Tiger Inn in Wealden

As a local, I visit here fairly regularly. But really only because it is 'handy' and visitors want to try it. Last visit on Easter Saturday evening was appalling. Really busy (which is good) but only 1 guy serving at the bar, so was constant queueing. Had a table booked to eat, but was sharply told we had missed it- apparently it was an hour earlier and they couldn't now accommodate us! I wouldn't mind, but had already spoken to the bar guy about it and said I'd be back nearer our booking time. And then we had been sitting under his nose, trying to pass the time until our table booking. Horrible service and won't be back any time soon.

Horrific service, the waitress greeted us terribly and we had booked a table for 5pm and were told we had 45 minutes to eat, which was fine for us, but the manager kept on telling us we must eat quickly. We felt unwelcome and the staff were unpleasant, the drinks were very nice but we didn’t stay to eat, as we were made to feel like burdens to the staff, it was a very disappointing end to a wonderful family day out walking on the cliffs.

Busy but friendly. Recommended for coeliacs. Recommended with children and dogs. Plenty of parking.

Great traditional pub in a pretty village setting. Run by a friendly efficient team serving excellent meals. A brilliant stop to refuel if you are walking the Seven Sisters

Great place, amazing food and brilliant services

We really enjoyed the overnight stay. The atmosphere is great, it feels very traditional and homely. The stuff is friendly and courteous, we felt really comfortable and would come back anytime

Great food on a Sunday afternoon out

Great, charming pub for any weary ramblers. Slightly disappointed with plastic cup offering and food to a little long to arrive but the rabbit and bacon pie was worth waiting for.

Had a fabulous meal, great country pub and the service from the waitress was 100%. Would definitely recommend the tiger inn

One of the best burgers I've ever had. Great Guinness as well.

Amazing village pub on the green. Advise book a table as gets v busy. Food and service were excellent. Good choice on menu, and reasonably priced. Selection of ales available. Definitely be returning when in Sussex again.

Can’t say about the rooms. Good food and beer a little pricey for the food. But I think worth it

I don't expect to be served a pint of ale in a plastic cup when I go into a pub.

Enchanted location! We just went to the restaurant. Good service and good Sunday roast.

Busy day in the sun. Replaced under cooked burger without hassle.

We had a delicious lunch at The Tiger Inn when we visited.

Always a favorite spot Good food

Great food, disappointing service… The fish and chips and beer were amazing, but the waiting time was too long and the waitress was very rude. We kindly asked for them to check for the food since it has been a while. At first, the waitress reacted as “we are very busy” and then when she was back with the food she was aggressively telling us that “it has only been 24 minutes”. Total mood killer after our lovely walk at Seven Sisters and vibe killer for this lovely place with tasty food!

You can't get a better location on a beautiful sunny day,brought friends from out of town.I ordered a ploughmans & a glass of wine.What would of been a lovely ploughmans was really let down by being served with pre sliced tiger bread!!! Just charge 50p extra & serve it with some decent bread from PoppySeed bakery.I wouldn't recommend or bring friends there again which is a shame as the rest was fine

Had lunch on Sunday following an organized walk. Lovely service and food

Nice pub, good food and service, well located.

Great local pub, full of warmth and atmosphere. High quality food, combined with very good service. I couldn't fault it and would highly recommend a visit.

Room excellent only problem was wifi sometimes intermittent food excellent home made locally sourced staff very friendly professional and polite area outstanding walks amazing Definitely will come again.

Fantastic location, very friendly and helpful service, great food, wonderful surroundings- all in all it was a wonderful experience.

Lovely welcoming staff and food was superb. Many thanks.

Lovely Pub , Inn , food , service and room thank you . Fab location near Birling Gap and Seven Sisters We would recommend a visit

Nice spot for lunch whilst on a walk, lots of good options on the menu

We had a lovely meal on Sunday, table for six.

Fabulous Sunday lunch at The Tiger Inn. The team are friendly and accommodating even on a such a busy day. The food has vastly improved since our disappointing visits in 2023 - highly recommend.

Great food and beer, lovely pub

We had a lovely experience here having lunch and then dinner the following day to celebrate a 60th birthday. The menu was excellent and reasonably priced, we all enjoyed our meals. I would really reccomend the salmon and the burgers were very much enjoyed. The staff were very friendly and the gorgeous open fire was much appreciated!.

We really enjoyed being guests with extremely friendly staff, a great setting of the Pub and really good food. Thanks ♥️.

