The Flying Boat - J D Wetherspoon in Dartford

Went for breakfast on a Monday morning and had plenty of tables available, food choice was good and quality was excellent. Would recommend - also cater for children.

A great spot to eat good food for a decent price. The building itself is a beautiful, art deco garage that has been converted into the Wetherspoons. We had a couple of great evenings in it. Lovely and busy at the weekends.

One of the better pubs in the chain. New menu options are added bonus.

Nice pub/restaurant with really friendly service. The selection of breakfast and drinks is really good. The breakfast was delicious and the portion was large. Always my pleasure!

There was a bit of a scrum at the Bar and I am afraid that I am not that good with the app to order. I started to get stressed thinking I would get pushed out of my place, which was next in line. Georgia saw the situation and came up and served me! I was very impressed. I do enjoy the food and drink here and to find the staff are so efficient really made my day! thank you Georgia!

Beer and wine was good and a reasonable price. Only one person behind the bar, so service was a little slow. Lots of different age groups were present. Sociable, like a pub should be. Can't comment on the food as we didn't eat this time. Generally it's the usual spoons fare, neither brilliant nor bad.

Was told what I presume to be the manager that I wasent allowed to walk around the premises without a mask on and yet the waitress bar person was walking around serving people without a mask on probably the most hypocritical thing I've seen

It's a Weatherspoons so it does what it says on the can!!

A lovely Wetherspoon pub. Great food, quick and friendly service. I will call here again when I'm next in Dartford with work. Highly recommend.

Quite a nice place and convenient for a quick catch up and drinks with mates. The downstairs toilet is very handy for me as I’m disabled but half the time (whether it’s due too drunk mess or otherwise) the floor is soaking wet. Which can make it a lot more dangerous

Came in a few weeks ago for a couple of drinks and some food. Me and my partner made our way to the garden where three of the four tables we sat on wobbled so much my drink nearly feel off the table. We decided to go inside to order some food but struggled to find a table. The pub wasn’t busy at all but all the tables where full of empty glasses and dirty plates so we was forced to sit on a table we didn’t want to sit on as it was next to a very loud family. After sitting down we ordered drinks to our table and then watched them sit on the bar for 15 minutes while the staff delivered drinks that were made after ours. The table behind us that were very loud started to throw small bits of paper at the back of my head so I told them to stop but they just laughed. I informed the staff and they responded with “you could move tables” I said “they are all dirty” which was replied with a shrug. When our food was delivered it was very oily and not worth the price at all. We ordered two chicken curries. The garlic nana wasn’t cooked well enough and the garlic sauce on it was stone cold and not melted. There was empty drug packets in the toilet and toilet roll all over the floor. I haven’t been to this pub in a few years and to be honest was surprised that it has gone more down hill. It’s a cheep drink but maybe that why the quality is so rubbish. Staff didn’t seem to know what they was doing and was wondering round the restaurant walking past dirty tables. Very disappointing and filthy pub. One of the staff continuously tied his shoes with out washing his hands afterwords but failed to spend this much attention to his place of work.

Toilets not on the ground floor

Service at the bar was good. Tables needed wiping down, very sticky and wet, so cleaned them myself. Ordered food for two of us, didn't have to wait long, but never told us where salt, pepper and sauces were, had to go and ask someone. Empty plates sat at our table, no one seemed to be cleaning up.

Nice place , good selection on drinks and food

Good place to get a quick meal and a pint

I was served by Jordan, excellent service and ambience.

I love the flying boat the food is excellent and the service with a smile i go there all the time and there friendly kind polite and id definitely recommend it ao all

I'm a regular at this spoons and never had a bad experience, the staff are brilliant and a credit to the weatherspoons brand!. I've visited the flying boat for the last three England games and would like praise all the staff for their hard work during these extra busy times! I've had a thoroughly enjoyable experience in a warm, friendly & safe atmosphere. Hannah is bar maid/waitress of the year with cruella in a close second place! But your all brilliant 👏

Amazing food and amazing staff… I would definitely visit again and again 💯💯

Great pub fast service food perfect lovely beer

Great pub love the decor good choice of beer and friendly helpful staff

Takes a while to get served (like any busy spoons though). Mens toilets always seem to be not working. Toilets also too few for the size of the establishment. I'm getting old so obsessed with toilets 🤔🙄😁 The usual spoons clientele.

A cheap and cheerful pub to have breakfast. Basic but the bottomless fresh coffee is excellent.

