OPENING TIMES

We are open every day from 9 AM for eat-in, takeaway and delivery.

Opening Times:

MONDAY TO THURSDAY: 9:00 AM to 21:30 PM (last kitchen order 20:30)

FRIDAY & Saturday: 9:00 AM to 23:00 PM (last kitchen order 21:30)

SUNDAY 9:00 AM TO 20:30 PM (last kitchen order 20:00)

Our delivery service is available via

Just-eat https://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-thequills-rochester

UberEats https://www.ubereats.com/gb/london/food-delivery/the-quills

We are trying our best to offer all of your favourite items on our menu but please keep in mind some items might not be available due to our suppliers.

We appreciate your understanding and kind support.

The Quills team

The Quills

Now our refurbed restaurant is ready to welcome you whether you're in need of a fabulous homemade breakfast, a simple but perfectly prepared coffee or a blow-out of steak and a glass of wine.  There's plenty more options of meals, fajitas, wraps, plenty of vegan and gluten free options, pastas, cakes, sundaes a wide range of cocktails and wines to keep you coming back for more...

Food & Philosophy

At the Quills we have a simple recipe for all that we serve....  A blend of favourite ingredients and some finishing touches, brought together in a rustic flavour-filled style.  Our food is eclectic, and prepared by hand from the great produce delivered daily from our local butchery and veg suppliers. We've become a real destination for going out for breakfast, luch and dinner. we hope to build on this by offering a similar style and quality with our new takeaway and delivery menus.     

Whats in the name?

The Hercinia; a German bird with wings that glow in the dark; bats; owls; weasels and she-goats are all depicted in the Rochester Bestiary.  The Bestiary is a Medieval manuscript of real and mythical beasts thought to have been written at St Andrew's Priory in Rochester Cathedral in the 13th Century.  

One famous depiction from the manuscript is that of a family of mother-hedgehogs collecting grapes for their young by spearing them on their quills.  This endearing image, alongside the fun innacuracies of creatures from afar; such as depictions of unicorns and basilisks; which for the people of Medieval England may well have been just as real as crocodiles and elephants; is the inspiration for our name and looks.  

The Quills is situated in a Tudor yeoman's house on Rochester High Street, where you will sit in our beamed dining rooms alongside rescued antique oak doors that were once part of Rochester Cathedral until refurbishments in 2014.

All image samples are reproduced under license from the British Library, London.