The Poachers Pocket in Medway - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I'd nipped into the Poacher's last year on a dog walk but this year I booked a table with my aunt and cousin. Food was superb and service excellent. If you're veggie there are two burger options, which I can recommend (one is vegan, I believe). I managed to slip in a delicious pear and walnut treacle tart with custard, which was greedy but hey, it was a Saturday! A great spot that attracts people from all over. I'll be back again in a couple of weeks time.

Good PH .good large bar area . Food was very good and fast .Could do with more staff serving, so pay attention Greeneking to your customer service and staff. 5☆

Was waited on by a lovely young lady, who was very helpful and pleasant, a credit to you.

Food was lovely, hot and well presented. We came as a party of . Would recommend and definitely come again.

Excellent food, excellent service definitely recommend 👍

Good good very polite staff owners would definitely go again. Food was good and reasonably priced, All the family was happy with their food and the desert was delicious.

The gravy burger is the one! 🤤😉

We have not been here for a while nothing to do with the Poachers circumstances did not allow. Once again we had a fantastic meal and they are all so friendly and helpful. Will return soon. The Poaches is worth a visit you will get a great welcome. Best to book though.

lovely pub and such great service!

Great pub and really great service. Shannon was my waitress and she was lovely and very helpful.

Pros: - affordable and generally good tasting food. - kitchen is clearly very efficient and good at making up time when required. - bar well attended by staff. Cons: - front of house staff are as inattentive as possible, and seemingly vanish into thin air at a moments notice. - feeling very dated inside. Spent £115 across 5 of us this evening.. 4 adults and a toddler. Read the menu and order at the bar, warned there was a delay in food but no specifics as to whether thats a 15 minute delay or an hour, starters arrive in surprisingly good time considering the warning, however once plates were put down, thats the last you see of any front of house staff for the next long while. We had finished our starter plates by a good 20-30 minutes before I had to go and ask for our table to be cleared so that we could receive our mains as it seemed everybody had jumped on break or bar duty at once and left the restaurant unattended. From sat down to mains was a little over an hour due to the lacking service, having arrived and been seated minutes after 6, and mains coming out around 7:20. Important to note, the restaurant was moderately busy as you’d hope for any pub on a Friday night! Sadly, despite the new menu with some genuinely lovely food on offer, I wont be returning to spend anymore money here until problems like these are fixed once for all. Very frustrating when you’re visiting as a family treat and spending good money to receive such a minimal level of service. Worth noting that bar staff were great. So the issue seems to be in the restaurant.

Great pub. Staff extremely friendly and always willing to share a joke. From Manager, down to pot washer very professional. Staff and customers respected. Extremely well priced, good choice of Beers and food is great. Servings are huge and come out of the kitchen hot and quick. A great social hub for locals and out of towners, everyone is made welcome, and very soon making good friends, Any negative reviews are either from rival establishments, who wish to try and discredit far superior opponents or people with an agenda. You will not go wrong visiting here. Pop in have a meal, go around to the pub side and make some lifelong friends.

Very friendly staff quick service manager dealt with my query promptly and efficiently been a regular for years now and no complaints

Love the Poachers Pocket, it is brilliantly run by Tony and Lorraine. Thanks to them, the pub is a safe space to enjoy yourself with no idiots, no drugs etc so there’s never any trouble. It’s a real community feel in the pub and I love that unacceptable behaviour is not tolerated which makes you feel at ease and can have a good time. Highly recommend

Great pub friendly great food, lovely staff a real heart of the community pub. Highly recommend

Lovely friendly pub, great staff and atmosphere, good food and large drink selection at good prices.Management fantastic - well worth a visit or two!

