The best restaurants in Wealden South East

After a walk around Sheffield Park we went into the Coach House Tea Rooms for some drinks and a snack.- A limited Choice Both of which were Okay, but nothing more and a little overpriced but it served our purpose

My wife went to Alfriston for a walk and a light lunch and we tried the Smugglers Inn at 1.15 pm on Sunday 2nd February. After a walk to the Church and back I ordered Americano coffees and the soup of the day plus the pate on toast. Both started were wonderful. I congratulated the Chef on the soup which was parsnip, carrot and other root vegetables served with warm artesian bread. The whole meal only came to £24. I definitely will come again.

Dreadful experience order the food at 6:20 pm yesterday it got delayed to 7:35 pm. We called the restaurant say the food was coming it got to 8:30 pm and still no order and no food delivered do not order from this place warning

Nice food doner kebabs are great sizes meat could be cut thinner..overall good experience

v nice waiters friendly and helpful best coffee ever

Honestly I feel so bad because I ordered food at 22:55… five minutes before they closed but I am actually drunk and hungry you know how it is and this is what im craving so I wanted to give a 5 star review because I feel so bad so thank you for making my evening dominos xxx

update 2025; This is now very much a run-of-the-mill garden centre cafe, which is such a crying shame as it was SO special when Spade and Spoon ran it in the old (pre-fire) building. We used to drive miles out of our way to pop in for their extraordinary cakes and proper barista coffee. It was very hard to find that level of excellence outside of city centre fancy cafes. Cecil's kitchen is perfectly fine but the menu, food, service and experience is very canteen like. Hard not to be disappointed now we know what we're missing!

Very friendly and welcoming team. Superb afternoon tea with very generous portions. The best we have had for some time!

Food was slow getting to us!! Ordered a specific meal for my son, so that he could have the limited toy unfortunately the toy didn't get included in the meal when brought out to the car also food missing from what was ordered!! Unfortunately as the premises was busy with other orders the staff do not seem to pay attention to what the order needs to be completed

Very average food i cook better at home. No effort was made to please. everything seemed too much trouble.service and atmosphere very bad.wont be returning

Perfect food, made on time loved it all, I always collect and it's always ready.absoluty delicious food the special curry is amazing as is the chicken and pork Chinese style

When the next day, you’re still talking about how bad the service was, and watch every table you arrived before get served, eat, and leave. Literally lunch was over before we got served our lunch. Service was friendly on arrival, but that’s when it ended too. No one wanted the warm-ish food when it finally arrived. We didn’t leave a tip, and that’s super rare to annoy us that much.

Overall the food is good. However the delivery was 35 mins late & subsequently not all food was warm still. Will not be using again.

*Do not use* I ordered a delivery from their website. The order was rejected, I phoned to check why and to request a refund. I was passed to a so called manager. He was very aggressive about the refund. After a heated discussion he shouted down the phone “ You Fuc*ing Bastard” and slammed the phone down. This place and this manager are an utter disgrace. I hope you get boycotted by the Heathfield residents and go bust!

We had cod and chips on a weeknight. Ordered in their website for collection. They charged extra for ordering directly on their website compared to In the shop. Waited ages. The chips were pale and unappetising. The fish was disgusting. The batter has a strange flexible texture, not crispy. It had soaked up a serious amount of oil. It was orangey colour. Don't risk going. Head to one of the fish and chip shops on Uckfield high street.