I recently visited the flying boat and had a very nice experience, great food and drinks, good prices and service, it's a spacious pub with interesting decor and a big garden,i would definitely return.

The staff was lovely 😍 food could be better

Nice in it's typically wetherspoon way Although after climbing up 2flights of stairs to the bathrooms- I'd forgotten what I went up there for!! The disabled toilets (as you would imagine) remain popular! I don't think the place, or it's inhabitants will ever change despite the recent tarting up of the interior .

Great place to eat and drink. Been here a number of times and highly recommended.

Lovely pub but Jake B is an absolute disgrace. Too lazy and jokes about it! Who is running this pub and letting this DH work here?

A really nice Wetherspoons in the city centre, with outdoor tables at the back and the front. As always in Wetherspoons the food comes super quick, good value and staff here very efficient. Sunday evening had a relaxed atmosphere.

Classic spoon. Good building staff need to pay more attention on customer areas and coffee machine table. Overall not bad.

As spoons pubs go this is a relatively nice and fresh pub. Typical spoons drinks. Haven't tried the food in here but considering the location and amount of people I imagine it will be above average grub. Though tbh honest if you want food with fresh ingredients go to the Wig and Gown down the road! Still haven't tried the food. Used the app I can confirm you might wait a while. I'm not bothered if the company is good you'll be fine.

Excellent service friendly staff

Never been in a Wetherspoons that takes so long to get served, never enough bar staff behind the bar, and the ones are are slow and inafficient and don’t have bar etticate

One of the better Weatherspoons i have been in - food was ok, typical weatherspoons grub, staff were helpful and most friendly.

Although it's a Wetherspoons it has a unique feel to it. I believe it used to be a car showroom. There is a large glass frontage to the building. It was extremely busy when I visited but there was no real delay before my ordered meal was placed in front of me. I felt comfortable in my place. The Flying Boat, in my opinion, is a very good Wetherspoons pub.

Nice and spacious ‘spoons, lots of character with the impressive staircase. Would be nice to have the toilets downstairs though. Food has always been nice here, and I always enjoy coming here.

Had jacket potato with five bean chilli and it tasted awful, it's like they'd just poured a tin of tomatoes on top of the jacket potato and a teaspoon of beans, it was runny with no spice at all. The service was bad too, my coke was slammed down on the table and I was not asked if I want condiments or anything else.

Can’t go wrong, the buildings beautiful, it’s great value, the staff are good and the management have it all running smoothly

Love it ! Very cozy Wetherspoons on of favourite . Brilliant staff

Beautiful building , the rest is history . I understand that this is not the Raffles or Savoy, but come on ! Really disinterested staff took my order wrongly . Even though pointing out the menu because of her lack of attention . Off course menu came wrong, and the abrupt staff asked me to go and pay for the difference while I was eating my pizza . Long queue to pay £2 difference for their mistake . I’ve told her I was not queuing up. , and I will pay later . You can imagine the lip she gave me . It was terrible . She made a scene. Very low service standard . Pizza was more like a quiche , my wife’s burger was just ok . Next time prefer to drive elsewhere rather than support local establishment with low service .

Horrible service , terrible food . Disinterested staff. Rude beyond belief . Spoiled a beautiful Saturday afternoon, just because Inept staff took the order wrongly . Asked in the middle of the dinner to pay £2, because their mistake . The way they addressed to me , the lowest of the low . Never again . Please read the reviews before you enter that place .

Not really comfortable place to be in, the air condition is blowing so much cold air from the sealing directly on you when outside is just 60 degree! - is that necessary?? If you have more than one drink you will be sick next day.

It's probably the worst wetherspoons for food

Toilets are a mile away up the Burj Khalifa, but other than that. Yeah sound mate.

Forse uno dei pochi posti decenti nel centro di Dartford x aperitivo e cena. Il locale è carino con prezzi più bassi della media anche se la qualità lascia un po' a desiderare...ma comunque è accettabile

I ordered a pint of coke upon arriving at The Flying Boat Dartford. 50 minutes after my order I assumed it had been lost so I made my way to the bar where I was met with a man with no hair. I explained the situation to which I was met with the reply of “sit back down and wait like the rest of the restaurant you prick”. I have never felt so insulted in my life. This was a few weeks ago but I’ve only just felt comfortable enough to write this review. I suffer with severe mental health issues and this comment made me go home and consider my life. I hope this man meets his match and is made to feel the way I did that night Regards Carington Blake

UNACCEPTABLE, I recently visited the flying boat in Dartford and had a pretty traumatic experience. The manager who I can only describe as bald and quite frankly very rude, even used profanity towards us leaving us in a state of distress. It made us feel really uncomfortable and unwelcome. I think it's important for them to know how their customers are being treated. Thanks for your attention to this matter we will not be returning until this matter is resolved!!!!!

