{"id":674928,"date":"2026-01-05T07:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674928\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:21:11","slug":"the-hungry-guest-cafe-in-west-malling-closes-permanently-after-more-than-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674928\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hungry Guest cafe in West Malling closes permanently after more than 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An artisan caf\u00e9 has closed its doors after more than 10 years of serving customers.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungry Guest in the High Street, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/malling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Malling<\/a>, closed permanently on January 1.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2506 1718\" alt=\"The opening day of The Hungry Guest in High Street, West Malling, in 2015. Picture: Martin Apps\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"EWIYTLYRC62YT0K45L4Q.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.46\"\/>The opening day of The Hungry Guest in High Street, West Malling, in 2015. Picture: Martin Apps<\/p>\n<p>The eatery, <a href=\"https:\/\/kentonline.co.uk\/malling\/news\/cafe-set-to-open-soon-34562\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which opened in 2015 when it was headed by BBC Masterchef 1997 winner Julie Friend<\/a>, posted a notice on its door informing customers.<\/p>\n<p>It wrote: \u201cWe would like to thank all our customers for their custom and support over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a pleasure serving the West Malling community, and your loyalty has been truly appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9, which has a \u201cGood\u201d Tripadvisor rating, served locally sourced food and was open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n<p>In the notice, it explained that The Hungry Guest Caf\u00e9 will close \u201cpermanently\u201d on January 1.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3874 2635\" alt=\"The Hungry Guest in West Malling High Street has permanently closed\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"O4BSFWIBBLAOWTURLAJ9.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.47\"\/>The Hungry Guest in West Malling High Street has permanently closed<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for being part of our journey and for your continued support until our closure,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The business took over the former Mackenzie\u2019s caf\u00e9 in the High Street in April, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 has been contacted for more information surrounding the closure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artisan caf\u00e9 has closed its doors after more than 10 years of serving customers. The Hungry Guest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,56205,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-674928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-malling","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}