The George & Dragon At Tudeley in Tunbridge Wells

First time back to the George and Dragon for years, absolutely fantastic. It was a great welcome and we didn't feel out of place at all, the local beer is great and the food is amazing. We only popped in for a drink and a snack on our way home to see what it was like since the change of ownership but I can now say it will be a very regular stop, the best thing is it is within walking or staggering distance from home. Can't wait to try the Sunday lunch.

Doesn't look much from outside, superb inside. Friendly welcome, nice atmosphere and lovely decor.

Lovely pub, great food, fantastic staff They accommodated our very large group booking

Stopped here for lunch during a group hike. It was amazing. Super friendly staff, and they even made me a customised gluten free lunch (even cooked chips in the oven for my so they wouldn't be contaminated in the fryer which was super kind). Really amazing atmosphere and environment.

Only popped in for a beer whilst out walking but would go back

This was the first time we had been to this pub and was pleasantly surprised, very friendly staff, Sue was the Manager / owner, lovely lady and our waitress Poppy also very nice, we had a Sunday lunch, my partner had the Roast beef and I had the Nut Roast, beautifully presented on lovely hot plates, very nice veggies etc. We also had a dessert of cheese cake and Raspberry compote and cream. My partner had a real ale, (very nice indeed) I had a JTO. We had an Americano coffee to finish off the meal. We found that all the toilets were very clean and the hand dryers were the best we've seen/used anywhere. Plenty of things going on in the pub like a Jazz night and also tribute acts out in the garden most weeks usually at 4pm, no need to book. We will definitely be going back to some of those events. P

Lovely pub....a delicious lunch...x

The food was 10 out of 10, the crumble was legendary. The couple that own the pub are absolutely lovely, the most welcoming pub we’ve found in Kent. Absolutely go! And try the sausage and mash!!

Decent place with a welcoming landlady. Good range of drinks on tap. We sat in the garden for a quick pint, there's plenty of seating and space.

Just stopped for a quick drink but rather wished this was my local!

Great pub in perfect location for lunch after a local countryside walk. Tasty food and dog friendly. Will be back.

Regular trad jazz event held on 4th Thursday of every month. We'll attended by up to 40 jazz fans. Bar food available at reasonable prices. Always one good real ale on hand pump.

A lovely countryside pub, accessible by many of the surrounding walks or large free carpark outside. Wide ranging menu with traditional pub food and a specials board. Generous portions and fair pricing. Perfect for a quick bite for lunch or a larger meal - especially before the popular quiz nights. Friendly and helpful staff - thank you to Steph for keeping the fire well stoked and providing some excellent banter.

Good food, generous portions and very obliging staff.

Lovely freehouse. Starters amazing. Mains generous. We had a great Sunday lunch. 3 courses with drinks. Good value too!

Great Quiz Night every other week at the George and Dragon

What immediately struck us about our first, but will most certainly not be our last visit to the 'George' was the the convivial 'local's local' feel. We were reminded of a verse from the 'Cheers' theme... "Sometimes you wanna go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came You wanna be where you can see Our troubles are all the same You wanna be where everybody knows your name" The delightful Sue, owner, host, order taker, amber nectar dispenser and general front-of-house heartbeat of the George made us welcome and already one of the family. Subsequent diners were greeted by name, as were their young 'uns and as were their dogs. It was a crisp sunny Sunday, perfect for taking the pooches for a brisk walk followed by a bevvy and possibly lunch. The menu is small but perfectly formed, ranging from tasty 'snacky' to our choice, a generous serving of a very good roast beef and vegetables, served promptly on warmed plates. We didn't have room for dessert but made it anyway, I had the hot treacle pudding with a lake of warm custard, & 'imself was persuaded to have the Chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream. He scarfed the lot, declaring it "the best brownie he's ever eaten". He was enthusiastic about the Moretti lager as well, especially as I was the designated driver! The maestro behind these culinary delights is Allan, husband of Sue, who together own the quaint, beautifully restored and eclectically furnished George & Dragon Free House. We enjoyed our lunch immensely; our visit mercifully didn't break the bank and to sum it all up, no sooner were we home that I was browsing 'Rightmove' for houses for sale within dog-walking distance. Well, a girl can dream, cant she? Thank you Sue & Allan.

Lovely little pub with beautiful old beams, I stop here for a spot of lunch (open club sandwich, it was delicious) before going clay pigeon shooting

Really friendly pub with great service and great food. They have outside seating as well as inside with a little play area for kids. The portions of food were a good size. Car park available as well.

