The Station House in Tonbridge and Malling

I had the unfortunate experience of being stuck in Tonbridge after work, due to bank holiday delays on tube. The service was great, the beer was cheap @ £4 a pint and they had sky sports. However the security team absolutely let the side down and ruined what could’ve been a nice evening. They confiscated my work bag, because i had tools. Which i’m fine with, because I’m a grown up. However there’s a young woman on the security team who marched through the bar and gave me a filthy look, as if i were a criminal for carrying a work bag. After this, I felt insecure because they were holding my tools, some of which i’ve owned since 1986. So after said evil looks i felt uncomfortable and asked the security team if it was ok if i checked my bag. The girl, clearly on a power trip, kicked off accusing me of being rude, being a drug addict and manipulated the rest of the security team with her lies in order to convince them to kick me out. Even though i’d only had one drink and just got off a very hard day at work. I asked for a refund for the untouched 2nd pint i had just bought and she refused. I literally had to call the police to rein her in as she was completely delusional on a crazy power trip and even accused me of being delusional and a ‘weirdo’ for carrying a work bag. What an awful experience and i’d highly recommend she’s either sacked to reined in for her abusing and bullying behaviour

Well what can I say unless you want your stuff nicked and drugs planted this. Is the ideal place. I'm a londener and this place well full of women beating pr ics who like to try and bang out people they don't know. Bouncers who try flirt and cause trouble. Good luck is all I can say Perfectic place I rather stay at home

Used to be such a good pub. Now it's a dreadful place, full if little chavvies with man bags selling bashed out sniff, banning anyone with an opinion, flat beer, some skinny 6 stone kid behind the bar dressed like a football hooligan....shocking

New managers make this a fun place to be

A pub with pool and darts sports bar with Sky many TVs , no food.Nice friendly service.

Great pub with cheap prices for premium beer! Beer garden is a little small but a great sun spot with areas of shade available. You can usually get a seat outside, quite large inside! Toilets are okay with disabled access. Decent pool table available for £1 a go. Lots of TV screens to watch sports. Staff are very friendly, worth a visit!

Cheapest beer in Tonbridge, live sport on many screens, good entertainment, friendly barstaff and customers, well managed, and excellent location. Child friendly and dog friendly until 7pm.

Large pub in tonbridge with very good prices! Cheapest around. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Recommend if passing

The staff couldn't do enough to help and a nice smokers beer garden 😀 😋 👍

I used to be a regular here years ago and it wasn't a pleasant place really, sticky carpets, notches out of bar stools and or tables basically a pretty low ranked place. HOWEVER I was there on 22/05/23 for my uncle's wake sadly. I honestly couldn't believe that I was in the same building I used to frequent frequently its had a huge makeover and I think it's absolutely amazing what's been done to get it up to scratch it's almost had every inch done up. Manager was fab couldn't fault them we had a lovely evening considering the circumstances we were there for. HIGHLY RECOMMEND FAB FAB FAB

Went there for a wake, everything went really well.

Very cheap beers, great meet up place.

Good friendly pub and great bar service

Great value for money. Staff are very helpful . 🙂

decent service but no public parking and is a good 10 to 15 minutes walk to anything, find it hard to understand why they dont let customers use the carpark at the rear rather than out side seating and staff parking, may use again but only on my way to somewhere else

It is a decent pub with nice staff, cheap drinks and football. It works well with Wetherspoons down the road. It gives you a choice. Sport/ no sport, food or not, music at night or not. Both are reasonably priced and attract a mix of people enjoying themselves.

Nice place to have a few drinks which you dont need a mortgage to have a jack daniels and coke

Good prices! Good beer! Enough said!

Lovely pub tucked away near the station, I will be back soon.

What a cheap and pleasant boozer, lots of space , TVs for sport and happy staff ! Will definitely be come back for a pint before my train

Good boozer for a cheap drink. It's a sporty pub with plenty of tvs and seating. Drinks are priced very well. Atmosphere seemed good. Staff friendly. I'd recommend 👌

A place for mixed age for the young and older people, delightful experience a close proximity to the Tonbridge train station.

