Esquires was a lovely café to find in busy Maidstone. It’s totally dog friendly inside and out, the staff even offered my woofer a bowl of water. There was a good selection of cakes, drinks and sandwiches/pastries. This time I had a cheese and tomato croissant which was warmed without being soggy. The atmosphere inside felt very relaxed considering it was a busy lunchtime. I will definitely visit this café again.

My coffee shop of choice in Maidstone. Good coffee, nice large cups. Friendly service. Good seating

Today I visited this cafe. Great surroundings. The toilets are overall fine. Cakes, sandwiches were ok, but didn’t have any plain croissants, servers were friendly. But they don’t know how to make coffee. And one of the servers had a very dirty uniform.

Employees were very nice and welcoming. I ordered an almond milk latte and toast which was good (it’s kinda hard to f up toast). The latte tastes a lot like the one from Costa, not very strong

A nice place to go for some food and a coffee. We went on a late Sunday morning for brunch and it was my first time going. I was not sure what the setup was with going to order your food/drink yourself. Could have had a little sign or one of the staff just letting me know but I figured it out in the end. The food and drink I don't have any complaints with as it was great. The apple juice tasted like I just put a straw in an apple. And the full English was lovely and fresh also with some amazing bacon. I would have liked to have a fried egg but they could only offer scrambled on the day. Overall a great place to eat and get a coffee. Would recommend.

I absolutely "loved" this place as have been here for the last 4 years for a quiet coffee. This morning I had a mocha and a sausage sandwich. Cannot fault the coffee, but the food is terrible, £6 for a chewy and overcooked sandwich which was microwaved and bread was stale. I had to ask for it to be buttered, and then it was heavily buttered on one side. 🤷 I wish I had gone to Gregg's instead.

Visited a few times now, lovely atmosphere, very relaxing and a lovely place to spend time and drink some great coffee

Super friendly and cosy place to grab a hot drink and something to eat whilst out shopping in Maidstone. The fact the coffee is organic and fairtrade only adds to the appeal.

I come to this coffee shop to meet friends and to catch up on my admin work. A coffee taste brilliant, the food options are great. The staff are always super friendly.

I try to visit this coffee shop as many times is possible. The staff is fantastic, very friendly, flexible and helpful. The coffee is simply perfect, and the cakes are great as well. Highly recommended

ordered for 2 of us and on both dishes the eggs were hard. took them back to the girl and wasn't happy about doing them again and then left my plate of food on the side to get cold. When I asked her to keep it warm for me, she seemed to have a problem with it so asked for a refund. gave me my money back with no conversation or an apology.......very rude and immature. also was making food and drink while serving people without washing her hands in-between.

I love this place. Such a cozy Saturday afternoon. Had a lovely cup of mocha and Lemon blueberry cake and it was delicious ! Will definitely come again 💜💜

I love this place normally as food and coffee is lovely and it's a great atmosphere. However WiFi was not working today and advised by staff they can't do anything about it. Real shame a it spoiled what would have been a nice afternoon.

Never knew this place existed. Very hidden in Maidstone Town Centre. But glad I found it, lovely cheese toasties and coffee. Recommend a visit if nearby.

Nice place. Great coffee and excellent selection of both savourt and sweet treats. My only minor issue was the butter, which appeared to be salt free as it was tasteless. Otherwise excellent.

Fantastic coffee, friendly knowledgeable staff and delicious sweet treats. A very pleasant experience. Thank you for opening on Sunday too! We’ll be back for sure.

The service in here is friendly and the coffee is actually okay, however unfortunately it took almost 20 minutes to get 2 coffees and both the sandwich and muffin we ordered were sadly stale. The muffin was politely taken back and was no trouble. The atmosphere was unfortunately dampened by a lot of frustrated customers at the wait times.

We had such a delicious breakfast here on a Sunday morning. The poor guy working the counter was all on his own but calmly served the queue of people waiting and dished up a delicious eggs benedict and avocado on toast, both were perfect. What a legend! Thank you!!

Used this cafe for first time this week. Staff at counter were friendly and quick. However, I had to wait a considerable time for a milk shake and then ask again for the fruit juice I ordered. The wait to collect drinks seemed to be due to the conversation the lady washing up and possibly a new recruit were deeply engrossed in. I wasn’t acknowledged or apologised to for the wait. Won’t be rushing back, shame because the cake was good.

Well my faith in humanity’s tastebuds has been let down. This cafe is far from what people are saying in the reviews. I had eggs royal with added shell, the eggs were not cooked properly, the plate was watery and thrown together. For £2 worth of ingredients I expected to see it put together a lot nicely. Needless to say I won’t be coming back here.

Lovely place with plenty of really nice sweet and savoury treats to choose from, the coffee is always good quality and the service is great. The building itself has lots of character and a nice laid back atmosphere inside.

Ordered cake literally just now. Watched the girl make an absolute mess of cutting the cake and leave half of the board. To give me two thirds of it. To be honest she saw me looking and she knew. But gave it to me anyway. I just can’t be bothered to argue anymore. I used to enjoy cake here, now I’ll enjoy it somewhere else. Very disappointed with the service some people are happy to give! Some should look for another job if you’re not happy and take pride in where you’re!

Firstly the staff seemed as if they didn't want to be there. The cheese and ham toasty I ordered could have been made yesterday as the bread was clearly stale and rock hard round the edges, there was a couple of slices of very thin ham and no cheese. The apple pie, however, was delicious, probably because it was bought in, not homemade.