The Cock Horse Inn in Maidstone

Just enjoyed a pork Sunday roast. Good value. Good service 👍🏻

We decided to have an early Valentine night. We have been here before and had excellent time. Staff are very friendly food is excellent and it’s in a nice setting. We will definitely be going back soon with family and friends. Excellent variety of food. All served nice and hot.

What an excellent find, great service, amazing food, great prices. Would very highly recommend. I can't praise it enough. Will definitely go back when I am next in the area.

Great pub with really good food. Staff are lovely.

Great pub grub and friendly service

My partner and I chose to go away for Christmas for the first time and by chance I found this pub ahead of time having booked our air b&b, lucky for me they had space so I booked! We couldn’t have had a better afternoon. Christmas lunch was fabulous, service was brilliant and we were welcomed by all the staff. The ladies serving lunch were great and nothing was too much trouble, the food came out piping hot and the veg was perfectly done. Really great. Thanks for a fab Christmas Day!

Ah, this place brought back some fabulous memories of school dinners and granny’s cooking in the 70s or 80s. We were here for a Sunday roast. The beef was tough as old boots and the veg, like they had been on the boil all day. The gravy was just how I liked it, 3 teaspoons of Bisto, thick and grainy…Ah…. The roast potatoes too. Not those fancy crispy, tasty ones. Boiled, with that drive-by roast look and texture. Everything out of a packet, just the way I like it. And it was so nice of the management to allow the waiting staff to sit at the bar rather than serve the tables. You just don’t see that nowadays in modern pubs and restaurants.

A pub in a small town having been around since 1368. Tony & Kim make you feel right at home. The beer and spirits also help to make it a warm atmosphere. A traditional British pub that has stood the test of time so come in and enjoy a pint or two.

Stopped in for a few pints with friends. Tony is such a lovely bloke, gave us a small tour and history of the place. The lines were perfect, too. Top spot.

Friendly, welcoming traditional village pub with oak beams Food and service was great, lots of choice and reasonable price too! Highly recommend

Beautiful pub, with good food and a very welcoming landlord & staff. Visited early on a Saturday evening, as a group of 9 family members. There was something for everyone on the menu, and not one person had anything negative to say about their meals. The portion sizes were generous, and left us completely full! We're already planning a return visit.

If you want a warm welcome please do not go to that pub. The black horse 5 minutes down the road …. Wow what a difference. We have just relocated to the are having moved from ightham and having the luxury of too ana big local pubs, the plough ivy hatch and the George and dragon ightham, (please visit them ) We arrived , it was empty, the most coldest unwelcoming visit I have ever had in a pub. Firstly, We had to ask for ice in the the vodka and tonic ? We were with our 2 x 3 month old minutiae dachshund puppies and asked (as they aren’t ready until tomorrow to be put in the floor ) if I put my coat on the sofa , could they sleep there. The owner basically said no (picture attached). We then asked if they were serving food , we were rudely told no not until 5. We said we would wait until then and we’re told rudely again that they had a large group coming in later. We said ok we will just order chips and it was clear we were being a burden. After one drink we finally left and moved to the black horse. Wow what a difference, a warm welcoming pub and no issue with our little puppies. Also busy abd and a great atmosphere UNLIKE this pub ! It’s a real shame as we are a huge family with friends that love to frequent our local pub. So pleased we found the black horse ❤️if you want a friendly local welcome this is the pub for you. My parting comment is the landlord had had the pub for a long time and clearly appears like he’s over it ! If I’m wrong a refresh on customer service would be recommended .

Good service. Food was typical pub grub, it was ok. Pub was sadly deserted but it was fireworks night so fare enough.

Lovely family roast dinner. Great old pub with beams. Friendly & efficient staff. Lovely waitress - Tiarna.

Nice local pub. Excellent service. Good value and tasty food served from 5 pm. Pumpkin soup was really nice. Thanks

Lovely old village pub in Detling, near Maidstone. Friendly, welcoming bar staff. Good selection of beers, wine and spirits. Very good menu at very reasonable prices. I had chicken pie which was delicious and my wife had fish and chips. The fish was battered fresh haddock and was so big that she could eat many of the chips. If you get the opportunity please go there, you will not be disappointed.

We went last night with our two dogs and had a wonderful time. I was very impressed with the Flint Eye lager. Our food was great and we didn’t have to wait long. The young lady who served us was brilliant. We will be going back.

A favourite pub where we meet friends each month. Lovely accommodating staff, great food and beers.

