The Ounce & Ivy Bush - JD Wetherspoon in Mid Sussex

Korean Sticky chicken not as good as we had recently. Bit lacking in sauce.

This is an absolute cassic example of the 'Spoons genre. If you go in to it expecting anything more exciting than a slap in the face with a moderately large sardine, you will be disappointed. If you go in expecting the barrel to be well-and-truly scraped of all class and dignity, you're in for a great time.

Easy to walk past this Spoons as it's inside another building which I believe might be the cinema. We missed it & had to turn back before we realised it was the pub we were looking for. Unasumming from the outside but the inside made up for it. Lots of available seating inside and a few tables & chairs outside. Pay for parking right outside which is useful but not many spaces unfortunately. Prices for drinks and food are average. Prices are normally dearer in London or at the O2. Pint of Bud Light was £1.99. We had a chicken pizza to share as a snack. It was fine. Spoons food has really gone downhill & I wouldn't have dinner due to persistent recent disappointment . Staff were friendly. Pub was clean. Tables needed clearing but otherwise ok. Wouldn't feel the need to return. Number 77 for us.

It's like a large, dated airport lounge with just table upon table of seating...(used to be a bowling alley about 20 years ago) and not been given an overhaul since it opened as far as I know. Incredible value and selection as you'd expect from a JDW's and staff / service are always excellent but just too open, tired and soul less to be a pleasant experience IMO (though when it's 3 times cheaper than the pub 50mtrs up the road you can see why it's always busy) Lots of paid parking across the road and to the rear and easy access for wheelchairs etc. Same building as a great cinema (top floor) if you wanted a family outing.

If I could give 0 stars I would. Being a former staff member you would have thought they would look after you but nope. Me, my partner and little one went in after a long drive back home after holiday and needed some food as had nothing at home. As I walked to the bar I heard one of the staff say "oh no, not her, you can serve her" to another member of staff. We then got our starters and in the middle of eating our starters a member of staff came over and asked if we would like our main to which I said no as we were still eating our starters, the staff member then replied that "you know what the other staff member is like with kids under 18 in here after 9pm" to which I replied, and I know as a fact as I used to work there that you actually can't kick out a family that ordered food before 9pm and are still eating at 9pm, you have to wait until they have finished to asked them to leave. We then got out mains which were stone cold, I know for fact that they were sat on the pass since our starters were ready as the plate was red hot and thats why the staff member asked us if we would like it in the middle of our starters because they were already ready. I then went up to the bar to complain and ask for a recook and as I walked of the other staff member behind the bar said something but I couldn't quite here what was said. Didn't get check back during meal either. Overall extremely unprofessional and unpleasant to also know that they are talking about you behind your back. I know I used to work there, it's not exactly a hard job but I do expect a hot meal like anyone would wether you worked there or not. At the end of the day I'm still a customer.

Noisy, slow service for food and drinks when ordering on the app and even slower when ordering at the bar.

It’s a weather spoons nothing else.

Probably one of the more modern Wetherspoons we've ate in. New tables and matching chairs. Was an old cinema or part of. Very nice.

Called in for food & a beers on a Friday evening. Fish & Chips were good but guest beers of poor quality. Service was OK & tables clean.

Great value for money. It's not a gastro pub but value cannot be denied.

Great pub, friendly staff. Good atmosphere.

This Wetherspoons is well known for blowing out freezing cold air, no matter what the outside temperatures are, staff seem to be reluctant to address the cold air through the air conditioning ducting, this has been ongoing for far too long, I am a regular drinker at this place, and have on several occasions asked the staff to turn off the air conditioning, you cannot have air conditioning on whilst the large windows and doors are open.

Nice place, good food, easy ordering, accepts cash which is a plus these days. A few more chips wouldn't go miss, apart from that very good.

I can honestly say the staff make this pub !!! Just a shame the men’s toilets and colour scheme don’t match the staff!!

It's ok, but not the most attractive place. Good food though.

Good for a Wetherspoons. A bit dark at the back but fine

Terrible! We arrived after our movie to have some drinks before heading home on Friday, but even when we were waiting on the bar to be asked, one of the young women who was working decided to ignore us and just ask to the group who came after us what they wanted; obviously we just left!

Typical Spoons pub, cheap beer, plenty of tables, friendly bar staff

First time of trying this spoons for breakfast. Probably not the best day to come as one coffee machine was out of order and the other was only providing limited options. Breakfast itself was the same standard that I have grown to expect. Helpful staff. Is a bit like a large waiting room so it doesn't ouze atmosphere.

Great beer and pizza as always. And also great view for the football

Good food and drink selection and cheap

Turned up with a child with a large disabled buggy, steps everywhere and no disabled access or ramps. Made it to the garden just to find out there was nothing for a child to eat. Had 2 drinks and left.

