The best restaurants serving Mediterranean food in Maidstone South East

Beautiful flavours fresh ingredients and chef prepares as you like infront of you at record speed definitely recommend and first choice anytime I visit lockmeadow. Unfortunately at the moment they are closed Mondays but I guess everyone deserves a rest sometime

We started coming to la taberna in 2021 and found that any tapas we had (including in seville and madrid) just did not compare to the food here. We booked for 7pm on a saturday and preordered the chicken and chorizo paella. We have wanted to try the paella for a while but were never organised enough in sorting this out. I usually go for the strawberry cider, which is excellent but opted for the rose which was also great. Words cannot describe how excellent the paella was, literally the nicest rice i think i have ever eaten. So much flavour and it was so delicious we nearly devoured the whole (large) pan of it. We also ordered the patatas bravas and gambas pil pil. The prawns are our absolute favourite and any we have tried just don’t taste like these ones. I am gluten free and the menu is so clearly labelled and it is a treat to be able to have so many options. The atmosphere is lovely, with the restaurant being inside an old church. The customer service is always excellent and everything just feels so authentic. If you have never been before try the chorizo in red wine and the creamy mushrooms. We just love it here so much and we come to maidstone to visit this place. Cannot rate it highly enough, one of our top 3 restaurants ever.