Goudhurst Inn

Today after a round of golf myself and a friend stopped off at the Goudhurst Inn without a reservation - the staff were extremely welcoming and helpful. The food was unbelievable for the price and the drinks were reasonably priced too, I will definitely be returning soon! Faultless 🌟

COVID disaster. Formerly one of our favourite pubs! Saw the statement on their website about social distancing measures, party size limits, and that all guests would be required to remain seated at their tables for the safety of all guests. Reality was another story entirely. We were seated indoors next to a group consisting of 8 or more adults and maybe 10 children between them (no way that was 2 households). The parents wandered around constantly, and the children were left to their own devices, literally running around the restaurant, between tables and even showing up at our table and the table behind us, oblivious to social distancing concepts (as children will be when unparented). No one called their kids back or apologised, and management was turning a blind eye to all of this. Servers didn't wear masks when serving us, and when my daughter's pizza came to the table missing half its ingredients, they didn't remake the pizza, they stuck it back in the oven with the missing ingredients added. The result was a rock hard crust that was almost inedible. This was supposed to be a special birthday dinner for my daughter and so we put on a brave face, but it was a huge disappointment from start to finish. The other party's reservation was in clear violation of government guidelines and should never have been taken. Both the other guests and management need a visit from somebody to explain that pandemics aren't conquered by wishful thinking and denial. We're all in this together. Except when we're not. We won't be back until this is all over.

Nice friendly pub. Hottest day of the COVID year. Fish (haddock) & Chips was very tasty. Not enough umbrellas for the outside tables so we went inside loads of room. Try it off you're in the ares

Food was very nice but service was terrible. After our starters some of the plates were still left on our table whilst we had our mains which we had to wait quite a long time for. After our mains we waited half an hour before I finally managed to catch someone's attention to take our dessert order and then she left without clearing our table. Our mains plates were only cleared when the dessert was brought out so I asked for the bill straight away so we wouldn't have to wait again. However, I ended up having to go to the counter to pay as nobody came back to our table, when one of the waiting staff were around they didn't look around to see who needed serving. It has put me off going again which is a shame as it's a lovely location and the food is good.

The fabulous chef made me a pizza even though the kitchen was shut.........yeah boy!!