PizzaExpress

You'll find PizzaExpress tucked on Earl Street, right in the heart of town where the evening crowd starts building around 6pm. It's the kind of place where you can rock up solo for a pizza and a glass of Pinot Grigio, or gather a table of mates for something louder and more chaotic. The wood-fired pizzas come out properly charred—none of that soggy middle nonsense—and they've actually got their cocktail game sorted, which counts for something in Maidstone. It's unpretentious without being rough around the edges.