The Albion Taverna in Swale

Very pleasant and attentive staff. The food was tasty and the choice of local beers was particularly impressive.

Delightful texmex restaurant, great atmosphere and delicious food. Service was friendly and prompt. I think the tortillas should have been bigger: too small for fajitas, and a bit more spice would have been more authentic, but these are small points.

The most frustrating thing about the Albion is its complete lack of consistency. The last time I had a meal there it was fantastic, steak fajitas melted in your mouth and great drinks too… this time however the steak was gristly, over cooked, none of the vegetables were cooked properly and the cocktails were shocking, the kind of pre-made ones you get on the train, the beer was also semi flat. Starter of guacamole was great apart from the bowl of broken nachos, like what you get at the bottom of a bag. Unlikely we’ll be back again.

Lovely little Taverna on the Faversham Creek serving delicious Mexican food and fine Ales 🍺😋

Can't fault the place. Staff were lovely and happy. Food was amazing as always 😋

Food was great, excellent portion size

They fitted us in even though they were very busy and the staff were so friendly and the food was amazing.

A most disappointing meal. Service appalling, a VERY long wait for food to be served, food tastless and presentation a lot to be desired. Definitely won't be going back.

Turned up mid afternoon (no booking) on a Wednesday for food. The website claims food all day, the booking system claims they do food all day, wasn't a single person in the place, but they apparently don't do food until 1800 of an evening. Don't know what's going on but felt shambolic.

10/10 quality food, drinks and service. All workers I spoke to seem very happy to be there. Authentic Mexican food. Would recommend Sizzling Fajitas (Chicken, Duck or Steak) all real good eats. House nachos are a great sharer and the tacos are my favourite starter. Regular customer review. However surprisingly the veggie options are my favourite specifically, the Jackfruit Tacos are to die for. Big up Albion Taverna!

Excellent experience and food, not too busy, but I would imagine in the summer months it would be best to book. One that is well worth a visit, especially if you like Mexican Food. 😁😁😁

Lovely food, nice place, polite servers

Lovely food. Always has been. Very nice place to eat

Wonderful place to enjoy a meal,lovely friendly staff, good food, we will definitely return

Great food and excellent service

Great food - good service - very pleasant experience by the water!!

Really nice pub food was great not expensive

Good Mexican-English fusion food. We were very satisfied, especially with the duck burrito. The place is very cozy and has a terrace. The only thing not so good was the service, which left us quite unattended and did as little as possible.

As usual lovely food and great service.

I found the food to be very basic, initially, I wanted a fish dish, but seemingly the fish had been sold out. So I ordered a (Mexican dish) Bean chilly pot, which combined some rice with beans on top, with a few burritos and a very 'anaemic' looking guacamole which had no tomatoes or onion... And this was the main meal, really I've had better from a street vendor in Mexico. For a starter, we had Guacamole and salsa, which arrived half an hour late. Again nothing really special... My partner had a Vegan Burger, when I asked the waitress if the burger was homemade, she said that the ingredients had been decided on by the chef but the burger had been made elsewhere ??? Strange to say the least! (Does it take that much to knock up a ' Vegan/vegetarian burger in the kitchen, something any qualified chef could do blindfolded... As for the chips, they arrived cold and not handmade, they were somewhat similar to what one would have found in (Wetherspoons). The waitress was charming, polite and very helpful which made the evening less tiresome. On the whole, the cost (£53. 90) of the meal including one glass of wine and a glass and a half of beer was excessive, considering the quality of the food wasn't that special and a far cry from what I would call Authentic Mexican. Needless to say I will not be coming back.

The BEST Mexican restaurant we have ever been to. Fantastic food, lovely location, great vibes, friendly staff and very reasonably priced. We had the double up fajitas and it was big, tasty and lots of options to put into our fajitas. Would highly recommend.

2nd time of coming here in a month. Plenty of choice and lovely Mexican restaurant. Food is full of different flavours.

Delicious food and a lovely treat! Also very accommodating to little ones 😊

Came here for dinner on a Friday night and it was fairly buzzing. Staff were attentive, had taken note of the comment on my booking that my partner is a coeliac and were happy to go through the menu with her. The food is hearty fare with a mainly mexican theme. Mixed tacos were not too bad but could do with a little more flavour. Nachos were decent too. The ribs were tender and tasty, the fries were nicely done and the sweetcorn juicy. Overall a good solid place to come for a no nonsense feed.

Just came out, the food was terribly bland all around. Started with the prawn starter and the prawns was flavourless and very over cooked. Had 2 steaks both very chewy and the chips where swimming in grease peppercorn sauce was basically water and when you pay £22.50 for a steak there’s got to be some standards. Had the fajitas and there was next to no seasonings on the chicken, for £22! Awful and won’t be going back again! DO NOT RECOMMEND!

