Eating & shopping

A delicious National Trust cream tea © NTPL/David Levenson

Treat yourself to a cream tea

The Mulberry restaurant

With so much to choose from you will probably visit us more than once during your day at Bateman's. Start the day off with a delicious savoury pastry; drop in for a lunch of homemade soup, homegrown fresh salad or a spicy Kipling Curry.  Then finish the day off with an unbeatable cream tea.

The oast house gift shop

Colourful hand-carved wooden cats lined up for sale

More colourful than your average cat, and less likely to shed on the sofa!

Browse through one of the best collections of Kipling new and second hand books in the area, as well as a variety of Kipling themed DVDs and children's toys.

Home grown

  • Honey from our own hives sold in the shop
  • Homemade cakes and biscuits served in the restaurant
  • Real ale brewed locally from Kent hops sold in the shop and restaurant
  • Fruit, veg and herbs grown in the garden used in the restaurant
  • Homemade soup available in the restaurant every day
  • Jewellery made in the village sold in the shop
  • Savoury and sweet scones freshly baked every day