The best restaurants serving British food in Ashford South East

Food here is good we had the burgers but what real annoys me is the hidden service charge since when in the uk is it compulsory to pay a service charge its not on especially when the bill was £80.00 for three burgers

Always a great and consistant breakfast with great coffee

The order was taken efficiently and delivered by a chap who followed the instructions. Good work, I'll use again.

As a celebrant I have led four ceremonies at The Secret Garden over the past few months; a large wedding in the Old Chapel, an intimate wedding in the Glass House, a funeral, and a memorial service. On each occasion I have been hugely impressed. The venue itself is beautiful, with a choice of indoor and outdoor options for where the ceremony takes place, and the setting and gardens are stunning. All of the staff were friendly and helpful, but in particular the two event coordinators, Alisha and Amy, were excellent and made the organisation of each event very straightforward with excellent communication and attention to detail.

Busy pub but had space for a large group with kids and dogs. Sat in the bar area.

Excellent welcome and great service. Amazing roast beef Sunday lunch. Great wine 🍷 Lovely ambience, definitely coming back. 😊

Came for lunch and as usual it was lovely!

What can I say? Diane, Andrew and Team Chequers you did not disappoint us last night - excellent food, fantastic service, a very warm and friendly welcome and a lively, vibrant atmosphere. What a way to bid farewell to 2024 and welcome 2025. The fireworks were amazing - thank you all for your hard work, the attention to detail and being such fabulous hosts. Happy New Year to you all :-) x

We went xnas day everything was perfect

Stopped for lunch after a very long walk. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. The food was great. Fish and chips were perfect. My hubby had a burger which he said was very tasty and home made and my friend had the risotto which she enjoyed too. All at a very reasonsable price. 100 per cent recommend.

Small and friendly but too many tv screens. Great barmaid.

We went for a meal to celebrate our Wedding anniversary. The restaurant staff were very friendly and attentive, we thoroughly enjoyed the food - the chef really excelled himself. We will most definitely return in the future

Very nice experience. Food was good and we had a lovely, attentive and professional server Ben.

Having booked the Christmas lunch for £120 per head we were expecting a festive feast fit for a king and queen! What we were presented with was certainly far from that. The bucks fizz on arrival was tasteless and a very strange opaque colour. However, we thought let's get a nice glass of wine. The wine was awful and came up in the cheapest glasses. Now for the starters. The soup was tasteless slop and came with butter thrown on a plate (cheap portion wrapped butter usually found at the local cafe). Scallops were edible to be magnanimous. Next came the main event... well the plates for the turkey were no bigger than side plates, the food piled high. Roast potatoes were like iron and brussels tasteless. The turkey came with a slither of stuffing and the side plate of vegetables was meagre and served with no imagination not even a parsnip in sight. Cheapest vegetables used. The beef was not roast beef as you would know it, it was a slab of what tasted like reconstituted meat. Very poor presentation for a special meal. Water glasses came up and were plastic! Never had that in any restaurant. Desserts were OK but again presentation left alot to be desired. The ladies serving were a real pleasure though and probably if honest saved the experience we encountered. For what was a very expensive Christmas treat (we normally eat at home) it is certainly one we felt was very poor. The presentation, food quality and breadth of choice was inadequate. Money for old rope! Really the management whom never made themselves known should be ashamed of the overpriced con this was. I would imagine many felt the same as we did witness people complaining at other tables and asking for refunds. We would never return and will be telling anyone who will listen how dreadful this experience was! Poor show Farriers Arms you did it all on the cheap and it showed.

I am a single woman traveling alone, in charming Tenterden for the first time. I attended the beautiful fair there one Spring morning and finished up at the Lemon Tree as it looked...and is....very old/historic. I was promptly seated, ordered fish and chips. The serving was enormous and delicious. The waiter was very attentive. I think the negative comments are from people who are themselves rude/demanding, and think only of themselves. The service industry is heavy with patients/public who never think beyond what they want, and when (NOW). I had a lovely time and was treated like a queen in a wonderful 14th century environment. A most memorable experience. I plan to return to the area soon and repeat the experience. Mary Ann Bumgarner, RN, Greenville, South Carolina.