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A classic pub with an affordable menu inspired by modern and traditional British cuisine. T: 01892 722416

Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Joined March 2012
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📷 NEW YEARS 2023 📷 Join us for a 6-course menu and a glass of Nyetimber Tillington Single Vineyard 2014 on arrival! £120 per person Booking - info@thepoetatmatfield.co.uk
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Come rain or shine, we know one thing to be true: Sundays are made for roasting! #SundayRoast #ThePoetMatfield #Kent #EatLocal
Miffed you missed our Steak Night last night? You can always head to our flame-grilling sister restaurant The Stile Bridge in Staplehurst – conveniently, they have their steak night on Wednesday! 🥩 #Steak #SteakNight #MeatLover #KentFood #TheStileBridge
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Here's to our wonderful photographer @fine.food.photography on World Photography Day! #WorldPhotographyDay #FoodPhotography #KentPhotographer
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Treat yourself this summer! Our set menu is available Tuesday-Friday lunchtimes and Wednesday-Thursday evenings.⁠ 2 courses £25.95⁠, 3 courses £29.95 ⁠#Lunch #SetMenu #TreatYourself #ThePoet #KentFood
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Today is International Day of Friendship! So, what are you waiting for? Call up your crew and meet us at the bar! #Friends #InternationalFriendshipDay #ThePoet
Coming for Tuesday Steak Night? Be sure to save space for dessert, like our whipped passion fruit curd served with lemon balm cake, white chocolate "aero", mango and lemon sorbet – inspired by the lemon cake served at Harry and Meghan's wedding! #Lemon #HarryAndMeghan #ThePoet
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Served with pork cheek cooked in master stock, this fresh Scottish mackerel is grilled 🐟 then treated to Thai and Korean influences with flavourful coconut, kimchi and pineapple 💥🙌. #Mackerel #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
Mushrooms marvellous mushrooms! Order the Lohmann brown egg with truffle and cep mushroom veloute and Kentish blue; or the rare breed pork belly with shiitake mushrooms, baby leek, butternut and pomme puree to see how these beauties turn out! #Mushrooms #ThePoet #LocalProduce
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Melting chocolate for our chocolate fondant served with vanilla ice cream and candied walnuts – trust us, this dessert is well worth the wait! #Chocolate #Dessert #ThePoet
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Hooray – you made it through the week! Why not treat yourself to something special like an artisan G&T at The Poet? #Gin #GinTonics #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
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From our locally-sourced fish and meat down to the house-grown herbs and microgreens, each and every ingredient is carefully selected for freshness, taste and texture at The Poet, and assembled with the greatest care by our amazing chefs 💚 #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
If there's one thing we love as much as our food, it's our wine. We have a stellar selection, carefully curated to complement our dishes. Check out our pairing recommendations on our menu! #Wine #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
It's World Chocolate Day 🍫 – the perfect excuse to treat yourself to our chocolate choux bun with cremeux and blackberry sorbet (part of our set menu, available Tue–Wed lunch and Wed–Thu dinner). #Chocolate #WorldChocolateDay #Dessert #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
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Our seasonal set menu is available Tuesday to Thursday lunchtimes and Wednesday and Thursday evenings, priced at £25.95 for 2 courses or £29.95 for 3 courses. #SetMenu #Deal #Lunch #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
Veggies will love our creative vegetarian-friendly dishes and sides, like our burnt hispi with chermoula; and our Jerusalem artichoke and Baron Bigod pithivier with broccoli, butternut, spinach and spiced sauce 🌱 #Vegetarian #Veggie #ThePoet #KentRestaurant
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How do you like your steak cooked: rare, medium-rare or well-done? Book your table for our Tuesday Steak Night at thepoetatmatfield.co.uk (£62.95 for two people, including a carafe of malbec). #Steak #Tuesday #ThePoet #KentFood
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On National Writing Day, it only feels right we pay homage to Siegfried Sassoon, whom The Poet was named for. Although he is best known for his war poetry, he also wrote beautiful fictional poetry that evoked English country life. #NationalWritingDay #Poetry #ThePoetatMatfield
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