Really chilled place to meet up with friends for a few chilled beers. Really enjoyed going there.

Fantastic always nice great value

Wondered in had a pint of Guinness my friend had a pint of Fosters, and nearly fell over when the bill only came to £6.10 🍺🍺

One of the best Craft Union pubs in kent lovley try it.

The place to go for late drinks at the weekend, DJ Fri and sat nights

Good service and clean. Bit open plan for me but it was quiet

Only stayed for one as it was early and this venue is quite open plan and spacious so felt empty. Seemed clean, and staff were nice.

Went in this pub to watch football. Not too busy as it was a Sunday dinnertime KO. Served straight away with a decent Carling. Odd thing tho the floor including the carpet were sticky.

Cheap drinks, pool table, and plenty of TVs for sports fans

Good night had buy all, drinks are at good price nice atmosphere, staff are a good laugh, will be back soon.

Great Tuesday afternoon of playing free pool and good deal on bottles of fruit cider. Can't complain

Nice atmosphere, very pocket friendly and good pool table. Will visit again.

Awful service. Bar staff are extremely rude and take too far to long to serve the customers. Definitely not recommended.

Went here with a couple of friends and a long time since my last visit which was before many face lifts !Must say it is a great place if you want to watch sport as many large screens and smaller screens in the ‘Booths’.Not sure it was a an offer but paying under seven pounds for two pints of strongbow and a Doom Bar, absolutely brilliant !The pool was free as well, which we believed was a special on the night.Staff very friendly so, all round, a really good experience

Cheap drink and lots of tellies. That's about it to be honest. We visited late in the afternoon on a Friday and you sense the change in mood from the usual collection of elderly alcoholics swapping the same anecdote ad nauseam, through a few thirsty tradesmen to the time when bouncers are required and the toilet cubicles are full of people with sudden sniffy colds.If you want to buy a couple of pints for less than a fiver, this is the place to be, but only during daylight. No food, and a cash-only bar.

Re-named as Station House and now part of the Craft Union pub group. Formerly Clock House, Mojos, Station House, South Eastern. Knew it had recently been refurbished, visited after returning from London. Pleasantly surprised as it now has carpet throughout, heating that works and feels warm. Full stocked bar with wide variety of drinks. The old kitchen has been removed which now has gaming machines in it. there are four large television screens in the open areas with a smaller screen in each of the three bay seating areas towards the rear of the pub. I noticed that there were more persons in the place than previously; I have been known to be the only person in the bar before, when it was the cold and dreary Clock House. The refurbishment done by the current tenants / owners has greatly improved the look, feel of warmth and variety of drinks.

Walked into the bar, owners dog walking around customer area, bar person sat at juke box choosing music to listen to. £4.50 for a pint of fosters which I thought was expensive. Another customer asked if they did food, they do not, so customer said they would go to get food elsewhere then return with it to eat in the beer garden; the bar person agreed. Drink stocks in fridges were minimal, not sure if all the beer on tap was available. Honest opinion is have a drink if walking past after leaving train station otherwise go elsewhere. Not sure how this pub is surviving.

I am not easily pleased. I expect quality, hot food. Just had a delicious family meal at the Clock House, Tonbridge in a lovely sunny garden. I had a fish stew, husband steak burger, kids macaroni cheese and veg. All loved it. Well done to the Clock House! Try it out! They even had a nice Goose Island IPA for me.

Went for a get together for a good old chin wag, could not hear yourself think let alone each other as so many kids running lose, slow service, once our food finally arrived it was warm and tasteless, the wine was not good and basically had to last us most of the time we were there as asked for another drink which never arrived, a place to definitely give a miss

The food wasn’t at all great, overcooked & cold. I think McDonald’s would of been a better experience rather than a dry burger and stale bun. Very unfriendly staff who didn’t seem to want to cater to make the experience nicer for us.