We could not have been more pleased with our stay. From the greeting we received on arrival, to being swiftly shown to our room, to the offer to book a table for us for supper, to the answers we received while dining, to the breakfast, all was fantastic and done with apparent ease. Thank you so much! Tip: don't miss sunrise at the cliffs! Well worth rising and having a little hike before returning for a gorgeous breakfast!

one of the nicest pubs I have ever visited!

Second time we’ve visited this pub, great location, food has been spot on both times and always good choice of drinks! Nice log fire both times we visited and great outside space.

Loved this little gem of a pub right by Cuckmere Haven. Super nice rooms and lovely service.

This is one of the best pubs in East Sussex. Very friendly and nice stuff. Always busy but has enough space to feel cozy.

Good well below stardards of a few months ago. Great shame. Get rid of the endless choice of burgers and get back to traditional offerings such a ploughman’s and bangers and mash. I’ll only go for the outdoor setting and beer from now on unless they get the act in order. Sadly disappointed

Exactly what you think of when the words English pub are said. Lovely fire inside, great beers, great prices and the food is all fabulous. Very close to the seven sisters A must stop if you are going to the cliffs

We spent a wonderful night here to go walking and had a great time. Lovely, cozy, clean, great staff, great food. Was perfect..

Nice vibe, dog friendly and good ciders

Jake and 'hockey boy' elevate this pub/eatery and are charming. I had pork belly,my husband fish and chips( amazing quality fish).Both dishes excellent. Thoroughly recommend Also,location excellent for Beachy Head,etc. As for building...most interesting, lovely to sit outside in the sun(what's that?) Go,enjoy your own country. Met a most charming Norwegian pair of brothers who a tally liked England..one worked here lived in Battersea(my neck of the woods),the other brother was visiting ..he was a climber and medic.

We spend the night of 14 November at the Tiger Inn. The room was charming, comfortable, warm and cosy. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. We had dinner in the restaurant and we chose the fish and chips. It all seemed freshly prepared, the batter on the fish was light and delicious. The breakfast the following morning was absolutely yumcious. We were spoiled for choice, fresh fruit, cereal, muesli, yogurt, pastries and an exceptionally generous full English breakfast. We were delighted with our choice of accommodation and would happily recommend Tiger Inn to anyone looking for somewhere to rest their heads when in this beautiful area.

A lovely traditional country pub, friendly staff with lots of different food and drink available.

This is a great pub, with friendly staff and great food.

Really nice Sunday roast, in beautiful historic surroundings. People working there today were super friendly. And it's one of the very very few pubs outside of London serving Lucky Saint on draft! Considering the age of the pub kudos for making one area accessible and for having a proper disabled toilet. So they got the 👍👍 from me and my husband today on many levels.

Great family meal, and fantastic Gluten Free options for me

We had a family meal here this evening. I really don’t know where to start, but about as bad as it gets - Fawlty Towers would be an under-statement. Staff attitude unbelievable, the high point being dropping a plate of fish down my brother in law, and rather than apologising, accusing him of lying that it went down his back. They need only have sniffed it ! Utterly disgraceful.

We dined in the Snug area. We had a lovely time, we were warmly welcomed and taken care of, food was delicious and atmosphere delightful. (We weren't staying in the rooms so can't pass comment on those)

Unwelcoming staff. We were told that we had to order food & drinks at the bar. Other tables in the restaurant had very attentive table service, so we were unsure why we were treated differently. A member of our family party had someone else’s fish dinner spilt down his back. This obviously stank & was very uncomfortable for him. The staff member disagreed that it touched his back and said it landed on the floor. This wasn’t the case, as other diners saw exactly what happened. We had to ask for an apology, which was given, although very reluctantly. We waited an extremely long time for our food, even though it wasn’t a particularly busy night. The desserts were wrong and we were told that we hadn’t ordered the ones we’d asked for. We were made to feel like we were in the wrong. Tiger Inn - you have lost some loyal customers. It has ruined our evening.

It was very nice inside love the tigers head on the wall The food was as alright had fish and chips

Pretty enough place, but the food is frozen clag, and the service is sullen and glacially slow…we waited 50 minutes for our order. Not somewhere we’ll be hurring back to.

Lovely old pub. Food was excellent. Staff were very helpful and accommodating. Quick service. Not too far from Birling Gap and a nice walk along the way.

Went here for a meal. It was fine. My pie was tasty, a little burnt on the top. Others fish and chips stood out as they were tasty although the mushy peas were not mushy. Generally OK.

