The Fox Eating and Drinking House in Mid Sussex

Warm welcome at The Fox for a large group. Food was all very nice and excellent service. Thank you

Top quality food. The beef short rib was a good portion and cooked well. Horseradish garnish worked well with the beef and sides

Yeah it’s alright. Good view from the mini terrace

To be fair i think a bit of bad timing - this was apparently first day of new ownership. Long wait for menu - this was reduced to roast or roast (kitchen problems we were told) No coffee, no sauces and no dessert. Roast was actually ok. Shame - clearly recently refurbished and the place looked good.

Honestly this is one of the best pubs I think I’ve ever visited. The service was amazing. We had an amazing lady serve us who explained the whole menu and recommended the best dishes. She was great with my little girl - so warm and friendly. We ordered the Sunday roast and the meat just fell apart, didn’t even need a knife to cut through it. Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes were amazing - crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. We asked for more gravy and they happily provided. We also had the brownie and sticky toffee pudding. The portions weee huge - both were delicious. Can’t wait to visit again. There’s also some lovely seats outside the bar with an amazing view.

Really nice place, good beer there and had the roast chicken was fantastic

Great menu, well cooked food using quality ingredients presented well. Good selection of wines, beers, etc etc

Great little pub with warm and welcoming staff. I had the beef pie and veg which was delicious and they provided lashings of gravy to go with it.

Incredible food, attentive and very friendly service throughout our visit. The Sunday roast was the best I've had in a long time and that made it great value for money.

Tastiest food I've eaten in a very long time! Staff are attentive and lovely. Can't wait to go back. Thank you!

This place has only be re-opened for a few months. The Manager was a really nice lady. We had diatry requirements and luckily for chef was also the owner and we had gluten free fish and Chips which was amazing. We could also bring our dog in who was more than welcome. I would recommend this place to anyone. Very welcoming.

We have just had a wonderful Sunday lunch at The Fox with family visiting for the weekend. The roast beef we all had was delicious and staff were so attentive. The extra gravy we ordered as it was so good was well received. We will be back soon .

The gravy on the Sunday roast is lovely! I’m a northern and I was impressed👌

Great place to have a meal and drink. Lovely countryside views. Great friendly service.

Sadly their website needs updating. Cannot make a reservation and correct their opening times. Arranged to meet a friend to find the place in darkness and clearly closed despite their website stating the open on Tuesday evenings. No opening times outside either.

We visited the newly renovated Fox for dinner and Wow! what a pleasure 💕The interior has been very tastefully renovated, it’s clean and inviting 😁 We had a crackling fire on in the main dining area. Very warming on a cold evening! The service was excellent. Staff are super friendly and professional. We both had burgers - a halloumi burger and a bacon & cheese burger. Neither of us expected the huge plate and well stacked burgers we received! 🤩 So delicious. So much food to get through. Highly highly recommend visiting The Fox for a meal and I’m definitely going to do a Sat morning breakfast!

Brilliant pub Thank you for making us a ploughman’s lunch Delicious

I have visited the Fox on a number of occasions now and have always had a good experience under the new management, from morning coffee to a Sunday roast after a dog walk. Also a good place for a few beers with a view. The Saturday breakfast is next

Great local pub with great atmosphere and food

Really enjoy the new owners approach to the food, very good and it's a lovely local pub, always a good atmosphere. Love the Tweedy Fox beer and the coffee and wines are great.

Our first visit to the The Fox under new stewardship, can honestly say very impressive, my favourite lager on tap Camden Hells win win, nice well balanced lunch menu, good specials boards. Had the Chicken burger tasted fantastic and the chips were extremely satisfying......all in all very positive experience and will be coming back. Also extremely dog friendly

Great atmosphere, really friendly and helpful staff, good selection of draught beers

Food was delicious. We had pan fried sea bass and steak and both were really good. I would come back again. Outside was also seating with beautiful views of the countryside.

Relaxed Sunday lunch outside with a lovely view.