My friend and I were looking forward to revisiting but what a complete let-down! It was so cold all the adults at the front of the bar were sitting, drinking with their coats on! At the back of the bar there was the tail-end of a party, with lots of kids running round, shouting and screaming. When the kids decided it was more fun to run, shout and scream at the front, amongst us, the adult drinkers, we decided we’d had more than enough and went to Fuggles - a REAL addition to the town.Given its location, right by the station, this place should be a real hotspot, a commuter’s dream, not a kids playground. Sorry but it just seems to have gone badly wrong....

I had been using the Clock House after it opened as a baby cafe in the day. I have never been overly impressed by the heavy pub menu, especially as there wasn't much vegetarian or dairy free food on offer, but it was perfectly fine for a coffee and a snack. Unfortunately during our last visit, my friend and I had to stop our babies playing with the toys on the mats as there were lots of older children playing boisterously, all with muddy shoes on, and not taking much care about the smaller children. The toys and mats were dirty, and we were a bit worried about the babies putting them in their mouths. Our concerns were correct as we all got very very sick, and one of the girls ended up in hospital after having a sickness bug for 10 days. They hadn't been around any other children that week, so it had definitely come from the mats or toys. We did report this to the Clock House owners, and they assured us that they had purchased new mats and the toys would now be cleaned each day. I won't be returning until there is a no shoe policy in the play area, like with the other soft plays in town.

You’ll see I wrote a glowing review of the Clock House when it was a tapas, but I’m sad to say it’s now gone very down hill. I’m assuming there are severe money issues as I’m sat here writing this with my coat still on as it’s so cold in here (other customers are also shivering in big coats too). I’m also without a drink, as the sauv Blanc was so bad I assumed it was off or another type of wine, went back to change it, only to realise it was just poor wine! Wasn’t offered to change it so now paid over the odds for the one glass of wine my boyfriend is able to drink. Oh and it’s very loud with screaming babies too. I will never return. Such a shame it’s gone so downhill as we love supporting local businesses :-(

Came for an early birthday meal. No longer does tapas although the starters have tapas like dishes. Excellent haggis fritters. Lovely and light. Very good mac n cheese. Also good sweet potato and aubergine salsa. However very large portions both starter and main wise which meant we wasted some of the main. Good service. Will be back but either they need to reduce the size of the portions or we will be more selective in what we eat. Good beer selection too.

This place was a welcome addition to the Tonbridge restaurant scene when it opened, serving great tapas – the only place in town to do so. After a number of good evenings here, we came down a few days ago only to be told they weren’t serving tapas anymore and we were presented with a ‘pub grub’ menu featuring expensive burger and chips. Lots of places in Tonbridge already offer this, including both Wetherspoon’s Humphrey Bean and McDonald’s (both much better value). We drove to Townhouse in Tunbridge Wells and had tapas. Bye, bye Clockhouse – it looks like you have called time on yourselves!

lovely hot caverey best cauliflower cheese crispy roast potatoes all in all good value friendly and helpful staff, the resturant area needs a bit of tlc ie a few pictures on the rather bare walls and perhaps a bit of greenery to make it more cosy, its a large area that needs cheering up also a bit on the chilly side, I will definatley return

We went here last Sunday firstly, after hearing good things about the brunch. Nice enough staff, but noisy, and kids running around. I appreciated that it was half term. So we had a drink and went off.

Lovely late breakfast, tasty fresh good quality ingredients and well priced. Will be back for more. Was a yum end to a walk in the country park close by.

Had a fantastic evening at The Clock House celebrating a milestone birthday. The team organised a great party for 60+ people, and the the hot buffet catering was really good - all freshly prepared rather than frozen oven food. Can’t fault the team at all - thanks

Is this a pub or a nursery. Play mat out. Furniture moved so we can’t even get to the toilets without a detour. Young children running around all over the place.

Sad to see this place so quiet on a Saturday evening. So while it's not going to change the way that you view food, this place does what it does very well. It's offering the same kind of stuff that you can get in all Tonbridges surrounding satellite village pubs, but at a cheaper price and if you live in Tonbridge you can just walk there and have a drink. Recommended.

