Urban Fuse Kitchen & Bar in Horsham

Great traditional pub in a superb location to stop on a bike ride. There are some bicycle stands, outdoor tables, and a playground for kids.

I can't comment on the rooms but the food and drink in the bar was lovely. A little on the pricey side but it's a prime location in the South downs so it makes sense. Zack in particular was a good laugh and very helpful when we visited, thank you.

Outdoor seating meant that on a fine January day we were able to drink our excellent coffee in sunshine. A good chatting space! Though this café has changed a lot over the years (it now has a large indoor seating area) and has different staff, it remains a friendly place serving good coffee, with a selection of pleasant looking food.

Being left in the lurch by a change in plans put us into So India for Sunday Lunch. Sunday Lunch was always very hectic at country pubs with indifferent service and long waits for sometimes indifferent food - so we thought we'd try lunch with a hint of spice. This visit was perhaps the forth or fifth visit we have made, usually these are on weekday evenings. Sunday lunch at an Indian tend to come in two forms quiet or chaos. Usually the latter s the preserve of normal Banquet time. Fortunately So India has it's banquet in the evening on Sunday so we had the entire restaurant to ourselves! Our menu choices arrived reasonably briskly and both were definitely familiar Indian spiced fayre. As ever we enjoyed our meal and service was reasonably attentive. With so few guests it was pleasing that the staff were unobtrusive, nothing worse than being hovered over by your waiting staff. All in all our Sunday Lunch was a success and we rose replete with the warmth of the spices on our lips and a comfortable swell to our stomachs - it may have been a very quiet lunch but after a busy week meeting friends it was nice to have some quiet time to recuperate. We will be back as So India is ideally placed for Lunch or Dinner. If you pass through Pulborough and find yourselves wondering what So India is like - why not stop next time you drive by and find out. But don't go on Monday as they are closed...

Check in - person on desk didn't know how to check in group booking, took name of main booker then tried to send all six of us up to one (double) room. Confusion with paperwork when trying to get other keys. No direction on where to go to find our rooms. Room - Poor cleanliness, examples include accumulated dust on pipes in left corner under the window, and on both nightstands, hair dryer didn't switch on (should fuse outside have been put on?), fluff from filter all over top of toilet, no remote for tv, volume buttons on tv didn't work. Only two hangers in wardrobe, no clothes drawers (just small night stand/desk drawers for trinkets). Breakfast- Day 1, gave my details and said I was part of group booking - lady said sit anywhere not reserved. One table of six with reserved sign on it. Had to go back and check, she eventually concluded the reserved table was ours. Didn't warm gluten free bread for friend (who couldn't use the shared toaster due to cross contamination). Day 2- no table set up for six in dining room, we had to move furniture ourselves. I complained, chef followed me into dining room (in front of other guests) to have a go at me - she said they only reserved tables yesterday as the hotel was full. It was not about reserved or not - they have a group of six (for the second day of their stay) who will obviously want to sit together. Hurt my shoulder moving tables. They had run out of cheese (completely, as of the previous day) - told me "oh you had it yesterday", and did not put anything else out to make up for not having it. Again, friend's gluten free bread not warmed/toasted. In conclusion, the bare minimum standards of customer service, accommodation, catering, and cleanliness are not met in this establishment.