Il Capriccio in Eastbourne

Omg a real jewel! Fantastic atmosphere and the food will make you want to sing. I love it that the menu changes, so next time you go there, they may have something new and different

For a traditional take on pasta freshly made the bologesne was really tasty and the lemon milk shake was a perfect pallet cleanser check this place out

Such an enjoyable evening with a warm welcome from Marina and her attentive personable service throughout. Our problem of the night? Which to choose from Amy’s delicious menu! Sharing plates to start (yum yum), followed by the most delicious of fish platters and rounded up with a coffee and home made truffles (plus a taster from my Dad’s plate of the much revered take on a ‘crunchie’. All beautifully presented and every element on the plate contributed to a scrumptious dish. The music also played a key role, it was light and just the right volume. Thank you ladies ( and sous chef whose name I didn’t catch for being bold and creating a wonderful place to dine. Great to see the awards you’ve landed in ‘23 and ‘24, I can only imagine ‘25 is a given too!

We had a really great coffee and almond croissant, a must try! It was very good service and atmosphere at The Olive Tree, highly recommend!

Wow! What a delicious meal! Still thinking about it days later… the restaurant is cosy and relaxed, the food is absolutely delicious and really good quality, with fresh ingredients. Between 2 people we ordered the prawns, aubergine, fritters for starter - yum, the prawns lit up our eyes!! Then we had the red mullet and seafood ragu for main - the ragu was deliciously complex, rich, and full of flavour, and the red mullet was the perfect accompaniment also being delicious but less rich. The wine was also lovely! I think one of the waiting staff was perhaps new/lacking in confidence, and despite being friendly and warm, after being seated we were left without menus or water for a long time when we arrived (and another table who arrived after us were given these before us), plus we ordered espresso at the end of the meal which was forgotten, but this service training is easily rectifiable and I wouldn’t remove any stars for this because everything else was so great and it genuinely just seemed like a lack of experience. However, Carla was particularly attentive and wonderful which made up for it, plus the food was honestly to die for (compliments to the chef!). Would definitely recommend this place to anyone in Eastbourne, have already told friends and family about it 😊