The best restaurants in St James' Tunbridge Wells South East

Amazing! Thanks for a great night.

Have eaten here a few times. Standard of food is high and consistent.

I know this place because we have ordered their outstanding sushi as a takeaway, and we also know, and very much like, Kiko which is their more formal restaurant on the London Road. However, I had never been to Kitsu for a sit down lunch in this tiny, but comfortable sushi and noodle bar. The lunch menu which is just £16.50 for a a self selected combination of nigiri, maki, and special roll uramaki which I think amounted to around 10 pieces. It was beautifully presented and was nothing short of exquisite, as well as being phenomenal value to boot. The servers were prompt and really know what they are talking about, and on that note my friend enjoyed it so much he wanted to bring his partner who happens to be gluten intolerant and celiac. On enquiring as to whether or not the restaurant can accomodate these dietary requirements, our server provided a most comprehensive and complete response that reassured my friend that his partner would really enjoy a meal at Kitsu. Having shared with my wife this unsurprising, but excellent experience eating in at Kitsu, her response was as usual very much to the point "...when are we going?...".

Such lovely food and great service thank you

First to arrive for an early pre-concert meal, so lacked atmosphere until other diners arrived. Didn't look open so needs work on lighting, but the food is outstanding. The Chef/patron took our order and then cooked it to our exact requirements, quite happy to substitute items in the Carbonara--mushrooms and courgette for Pancetta-, and gluten-free pasta for my wife. Substantial portions with surprisingly generous amounts of prawns and monkfish in the linguine. Just needs a little tweak with the presentation and the decor.as the food is very good indeed.

We recently had a work team dinner to celebrate the end of the quarter at The Spice. There were around 25 of us and the restaurant couldn't have been more helpful in organising the logistics of this. The staff were very attentive on the night and everyone really enjoyed the food. We'd definitely go back!

Called Fontaine now, Allotment is no more🤔

Absolutely fabulous guys, really helped a customer out who didn't have any money! Great food too!

First time ordering from here, saw all of the good reviews so was excited to try. However, it wasn't that great. Unfortunately when it got here it wasnt really hot and majority of my chips are hard so can't really eat them !

Great to see this favourite spot reopen with some fantastic new dishes and the same attention to detail. I have twice had oyster mushrooms with poached eggs and confit mistook mayo on foccacio

Had deliveroo delivery and it was truly awful food. Chips and fish had been reheated and the batter was full of grease and baked solid.. Would never order again!

The Black horse on Camden road is by far my favourite pub in Tunbridge wells. The staff are amazing, attentive and kind, T and Natty really go above and beyond for everyone to make sure every guest feels at home. There is such a community feel that is lost in so many places now. They host weekly events like Cheesey bingo, Quiz nights and have various live bands. Phats the gorgeous lab is often roaming around between tables, tent and pool table getting all the attention he can! I have had some of my favourite nights in this pub since moving to Kent and could not speak more highly! A true asset to Tunbridge wells.

considering the distance the food travelled to get to me, it was very hot and the chicken was on point

UPDATE: This is not Royal Spice anymore, we ordered take away from this place now called Spice Fusion and has nothing to do with Royal Spice standards, unfortunately we are not ordering from this place anymore. Absolutely delicious food! The chicken tikka balti is phenomenal with lots of fresh coriander. This is my go to in Tunbridge Wells when I want a curry.

Had a takeaway from here Sunday 3rd November, I asked for egg fried rice,it wasn’t white as it should be it was brown, Luke warm and honestly it was a load of stodge like porridge to the point you couldn’t separate it, Beef curry also like warm , gravy was so thick and meat looked like liver , it was disgusting 🤮 an absolute waste of time and money, whole lot was thrown away, just wish Happy Friar excepted card payments because their food is excellent.