We visited Chapel Down yesterday on the Wine Tour/Tasting & Tea! It was a glorious sunny day, which no doubt helped. An interesting, enthusiastic guide named Russell spent an hour touring and chatting. Who knew it was so complex and yet my husband and I love the complexities of a good wine served with delicious food. Russell, was a terrific guide and he excelled when it came to the tasting. Congratulations to everyone that works so hard to make it so great! We loved it so much we stayed for supper at The Swan Chapel Down. Simon, The Chef completed our day perfectly. The food was wonderful and every morsel of the taster menu he provided was perfectly cooked and presented. What a talent. Michael the Manager picked us a brilliant bottle of wine to accompany dinner, it was only made better by his enthusiasm. Thank you very much to everyone, each person we interacted with made it a day we won't forget!
Delicious
Went there for lunch having seen the reviews but was astonished by the whole experience.
From the start staff are polite interested and highly professional. Not a huge Sunday lunch menu but frankly I would happily have had almost every dish.
I had the smoked mackerel starter and it was quite exceptional with astonishingly delicious elements.
Main course was the most amazing black treacle beef with an added pomme anna instead of roasts (by request) dessert was a coffee panna cotta with espresso ice cream and milk foam.
Only complaint was the beef came with gravy despite asking for none, but that's so minor an issue for what was a quite exceptional lunch beautifully cooked and presented. Superb breakfast with a great industrial sized Yorkshire.
I cannot offer any negative observation regarding the exceptional food.
Toilets clean although more smart car size!
Thanks for a great experience to the general manager and ALL her staff.
We went to the Swan for Sunday lunch as it was my Birthday, I cannot praise it enough, the food was amazing, such great quality of food and the taste was second to none, as for the Service this was also excellent the staff were so professional, friendly and attentive especially the Manager Paul. Can't wait to go back soon
Amazing venue for our wedding. Kate was very helpful in organising and executing the day. Service was very good and everyone commented on the high quality of the food. Overall, Amazing!!
Visited for my 60th birthday with my mother and sister. Had such a wonderful time. Pink fizz and fabulous food and service. Would recommend to anyone who wants something a little special.
Amazing food and wine and absolutely lovely service! We went for our wedding Anniversary and they made it a really special evening for us. Can’t wait to return!
Fabulous food, great staff, beautiful location. Its a location that can be enjoyed all year round as lovely log burner in Winter and outside area for Summer.
Had previously visited Chapel Down for a vineyard tour and wine tasting and had wanted to visit the restaurant for a while. Dinner menu is decent, lots of choices. Pork belly option was very good. Went on a Saturday night and it was fairly busy and good atmosphere.
Delicious food, exquisitely presented. Small dishes consisting of a number of carefully selected ingredients, with sauces and dressings producing a subtle depth of flavours.
Lovely people with great service.
Enjoyed the wine and the suggested pairing with the menu items.
Portion sizes were such that there was room for dessert - what a treat!
Lovely place to eat in the vineyard of Chapel Down. Nice views across the Kent countryside, well when there is no fog.
Valentine's Day meal was well thought out and portions were just right to cover the five courses without feeling too full.
Staff were friendly and efficient if a little bit overstretched with the numbers in for the special meal.
It is about 45 minutes drive from the M20 and about the same from Leeds Castle.
We would certainly return for another meal, even if it wasn't a special occasion.
Nice lunch, not quite as good as we'd hoped. Lovely restaurant and setting.
Food was great, such a nice lunch and wonderful service from the staff in a nice setting. Tasting some more of the wine from Chapel Down with the meal obviously a bonus! Will definitely make a point of going there again whenever I'm next around.
Our friends came down from London for the day and took us to The Swan restaurant at Chapel Down for lunch. A really lovely restaurant with some interesting decor and truly stunning food, and obviously the wine was excellent. Will definitely visit again.
10/10 restaurant
Staff are very trained and know what they are serving
Food is just pure flavours and textures all beautifully presented
Enjoyed here our 1st wedding anniversary on a la carta menu
Five stars doesn’t do this justice - honestly one of the best lunches I have ever had eating out in the UK. And only £30 odd for three courses! We both had scallops to start which were fresh and delicious (though hidden under some roe foam as you can see in the photo!). My other half then had sea bass and I had lamb, which was as tender as anything I’ve had in a long time. Finally the puddings were lovely too, a panna cotta and a lemon curd dessert. Absolutely 10/10 would recommend
Visited for lunch after a wine tour. Food was very tasty and rich, but small portions, meaning you've only just started to enjoy it... and its gone! Deginitely need to top up with (yummy, by the way) extra 'sides'. With Chapel Down shareholder discount its not bad value, but the staff were a bit pushy about drinks and a little pretentious (maybe to be expected in this context). Not so sure what I feel about them taking a £20 deposit, either... but if you can afford it, its a nice, worthwhile experience.
Booked as part of a wine tasting at Chapel Down with some friends from Cambridge... we were expecting it to be good but all 4 of us agreed that the food was as good as anywhere. We had cured salmon to start followed by roast beef and the trimmings, and one of our friends described it as the best Sunday roast she'd ever had....
What's not to say!
Service was impeccable, food was absolutely divine, so was the wine. Super restaurant experience.
We went in as a group and before having dinner we had a lovely tour and tasting session. The food was beautifully presented and tasted really well, but the biggest highlight was the staff. Good knowledge great personality, it was such a pleasant evening. Would definitely recommend! Can’t wait for summer to come back there :))
We very much enjoyed our dinner at The Swan. Everything we tried was really good, cooked well and nicely presented. We had burrata and mackerel for starters, pork and hake for mains and the orange and chocolate desserts.
In our view, one thing that could be improved was the waiters attention to guests drinks finishing or being nearly finished.
Our starters drinks had finished, and our mains arrived before we had the chance to order more drinks.
Absolutely exquisite meal at the Swan from start to finish. The food was exceptional and the staff were brilliant. The bar man who bought us our drinks was rude to us when he gave us the wrong drink. And stated he was only giving us what it said on his order ticket. Instead of apologising and giving us the pint that we had ordered. However we didn't let this miserable man ruin our experience. As everything else was pretty much spot on! I thought the prices were reasonable and people who have left other reviews complain about the wine being cheaper in the shop below the restaurant which I don't see being a a problem as it is a business and you are eating in such an incredible establishment with a lovely ambience. If you are thinking of coming here make sure you do it really is great!
One of the best Sunday lunches I've ever had. The beef melted in my mouth and was served with the perfect combination of vegetables.
Portions were perfectly sized and, as you would expect, paired with some excellent wines. Price for 3 courses seemed reasonable and a beautiful location.
Friendly and helpful waiting staff meant that all round, this was a great place to dine.
We had a meal here last night after a vineyard tour of Chapel down lovely place, great food and for the service we received and quality of food very reasonably priced and being a shareholder got 25% off what isn't there to like.
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