A lovely lunch, all 4 of us thoroughly enjoyed our experience

I love this pub, a great landlord and landlady, great food, beer and wine. A lovely atmosphere, dog friendly, what more could you want 🙏

Waiting a while at empty bar for service,

Lovely old architecture. Friendly staff & delicious homemade food. Desserts looked scrumptious but diet forbid! Highly recommended. Easy parking & nice garden area.

This is one of few pubs on the North Downs Way, so it became one of my destinations when I walked the trail. Was relieved to find it open and going strong in the afternoon. Had several pints here while I brought my journal up to date. Greene King IPA and the like. A perfect visit.

It is a place full of period atmosphere. The staff are great and the food excellent. We have had Sunday roast take away from there and it was well packed in sensible containers and tasted great.

Lovely decor and atmosphere. Good food and excellent service

This is a local pub for local people.. We were staying in the area and after reading reviews, thought this would be a good place to eat out one evening. However… on ordering the first drinks, a spirit with mixer, the coke came out of an opened, warm, 1.5 litre bottle. Which was of course, flat. We had booked a table for the evening, were sat in the (busy) bar, not restaurant. The atmosphere seemed great for the locals meeting for a drink at the end of the week. Staff pleasant and helpful, if not a bit rushed. The menu was very basic, typical pub grub.. sausage and mash, pie and chips, scampi.. nothing special. Having eaten in various establishments across the country, this seemed dated and uninteresting. We shared a starter of Camembert, baked nicely. Not enough bread which perhaps could’ve been slightly toasted so it had some backbone for dipping. No cutlery came for the starter so we had to use the steak knives and forks provided for this course. The waitress commented that we’d used the ‘sharp knives’ too early when she came to collect the plates. We explained, we were not given cutlery for the starter course. She didn’t understand. The main courses arrived, one sirloin steak, rare as asked although quite bland in flavour. I can only imagine that Greene King brewery insist on using cheaper ingredients. The chips were very tasty. The mixed grill was an abomination. The pork chop was so dry but the fatty edge was practically raw. ( please see photo) the gammon dry, lamb overcooked but not so bad. The sausage was deep fried and very overdone and despite making a strong request that the steak was rare, came dry and thoroughly overdone. This meal was not eaten. When the waitress came to remove plates and our displeasure was voiced, we were not offered any kind of apology or recompense. We were however asked if we wanted desert, which was declined. We both thought perhaps we should’ve left once viewing the menu but instead put ourselves £85 out of pocket for a very disappointing meal. Oh, and the cutlery was dirty, (still had solid food stuck to it). Toilets not clean also. Come on guys, basic standards!

Lovely pub, nice people, good food and drink.

We were warmly welcomed by the lovely waiting staff. The menu was varied and we took some time to choose our meals

What an amazing place! We came here on a Friday night which was pretty busy. The waitress was on her own but nevertheless was exceedingly friendly and got us our food and drinks swiftly. She managed to find time to take a picture of us and would not take a tip because a service charge was already included on the bill. The food was very good and the ale was tasty. Highly recommended!

Love this quaint pub. The food is always well cooked, hot, and perfect.

Bit of a strange Pub.I went there late on a Saturday night(10.30pm).....only to find that it was closed??? A previous visit on a Sunday night at 8pm.....also closed.Maybe because of energy costs,pubs are closing at strange times?????

Just dropped in with some local paraglider pilots for a quick drink. Not too busy. Good beer and friendly service. Nice

My friend's and I wanted to stop off for lunch on our way home from a weekend away and we find this place in Maidstone. Great location as just off the main road. The food was really lovely, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. The people were friendly and it was the perfect end to our weekend away. Thank you.

In the area for a break and found this very traditional pub with lovely staff, food and ale.🤗

Vanavond hebben we er fish en chips gegeten. Ik vond die van mij niet erg lekker ruiken, maar de korst was erg goed en knapperig. Hoe meer ik er van at, hoe meer ik echter merkte dat de vis niet vers was en hield het voor bekeken. Toen ik dit meldde, kreeg ik als antwoord dat dit niet kon: andere klanten hadden hetzelfde besteld en hadden geen klachten. Tja, de ene vis is de andere niet zeker ? Niet tevreden ? Geld kwijt.

That pint was demolished in 1. After 120 bike ride

Had a great meal, Steak on a hot stone, super friendly Staff, highly recommend.

Had Sunday lunch beef was good the portion of veg was very poor I suppose would've been ok for a small child but for a grown man very underwhelming. I do understand how portion control works but needless to say it let down my experience of that meal . I went there after reading past reviews so looks like things have changed since they were posted

Lovely local pub with friendly service

Lovely place, very welcoming, we have a collie who we sat in the bar with. Fantastic Sunday roast. Worth checking out.

