The Man of Kent in Tonbridge and Malling - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Didn't eat just popped in for a cheeky drink (or two) lovely seeing, beautiful pub and the service was polite, helpful and speedy.

Great pub ..onriver with fish and dragonflies to watch!!My favourite place for an afternoon drink

We came across this beautiful pub on a walk from the hop farm. Forgive me, for not remembering names, this place, the people that work here, provide a fantastic family atmosphere and service beyond ,and the most fabulous selection of food with excellent taste. Total value for money. We will most definitely be back here. Thank you.

Lovely pint of beer in a lovely location. The place was mostly empty but still told no food without a booking. Not even the chance of a sandwich or chips. It’s something I’ve never experienced before in an English pub. I understand not being able to provide restaurant food without a booking but not even being able to provide a bar menu just seems like inefficient kitchen management.

What a fantastic little pub by a beautiful river, full of chub fish and wild pond plants. A really good choice of food on the menu, fresh produce and very tasty. Friendly staff too. Lots of outside tables and some with umbrellas. Will definitely visit again and highly recommended. Loved it

Ancient, cozy pub with authentic interior... Idyllically situated on a river where you can see the trout swimming by...

Atmospheric place. We wanted to visit it for a long time and finally got an occasion. We booked it in advance for Saturday dinner. Good food, service was superb!

Never been here before, thought service was fantastic at the beer festival, also the food was proper decent also.Kids loved playing in the stream under bridge and dog friendly, what more do you want!Will be back

Sit by river, feed ducks or fish. Good food at pub as well.

Been going here for years, and love it. Outside space adds a certain something that is quite unique.

Love this place, can’t beat it on the sunny Saturday afternoon….. landlord is a great guy (for a Scotsman). Don’t do cheesey chips though? 😂

What a lovely gem of a pub. Lovely pub on the inside with old features. Plenty of ales on offer and then there's outdoors. The beer garden. Wow. This is it's selling point. If your passing through then stop here. The food looked good too. The stream next to this pub is beautiful. Just lovely with the trout swimming there. Recommended

Lovely day so we thought we’ll have a drive to you pub, we arrived at 11:30 parked in car park too give our dogs a half hour walk and back for a meal in your garden, but we was confronted by a very rude member of staff who said car park was reserved for people who have booked tables and said park somewhere else, so we said if I take the trouble to park somewhere else we’ll eat somewhere else too which she replied good, I’m glad because we parked at the Chaser inn at Shipbourne lovely walk lovely meal lovely staff so your loss we will not return.

What a lovely pub! Delicious food and super friendly staff

Lovely find on a walk along the river; friendly, welcoming staff to my wife and I with our wet dog. Good food, served quickly, generous portions and decent value. Just mind your head!

Perfect Sunday lunch and setting after a morning at the Paddock Wood half marathon. Very good service and accommodation of gluten free and vegan diets. Thank you

Went for a walk with the wife and kids and stopped in for some lunch, asked for a table of 4 to be told we are fully booked.... with about 8/9 empty tables in the restaurant section. Then told we can try and fit you inbetween the other bookings. Asked can we sit in the bar and and have a drink and wait, then asked if we would like to see the menu, ordered and served as we sat at which point one more table was used in the restaurant. Sitting their we can hear "the locals taking about us" very uncomfortable felt like the children wasn't welcome, typical pub in a village that time has forgotten, food wasn't anything special. Couldn't wait to leave

Popped in for the first time in a couple of years, just as good as I remembered! 👌🏼

Everything a village pub should be

Lovely rustic pub great service with real ales home cooked food with generous portions and dog friendly, just watch your head as the beams are a little low. Beautiful village location

Our local. Nice pub, nice landlords, would be great with a garden but the river makes up for that. Watch your head as you walk in though V. Low ceiling.

Lovely atmosphere with good food and beer

Great service and a lovely Sunday roast. 🥰

Food good, staff couldn't have been more helpful in catering for my dietary needs. We have already booked again.

Such a lovely little pub with really friendly helpful staff.

Very nice place. Mind your head:)

Lovely pub with very friendly staff, beautiful location too!

A lovely country pub. Low beamed ceilings and an outside area to sit and have a drink. If you are going to eat there you must book first as it is very small. The menu is limited but what they do offer is well cooked. I had battered hake chios and peas. The batter was light and not grass and the chips were amazing - some of the best I've ever had. My husband had steak with a mushroom sauce which was very good. Again the dessert menu was limited but we had local ice cream which was delicious.

Great little pub by the river. We stopped by to get away from traffic and hoped to get food (a Thurs evening) but as with many places now no food during the week sadly. Enjoyed a couple of our favourite Harvey’s Best beers sitting outside and there was a nice vibe and fairly busy, haven’t been for a while but will come back soon hopefully for lunch.

