Bent Arms in Mid Sussex

Excellent place for a bite to eat, good quality food, excellent service, good atmosphere, hadn't been here for over 25 years, so it was a pleasure to come back and meet some good friends here. Definitely will be back soon.

Good food and service but overcharged with the bill. Six people, 5 ordering from the two course set menu and 1 just ordered a sandwich. When everyone had paid their bill, we were told that a starter and dessert had not been paid for. But we ordered those dishes from the set menu at a set price! Asked to have the bill recalculated and told not possible as till was an old till. Ended up having to pay an additional £8 for dishes ordered off the set menu. Very disappointing and will not return.

held a wedding reception in the function room, we were staying for two nights and as the function room was not booked the night before they let us in too set the room up and decorate. staff were wonderful during the day checking on emptys and bringing wines etc up, could not fault the helpfulness of staff, they were polite to everyone even the 5 year olds that were with us. would recommand

I had to start the squash roulade which was taste less Main course was the medallions of beef, which turned up 25 minutes after everyone had got their mains. The desert was meringue nests which were soft and not crunchy . The restaurant didn’t seem bothered by any of the issues

Met up with some girlfriends for lunch. All had very tasty home cooked meals. My salmon was very tasty can thoroughly recommend it. The prices are very reasonable and service excellent.

Managed to get a table for my Birthday lunch .Made us very welcome and it was 2 pm . Wonderful food , perfect service. Crème Brûlée was amazing .

Food was absolutely delicious. Probably the best 'pub food' I have had in a very long time. The staff were friendly and attentive and the food was certainly value for money. Would definitely recommend.

Long weekend exploring West Sussex. Stayed 3 night at the Bent Arms in the lovely village of Lindfield. A lovely old timbered Inn, a friendly local atmosphere with great food. Helpful staff and good simple rooms. A good base for seeing the coast and countryside.

I booked a table for 4 for Thurs 1pm lunch, (not expecting it was really necessary as most pubs are not overbooked on a weekday but wanted to make sure we got a table) Good job I did, as the place was virtually full and I saw a group of 4 who just popped in on the off chance politely turned away. Our group of 4 all went for the 3 course set menu at £21.50 and everyone was delighted with their starters, mains and desserts. Everything was really good. Our starters were 2 prawn cocktails a mushroom and feta something and a prosciutto dish. All were beautifully presented and generous portions. 100% polished off 🙂 Mains were 2 cod in crumb with crushed potatoes and veg. A chicken curry with rice and poppadom and a beef stroganoff. Everyone agreed each dish was excellent. Really tasty and cooked perfectly. 4 clean plates again. For dessert we had 1 sticky toffee pudding with Ice cream, a creme bruele a chocolate brownie with ice cream and a panacotta. Again, all 4 dishes were perfect. We had a bottle of sauvignon blanc, some local ale and a cider. There was no drinks menu on the table so we ordered blindly and had no idea of the cost of our drinks but it was fine overall. The wine was perhaps a little pricey at £27 but that's really my only niggle as similar quality wine usually costs around £22 we have found. But equally, we DID have a LOVELY lunch, the place was full but we didn't wait overlong for anything, service was friendly and attentive. Would definitely return and highly recommend. I'm not sure what happened to cause the negative reviews on here as we encountered non of the issues others complained about. Food was excellent, service was too. Look forward to returning soon.

Keep it simple horrendous service. Staff rather interested in what was happening in each others lives, not looking after customers

Stayed for 1 night to visit nearby Bluebell Railway. Poor bedrooms . We had someone actually entering our bedroom at 11.15 PM . I complained to the manager the next morning who was not at all interested despite the safety implications and we did not even get an apology. Would not recommend despite the excellent meals.

Visited Friday night. As usual it was a really nice meal and fairly priced. All the food is cooked from scratch using good quality ingredients. You can tell from the freshness of the ingredients and the taste it's done properly and not microwaved. The home made bread is absolutely lovely! The pub itself is cosy inside and has a big back garden. Staff were friendly and helpful. Recommended.

Extremely disappointing. Lazy workers who just could not be bothered. Gave up in the end as the few who were working were actually just wandering around avoiding doing anything. Will never go again!

Arrived at 13 and ordered lunch , after an hour of waiting for a sandwich, salad and omelet , it arrived was then only told under staff but in the hour waiting no one came out to say or when we ordered wasn’t told otherwise would have gone somewhere else , the food arrived and it wasn’t great , very disappointed.

The service was terrible. Waited over and hour for food and no one once came to tell us that there was a delay with the food. When the food came it’s wasn’t nice and over cooked. When speaking the the staff they were rude and didn’t know what to do. The manager didn’t help or come and sort the situation. This is poor management and something that should be thought about. The staff should learn how to talk to the customers that they have as they are going to loss business if not.

We live in the village and the Bent is our local pub. Having walked in there tonight with no booking to find the place heaving we ended up sitting by the back door where we had a constant stream of people in and out slamming the door, not a very relaxing evening, could use a porch on the back door to stop the cold and the noise. The table we sat at was still filled with dirty plates which my partner had to clear

We visited on a Saturday lunch time, the pub was very quiet, cold and had no atmosphere. The staff were quiet and did not pay us much attention.The food was very tasty but I didn't get my meal at the same time as my partner, I had to wait 10 minutes longer for mine to arrive. The toilets were not nice, the tap needs repairing and in general the whole place could do with a good clean and a spruce up. It was a real shame as I had heard good reviews about this place but I won't be going back. The pub lets the food down.

I went to the bent arms for drinks on Monday the 14th, where I go quite often. I left my purse there and called the pub when i got home, an hour after last orders. hoping for the the odd chance someone would be around who was closing the pub. A very rude man answered the phone and proceeded to call me a 'silly girl' and protested as to why I calling as I asked if he had seen my purse or could look in the morning, which had my ID, card, money and other belongings in it. I was very surprised at his hostility. His words were completely insulting to which I shall not mention and not what I expected. I was taken aback by what a pub owner or manager could say to a customer. Despicable.

Efficient and friendly reception. Arrived late but a hearty meal was soon served up.Room Ok: Spacious, comfortable, if battered but fair for the price. We would definite stay again.