A truly wonderful pub and restaurant. Great food that's really well presented. Family run with excellent service, friendly staff, all wrapped up in a cosy traditional pub surrounding. Looking forward to our next visit.

Don’t often leave bad reviews but I’ve met the landlady - never met anyone more rude in terms of customer service. And for no reason, I was just making enquiries! Was actually taken aback by the awful attitude. The bar staff were really lovely though!

Very welcoming staff and great food. Good selection of beers and a lovely little beer garden. Couldn’t want more for a mid week drink 👍

Lovely place and good food with some friends from the walking club I go to

Lovely pub. Just wish it was closer to home.

We stopped here on the way down to a holiday on the Kent coast , its just off the main coast road so quite easy to find and has a large car park and parking on the street if necessary. I imagine the pub hasn't changed much over the last few hundred years and we had booked for lunch in advance so they had allocated us a table in the bar area. The staff were very attentive made sure the kids were ok and took the orders from our table. We didn't have to wait long for the food , and although it was the basics , i.e. filled baguettes , soup and chips etc all were very tasty and hot with generous portions. The staff made sure we were ok and afterwards we walked up the road with the dogs to the village shop and the children went into the park with swings etc. A good stopover as an alternative to a service station.

Great staff excellent communication 👏

Had a fantastic meal with family. Very friendly staff and lovely atmosphere. Food was amazing and good value. Our dogs was made very welcome too. Will definitely be returning. 😍

Great food and service will come again

Excellent service food was absolutely first class and excellent value for money along with a great atmosphere too. Fully recommend this place

Welcoming and friendly pub with great food. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and highly recommend

Lovely pub, very nice people,very good meal and reasonably priced.Will return.

Great food and staff. Lovely atmosphere 👌

Nice pub with great service. Food was good too. We found this whilst camping locally & arrived mid evening on a Friday & luckily they found us a table. Lovely wine & well kept beer, will visit again

Excellent meal. All home cooked. Very friendly staff. Have booked again for two weeks time.

Best sandwich I have and a big portion

Booked this pub for a Xmas dinner for me and my wife + my 81 year old mum & told the bar staff that I was bringing a little dog, they said that it was ok ! Turned up on the day and the owner said that there was a problem because dogs are not allowed in the restaurant. Not a great start to the day. He did sort it out by giving us seating in a corner in the bar area which was fine (problem averted) Happy days 🙃

Didn't eat but food looked good, good selection of ales responsibly priced compared to competitors down the road

Good food and very very welcoming and efficient staff

Lovely pub. Friendly staff. Very enjoyable visit.

Let down by management with an extremely bad attitude. Been visiting this pub every weekend ( both days) for a year or more, we’ve always been more than polite to all staff ( younger ones have always been most helpful and polite) . On two occasions recently, having found a table been told when gone to order “ no walk in’s” which we found extremely rude, perhaps saying “ bookings only” would have been kinder, maybe we are over sensitive but on the second occasion we called in to request email address so we could address our disappointment at being told no service as regulars and was met by an extremely rude manageress, shouting over us, not letting us speak, we got cut off, and called back to resume the conversation, another member of staff picked up and the manageress could clearly be heard shouting in the background “ what does he want now? I’ve already told him” which was unprofessional at the very least. Against my better judgement my partner wished to give them another chance. They took the order, took our money, brought the food then the manager said he couldn’t “ find room for us” as we’d been rude to his wife! ( which is completely untrue , it was the other way round) anyway, she can rest assured we won’t ever be returning! Nice food , and the younger staff are delightful, but management do not take criticism ( the same woman we have witnessed arguing with another customer in the summer who dared to complain) well… they could do with some training in hospitality.

Sunday lunch was good, nice wine, the guys enjoyed their beer and always friendly staff. Would definitely recommend if you're in the Detling area.

Lovely atmosphere, great food and fabulous staff

Proper pub. Nice pint. Relaxing.

I have my first date in this pub. Now I keep going back for the wonderful food.

Love this place. The food is fantastic every time. Had the best roast lamb this time around. Family run business with all the customer service you’d expect. You won’t experience a better roast anywhere else.

Very friendly staff, great prices as well!

Really lovely atmosphere, great service, high quality food. We didn’t realise it was no dogs in the restaurant, but staff were really nice and sorted us a table in the bar end. Very accommodating, definitely would come back!

Great pub, great food, good portions and lovely, friendly staff. Definitely drop in again.

A clean gastro style pub with nice food presentation. More than a tad expensive with beer at nearly £5 a pint.

