honestly in the top 10 meals I have ever eaten and I have eaten all over the world!! For pudding we shared a delicious cookie with coconut and hazelnuts. It finished the meal off perfectly and

Had the best Calzone I've ever eaten here!! Really friendly staff and lovely atmosphere. Definitely recommend for quality Italian food and service.

Wow....what an incredible night we had, the food was delicious and the atmosphere was good too. It's my new fav place. Book and don't delay. Brilliant food and good price too. I'll be back soon.

Excellent restaurant, the food even better !!

Great Italian food Friendly staff Highly recommend

Four of us ate! ,all in all pretty good! Enjoyed service because I had a waitress who bit back,which I like ! Weather was great which helped. Pricing was entertaining but that seems to be the norm now!

This is not the first time we have visited but on this occasion I can only rate 4 stars. Our food was beautiful, great portion sizes and absolutely delicious. However, on this visit the server received was not what we had experienced on previous visits and was quite disappointing. We had a long wait for a member of staff to pass to ask for simple things like salt for fries. We also weren't offered cheese or black pepper for our pasta, which other tables were. We were also asked if we'd like water, this never appeared and again to ask for another drink took a long time, then another 20 minutes before the drink arrived. Such a shame as the experience would have been just as great as it had always been had the staff been more polite and attentive.

We'd walked from Whitstable to Faversham on a hot day, so our meal was incredibly welcome. We sat outside and really enjoyed the view. Appreciated that you can order house wine by the carafe - as this was the ideal quantity for a late lunch. I had the Insalata Napoli (dried bread, tuna, olives, tomatoes) which was so delicious I've made it at home a few times since.

Lovely food, good service , we were seated in what appeared to be the staff canteen. No atmosphere in the place.

Very nice Italian restaurant nestled on the Creek front in Faversham. Authentic Italian flavours and style. Pasta and risotto dishes very tasty. The Italian limonata 'lemonade' is refreshing. Service could be a little more professional as we were brought the main course during the starter, though I would suggest this is due to bad management training than staff incompetence. This however does not detract from the exquisite flavours of our food. Recommend a visit here. A very pleasant way to spend an evening without an exhorbitant bill.

We went here yesterday for the first time with family and were so impressed by the service and food. Lovely atmosphere and location. Staff were so accommodating to our young children and all our dishes were great! Even the kids menu was very good. Definitely will be back!

Nice meal friendly staff great selection of wines. Update.. been several times since the first post,,this visit poor staffing waited 25 mins for drinks then 35 mins after for mains to come out. Food is still at a good standard just poor staffing.

Always been one of my favourites, but have been a few times recently and is shockingly understaffed. Waiting 30 minutes for drinks, asking several times for water. Little attention paid to guests. Would hesitate to go again

Lovely food friendly staff nice atmosphere

Excellent all round, amazing delicious food, attentive, friendly, knowledgeable waiting staff, great location, and great selection on food menu and the wine menu. Lots of things on the menu I fancied. Went with Pizza and it was one of the best I had tasted. Would definitely recommend.

Great food and service. We will return

What a lovely restaurant. Overlooking the creek, which was a treat. Food excellent. Staff helpful and friendly. We had the house white wine which was very good. I just wish we lived closer!

Excellent food, wonderful quayside views and breeze. Extensive vegan menu - everything you could ask for. Attentive and friendly staff.

Very tasty food and nice staff. I can

Lovely Italian restaurant on the creek of Faversham. Great food, drink, and atmosphere.

Great place to sit out after a town walk in the early evening sunshine with an Italian beer and lovely food. Great service despite being pretty busy. We'll return but are unlikely to capture the ambience of this occasion.

I was there last night, the bride and groom brought us along so we all could have a lovely time, as I was photographing there wedding it was so lovely being have a lovely meal with them, the staff were great, so kind and friendly for us all, nothing was a trouble for them, we all had a great time, I would definitely recommend it to all my wedding couples!

Updating my review after another recent visit, this place is just such a gem in the town. The quality of the food continues to be really high, seafood specials are particularly fabulous. It's pretty much always busy here, testament to the great food, but the super service from friendly staff continues despite the packed tables. With lovely views by the creek, what more could you ask for from a restaurant. A little piece of heaven...

We wanted a nice Italian meal and was delighted to find this restaurant. It is not your average Italian with lasagne or spaghetti bolognaise. It is a more adventurous menu and a little more fine dining. The restaurant is set next to the estuary that when we arrived was at low tide, but we started to see it come in by the time we were finishing. We both had the Salmon E Gamberetti for starters, baby prawns in a marie rose sauce with smoked salmon on a bed of rocket and they did not skimp on the smoked salmon at all. For mains, we had Fusilli Aumm Aumm, which I swapped for penne pasta and the Zuppa Di Pesce. Both were absolutely delicious and very filling. We hope to visit again to try some of the other dishes that all looked very nice indeed and will definitely be recommending to family if they are in the area.

