RestaurantsKentDealCT14

Harden's says

This 17th century farmhouse just outside Deal, Kent provides five luxury rooms, with a restaurant opening in 2023 in the refurbished barn - until then, there's a pergola for al fresco dining.

survey result

Summary

£75
 ££££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Oli Brown (ex-of Rowley Leigh’s Le Café Anglais) and FOH Ruth (Leigh’s daughter) are behind this “brilliant place, both food and hotel”, set in a “gorgeous location”: a seventeenth-century farmhouse on seven acres, where guests eat in an open conservatory. The “truly delightful menu” is short and hyper-seasonal, with everything cooked over wood in the open kitchen and, while service can be “a bit on the slow side”, the “ambience means that it goes relatively unnoticed”. In 2022, Grace Dent called it “one of those places that shows how life could be” – high praise indeed! NB – open Thu-Sat dinner and Fri-Sat lunch, with a bargain £40 per person summer set menu on Thu night.

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£8.50 £62.00 £14.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £25.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Service 10.00%
Updown Road, Deal, CT14 OEF
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
TuesdayCLOSED
Wednesday6 pm‑10 pm
Thursday6 pm‑10 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm
Sunday12 pm‑4 pm

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