The best restaurants in Boxley Maidstone South East

Very slow bar service Waited 20minutes to be served We sat outside Dirty tables cigarette buts are everywhere we moved to the gazebo No smoking signs everywhere but floor covered in cigarette buts The whole place needs a refurbishment We were going to eat but the state of the place put us off We have been going to the malta for many years and was disappointed in the decline

When I arrived I was greeted very cordially, taken to a table, informed that my waiter would be over shortly and left. So far so good. My waiter appeared with a menu and inquiry as to my drinks order. He returned with my drink and then promptly disappeared. I heard him introduced to other prospective diners as their waiter so it looked like he was the only one. I keep seeing him making drinks at the bar, watched by what it seemed were at least another two barmen who didn't do anything to help. There seemed to be a distinct of urgency when it came to the waiter taking food orders so I drank up, went to the bar to pay for my drink and walked down the road to the Beefeater where I got something to eat.

Staff very friendly and efficient. Food nice and as expected for a hotel grill/bar/restaurant. But seriously the prices? £18.49 for an average burger and chips? These are prices you would expect to pay for a burger at a very nice restaurant not at at a restaurant at The Village. It was no wonder it was almost empty except for a load of people in fancy dress who I guess were off to a Christmas "Do" in your function room.

Please 🙏 don’t make this a habit. The breakfast was very disappointing. Tomato rock hard and hardly cooked, as was the fatty, again hardly cooked bacon. Not your best for sure.

Shocking service here yet again, they cannot handle more than 2 customers. Food took an hour and cold, bar service took 20 minnutes a round... one time they had to change a keg! What a calamity that was, half an hour waiting!