Tyber's Bar — Restaurant in Tunbridge Wells

Overall stars 1 Food rating NO Stars, this restaurant was chosen as a place to celebrate a birthday, our party consisted of different races. Everyone one ordered something different from the Menu, I ordered jerk chicken rice n peas and Mac n cheese, my husband ordered curry goat and rice and peas. We ordered a pina colda.

So the food first and foremost was not Caribbean at all, the so called jerk chicken was an unseasoned breast of chicken that was grilled on what seems to be a George Foreman grill there was no scent or flavour of Jerk at all, the gravy was made from a watery consistency of bisto gravy no spice no pepper no ketchup to even try and make it seem like jerk sauce. As for the rice it was flavourless and tasted watery. My pina colda was not a pina colada at all it was just ice some in house rum which had a bitter taste and so coconut shavings and some type of cream, the drink tasted like water it was horrible, I asked the staff member to add some rum and she did but again it was a cheap in house rum and the drink was bitter and undrinkable.

Curry goat- this was again not authentic it was fatty bones in a thick thick sauce which tasted of only curry powder absolutely horrible, the rice was the same as mine watery and tasteless.

As for the others that ordered 4 plates went back and changed for some thing different, the jerk burger was not like real meat at all

Remember I did say there was a mixture of races so this review is not coming from a black person who is use to flavoured food no one on the table enjoyed the food, no one.

Please note I hate leaving reviews as I am a business owner and I know I wouldn’t like a bad review but I go up and beyond to make sure the products I make are top notch every time, but I feel like I am and can only be honest and in the hope that this place re thinks it’s menu and chef, if your going to run a Caribbean restaurant get a chef that can cook Caribbean like a Caribbean as it’s not fair for paying customers to come and waste their time and money as many of us came all the way from London.

Staff the staff were nice but some didn’t really know what to do, our drinks were brought to us with her hand at the drinking rim of the glass which I thought was unhygienic.

Atmosphere- for a reggea bar I found the music they played wasn’t what I would call real reggea music it was the type of reggea that made it on top of the pops back in the day, music that everyone knew the lyrics to, which I thought was a bit silly, having a reggea bar is about introducing all reggea music to people not the same repeated music. Me personally I think if I was to run this entire place I would have people coming from all over the world for the food and music experience.

Don’t get me wrong the vibes was good people were dancing and drinking but again it seemed like locals that want to have a drink sing and dance oppose to people coming to listen to and love real reggae music and food. Such a shame as this place is owned by an old reggae band by it does not represent reggae at all.

I do hope the manager takes what I have said as positive criticism as this place could be made so...

Big fans of the dualers, we travelled to Tybers and stayed at local hotel with high expectations. Very disappointed by our food experience. Ticketed event so queued to get in showed our e Tickets and guy spent ages looking for each person on a paper print out. Told we had table booked and was told to go upstairs and find Donna. Qued at bar for ages then waited for Donna to appear. Half hour after our table booking, we were told to go downstairs to eat. We asked for a bottle of prosecco which was served in a ice bucket with 2 plastic half pint glases. Downstairs a dive, cheap tables and chairs, dirty floor and no lighting. We had to read the menu with torches on our phones. A couple of staff members tried to sort the lights to no avail, so a lamp was bought in and put on a chair nearby. No pizzas, no no moo burger. Was offered bean burger. It had small end of tomatoe and one large lettuce leaf inside the bun. No sauce, so it was really dry. Served with about 10 chips. Felt like I was eating a poor McDonald's in a train station waiting room. We were also charged an entertainment sur charge on our food and all drinks bought downstairs. We were told this was because it was a music night, we know, we paid for a ticket!! Really spoilt the evening for me. All in all an expensive night out and not worth the money. They should stick to...

This is somewhat of a biased review. I have performed at the bar, so I want to make that clear. However, this review is mainly about the food! First off, the staff are extremely friendly and helpful! Customer service is top notch! The venue itself is two-fold. Downstairs there is a restaurant that serves AUTHENTIC Jamaican cuisine! Upstairs is the main bar and entertainment area. They regularly have bands, DJs and even karaoke.

The food! OMG, the food! I had the Meat Feast. Jerk chicken and pork, curry goat, rice and peas, and plantain (I don't eat slaw). Everything was succulent, tender, and seasoned to perfection! We're talking sucking the bone good! The portion size of this plate was WELL worth the price! I would've taken pics, but I had mine to go, so it wouldn't have done it justice.

As the dining room is not that large, I would definitely recommend calling in advance for a reservation. You won't be disappointed. I personally can't wait to go back! The food is really that good.

So with full disclosure, I'm not being paid to write this review, nor has the venue asked me to do such. My compensation was solely for my performance. I would literally go to just have...