Ye Olde Chequers Inn — Restaurant in Tonbridge and Malling

What a great little pub?! I visited with my husband and 3 excited kids. Welcomed by the very polite young lady at the bar and offered menus as we walked in. She also waved us good bye as we left. I couldn’t see a kids menu, if there is one my kids just grabbed the adult menu, but the staff were very welcoming and catered the food to the kids tastes. The food was amazing! The bar manager and chef came out to collect our plates after and I thanked him personally. I had a vegetarian option which was delicious. My kids all had burgers which were obviously home made. Husband had the fish which was served with a generous portion of tartar sauce. The food is all locally sourced and the salad in the burgers was perfectly fresh. My mushroom burger was very tasty with just the right ‘crunch’ on the outside. The chips are the best I’ve tasted and just how I like them, thick, crispy and fluffy inside. The atmosphere is really calming. The pub feels like a local friendly pub. The TVs had sports on but at a nice level of volume. They have a small selection of fruit machines. The toilets are clean and tidy. The whole place was spotless! The floor pristine and a faint smell of wood cleaner. All the little plants had been cleaned. I couldn’t see a speck of dust! I love the original features mixed with modern led lights creating the perfect ambiance. I really felt like I’d morphed to somewhere else, a sleepy village pub. The beer garden is a decent size and has views looking over to the castle with an area under cover for shade. Maybe pop in a pay them a visit? There’s a pub quiz every Sunday night at 8.30pm which I might pop along to in the...

Worthy of a stop for any pub aficionado looking to find old world charm and this doesn't disappoint The building gained Grade II listing on 8 May 1950. The "Chequers Inn" dates from c.1264. The present building, one of the oldest in the town, is largely sixteenth century, but the inn has catered for thirsty travellers and townsfolk for nearly seven hundred years. The name could be linked to the word "Exchequer" and a connection with fee-gathering for the lords of the castle. A room on the first floor was possibly used as a Justices' room and at times a hangman's noose dangled from a strong oak sign post that jutted out over the street. Close to The Chequers was the traditional place for legal punishments – such as the stocks and a whipping post. In July 1555 Margery Polley was burnt here for her religious beliefs and in July 1575 Katherine, the wife of Edmund Brystowe, was burnt for poisoning her husband. Wat Tyler's brother was reputedly the last man hanged outside the "Chequers." The inn was also used as a location in many of the novels of...

Popped in for a bite to eat with my missus and my 8yr old son. We had sausages in a giant yorkshire (4 sausages) which had a nice rich onion gravy, cheeseburger with onion rings and chips - the burger and the onion rings were homemade and really nice - and a steak and onion baguette. We had 3 cokes too and it came to just over £27, which I thought was really reasonable given the quality. The only downside was that this was lunchtime and there was a very loud, drunk, foul-mouthed woman and every other word was F*. She came round to the restaurant side to ask a random stranger if she could buy his T-shirt! There was another young lad the with his dad too, I think the staff should have discouraged this common, vulgar language, but they seemed to be friends. Thankfully she staggered off soon after we arrived. We very nearly walked out over it and that's the only reason I've given 4 stars...