Highdown Vineyard in Arun

Thanks to our friends and family we had a wonderful wedding, however, the venue owner was pushy, rude, and turned nasty. He bugged us the whole time setting up, making comments and hurrying us along. He messed up our wedding music. He tried to sue a family friend over a watermark on a tablecloth, we have just had the preliminary hearing. It was struck off as he did not have a cause of action, and no contract with my friend. He changed his story again, and the judge pointed out he was saying something different from his original claim. He didn't understand what he was being asked, and kicked off. He had a go at the judge because the mediator "didn't warn him that this might be the reason his case is struck off" (I warned him, several times before and during mediation, but obviously he didn't believe me) The judge informed him that he cannot randomly sue a member of the public, and his petty grievance had no place in a court of law. It resulted in him standing up and shouting that we'd wasted his time, before unpacking his dirty table cloth and waving it at us to "make his point". He was ushered from the court. It was extremely poor behavior from a grown man, and quite mortifying.

We have recently styled some parties at this beautiful venue with light up numbers & balloon displays. It’s a great venue and the staff are lovely! Would highly recommend - Lauren & Aaron

A friend recently invited us to their wedding, this was where the reception was held. A stunningly beautiful setting with all the necessary amenities for a successful day, and the locally produced fizz was lovely too.

Many thanks to Aly & Paul looking after us so well for our late mum's wake. It was the perfect place and the food was amazing. I can highly recommend this venue for any occasion.

A great place for a celebration 🎉 birthday 🎂 wedding 💒 😁 friendly staff nice clean with lots of outside area.

A really great place to hold a function the room is the right side for all has a bar serving tea, coffee and alcohol and if you enjoy a odd bottle of wine your in the place made on the estate great stuff

lovely venue, good spread, helpful staff

Paul and Ally welcomed us with open arms, listened to our needs and catered for us very well!! I am really happy with our wedding that was held at this beautiful venue!! Highly recommended 5**

Excellent customer service .great wine my favourite is the white which is blended with peaches.what a taste of summer. Truly a great place . excellent wedding venue.

We had our wedding reception/party here after getting married abroad. Lovely place owners/organisers are so helpful and reasonable considering the quality you get. Pleased we had it here!

Superb setting for a wedding or large celebration or gathering. Plenty of space and comfort. Only slight moans are rip off bar prices and poor parking for large attendances. Definitely a venue to consider.

Sorry, i don't know how the review response was added (2 months ago). I was checking out your website at the time as my company had booked the venue for our Christmas party. The Christmas party itself was very enjoyable, well organised and the food and wine of a high quality. I have amended the rating accordingly.

We just had our engagement party here and it was perfect. The location and the setting is lovely. Paul and the bar team are fantastic and nothing is too much trouble.

Ad hoc visit and staff were preparing for a wedding yet the (presumably) manager was wonderful and a still took the time to explain he couldn't speak for a long time with us but showed us the window especially available. Bought some and it's well worth the price. Thanks

My brother got married at Highdown vineyard and the venue and service was great. I know all the other guests really enjoyed the wedding day even though it was a little cold outside at the time the marque was warm and the inside space was great for the evening guests and disco.

Held our wedding reception here in 2015. Was perfect in every way. Food was amazing, surroundings relaxed and the drink flowed well! Felt looked after by Ally and her husband from moment we met them-nothing was too much bother for them.

Tough entry on a main road (comes out of nowhere) but has a lovely, and fairly quiet considering the proximity to the road, vineyard and parky area where games can be played. Was here for a wedding - enough space for at least 100 without getting tight, with a separate bar and entrance area. Wine selection is small (no red from the vineyard) but they have nice substitutes.

Went to a wedding reception here and it was nice

We visit and booked this venue for a midweek funeral wake for 50 and were shown a lovely function room with grassed courtyard with tables and chairs and lovely views of the vineyard. 4 days before hand we received a mail from the Vineyard clarifying final details and as an after thought mentioning that a marquee had now been put up outside. We thought it best to visit again and see the marquee for ourselves and were extremely upset to find a huge wedding marquee over the grass courtyard and car park, completely obliterating the views of the vineyard and any natural light in the venue. We were offered another small room which we hadn't been shown before and was completely unsuitable and not what we had paid our deposit for and were therefore left 2 days prior to our Dads funeral to start searching again for another venue. Paul returned our deposit but we could not help feeling that he was relieved at us cancelling the booking and he is either an incompetent or greedy and uncaring proprietor.

I have been to the Highdown Vineyard twice for coffee and cake and have noted other people eating their lunches and the food looked delicious so we went back their for my birthday lunch.I had the liver and bacon (its was to die for) followed by a lemon torte with a raspberry coulis and again it melted in the mouth.My best friend and I were there two hours and it went in a flash. We will be going again to try out some of the other delicious choices they have on offer.

Just looked at review which seems unfair. I visit often and the staff are very friendly and drinks seem fairly priced. Great freshly cooked food and a wonderful location.

Food lovely but soft drinks extortionate. Manager miserable and unaccommodating