Very good pub and the hospitality was excellent thank you

Our first visit to The Geot& Dragon was very enjoyable The food and drinks were. great and the staff were extremely pleasant making a perfect lunch visit Hope to visit again soon. 👍

Popped in for a refreshing pint of Tonbridge Easy Street Pale ale having walked 6k from Tonbridge. For a Wednesday 5pm, nice to see a few people in the pub and outside in the pub garden. Didn't have any food, but the menu looked good. It's a proper country pub and whilst I was probably the only one who walked there, there was a generous sized car park that most used. A couple of nice ales on tap and a lovely classic fee to the pub with the low beams and tasteful decoration. Aim to pop back another time and try out the food, but there are also music/quiz/other events the pub seems to advertise on a regular basis.

Wonderful lunch today. Great friendly service.. .

Lovely friendly pub All 5 of us comentated on the great food and friendly staff and the prices were reasonable. If we go walking in that area again we would go again. Thanks

Lovely hosts,and lovely food,great pub.

Had a lovely lunch here. The veggies are cooked al dented so if you prefer them soft do say when ordering. I had a bitter shandy to drink which was made with a local brew in Tonbridge which was very morish. Shame I was designated driver!!!!! Plenty of parking & an olde worlde ambience inside. Live music is also played here. We booked a table for 3 & dog who was welcome & went on to look at the stain glass windows designed by Chegall in All Saints Church 3 mins drive away (also with plenty of parking).

Very nice pub ..very nice food..very nice staff..

Great pub with fantastic food, so much better than all the chained ones around.

Charming pub , excellent open sandwich and good olives! ( v important ) Helpful obliging service , a hidden gem to fall into after visiting the wonderful churches nearby

Traditional pub with friendly staff

Very welcoming, extremely clean pub and toilets. Food portion of a good size,and hot very tasty . Well worth a visit if passing, or a change of scenery.

Super friendly, well appointed, great setting with lovely garden, nice food and great staff. What is not to love !! Looking forward to giving the quiz night a go and bringing the kids down in the sunshine.

Highly recommend this pub. Your hosts Alan and Sue make you feel very welcome. Food is excellent (especially Sunday Lunch!) and a great selection of beers. We also recently hired the pub exclusively for a private event and it is the perfect venue for private parties. Alan and Sue made it very easy to organise and laid on excellent party food. A real gem of a find and worth considering for your next event.

I've just had the most delicious sea bass for lunch with garlic potato. Beautifully cooked. The refurbishment is stunning. Today I had beef and ale pie, the apple, pear and ginger crumble with custard, absolutely delicious xxx

Extremely good. Reasonably priced and plentiful open sandwiches. Very pleasant and attentive staff. Quick service and lovely decor.

We stopped for a pint and a pack of pork scratchings 😊

Very friendly and helpful plus great food0.

Wonderful welcome and amazing food. Just how pubs used to be! Thoroughly recommend.

Had a lovely Sunday lunch in this pub which has been recently refurbished and looks great. Service was friendly and although the roasts looked good I went for the steak and ale pie which was excellent. Prices were very reasonable. Couple of ales on, the local Tonbridge brewery beer I tried was in good condition. Everyone in our group from the toddlers to grandparents were very happy. The large garden should be good in the summer. There's a large car park and the pub is in a good location for the many walks you can do in the area. In fact the pub had a few walking guides for guests to browse through. Looking forward to coming back.

Wonderfully warm traditional pub! Worth a visit! Lots of parking, warm fire in winter

Lovely traditional country pub, very friendly staff and good food. Thank you for lunch.

Found this lovely pub after a google in the area, we had the Sunday lunch which was absolutely delicious, piping hot and fresh, lots of veg choice and a good amount of meat on the plate and fantastic roast poptatos. The staff were very welcoming and friendly. It's a little gem which I will return to without any hesitation. I highly recommend giving this place a try for a drink or especially a Sunday lunch.

Friendly pub, excellent home cooked food.

Great local pub. Good beer and fantastic food. also owners are very welcoming to all. support you local food and drink house.

How have I only just found out about this lovely country pub? With the friendliest staff, a wonderful selection of ales and drinks, and some of the best home-cooked food around, I only wish I lived a little closer as I would be a daily regular! I went for a drink on Wednesday, first-time I had set foot in the pub, and we were welcomed by the landlady Sue. I asked if they opened at lunchtimes and booked a table for the following day. I took my Mum for lunch, and we were greeted by Steph who was very welcoming and friendly. We ordered drinks and a main meal each. The Steak & Ale pie was stunningly good, a my burger was tasty! Great value, and we will return! Thanks!