Both the rooms and the restaurant lived up to our expectations. Beautiful clean room, super breakfast, and well thought out menu for dinner. Food and service both excellent. Big thank you to all the team .

Great location near Eastbourne and Beachy Head. Fantastic for walks with great bus connections - no need for a car! If you're staying, amazing breakfast - otherwise enjoy the great beer and food

We went to the restaurant and were amazed! 🤎

We spontaneously popped in for lunch on a nice autumn day and it was delicious. Service was fast and very friendly.

The room was immaculate and cosy.Their gluten free options were great.The breakfast table was terrific which had gluten free options.We’ve been three times now and look forward to returning.A big thank you to Adam and Lisa who made our stay special.

Terrific location, lots of character, good pub food and friendly staff. Great place for ramblers as it is set in the south downs. This area of East Dean has lots of flint cottages and houses. Several cafes for coffee before your pub lunch.

Our first visit to the Tiger the weekend before last and we were not disappointed. The food was delicious (very surprised and pleased to find a vegan pie with a Thai twist that worked superbly!) As veggies we were well catered for and then of course there was the wonderful Longmans beers. In spite of it being a very busy, sunny Saturday the staff treated every customer with friendly, courteous attention. We will be back!

Lovely pub in beautiful location

We love going to The Tiger, it reminds me of a set from Granchester. Set around a village green, it's incredibly quaint. We've whiled away a couple of hours over a couple of pints a few times here and eaten a lovely pie 🥧 on the last visit. I can't say what it's like in the winter months yet, but if you've gone for a lovely walk and are looking for a beautiful English pub in lovely surroundings, edged with lovely stone cottages, this is the place. Apologies for the rubbish pics on this one, I was quite excited by the massive gravy boat!

Location, service and food was second to none. Brilliant short stay.

Lovely, quaint old English pub. Rarity these days. Great ales and fresh food.

Fantastic old worldly pub - if you can, visit! Great pints, wonderful views, very cosy interior. Recommended!

Great atmosphere lovely features. Friendly service and staff.

Several years ago we were here having some drinks with some friends who live quite close to this place. It was a very pleasant day for the company, for the views... They treated us very kindly. We have very good memories of that day and the place.

Charming pub in lovely location.

Nice food and great location on a sunny day.

Had Sunday lunch booked a table for 3pm and got our meal at 4pm. Very busy and we were put in the queue for food along those who just walk in, apart from getting a table inside there was no point in booking. Food was very average.

Fantastic village inn with beautiful rooms and great food. Stayed here for only one night but wished I did for more. Rooms were authentically old and cosy, but still featuring up to date electronics and plumbing. Television was smart and high definition, plug sockets in good quantity and fast WiFi. Bed super comfortable. Shower lovely. In the morning had complimentary breakfast which was the best cooked breakfast I’ve had in years During the week long holiday in which I stayed at the tiger inn, it stood out above all others due to not only being in a great location and being tidy and well maintained but it also had tonnes of character making it not only a nice place to stay but also a memorable experience at the same time.

Beautiful clean room for our very enjoyable overnight stay at The Tiger Inn, East Dean. Huge well cooked breakfast to start the day.

Lovely place and well worth a visit

Lovely cosy old school English pub!!!

Possibly the worst food we've ever had . Admittedly it was basic food such as calamari and bread with so called hummus and burger and chips and halloumi fries nothing fancy but it was not good, the fries, calamari and burger were definitely not made fresh. All frozen food I would say. We did get our money back but we would not recommend this place for food to anyone, which is a shame as the pub is such a lovely setting.

This is a really lovely pub with very friendly locals, unfortunately I found the South quite grumpy and I've never had such a small piece of fish and so few chips when I've ordered fish and chips in a pub. The £17 I think they could have put a decent portion of chips on the plate an a normal sized piece of cod. This was half a fillet, all about a third of that which you would expect in a fish and chip shop. Batman the less really lovely garden and a very nice experience chatting with locals why we were there.

The most English place I have ever been.

Had family down for the weekend to see Airbourne on the Saturday. We wanted to take them to one of our favourite pubs which is The Tiger. From start to finish…great service, great food and we loved it. So Thank you, our family loved it!

