Astor Lounge & Restaurant in Sevenoaks

My belly of pork was really lovely but my brother chose the burger which was rather small and he was still hungry afterwards. He ordered the apple pie for afters but after a 35 min wait for it gave up.

After reading the 5* reviews we thought The Stanhope would be a nice country pub to take my sister to for a birthday lunch. There were some positives…Friendly staff, Drinks were good, log fire was appreciated. But don’t be fooled by the photos on the website, the food was a big disappointment I’m afraid. The Pork belly needed more cooking and was served just about warm but on a hot plate, the Beef cheeks were tough, had no flavour, there was 1x 1/4” slice of undercooked carrot in the middle of the plate served with new potatoes, which were undercooked (mash would have been much better) the gravy was tasteless (like Bisto) We couldn’t eat it so tried to fill ourselves up with stodgy jam sponge and custard. I don’t normally complain but …..🫤

We had a fantastic stay last night. We took our doggy who was welcomed with open arms. We shared the best Chateaubriand we've ever had in the cosy bar by the fire, slept in a very comfy bed with blackout blinds and came down for a hearty brekkie this morn. The Bramley bathroom products and dressing gowns are a lovely touch, staff are super friendly and we were worried Penshurst was totally closed over winter but the cafe and shop were open and we did a lovely walk in the winter sunshine thanks to the wall available on the pub website to download. Thank you, we can't wait to come back soon!

What a lovely pub friendly people and staff I broke down this morning with my daughter taking her to school outside this pub and we was there for a while they were nothing but helpful offering tea and coffee and was asked if we wanted to sit inside. I am definitely going back there to thank everyone.👍x

Lovely old pub. Visited after a trip to Hever Castle. Decent menu selection. We have Nacho’s as a starter which were lovely. Followed by fish and chips. No mushy peas unfortunately. Lovely friendly staff and a nice cosy atmosphere.