The best restaurants in Wealden South East

Been coming here 25 years & as always an amazing place for great food! Delicious, tasty & value for money. Highly recommended!

Not a fan,food was undercooked,"just b honest".

Good atmosphere but drinks pricey

I have been going to this pub for over 15 years. I still have not found another pub that keeps the Harveys Best bitter so well - if you still need convincing to come here they have an outstanding chef who has converted me to pies amongst many other things. The landlord and team behind the bar are relaxed and welcoming. They always have fires in the winter. I cannot think of a better pub if I’m honest.

Visited for Mother's Day. Food was delicious. Great that staff were all friendly, enthusiastic, & attentive.

Over many years this has been one of our really go to pubs and restaurants. Used for family and business special occasions and more often a casual evening meal in bar area. Always great atmosphere, food and overall night out. Not so last night. For various reasons we have not been able to go for quite some time. Wow what a disappointment on several fronts. Seems like the whole DNA has changed. Right from the kick off the bar staff seemed lethargic, not really engaged and a slightly 'off'. The overall layout had changed with the opening up of the restaurant as part of the general bar area, not a segmented area. Change can be great but not in our view in this case. Gone where the white linen table cloths in the restaurant - pity. One of our go to meals is fish and chips was off the menu @ 7.30 in the evening with the pub ish 20% capacity. We had sausages which were not either either in our opinion local fresh with a poor texture and very bland taste. Three on a plate with just some stips we think it was potato actually not sure, poor in texture. A very poor plate. Andrew serving our table, and all the others tables , was as always very attentive. Poor experience overall and a change to something that felt like a Multiple chain. Not one of the countries award winning venues which we used to love.

Buena comida, pero lo que lo hizo para mi hija, mi nieto bebé y yo mismo fue el servicio, que fue genial - considerado, eficiente, receptivo. No podría haber pedido más.

My partner swore that the burger she had (the American) was the best she'd ever eaten. I could not argue. Very tender, perfectly medium rare, it was excellent. Only cause to grumble was that the chips were very salty and the "skin-on fries" were not really "skin-on". In fact could not see any skins at all and succulent !

What a lovely pub! The food (I had Toulouse sausages, followed by semi freddo) was amazing, and special thanks to the chap who was covering service (sorry we didn’t catch your name; not the chap with the pony tail who completely ignored us!) and our waitress who were absolutely brilliant. Thank you for a lovely meal.

Booked 24 hours in advance. Arrived and immediately shown to our table. They had even noted we had a small dog with us. Drinks were served at the table. Our waitress Tyler was on hand to take the food orders as soon as we were ready. Starters arrived promptly, followed by the 4 main courses. Good food, hot and tasty. We shared 2 deserts that were also prompt and good quality. Overall great Service from Tyler (thank you) and good food served promptly but not rushed. Will definitely visit again

We had an excellent lunch in a very warm and inviting picturesque English country pub. The lovely James and Ned at the bar looked after our large table of friends and children very well. Food delicious, homemade mackerel pates, sausage and mash and the best Tart tartins we have ever had. I look forward to booking again soon.

Second time visiting Java and jazz in a month. This time 6 of us for brunch, 4 of which vegetarian/vegan. It's really nice to go somewhere where they make such an effort for vegans. They don't just throw a processed Qourn sausage on the plate, there is all sorts of interesting things such as beetroot hummus, tofu scramble and potato muffin with forest mushrooms inside. Highlights include the wilted spinach and the roasted cherry tomatoes on the Vine. Great coffee and good attentive service, really friendly manager and staff.

Lovely staff, especially the manager and good snacks. The chai latte is delicious too.

Getting around to posting a review from my visits a couple years ago. Hop Yard is a gem. The live music. The Halloween celebration. Such magic and positive energy. I look forward to coming back this June.

Lovely evening! Although would have been better after we asked for water, to be then charged £22 for mineral water 😳 Tap water is absolutely fine! Friendly staff, food good.