Great place to socialise. Tony and lorraine are nice and friendly and welcoming.. They Don't have any trouble or rif raff in the pub. Missing pub being open. Can't wait to go back in xx

This pub had to close down during the euros because it is affected with rats the landlord Tony doesn't care about his staff and his customers because he smokes weed in the beer garden all the time this does not meet the Hungry Horse standards time for a new landlord and a refurb

Online says it opens at 11am everyday which it doesn’t. Got there a few mins before 11 was stood waiting until 11:45 and the doors still weren’t open so left. If I do get a fine I’ll be taking it straight down there as I couldn’t even get in to register absolute joke

rude ignorant dishonest arrogant staff that are extremely sexist towards men. ... would totally avoid.... nothing g good about this place. stas are revolting. food is disgusting.... service is slow.... place is filthy.... building is old one of the worst pubs ive ever been too

We were very disappointed yesterday evening. Now we have been coming here for years from young children, as we grew up in weedswood. And we know the owner Toni and have done for many years and we have never ever had any issues here in the past. The food is usually outstanding, staff are generally polite but yesterday evening we made a booking for a family meal. We came in to be standing at the door for over 10 minutes waiting for someone to approach us and sit us at our table, the staff acknowledged us several times but still made no effort to come over to us which resulted in us going over to the bar to find out where are table was. As soon as we walked in the pub, everyone just stared over at us like we were inhuman and I genuinely feel it was because my husband is foreign. We were receiving vile looks. We then ordered our food and drinks that came to £65. And when the food arrived we was so disappointed. We ordered a meal from the menu that didn’t state it had cinnamon on top on the menu, it was chicken and the chef had literally just threw cinnamon powder on top it was absolutely disgusting. We then asked if we could have the same again without the cinnamon due to an allergic reaction. Which when we ordered at the bar we was not asked if there is any allergies anyway, but even if we were it was not stated on the menu so how can we be aware. The manager on that shift then came over looked at us like absolute filth. And said we can’t do you that again you can have something from the pub classics which are £8 now we had just paid nearly £15 for the meal. So we refused, and he said that we should of logged onto the app and looked for allergic reactions before ordering never ever have I experienced such bad customer service and another lady in the pub witnessed all of this and came over to us and acted said good on you as she noticed the way we were treated. In the end my husband asked for a burger and chips and was up all night throwing it up anyway. My sister whom also asked for steak medium it was raw inside. Now we own 3 businesses which to one is a restaurant and never ever would we treat any customer in this way. Genuinely if someone isn’t happy with their food it gets replaced. Not every excuse made. We also added on our booking we needed one high chair that we never got The manager then went back over the bar complaining and speaking very high to the other staff looking over at our table which is very unprofessional and made us feel very uncomfortable at this point. The management is very very poor and so is the staff here now and it’s such a shame as I used to love this pub. And they used to be very respectful and welcoming. And in regards to the chef he clearly doesn’t know how to cook. So I am not happy at all with our experience. And I will be reporting to trading standards.

First time here for a long time and I had clearly forgotten how nice of a place this is! Staff are great and food is really good. Well priced and definitely worth of another visit soon!

Nice friendly place the food I had was good hot

Excellent value and great bar staff. Very busy pub that also offers a large menu. Pool table and large screen televisions.

Lovely food & good prices, nee menu

One of the worst roast dinners I have ever had the displeasure of eating.items missing from the plate, picture didn’t look like the food at all.uncooked, wet, runner beans and over cooked carrots.hard mash potato and burned to death potatoes. Dry meat. The only decent bit was the Yorkshire pudding. Requested no gravy on one of the dinners to be told ‘it’s too late’. Had to order a new dinner and was asked if we wanted the original one we paid for. Of course we do, you’ll only chuck it in the microwave for the next poor soul. Customer service was appalling. No apology for anything. Bar lady was nice. Will NEVER eat here again and will ensure friends and family in the area know how bad it was.

Went to lunch with a few people and the food was was lovely and reasonably priced. The staff were lovely and made sure that our time at their establishment was the best ot could be.

