The best restaurants serving Mediterranean food in South East

We visited OPO on an early Sunday evening. On arrival, we were informed that all menu items that involved frying were not available as the fryer had broken. Fair enough, these things happen. We decided on a Sunday roast dinner but only pork and brisket (not more expensive sirloin as menu said). Can't fault the starters. The roast was very disappointing. When I asked where the Yorkshire pudding was, I was told they'd run out. I was offered a garlic pizza instead, which was declined. Must have been a very off day as the roast dinner was poor. We gave up on pudding as many items on the menu were not available. The waiter was great and was apologising continually about the problems with the meal. Felt so sorry for them. Members of our party had been before and were so disappointed with the meal.

If you take a walk in Bury Knowle Park, you can't miss the savory smell of grilling meat. Reina grill is the source of this smell. I've not tried any burgers or fried chickens, but I tried all the kebabs. My favorite is the chicken doner kebab, the best chicken doner in Oxford.

Absolutely disgusting, nothing was edible, would put zero if possible. Kebab was pale, uncooked and soggy and for a weird reason covered in a slimy coleslaw which wasn’t stated in the menu. Salad was weird tasting, bland and dry along with being covered in that ghastly and sickly coleslaw. The chips were soggy, soft and DRENCHED in mayo. I also got peri chicken that was again, foul and unpalatable, tasted rubbish and couldn’t trust it after they messed up everything else. Only “good” things was the can of Fanta and the fact I ordered on Uber eats so didn’t have to leave my house.

I’ve been multiple times. I love the bolognese pizza. Me and mum went with family after our confirmation. I have had it twice once I realised that it was there and I loved it every time! Robert is really nice. I came in today out of the blue to ask a few questions for my assignment and he went above and beyond! I showed him the assignment and he asked for my email address and took the ball and rolled with it.

Its CLOSED - GONE Disappointing because we'd only gone to Gravesend to have a meal in Riva☹️☹️

It was Fathers' Day and we were 7 people booked later in the afternoon. The table was ready on time, the choice on the menu was great, the service was impeccable and the food was tasty. Brilliantly done.

Oh dear how this place has changed. Ordered a salad and a starter and after 30 mins asked at till, told be another 5 mins. 15 mins later our order was being offered to two other tables, food finally arrived no apology! Staff are all youngsters without any adult to control almost like they are doing you a favour by serving when they decide to. Three other tables asked for a refund due to the delay and lack of communication whilst we were there. Avoid plenty of better options nearby, such a shame used to be good.

After a challenging weekend in the New Forest, (not the Forest’s fault) we decided to try and salvage something by having a posh afternoon tea at Burley Manor before returning home. We rang and booked the day before as wifey is both vegetarian and GF, and we wanted to give them a fighting chance. I wish we hadn’t bothered. Let’s start with the parking - there isn’t any if your vehicle is bigger than a small family gadabout. We were in our motorhome, and ended up parking in a field that was open for a separate event. Burley Manor assured us this was fine, and that neither gate (big or small) would be locked. You guessed it - wrong , but we squeezed out thanks to wifey’s skilful driving and steely nerve. Then let’s talk about the perfectly coiffed member of staff who seated us, took our drinks order, sent somebody else over with them, then ignored us for nigh on 45 mins. Finally our afternoon tea arrived and was placed by a disdainful waiter, who when he was confused about who’s was who’s and I pointed out the ramifications of getting it wrong snapped, ‘well I didn’t take the order, did I?’ The food itself was fine, just fine, not excellent or amazing, and certainly not worth £61! When we challenged our disdainful waiter on the horrific wait, he was more than happy to throw his colleagues under the bus, saying that his previous establishment had been much more professional! His excuse was that they had had been overbooked for lunch and had several afternoon tea bookings. They had our phone number, if they couldn’t handle the number of guests, they shouldn’t have taken the booking, or they should have cancelled us. To be honest, the nice man who had accidentally locked us in the field, on his Penny farthing and talked about deer and pigs, but reassured us we would easily get Buzzy the motorhome out was the highlight of the whole debacle, and he didn’t work for Burley Manor!

Beware of this Coppa Club, I've visited a few times in the past month. Each visit I had included an unwelcome visit in my drink. I'm sure you can guess by the title of this review it was ants. I was appalled by this and thought it was just one those things the first time it happened but it seems every time I visit there are bloody ants in my drink. Not to mention the bullying between the servers & the extremely poor service as it would take nearly 25 minutes to receive drinks I expressed this to a manager and they just said we are about busy when the place was not even half full, probably due to the servers not concentrating on the job at hand as they're arguing with eachother and seem extremely stressed. I would not recommend anyone come here. Even the food was not cooked properly twice I've had to send back my steaks as they're overcooked. Please beware of this establishment if you're going to do a special event.

I can honestly say this was the worst experience I have ever had in terms of food and customer service. I attended on a Thursday evening in December with work colleagues for our Christmas party. We paid £40 a head so although I recognise the food limitations of large parties, I expected a certain standard for this price. Firstly the food. Starters were luke warm. You could stand a spoon up in my oily soup. Turkey was full of gristle. Cheesecake was a strange texture and inedible. Worse than that though, a vegetarian in our group was told then had run out of her pre ordered option. As an alternative she was given a plate of potatoes and carrots. They had no vegetarian gravy. Someone else in the group was a vegan and despite asking for options in advance, was not given a reply. What she was given on the night was really poor. We faked to speak to the manager. He declined initially. Eventually he agreed to talk to us but wouldn’t come to the table to see the problem. He names his event manager and blamed it on her. She wasn’t there to defend herself. He then blamed an agency chef. When my colleague said the experience did not make us want to stay and spend even more money to which he replied ‘bye then. You lot just want free drinks’. So rude. We stayed as there was nowhere else nearby to go. About 20 minutes from the end the waiting staff appeared with a few bottles of cheap wine. The waiting staff I have to say were polite and apologetic. I felt really sorry for them as their manager did nothing to support them. I will never set foot in that place again. It was so poor I was almost speechless. Worst food and customer service I have e we had. It was like fawlty towers.

As always the food was great and the service friendly. One little gripe though - with winter coming (it was pouring when we arrived) - it might be a good idea to have a few coat racks and umbrella stands as one enters the restaurant.

Fantastic food. Great service Best restaurant at port lympne animal park. Could not fault it. It is a must when you stay.

Tan triste de ver la calle New Inn Hall cerrada, pero está bien en la calle Broad, pero sin fuego. El personal sigue siendo amable y acogedor.

Average food, crudités to share 2 very stingy pots of hummus between 4 people and a lot of heirloom carrots. Service was good but the food is just too overpriced. Excellent wine menu - of course. Beautiful planting out the front now all dying from lack of maintenance since the refurb.

Impromptu mid week lunch and so glad we went to The Fox. Excellent food and service with the added bonus of view out to sea. We chose Tapas, squid, chilli garlic prawns, cheese and ham croquettes and Serrano ham, fig and walnut bruschetta. Ordered mozzarella and garlic bread that was yummy too. Pudding, lemon posset with fruit. Can’t fault the food at all. Service with a smile. Really unexpected quality for the cost. Can’t recommend enough. 🦊 ❤️