We stopped off at the tiger for a drink and what a lovely setting on a sunny day. The pub had some lovely local beers and a nice atmosphere. Service was ok, the barman wasn't the friendliest but the setting was lovely

Have to say my score is sadly and simply average and that’s being generous, just over a year ago it would most certainly been higher, the food is not as I expected or known in previous visits, to be honest the price if reflective to quality would be below the standard of bypass catering van. So what has happened to this to change so dramatically costs have risen, the quality of food supplies have been compromised it really isn’t value for money, but on the positive side staff were efficient, the Long Man beer as always a good pint, but if the group ownership has put profit before people’s expectations of proper wholesome quality, its fails to impress, lovely setting but disappointing, please take heed and return to the old standards that make a landmark old fashioned public house a memory to cherish.

a lovely pub which did a variety of different drinks depending on what you would like, great location also good service from the staff especially when a young couple (around early 30’s with an awfully bratty behaved child may i add) abandoned her dog here and just walked off leaving the poor, dirty and hungry dog alone and pining for its owners. so i can only hope karma comes to those horrible people who like to abandon dogs here. other than that, lovely pub and great service. good seating outside too.

Lovely quiet place to stay for a few days. Rooms in the inn or cottages mean there are plenty to choose from. Comfortable ensuite rooms, nice full breakfast, quiet village green location, so a peaceful night's sleep is guaranteed. Carpark nearby. Not cheap but very nice.

We were staying at the Tiger Inn, so the logical place to eat on the first evening was there. Even though we were staying and it wasn't a Friday or Saturday, it was advisable to book, so we did, which was just as well, as it soon became obvious just how popular the place is! Nice selection of starters, mains and desserts, so we opted for the home made steak and blue cheese pie and the breaded white fish with chips - both of which were well prepared and quick to arrive. Pie crust very crispy - which makes a nice change, as so many are soggy! Washed down with a glass of cider and large red wine. Tasty and reasonably priced. Pity we weren't staying longer to have tried some of the other menu choices.

Great food and service. Been for 2 weekends as its so nice. Found it by accident as not local to us.

Looked beautiful and busy which we thought was a good sign, however the menu was totally different from the menu on their website. We had to join a long queue to order drinks and collect the menu, then join the queue again to order our food. We are elderly with mobility issues so was disappointed there was no waiting staff. The food was warm not hot and the ingredients were obviously poor. We didn’t bother ordering more drinks or deserts as we just couldn’t be bothered to queue up again, it felt like a canteen rather than a country pub.

Such a lovely pub tucked away we found by chance as the other pub we tried was fully booked for dinner it's on a lovely little green surrounded by little cottages it was a pleasure to sit and enjoy our meal which was really good I had the veg pie my hubby had the fish both were so tasty and came out quickly after we ordered. also safe if you have children for them to have a little run around without having to worry about busy rds would definitely recommend a visit if you are in the area 😀

Excellent place.. Really we enjoyed.. Place.,food, and service..

Lovely pub with very friendly and helpful staff. Breakfast was really enjoyable and everything was very clean. A little noise from outside but that is to be expected when staying in a pub.

A traditional English pub - the location is picture postcard perfect on East Dean’s village green. Food choices are good - traditional pub fare - definitely a place to sit out in good weather.

Brilliant location, prices on the steep side

Lovely place to get a drink after a long walk - enough outdoor seating even on one of the better weekends for walking this year. Food isn’t anything special and is overpriced. I had a vegetarian pie with slightly burned carrots and a few boiled veg, and the pie itself was an odd mix of flavours. Partner’s fish and chips were fine, but no better than you might get at a supermarket.

Only went to the pub, which is excellent in terms of service and drink selection

Good pints and food! Great stop after walking back from Burling Gap.

Lunch time treat for the family. The food is good, the staff super efficient. Well worth stopping by.

The best pub on our trip to the UK. Cleanliness and quality. Absolutely not to be missed!

Just had the best rhubarb crumble in the world! Lovely place, friendly.

It's a beautiful spot. Everyone is very friendly, food is really nice and it's now part of our family tradition to visit Tiger Inn when we visit Eastbourne for part of the Seven Sisters hike. Thank you for another wonderful experience.

Incredibly beautiful pub, however the staff, two I ordered from were brusque/curt. Left me with the feeling that they don't like tourists or perhaps people they don't know. Long man brewery bitter was good. Ordered main meal and got 2 small bits of undercooked broccoli. Half a roast or baked carrot literally cut in half lengthways. Bit of mash and a jus that was most underwhelming, and a lamb shank that was also just a bit less than OK, peas were... peas. We went to different restaurant 2 hours later to eat properly as main meal didn't fill us. Could of just given more veg at the tiger to achieve that. Beer and location good, service and food I can't say the same.

Great food, lovely outdoorsy area, cozy.