Excellent lunch- delicious, freshly prepared fish and chips

An excellent lunch on a Saturday afternoon. worth making a drive for. We were welcomed by name and immediately made comfortable, with a dog bowl brought over for our dog. Prompt and friendly service. Fantastic quality food, including excellent fish goujons for our toddler. Recently renovated, the interiors are lovely. Would highly recommended. A refreshing experience as regular visitors from London we will make The George & Dragon our ‘go-to’ pub. Particularly as we saw another table having a delicious looking big pie to share between 4 people. Thank you for a lovely lunch!

Had lunch yesterday - wonderful food and excellent service. We’ll go again.

Popped in for a drink for the first time (Oct 22) since a change of ownership. Such a lovely ambience and friendly service. Good range of drinks and love the look of the menu. Will be back for food. 😃

Fantastic roasts dinners and lovely staff

Good pint at reasonable price. Friendly staff will definitely go there again

Very friendly staff and very good food

Very pleasant pub. Receptive welcoming bar staff.

Perfect Pub! Great welcome and service, excellent value for money, great pub food and a water bowl and biscuits for the dogs!

Had a lovely lunch at the George and Dragon today. The field mushroom and goat cheese pie was delicious. The pub has been refurbished and it is fresh and cosy inside. The staff were really helpful and so friendly. C.Standen

Been for a wonderful pub lunch while staying here at the hop farm camping. Fabulous food, fabulous and very accommodating staff. Thankyou for having us!!!!

Been for lunch a few times weekdays, lovely fresh food and friendly service 😊

Very welcoming, lovely garden and dog friendly

Excellent evening, nice food and great service. Nice garden and pub interior really nice

Great pub,always drove past over the years but dropped in for a few beers on the way to Tumeric Gold and wasn't disappointed, great beer , and pub itself refurbished to a high standard, and great landlady and landlord, I will certainly return

First time visit and only had a drink and lunch. Food was good and staff were lovely, nice atmosphere. 👍🍺

Lovely experience, very friendly staff, food was amazing, I had the sea bass.

So I'm not trying to be unjustified here and I'll explain. The food was very nice, the staff were also very nice. However after my starter which was very nice, we had our mains brought out, 2 burgers meals, a sandwich meal and a kids meal. Now I ate a few chips first, then decided to make a start on my burger, it was reasonable enough to pick up at eat, I turnt the burger upside down to let it cool down more underneath, and I noticed something odd about the beef burger, upon closer inspection I found that the separation slice of plastic hadn't been removed from the burger before it was cooked. I kindly went to a staff member and asked them to come over as to not cause a scene with other guests, and showed it to her to which she was slightly shocked and decided to make me a fresh burger, which I was happy to do, unfortunately everyone else finished their meal before I got my meal back so I ate alone whilst everyone else waited as they wanted dessert. Now personally if I was in the position of the staff member during this incident I would have most definitely given a discount for the inconvenience cause. However me being the kind person I am didn't want to demand a discount but was pretty sure that they would do that as a standard thing as an apology. But I got charged full price for the meal with no deduction. Which really annoyed me, and I did say to myself before hand that if they didn't offer something for the inconvenience I would leave a bad review. And so here it is. The staff should have offered something for the inconvenience cause and the health hazard of there being plastic in my food. Otherwise it's a nice place to eat as long as the chef isn't having a "bad" day. Unfortunately I didn't take a photo before I showed the staff member in good faith they would say "hey sorry for that here's xx% off the meal." But No. (Reply to response) At no point was the rum and Coke said to be complimentary, I was merely asked if I wanted another drink, which initially was offered as a "coke" which costs your business very little, untill I said it was actually a rum and Coke I was drinking, replacing my meal is standard procedure. I'm sorry you feel the review is "harsh". I'll add a star out of kindness. However it did partially ruin a nice day out, having to eat after everyone else had finished. Could have been a totally different story if I didn't realise the plastic was there and had actually eaten it..

Staff all very welcoming and the excellent food was freshly prepared.

Awesome Sunday roast, welcoming owner sue and lovely waitress steph, good value, and lovely views. Will be back.

Nice people and the food is really good. You will leave with full tummy. Got garden and parking.

Really enjoyed my visit, lovely, full of character traditional pub with good food and drink.

