The best restaurants in Upperton Eastbourne South East

Outstanding coffee shop in Gildredge Park. Very friendly staff, quality drinks/food and a lovely setting. Thoroughly recommended.

pensé que me iba a edad Reino Unido. este restaurante está en el complejo. tiene un precioso ambiente hogareño y acogedor ambiente con personal muy servicial. perdí el lunes pudding gratuito ya que fui un martes! El menú es corto pero no puedo culpar a las comidas, aperitivos, platos principales y postres son geniales y a un precio razonable. Mi primera opción para el almuerzo en Eastbourne.

4 of us had dinner here each had a different meal and we all loved it. The service was superb and we were not rushed

Arrived early into Eastbourne so wanted to find somewhere for breakfast. I opted to go the opposite way from the large Costa and came across That Coffee Place. The warm welcome and mini breakfast were a perfect way to set up for a weekend hiking - grabbed a baguette to go, for lunch later as well! Thoroughly recommend and will come again next time I'm down here!

A little gem of a place offering fine dining. Very good service....6 stars!

Excellent coffee. Best local cafe for brunch

Dinner was fantastic! We had a few distes and they were all really great. I would love to go back soon. 100% recommended!!

Lovely quiet place, they do the most delicious full English and amazing coffee (such a huge selection of coffees!). Such a great price for everything too, very affordable and great quality

The Junipers and I cannot believe how amazing this cafe is, Oh we will be back! Now my Isa told me about 'The Tennis Cafe' and how the Girls and I should make it apart of our weekly cafe rotation, now after the absolutely divine afternoon we had I think you have become our new Monday cafe!! The beautiful young ladies working the cafe are so attentive and with how busy it is you'd think they'd be flabbergasted but no! Absolutely not! on the ball they were! what an amazing group to be looking after such a cafe!

Love this little cafe Food good and girls in there are so friendly and welcoming

Always a gem. If you get some Abyss and Beak on tap occasionally I'll be running down 😂

Staff and packaged products are awesome but coffee… £3.5 for instant heartburn is a bit much.

Tom Yum soup did not taste of Tom Yum but was still nice. Fish Cake definitely not fish but tasted okay. The rest was very good

My Review (Posted 5 days ago) The Mad Catter Cat Café offers a cosy setting with 17 cats and friendly staff. However, the £5 entry fee (per person for 1 hour 15 minutes) doesn’t include any food or drink, which makes it less competitive than other cat cafés that include a drink in the price. For a family, the cost adds up quickly. There’s no clear information about where the cats come from—nothing on the website or inside to confirm whether they’re rescues. The café says the fee supports the cats’ welfare, but no specific details or links to rescue organisations are given. Food and service get mixed feedback from others, but please ignore my star rating for food—I didn’t eat there and was required to select a rating in order to post this review. The same goes for atmosphere—my rating is based only on the view from outside and my brief interaction with the person manning the door, who was polite but brisk. The café has a minimum age limit (6+), with children only allowed during specific hours. It’s independently run and claims to be Sussex’s only cat café. Overall, an interesting idea and potentially enjoyable visit, but more transparency on pricing and the cats’ background would help improve trust and value.Update following owner’s response: Response from, The Mad Catter Cat Café (5 days ago) Hello We took the business over in 2022, we cannot speak of the cafe prior to that as it was completely different management. We are home to 16 cats, 8 of which were raised by the previous owners and 8 who were born in 2020. The cats were never ‘bred’ for the cafe, due to lockdowns during covid, many surgeries were delayed/cancelled which resulted in an accidental litter – this is what we were told from the previous owners. Our cats now live together as a family, all having very strong bonds with each other. We’ve personally never advertised that the cats are rescues nor are they up for adoption. We are not a charity – we have our £5pp entrance fee which goes towards our cats’ care. Like every cat cafe, this is vital to ensure our cats are well looked after, with rising costs, vet bills and food costs. We are actually the cheapest cat cafe and allow the longest session time. The average is £10pp for an hour, many not including a drink. We have a minimum age requirement of 6 years old which is managed well as we only allow 3 children in per session, but there is no specific hour for children. We are transparent with all this information as it is accessible on our website, on our FAQs. Overall, we maintain all of our licenses and have welfare checks to support this. We are a family business and our cats are part of our family – they are incredibly loved and cared for. My Reply, to Mad Cat Café's Response Thank you for the detailed reply. It’s appreciated that the current management has clarified the cats’ background and acknowledged that the cats are not rescues, nor advertised as such. This helps clear up the lack of visible information on-site or in initial online searches. I also appreciate the explanation about pricing and session length compared to other cafés—that context is helpful for potential visitors. That said, it may still benefit first-time customers if this kind of information (such as the origins of the cats and how the entry fee compares to others) were made more prominent up front—perhaps in signage at the café or earlier in the booking process. That could avoid any misunderstandings or assumptions. Thanks again for your polite and informative response.

We have been going to this restaurant for years and have loved it. However. it seems to have changed ownership. We arrived at 515pm and there were only 2 other people in the restaurant. There were three of us and we ordered drinks, starters and main courses which were lovely. The restaurant had filled up by the time we had finished, and the woman who seemed to be in charge came up to us and said we need the table!! She didn't ask if we wanted coffee or dessert, we were basically told to leave and we hadn't even been there an hour. Such a rude person with no customer service, We shall not return.