Needed a lunch before a long journey and this was close to campsite we were just leaving and good parking for our van. Dog friendly. Closed Mondays apparently. Good pub grub. Homemade chilli and a baguette with chips ordered and we both enjoyed. Clean and comfortable with nice furnishings. Friendly bar staff. Pretty village.

Very friendly pub which serves good pub grub.

Great little pub to stop at for a quick drink

Lovely pub and restaurant in a great location next to the North Downs. Good selection of beer’s and wines. And of course gin.

A great venue for food and beer lovely friendly staff All 8 of us enjoyed the great food . My only suggestion is that the embossed beer glasses are getting a white bloom on them Maybe the Brewery could re-fresh the glasses not a criticism just a observation. Thanks for a great lunch.

Good menu excellent service great location

Very friendly, and clearly popular with locals and occasional visitors.

Just stopped for a quick rest, but staff was friendly and atmosphere was lively

Passed this pub in Detling, Kent at lunchtime whilst out for a walk. We entered and received a nice welcome, ordered an ale and a cider, of which there was a reasonable selection and chose from the lunch menu. The steak and ale pie was really tasty and the cod enormous which, with the chips and mushy peas, filled the plate. I can highly recommend this pub if you’re in the area.

Lovely Inn, cosy inside, great outdoor area, beautiful food

unplanned first time visit. Popped in for a quick drink with friends after local country walk. Highly impressed with the service, professional and switched on bar staff. affluent patrons in a clean, well-maintained comfortable quirky gastro pub. Without doubt certain to return.

So attentive and friendly plus the food was delicious. Made dining alone very pleasant as I was so welcomed and looked after. Thank you

We visited several places to arrange for a funeral wake, but what impressed us most about The Cock Horse was the all the food was home-made, rather than bought in, and we´d be enjoying our party in a spectacular, 14th century Inn. Kim and Tony proved to be excellent, attentive hosts and looked after us extremely well. The food was well-prepared, meticulously presented and generous; there were options for all, including vegetarians and vegans. Everything was tasty , fresh and well -seasoned. I would have no qualms in recommending The Cock Horse - it ticked all the boxes.

A lovely classic country pub. Great landlord and staff. Good menu but not greedy prices. Defo come back.

Came for a passing drink and a bit of food, thought the food price was a bit over the top on the pricey side

Good place for a pint or more beautiful decorated and nice garden

Really nice pub. Very friendly staff. Stopped for a lunch after a long walk. Food was great, except the onion rings which were just a bit greasy.

First Sunday lunch outb with friends in a long time. Picked this pub as it was central, and had good reviews. On arrival served with our drinks and shown to our table. We all decided to order the leek and potato soup, being a favourite of ours, and 2 roast beefs, and a chicken roast dinner. The soup was not like any leek and potato soup we all had eaten before. It was very thin, water like consistency, and more of a French onion soup, lacking taste. The beef arrived, with plenty of vegetables, and presented well. The roast beef, was over cooked, and so tough, that it wasn't enjoyable, to the point we put our cutlery down. Much like the soup too! I did mention this to the waitress, who sent a member of staff over to discuss our meal. She said that she would mention it to the Staff, and that many people had chose the beef. We then became aware that we weren't the only table they had left the beef. After paying the bill, we left, with no response from the member of staff. Such a shame really, as we wouldn't go back.

Fantastic quaint pub with great value for money food. Car park and a beer garden. Definitely recommend and will return.

Had a lovely lunch with friends. Food delicious and great value. Lovely village pub with great atmosphere. Nice garden if lovely weather. Car park only for patrons. Would definately recommend and return. Thanks

This was one of the highlights of our holiday. The service was very friendly and the atmosphere was welcoming. The food was delicious and we were happy to see some 'normal/healthy' food options. And the price was also more then acceptable. This must have been one of the most pleasant restaurant experiences we've ever had!

Used a few times to meet up with friends, very friendly landlord, pub decor nothing to write about , good sized carpark at back,it's just a nice old fashioned pub in Detling

Nice pub, good food, great location

Delicious food and really friendly service. Really lovely country pub.

Had a Sunday roast here and absolutely loved it. We all really enjoyed our afternoon here.

First visit to the Cock Horse. Staff were friendly and efficient. Food was lovely, hot, tasty and generous portions. Will definitely be back!

Brilliant food and excellent service with friendly staff

lovely friendly pub amazing food great atmosphere

My husband and I called in one evening for tea, it was delicious. The landlord extremely friendly, the food delicious and plentiful, the atmosphere cosy, it was so good we went back for lunch the next day👍

I found the licensee Tony, very welcoming, the beer and food were excellent, very reasonably priced, and enjoyed the fact that we have to keep places like this alive for the good of the community.