Lovely staff and quick service, food was delicious and reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend! Toliets are lovely and clean too

Food is great, atmosphere is brilliant and my daughter loves here. All staff are lovely and friendly

A nice family friendly pub. Lovely staff and good food, all great value for money with excellent deals and offers on everyday.

Visited last week for Breakfast with the Easter Bunny for the first time (we usually do breakfast with Santa at christmas) and this was a massive hit. The bunny was absolutely amazing with all the children, my girls thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Food was lovely and all such great value for money, thank you!!

Often come here for lunch with family or girls night for a few drinks and food is always lovely and good service too.

Rude people, If you use vouchers they treat you like second class citizens

I would not recommend it as I got charged 100 just to park there. I would never go there again. it's a rip of the food is ok, but I would definitely go choose somewhere nearer to go

Nice and friendly. food was lovely

We went for the breakfast with the Easter bunny and my word was it amazing! The guy who dressed as the Easter bunny was brilliant! Phenomenal performance, he was excellent with the kids and it wasn’t just the once with just one picture he was about and everywhere and kept coming back to ensure the kids were behaving which was brilliant! 1000% recommend and if you missed out, you’ve really missed out! Doing it again next year! Oh the food was brilliant, kids either had pancakes or full English (obviously went for the pancakes) and they were bunny pancakes!! Simple but effective idea!!! Be warned though, when getting the full English for an adult you get a lot of bacon, I ended up having 8 rashes of bacon and the wife 3 and still had 5 left on the plate!!! Coffee was lovely, lovely brew! 100% coming back!!

Back again to our favourite pub restaurant can't seem to stay away the food is delicious and good offers on for most days. Lorraine and Tony the publicans at the Poachers are fantastic they aways have time to chat and make us feel really welcome. Then there is Sarah our waitress on most visits she is lovely and it doesn't matter how busy she is always finds time to make sure we are happy and the food is good. Obviously all this couldn't happen without all the other staff especially the chefs and kitchen staff. Definitely one of the best locally. We'll done all. We will be back soon.

This is a Hungry Horse pub and we had a lovely lunch from the 2 for £11.49 menu. The pub staff were well organised and the food came out nice and hot without a long wait.(unlike the Tiger Moth at Chatham !!)The pub was very clean with the tables being cleaned down as soon as they were empty. Visited the toilets and they were absolutely spotless which we relayed to the staff. Would not hesitate to recommend this pub and would definitely revisit if we were in the area.

Haven't been there for a while. The food was lovely.

Had a lovely dinner I choose the katsu buffet and sticky toffee pudding it was cooked really well good value waiter was a bit moody

Yes it's a hungry horse, and yes it could do with tarting up a bit, but the mixed grill is banging! If you want fine dining then you don't go to a hungry horse but I've been here 3 times now and enjoyed everything I've ordered, nicer to be out than ordering a take away 👍🏼

Friendly pub with good atmosphere and the prices are low but the food is really good. We'll worth a visit

Me and my friends meet up here every few weeks or so, great value for money on the food, always have a deal on, so if you're on a budget it's a great place to eat. Food was good, I had the pie it was massive and very tasty, also friends had fish and chips and scampi and chips, and all the plates were cleared so I'm guessing they all enjoyed their meals as well. Staff were very friendly, took the time to chat with us. All in all nothing bad to say, give it a try....

Nice pub. Only allowed booked tables.

I just love this friendly pub, I come here a lot at different times of the day with family and friends. Can’t fault the food and nothing is too much trouble if extra gravy, butter etc is requested. Very family oriented and Tony, Lorraine and their team make it the success it is.

Very friendly,polite and helpful staff..food very good

Was gob smacked family came to visit from Liverpool went to poachers for meal didn't know about having to reg car son charged £100 for parking l.felt guilty coz my family came to see me bloody disgusting l do understand why they do this but if I don't go the bar how r u supposed to know lm pensioner l told him to send me details as l wil pay as l felt bad for him

We usually go here around 5:30pm and it's reasonably busy but fairly quiet, however any later than that and it can get noisy. The food's generally decent and mostly served in a timely manner.

