A character pub and restaurant with a delightful award winning courtyard garden. Privately owned and managed since 1992. Recognised for serving the best steaks in town plus much more. The Barn a "nicer pub restaurant"
The Barn has been reconstructed from a centuries old Elizabethan Barn which was originally built in a Kent village and re-erected on its present site in the heart of Royal Tunbridge Wells some years ago. It has been erected in the original Kentish style with oak beams and columns throughout which creates a wonderful atmosphere.
There is also a delightful award winning courtyard garden adjoining the premises.
This lovely property has been privately owned by us for 30 years and successfully managed throughout this time by our joint General Managers, Philippe and Janet Sorak.
In addition to the excellent food and drink and great value prices we are especially proud of our very friendly staff all of which, combined with “the barn” character, setting and decor makes us a special place for a meal in our pretty air conditioned restaurant, or a drink or snack in our air conditioned rustic bar and beautiful new orangery.
You can also enjoy a drink or a bite to eat in our delightful garden which is heated for those cooler days and beautifully illuminated at night.
Free WiFi available in all areas.
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We had our wedding at The Barn on the 28/12/23. Janet and Philippe and their team could not have been more helpful and attentive. We had less less than 8 weeks from start to finish and Janet told us everything we need to get done from booking the ceremony to advise on flowers suppliers, Toast Masters, DJ's, they were amazing. Philippe is head of the restaurant. They had plenty of menu choices and catered for various dietary requirements.We had the whole thing under one roof, so no transportation issues. The barn looked stunning, especially with the Christmas theme, our guests loved it. It was an incredible, magical day that we will never forget. Thank you Janet and Philippe
We went there for Christmas lunch with our friends and I can tell you this restaurant is one of the best in this category. Food was amazing , service is excellent as they are very friendly, professional and quick and their prices are acceptable. I would recommend it for everyone and I will go back definitely .
Recently had the pleasure of the Barn hosting my wedding reception and party! Could not fault one thing! Janet, Philippe and the team were amazing throughout the whole process! All of my guests have said what an amazing venue it was and the food was exceptional! I would 100% recommend The Barn as a wedding venue! Philippe was amazing and even found my husbands wedding ring that he had lost during the celebration!
We ordered Steak: it was not much taste in it. The pan was not hot enough so the steak was like steam cooked and it’s over cooked. We ordered medium and it turned out like the picture. It’s hard Duck breast was soso the texture was fine but it’s not been marinated or not process enough Lamb was fine Nachos was soso the cheese was nice
We recently had our wedding at The Barn and from the moment we contacted Philippe we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. With only 4 months between booking and event it was great that communication and planning with Janet was easy, flexible, timely and supportive – from our plans with various music playlists needed on different sound systems to arranging our rehearsal the day before, all the little details were accommodated. The location of The Barn is really accessible being in the centre of town, with plenty of places for guests to stay nearby, yet it feels very private as it is set away from the main road down a private street with no passing traffic. It is a gorgeous venue, really intimate but with plenty of space for our 70 guests, and the team had done an excellent job of setting up and laying out our table decorations beautifully; it was a wonderful space for us to connect with our guests. All the staff were professional, friendly and helpful throughout the event; many of our guests commented on how lovely they were, along with how fantastic the venue was. The food was delicious, guests choose from 4 meals on each course, and every one of them looked amazing, we’ve heard many compliments of every option. Service throughout the meal was excellent, a good level of attentive, efficient and unobtrusive, they served a large room at a good pace. The whole running of the day was done smoothly, changing areas worked really well, we hardly noticed the hard work going on downstairs while we had our meal. We can’t thank the team at The Barn enough for helping us have such a wonderful day and we highly recommend this wonderful venue!
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