
Welcome to our family restaurant
Montalbano is a family run restaurant born from our family’s passion and tradition for great food served in great company. The menu is a mix of regional Italian dishes with touches of the very southern part of Italy: Sicily. We aim to bring the warmth of the south of Italy and delight you with great traditional homemade flavours.
We look forward to meeting you.
Salvatore, Ana & the team
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Live music & events
Our live music & special food events are continuing to prove very across the year!
Keep up to date with our event listings and we look forward to welcoming you soon.

Our customers
752westieMarch 1, 2025 Recommended Great food, excellent service and all at a reasonable price. The menu is varied and interesting. Tenterden is such a beautiful town too. Tiffany bFebruary 28, 2025 Fantastic Food & Warm Hospitality at Montalbano Had an amazing meal at Montalbano and couldn’t recommend it more! From the moment we arrived, we were made to feel incredibly welcome—Omar in particular was outstanding. His hospitality and attention to detail really made the experience special. The food was just as impressive. We started with the bruschetta, which was fresh and full of flavour, and the prawn cocktail, which was beautifully presented and delicious. For mains, the chicken Milanese was perfectly crispy and tender, while the pasta with brandy and pistachio was rich, creamy, and packed with flavour. We finished with the tiramisu, which was light, indulgent, and the perfect end to a fantastic meal. Everything from the service to the atmosphere was spot on. If you’re looking for great Italian food with a warm, welcoming vibe, Montalbano is the place to go. Can’t wait to return! Lily LondonFebruary 25, 2025 Superb! Excellent service and lovely, reasonably price food. A really lovely find and we shall definitely return. Thank you to you all! Elliot TFebruary 17, 2025 Grazie Mille Team Montalbano! We stumbled upon Montalbano during an impromptu visit to Tenterden two years ago and I had my second ever Pasta Alla Norma (the only one I've managed to find on a menu that wasn't in Italy!) and it was out of this world! We wanted to take a trip back for a birthday treat and naturally as menus change with time, discovered that the Norma was no longer on the menu, but Ana and the team said the chef would be happy to make it! I couldn't believe it! Our visit was incredible from start to finish, and the Norma didnt disappoint! It is just so refreshing to see a family run restuarant where great food, great service and great communciation prevails.. and it was well worth our journey from Essex! (If we were closer we'd be here a lot more, but we will be back one day when we get the chance again). This is a gem in Tentderden, yet at the same time you feel like you are on holidays in Italy! Thank you! Michelle & Elliot x loopylynJanuary 27, 2025 Just amazing We actually live in South Croydon, but we have a friend that lives in Tenterden, and every time we pop down to stay with her we always go to Montalbano for dinner. The restaurant has a lovely setting, it makes you feel that you are in Italy, the staff are very attentive, friendly and helpful and the food is amazing. We went there on Saturday the 25th for their fish weekend, my friend and I had the sea bass and my husband had the seafood Linguine, the food was cooked as always to perfection, and we cannot wait to return. I8959GObarbaraJanuary 25, 2025 yet another great meal in Tenterden we always go to Montalbano to celebrate any of our 6 birthdays its ALWAYS brilliant staff efficient and friendly food excellent and environment convivial for a great meal Bee PJanuary 14, 2025 Delicious Italian food We had a really delicious meal at Montalbano. We were visiting Tenterden for a couple of nights, and came here on our first night – the food was delicious and the wine selection was great. It was nice seeing things on the menu that I'd never tried before or never seen in an Italian restaurant before – like the Pear and Goats Cheese ravioli in a brandy pistachio sauce. Never had anything like it, and it was so very good. It was quite expensive (we're from London, and our meal was more expensive than our favourite Italian in the city!!) but as a special treat you can't go wrong. Karen ADecember 29, 2024 Enjoyable experience. Definitely one to revisit. Lovely staff. Beautiful atmosphere. Exquisite recipes. High quality ingredients. Highly recommend. Great coffee! donnacoleman7December 25, 2024 Christmas Day - Outstanding Christmas Day dinner at Montebello today with 6 family members and my 9 month old granddaughter. Everything was perfect from the outstanding food to the amazing service. We have eaten out on Christmas Day for many years and today was by far the best meal and experience we have ever had. Lynn LDecember 6, 2024 Must go to this restaurant The food is amazing. Staff are very nice You need to visit this restaurant. Homemade food and sweets This is lovely to see as many restaurants don't seem to do homework food.
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