New Owners - Sarah, Luke, Aaron and Junior! We stopped in today for a lunch and met this fabulous team, the new owners are a young couple who are super welcoming and are both fully trained chefs 🧑‍🍳 👨‍🍳 If the Pork T-Bone meal was anything to go by then the people of Sharpthorne and its visitors will be very very well served. Great meal and best of luck with your new venture 🍀 Give them a try if you’re a Cat customer! 🐈‍⬛ Giles and Linda

Great to visit the reopened Fox. Met the lovely couple running it. Food was spot on, the specials board offering some choice options and we had a table by the fire. Definitely come back again.

Fantastic- proper pub Very friendly staff

Had an absolutely wonderful Easter Sunday roast today. First time here since its relaunch. The vegetables were absolutely perfect and I could absolutely recommend the lentil and sweet potato roast. Wonderful staff and atmosphere x

Really lovely staff, fantastic roast dinner. Nice atmosphere. Overall, i will be coming by back here definitely!

I often pop in here for a quick drink. I recommend the Silly Moo cider, locally brewed in Cowfold. Plenty of outdoor seating. Currently being refurbished but opening again for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

Cannot comment on the food but stopped in for a pint of cider. Lovely and warm atmosphere even though it did get very busy as a small pub. Definitely a locals pub as everyone seemed to know eachother. They served silly moo cider. Lack of parking so parked up the road further on. Open fires to keep you cosy and warm in the winter

We happened upon this place by accident, there's another pub within yards of the fox that we couldn't get into, it was pretty quiet, but the food was cooked there and totally fresh. Took a while but you don't mind if it's nice and it was, we were puzzled as to y it was quiet it's a must try pub

I've been waiting ages to try this place and it was worth the wait. Lovely cozy pub very good food and plenty of good drinks. Will be returning.

Gorgeous pub on the hill below the village of West Hoathly, above Sharpthorne village. I've frequented here many times on my visits from London. Great cooking, amazing decor and a cute little garden terrace around the back with great views. This is my top favourite place to eat in the area, even with the Cat (the most popular in West Hoathly) included.

Breakfast was great value and fresh and tasty! Service was friendly but a little slow as they were setting up for the day.

A quiet little gem serving up some tasty food. The burger was really good and highly recommended, the triple fried chips were done just right. The scampi and chips too hit the mark, a place that serves a dressed salad!

Very slow service - had to ask for my pudding twice. Staff forgot to bring cutlery to multiple tables. Food and atmosphere (cat!!) are great so just needs some training for front of house

The evening was made special by the service of the exceptional bar staff....a young lady working on her own ....and doing a great job with a lovely sense of humour. Recommended.

Nice pub with interesting ales. The sausages and mash were very nice. The staff were really good.

Nice pub,good food, good beer, staff polite and friendly but they certainly need training. Staff barely tended the tables. Lady near us waited and waited to pay and no one came to the table until I asked them too

Lovely food , service , nice to have music playing softly and good value Thanks

Really need to improve on their service. Advertised breakfast but could not serve any and not mentioning that they are unable to serve breakfast, only after ordering coffee and helping ourselves to the menus did they mention they cannot help. They should have said upfront. Also the server was practically in another world, her mind was not at all at work, double charged for the coffee ordered. Place also looks unkept and needing a good clean.

We turned up at The Fox late last Sunday, after a long day of cycling. In desperate need of some food, the owner was extremely accommodating and went as far as to cook us a delicious meal even though they had stopped serving food several hours ago. We had the vegetable wellington, which was brilliant.

A welcoming publican at this interesting pub. Great views from the small garden. Serves Harvey's beer.

The Fox welcomed us to watch Eurovision while we were camping nearby - huge thanks to the friendly landlord and staff for making our evening so enjoyable!

Lovely local pub with great fresh food served with a smile. I loved the ginger cat sitting on the counter

Amazing food, great atmosphere and friendly bar staff, definitely worth a visit.

Great food and exceptional service from the team on Sunday. Would definitely revisit.

