The best restaurants serving British food in Tunbridge Wells South East

Tasty food, though on the pricey side. Ordering online is also not my favourite thing... I doubt I'll go there again. If there is no human interaction, i may as well stay at home and order a takeaway.

This is the main restaurant for the Spa Hotel - a lovely hotel in Tunbridge Wells. We expected it therefore to be at least good and cancelled a restaurant booking in town to try it. There were very few customers when we went at 6.00pm on a Saturday evening. The restaurant itself is lovely inside and has great views and friendly, helpful and good humoured waiting staff who were brilliant with our 4 year old daughter. The problem is the food. It is expensive but hardly even mediocre. Our bread platter had bread that was so dry our daughter couldn’t eat it and we returned it. My starter was a meat terrine that was frankly a dull slab and rather tasteless. My wife had salmon mosaic starter that again was bland. Our main courses were pork belly - with mashed potato that tasted like Smash - and a vegetable petit pain concoction that was small and tasteless. My daughter had ‘fish and chips’ where the fish pieces were mainly a very dry batter like substance. Again she left most of it: I ate some to see why and regretted it. Dessert for her was fine but it was just fruit and ice cream. So the meal was expensive, very disappointing and very slow indeed to be served - amazingly so when at first we were the only diners. This is such a shame as breakfast in the morning is fine and again the serving staff are excellent. We will definitely stay at the hotel again but next time we won’t be having an evening meal in the restaurant!

Cold day, door propped open. Was told to take a seat so assumed table service. After sitting for a while, I asked if I should order at the bar. Specifically asked if it was butter or margarine on the jacket potato as I have allergies to margarine. Was told both and was shown the butter which I appreciated. Specifically asked for no salad as again because of allergies. Also ordered child’s sausage and chips. After 25 minutes the kids food arrived. Sausage was burnt (was told this is how you cook Cumberland sausage). Chips were completely dry and cold. Took this back to the serving hatch. Chef apologised. Jacket potato arrived with a lump of margarine on the plate and salad. At that point I left. I can honestly say this is the worst place I have ever been served at. It’s not cheap either. Jacket 8.00 plus £2 per extra topping.

Would come for a coffee at least 3 times a week, amazing staff and fantastic coffee but i came in on Tuesday 14th may and seems they have employed a new staff member..... she was sat on the floor behind the counter on her phone when i arrived as I could see her thru the cake display and i wasn't even acknowledged when i was waiting at the till, another guy served me who was lovely and make my drink, For most of my visit she was just stood around on her phone and being loud and I could hear her on the other side of the shop, Was gonna pop in on Thursday 23rd may but seen her smoking out the front of the store just sat in her uniform which put me off coming in so I went to another coffee shop instead, won’t be returning for a while.