Always good food well priced warm atmosphere,great staff,never disappointed,our favorite local

Nice food well priced and lovely staff

The pub is badly in need of a refit. Tables and chairs in the dining area are worn and a bit threadbare,it just looks a bit tired. There is a separate bar area which had a lively atmosphere, people not used to the area may have been a little intimidated. The food was good, we didn't wait long and everything was hot and tasted good. There are some great offers on food here and looking at the various notice boards it was the same case with drinks. Pitchers of cocktails for just £7.99. The staff were friendly enough but one waitress was clearly not sufficient and it was hard for her to keep up. There is a large outside area and a couple of playground items for kids. The pub has a decent sized car park,remember to input your car's reg. I to the screen by the bar or you'll get a parking fine. It wouldn't take much to sort this pub out,shame Greene King haven't taken more care to keep things in order

Good food and service at value for money prices. Could do with a spruce up especially the chairs but I suppose money is tight at the moment.

Friendly and very tasty food and I was only waiting for a short while 😋

Very friendly atmosphere, quick service and lovely food. Just don't forget to input your car reg to avoid getting a ticket.

Arrived at 6pm Friday but was not able to get in as they were fully booked all evening.

Lovely breakfast & really good value for money.

Great lunchtime food BUT NOW received a £100 parking fine 07/02/2024 from Britannia Parking in(your car park) 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Food really wasn't anything to write home about. I had the Katsu banquet - chicken was 'ok' - the fries were old and limp. The rice was a cheap supermarket type and the Katsu sauce was from a jar. Not impressed at all - wouldn't even be recommending it to anyone

Usually have salmon when I come to the Poachers Pocket but noticed they now do See Bass, and I wasn't disappointed, lovely meal as always

Sometimes it's a bit hit and miss.. but I probably eat there 3 times a month so they are doing something right 👍

Dirty and shabby interior. Food = small portions, dry and shriveled with brown salad leaves. Will not be returning

Great family friendly place to eat and drink and amazing value for money. Staff are welcoming and serve you with a smile too.

Had a brilliant afternoon at the Poachers Pocket. Lovely roast dinner which was really good, great portion sizes, hot food and was thoroughly enjoyed. Isn’t the first time we’ve eaten here so knew it would be good 😁 We had a few drinks in the...

Never been before would recommend the food good value choice steak cooked to perfection great value and will return. Should have something to shout about clean and inviting I will be back

I would give zero stars if I could. Booked an evening meal for 7. 30pm.We took 15 mins to look at menu and when we went to order food apparently the chef had finished cooking for the evening. So at 7.45 pm we were told no more food would be served. Appsosutely pathetic service, how can they call themselves a restaurant. Will never go there again.

Highly recommend this pub, the staff are very friendly and helpful and the food was great, well done poachers 👏

We had our first Christmas dinner out instead of cooking. The atmosphere was great and we were greeted at the door with a lovely welcome. Food surpassed all expectations and we left completely full and ready to book again for next year.

Food good & good value for food & drinks.

Amazing food, amazing staff. Loveeeee it!

Had the chicken tikka masala, tiny portion more like the size of a starter! Dessert looked like it was launched in the glass and no attention had been paid to make it look appetising! Very slow clearing tables with staff just wandering around in a world of their own. All in all very unprofessional and won’t return!

Had our company dinner here absolutely brilliant like always. Friendly staff and very helpful enjoy coming here. Breakfast is also worth coming for see you all soon Peter and Jackie.

Popped in to the bar with my elderly dad for a drink, the barmaid was very friendly and the prices for the drinks were really reasonable.Once served the barmaid offered to carry the drinks to a table while I assisted my dad very much appreciated...

I ordered the salmon it was raw, literally they just seared it in a pan. Told the waitress they took it away and literally just cooked the same bit more didn't do a fresh bit, was not offered anything in away of apologise.