Nice food but they forgot our mains and waited 45 minutes

Reduced menu but getting better with more staff

Amazing food. Great service good wine. This place is a definite must if you love Italian food.

Highly recommend this restaurant - it is one of the best (if not the best) that Faversham has to offer. The service is both friendly & expert (the staff really know their menu & winelist) and the restaurant itself is cosy and friendly inside, and fresh and sunny outside with a relaxing view over the creek. The food at Posillipo is of an exceptionally good standard with real an Italian home cooking vibe.

Absolutely wonderful environment right next to the creek at sunset. The menu had so many delightful options it was hard to choose. The food was spectacular, the staff very attentive and courteous. We will be regulars.

Excellent location! Italian chefs and pizza makers and therefore an obligatory stop

Lovely food brilliant setting, however service was abit hit and miss, too many tables for staff to handle, our meal got completely missed, we had to keep calling staff. No complaints on the food.

Lovely meal and ambience, will be back 😋

The food was very good. So bravo to the chef! There was one person that was jovial and friendly and he was at the entrance. The lady that took the order was abrupt and cold 🥶 (Carmela) and another younger waitress did not smile at all. Generally speaking I was not impressed by the warmth of the staff yet they had audacity to charge a tip on my bill.

It's already the second time I've had dinner in this place and it's delicious, excellent Italian cuisine! Nice place and impeccable service. Highly recommended, I will definitely return.

Loved the seafood risotto as my partner loved her seafood linguine, very authentic and great food.

Me my mum and aunty loved the setting and appreciated front of house changing our table so we could sit by a window. Great cocktails and delicious food will definitely be returning, many thanks.

I loved this place, very nice vibe and lovely and helpful staff. It has very good and delicious authentic Italian food and a big variety of options. The prices are very reasonable and there are parking spots for cars. I highly recommend this place for delicious Italian cuisine lovers.

Always an amazing experience at Posillipo in Faversham!

We had a group for a birthday celebration. The atmosphere service and food was excellent

Sadly a poor experience as we waited over an hour and a half to get our table which was booked. We were not the only tables affected. I appreciate that they had staffing level issues but can't believe all the customers had booked, manager should have turned walk ups away. Could have been a great night but sadly not so. Would I go back, yes if it was managed properly.

Eaten here for past 8/9 years cannot fault it recently visited ordered strascinati salsiccia my go to dish every time unfortunately my partner had the salmon with prawns and green beans that made her very unwell ended up in hospital for 3 days would always recommend this restaurant to anyone just unfortunately the first time we had a bad meal that left partner unwell

Really pleased we found this authentic Italian restaurant in Faversham

Absolutely stunning place and service was amazing unfortunately I had a seafood dish which then a few hours after made me severely ill which is still going on 5 days later. Very disappointed

Really busy restaurant which is good to see doing so well. First time here after so many people saying how good it was. Great atmosphere and the food in top notch. 👌 Parking is very limited, we had to park round the corner but was only a 5 minute walk.

Have eaten there before and was really nice, but went Saturday night and waited well over a hour for starter and then 2 of the main meals where inedible, in total we was there over 3 hours and all that was taken off the bill was the meals that weren’t eaten, will not be spending any money in there again unless they sort the kitchen out because they have a major issues in there and other people around us where having issues. But that being said staff couldn’t of apologised more.

Where do I start. Excellent food at a reasonable price. However as well as the great food there was attention to detail. I saw who I assumed to be the owner chatting with his staff and checking the service on all tables was smooth. I saw one person add 2 glasses to a tray to a customer as it lacked the means to drink. My friend dropped a spoon on the floor and immediately a staff member was there with a replacement. This level of service is rare nowadays but so nice to see people taking pride in delivery. Would come again.

Food amazing Service incredible Atmosphere awesome There are no but for this place. You should visit it if you are in the area.

So disappointed after a family birthday meal on Sunday. Starters did not all come out at the same time, had to wait ages and ask again for a bottle of red wine we had ordered. Did not offer pepper or Parmesan cheese again had to ask. Overall the service was poor - the only thing that felt nice was the setting and sitting outside.

My friend and I regularly meet up here now for dinner. The food, location and service are fantastic. We've tried the chicken dishes, pasta dishes and pizza's and they've all been so tasty. We often don't have room but we try to squeeze in a dessert. Their almond cookie is amazing. I'm more of a savory person but always go for this as it's not overly sweet.

Excellent will definitely go again

Very nice place to take your family or just two of you.

