Private dining room at Tallow., Southborough, Kent (credit Saltwick Media)
Private dining room opens at Tallow, Kent
The new private dining room at Tallow, Rob and Donna Taylor’s new restaurant in Southborough, Kent, has opened. Seating up to ten guests, the dining room is in a private space upstairs in the townhouse style building. The bespoke 9 course tasting menu by chef Rob Taylor includes snacks and a bread course with the further option of a tailored wine flight. Prices for the full tasting menu start at £90 per person.
New dishes on the current menu include breaded partridge breast with katsu curry mayonnaise and pickled radish; pan fried fillet of cod with crispy potato, buttered leeks and roasted prawn bisque; warm pear and gingerbread crumble tart with cinnamon ice cream.
Tallow launched in November 2021 and is open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday. Sitting on a village green in Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, there are 26 covers downstairs in the main restaurant with space for a further 10 upstairs in the private dining room.
The menu showcases chef owner Rob’s unpretentious style where good ingredients are elevated with a sharp attention to detail, using modern techniques and bold flavours. The monthly changing menu has three starters, three main courses and three desserts alongside an interesting and small edit of wines, spirits and cocktails.
Tallow’s interior design is confidently pared-back with exposed brick, weathered wood and a log burning stove and the walls are painted in a rich liquorice shade.
About Rob and Donna Taylor
Rob and wife Donna Taylor met while both working in restaurants. Donna, a trained pastry chef, now runs front of house. Working for a long time together in Donna’s native Australia, the pair worked in Sydney and Brisbane in senior positions before returning to Kent to take over The Compasses Inn in Crundale, Kent. Running the acclaimed Bib Gourmand and Top 50 gastropub for 8 years, Rob and Donna achieved critical success from the hospitality industry, national restaurant critics and repeat diners, alike.
Rob comments, “We want Tallow to be a neighbourhood restaurant, the type of place we like to go ourselves. The menu will change all the time so there will always be a new menu for regular diners to try.”
“Wherever they go, I will follow” Grace Dent in The Guardian
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Notes to Editors:
Website for reservations www.tallowrestaurant.co.uk
Email info@tallowrestaurant.co.uk
Address 15a Church Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0RX
Opening times Lunch and dinner Tuesday – Saturday