A lovely old pub, great food and excellent beer.

Didn't actually have food just drink. It really is a lovely pub and the outside area is big, loved feeding the fish too.

New to area. Been to this fabulous old pub twice. Sat outside both times in glorious sunshine, enjoying baguettes, chips and drinks. Right next to the River Bourne. Perfect. Dog friendly too 👍

Nice food and an hospitable landlord spot on

Really nice out the way country pub , watch your nut on the low beams , lol , really nice staff , our second visit , looking forward to trying a Sunday dinner , and lastly the stream is a dream , It's a yes from us 👍

Excellent food. Need to pre-book.

Love this place. Great food and beautiful setting .

I fell in love with this place immediately. Being a 6ft 3 specimen (dont know what I'm allowed to call myself anymore), manoeuvring through the bar can be somewhat tricky as the lovely old beams and joists are somewhat low. That's said, it's lovely. Staff were very efficient and very friendly to non regulars and that's not always the case in certain establishments. Outside is the kicker. Beautiful stream with fish, ducks and a lovely old hump back bridge run alongside the pub. I'm guessing this is VERY busy in the summer. Can't give a review on the food because we didn't eat.

Arguably my favourite pub in Kent.

Lovely and friendly. service great. Host came and spoke to us.

Went in for a pint while on a walk. Beer good, staff very friendly and food looked and smelt very tasty. Will pay it another visit and make time to eat next time. If you do go MIND YOUR HEAD!

On a hot day a cold drink goes down easier while watching the chubb swim up the river on which the pub sits. Good beers served by friendly staff, we chilled out under the flight path of Spitfires. Lovely.

"Watch your head" because looks like it was built for hobbits! Nice building from Tudor period with a lovely ambient and service.

Lovely food and friendly staff. Was my first visit and will be going back again!

I don't get to this pub often enough, but having been a marshal at Tonbridge parkrun in the morning I decided to swing by as I drove home cross country. A member of staff came to speak to me as I waited for the pub to open, but only to inform me that every table was booked! I went in for a drink at the bar. The pub is very old, the ceilings are very low, and it's in a great location next to a river. And if one is a Man of Kent (born east of the River Medway), it's great to have our own pub 😉

We stopped on the way to Margate looking for a nice lunch. VERY unwelcoming staff and zero attempt to accommodate our party. If you’re passing by - keep going! There are much friendlier places down the road. Too bad zero stars isn’t an option. They made that little effort. Seriously.

Fantastic pub. Was here for a big group birthday dinner. Lovely old building (prepare to hit your head on the low beams!). Excellent food, served with a smile. Well worth a visit.

Great beer, excellent food, cosy building, a lovely picturesque waterside garden area for the warmer weather, and lovely staff. What more could you want?

Lovely little pub with great staff

Great little pub . We tryed to get carvery but fully booked . Will phone before next time .

Friendly pub with good beer. Low ceilings if you are tall

Lovely place to have a nice dinner and a quiet drink by the river the staff are really helpful

We were a group of nine all very impressed, excellent food, excellent service, enjoyed in atmospheric beamed pub , beautiful location, will certainly return soon.

just popped in for a quick pint as I was passing on my ebike love Low beams ceilings lovely garden next to the river

Good food and good service. Recommended for a meal out!

Nice pub but £5 for a pint of Fosters is a bit to pricey

Excellent service and couldn't believe how cheap a round was! Beautiful location

A river side setting. Great food & service

Nice in the summer! If you are tall ,then you better enter on your hands and feet! I have never eaten there so I can't comment on the food. The only downside is the ciders and beers as craft selection would suit this pub down to the ground, but if you are in the area visiting on a summers day then you can't go wrong. Take some bread and feed the chub in the stream.

This a pub I visited during a day walk. It sits on the edge of the River Bourne, where you can watch a school of wild but domesticated chub hanging about in flowing water. The pub has a very low ceiling so you may need to lean over a little when walking through. I was there lunch time midweek, and it was very quiet and relaxed. The staff were welcoming, and the food was well presented. From my visit there was nothing to be negative about, quiet the opposite..