Nice pancakes and lovely full English

Lovely welcome from everybody here - including the cat sat on the bar! Tasters of all the beers offered (good selection of regional ales) and bar staff really know their stuff. Good bar snacks, too - definitely worth a visit!

A very nice village pub with great atmosphere and seriously good food. We turned up after a hike in the Ashdown Forest with our toddler and a dog, and received a warm welcome while we took our table by the fireplace. Food was delicious and reasonable priced. The only slight disappointment was - and hence the missing star - that we were asked about desserts and our order was taken by the waitress, but a few minutes later we were told that the kitchen is now closed and we couldn't get any dessert at the end. I guess the cheesecakes are not made fresh to order, so I'm having a hard time believing that putting a slice on a plate would have been a huge effort.. Or if that's the case then staff should advise customers beforehand and shouldn't take any more orders in the last 15 minutes. So, this place owes me a toffee cheesecake!

Always consistent , delicious , well cooked food

Not sure why only 1star showed on my last post, but definitely 5 Star excellent food and staff.

Great service, great food - look forward to coming back 👍

Love the Fox - quirky and cosy. Really nice food with a daily menu

Fantastic service, excellent food, good beer and a great atmosphere! Highly recommended!

The inside of this pub is lovely! So eccentric and quirky, loads of curiosities to look at. 💥 The burger was okay, I'd say the beef patty was a little on the dry side 🍔. But as you can see they like to stack it up. I think if we come back then I'll have to try something else on the menu. Because I see some good potential in this place. It was busy, lively and the staff nice too. 😄👌🏽

Superb. Great value and service. Everyone(7) in our group very happy. Will definitely go again.

Good morning, Some feedback from our lunch yesterday (16/02). My husband choose haddock with poached duck egg which was priced at £20. The portion size was so mean it wouldn't have fed a small child. The egg was small (definitely not a duck egg) and hard in the middle. The fennel was soggy. There was not check back on our table, when we paid for the bill the server/waiter was not interested in our compliant, he did not offer to refer it back to the kitchen. Not good. On a positive note my food was lovely. We are regular diners at the pub but the service yesterday was poor and indifferent. I write this review to alert the owner that this member of staff is letting the side down. Best wishes.

Incredible food and ambience - venison haunch was perfect. A great place me and my wife will be seeing more of.

Great menu, great chef, lovely staff and great beer. Always reliably 5 star

Had breakfast at the Fox this morning. Lovely food, lovely ambience, friendly service and real value for money. Be back next week 🙂

My wife had pasta and lamb for me, just very nicely cooked and presented food. Simple really, what a shame more pubs can't do the same.

Very nice Sunday lunch in a cosy pub with an open fire. Staff very friendly and the place has a nice ambience. The lamb Sunday roast was fabulous - much better quality than most places. Highly recommended.

Another fantastic meal at our favourite spot! Highly recommend a visit!

Had a lovely lunch here today with my son. Food and service very good

Really enjoyed my lunch here. 😋 The staff were really nice friendly and great service. Food was great too. Recommend the Ham and eggs!!

Lovely dinner in a cosy warm pub, the burger was very enjoyable and nice atmosphere.

Popped in for a quick beer, lovely pub and good beer. Glad I stopped by.

Chanced across the Fox whilst walking the High Weald Way. Sign requesting that muddy boots be removed before entering is fair enough and we were happy to comply. Burger was great and chips excellent, I could have eaten more but that would just be being greedy! Dessert was different, I ordered the chocolate fondant which I was advised would be 15 mins as cooked to order. Happy with this, however the first fondant apparently collapsed, and with daylight critical fit for our return walk I asked where mark 2 was, at this point the chef came out and apologised and said this had also collapsed. I said I would leave it but the chef offered a free sticky toffee pudding. These things happen and left happy

Food was incredible, really friendly staff and great service, lovely woodfire stove, would 100% recommend. Made our evening!