One of our meals was brought over by the manager of the flying boat. Upon reaching our table the manager of the restaurant gave us what i can only describe as the most appalling thing i have ever heard come out of any employees mouth. He used the words “dumb cunts” as we had turned the tables to accommodate our large group. When questioned about his choice of words he then offered to fight one of the members of our table. When speaking to other members of staff it was made apparent that this was not the first time he had spoken to customers like this. I will never be returning to another weatherspoons again in my life and i urge others to avoid this weatherspoons at all costs

Have breakfast regularly also double burger for lunch. Very rare to have food not cooked right. Building very nice as well

Amazing! However it doesn't actually fly... And I'm pretty sure it wasn't a boat either...

Great food friendly staff..quick service 😋

I liked it. Typical Weatherspoons and reasonable prices. It's a huge place, and we like coming early to beat the crowd although usually it's possible to find a table. Recommended if you are in the area.

Most of it was good drinks were cheap but we had something to eat there which wasn’t great if you want a cheap night out then this is the place to go

dire breakfast..kitchen had equipment problems and might as well closed the kitchen as the food that did finally arrive (after half an hour) was partly cold with over cooked eggs that you could bounce on the table..really have no enthusiasm to return..

A fine example of a Wetherspoons pub. Spacious with plenty of room and tables. Ordered via the app and was brought our food and drinks quickly and efficiently. Staff all seemed polite and happy. Stairs to the toilets were quite epic tho!!

Large decorative Spoons, visited for breakfast. Staff were friendly and efficient, good was relatively quick and well cooked. Plentiful and comfortable seating with a quieter area at the back. Very grand staircase to toilets. Parking is the only issue.

It's a spoons, but a lovely one inside. Service was excellent, food was hot and drink was great. Very busy, lucky to get a table.

Great beer Good food at a great price with friendly helpful staff

It's a spoons... What can you say. I do like the app and table service for ease.

Quick service with nice decor. Lots of nice light coming in.

Large group of us. Staff really good, efficient and friendly. Only usual WS 3 ales plus 2 guest citrus ales. All had curries. Excellent

We have noticed in time that the standard of the Dartford Wetherspoons has gone done, we are frequent customers and the last few times we’ve gone to eat there the standard has significantly fallen, we also visit the Rhyl branch and the standards has stayed the same, 😢

It is a Wetherspoons - so you know what you're getting - it is a HUGE pub - and was a bit noisy .... but food is cheap and filling .. drinks are cheap and good ... when we are in Dartford we always go.

Nice selection of beers ales and ciders as you would expect from a wetherspoon, unfortunately I had my 17 year old daughter with me and we were eating when security informed her that she had to be gone by 8pm! This is absolutely disgraceful. She wasn't drinking alcohol or being disruptive at all, literally sitting, eating quietly. The member of staff approached her directly and not myself to tell her to leave before curfew, considering he thought her a minor I would expect him to speak to one of the 6 adults in the party of people. I am not impressed with the lack of safeguarding by the establishment as I doubt he has any dbs or training in speaking to minors and came across creepy and overbearing.

Great food and service lovely ppl xx

Went for new years eve pub very busy but got a seat after 10 -15mins. Prices good service was OK as it was very busy, people moved on about 11pm so was fine. Typical wetherspoons good value

Enjoyed our visit here, you get what you pay for and it’s cheap & cheerful! The building has lots of history & will come back again Staff could be nicer but for the price you can’t complain

Lovely to come here and the meals are of a very good standard. Reasonable prices too. We had the all day breakfast this time.

One of the better wetherspoons I've been in by far.

Typical weatherspoons. Cheap food, decent beer.

Top quality Spoons not far from the station. Ideal for "away" football fans to get boozed up before visiting Dartford FC

A nice spoons with a nice atmosphere.

I really loved this Wetherspoons Pub. It had a lovely atmosphere and clearly a lot of effort had been made on the Christmas decorations. The service was quick for the drinks too. Didn't try the food on this occasion. One of the better spoons I have visited.

Nice and quiet for a Sunday great for having a chat and catch up with friends

No car parking without spending a fortune in a public car park. No atmosphere, and a few very loud "undesirable" people. Some beers priced wrongly at the bar too

Great pub for pre drinks and family outings

Such friendly . Really Friendly

The usual Wetherspoon experience but with the added twist of overhearing a drug deal going down in the gents toilets.

