Bartellas — Restaurant in Gravesham

We were seated quickly and our friend was already at the table. He had a menu and a drink but we didn't know who our waiter was and we needed to ask for 2 more menus and it was really difficult to get the attention of any waiter, so between 3 of us, we shared 1 menu. We waited quite long time before being asked if we wanted drinks.

The free bread and garlic mayo was delicious.

I ordered the Quatrro formaggi 'filled' mushrooms but what i got was very disappointing. There were 2 very thin slices of mushrooms with blu cheese cream over the top with some garnish. The word 'filled' is misleading and is not what i would use to describe this dish.

When the waiter took our plates away, he failed to ask if everything was OK with our starters. I therefore asked why they weren't filled and he said they were in a blu cheese sauce, clearly not filled with anything. He just apologised and left it at that.

Mains were again disappointing, the chicken was very thin like it had been hammered too much and the prosciutto was just sitting on top rather than wrapped around the chicken like I would have expected. The potatoes were lovely, as was the creamed spinach and garlic bread with cheese, however the quarters were stacked on top of each other and ended up stuck together.

The tiramisu was average, the strawberry flavour doesn't work. The Biscoff cheesecake was good, as was the brownie, however part of the parchment cooking paper was left on it. In all fairness, this was taken off the bill.

The carpark is inadequate, the spaces are too tight and there were some very inconsiderate car drivers. We ended up parking on the main road.

I don't think I would...

I have visited Bartellas twice now - the previous time before "Lock-Down". The bar/restaurant is located on the main drag through Meopham in Kent, which is a generally quiet and rural area. There is a good sized car park that is free for patrons, and it is also served by a bus route. The building is very much of the "traditional country pub" with the interior decoration being clean and contemporary without losing its character. On to the food - I had starters of Moules Mariniere, which cost just under £10. The mussels tasted beautifully fresh and the sauce was creamy and tasty. It was served with two slices of fresh crusty bread which really set it off. Delicious and good value. For my main meal I order stick baby ribs for just under £15 which were well cooked and delicious, served with skinny fries and battered onion rings. There was an excellent variety of other dishes available including fish dishes and vegetarian options that I will try on my next visit. For desert (which I normally avoid when eating out) I had the Creme Brulee for just under £7. This was beautifully creamy with just the right amount of vanilla to stop it becoming too sickly. On 29th August, the place was very busy (fantastic to see) and there were plenty of staff on duty who were attentive and sociable without being overbearing. As a result, food was served efficiently and without any undue delays. This is easily my favourite restaurant in Kent and I really should use it more. It is a bit "out in the sticks" but is well worth the travel. I give it 5 stars because I can't give it 6. Thank you to all the staff and management for a...

Last week came to this place recommended by friend say food is good and I have to try it . Restaurant is look high quality tables ir looking posh also waitress are very polight and helpful also you can choose complimentary between free water or sparkling water and they will give also fresh bread balls with mint garlic souce wich was delicious 😋 we order Starter Chilli & mango butterflied prawns, sweet chilli sauce this starter was enjoyable nice taste of mango and sweet chilli souce but this is it Main Creamy crab linguine, fennel, capers & tarragon this dish was not tasty at all to much salted was in creamy souce we can even finish this dish very disappointed for this and second dish was Blackened cod, shrimps, Pernod, poached leeks & parmentier potatoes I was hoping to get that crispy skin but was soft and not crispy at all . Souce was bit salty but not that much us come with 1st dish . Prawn I don't this was Prawn in this dish ot they was microscopic small didn't enjoy at all in this place only was it was good what is was free water and bread . desert Profiteroles filled with Baileys chantilly filling was not creamy was solingen don't even know what is taste looks like Pistachio & ricotta torte, pistachio ice cream ricotta was dry cream solid sorry but only on this desert was not to bad is ice cream bit was to over freezed taste little bit iced. Can I recommend definitely not you want come have couple drinks yes good place because you know what you will get and free big parking outside restaurant. I don't recommend this...