The Black Horse in Tunbridge Wells

Really nice place very good value for money and the food was awesome.

Delicious food and great atmosphere!

We had The Cavery, which was very nice x

Lovely all round. What a find. Nice food, amazing (and very large) outdoor area at the back.

Very pleasant. Taken care of by Very pleasant waitress. Meal fantastic

Took a break midway between Hastings and London, based on location and some good reviews. Started with some excellent Landlord - in really good shape. Extensive menues - we both decided on pan-fried Skate, on a cabbage/bacon bed. Very good portions; beautiful fish; properly cooked. Will definitely visit again! Booking recommended.

We went recently for a family meal and thought it was quite overrated. It was very, very busy with a huge queue for the carvery. Food was quite expensive and you have to have a dessert with the carvery making it pricey if you don't have a huge appetite. Limited kids menu and it says the kids carvery is only for children under 5.

We happened to wander in the Black Horse out of curiosity and happily stayed for a few hours. The smell of the food throughout was enough to convince us to have our evening meal there, and we did not regret it for a second. Whilst this little gem is a good 40 minute drive from where we live, we will certainly be making the drive again! A superb friendly team, delivering well a well created tasty menu! Be prepared to wait a while at exceptionally busy times as everything is made fresh and to order! Yet worth the wait!

Great pub. Lovely outdoor seating area and nice service. Very good experience.

We enjoyed delicious carvery/burger mains. Wonderful lamb, chicken, leaks etc etc! Desserts chosen today were cheesecake, lemon pudding and the never-disappointing dip ‘n’ lick!!

What a great pub, good meals with generous portions and nice friendly staff. Even the locals were good fun and good to chat with. Recommended

Just had lunch at the Black Horse. Absolutely mega. The seafood is genuinely top notch. If you're in the area and looking for a bite - 100% the place to go. We stopped in on a quiet Saturday, staff were lovely, pub was cosy, lovely garden area. But that food! Happy days.

Lovely sunday roast , will go again A1

Friendly pub,good atmosphere, awesome food and service 👌

This pub has hit it on the head the perfect blend of a traditional English pub and a delicious menu to match whether your wanting a drink with friends in a proper boozer or a sit down meal with family Gary caters to all , best pub in the area

Six of us booked in for a meal on the 3rd Sunday in March. We all had carvery and desserts with various drinks. Service very friendly and focussed .The carvery was so tasty and probably the best I have had -even the Yorkshires were good - full of flavour. Succulent meat & very tasty veg and the gravy had depth. The trio of puddings was excellent-so good . Overall excellent-5*

Fantastic food, or lovely pub often with a roaring fire to just have a couple of drinks in. Much larger than it first looks with a great covered garden and friendly staff.

One of the best Sunday roasts we’ve had for a long while, highly recommend. Also excellent friendly service.

Edited 2025. Still really like this pub for Sunday carvery. Today the puddings were very disappointing. I had a total of 1 strawberry cut into 4 pieces on my 'summer berry' pavlova. Super food and range of drinks. Nice staff. Amazing puddings. Decor a little tired.

Always love the Sunday carvery here. We went just after Christmas (regular menu) and the waiting staff didn't seem to be able to cope with our group of 12; food slow to be delivered, had to ask for further drinks, wrong items etc. We were hesitant to return after that experience, so great that the carvery was much better today though we had to ask for simple things like flutes for the sparking wine, and multiple waitresses came over within a few minutes of each other so didn't seem to communicate between them. The roast was amazing - especially the lamb. Disappointingly, the berry pavlova had a single strawberry as it's fruit component. The waitress didn't offer any explanation (I've had that pud many times before), and nothing was done about it.

Best pub by far and so warm and welcolming

Pub food heaven This what pub food should be in my view Magnificent fish and chips / jam sponge & custard and a beer & good value

The owners daughter was very rude and miserable. Her attitude stunk. We had to ask 3 times for a chair The food was discusting and well over priced.

Booked table for four of us for Sunday carvery. Food was exceptional with a choice of pork, beef, lamb, chicken or ham all cooked to perfection. Served with roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, stuffing balls and Yorkshire puddings. A good selection of veg and various sauces to compliment the meal. Desserts were lovely, I had the millionaires cheesecake, it was very good. The pub was busy with regulars enjoying a drink at the bar. We were made very welcome and the service was great. So if your after a good Sunday roast get a table booked, we weren’t disappointed.

