The best restaurants in North Downs Maidstone South East

Do not do food even though the tripadvisor says it'd open for food

Living locally I haven’t visited the Harrow for a while my family came to visit so we decided to lunch there. We were very pleasantly surprised the food was excellent and reasonably priced service good the young lady went out of her way to rearrange tables and make sure they didn’t wobble. The menu of chips with various toppings are huge and an excellent cheap lunch to share will definitely be going back

Very friendly pub who made a lovely fuss of our dog. Warm open fires and full of nice people, character and charm.

6 of us went for a Valentines lunch. We were not disappointed. Wendy the waitress was so cheerful and welcoming. Dalton was equally cheerful and very informative. Food was amazing. 6 empty plates returned to the kitchen. The desserts were equally amazing. The home made bread was superb and we all wanted more! Thank you for making our Valentine lunch special from 6 silver surfers.

Didn't eat, just a pint with old friends I had not seen for decades. The place now has inside toilets but it's otherwise very much as I remember it. A proper old village pub with a warm welcome. Must try the restaurant some time. The walls are decorated with old clocks and memorabilia, which are for sale.

Booked for a Sunday lunch with the family on the day and was surprised to receive a table for the 5 of us especially on a Sunday. Firstly the decor is stunning and such a great feeling the staff so upbeat and friendly. Secondly the food especially the Roast dinners was by the far one of the best Roast dinners I’ve had in such a long time everything was fresh and tasted on point. The homemade lemon cheesecake had so much flavour it was melt in the mouth. You have definitely created 5 more long term guests Keep it. Up

Great location, great atmosphere, tasty food and great with dogs. Excellent and attentive service provided by Oscar. We will be back soon.

Does what it needs to. Quick and efficient with my Americano. Off within 2 minutes.

We had a lovely time here at the weekend with friends. It’s a nice country pub, the food was great and piping hot. The service was good in the restaurant and the bar. Nice large car park too. We will definitely come back.

It used to be really good but unfortunately it’s one of the worst Maccies in the area now. Got parked up and waited 10 minutes just to get rock hard and cold nuggets that were clearly sat in the OAT for like an hour. Went inside and politely asked for them to be swapped and the area leader just rolled his eyes at me, disappeared for literally 2 seconds and gave me the same box i just handed him (i knew because i had a tiny bite of one of the nuggets). This morning I ordered a simple egg and cheese muffin and had to wait 15 minutes just for that one thing. There was one person in kitchen and one on front during breakfast rush. I know itself not staff fault there’s not enough people being scheduled but maybe something should be done about this when people are waiting up to 20 minutes for simple orders.

Really disappointed!In the last 2 years we have noticed a big change in this gastro pub.We went there a month ago and we were not happy at all.Today we came back to give another chance.Ww had lunch at the Windmill and we paid over £100, the food was not tasty at all, low quality, and we had to wait 40 minutes for mains after the starters.The croquettes were very very very dry.The ribs had not taste at all.The truffled make & cheese were the same ones that you can order from Dominos and the shepherd's pie had only mashed potatoes for £19.If I have the shepherd's pie I would like a tasty main for £19.There was nothing else only potatoes.Basically The same taste as any cheap franchise pub in UK.Never again!

Really good coffee. Friendly staff.

Always prefer to eat here than mcdonalds and Liam behind the counter recognises me and always goes above and beyond.

Awful coffee. It was undrinkable so we returned 3 full cups (either burnt beans or a chemical taint in the water) and just got shrugs from the staff. Also. Also very expensive - you’d be better off visiting McDonald’s which is saying something!

The service, the staff attitude and the food was disgusting. The food was luke warm and thrown together without a care for the brand or the customer. Would avoid in the future.