Brilliant pub, with lovely staff and a great atmosphere

We have just had our Christmas family lunch,it was really good , food was so tasty and according to my dad the best turkey his had. Staff were brilliant.

Went For Our Festive Meal Was Fantastic Great Staff Great Service Definatly Worth Another Visit

12 of us booked the festive 3 course meal on 2nd December, pub very welcoming and well presented. Staff very attentive and food very good value, we will be back.

We had a family Christmas get together. Had the epic Christmas menu which was really nice everything was perfect food. Mouth watering desserts. Very good staff looked after us right up to we left. Would recommend it highly will defiently go back next year.

Food was amazing the staff are friendly great place plenty of room plenty af parking great food friends family environment

Fantastic pub to have a brilliant meal. The staff are amazing and atmosphere is amazing. Friendly family pub will definitely return

We eat in the Poachers all the time, the pub is family friendly, clean and great value for money! Staff are all very pleasant and the service was attentive even during busy times. Thanks to Tony, Toni and Lorraine for making us feel welcome and...

Superb steak! Beef dripping gravy is lush!

Such a lovely place to revisit and rediscover after so long. Staff are lovely and efficient and food and drinks are great and well priced. Will definitely not leave it so long this time.

Obviously short on staff when we arrived but food and service very good. We hadn't booked but that wasn't a problem.

Great service, good food with plenty of choices at reasonable prices

Happy happy happy!!! Lovely atmosphere, food and drinks. Staff are so friendly and welcoming. A great way to relax after a hard week at work.

Great atmosphere and the staff are so so lovely and extremely helpful!! The food is reasonably priced for the quality of food. Overall great experience x

Had an amazing breakfast, food was served quickly, everything was fresh and tasty. Staff are all really lovely and helpful. Great service!!

Always busy ... shows how popular this place is .... but always find us a table . The staff are ever so friendly and welcoming and attentive . Food is always great value for money and delicious 😋

I am from the Netherlands, and every time i am back in the UK i keep coming back here, good food, friendly staff and good atmosphere

Good food very reasonable prices Good service

After having a rather nice evening with friends and it to eat a few days later, I received a penalty charge notice from Britannia parking, but took the penalty notice in with my bill to the poacher pocket. Spoke to the head chef and he...

We love this pub! Come here all the time for food and drinks. Never had a bad meal here, always good! All the staff are lovely and friendly. Had so many good nights and days in here and I love that there’s no trouble here,...

Great food. Felt really safe. Staff very friendly. Lovely pub. Nothing changed since original post. Great pub, another lovely meal with the family today

Fantastic food all the staff are fantastic and obviously enjoy there jobs. Haven't been able to go as often as we would like due to health reasons but are back there having our lunches as often as possible. We have just booked for our Festive...

I came up with my partner and 3 kids, we didnt book but luckily was seated after not a long wait. Service, staff and food was lovely. Will defo go back again soon. Thank you Poachers Pocket.

Looked forward to visiting the Poachers Pocket a regular spot when in the UK on holiday from South Africa. The welcome was great as we had booked. The table assigned to us was dirty and sticky, the menus wet to the touch and sticky; we...

Just had a meal with my daughter the starter was mushrooms we had to send back was about 8 small bits of over cooked mushrooms on ciabbata cold toast no garnish was terrible our mains were fish and chips fish all dried up and over cooked we havw had nice meals in the past but dont think we will be going again but i must stress the waiting staff were brilliant

Arrived in the evening, and although very busy, staff managed to accommodate the 4 of us. The atmosphere was relaxed, and the bar service was excellent. Our meals arrived quickly and were cooked to perfection. The steaks were tender and full of flavour, cooked just as we asked. Will definitely recommend it to friends.

Had Sunday dinner, nice welcome by management. All staff very polite and extremely attentive, regularly asking if all ok and if we needed anything. Food was great and good value for money. Will definitely return . Well done to ALL.