Recently had lunch here after visiting Chagall's stained glass at All Saints Church. Pub was empty although we had got there at about midday. We were wanting lunch. We wanted to choose a nice table, but this seemed to be problem to the staff. We wanted the loo and just wanted to wander and choose a place. The loos (ladies) are marvellous. So we settled down and ordered our lunch. My friend wanted a pint of lager, why not?, I wanted a J20, driving. Had lunch OK, nothing special but tasty. About three times through our lunch, a member of staff kept telling us that we "had done very well". My friend then ordered another pint of lager, and again, she was told that she had "done very well". I felt rather embarrassed by this as my friend is older than me, but she has lived a life and is a very accomplished lady and certainly knows her limits. Then, when we had finished our meal, we were once again told that we had"done very well". I am not sure whether we were being treated like a pair of elderly old ladies, or, little children who had done well in eating up nicely. No complaints really at all. Nice ambiance, lovely clean loos, decent food, but please please please, stop the patronising "you've done very well" Thank you.

Had a lovely lunch here yesterday, fantastic fresh ingredients and perfect portion sizes. Lovely, pretty little beer garden with a small set of swings for our kids. Lovely staff and one barmaid in particular who was very friendly and welcoming to us and the children. I had a lovely long chat with her while we were there and nothing was too much trouble (I'm really sorry I can't remember your name!). We will definitely be back when we camp here again! Many thanks! ❤️

Great little pub ! Service was fast and friendly and the food excellent !

We had a lovely meal at The George and dragon.

Nice welcome good food and service

Above all a very friendly welcome and service. Varied and good menu

The ladies at the bar are brilliant, made our stay very enjoyable! The food was very nice too 👍

A great country pub with a very good menu, and the 2 landladys were helpful and friendly.

Just had a great Mother's Day lunch (5 of us). Food was excellent and great portions. Very friendly and welcoming. Will go again for sure...

I like the atmosphere of this country pub. We had a delicious mixed fish platter for two. It was excellent. The reduced staff were coping very well, especially considering they also had to contend with a power cut while we were there.

Lovely pub, stunning food...The most welcoming host in Sue & Allen, made us feel at like we was at home.... super dog friendly. If you are passing be sure to drop in.... You won't be disappointed :)

Great food. The fish player looked great and the wife loved it! Highly recommended.

Please go and visit this lovely little pub.. We have had a few meals here now and everytime the food has been spot on!!

My wife and I called in today at 1pm after visiting the All Saints Church a mile down the road towards Tudeley. The refurb is really impressive, clean and immmaculate. A friendly welcome, the Timothy Taylor's 'Landlord' was spot on as well as the Coronation Chicken, an open sandwich with proper chunky chips and a small amount of salad. Perfect for us. We shall be taking a group of a dozen or so U3A members there next month. Very very quiet when we were there but the lovely old pub deserves to do well. 10/10.

We tried the restaurant because we were looking for a place to take friends for my husbands birthday. My husband was very pleased with his sea bass and although the steak pie was a little dry, the meal itself was good. We booked for four days later for four people. Although there were very few people eating lunch, no others in the actual restaurant, we had a very long wait even for the initial olives. The four meals were served together. The lady owner apologised for the delay but there had been ‘a problem’. Unfortunately the four meals did not come up to our expectations and we’re disappointing, Embarrassing when you have guests. Basically our two visits were a ‘hit and miss’ situation but probably not one we will try again for a while. A great pity because they have refurbished the restaurant very well and the staff were very pleasant and accommodating.

A thoroughly enjoyable lunch in a delightful setting. An excellent menu and staff who are attentive and helpful. We had a lovely lunch with sumptuous food and can thoroughly recommend it.

Our first visit to the George and Dragon today. Great to see Sue and Alan in their new ‘home’. Pub has been sympathetically refurbished to make a lovely clean, cosy atmosphere. Good selection of beers and wine. Food was amazing, very individual and home cooked. Would highly recommend and will definitely be back.

Nice friendly pub with good food

Proper old fashioned pub, plenty of parking, had a Christmas lunch here with the MG mob, great food friendly helpful staff

We had a lovely Christmas family dinner it was superb

Nice meal quite pub clean ,friendly staff good for after a walk.

Very good meal! Excellent Service! Well worth a visit.K

Lovely log fire and welcoming, friendly staff.

Absolutely lovely friendly people and the food excellent loved it

First time visiting and was very impressed. Delicious food and drink at a reasonable price and very pleasant staff. Cant wait to visit again 🍽🍻

Took many whole family for a meal this evening and found that the staff and owners couldn’t do enough to make you feel at home , Both food and drink couldn’t have been any better , We will be returning Well done and good luck to the George and dragon

Good food and beer, nicely renovated, and super-friendly staff. Thanks!

Food not started yet but the beer and ambience are very welcoming, can't wait for the food to get going.

Great venue, great staff and great beer. Well worth a visit 👌

The makeover is looking really good, lovely place to catch up.

Fantastic proper old school boozer and very cozy friendly ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Great pint of strongbow. Authentic locals pub

Nice country pub Good food (especially the chips). Friendly staff.