The Best Restaurants in Badgers Mount, Kent, United Kingdom (2025)

Had a wonderful evening with friends last night - food was fantastic (best lamb I have ever eaten) and everything was just wonderful. Quality of food and cooking by Giacomo was of the highest standard as usual. Ambience and Xmas decorations also.

We regularly come to Giacomo’s especially for the theme nights with singers & the charity dinners. We really do have the most enjoyable time & feel very special each time. Giacomo’s food is always delicious, hot & lots of it! The waiters (especially Antonio) really look after us & always spend time entertaining my nephew & niece & making us laugh. Giac always makes a point of greeting us himself when we arrive & he also comes to each table regularly throughout the evening to ensure that everyone is happy, having a good time & for a chat. The restaurant is beautifully decorated & looks even more stunning at Christmas. We definitely recommend Giacomo’s & thank every member of staff for always making it a special time.

Excellent food, cooked to perfection. Very friendly and expert service. Price totally reasonable. Quiet ambience, wide tables with table cloth like a proper restaurant. I will surely return.

We went to the Rose & Crown for Christmas day lunch and it was amazing. Food was great and the staff were very cheerful and helpful considering they had to work on the day. Andy our waiter was especially great and looked after us well. They even gave everyone a Christmas card from the staff. Lovely atmosphere and people!

We had a delicious meal at the Rose and Crown last week. The Sunday roast was delicious (plenty of gravy which was super tasty) portions are good value for money and service/atmosphere was also great. Would also recommend the Camembert sharer, it’s awesome! Have already booked to come back next month with a different group of people and very much looking forward to it!

What a way to celebrate my wife's Birthday! Thank you to Ash who was amazing and made sure we was all looked after. Food is out of this world. All 9 of us enjoyed the food and drink. Thank you again for a wonderful evening

Food was amazing, service even better l! Ash is the most accommodating, friendly and welcoming host. Will definitely be back and recommending to our friends and family. Merry Christmas to your whole team.

Such a shame but temporarily closed. Have had many a great lunch and beers here and wish Tony all the best and would be great to see this gem reopen for business when and if conditions permit.

Went in for unplanned lunch. One of us had the Jacket potatoe with Chilli Con Carne, the other the Double Cheese burger with fries and Onion Rings, plus drinks. Family run business, it was definitely a locals pub, however, they were extremely helpful friendly and welcoming. I’ll return if I’m in the area again.

Mid Thursday afternoon visit and more than a few customers in. Very friendly greeting on arrival. Six real ales available with a good selection of local and further afield. One went off while we were there and changed fairly quickly. Those I had were in good condition.

Lovely friendly family run pub Food excellent and plentiful. Pleasant garden and a real village atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Our first visit and will definitely be back. Received a warm welcome on arrival and staff were friendly and helpful throughout. Choice of a set menu, main menu or vegan menu for lunch. The squid and Toulouse sausages & mash potatoes from the set menu were both delicious. As were the tempura prawns (main menu) and butter bean cassoulet from the vegan options. All reasonably priced.

I love that place. Very clean and friendly stuff. The food was so delicious. Feels like same as my country. I ordered HAWK, just love that. The atmosphere was really fantastic. Service was so good. I'm strongly recommend that place. I would love to visit again.

Very lovely seating especially if you get the booth by the window, lovely food, didn’t love the Bellinis but the Prosecco is good by itself. Great for brunch/lunch. Good drink selection.

Very nice pub, the food was good and our waitress was very competent. They could be a bit more generous with the fries though

Absolutely brilliant place to eat. Opposite the lake. Food was really good and portions are very generous. Definitely recommended by us. I understand they have an open 🎤 night. Not sure what night though.

Visited for the first time. Pie of the day was delicious, fresh local meat, huge portions- reminded me of pies in Devon! Mash and chips were good too. Staff were friendly. Parking was on the road, its a small road which I can imagine at peak times would be busy, but there were no parking restrictions. Inside was a little small not a huge amount of seating and the outdoor seating was only 4 tables (overlooking the road and then the lake), but overall a decent reasonably priced country pub with seemingly good quality food. Worth a visit, would recommend opting for their local food!

Visited on a Tuesday night with no booking. Made to feel very welcome immediately, sat in the bar with a drink while looking at the menu, then taken through to our table as our food was about to arrive. Staff were all great, very knowledgeable, eloquent and entertaining. Food was incredible, well presented and great quality, steaks cooked perfectly to taste. Despites being a slow Tuesday there was still a nice atmosphere. Driven past it so many times and really glad we've now been. We will definitely be going back, so many more things on the menu to try.

Branded was very well decorated for the festive season. I placed the order to collect, the order was late by the estimated time by a few minutes but it was understandable as it was Christmas Eve. Love the steaks from branded, there is a noodle dish that is very nice and my personal favourite — surf and turf. Food was still warm when I got home — great choice for dinner. My fillet was perfectly medium rare. The sauces are very nice too, not too rich.

Amazing food, would definitely come back. Lovely service as well. We were 2 people and we had a tempura shrimp starter, chateubriand steak for 2, steamed broccoli, and sweet potato fries. All were delicious! I would repeat that exact same order again. Ended up being about £100 total with a couple glasses of wine on there too. We did not dine with children but there were plenty of kids in there!

