The best restaurants in Rye Rother South East

This place is special. Incredible fries, superb Korean steak sandwich, proper beer, and the lady serving had the perfect mix of super-friendly, insanely efficient, and is just delightful. Great music too. Deservedly popular with the locals, another great sign.

Had a weekend away at The Fig as first timers last weekend, location was great, room was lovely and staff, breakfast and dinner were excellent! We were made to feel welcome from the minute we arrived, staff were genuinely friendly and helpful. The Fig is popular with locals and tourists and we understand why! The meals were great, delicious well presented and with a clear focus on quality. We would love to come back and recommend people try it!

We came on a Sunday evening. Great atmosphere and a really quirky Jazz duo. Great service and wine also. Would come back when next in Rye…..

Beautiful decor, welcoming, dog friendly. Had the best cocktails! We didn’t eat but the food looked lovely. Definitely recommend.

Absolutely amazing evening had with best friend! Warmest of welcomes and got to choose where we wanted to sit, which was nice! Service was amazing, food exceptional and wine went down a treat. 100% recommend to all. Can’t wait to return, thank you! :)

This place is a little gem ! Went out for my 40th birthday dinner and we were so impressed. The service and atmosphere was excellent and the food was some of the best we’ve had out. The seafood risotto was fresh and tasty and the veal my husband had was amazing. I had to try the tiramisu and that didn’t disappoint it was one of the best I’ve had. We were really pleased we found this place and would definitely recommend.

Lovely place, are friendly staff

We went to The Globe in Rye for lunch and I ordered first a glass of house red wine—only to be served something that was totally off and tasted like vinegar. When I asked the staff to replace it, they initially agreed, but then the owner stormed over, insisted there was “nothing wrong” with it, and even had the nerve to ask what I expected from a house wine!!! To make it worse, instead of offering a solution, he arrogantly told me that if I wanted good wine, he had plenty to choose from! Refused to replace it, showed zero customer care, and left us paying for something completely undrinkable. Absolutely shocking attitude. Never going back, and I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone who expects even the slightest bit of respect or decent service.

We came in for a birthday lunch. It was a Saturday, and it became really busy, which we appreciate. However, between ordering our food and actually receiving it took over an hour, so long that a table behind us that came in after us got their food and left in that time. After an hour of waiting we asked where our food was to be told it was getting plated up, however we didn’t actually get it for another 20 minutes. I don’t usually write reviews, however my experience left me feeling I had to. In the end, it wasn’t so much the wait that disappointed us, as we appreciated they were busy, but once we received our food no one apologised for the wait, and we felt dismissed and forgotten about and that the staff were then annoyed with us because we had to ask after waiting a long time. No smiles and we weren’t even checked on or offered more drinks. The food was lovely once we got it and we initially were going to stay for dessert, but ended up feeling like we no longer wanted to because of the wait time and how the staff treated us. We also felt once we had our food that we were rushed out by the staff. I hope this was a one off.

First time visiting and we will definitely be back.Food and coffee is amazing.

Atmosfera davvero graziosa. Il locale è accogliente e il servizio cortese. Ci sono piaciuti sia i sandwich che gli scones. Ci torneremmo volentieri con più calma :)

Good wholesome food, good service and fantastic value, well worth a stop for a nibble and a chat

Over many years we have always had our Christmas Day lunch out at a pub but the King’s Head easily topped them all. Firstly, there were no sittings so there was none of this having to turn up at midday and turfed out at 1:30pm in order to release the table for the next sitting (which we had to put up with only last year). We were able to have a couple of drinks at the bar and sat down at 2:15pm which was absolutely perfect for us. Our starters of scallops wrapped in bacon and a cheddar cheese and chive soufflé were divine. Our succulent turkey mains turned up piping hot but the main event was the homemade gravy which Steve (landlord and chef) had enhanced with his (not so) secret ingredient of star anise - best gravy we’ve ever tasted! The accompanying vegetables were equally tasty and hot. We were then allowed plenty of time before we were served our delicious desserts of tiramisu cheesecake and mincemeat and apple crumble and custard. The whole experience was enhanced by the excellent customer service by Steve’s wife and daughter for whom nothing was too much trouble. We stayed at the Kings Head for three nights over Christmas and our room was upgraded on arrival which made a huge difference to us as we had originally been booked into the smallest room in the pub so we were very happy with that. We even had the opportunity of taking a sausage baguette back to the room late on Christmas afternoon to deal with the late night munchies! All in all it was the perfect way for us to spend Christmas and there were even guests booking for next Christmas Day as they left so you can’t get a better recommendation than that. We will return and thanks so much to Steve, his family and the team for giving us such an enjoyable and memorable time.

Went in for breakfast this morning after walk with my dog. Lady behind counter blew her nose, and didn't wash hands. On putting in order I mentioned to her she just smiled and continued saying she was busy taking payments, if that's health and safety I would not trust them cooking my food etc. So left

Stayed at Haydens for a weekend break with friends. Can’t recommend it enough. Lovely rooms, helpful staff, great coffee and cakes and the breakfast is amazing and cooked to order. Shout out to the staff at breakfast and for afternoon coffee/cakes who were amazing and so helpful. Would definitely visit again.