The best restaurants in Chanctonbury Horsham South East

First time of calling into the cafe/ shop with a friend, quite busy and certainly off the beaten track, friendly service, good selection of rolls and sandwiches, the coffee was very good and I can recommend the bacon roll, now I know where it is I will definitely call again.

Lovely place to stop off and grab a bite. Good selection of cakes and your standard selection of hot food. I had the cream tea, which was nice. My only criticism was that the scone was a little crumbly. Service was very good and friendly. Seating available both inside and out.

We arrived at 7 p.m. and were lucky to get a table. The restaurant was pretty much full. I recommend making a reservation. Inside, it was clean and presentable. It's a good-sized restaurant with two dining areas and a good ambience. The staff are attentive and very friendly. Even though they were busy, they took the time to talk to us. The menu was varied. We had the onion bhaji, three good-sized bhajis to share, poppadoms, and all the sauces. They were delicious. We ordered the vegan biriyani and the chicken balti. Both were good-sized portions and very tasty. The balti had one chilli pepper symbol and was the perfect heat. The vegan biryani came with a bread topping on the rice with jack fruit at the bottom. We had never seen this before, and it was terrific. Do not be in a hurry. They were quite busy, and it took time to get drinks, order, bill etc., but I had no issue as the staff were great, and the food was amazing. We would highly recommend this restaurant and will be coming back. Well done.

My husband & I had an impromptu lunch on Friday afternoon. We decided on something local with great food, The White Lion is my first choice, in my area. I visit many times with my husband or girlfriends & haven’t once had a bad meal. Friday’s lunch was just as good as always. We chose from the new spring menu, which had lots of mouth watering dishes. I chose the beer battered haddock, skinny fries & mushy peas, my husband enjoyed the beef burger, which was, just as delicious. My fish, was white & flaky & the batter was light & crisp, not at all greasy. I also had a glass of Nyetimber, as the sun was out & the garden area is so pretty. We followed our main with the strawberry & lime cheesecake… this was “to die for”, so good, just a pity we shared it, I could have eaten it all to myself. Well done The White Lion, a lovely relaxing afternoon in the sunshine, eating scrumptious food! A taste of heaven. I shall keep coming back. Service fab as well, friendly & professional. A big thank you to all.

Food and staff lovely. I feel a 12½ service charge is very high. Personally I don't like service charges, would rather tip the staff that do the work.

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.

Great service, great food. Would recommend, friendly staff, relaxing and comfortable restaurant area. Well done team

It was a cold day and we visited for a cup of coffee and to see the recently opened pub. The lovely open fire was unlit and there was no atmosphere. For an old pub the decor was not suited to this lovely village pub. Another couple came in and asked for mulled wine, however the pub had none! So December, no fire lit, no mulled wine and staff that were not very engaging. We looked at the food menu and we felt over priced. I’m not surprised it’s closed. Hopefully it will re-open soon with someone with a better strategy.