I took my family, (wife and 4 young children) for dinner. Firstly, the reception from the manager was very welcoming, I think his name was Dan. But on top of that, the food we all ordered was perfect, and my children are not easily pleased! I had the smokehouse burger, my wife had the vegetarian fajitas, and the kids all enjoyed their food from the kid's menu. What more can you ask for?! Another employee, I believe another Dan, was also super helpful, both looked after us without fuss. I highly recommend #The Albion Taverna to all, well worth a visit for quality service and perfect food.

We left after being ignored at the bar by three bar staff consecutively, wouldn't even make eye contact. Shame as we have eaten here before and it was pretty good. Another couple also left, we were there for nearly 10 min, really strange.

All 3 burgers we got were very dry, but everything else was great, so sadly, it reduced the rating dramatically as they were supposed to be waygu burgers but they tasted just like cheaper, over cooked burgers also the chicken burger was overcooked, as the crispy coating was a dark brown showing it had been fried too long and the inside also dry

Great place and great staff, burgers are dry and overcooked, but the other food passing looked amazing

Great service food was good fair price

Great atmosphere and very friendly staff.

Haven’t visited for food for a while. The menu was interesting and the calamari and prawns were delicious, but the fajitas were slightly underwhelming- would have expected a bit more spiciness. My husband’s steak was a bit stringy and fatty- I had the same steak elsewhere and it was delicious so the source of beef can’t be blamed. Love the pub but some of the food needs improvement

What a lovely place for a lovely meal. Definitely a place to sit outside in the sun having a drink/ something to eat. Will be back for sure.

Very impressed by the exceptional Mexican pub food here. Generous portions, great flavours - hot means hot!- and friendly service

Great food, prompt, clean toilets

Fabulous Mexican food.. delicious 😋 lovely garden with creek side view tables and back garden.

I was expecting the pub to be busy even though it was a Tuesday night but the weather was really good. We arrived and met our friends and went to our table. The service was incredibly slow and the waitress was not interested. We ordered three soups and a calamari, the soup was :- Salmon, cod, smoked haddock and mussels, spicy tomato and coconut broth, sourdough and chilli butter, that is a copy from their website, so excuse the spelling mistake. It arrived as half a bowl of stodge, there were 4 mussels but I don't think anyone found any identifiable pieces of fish, we had to ask for the bread, which turned out to be a normal french stick, not toasted with what appeared to be margarine over the top. The calamari : - Sliced red chilli, capers, fried sage and lemon & garlic aioli, (again copy and pasted) the calamari was cooked well but there was no alioli. We all went for the salad:- Mexican inspired grilled chicken salad (996 kcal) Chipotle cauliflower, red onions, peppers, tomato, corn & bean salad, coriander, rocket, garlic & lemon oil. This was ok but the chicken was slightly overcooked and the red onion were huge chunks with all the root still attached. The dressing was quite overpowering, but that could be a personal taste issue. Whilst we should have complained at the time when you are with friends it is difficult. We have used this pub several times in the past but we will not be returning

Fabulous food. What a great pub ☺️

Booked a table for two 7 pm arrived 6.30 pm bar dirty wet like the floor was given or told plastic glasses in a restaurant come on music so loud it a wonder anyone knew what was going on and the best bit the pub was empty took custom cash and hunger some where else you must have forgot to tell me you only serve plastic cups it's not glastonbury

Yet another superb meal at the Albion, always plenty to fill you up. Whilst we didn't use it, good choice on the specials menu. Good atmosphere with a mix of families, groups of friends and couples. Would definitely recommend

We called in for a drink 3 members of the staff behind the bar only one of which was pulling a pint. No acknowledgement given no hello I'll be with you shortly. We stood there for a couple of minutes then walked out. Absolutely disgusting standard of service. I do not recommend this place

I have taken a walk around Faversham with my husband and on the way back to the car we said lets have a quick drink. Well we walked in the front door. We stood there at the bar about a minute or so. There were 3 staff behind the bar. 1 guy pouring pints and 2 girls behind him doing nothing. However not a hello. Sorry only be a minute. Or any recognition whatsoever. To me thats the worst customer service for sure. We said to each other shall we go and both agreed to go. I don't think we will go back as thats not the way to greet customers. Customer service 0 out of 10. Really bad.

We popped in for a drink a barman was pouring drinks right infront of us with 2 other bar staff standing behind him. We stood at the bar for a couple of minutes. No recognition or a quick hello I'll be with you shortly. We walked out in disgust. If this is there standard of service we won't be going back!

