The Romney Restaurant in Maidstone

If disabled give it a miss. Car park is a long walk only one disabled parking space

Lovely visit with a dear lady who lives there, friendly welcoming staff who treated her kindly and with respect. Refilled the pot a few times lol and the cake was very nice..

Visited The Romney, but unfortunately couldn't have lunch as you have to make reservations.You can only enter from the main entrance not from Mote Park. The place looks nice and posh, we. may go back again one day. Recommend!

This was booked for a private function after a family funeral. We booked a buffet which was excellent , loads left over .We could have done with some larger takeaway boxes but the whole experience was very thoughtful and respectful .

Lovely venue, food was very good at reasonable cost but would want to try a main meal before giving a 5 star rating, rather than the buffet style food that we had.

Three of us had afternoon tea for my birthday and I must say I can highly recommend it, the atmosphere, staff and service and not forgetting the food was exemplary. Definitely will go again. Thank you Mote House.

We enjoyed a delicious roast Sunday lunch here.

An extremely attractive building and restaurant area. Old fashioned but comfortable. Unfortunately noisy music. Roast lunch excellent as were the staff.

Read reviews before going whitch really were not good but it was okay, pity you can't park close to the restaurant!

A wonderful place to eat. Great staff and food was top notch. Even took us back to the car park in an electric buggy as it was raining

Went for afternoon tea. The sandwiches were not great, and not many of them. The cakes were dry ( I think they were shop bought). The waiting staff were friendly and attentive. A lot of older people in there. When we laughed, some turned and looked at us. It's quite difficult to find once you're in the park. Cooked food that was being served looked OK.

We booked for afternoon tea but it was with free-flowing prosecco. You never got the feeling it was free flowing as it was very much measured per glass. There were 5 of us so 1 bottle per round would have been roughly correct but no it was measured out each round, we had to search for staff to say we wanted another round. Also why not let us pick sandwich fillings & white/brown bread. Just cos we don't pick pescatarian doesnt mean we won't eat tuna, who says we can only have white bread? A mixed experience, service wasn't spectacular, afternoon tea should be a bit special.

Excellent customer service, restaurant staff who could not do enough for us at late notice fir a 40th birthday afternoon tea. The chef pulled out all the stops for us. Thank you so much.

Beautiful building and grounds, disappointing fare. I had beer battered haddock and chips. The fish portion was the smallest I have ever seen except on a child's plate. Basically it was a plate of chips for £15. Not recommended.

Stop over for lunch at this Lovely restaurant. Wanted afternoon tea but was told you'd need to book a head for that. So we had to go for other options on the menu. We had the sandwiches which was freshly made & came with salad & crips. Dessert was delicious. All the staff we meet are friendly staff. Limited drink options. Would definitely come back next time when we in the area. Very clean beautiful place. Hidden gem. There are pay parking at the park. £2 for 6 hrs.

Very peaceful Great food, very friendly service

Went for afternoon tea with my wife and family very surprised how lovely it was staff very helpful food was excellent

Such a lovely restaurant. Beautiful building, really good food and friendly staff. We will all be returning soon. Thank you x

Fabulous meals and staff lovely

Had the most delicious lunch today. Beautiful setting friendly staff. Would definitely recommend.

Today enjoyed a beautiful meal at The Romney. We enjoyed the Festive menu very much and complement the chefs. Wouldn't hesitate recommending the Festive menu.

Lovely settings and fantastic decor. We had superb, lunch. We will go back again with friends .

I booked a table for four. I thought it would be a nice place for my friends to have lunch. There was quite a nice menu with a good selection of fish/meat and salads. I ordered a chicken salad but the chicken didn't look or taste very good. It was very dry and a strange colour. I did inform the waitress.

Expensive for what we had. Disappointing.

Great food set in a wonderful park. Staff very friendly food excellent and not too expensive. Terrace is dog friendly.

Good staff let down with below standard food for this establishment although terrine is the star of the show. Could be much better if used unfrozen products.

This is the 2nd time I've been here. Never disappoints

Quiet atmosphere, enjoyable food , good service , alcohol (spirits ) reasonably priced . We enjoyed our lunch.

Food very good. Staff friendly and helpful

Great food and service all in a lovely setting and at a very affordable cost. I would thoroughly recommend a visit 👍

Excellent find. Excellent food. Excellent, kind service. Thank you, we'll be coming back.

