The best restaurants in Detling and Thurnham Maidstone South East

Good bar area and great staff for a large group - group of golfers (around 48) had the place practically to ourselves all evening for a very nice meal and after dinner drinks. Staff took our humour very well and services us well with a decent range of food and drink - a little on the pricey side but good service and a large area to spread out in with comfort

We were so looking forward to lunch at The Bell,such a pity it was a disaster.Over an hour waiting for our food to arrive,despite being told it was being plated up after 40 minutes,& then one dish had to be sent back to the kitchen as it was wrong. No explanation was given for the dreadful delays we experienced,not even after contacting The BB at The Bell the day after to leave a private review(at their invite). We won't be back.

We have visited the cafe many times for quite a few years and always enjoyed a light lunch in a peaceful atmosphere. That is until our Wednesday visit which was absolutely spoiled by a dog barking as loud as it is possible. We noticed people in close proximity to the dog getting up and looking for a table further away. The annoying noise came from one of four dogs that were accompanied by four women who were all sat at the same table. We finished our meal and then had a walk round the plants and the shop, when we left the dog was still barking, this after a full hour. I have nothing against dogs, but I feel that if they are not well behaved they should not be in the confines of a cafe. Clearly the respective dog owner should have taken the offending dog outside but perhaps it never occurred to them as they are probably used to the noise. I would have thought the cafe staff may have had a word with the dog owner but unfortunately I do not think that happened and the selfish attitude carried on.

Lovely country pub very friendly and lovely chips.

Quality food, friendly and welcoming staff, great country pub feel. We had the burger, the mussels and vegetarian dish, with the baked Camembert and pulled duck to start, all delicious! Will definitely return.

Coffee was wicked Nice and strong And to the ppl moaning that it comes out of a jar u got to ask for a machine coffee otherwise you won’t get it up sasuage. Great customer service and the lady working today at 11am on the 7th of June was lovely thru and thru