The best restaurants in Sevenoaks South East

Went here for a meal on Friday. Ordered our drinks and our food to be told it would be about 20 minutes. 45 minutes later another drink ordered, still waiting and finally one of the staff apologises for the delay and assures it will be no more than 20 minutes. Half an hour later, staff informed us that ‘chef’ is STILL stuck on M25 and there will be a further wait for food as there are a lot of takeaways going out of the kitchen! Why take our order if there’s no Thai chef? Why not inform customers BEFORE they hand over their money and buy 4 drinks in a below average social club? Nice bowling Green, not nice enough to make a return visit!

A very good cafe offering the usual very good standard National Trust menu (sandwiches, baked potatoes, other snack meals and cakes (one reservation is, on the cake side, there could more choice for Gluten Free diets)), served by friendly, helpful staff. There's plenty of seating, both inside and outside, and, a new innovation, there is now a room where dogs are welcome. A good place to drop into when you are walking round Chartwell.

Great food delivered in a fine dining room, Breakfast menu was a little light on the number of dishes and to be honest paying £15 for an English breakfast was very expensive. We therefore expected a breakfast of high quality so we wouldn't feel hungry. Sadly the food was lovely but wasn't enough to salve our appetite. Very disappointed.

Really nice place to eat fish and chips and have a pint of beer! The inside is really beautiful and well decorated. Totally recommend!

Absolutely shocking service. Ordered a takeaway. They said and hour and a half. Two and three quarter hours later. Still nothing. Countless phone calls. The excuse was the road was ice. This is Dartford not Alaska. Paid by card so screwed.

If I'm paying £2.50 for a can of coke, It would nice to be offered a glass and ice with it. Iced latte, in a mug - really? Sausage baguette, sausage and baguette - nothing else, no salad, no crisps. I don't mind expensive, But please offer something to justify the price. The staff were nice though.

Excellent for meeting friends, for a business get together, or with family. Chai latte is amazing - whether hot or iced - and the cakes and sandwiches are delicious! All available take away or have in. Support local!

Was not expecting this much choice of great beverages and cakes. So many seats inside and out as well. Very well made cup of coffee with option of hot or cold milk. Lovely service as well

16 of us enjoyed great food and perfect service. Sue and her new team at the Swan gave us half the pub and the best Christmas meal together that I can remember, with menu choices that catered well for all of us.

Would be 4 star if ony they sold croissants to go with coffee. We'll try again in a few weeks to see if they've started selling them. If not we' ll go elsewhere.

Visited on a Friday morning and was struck by the friendliness of the team. Great location with lovely view across countryside.

Ordered king prawns in batter. When I got home and started to eat the "prawns" it turned out that they were PORK balls. NOT AT ALL WHAT I WANTED OR PAID FOR!

I’ve been going to this cafe on and off for 10 years. I have to say my experience has gone downhill since Covid. My recent visit has been very disappointing . I ordered a Spinach and Mushroom Quiche with salads. First of all, the Quiche was still frozen in the middle. Secondly, I didn’t even have time to argue because my daughter has been stung by a wasp. Totally understood this is normal in warm weather but the Cafe’s reaction has been shocking. I went to the counter to ask for some ice. It took at least 5 mins for the waiter to get it despite I can see a bag of ice lying on the table with 1 waitress standing next to it chatting to another lady. I asked can someone just give me the ice as my daughter is crying in pain. I was told someone has gone to get first aid and they can’t “just give me the ice”. After another 5 mins, the first aid has finally showed up. After asking what happened, his words are: oh…..I’m afraid there is not much I can do. I said can you grab me some ice please? It is at that point we finally got the ice!!! I washed my daughter’s wound with some soapy water after a quick google on what to do. I’m not a fully qualified first aid by no means. The cafe has an outside sitting area and wasp sting would be very common. Pleas train your staff on what to do or get some wasps trap like Polhill did. Very disappointing and I would have to end my visit after 10 years. Service standard has gone down too. Most of them look like they don’t want to work there and have a terrible attitude.

Decided to visit upon recommendation to get fish and chips for the family. I can hand on heart say this was by far the worst takeaway I've ever had. The food was honestly disgusting. The 'large' piece of cod (for £9) was soggy and tasted awful. Saveloys were inedible and chips barely passable. I know there will be people who like this place however I'm not one of them and never leave reviews as I'm not fussed with this kind of thing but think I should share my awful experience. Owner (or one of the workers) friendly enough but I visited for a tasty fresh meal & that's certainly not what I got. Sorry but don't waste your money. Very very disappointing.

Lovely little spot, great food and great service! Some of the best Chinese I’ve ever had in the UK! They even cooked me something off the menu, amazing thank you!