A friend of recommended we try the Sunday carvery now being offered at the Clock House, so when I was passing I dropped in to book us for 6pm the next Sunday night. The menu stated that a carvery was available from midday till 8pm. I was a bit concerned that the choice of food available at 6pm might be restricted but the staff assured me all would be okay. So, I booked and looked forward to a nice £9.95 meal which promised a choice of 4 meats plus UNLIMITED VEGETABLES.

We have been a number of times to eat and also to pop in for a drink. We have always had great friendly service and have enjoyed the food which has always been tasty and good portion size. We will be back.

took my youngest grandaughter in for a bite to eat,good food at a reasonable price plenty to keep youngsters amused and happy for a hour or two whilst the mums or in my case Grannies can have a good old natter whie the children can play safely.beats sitting in McDonald hands down.will make it my once a week treat

This restaurant is surely the best place in Tonbridge these days.

I've been many time in this place, Friday evenings when the weekend start! Time for a great cocktail 2x1 in the happy hour until 7! 2 cocktails for £7, it really option in Tonbridge. The food, tapas. I have tried the croquettes, delicious and a big portion to share for £5, also steak with tomatoes and fried onions is another good tapa. Clean and modern decoration, friendly staff. I recomend it 100%

Dropped in for a drink yesterday and decided to give the Sunday carvery a go today....what can I say...excellent food. Compliments to the chef! Service was also excellent.

This restaurant had only just opened when we went. There was no atmosphere and choice of food was limited and not very appetising. The service was very good though.

Visited today for the sunday carvery. Service from staff was excellent. The carvery was fantastic. Good choice of meats and everything cooked to perfection. Amazing value. May be best to pre-book table as it seems a popular venue

Very friendly and relaxed and great food. We have been for coffee to the baby cafe, on a Saturday evening and on a Sunday for the carvery. An excellent experience on both occasions.

Sadly never got to the tapas but what a delight the Sunday lunch was. There were 7 of us plus children ranging in age from 1 to thirteen and we were all very happy with our roast lunch. The meat was delicious and there were plenty of vegetables to accompany it. Great value and will definitely be going back.

This place is a great find for mums, dad's and babies. Lovely safe play area easily watched over by parents. Plenty of room for buggies. Coffee and cakes were delicious. Staff friendly and very helpful. The concept is so simple - provide a very child friendly environment and the customers will come. Open from 10am until 2pm. Please give it a try, you'll love it.

Went on a Saturday evening. Had a wonderful selection of fresh and tasty dishes. Real addition to Tonbridge dining with great attentive staff but it was probably only a third full which I can’t understand. People, go!

We were really excited when we saw a new tapas restaurant was coming to Tonbridge. The Clock House is a large well appointed restaurant so far so good. Unfortunately the food doesn't quite stack up to the billing. Portions are a bit all over the place we ordered padron peppers and got about 5 small peppers and bread which was 2 small slices of French bread but other portions were large. Another dish was stone cold and when we advised our waiter this was resolved without fuss. Keep at it Clock House and you could have the makings of a good restaurant.

