Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Hildenborough
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Hildenborough restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 3 restaurants in Hildenborough and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Hildenborough restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. Kentish Hare
British, Modern restaurant in Bidborough
95 Bidborough Ridge - TN3
In a “pretty village setting” (“what’s not to like about sitting under a pergola in the Kent countryside?”), seasoned restaurateurs the Tanner brothers run this much-garlanded gastroboozer. The food choices are “simply cooked” but “not mundane like you could do yourself” (indeed, “to call this pub food would be truly a disservice”).
2. Tallow
British, Modern restaurant in Southborough
15a Church Road - TN4
It’s been a good year for Rob & Donna Taylor, who moved to this “charming, cramped little room in a fun stripped-out townhouse in Southborough – a near-neighbour of Tunbridge Wells” – and who topped the Good Food Guide’s list of Top 100 local restaurants in July 2023 just two years after their opening (having moved here in 2021 from The Compasses Inn in Crundale). For a second year, it is one of the more commented-on venues outside the capital in our annual diners’ poll: the “highly skillful” food is “out of this world” and available à la carte (yay!) as well as in an alternative tasting format. Dishes include “plenty of well-judged strong touches” and “the presentation, balance and clarity of flavours are standout” (“meat cookery is a highlight, but the pastry section runs it a close second”). “Staff are super-sweet too and know their stuff!”. “The overall feeling is of a place that’s fairly priced (if not cheap) and a special place for a special occasion”.
3. Number Eight
restaurant in Sevenoaks
8 London Road - TN13
“A welcome indie” launched by Stuart Gillies (whose starry CV includes stints at Le Caprice and NYC’s Restaurant DANIEL) and wife Cecilia in 2022; the “informal” venue specialises in “delicious small plates”, and while the “bill can add up”, it’s “the best option in Sevenoaks” by most accounts.
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