What a gem Posillipo is! I came with my pals and we had a lovely time. Great location, fabulous food which was also very reasonably priced.

not the best spaghetti vongole.. to rich.. but nice place

Good Italian cuisine, friendly staff, nice location

Ox cheaks cooked perfectly, sautéed potatoes were delicious and veg cooked but still firm. Excellent service

Amazing food, attentive service. Beautiful restaurant, great place to go for any occasion.

Great little spot. Had the ribeye, one of the best I’ve had and generous size of 500g, don’t ever remove this from your menu. Will be having a go at their tomahawk on next visit.

Nice food, good wine selection and friendly staff

I love this restaurant The food is amazing. Great location and wonderful attentive staff

Omg what a waste of money food was terrible we had hair in the soup over cook salmon and when the bill come shocking thats All i can say

Far too busy for lunchtime and affected service. Service was very slow and food was cold

The food was really nice. We ordered the posilipo linguini and it was delicious, totally recommend it!

Fabulous evening for a birthday celebration

Beautiful cooked authentic food, nice Italian wines, great service, great seats over looking the river. Will be back here again

Very good food. Up market restaurant. And lovely staff. The guises from Somerset

Thank you to everyone from Posillipo for making our mother's day so beautiful and relaxing. Food was delicious and on time. We had one of the round tables which made our bonding fun and effortless. The staff was friendly and patient. Thank you xx

Authentic italian. Specially the tiramisu

Lovely restaurant located near the creek in Faversham. We visited as a group for a 50th birthday celebration and had a fantastic time. All the food was made to a high standard and a great selection of wines. Staff were excellent and patient with my questions about the food and drink from some of our party. I had the salmon and King prawn dish, and it was fresh and full of favour. The pizzas looked incredible, as did the pasta dishes. We visited many times in the past, and it never fails to impress.

A perfect place for a perfect lunch

This was our second visit to Posillipo, we were not disappointed, our visit being as good as the first time. The Restaurant was busy, a good sign these days. Staff were very friendly and helpful. They serve the best Bruschetta in the country, absolutely amazing. The Signature Linguine dish is amazing, plenty of delicious seafood and flavour. They took out the mussels from the Risotto Alla Pescatori, the dish was also full of seafood and delicious. Service was the right pace, allowed us to enjoy the surroundings, the food and wine. Worth a visit if you enjoy the best Italian food and we will be back next time are we in or near Faversham.

Food was first class, effort to keep customers happy was good. More expensive than I’d normally pay, but was value for money. Was just the thing for a celebration.

I've been here a few times over the years and it's always the same high standard as my initial visit. Food is great, staff are helpful.

The best Italian restaurant in Kent area! Not only their food is fresh and tastes amazing, but their staff are great - always adding to the quality time spent there!

Great food, our order got mixed up twice today and watch when the bill comes as they adde services charge

We ate here 3 times in 3 days - one evening meal and two lunches - so that probably says it all! Delicious food , plentiful and hot, with a good vegan menu. Very friendly service, reasonably priced and pretty location by the creek. What’s not to like?! Apologies we forgot to ask our server’s name but she was very good.

Had a lovely meal here atmosphere food and staff all amazing! Definitely going back

All good. If you like your Italian food with an authentic edge then this is the place to go. The fact that I can't do dairy and my wife can't do gluten wasn't a problem and my calzone with vegan cheese was actually really tasty -- not compromised at all.

Delicious Fusilli Aumn Aumn, nice atmosphere and no rush to leave the table. Nice evening. The only let down is no low fat or oat milk for a latte

Great service, high quality food, authentic and traditional Italian food. Highly recommend

Very good view, with well curated menu

Lovely restaurant and lovely staff. Would highly recommend it to anyone! Have been five times now and it's been brilliant every time.

Lovely restaurant that we found on our way back home from a day in Faversham. Very well impressed, I’m Italian and I know my food so I can speak for the authenticity of the food, the atmosphere and quality of service. I can’t fault anything from starters to desserts. Thank you for topping up an already joyful day! 👍🏻 we’ll be back again. I’ve saved you on my maps as my fav place for next time.

A beautiful restaurant with delicious food and most importantly, incredible staff who are always professional, kind and helpful. They looked after us so well and I look forward to my next visit!

Passed by this gem while visiting Faversham, great location, amazing food, superb service and atmosphere. Could not be happier with my visit! very friendly team and the food was top notch ! Highly recommend sea bream and fish croquettes (special of the day) thank you team

Disappointed to be honest, not enough staff for the amount of tables. Arrived made to wait by rude lady at front of desk. Shown to an undressed table while they cleaned and dressed table with us sat at it, despite several tables for two around us that were free and ready. The food came out incorrectly and was Luke warm, Good points huge menu, lots of choice great wine list. Sea bass looked incredible we didn’t have sea bass but wish we had… Veal was Very average !! Waitresses were lovely.