Barman was really nice, food was less nice. Vegetarian sausage and mash, hardly any congealed gravy, way too many grey and joyless peas, and the mash was a thousand years old and had a very weird taste. I've eaten this dish in dozens of Wetherspoons, I always order it, and sadly this was the worst I've ever had. Decent pint of Guinness and there's an easygoing atmosphere here

Great for a snack and especially English breakfast. But uncomfortable in a very large space with some people who cle arly are there for the alcohol. Probably my fault. It is a pub after all.

Seemed fine in side.. happy staff. Didn't eat as just a pit stop. Bit dark in some places.

Just a Basic Spoons but good value for your money

Alcohol is so cheap. Food is OK. Staff is always polite.

Basically I was having a drink with my mate Gareth and some guys came over to the table that we were sitting at and starting yelling homophoobic abuse at us so I confronted them then the staff told me to leave the pub and then bard me from going there the whole atmosphere in that place is absolutely violent and disgusting for your own safety do not go to wetherspoons East Grinstead if your LGBTQ+ the punters and the staff are absolutely appalling

Love this place, good customer service.

Unfortunately the cafeteria style greeting and unwelcoming feel was not a good start but that was just an entree to the terrible food. Cold chips, frozen peas and awful limp dull and uninspired garlic bread, washed down with apathy from a disinterested manager. Shame on you Spoons you let us down this time!

Been there for dinner tonight and had 2 pizzas both under cooked causing one of my guests to feel sick. chips with the other two meals where cold along with onion rings being stone cold I had a gammon steak which had peas and mushroom which where stone cold the only good point was the beer. I have used this pub for many years for food and it’s just gone down hill this year since new management has been brought in it seems like they don’t care about it i would not recommend going there for a meal I definitely won’t be returning for a meal now

It's a Wetherspoons! You know what you get, good food and drinks at cheap prices!

I use this pub frequently...its great value the beer is fresh.. of good quality and promptly served.The staff are friendly and Amanda H one of the senior staff is always on top of things.. Wetherspoons if you are listening.. consider this lady for the fast track in your organisation...keep it up and thanks to all..See you again soon..MDL

Not the best that JDW has to offer

Typical English craft beers with pretty good prices. It is a little hidden in a strange looking building. It's ideal for going out with friends.

Good value, freshly hot cooked food, nice staff!

Friday night, the staff are busy. Leanne was the person that served me. Very polite and approachable a great representation of the company.

Food was inedible. Service was slow, and staff were rude. All portions were small and childrens meals were laughable. One tiny spoon of mash and 3 tiny pigs in blankets!!!!! We will never be eating there again.

Christmas dinner at a budget price......full Roast Turkey dinner plus an alcoholic drink for under £15!

Poor service, dirty tables and musty, not very pleasant odour to the place, desperately in need of some TLC

Good food, great quick service and a nice couple of pints to relax after a busy week. Whats not to like.

Absolutely awful placed a order online didn’t go through but still took the money went to speak to bar staff management and couldn’t care less wouldn’t do anything to help situation we said it wasn’t our fault he said it’s not ours either so while all our friends were eating and we didn’t have any as because it was pending didn’t have enough money to pay again we are regulars and never experienced the rudeness of the staff or willing to help

This is a great pub chain. Great food and drink at reasonable prices. Large food and drink menu.

Staff are very helpful and friendly

Another Wetherspoons.. Whilst staying in a hotel in Felbridge the night before flying out of Gatwick, we discovered this Wetherspoons about a 30 minute walk away. This is a large, open and bright Spoons situated within a complex building. The food was good, we had the afternoon fish and chips and loved the dessert. Staff were pleasant, we would return if in the area.

Good place this, great food snd the prices are spot on. Highly recommended.

The steak was a little chewy but fine, I've had worse for twice the price in restaurants, I've also had better in other Wetherspoon's, you have to accept that the price for their food is low and all other meals are usually very good as a value price.

It’s a Wetherspoons. You get what you expect. Cheap beer and food. It’s served and tastes ok but it’s not a great place to go. The people you go with are more important than the location here.

Staff always do the best place needs TlC now but that’s common theme these days but can’t complain value for money .

Well well well…. Never disappointed with a wetherspoons, although never better than distinctly average… but this one was lovely and clean and spacious, food was hot and well cooked! Parking outside and no nasty sticky menus! We will be back…

Sitting outside at table on pavement with 3 dogs quietly lying on their blanket. I was told to move and never come back again. Dogs were not allowed.

It's what you expect from weatherspoons. Cheap food and drink, fair quality. It was clean and the staff courteous and efficient. Ordered via the app and the drinks came to our table quickly, shortly followed by the food.

Good value for money, nice clean and well kept place. Greatly improved from visiting years ago. Staff try very hard to please.

Stopped off for an early dinner with family on a Sunday evening. Was quiet, despite the football being shown. Staff were friendly, but food was slow, despite hardly anyone eating. Prices very reasonable though, with the kids menu having a good choice and being excellent value.