Great pub food. Highly recommended

I will mention the service first and foremost, all I can say is, excellent. We felt welcomed from the start to the finish. What an asset to the Shepherd Neame family! The food was absolutely wonderful, great tasting, decent portion sizes and made with care. The decor is great and leads for an excellent atmosphere. For great service, amazing starters, mains and drinks, the price was great! Cannot wait to come back!

The food is good, service is friendly, as authentic as Mexican food gets in SE England. 2023 update: food is markedly improved. Portions are large and well prepared. Ingredients are top notch, this is important for a cuisine in which a lot of the veggies are served raw. Highly recommend the tacos and fajitas

Our visit was unplanned, but with the pubs in the middle of town full on a busy Sunday we headed here instead. The service was really friendly, just a little slow, and food was tasty. Although the quality of some bits could be better, we were impressed with all the vegan trimmings for the fajitas-much better than the usual “no cheese no sour cream” situation. The portions were huge but priced accordingly at around £15 for the fajitas for one. There’s a decent outside area which is super nice, right next to the water, inside is nice too-the balance between pub and Mexican taqueria is struck well although there was a bit of an off putting musty smell. Slightly quicker service, better quality ingredients and overall attention to detail would make it 5/5. But would definitely recommend!

Lovely food, friendly staff - a great experience. My vegan daughter was well catered for too.

steak fajita had to go back as steak too tough to eat. Duck fajitas were a bit bland and not much flavour. But lovely pub position on the water bank and lovely inside. staff very friendly and very helpful.

Best places to eat in Faversham.

Always out favourite place to eat out . Not as great as it was. Buy still good . Please bring back the hoisin sauce and piri chicken. I'm sure had we visited on any day other than a Mon lunch we could of scored the atmosphere a 5

Lovely food, surprisingly busy for a weekday lunchtime which is always a good sign. Staff were friendly service was quick. This was our first visit and we'll definitely be back!

Oh dear another place never to return to. Service 1/10. No smile and only comments were 'no problem'. Food 2/10. Seemingly cheap ingredients. What psycho puts sweetcorn in a salad? Slimey cauliflower. Strange sweet dressing. Nice to have tea in a pot but why a teabag? Over priced. Company 10/10. Will not return.

We tried to go here as a walk-in some time back but theybhad no space. We booked a table and were not disappointed, will be going back at some time.

Lovely little place for a drink and a bite near the creek. Very clean and staff very friendly.

Lovely food, for something a little different (even though I don't like coriander) 😉

My son is currently lying awake in bed with a fever and sick bowl beside him having just thrown up because the chicken burger he was served here and ate was raw. When I addressed this with our waiters that evening, they were shocked and responded appropriately - offering other food, not charging for the meal or drinks and taking our contact details - so I cannot fault them for their handling of this. The fault lays wholly on the kitchen staff. I would add that we found our other mains (duck and chicken fajitas) relatively bland but to send out a chicken burger so raw is just appalling. This was a meal out to celebrate my birthday and having been for a drink in the pub once or twice before, was keen to try out the food. We have since received a follow up email once again apologizing, checking all was ok and to state the chef was mortified (not enough to come to the table and apologise in person) and that they hoped the experience hadn't put us off going back. Unfortunately, it has and we will not be returning.

Lovely beautiful quiet pub with great beer. Really enjoyed my time sitting by the estuary that's used to be the main port for Faversham for centuries. You can sit outside right by the water, enjoying the peace and the good beer. Food prices looked eye watering though 👀

Sadly our once much visited local has not only gone downhill but the manager doesn’t even cater to customers who sit outside. Having seen Brazilian soup a week previously with chunks of fish, I resolved to buy it but I was just delivered a soup base with no fish at all, just mussels. It tasted OK and I ate most of it but it most certainly wasn’t fish soup. This was pointed out to the manager who couldn’t even be bothered to come out to explain what had gone wrong. We tried again and apparently he couldn’t do anything because I had eaten it. We weren’t after refunds or a free anything, but he simply neither cared nor listened. They proceeded to explain that they don’t check outside to see if customers are OK. Says it all really. Our beloved tacos have gone, prices have rocketed but service and food have headed north. We are very disappointed and feel cheated.

Beautiful venue.. never dissapoints.. lovely food & staff .

Edit: I think the place has changed hands since lockdown. It's alright. The food isn't as good as it used to be but it's fine enough, although a bit expensive for what you get now. Still friendly staff and nice atmosphere but not the same as it was. Fantastic Mexican food: always a good meal here. Been refurbished recently and looks great. Nice little garden, and great location on the creek for a relaxing pint.

The beef fahita’s was amazing! Really good food today!

