Kingsley Tavern - Kent

Nice place, friendly waitress. We wandered in off the AT just as they opened @4:30 and has a burger and the French dip. Both very tasty and the additional bacon came in 4 large thick strips. Lots of fries. Plenty of ice water, and they offered to fill our reservoirs. They subbed the chips that came with the French dip for a salad with no up charge! Prices a bit higher than older Google photos. Thanks!

Delicious food. Excellent cocktails. Comfortable friendly vibe. Welcoming and efficient service. Their Specials Menu adds variety and fun new dishes to try. Kid-friendliness: Yes. Informal. Kids welcome. Wheelchair accessibility: Yes. Use ramp entrance to the side of the restaurant. Restaurant is on one level, as are bathrooms.

Nice small atmosphere with a top notch chef. Well worth the trip

I rely on honest, thoughtful reviews to decide which places to try. I read most, deciphering bogus reviews, from those by seemingly impossible patrons. In the case of the Kingsley Tavern, the bad reviews resonated with me far more than the good, and our experience mirrored specific details others wrote about. The sandwich board chalk sign stating abruptly that the front door isn 't the entrance, to use the ramp could be written in a more inviting way. If it appears I 'm nit picking let me say I wouldn 't mention trivial details, but the entire experience was abysmal, so I 'm including it all. You enter the side door to stand immediately next the both restrooms where there is a vacant hostess stand. I was super friendly knowing we didn 't have a reservation when a girl came over. Before she could answer, an authoritative looking guy interjected and right in front of us says, Walk in? Uh, no. Then turns to me to say, I won 't have a table until 7:30 , which was an hour 's wait. We decided the wait wasn 't bad and that we 'd peruse the gift shops. He said we could shop at Fife and Drum, But don 't eat there . How unprofessional! Turns out, he 's just one of the wait staff, and an arrogant one at that. We were seated the server took our drink order: Unsweetened tea w/o lemon Diet Coke w/ lemon. She asked how I wanted it. Confused, I asked, the Diet Coke w/ lemon? She thought I asked for Kettle One. So she brought the drinks. Iced tea WITH lemon diet coke with LIME. The menu borders on obnoxious w/ min. oyster orders for cocktail sized oysters at jumbo prices, to odd flavor combinations ridiculously overpriced sandwiches, burgers, entrees. They can call them any kind of frites they want, but they 're glorified FF no matter the overpriced, pretentious topping they try to upsell. The menu says bread is available upon request for $2 per person. Laughable. Our order was a cup of clam chowder, BLFGT, French Dip. Clam chowder doesn 't come w/ crackers, I wasn 't going to find out they 'd be $2. It might be b/c there aren 't any clams in the clam chowder. It was tasty, but you can 't taste anything but overpowering bacon mixed w/ potatoes. It should be called Bacon Potato Soup. The French Dip was so overcooked dry it was chewy. There wasn 't a drip of juice on the plate see pics. Why is there Veal in the dipping sauce; to justify the $24 price? Who can ruin a basic BLT? This place can! The bacon is so thick tough, my jaw was cracking trying to chew it. It totally obliterated any semblance of fried green tomato flavor. It was no more than a $26 bacon slab sandwich that resembled Chinese spare rib meat tasted like it was doused in liquid smoke. Our drinks sat empty w/ no refill we were checked on once. She was friendly enough, but it seems everyone shares responsibilities which explains why it took 20min for another person to ask if I wanted my food wrapped. Another ten minutes before our server came out with a tray of glassware, then show up to ask if we wanted anything else. They walk around with bulky gadgets in their back pocket to process your payment at the table, standing there while you input your tip, automatically generated at 25%, 20%, or 18% calculated with the tax included. You don 't tip on tax. You tip on what was served. The process is impersonal, invasive uncomfortable especially knowing that for the first time in all the years I 've dined out, we gave 15%. Bad service still gets 20%, and good or great gets 25% or more. I worked in food service, so I appreciate the work. When we asked if a receipt would come out, she said, No, I 'll have to walk over to the printer to get it. So, you want a copy of your receipt? We said, Yes, and when she returned, she didn 't even say thank you for the 15%, which the receipt calculated as 12% because of the tax. How obtrusive. Maybe the locals love this place, I don

We had dinner at Kingsley Tavern with our son and his girlfriend. It was fabulous! The service was very good and the staff incredibly polite. Our son and his girlfriend had the coriander crusted tuna (they suggest medium . My wife had fettuccine primavera (delicious! . I had the skirt steak and it was VERY good. The meal was a little on the pricey side, but the food, atmosphere, and staff made it well worth it!