The Horsebox Bakery in Maidstone

An absolute gem ! Ignore the couple of negative completely unfair and quite frankly ridiculous statements I have seen below. This place is an absolute treasure ! I have discovered it during lock-down, and have been coming back pretty much every week since. Delightful, home cooking at its best ! The owners are passionate about what they do, you can order in advance if you want (Hannah always goes above and beyond to do new creations upon request), Nigel is passionate about his coffee. This place is a dream come true. Best home-made cooking around by a country mile (vast choice: pies of all sorts, cinnamon buns, cakes, brownies even little salads, ice cream in the Summer etc) ... A delightful place, with charming business owners and lovely staff! Highly recommended !

Please please cover the food up! It is all out along a counter where people que and lean over to pay. The woman in front of us had been on a sweaty bike ride and leant over the food , scratching her head. We saw flakes of skin/dandruff fall onto the open food . We were planning to have coffee and cake but no no no way . Surely this is something food hygiene need to tackle and I will be speaking to them . Food hygiene rating should be ZERO 0 . Absolutely disgusting and shocking that this is happening. It’s 2024 and looked positively medieval

What a find whilst walking the river Medway, Teston to East Farleigh . From a original actual horse box in the garden to now in the old Riverside Resturant Wateringbury. Great place to stop. Good home cooked savouries and cakes. Fri to Sun. Needed the return walk for the exercise to counter the calories.

If you fancy a slice of homemade cake with a a riverside view look no further than wateringbury. Where the famous riverside restaurant was on the bank side to the right of the bridge you will find a new family business selling delicious food hot and cold drinks. One slice of cake would feed 2 easily so great value. Lovely view of the river with plenty of seats outside on the green. Park in the station car park... I believe it still free but look around for signs as I am a local so walk around. You will be spolt for choice!

Fantastic home cooked treats both savory and sweet. Coffee amazing and view of the river from your seats. Perfect scenario on summer's day

I can highly recommend The Horsebox Bakery! Always a warm welcome from the staff, DELICIOUS hand made cakes, savouries breakfasts and lunches. Huge portions. Coffee is fabulous and all with a wonderful view of the river. Do not hesitate visiting. I visit regularly and am NEVER disappointed!

This is a lovely little place next to the river to stop and grab a drink and light snack but does need some minor improvements. Handling of food without gloves or utensils isn’t great and I am sure probably breaks some health and safety rules. I could ignore this though as I am sure I have eaten in dirtier restaurants than someone’s hands but if the wrong person saw this it wouldn’t be great for business. We ordered food a coffee and a tea. We were told there would be a delay in the drinks which we were happy with and took a seat outside with our food. Someone who ordered before us received their drink about 10 minutes later. We were then disappointed to see that people who had ordered before that person were still waiting for their drinks. It’s like if you’re a local or a regular you get special treatment which tbh just put us off. I can’t tell you the exact time but it was a reasonable wait for our drinks. The tea was tasteless and was like water and milk. I ended up throwing it away. It’s a great spot and can be a great place but I visited the tea house next to Allington Lock today and had an amazing experience and hope that the Horsebox can be as good as them with some minor tweaks.

Lovely surprise on a muddy walk along the Medway! Previously we had visited when they operated from the Horsebox! Now in the old Riverside restaurant- serving soups, delicious pastries and homemade cakes! Friendly staff definitely we will be back!

Newly opened in the former Riverside restaurant building. This is a central location next to the railway and on the river. The welcome is warm, the drinks tasty, the service friendly and the cakes look out of this world!