As always parking was a little tricky but we found a spot. Due to a misunderstanding, we were seated smack bang between the ever-opening door and quite noisy patrons drinking at the bar so today’s atmosphere was not ideal for us . That said , the food is still outstanding. £24.50 for carvery and amazing desserts with plenty of options. The staff Are extremely efficient and Harriott was as friendly as ever .

Wow! We have just got home from an absolutely amazing Sunday lunch. The carvery was fantastic, lots of choice and all beautifully cooked. I couldn't believe it when we were told the price included a dessert as well! The puddings were equally as delicious! Can't wait to come back!

Probably the BEST Carvery I have Ever had.

A truly beautiful pub that makes you feel at home straight away. We visited around Christmas time when it was decorated extra beautifully. This pub has some great features including a large covered area out back. It's dog friendly too and the team were very accommodating. The pub had a selection of a few well kept ales and several other draft beers. Definitely a great pub to visit if you are in the area.

Lovely food and staff, had the carvery on a Sunday, most amazing roast potatoes, and the lamb was delicious. Pudding included as well!

This pub was absolutely fantastic the staff were great and the food was some of the best home cooked food I've had in a pub

The waitress who served us had a bad attitude after i made a small complaint about my food.

Tasty food, HUGE portions. Much larger than it seems from the frontage.

Warm hospitality, friendly cheerful staffs and sumptuous food. Most importantly it’s pet friendly. Highly recommended.

Had a fabulous family Christmas lunch today 23rd Dec 2024. Eight adults, six children aged from 8 to 1 year old. With great grandma at 91 Staff friendly food excellent atmosphere was really good. Would recommend this to everyone. Thank you The Black Horse

I love this pub. Quality food ranging in price for those who can't afford a lot, for instance their Posh Pie at £8.95 is a cottage pie with a loads of well prepared vegetables, and it's delicious. On the other hand you can order lobster. The beer is good, there are some good wines and if you like you can have larger. The ambiance is good too, very much like a pub than a restaurant but in warmer weather they have a great patio area with an adjustable roof where there would be a bit more space. Plus they have a backroom where you could have your own private party. It's a great place for just meeting up with friends or for a more formal and up market experience.

Best carvery I've tasted for ages & so full they sent desert home with us for later! ☺️

Came for a carvery which was lovely. It’s a shame about the rude woman serving us our roast who made us feel like an inconvenience.

Night out while working lovely 👍👍

A fantastic evening. Great food and service.

Manic Xmas service as usual (family gathering of 20 for last 5+ years). To busy and unorganised to be good service. More interested in making a seasonal fast buck. Carvery service. Beef could have been bought back to life it was that rare. Cold plates. Good selection of veg. Although poorly cooked (frozen ?) carrots revolting. Good selection of desserts. Very very poor selection of soft drinks from bar. Have expanded way beyond the capability of the bar and toilet facilities. Despite all this we enjoy it overall.

Brilliant food! Lovely staff and a great atmosphere! Definitely recommend

Mass produced food which I suspect some of which was frozen in an overcrowded extension. Not really relaxing or the best food.

One of the best pubs in the area, great menu from bar snacks to full meals and great beers.

Had scampi and chips, delicious and beautifully presented. Reasonable prices and attentive staff, what more could you ask for!

Best pub around. Never had a better carvery at a pub either. Great portions, friendly landlord&lady. Pepper leeks something a bit different and very tasty

Amazing food, enormous portions. Price was okay considering quality of the food, £17 for a burger, chips, salad and £13 for a veggie curry.

Lovely menu, range of prices. Warm friendly atmosphere

Food was great, service was very slow.

We found this pub by chance via the internet when travelling to Hastings from London. Impeccable pub food, nicely prepared. Speciality home-made pies are to be recommended! Cheerful, friendly staff make it a “must-try” if in the area!

Just the best carvery ever! Always have to book and you can see why, everything delicious every time

Recommended to give it a try so we did. Excellent in all regards. Service,food, ambiance. Although huge if including all areas the 'bar area' is very much that of a traditional pub. Choice of 3 real ales and wide range of wines. Has a reputation of being good for fish dishes so we had gf fish pie and bass fillets. Plentiful and full of flavour. Most of the pie finished but the sauté potatoes also beat me. The mixed vegetables generous. The desserts look great but neither of us had room. As it can handle large numbers happy to share as we will certainly return and would hate it being full.

Great atmosphere and the food is amazing Need to book 2 weeks I'm advance

Sunday lunch was delicious, couldn't fault it. Staff very friendly and helpful. The puddings were huge too! A great experience.