As an infrequent visitor to Tonbridge for a business meeting, it's always interesting to try new venues for a bite of dinner afterwards. The Clock House opened in April 2017 so very early days. Lured by the draw of authentic tapas, we decided to give it a try. Firstly, leave any thoughts of revisiting your favourite, cosy, candle-lit Benidorm holiday restaurant at the door. This is a huge, brightly lit, open plan bar/restaurant with a bar area as you enter, opening out into a large dining area with what appeared to be a garden area beyond. I'm unaware of any other tapas-themed restaurants in the area so, from that point of view, it should do well and will probably carve a niche for itself with a regular local clientele. Our party of four visited on a Friday evening when any restaurant should have been buzzing. There were around 20 diners when we arrived, leaving a considerable number of covers untaken. Early days perhaps. Service was prompt from our very attentive waitress with our very welcome reasonably priced drinks order arriving within a few minutes. To the food! Looking for authenticity, we ordered the meat paella for three. In the tradition of tapas, but not of mainstream restaurants in Spain, portions are certainly not overfilling, more of 'taster' size to be shared so be sure to order a few for variety. The photographs which accompany the Clock House's listing on Trip Advisor provide some indication of serving sizes. A hearty appetite would certainly have to double up on their choice of main dishes. Having eaten in numerous traditional Spanish restaurants whilst on holiday, I found the Tonbridge version rather bland. The seafood casserole seemed slightly overcooked and the chicken and chorizo paella lacked flavour and seasoning. Paella is one dish that, when cooked at home, benefits from 'ageing' overnight so perhaps - and understandably! - they are cooked to order in The Clock House, which might explain the lack of flavour. The rice was also overcooked for my taste and the chorizo lacked any real punch. The star dish, without question, was the delicious salt cod 'fritters', slightly belying their description as 'fritters' since they consisted of bite-size chunks of delicious soft cod in a very tasty batter. In retrospect, a serving of the 'fritters' with a portion of French fries would have proved a much tastier and more enjoyable choice of dish for me than the paella although you don't really go to a tapas restaurant for fish and chips! We skipped desserts. Drinks, a tea and a coffee produced a final bill of just under £100 so a reasonable cost per head for food in the main. We didn't have wine so perhaps budget for a bit more if you fancy 'a sniff of the barmaids' apron'. All in all, an enjoyable evening for the company of not necessarily the food. I'm not a Tonbridge resident but I imagine that The Clock House will carve out a faithful local customer base. I believe that the restaurant is developing a 'mum and baby' morning, which should do well since there is a huge, perfectly clean and easily washable[!] play area between the bar and the restaurant area, enabling local mums and babies to socialise and empathise whilst dodging the inevitable whingers at the local coffee shops!

I dropped in last night to have a glass of wine and try a tapas dish but after having sat there for nearly 20 mins and no one came to serve or take an order or acknowledge I was there, I walked out. They need to get their staffing ratios sorted because there were still empty tables so it was not full.

Was very excited that Tonbridge has a Tapas restaurant at last so visited here a couple of weeks ago as a large table for a celebration and although the staff were friendly and helpful there wasn't enough of them. Cocktails took 40 minutes, some food took up to an hour and a half to arrive even though it was all ordered at the same time and we had to cancel the very last dishes because the children were falling asleep at the table.

We came here on a Saturday night for a family meal for 6 pax and were not disappointed. The service was just about right (attentive but not OTT), excellent sangria and delicious tapas. Our faves were the padron peppers and the pork! Nice buzzy atmosphere. There is a comment on here re dishes coming out at different times which we don't understand - that's how tapas is meant to be. We loved more dishes appearing through the night! We will definitely be returning.

We've been there couple of times for lunch, great promo 2 tapas/drink for a tenner!!! Attentive service from Danielle. Food is well portioned and delicious. That's all we need....

Four of us enjoyed a fabulous evening at The Clock House in Tonbridge. Stylishly decorated the ambience was excellent as was the service. We had a sparkling rose and two tapas dishes each - which were more than enough - the dishes were tasty and reasonably priced - we will definitely be back. I think this is the perfect venue for friends couples and families.

Second time we've eaten here and we love it!!!! Food is amazing (especially the prawns!) and the staff are lovely.

Having missed a train and so with an hour to kill, we decided to have a drink here whilst waiting.

Wow, this venue has had more than a lick of paint.

My husband and I had a really excellent meal here. The tapas was tasty and the portions were extremely generous. The chocolate con churros was to die for! Delicious. We will definitely be back.

When me and a friend couldn't decide where to go for a mid-week catch-up we were delighted to come across The Clockhouse. I jumped off the train and met her inside, where the waitress greeted me with a smile and showed me to the table. She made me the best Pornstar Martini I've tasted and left us to chat for a few minutes over the tempting and inviting menu. On our waitress' return she also told us all about the specials, what's been popular, and asked whether there was anything else we needed. We chatted for a while asking about the classic tapas dishes, recommendations, and queried some of the craft beer. She knew everything.

First visit; whilst we understand food comes out as it is cooked, the server was at our table 21 times in 50 minutes. We were wondering if they'd like to pull up a chair and join us.