We dined at this wonderful restaurant this afternoon. Beautiful relaxing atmosphere. Splendid customer service. Very attentive. We shared 3 starters, the Rock Shrimp Tempura, Salt and Pepper Squid, and the Wholetail Scampi. All 3 dishes were outstanding. The tartar sauce and dips were also delicious and freshly made. For mains, we had the Rib Eye and Sirloin steaks which were also marvellous and cooked to our requests perfectly and the green peppercorn sauce was delectable. Highly recommend this fabulous restaurant.

Bit dead during lunch time. Service was very good. Food was OK. Might be better atmosphere on evenings or weekends.

Amazing restaurant, great food and great price. I had the grilled sea bass and my girl got the chicken shish and we both throrougly enjoyed. The meals were well cooked a d presented. The cocktails were great and we made use of their Happy Hour. The outdoor seating is beautifully designed and makes lunches and dinners in summer amazing. The roof is also retractable so I can still see this outdoor area being comfy in the colder months. I would definitely recommend this place to friends and will be back soon.

Had a lovely lunch here. Really reasonably priced. Food was delicious, service was excellent, really attentive but not at all intrusive. Highly recommend.

Few places I take the time to post a review but this is one of them!! I stumbled across this place on a Wednesday afternoon on a work trip. The food was absolutely fantastic in particular the steak sandwich. It was recommended by Louis and Georgina which I must add went above and beyond on the service, an absolute asset to the pub!! I will be definitely be back.

Excellent in every aspect. One of the best bar meals I've had (steak and Guinness pie) wash down with one of the best pints I've had (George's marvellous medicine) in front of a lovely warm open fire, and all delivered with friendly service. Although a chance find one of the best pubs I visited and will certainly be back

One of the very best meals in a pub I’ve ever had - everything I ate was perfect. The seating in the garden is very pleasant and the staff were all very helpful and friendly (although we asked for some water a couple of times and it never arrived). The food is very very good value. The bread and butter was sublime, the mushroom and truffle risotto so creamy and decadent and the Eve’s pudding and custard so comforting and tasty. I would really like to return and try more things from the menu. Soon I hope!

The food here is outstanding, and so reasonably priced. We ate three delicious courses and paid less than £35 each. Honestly it is brilliant value. The outside area is really nice too. Only slight downside is the very tight car park, and we asked for tap water twice and never got any. But aside from that it is really great.

Great staff, very friendly and professional. Well cooked tasty dishes

Went there for my 2 year anniversary with my partner and loved it! The staff were very friendly and congratulated us. The food was delicious and came after a short wait! The drinks were just as good and the dessert was amazing. Our server Zoe was amazing. She was very sweet, friendly, helpful and made our overall night feel comfortable and enjoyable! Definitely recommend and will be returning!

Visited with my family on a Friday night. We booked ahead but there were a few tables (we were eating a little earlier!). The restaurant is lovely inside with a nice atmosphere. They have a good selection with steaks at different price ranges and a lot of alternatives if you don't fancy a steak. Everything we got was amazing, perfectly cooked and delicious. My husband and I shared the steak platter which came with a sirloin, rib eye, 2 fillet steaks, bone marrow and all of the sides - it was a HUGE feed and very good value for money. I'd probably get something smaller next time though! Everyone was very happy. My niece was also with us and the kids menu was pretty good too. Our waitress was absolutely fantastic and very helpful when my niece wanted some chips (after our mains had arrived) she sorted them very quickly. She was lovely and very friendly and we were grateful she was so good to us. Highly recommend.

Wonderful warm and efficient service advice from the off from excellent waiter Ricardo. Great food to match the wonderful service. Special sharing plate of 28oz Cote de Boeuf, lobster tail and a bottle of wine with nice sides was good value for money

We stop off here when we charge the car and enjoy sitting in and having a small lunch. It's great to see they are able to cater for plant based diets and as we just found out, gluten free (as my daughter is on an exclusion diet for a while) so we were able to have gluten free bread with our soup. They also do a great oat milk latte. What would make the meal 100% is providing some non dairy spread/butter for the bread, but otherwise we can't fault the service, very friendly staff and the quality of the food. I'd say it is good value for money.

My husband I found this place accidentally as we were looking for a Tesla supercharger, which was located behind this restaurant. And what a GEM it was!! Both of us ordered the LAMB SHANK, along with Sweet Potato Fries & Homemade Onion Rings. It was SUPERB!! Really DELICIOUS!!! We were welcomed by Deep, the friendly waiter. He was the one who recommended us the lamb shank as it's one of their specialties. And AMRO, the chef who made the yummy food, came out to deliver our order is also a super friendly guy and very kind. We ended up having a nice chat with him and he even gave us a free sweet treat that he just made, super yummy! We highly recommend this place as we had a very wonderful dining experience there. Thanks again Amro & Deep! :)

We enjoyed our afternoon tea experience. The food was delicious and the homemade scones were the highlight and still warm. Our waiter Dhimant was attentive and even offered to help us take a photo. Well done.

Dhimant & Sara made sure we were well looked after and even brought a birthday pudding as a surprise! They gave excellent service and were warm and friendly. Some dishes were better than others. We had a meagre portion of chips with the burgers and there could have been more flavours but my table were very happy and we went to enjoy the escape room which was brill. Overall it’s worth a visit!