To be honest I was rather shocked to see the negatives posted here about Tavernetta. I've been coming here for years, and rather like it. OK it's not nouvelle cuisine, not trendy, menu is a bit 1960's perhaps. But actually the cooking is mostly very good. Pasta dishes exceptional. Whitebait better than at the Trafalgar Tavern Greenwich (which is famous for it). Only one criticism, the prawn cocktail is usually pretty taseless (industrial polystyrene frozen prawns). The rest is fine.
I think there must be a local vendetta in Folkestone to prompt these negative reports. Shame on you. If you want to lure people away from this place, try offering a better service youselves. Don't diss the Tavernetta.
This is part of my site The 'Gerald that I built in a fury of enthusiasm when I first moved here sometime in 2004. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while before that so I am technically one of those Down From Londons you get nowadays. The site was a lot more dynamic with a gig calendar and voting for favourite places and stuff, and I know it was a handy resource for those who were moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though just to Hythe) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we knew it was just about to. My name is not Gerald BTW, the name comes from a pretend newspaper in an episode of Brasseye or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have anything to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.