Loved the Sunday roast with good quality and amazing portion sizes. Good atmosphere and staff. Will definitely go there again.

Can't beat their roast dinners!

Such a fantastic carvery all homemade and delicious, including in price is an equally delicious dessert.

Can't praise the service and food enough friendly staff that couldn't do enough for the 18 that sat down brilliant

Very good pub grub with plenty of choice at good prices.Good service

It was a good place to eat, it was busy but it felt friendly.

The black horse is a nice pub for lunch. I have taken several business visitors to this location and they are always happy with the food. I also like open the fire in the winter.

First time I've had their Carvery It is beyond amazing and includes one of their delicious desserts. If you're too full, you can bring your dessert home, which is a bonus. The staff are fantastic and the whole place has a real vibe. A must for drinks and food. Book well in advance to not be disappointed 😃

We have just eaten a Sunday Carvery and I am more than happy with it it was lovely all I can say is two clean plates. Also the staff are really friendly and helpful.

A walk in meal. EXCELLENT food gigantic portions ( I couldn't finish my meal), friendly and helpful staff.

Welcoming local business with excellent service and proper Sunday roast - a great find

Lovely traditional pub with very friendly staff, and family friendly. Huge portions, really, huge portions!

Didnt have food, just went for a few drinks. Nice atmosphere but did takw a while to get served (was not particularly busy). Will certainly come back though as the garden is lovely and the food did look nice

Lovely pub clean and tidy good service nice staff nice range of beers and largers e.t.c.

Always a joy here. The food and service is outstanding. My seafood summer salad was divine and hubby's liver and bacon went down a treat too. Portion sizes are very generous. Great traditional pub grub on our doorstep.

First class food, very clean, good service, very good prices. We are U3A group who met today, 9 people, could not fault The Black Horse, Pembury. We highly recommend it.

Ate at this pub whilst staying at a local hotel. Food was delicious, portions huge and prices very reasonable. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. Thank you.

Went here for Sunday lunch last weekend and it is without doubt the best carvery I've ever had (and I am extremely fussy!) They had a selection of 5 different choices which you could mix, plentiful portions, superb crisp roast potatoes (which is almost unheard of) and a fantastic selection of vegetables all frequently replenished. You could even go back for second helpings but make sure you leave room for dessert which is included in the very reasonable price! And talking of the desserts, there is a great selection with all I think, being home made by the superb chef. I opted for the cheesecake which was absolutely amazing. On top of that, the staff were all really friendly and helpful and it's just a really nice atmosphere with a lovely area out the back which on the day we went was showing the Wimbledon final on a big screen. Cannot recommend this place highly enough.

A great pub menu, well executed, great value, and delighted to find English wine available. Worth crossing the road for !!

Wow what a find. We had a table in the bar as the restaurant was full and had the carvery. It was just like a home cooked roast. To top it off the dessert were great too. All for £23.50 pp.

Delicious food, great atmosphere.

Amazing country pub offering friendly staff and excellent food. Worth the visit even if our the area. Thank you

De passage à Pembury nous avons dîné les deux nuits dans ce pub très convivial, et avons pu tester une partie de la carte. Fish and ships, poulet, fruit de mer, légumes, purée gratinée. Très copieux !

Lovely atmosphere very welcoming and very dog friendly. We don’t live this area but every time we visit this is our place to eat. Portion sizes are very generous and food is very presentable and tasty. Thanks Gary & Michele

Parking was easy today . We had a table in bar area whuch can be a tad chilly near patio doors. Service was efficient . The carvery , burger and desserts were absolutely delicious and prices very fair. Visit soon!

Been here a number of times! Gets better +

Very welcoming. Service is great and the carvery on Sundays is amazing great value for such good food. Good section of beers. Highly recommend a visit. 5 Stars

We had our wedding reception at the Black Horse on Saturday and it was brilliant. The food was amazing, staff were attentive and very helpful and everyone had an amazing time.

Had our wedding meal here. Staff were amazing, food was also amazing. Will definitely be back, as I had so much food envy. And would highly recommend for smallish wedding parties, we had around 30 guests & it went superbly. Thank you Black Horse staff.

Great carvery. Very kind and helpful staff.

Just eaten the carvery here with my best pals , the carvery is unbelievable, the service is unbelievable and the deserts are to die for , the pub has an old skool feel to it which is rare to find these days , will 100% be returning , top notch food

First time I've been here but was pleasantly surprised at how nice the food was .service was good but tailed off near the end of our meal as the restaurant got less business and we found it difficult to find a waitress. But in the end we enjoyed ourselves and put it down to them being too busy cleaning up which is a good thing, isn't it . The puddings seem to be alot related to ice cream but they were different in a good way . Overall I would recommend this place .very nice pleasant staff and good food .