They cater for a mixed culture Clientele and the atmosphere is just cool. Everyone minding their own business. Food quality is excellent

Very nice in here, staff friendly food was good Would recommend

What a lovely building for our 65th Wetherspoon. Loved the wide door entrance and the glass light fittings. Definitely 5 star. However a 1 or no star for service. I had a woman who didn't give a particularly friendly greeting and appeared to have no idea of the menu. Asked for 2 chicken bite meals, but she entered boneless basket meals on the till, which I noticed and told her that's not what I'd asked for, she started to argue with me so I got a menu to show how what I wanted, then she proceeded to enter 2 chicken bites and then 2 portions of chips as seperate items, which was still wrong and would have been more expensive and didn't include a drink. I pointed this out and then she decided I was making out she was stupid. At no point was this the case, I just wanted to ensure she was entering it on the till correctly, which she wasn't, I asked for someone else to serve me. The next person was so frosty, did not bother to enquire what the issue had been, obviously decided to take whatever the other person had told her as gospel, but did manage to get the order right. Not every customer is rude or wrong and not all bar staff are perfect. When the meals arrived we were less than happy to discover the 10 chicken bites as advertised on the menu were in fact both 8. Was this a mistake or what? I'll let you decide. We did eventually get the extra 4. We've visited Wetherspoons all over, but without a shadow of a doubt this service was the worst ever. Shame, as not only were the surroundings lovely but unusually for a Wetherspoons the disabled toilet was clean.

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This is a spacious Weatherspoons...a lot bigger inside that it looks.Decor is a bit old fashioned to my taste.However I guess it's in line with other Weatherspoons.There's a marvelous big garden with loads of chairs & tables.Customer services was good,the food was as expected...more filling than it looked.Atmosphere not too noisy.Overall a good lovely experience😃👍

Massive inside and outside, 2 TV's, can't find any faults.

Can't beat the price and value for money for the food

Good food, good drinks and cheerful chats

Usual Wetherspoons menu. Great service from pleasant, friendly staff. It's a big place and like some other large Wetherspoons, it's a bit like a big school cafeteria. That's my only reservation about it - I just prefer a few more booths and smaller seating areas. Otherwise - good, reasonably priced food and great service.

Great stuff and great place to be

Nice place. Not overcrowded. Fast food service.

I had a half roast chicken,which was really nothing special,a small tub of coleslaw and mashed potatoes which looked like they came out of a packet.With a sparkling water came to just over £9. Toilets at top of steep flight of stairs. Beautiful interior.

Great breakfast. Hot and quick.

Your average Spoons lol but hots say Mgrs keep annoyances to a minimum

Very nice place but came here just after 8 on a Sunday morning for a coffee and there’s more than several men and women drinking pints already. Why are there even licenses that allow this.

Friendly bar staff, very good prices and a good choice of food and drinks.

No toliet papers in the mens toliets are dirty food all over the tables

Been to a few Wetherspoons but this has been the best so far food was all fresh and delicious I cannot fault any of it will definitely be back

A quiet beer popped in with a friend, service was good. Seemed OK until the local wildlife tried to harass me local criminals typical dartford watch your back here and your bag or mobile, distraction crime, knew something was wrong couple of black girls trying there luck. Dartford full of low life's. Be alert be tooled up if you are going here.

Pub closed for technical issues at 7pm due to no water.Wish I had known at 6pm before spent money on drinks.Said to wife it was the dirtiest pub I had ever been in.Was a bit wary about ordering food and at 7pm the choice was made for us.Should have closed the pub earlier as it was evident the problem was ongoing on my arrival.Spend a lot in Wetherspoons but that experience puts doubts in your mind.

Lovely place, nice ambience staff were nice though in a busy night of Friday, food came up quick as well as drinks. Price wise it is good.

This is a great place for a pub meal and to relax over conversation. Lots of space, friendly staff, and clean facilities. It had been a few years since I had a proper fish and chips, so I am likely biased. But after the last few years in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, that North Atlantic cod was like manna from heaven. Was it a little oily? Yes! The chips overly large? Yes! The peas mushy? Yes! In all ways, this experience was exactly what you would expect. This is why I looked forward to it from my arrival in Dartford. It was, for me, a memory manifested with friends. One sharp eared staff also recognized my Canadian accent, which honestly confused me. We never think we have one! Good job, I recommend this place if you're ever passing by.