The best restaurants serving British food in Boughton and Courtenay Swale South East

As usual, our visit to The Dove was an excellent experience. The menu had a good choice of items, with Venison at the top of the list for fantastic quality and presentation. The staff, led by Will and Sophie, were very attentive, responding well to customer requests and anticipating likes and dislikes. It was quite a busy afternoon with only two 'front of house' staff, but Sophie and her assistant provided a well-paced, relaxed ambiance with no undue delays between courses. Long may The Dove's success continue!

We had live music and a bbq in the garden, and it was a great afternoon! The food was good and we sang along to the music (!) It was cold but it was an English summer.

Steak was an absolute winner my partner said! I really enjoyed the sea bass, extremely generous! You cannot miss out on the homemade Kent Gypsy Tart! Wonderful friendly atmosphere, the team could not do enough to help you enjoy the experience. Definitely will be back when I’m in Kent again!

Amazing food..brilliant carvery with loads of choice! All cooked perfectly. Great service from.lovely staff! Will 100% return

Beautiful country gem Sat on village green,amazing food with excellent service. Has amazing garden for the kids with its own little antique shop!! Highly recommend 👌 👍 👏

Long way from home we took a chance on Sunday Lunch here, and we felt extremely lucky that it absolutely came up trumps. Our family guests, who only live ten miles away hadn’t even heard of it, but they too were very impressed. Lovely, helpful, enthusiastic young team added to our enjoyment of the food. Can be thoroughly recommended. Prawn and avacadoes served with homemade sourdough toast sounds predictable but was far better. Tender pink roast sirloin with excellent Yorkshire pudding (and that from a long standing Yorkshire lady). Tasty home made lemon tart. Good selection of wine which was as reasonably priced as the lunch. Time to treat the family to a Sunday Lunch!

We spent the weekend in Selling with our Goldendoodle Bertie. Our Airbnb host recommended the pub for food. I am so grateful. The food was excellent. We were in there both Friday and Saturday night. The staff and locals were friendly and welcoming. We felt very comfortable, especially having our dog with us. The first night I had the lamb chop which was cooked beautifully followed by Tirimusu. My husband is a vegetarian and had the veg burger. He had no complaints whatsoever. On the Saturday, again we were welcomed and there was a different waitress working, who again was very attentive. I had steak and kidney pudding and my husband had a vegetarian pizza. They did provide other vegetarian food but he was tempted by the pizzas the night before. He wasn’t disappointed. This is a lovely country pub in a beautiful location with lovely owners/staff and the food is very good. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this pub to anyone. I would travel the hour and a half it took us, just to go back there. Thank you all at the White Lion.

We headed out for a family drink and called into The Queen's Head where we very quickly decided to stay and have dinner after seeing some of the food coming out of the kitchen!! Although the kids' sausage, peas and chips, pulled pork burger and the bacon and cheese burger were delicious, the star of the night were the jerk ribs, which filled our two 6ft+ men up so much they passed on the dessert menu (unheard of!) - there also needs to be a special mention for the skin-on chips which were also superb. Great atmosphere, our dog was spoiled with lots of attention and we were made to feel really welcome by the locals - including the darts team. We have been back since this visit, and still can't find fault! Great pub and restaurant

Charming decor, great service and lovely food. Couldn't be better. Six of us there for Sunday lunch and we were all impressed with the friendly and prompt service. There was plenty of food and the vegetables were beautifully cooked.

Cosy, friendly pub with great choice of food. Stopped here for lunch to refuel on a hike around the area. Lots of hearty food on the menu which is exactly what we wanted on a cold day!