01 / 04Antipasti
passed first
Il Tagliere della Casa£19
The house board — cured meats, burrata, marinated olives, grilled vegetables, warm focaccia. Set down the middle to share.
Tunbridge Wells · Rustic Italian · One long table
pull up a chair —
La Tavola Lunga
One long table. Everything gets passed down it.
Scroll sideways — you’re at the head of the table
Seat 01 · the head
You sit here.
Come as two or as ten — it’s the same table. The food starts at this end and travels down.
Take this seat ›
Seat 02 · a place set
Laid before you arrive.
Pasta rolled & cut each morning. Antipasti shared, not plated. One room, one table.
Keep walking →
The food’s coming down.
Below, walk the whole lunch — antipasti to dolci, each course passed from the top of the table to the bottom.
Down the middle ›01 — The idea
The long table never ends.
A trattoria isn’t a room of separate two-tops. It’s one table that keeps growing — another chair pulled in, another plate passed down, another course arriving. The whole place is one long table, and the joy is in passing the food along it.
One table
A single refectory-length table runs the room. Come as two, or as ten — you sit at the same one.
Passed by hand
Antipasti arrive on a shared board. Pasta lands in the middle. You reach, you pass, you help yourself.
The craft
No pizza oven. Just the table.
No fabricated reviews here — just the plain facts the kitchen lays out each morning, one place at a time.
24 seats
At the one long table
6 pastas
Rolled & cut by hand every morning
5 courses
Antipasti to dolci, passed down the table
“Everything gets passed down the table.”
Save a seatThe signature — pass it down
Down the middle, course by course.
This is how a long lunch here unfolds — one course at a time, carried out and passed from the top of the table to the bottom. Swipe sideways down the runner.
02 / 04Primi
the heart
Pappardelle al Ragù£16
Ribbons rolled and cut this morning, folded through a ragù that’s been going since dawn. The heart of the table.
03 / 04Secondi
carved & passed
Osso Buco alla Milanese£26
Veal shank braised until it gives way, on saffron risotto, finished with gremolata. Carved and passed.
04 / 04Dolci
the last pass
Tiramisù della Nonna£8
Mascarpone, coffee-soaked savoiardi, a heavy dust of cocoa. One dish, several spoons — the end of the table.
…now come take a seat →
Every dish is on the full card below — real prices, no PDF.
02 — Love your space
Most Italian places sit you apart. We sit you together.
The whole room is one table. The people at the far end become the ones you were meant to meet by dessert. We built the site so you can stand in it — feel the long table before you ever pull up a chair.
03 — Rolled by hand
The pasta is made before the doors open.
Anyone can boil a dried packet. Ours is rolled, rested and cut on the bench each morning — so by the time you sit down, the day’s pasta is already waiting to come down the table.
7am
The dough is made
Flour, egg, a little water, a lot of arm — kneaded and left to rest while the ragù starts.
9am
Rolled & cut
Rolled thin, cut by hand into pappardelle, tagliatelle and ravioli — six shapes, uneven on purpose.
Noon
Passed down the table
Cooked to order, tossed through sauce, and carried out to the middle of the long table to share.
The whole table
The card.
The whole spread, in plain text — every plate, every price, nothing hidden in a PDF.
La Tavola Lunga
Antipasti · Primi · Secondi · Contorni · Dolci
Antipasti to share
Il Tagliere della Casa£19The house board — cured meats, burrata, olives, grilled veg, focaccia.
Burrata & Pomodori£11Whole burrata, slow-roast tomatoes, basil oil, torn bread.
Carciofi alla Romana£9Braised artichokes, lemon, mint, plenty of oil.
Olive & Focaccia£6Marinated olives, rosemary focaccia, oil for dipping.
Primi rolled by hand
Pappardelle al Ragù£16Hand-cut ribbons, slow beef & pork ragù, parmesan.
Tagliatelle Cacio e Pepe£14Pecorino, cracked black pepper, nothing else.
Ravioli di Zucca£15Squash, sage butter, toasted amaretti.
Gnocchi al Pomodoro£13Potato gnocchi, San Marzano, basil.
Secondi from the pass
Osso Buco alla Milanese£26Braised veal shank, saffron risotto, gremolata.
Pollo alla Cacciatora£21Chicken braised with tomato, olives, rosemary.
Branzino al Forno£23Whole sea bass, lemon, fennel, capers.
Contorni on the side
Patate arrosto£5
Cime di rapa, chilli & garlic£6
Tomato & red onion, oregano£5
Dolci the last pass
Tiramisù della Nonna£8
Panna Cotta, amarena£7
Affogato al caffè£6
Dietary needs? The concierge, bottom-right, answers real venue facts.
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Pick a moment — we’ll hold your places on the drawer that follows. Always one tap away, from anywhere on this page.
Free to cancel up to 24h · walk-ins welcome at the table’s end.
HoursWed–Fri 18:00–22:30Sat 12:00–23:00 · Sun 12:00–17:00 (the long lunch) · Mon–Tue closed
Find us7 The Pantiles, Tunbridge WellsKent TN2 · 6 min from the station
Call01892 704 118Or ask the concierge, bottom-right
Good to knowGluten-free pasta rolled to orderThe whole table books out for 12–24 · walk-ins at the end of the table