The best restaurants in Walberton Arun South East

Beautiful views in this gorgeous old pub, the food is really fresh and there are always different specials beside the regular menu. I had the fresh crab salad and it was! Very fresh! Fabulous avocado salsa and perfect new potatoes, my husband had the beef and mushroom home made pie, he said it was the best he’d ever had, the staff are lovely and friendly, well behaved dogs welcomed. Definitely our new regular.

I'm writing this review 6 months after we visited (I'll explain why later). It's an absolutely beautiful location, love the whole ethos of the place and it felt really special when we turned up. Staff were great, not issues there. So why the 1 star? I'm vegetarian, and appreciate the veggie option is generally a token effort (especially at a place called 'the Pig'). There was basically one option for a main that I could eat, so I ordered that. I forget the name of it...but what arrived can only be described as baby food. It was literally a plate consisting of just pureed pumpkin. No doubt very fancy pureed pumpkin, but a plate of puree all the same. Thankfully I ordered some greens, and my husband lent me his chips to break up the monotony of this boring plate of slop, but at no point did the waitress suggest we order these. I said nothing on the day. It would have spoiled an otherwise lovely afternoon with my husband, in this lovely setting. But the confusion, disappointment and sense of insult over this meal has stayed with me, to the extent that today, 6 months later, I am still dwelling on it and angry about it and felt compelled to write. Now you might argue as a vegetarian I am not your target audience. But....my husband is. He is a meat loving, fine dining addict. He carefully researched where we would eat, and thought the locally sourced, foraging ethos of this place would appeal to me, and it did. We realised the menu was meat heavy, but we thought the chef must be good. Surely they have a decent vegetarian option. No. I got baby food. An insult. What I don't get is how these places fail to recognise that by delivering these vegetarian dishes made with minimum thought or effort, they not only lose their vegetarian customers, but also their meat loving partners. My husband was equally as confused and disgusted as I was. I think he was embarrassed. You really need to up your game and show us you are capable of creating a decent meal that doesn't involve meat. Or....maybe you can't?

We had a surprise 80th birthday meal for my mum Jill, and Louise was absolutely amazing in helping us decide various options in the run up. The food was so delicious and great value, service friendly and relaxed, and brilliant atmosphere. Mum had the best time..we all did! Thank you to all the fab team at the Spur. 👍😃

Stayed for one night in the area and found this little gem on Google for breakfast. Really friendly staff and lovely food. We bought some bread and cakes in the shop to take home. Definitely visit again if in the area.

We have dinner here at least once a mth since moving to the area 4 years ago. Very friendly staff , polite, attentive without being too much. Great food ! And a great price. You can even bring your dog in one side of the pub/restaurant which is handy if you have just been on a long walk and need to refuel. The garden is pretty especially in the summer. They also have a venue room I believe with skittles, and they hold classic car meets. Definitely worth a visit. Highly recommended the fish finger sandwich yummy. Very well done to all of you.

Excellent as always. Top meal and great friendly service. We travel to here as always consistent and reliable. Staff are great .

A very disappointing valentines meal. Greeted for our pre-odered 3 course meal by a rude hostess, we were the first to be seated in the restaurant for the night. 25 minuets later, our starter arrived before our drinks ( a complimentary glass of prosecco each and a bottle of tap water). Starters was very bland and the fried item were cold, even though we are one of three parties in the restaurant at this point. Luckily, our mains arrived promptly after our starter. Yet, this consisted of dry and bland chicken. When we finished, it took the staff about 30 minuets to clear our plates. We then continued to wait 20 extra minuets before we gave up waiting for our desert and had to ask 3 times for someone to grab the bill for us. During this time, we started talking to the couple sat next to us who seemed to be having similar issues. Overall, this was a very disappointing meal and no one single memeber of staff appologies for the poor servise.

My husband and I had a two night stay here, courtesy of our eldest son and daughter-in-law for our joint 60th birthdays. We didn't want to leave. The Pig in the South Downs is just perfect. We were spoilt with an upgraded room, a lovely glass of local sparkling wine and complimentary Piggy Fours. The room was just beautiful, the high quality feather pillows and duvet, the crisp white sheets, bath sheets that were actually a proper size and the lovely selection of teas just made everything so special. The restaurant and bar areas were thoughtfully furnished and decorated, the open fire was divine as was the food. But the absolute icing on the cake were the staff. I cannot fault them. They had clearly been trained well, were knowledgeable, attentive and friendly. The service was impeccable and on a very busy weekend, they just made our stay more special. Even the delightful chap who raked the gravel every day, was happy to stop for a chat! To top it all the sunshine was ordered for the whole weekend! I am positive we will be back.

Beautiful pub, food was amazing, the staff were lovely, would definitely come from London again just to eat lunch. Thank you to the two lovely ladies that made us feel very welcome

What’s happened? Ordered a takeaway and this is nothing like the old food. Noodles, rice seem the same but the meat… everything is considerably worse. Gutted to see this place move into bland microwave zone. Let’s see if this is the end for me here…