August 2025 by John Cook
Every since the new owners took over the Bull in Otford has been great.
Sunday lunch, burger, pasta and curry were all tasty.
The service was also phenomenal!
August 2025 by Heidi Lees
Best fish and chips (Award winning)! Lovely big pub garden - deserves higher rating as just a great place to stop on your way around a walk or whilst you?re exploring Otford
August 2025 by Anna Gazzola
On a long walk we stopped for lunch to this lovely cosy pub.
Service was great and food was delicious, portions were huge!
We give only 4 stars as we do think cost of drinks is really high.
However we would still recommend it for a nice stop.
August 2025 by Alan Mountain
I have only been to The Bull Twice for lunch. The food is excellent and the service is very polite and professional . The Manager Owen is excellent.
August 2025 by Alison C
Excellent meal this evening with family. Staff brilliant and atmosphere lovely. Couldn't fault it
August 2025 by Hannah Crawley
The new ownership has completely transformed this pub. The food was delicious, the service was quick and all staff members were friendly and attentive. They made a special birthday meal out even better.
October 2024 by R910R90G BBoroughFBank
I came in today along with a large group of people & the thing which stuck out like a sore thumb was the service or rather, lack of.
I waited the best part of an hour for my main, of chicken Kiev to come, which was ordered at exactly the same time as the rest of the orders for food; others in the group that had ordered the same as I?d ordered arrived near enough 30 minutes before mine had come & my order was the last to be served.
Whilst eating my meal, to avoid waiting as long as I?d waited for my main to arrive, I ordered a dessert & the waitress that took the order for dessert from me was extremely rude. As I ordered, the waitress who was unidentifiable with no name badge on, though looked no older than 17 had the crassness to ask how I was going to pay for it & she meant what she said as a snub.
Funnily enough, straight after I put the order forward for the dessert, it came out within two minutes, whilst again, I was still eating my main.
The food was stupendous, though the food as delicious as it was, has no place in a pub where its staff members treat their customers with contempt & rudeness. The service part of my review in honesty does not deserve a single star at all & I certainly won?t be recommending the pub for food due to the slow service, however, the rudeness of the waitress would be more than enough for me to neither return to the pub itself, or recommend it.
The beer glasses also lacked cleanliness as the first pint I had had a fly in it & had to be sent back. A note to the management, you need to do some house work & get staff in there that are polite & you need to ensure that your beer glasses are clean as well.
It upsets me profusely that I am having to write a review as negative as this on a public forum as none of this is intended to be either defamatory or libellous as it all happened. Shameful really.
September 2024 by Carl Ridout
The staff were very helpful and friendly. Love the food and would definitely come back again.
September 2024 by Lisa Rogers
Great food, service and over all lovely pub.
As expected on a busy sunny day you understand you may have to wait a little longer at the bar for a drink. Not the end of the world! Keep up the good work!
September 2024 by david taylor
We were warned there was some delay on the food arriving but not over an hour. Staff looked generally disinterested and very slow. Silly things like they ran out of orange juice. Pretty much a shambles throughout and we wouldn?t revisit the bull again
September 2024 by Attila Bus
Excellent food, lovely stuff in a beautiful authentic English Pub.
September 2024 by Joe Sidonio
I am not sure why the reviews for this 16th Century pub are not higher. We needed a place for six people to meet (a family reunion/birthday) and had a very pleasant afternoon here. The food was good and very reasonably priced, the service was good and, being a building with history dating back to Tudor times, the atmosphere was great. We ate inside but there is also an extensive beer garden.
The steak pie and chips/mash seemed popular, as did the fish and chips. There are also veggie options (a good Beyond Meat veggie burger) but leave enough room for dessert! Sticky toffee pudding with ice cream - excellent.
September 2024 by George Kirkup Delph
Delicious food, quick and friendly service and a lovely vibe
September 2024 by Stan Kirby
Nice pub. Pleasant staff. Food good. Quiet when we went.
September 2024 by W W Howe
The Bull Inn,situated in the lovely village of Otford Kent is owned by Greene King and is one of their premium inns.
It's an ancient building with oak beams that has a large outdoor area which is beautiful.
There is a car park just across the road but remember to enter your cars Reg. at the bar or risk a penalty.
The inside is split into various areas so it is not all one big hubub.
Food:
Unlike most Greene King pubs,there are no deals on the food and the menu is more limited. The food I saw coming out of the kitchen looked good. Prices here are on the higher side which I think reflects the area and the pub itself.
I ordered the nachos sharer which at over £11 is the most I have paid anywhere. The portion was not enough to share and was only just enough for one, not only the most expensive but the smallest. Tasty as it was with home made tortillas it was poor value for money ( see photos )
The staff were polite and friendly, I used the toilet and it was nice and clean.
Access:
For such an old building access for wheelchair users and those who have difficulty walking is quite good.
Prices overall are moderate.
Vegetarian options: Yes. Some availability
Kid-friendliness: I didn't see any children but feel that they would be welcome.