Overall a very enjoyable experience today Sunday 7th Aug 22. Menu choice was refreshingly different. Great roast lunches. Generous sizes. Reasonable prices. Thank you. Jean & Julie

Unreliable & Disappointing Do not rely on their serving times as they often stop serving beforehand. If you do manage to get a snack it was advertised as a baguette and arrived as a soft brioche roll A good well kept pint of beer but anything else... don't bother

Quaint lovely place staff very helpful and friendly

Went for lunch last Sunday and today. Lovely food and friendly atmosphere. Staff all very polite and welcoming. Definitely we will go back 😊

Love this place. Magic setting..with views of the trout in the mill stream. Fresh delicious food, nice range of beer and lovely friendly staff. My favourite pub for an outside summer chilled lunch. (Or dinner)

What a brilliant place, good food cooked perfectly very friendly people and now wish I had taken some pictures, I will next tine

Lovely garden by the river good service. Good place to see fish in the water. We saw ducklings. Generally very good. Food looks good as well.

Very nice, you can sit next to a lovely stream and have a drink, very nice food in a 16 century pub

After a long walk we've stopped here and had a beer and crisps. Wonderful place. Historic building carmed us. Also sitting outdoors with a view at fish in the stream added positive emotions. Our dogs were welcomed too, bowls near the tables were just what we needed.

Lovely old little pub, with a beautiful beer garden on the river. Lovely pit stop when hiking along the Medway. These fish were also a highlight

Lovely little pub in rural East Peckham, with the beer garden adjacent directly to a trout stream - even a few ducks can be spotted occasionally! Wonderful view to enjoy while enjoying a crisp pint on a sunny day. Indoors it is a traditionally furnished pub with low beams, so if you’re a tall fella like me you’ll have to bend down to get in and walk around, but once seated it’s so cosy! Staff are nice. Great place! Loses a mark for not having decent options on the menu for vegetarian/vegans. Missing a trick there! Also, quite pricey….

Great beer, sat outside by the stream, really nice place to have a beer and meet friends. Watch your head in the bar, low ceilings!

Bit too late for food 2pm in week , but sunny ,building is gorg, the setting is gorg, friendly people can't go wrong really.but most of all its what you make it :-)

Gorgeous pub for a pint and a bite to eat

We stopped for coffee. Thought we might eat there, however a lack of gluten free meant it was a no! Examples, prawn cocktail, soup without bread or crutons, couldn't even have the chips! Such a shame, coffee was good though.

Lovely location. Nice staff, great food and drinks

Lovely old pub serving a nice pint with an open fire and a warm welcome.

No chicken dishes meal choices limited and over priced

Stopped off here to have lunch on the way to our hotel. As vertically challenged people we found the low cellings to our liking! My husband was very happy to have a pint of Harvey's as its not available were we live. We ordered burgers which were really tasty, overall the service was great and enjoyed our lunch. Outside there's a lovley little river along side we spotted fish in!

Beautiful old pub, excellent service. I only wanted a half pint which was below minimum card charge, so he gave me it free.

Decent pint of Timothy Taylor's landlord 😁

Lovely little pub. Fantastic on a hot day for sitting alongside the river and watching the abundance of fish swimming right up to the end. Meals are very nice and reasonably priced.

Food excellent,staff very friendly,we had the haddock it was delicious

A very enjoyable tasty Lunch we all had

Awesome locals pub!! Just watch your head 🤣🤣🤣

Gotta say I like this pub a lot , yup you gotta be a hobbit to drink there but the ale is on point 👌 the Harvey's and Timothy Taylor's is perfect 👍 the landlord seems a decent fella and the menu looks pretty decent , try it that's what I say

We went for lunch on Saturday. The food was delicious and the portions very generous!! The staff were smiley and helpful! A very friendly traditional English pub - lovely!!!

Delicious Sunday lunch. Lovely staff. A really pretty old pub.

Beautiful setting but the river. Plenty of outdoor seating. Staff very pleasant and obliging.

Lovely location, good food, try the double cooked chips they are really good.

Charming pub on the River Bourne in the hamlet of Little Mill. Built in 1588 means the beams are approx 5' 7" - as I found out despite the "Mind your head" signs. Currently have Harvey's real ale on hand pump.

Great food with just the best views over the stream. So restful watching the fish.

Ideal position by the river. Good food and beer.

Lovely location, plenty of outdoor seating and friendly staff

Had lunch today, lovely location, great staff, food and service excellent, best pub lunch I have had in a very long time, so nice to have non sticky menu's and perfect cutlery and condiments, thank you, looking forward to my next visit

Absolute gem of a pub... Good beer and great food. Would highly recommend.

Was only a flying visit as didn't realise bookings were required for food. But maybe get to try it another time

I lovely quiet pub resting next to a lovely stream. Warm and friendly staff and although I didnt stop for something to eat the food a saw being brought to the table looked amazing.. I will be back to sample the food whilst sitting watched the fish swimming in the stream.. a place I would highly recommend.

Lovely setting. Need to book if you're having food

Food excellent, beautiful setting, and the staff are so friendly

Its high quality food and if there is something bad they will tell the chef