Exceptional find! We spent the night before looking at menus for places we’ve never been before, the menu offerings were everything that me and my wife consider favourite dishes so we went here!!! 10/10- great decor, friendly and cheerful staff who couldn’t have accommodated us more, oysters presented incredibly, sirloin was excellent and so was my wife’s fish and chips—- Will 💯 return soon

Good and tasty sunday roast and cozy pub

Absolutely amazing, cozy and relaxed place. High quality food as well. Highly recommended

Fantastic atmosphere, really welcoming staff and great food and drinks

Nice local bar, with delicious food😋

Excellent food! The Sunday roast and the lemon tart dessert were very tasty. Very nice pub.

Great meals by people that care about food. Well looked after beers and a good atmosphere. It’s hard to imagine what more you might want from your local pub.

Lovely lunch with excellent service. Venison was perfectly cooked and the cauliflower cheese was to die for. Will return

Following a day at Wakehurst we looked for a pub to eat and were very fortunate to decide upon the Fox. The staff and customers were all friendly and helpful, the drinks were good value and there was a good variety on offer. The Harveys was a really well kept beer, thoroughly enjoyable. The setting was good with a patio in the sun till 7pm, but the real highlight was the food. The menu was varied and not just the normal pub fare. I had the roast haunch of venison, with potato rosti, creamed leeks and a peppercorn jus and my wife had the roast chicken, bacon and avocado salad with some triple cooked chips. It was all very well cooked and presented and tasted delicious. A lot of care and attention had gone into preparing the food which in my opinion put the dishes in some top restaurants to shame. Thanks for a great end to a lovely day and we will certainly look to come and eat at the Fox again.

Cozy pub, delicious food, nice staff

The king prawn starter is amazing

Friendly pub. Sat outside (south) & missed seating round back which looks north_east. Fine landscape !

Beautiful friendly pub, outstanding food and service, amazing value and a lovely relaxed vibe. The mussels 'starter' is phenomenal. Pure country pub perfection 😋

Really enjoyed our lunch at the Fox - had Chicken of the Wood for the first time! Delicious food, really friendly bar staff, good selection of drinks, so pleased. We'll be back! Thank you.

Great little pub! £4 a pint is amazing for 2022.

Really friendly staff, warm and welcoming. Food was superb, highly recommend a visit.

Great food and welcoming landlord and staff

Thankyou for a lovely lunch , us girls really enjoyed ourselves and will be back . The Hat Girls .

Very good pub sadly just passing by so won't be back 😢

Wonderful fish & chips, toffee sticky pudding with homemade ice cream, great beer & KIND service. Such a refreshing experience in West Hoathly m, Sussex England. Be ready to relax & enjoy the English countryside!

Unbeleivable food and it was matched with the most comforting service I've ever experienced. I had the venison and I was informed that deer stalker was sitting the other side of the bar to me; its real local, quality produce. The food was fresh and made with passion. The chef catered for my Vegan Girlfriend and made a "Vegan Surprise" which she described as one of the best meals she's ever had. We're definitely coming back

We popped for a quick bite just about lunchtime and we're greeted by a very jovial chef and friendly staff. We had a drink and two of their delicious sausage rolls each which were the best I have ever tasted. Beautiful thin crusty pastry will huge filling of juicy pork and herbs. Outstanding food and the menu,s looked very appetising pity we couldn't stay longer . Also great beer selection and really cosy and welcoming establishment. Would definitely return and also recommend to all my friends.

Excellent food in this quiet country pub.

Lovely food, great atmosphere and very dog friendly. Highly recommended.

Had a lovely evening at the Fox. Booked a table to dine alone, was made to feel very welcome. The staff are lovely and friendly and the food was divine. Highly recommend.

Just had a wonderful meal at the Fox, all the staff were very welcoming and helpful, food was excellent

Nice beer and wine in this bustling pub, with a lovely English cheese platter.

Lovely staff and very tasty food.

Great food, lovely surroundings and a surprise, impromptu Opera singer !!