Popped in with mum one night and then I liked it so much I came back with my boyfriend. The whitebait was excellent the first time, but sadly was damp and tasteless the second time. The pork belly is very very good! Service is friendly - Alfie and Kate are first class! The paella is a standout dish, very generous portions and managed to take some home for lunch the next day. The cocktails are also extremely good! As the food is made fresh it does differ, sometimes not as nice as a previous time. But on the whole, very good and will be coming here more in future

We have visited the Clock House for lunch twice recently and the food was really good. I The salt cod was amazing and the croquettes some of the best that I have tasted.

I'm on the fence about The Clockhouse. We popped in on a Wednesday, it was pretty quiet and the service was good. The atmosphere was very flat though, and while some dishes were good, I did feel it was overpriced for some. We spent about £80 on food and for what we had it seemed expensive.

Had a lovely Evening with a group of NCT Pregnant Ladies. Was able to cater for us all. Lovely service and yummy food and very well priced. Will definitely come here again.

Met some friends here for food. I arrived late so just ordered a bellini and some calamari. The young lady serving us was super friendly, she can't be faulted. However when the calamari arrived it was overcooked, extremely chewy! I sent it back and ordered the saltfish instead, which in my opinion could have contained more fish.

Been here three times now and haven't been disappointed! Lovely food and friendly staff. All cooked to order and fresh so at busy times expect wait! Recommend the pastas bravas, meatballs, croquettes and the pork belly. Great place and will go back. Had a great

Came in for a drink with my parents after a trip to London and ending up getting a couple of dishes to pick on. Food was excellent and full of flavour. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. Our waitress who I think was called Naomi was absolutely lovely! I will definitely be back soon!

I have seen some mixed reviews of this place so wasn't sure what to expect, however i was pleasantly surprised. Staff were very friendly and the food was fine. We had veg paella, garlic mushrooms, calamari and some other bits. Calamari was fine, mushrooms were kind of salty, paella was nice. Would like to go back and try some other things on the menu. Didn't like the background music very much though.

The restaurant has only been open for a couple of months and I have been 4 times. The food is delicious and there is always a great atmosphere - I would really recommend this restaurant for any one who loves Tapas and a Glass of good wine.

Ive been to this venue Over the years and it is amazing how they have transformed it!

I have wanted to visit this place since it opened had the opportunity today.. It looked lovely both inside and out. The waitress was friendly and helpful and the decor was great.. The menu looked good and prices not bad. we ordered between 4 of us 6 tapas and a selection of meat and cheese.. which arrived more or less straight away then the rest 'dribbled' out which took almost an hour and we still hadn't been served the meatballs l.. The food we did have was ok however there was no bread served with the tapas (unheard of with tapas) there was no oil or vinigar on the tables, again unheard of and the alioli was bland and oily.. and the calamari was awful like eating lumps of Oily elastic. To much batter and over cooked .We left before the meatballs were served as we couldn't wait any longer .. it's not as if they were rushed off their feet their was only one other table that was occupied.. The service was absolutely awful . And the food just 'ok' I was so looking forward to this visit but will not return .. shame because it was a really nice space to relax and have a bite

We had not booked a table, and just walked in there were 7 of us the staff made us fell welcome and we're happy to seat us. We had 2 teenage girls with us so food may have been not what the girls would have wanted. The staff gave the girls options on which food they may like.

I could talk for ages about the appalling quality of food and the complete lack of service, But I am opting for a comment befitting the size and blandness of their food... If you love good Spanish tapas, just don't bother.👎

Tonbridge is a diverse place considering its size, and this place should not decide your expectations of the town. Poor service, staff have no idea what they're doing and food is substantial, but not brilliant. Also had to wait 30 minutes for a cocktail. Ridiculous, DON'T GO HERE.

Had a meal last night. Overall it was pretty good, I think still a few little blips with the service. Place looks great and has a nice atmosphere, staff are all really friendly and our food was pretty good. Some of it could've done with a bit more spice, but maybe that's just my personal taste!