We enjoyed our afternoon tea and do not recognise some of the negative previous posts. The sandwiches and cakes were plentiful; we were asked if we wanted more tea. We described the sandwich fillings as ‘classic’ and for us this is a really good thing! Very happy not to be offered coronation chicken or anything similar. It was a shame the cakes weren’t introduced’ but added an element of fun in identifying flavours. We wanted Earl Grey tea which wasn’t available, but were able to select another alternative. The restaurant staff were polite and apologetic over the lack of tea availability, but I do hope the waitress with the cough had been tested 😉 We were the only eaters at our chosen time so felt very health secure and recognised the location demands an element being very careful in their Covid precautions. There wasn’t anyone on reception and our Covid passes weren’t checked, which seems a little pointless but made nobody being in the restaurant a safer feeling. As for parking on site when it’s dark, the signage leaves much to be desired and maybe would be good to point out at time of booking where it can be found. The cost was reasonable given for an afternoon tea for the type of venue. It is not the Ritz, Fortnum and Mason or Eastwell Manor and felt about right in quality of food and experience to cost. We have had much worse experiences for much more money and would go again…..but in the hours of daylight next time 😀

Excellent service. Food and ambience was lovely. Set in beautiful grounds. And very reasonably priced. Definitely would pay another visit.

Need better signage but once there beautiful landscape gorgeous restaurant. Staff where very welcoming and friendly and the afternoon tea was amazing. Highly recommended.

I booked for lunch for four at 12.45 on Thursday 10th June using the online booking system. Confirmed. Then I realise I’d made a mistake and e-mailed asking for it to be reduced to three people. Heather confirmed. Because of poor signage and imprecise satnav, we arrived just before 1pm. My brother went into reception to ask if we could park in the forecourt of the restaurant as our guest is unable to walk very far at all. They said that without a disabled badge I couldn’t park there and would have to drop her there and return to the car park. I did so and paid £2.40 for the minimum 6-hour period. None of this was evident on the website nor mentioned in the booking confirmations. When I arrived back at the restaurant, we were the only people in the room. My Aunt and brother told me that our table had been laid for tea! It had to be cleared and re-set for lunch. My brother had asked semi-seriously whether lunch was being served and was reassured that it was. Our waitress was friendly, and we learned later originated from Myanmar/Burma. We ordered drinks and then our food at 1.30pm. At the same time, I also requested some bread and butter. Our original waitress moved to the only other group in the room to be replaced by a rather grumpy Brit. Our food took 35 minutes to arrive: two cold starters, a chicken schnitzel, and a prawn linguine. The schnitzel had been advertised as coming with ‘bistro fries’ but in fact they were ‘triple cooked chips’. I didn’t complain as we were trying to have a celebratory lunch as my brother hadn’t seen our Aunt for five years. A meal of fifteen minutes cooking. Plus two bread rolls and butter half an hour late. No apology was made. Fearing another long wait we asked how long it would take to poach the peaches on the menu. We were told about five minutes, so they were ordered. But when they arrived, they were cold! It wouldn’t surprise me if there had been no chef on duty due to the error made by the reception team recording the booking as ‘afternoon tea’. And that the kitchen had to be fired up from scratch by a beleaguered cook brought in from their break. The irony of all this is that a management person had greeted my brother and Aunt bemoaning the fate of the hospitality industry. Mote management should focus on the opportunity at hand to delight customers and ensure a repeat booking. When the bill came it amounted to £64.73 and perhaps a glimmer of cognition had occurred because our Brit waitress didn’t mention service which wasn’t included. After payment had been taken on my credit card, I gave her a £10 note and asked her to share it with the Myanmar waitress as at least she’s been friendly. I do hope she received it.

I was a bit sceptical about lambs as I am always a little concerned about the strong smell. But because we had friends recommended Romney and how good the lamb is there, I had to take the risk. It did not disappoint. A must try as they roast the skin to a crisp while keeping the meat medium rare. The complexity of the flavour and bite made it a great gastronomic experience.

A lovely place to go but staff ,kitchen and service can be hit and miss....countless times I have waited over 20mins or so, and that's just for Tea and Toast and I have had to remind them of my order and the restaurant was empty!......Shame, so much potential here to be top class!

Lovely setting. Really friendly staff couldn't do enough for you highly recommend