What a great place, food was plentiful and delicious. Had the wagyu burgers and chicken fajitas, would definitely recommend, we plan to return soon

Just great view and food thanks Albion staff

A great experience and amazing food (had a Sharing duck fajitas, cheesy garlic bread and then a chocolate orange cheesecake) definitely going again

Nice outside space in good location

Had a great evening here. Great food and drink and reasonably priced. Recommended.

Been here several times before over last couple of years always been very good.. Visited last week we were very disappointed with the quality of the food.. had duck wraps ..the duck normally comes shredded.. this time it was more like the crumbs of duck unfortunately.. that and also the fact the prices have gone up considerably since our last visit and didn’t think it was value for money as it usually is..oh and watch out for the service charge slapped on top too!! Hope this is a one off! 😔

A lovely pub with very nice staff but unfortunately our lunch was not that great. I had the wagyu burger and my partner had the mackerel. My burger was over cooked and dry the chips were only luke warm and it was served on a cold plate. The mackerel by contrast was enjoyed by my partner.

Used to visit at least 2 times a month, sadly they’ve had a menu change and no longer do anything we loved. Can’t understand why the tacos are no longer present in a Mexican restaurant! Strange. When we mentioned it they said they had a lot of similar feedback. Will probably return every so often.

Excellent menu here, staff are very friendly and helpful with any questions. Apologies, no photos as hunger came first! We opted for the sharing chicken fajitas which was a very generous portion for 2. Veg and condiments offered were very delicious too.

Nice pub in nice location. Usual Shepherd Neame beers. Good Tex Mex and Burgers food offering which is a bit different to everything else in Faversham.

Fabulous food! Had a yummy chili bowl.

Absouiltly love the Albion. Food is fantastic , service also fantastic BUT wow the price increase will mean we will have to visit less. Our favourate Natchos £7.95 now costs £12 !!! No different in size was really shocked as basic ingreedance for this dont...

Nice pub garden, nice staff, good beer :)

Good food and excellent quality 👌

Nice food friendly staff. They could do with putting the heating on tho it was freezing!

Great food and service was excellent but have marked down a star as the food took an absolute age to come out! It was fine as they kept us hydrated so will definitely be going again soon.

Food lovely. Sharing starter a little small. Great service.

Only stopped for a drink. Nice location. Pleasant staff.

Food was excellent, staff very attentive, would happily eat there again

Lovely river location pub which we visited alot last summer when in the area with pleasant outside seating. However this time of year, inside - rather limited on seating unless you want a meal as like most places these days, it seems dependent on providing...

Wow amazing food and the staff are so lovely and friendly nothing is too much trouble! Thank you so much can't wait to come back.

Lovely food great price, excellent service

Lovely pub overlooking the River. Great Mexican food and great service. Definitely recommend.

We came here for dinner midweek - staff were very friendly, prices were extremely reasonable, food was good but not super exciting. However we'll definitely try it again in the summertime and try the outdoor seating.

We enjoyed a good meal here in a pleasant atmosphere. The staff were all polite efficient and helpful. The Mexican menu offered plenty of choice. Situated next to Faversham Creek .

One of the best restaurants around.

Such a lovely place very welcoming the staff were incredibly friendly helpful and kind, I came down for a birthday celebration I had the cod it was the best fish I’ve eaten in a long time the chef Maddy done amazing there isn’t one complaint...

So delicious! We had Cod, Enchiladas, Banoffee Pie & Chocolate Torte & all the dishes were really tasty, especially the Torte. We stopped by as we walked the Saxon Shore Way, so parked nearby. There were loads of spaces. The staff are ever so friendly & kindly accepted a voucher the computer wouldn't accept.

Lovely atmosphere, tasty food, good service and decent prices. Will definitely try it again.

Excellent food excellent service. One of our favourite eateries.

Fantastic food and service, one of, if not the best restaurant in Swale

The Albion has always been spot on for food - However, the last two visits have been a let down. New Year’s Eve a popular and busy eve - disappointed to be told that there was no steak or duck options available on the menu....

A lovely little place for great food. A must if you have a hearty appetite. I visited on a rather dull dismal day, however the welcome was warm and the food? . . . Very yummy indeed. A nice place to visit, I could have chilled there all day ! Will be visiting again.

We visited today for a family meal with our daughter on her birthday (her choice of venue). Arrived at our booked time of 14.00, plenty of free parking. Great atmosphere when we walked in and were served immediately. Menu choice for non-meat eaters is a...

Went down there for my birthday very friendly staff. And I got to say the manager Dan was very good and professional food was great

Cracking food in a lovely pub, take your hot sauce thou for fajitas and tacos

We loved it! Great food, great service, great ambience

Excellent food and service for a family pre-Christmas dinner.