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Signor Franco's, 5a, High St Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1UL

Signor Franco's, 5a, High St Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1UL

5a, High St Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1UL

01892 549199

Signor Franco's is rather much an institution in Tunbridge Wells,with a reputation to suit and having lived in this hallowed town for so long and not sampled their culinery delights was quite simply unacceptable.

So on a delightful Monday evening we decided to pay them a visit and to say they live up to their repution would be a safe statement to make.

Even initial contact was a pleasure, with the booking procedure being nothing but a pleasant experience with a polite friendly person on the other end. My flatmate and I were greeted well and promptly taken to our table which had wonderful views of tunbridge wells and had a wonderful ambience to the whole establishment.

Whilst perusing the well selected menu we nibbled on wonderful lite bites which consisted of tomatoes on olive oil coated bread and a selection of olives which was a nice touch and thouroughly enjoyable.

Starters:-
Benito had
CALAMARI IN SALSA VERDE

"Splendid. Squid was cooked to perfection and the salsa verde was subtle but complimented the squid well- 8.5/10"

Fudgito had
GNOCCHETTI DEL BUON GUSTAIO
(Small shell pasta with sausage, mushrooms, chilli and tomatoes sauce)

"The sausage was subtle delightful and melted in the mouth. The mushrooms and chilli were just right, without being overbearing. The sauce was well balanced and the pasta was nice. Not the best ever pasta, but it was right up there- 8/10"

Main Courses:

Benito had
POLLO ALLA ROMANA
(Chicken breast topped with Parma ham & sage cooked in a white sauce)

"Delicious. excellent all round beautiful sage sauce, would possibly have been better with a potato or two.8.5/10"

Fudgito had
GNOCCHI ALLA PIEMONTESE
(Home-made potato and flour pasta with mince meat, mushrooms & tomato)

"Superb. I havent tasted gnocci this good since i was a lad. Real quality and whilst it looked plain, the overall taste was superb. The gnocci wasnt rubbery or chewy and was cooked to perfection. My compliments to the chef 9.5/10"

Desserts

Benito had
CREME CARAMEL

"Wondeful, light sweet and just right 8.5/10"

Fudgito had
MERANGUE WITH A CHOCOLATE SAUCE

"Lovely, could have been the weak point of the whole meal but it was gorgeous. Merangue was impeccable. 9.5/10"

followed by coffee and light lemon pastrys.

Overall

Superb. Came to £80 odd quid and you do get what you pay for. Wonderful time had and charming staff. Would recommend this establishment to anyone if you're near.
9/10


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By elfigo at 22/04/2008 - 16:41 | 2008 | Ambience | Approved | Country | England | Italian | Kent | Review | Service | UK | Views | ££££/$$$$ | 2 comments | read more | 970 reads

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