Best carvery around. Very welcoming pub and great food.

Lovely place. Very polite and helpful staff.

Pub doesn't look much from the outside, but once inside it is vast and extends into a vast patio with cover for inclement weather and heaters. Lovely food but beware the portions are vast! Good value for money. Friendly staff

Wow! We visited for the first time to meet our family friends and were super impressed. We originally booked for 5 people but last minute changed to 6 and a dog. This was not a problem and were asked to sit in the ‘garden’. This garden was incredible, the roof, the lights, the comfortable chairs and general atmosphere was amazing. The food was lovely. Very reasonably priced and generous portions. The staff couldn’t have been nicer. We brought with us our elederly foster doggie and she was made to feel so so welcome. The staff came over and gave her gentle fuss. If you are wanting a relaxed, welcoming pub to spend a Saturday evening come here. Thank you very much ☺️

After having tried to complete the mayday run, we stopped off here to get out of the rain. We walked into the pub drenched and looking like drowned rats. Steph, the lady behind the bar l, noticed us and immediately brought us over warm blankets as we were freezing. After taking off our bike jackets she offered to tumble dry our jumpers. Even our t-shirts were wet so brought us over jumpers to put on while they dried. Even offered my brother a clean pair of socks because of the puddles in his boots. After numerous hot coffees and lovely food we are now warm and dry waiting for the rain to let up. Would give more than 5 stars if I could. Highly recommend. I work in hospitality and haven't ever seen this level of service. Thank you so much everyone.

I can't give this pub any more than five stars unfortunately, but please know that I would if I could. We decided to ride down to Hastings for the Mayday run, and got absolutely drenched on the way. We gave up halfway, and decided to find somewhere to dry off a bit. As soon as we walked in, Stephany brought us blankets and offered to dry our outer layers in their dryer, while we ate some food and what food! Huge, delicious portions of food fairly priced for the quality. They made sure we were comfortable and warm throughout, and every single member of the team stopped for a chat- they were all so pleasant to talk to. We were feeling miserable when we walked in, but our visit here definitely brought our mood back up. If you are ever driving past, do yourself a favour and stop over for a while! You won't regret it.

Very big portion sizes. Don't need a starter

An old world setting. No television but so what? If you like good pub food then you’ll enjoy the food on offer here. Including two drinks and a dessert I paid £31. If I ordered a takeaway I’d probably pay £20 and the quality of food/service wouldn’t be that good. Sometimes you just have to enjoy proper pub grub

The carvery roast looked quite impressive for meat eaters, however, I had the veg nutroast and it wasn't a nutroast that I've ever experienced before. It wasn't great, but all of the veg sides were nice and the desert was really good. Probably best for meat eaters there. Good prices for the carvery also.

We thoroughly enjoyed our celebratory lunch of carvery, sea bass, burgers followed by fantastic desserts. We had a nice, if a tad chilly, table. Our elderly folk were assisted to get their carvery. The food was enjoyed by the whole party and the cost was pleasantly competitive. Recommended!

Overpriced pokey little pub with tiny tables jammed in tight, was offered a table in what can only be described as situated in a busy corridor, we left ! Better run pub located across the road !

Visited on Sunday for the carvery roast dinner, was very nice! Great service. Pub was obviously very popular!

Fantastic roast and superb you can visit as many times as you like and pudding included in price...

Great pub with delicious food and good beer. Very friendly service

Staying locally in a hotel , found this pub online,good reviews ,so went about 7 pm.It looked really tiny from the outside,and I think we looked a bit unsure , but a lovely smiling girl took us through to a large airy pleasant restaurant at the back.A few other female staff all smiled and said hello as we went through.Good sign. Lots of menu choices,my partner chose the pie ( he always makes a big deal of is it a proper pie ,or just a filling with a pastry lid,which he hates). The pie was a great slab of the meatiest pie with proper pastry ,I had the chicken fajitas, the portions were absolutely huge ! We had the homemade onion rings too.It was all absolutely amazing , sizzling hot spicy chicken chunks, fresh side salad,soft tortilla wraps, crunchy but no grease onion rings.All the meals coming out looked fabulous,best meal out we’ve had in ages.The service was spot on,everyone looked cheerful and happy.Great value for money.Highly recommend.