Been here three times now and we cannot fault the food, drinks or venue and my rating would have been higher for this. However, each time the staff has let it down. They run around like headless chickens and appear really disjointed. There are enough staff for the tables, but they all run around the place instead of sticking to certain tables. Last time we were in, we waited ten minutes before we were even asked if we wanted a drink. It is new and there are bound to be teething problems, but seriously guys, get your act together

I've eaten three times and on each occasion the food has been excellent. Paella with succulent meats and rice that tastes of saffron. Exceptional braised octopus, superb pork belly and great calamari. Reasonable bottle of Albariño at £23 but could do with a couple of other dry/aromatics in the £15-£20 range. Other reviews have highlighted the service which could be better but the young lady with the antipodean accent was friendly and attentive without being overbearing. The building lacks atmosphere as it's a large space and arguably it could be made to feel more intimate and perhaps more Spanish? However, the star is the food which is on the money and long may it continue as Tonbridge needs a place like this...

We walked in and my first thoughts were "where do I go?" Then we were greeted by a member of staff who I told we had booked a table. She checked the booking sheet and asked me if I was sure I had booked. I explained I had booked via E-mail and was told it must be in another book. Why have so many books for booking? Confusion comes to mind. I showed my E-mail to prove I was telling the truth then we were seated. We ordered our drinks and everything seemed fine. A few moments later we were told that they didn't have any mint and if we wanted the drink we ordered we would have to wait 15 minutes if we didn't then they suggested a Strawberry Bellini (which was more expensive). My mum agreed to this and was told they wouldn't charge us. We ordered our food and it was very fast to come out. We got everything apart from one dish which we told someone about only to be told we hadn't ordered it when we had. Our dish came out and we started to eat. The food was pretty average and can say I have had better. Some dishes were cold and we could have done with spoons to serve them. When we had finished the dishes were taken and we looked at the desserts. A waitress come over and took our order. A few moments later a waiter came over and tried to take our order again. Dessert was nothing to write home about either. I asked for the bill and it come over. Then someone else came over with our bill but the correct drink on but had been charged for it. I told the waitress and she had to go find the other waitress who told us we wouldn't be charged for it but she made out like she couldn't really remember what had happened but in the end we weren't charged the different. After I had paid the waiter came over with a card machine and asked if I was ready to pay I explained I had already paid and he went away.

We went first on opening night and it was clear some wrinkles still needed ironing out from the bar to the kitchen . Been back a few times just for a quick drink (the SA Sav Blanc is great) but last night was first time back for food and its really come on. Really tasty paella with nicely spicey chorizo , great garlic mushrooms and plenty of other solid dishes . Staff are friendly but still seems a bit haphazard , almost like its a collegiate everyone muck in approach to service rather individuals having defined roles/areas to focus on . Improving generally and def worth a visit and given its less than 2 mins from the side entrance to Tonbridge Station accessible even if only passing through

This new Tapas place has been open for a couple of months I think, so we were intrigued to see what it was like.

Food was really good and tasty. Those in the kitchen were doing a fine job.

Our visit started off really positive with a warm welcome the minute we stepped through the door. We ordered 4 dishes- the first- a cheese and meat platter came rather quickly (not surprising as no cooking required), we then had two other dishes arrive. We have been to many tapas bars, and dishes do arrive at different times so we didn't ask about our 4th dish...eventually we had finished all our food and the 4th dish had not arrived (I should add we were the only people eating in the restaurant, everyone else was drinking). We asked the waiter about our other dish, they just walked away and asked the kitchen...no apology or 'I'll go and check with the kitchen'. We took it upon ourselves to order one more dish at this time too. Eventually our 4th dish arrived...a good 25 minutes after we had finished our 4th dish, our final dish arrived. The food is good- I wouldn't say excellent. When we were eating one of the waitresses was on her phone the whole time walking around the tables. For me I had high hopes, but we will not be returning. The atmosphere of a tapas bar isn't quite there, it's definitely more of a drinking spot for the regular locals; of course nothing wrong with that at all. Now with plenty of options for eatibg on the high street we will be continuing to go to those.