The best restaurants in Rother South East

Really lovely location on the beach. Abit difficult to find. You go threw a tunnel to get to the stoney beach. Lovely young lady was very pleasant. Lovely views. Food was nice and coffee. Good service.

Visited to purchase food to take away. Bought excellent sourdough bread, beautiful butter and superb eccles cake as well as jars of marmalade. Didn't have time to sit in the cafe area but it looked very comfortable. Friendly staff.

great shop friendly owner <3 absolutely fab! Great prices and good products - make sure you pop in during your stay x

A lot of attempted style - very little substance. Over priced food styled on an early 2000s gastro pub staffed by people who are unprofessional and rude. We tried to provide constructive feedback but the "manager" just smirked and dismissed us.

Work in progress. After being let go during Covid new owners have a grand master plan to reinvent the site. Give it six months and a lot of hard work should be able to challenge other nursery’s in the area. It’s not just a garden centre!

We were ravenous when we arrived in Battle village and found every establishment either not serving (chef having a meltdown), limited or overpriced options heavily based on bread or pastry (not great for the gluten intolerant amongst us) or shut altogether...so against our better judgement we decided to go to the English Heritage café at the Abbey and Battleground. The offering there was also very limited, we were served by unenthusiastic teenagers and when the food arrived it was thoroughly disappointing. The level of mass production and lack of interest in the eating experience in these heritage chain cafés is quite sad really and as we ate our dry buns with two slivers of luke-warm pork and dry stuffing patty barely moistened by ultra processed apple sauce we overheard a group of French visitors expressing exactly the same sentiments...the food in England is bland and dry. We were embarrassed for our country. Please English Heritage, we beg you, can you address this?! We are members and love what you do in general but your cafés are overpriced and underwhelming.

The staff are so rude I was standing there waiting for my drink today and the lady behind the counter was moaning about living here and saying the water and the food are terrible. Quite loudly - how rude. If she doesn’t want to live and work I t his country perhaps she could give the job to my son who lives locally and would like a job. Disgusting behaviour Costa!!!!!

Excellent staff, beautiful place, with book again in future. Will recommend to family and friends. With kind regards Francesca gotts.

we have been coming to the mermaid inn not quite as long as it has been open - about 40 years !- experiences over the years have of course varied .The restaurant is in 2 rooms both very attractive , the staff are friendly , efficient , human ,the dinner we had last night was excellent - lovely local scallops then for my wife pork belly and myself wild sea bass followed by a chocolate marquis and myself passion fruit soufflé , everything we had was quite delicious , a very enjoyable dinner . We live only a few miles away , this visit will encourage us to return quite soon . Well done the kitchen and the staff .

If you are temporarily closed, then take your restaurant off of just eat. £22 gone from my account, now have to wait for a refund.

Order incomplete impossible to get phone answered.went in person 8am Saturday morning.got into the most upsetting and embarrassing confrontation with awful manageress.an uber driver decided to join in and insult me.and moronic white van men shouted out vile abuse.I’m 68 and found the whole experience really upsetting.never never never touching this place again….change the staff,change the management please.

3rd time in a row the drive through has let us down! Always something missing. This time 4 portions of fries. Before 2 drinks. And before the a chicken burger! Feels like theft. Paying for something you're not getting. Avoid.

I thought the service was rushed, but then I realised this place is geared up to run extremely well during the summer peak. Reasonably friendly, and order taken and confirmed very professionally. Chicken Shish was very good, salad good, hot wings weren't too spicy, chips ok. Outside looks appealing, inside possibly needs a little work, but very clean nevertheless. Would eat here again.

Food was not good ,service was inappropriate

Quick lunch and coffee Popped in for a bite to eat on warm, sunny day. Got exactly what I hoped for - reasonable food at reasonable prices and super friendly service. Don’t expect gourmet but lots of smiles and laughter. Cakes are huge! One small...