Lakes Restaurant — Restaurant in Borough of Swale

I hope my review can be constructive for the kitchen team. I want to say first that we truly loved the atmosphere of the restaurant, and the waiting team was wonderful, friendly and helpful.

Unfortunately though, I did not enjoy the food. I chose the meal “fruits de mer” which means “seafood”. Apart from 3 mussels and 2 prawns, not really much fruit de mer in sight. There was some tasteless salmon and cod. There was (way too much) linguine in a spicy tomato sauce which for me doesn’t go well with fish at all. I was hoping for fresh pasta, considering the £29 price tag. But it tasted like Barilla.

I really wanted to like this restaurant but the most important aspect of it being food was a huge miss for me.

My husband enjoyed his turbot. We shared a Black Forest desert, and again, I could barely taste the chocolate and...

Always a nice place to dine and the best Sittingbourne has to offer. Only criticism was that service could have been better. When we first arrived, told to wait in the lounge but no drinks service offered, at the table no bread until we asked, always had to get up and go to the bar to ask for wine top-ups - plenty of staff but they tended to gather at the bar chatting with very little attention to the room. When staff did attend the table they were perfectly fine, but just lacked leadership. The food was, as always very good, but they need an experienced front of house manager to make the experience worth the price they...

This is our first visit here, and WOW! it is a small restaurant in a beautiful setting, we were sat immediately and the service is excellent, I have been to much more expensive places and the service here was comparable to that of the the Dorchester. The set menu was varied and the wine selection was excellent. The food itself came in a timely manner, not rushed, neither did we have to wait, and it was superb, hot, delicious and good sized portions. (Try the soup it was stunning.) The staff were friendly and nothing was too much trouble, we will be going back to try the à la carte...