The Rock

Lovely unspoilt village pub. Staff were friendly and helpful, as were the locals. Good selection of beers, including some local breweries. Would recommend the sausage roll bar snacks, delicious! Dog friendly and there is a good selection of games.

I really have a soft spot for this pub. Nestled in the countryside, close to the historic village of Penshurst, this local pub is a not to behold. Walking across the threshold takes you back in time to more simpler times - until you see the menu, that is. Great food and atmosphere and a must visit" for an authentic traditional English pub experience."

Was very much looking forward to my steak after seeing the beautiful aged meat hanging in the locker, however my steak was so over cooked it was pretty much ruined. On top of that I was over charged. Hugely disappointing.I asked for and eat my steak rare and you can see by the photo that it was medium at best.A real shame as the meat quality was obviously very good, and when you're paying nearly £40 for a 500g (not even) steak... It really should be cooked to perfection, exactly the way you ask for it. The offer of a free pint didn't really cut the mustard I'm afraid. Not good enough.The chips were excellent though, for an extra cost!! The oysters were also very good, although no lemon is served with them, you get siracha sauce instead. Which is very odd. Beer selection is extremely limited and not great.It's a lovely location, but unfortunately, as much as I'd like to visit again, I definitely won't be coming back.

We came to this wonderful pub by accident but was so glad we did. Extremly friendly and welcoming and the food was delicious. We had a roast platter for two which is a brilliant idea and it was so good. The staff were very friendly and we will certainly visit again. Its a dog friendly pub with a lovely atmosphere. Highly recommend it. Thank you so much to the staff

This quintessential English Country pub has delicious food, a particularly friendly service and a very welcoming atmosphere. The roast chicken to share is of amazing free range quality and the roast potatoes are to die for. It easily feeds a family of 4 with all the trimmings. Bloody Brilliant !

The place was nice enough, lovely old pub. Very quaint and traditionally decorated.There was sufficient parking for our group and the staff were very attentive. Unfortunately the food really let this place down. It's not cheap which you don't mind at all when the food is up to spec.Our group ordered from the main menu and the roast menu.The roast was £50 and it's a sharing platter. The waiter told us it was for 3 ppl or 2 adults and 2 kids so we ordered one for 2 adults and 2 small teens. We told them when we ordered that it was for us four and the rest of the table placed their orders, when the food came it was 3 of everything, 3 carrots, 3 parsnips slithers, 3 yorkies and 3 pigs in blankets and 9 roasties which were more like boiled potatoes as they were definitely not roasted, (3 of everything is an odd number was usually it would be a couple of a family ordering). It meant one of us literally had 3 potatoes and some cabbage and meat.One of the kids ordered Mac and cheese. This was awful, she had one bite and refused to eat anymore as it was the American packet cheese sauce, bright orange and swimming in it. Not a traditional man n cheese.We ordered desserts, £8 each I believe. Brownies were ok but the Eton mess was massed up meringue with cream and 2 pieces of frozen strawberries, not even real ones and it's strawberry season. Hugely disappointed. Drinks are also very expensive. £60 for a bottle of prosecco or £30 for a cheap white which we went for in the end.Such a shame the food let it down.We definitely won't be back as there are some amazing other pubs within a 2 miles radius.

We visited The Rock on a short circular walk from Chiddingstone. We had a great welcome to start with! The food here is as Gordon Ramsey would like it. A small menu, but with a very high quality. We have been here before, and i wanted to return to saviour the excellent pint of cooled prawns. I have a warning though. This pub being small gets very busy, and as such the bar staff do get somewhat flustered. Unfortunately for me I experienced a rather sharp response, when making the food order. Despite this the pub, garden, beer on offer, and the good food deserves a 5 star rating. Because yes I will be returning.

We visited this place after a recommendation from The Castle Inn as their kitchen was closed already. We were greeted at the door, and we knew straight away the whole experience in this pub would be fantastic.As it was already late Sunday afternoon hours, their roast selection was limited, but we managed to get the last whole chicken roast with all the trimmings. It was a very good choice, and our family of 2 adults and 1 child had very generous portions. The food was delicious, however not enough green vegetables for me (mangetout, cabbage or something else). Gravy was full of flavour and came in a big pot, so it was plenty.As mentioned before, staff was very attentive and checked on us from time to time, so high five to them!The whole experience was great and will definitely be back when in the area. See you soon.

What a fantastic little pub that we randomly stumbled across whilst going to chartwell house. There are a lot of beautiful old Tudor looking pubs in this area so there is a lot to chose from but I'd highly recommend the rock. Sadly we didn't eat but the menu and food we saw looked mint so will have to try it out soon. Also need to add the staff were super friendly and welcoming as well.

Stopped off here for drinks during a circular walk from Cowden station.Lovely old pub, hasn't changed much since I last visited 40 year's ago and still maintains it character.Staff were very welcoming and we enjoyed our drinks outside in the garden.