Hard to believe its a wetherspoons,clean no sticky tables,polite and friendly staff,good food,impressed. Well done all at East grinstead.

A wetherspoons cheap drinks food was more than acceptable small outside of pub seating in summer. Cheap and cheerful. Good place to start your evening 👍

This is one of the dullest, most uninspiring Spoons I've visited. You know what to expect with the food. Its not great but not terrible. Great value though. I paid £2.99 for a vegan breakfast.

Friendly staff and excellent value beer. The building itself tired and unwelcoming. Outdoor seating unappealing. Easy to find.

A very busy bar in the centre of east Grinstead. Good range of beers and very vibrant. Prices are probably the cheapest in town, so a good value night out.

Waitress was friendly and helpful, breakfast came with 2 over cooked fried eggs and lacking the bacon. Bacon was brought over when I informed the waitress, suffered the eggs. Never mind I'm sure they get it right more than they get it wrong.

Pleasant public house. Friendly bar staff

Great food, every time, brilliant prices, really good value for money.

What can I say...its a wetherspoons!. Always good value and the bonus with this one it didn't have sticky floor or tables 😂

Value for money in here, took the kids for breakfast and can't fault it. Used the app to order, drinks were with us very quickly, food followed not too far behind. Good portion size, I would prefer my bacon crispier and my black pudding less crispy.

It's Spoons, nothing special, but perfectly fine. No complaints.

Daily asb ignored outside. Drunks opposite shouting all day. Don't care about local community

Just ordered the half chicken hmmm microwave chicken I must stop going to weathspoons

Well laid out with good food & friendly staff. Location a bit gloomy.

In terms of Whetherspoons this one is definitely middle of the pack. It's not an impressive building, it's tired, old and worn inside and you usually have a long wait at the bar. But the staff seem to want to work hard and the toilets are always clean. It's also quite large with a lot of seating. All in all, not a bad drinking hole for East Grinstead!

Friendly helpful staff. Food came quickly.

The only late night sit-down meal in East Grinstead. Cheap & cheerful

Pleasant atmosphere, good service.

Perfect place to go for breakfast and meet up with friends and family breakfast is always delicious and perfect price.only lost 1 star for decor as needs updating

In desperate need of revamping. Really dead atmosphere inside. The 90s decor really blows.

It's a spoons it's cheap but don't expect much if you ask for a Tuna & cheese Panini ! This is what the chef called an acceptable amount of cheese and tuna for your £7

Its a ok Wetherspoons. Just like drinking in ikea.

Some spoons are OK, some are amazing and some are grim. This is in the grim end of the spectrum. If you want reasonably priced food and drink then all spoons are the same in that regard. If you want to go to a decent spoons the Tunbridge Wells is a 30 minute drive away and it's worth the trip.

Lovely pub on the inside, but almost missile from the outside. One entrance on the street and another coming in from the Atrium complex on the corner. A nice raised area sits to the side, in the middle of the pub before reaching the bar. The staff were friendly and the Guinness was excellent as was the Sudwerk Swiss Red Ale.

The staff don't even want to serve you anymore. The lady with the blue hair was exasperating to say the least. The rum was good though.

If you want to eat microwave dinners then go to Iceland I wouldn't give it one star

Food is cheap and drinks to , order to your table via app

Cheap great food and service nice athomsphere

Tucked away next to Cinema. Pleasant staff. Nicely spaced tables. Food nice

Nice big spoons but only one member of staff he was serving behind the bar waiting on tables cleaning and clearing tables and everything else felt sorry for him didn't like to complain after waiting 15 minutes to get served need to get more staff.

Spot on pub, food brilliant, staff excellent.

Friendly service from helpful staff, but rather cold breakfast when it arrived. Another table next to us was mentioning how their breakfast was cold. Not ideal for a big cooked breakfast. Otherwise pleasant and good prices.

It's OK food has gone downhill but it's weatherspoon what can you really expect.

Lovely breakfast. Friendly staff.

Very good for breakfast and meals..quick service,good value for money..impressive choice of ales ,too

Always a pleasure, staff and food very good.

Had 1st meal tonight in a couple of years. I think I counted 12 chips with my meal. Still nice meal but reduced in size somewhat?

Busy as usual. Food very reasonable although not top quality. Will still come again

Even though visited at a busy time. Food and drink came out quite quickly. Would recommend.

Great prices, central location, friendly staff. Love this ‘Spoons.

Good value for food and drink can be busy but usually table available somewhere. It's not done dining but very edible ! Good deals for food and drink together

Good atmosphere and very well priced. The food was good.

Pretty good for a 'spoons. Food was nice quite nice, drinks were standard wetherspoons prices. Using the app to order seems to get you faster service.

Fantastic prices for wine and spirits

Quality of the food is so much better than it used to be and forna great price

Plenty of space, staff are nice