The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Convenient because it's near the entrance to the Naval Museum. Sunny terrace. A mistake in the dish's composition was compensated for by a free dessert, with a smile from the waitress. Thank you.

Outstanding food. Fillet steak was cooked to perfection. Must try beef dripping sauce. Won't regret it.

Nice, quick and lovely service from Hazel. It’s great to have a Harvester local to us.

Great pub. Nice location, very friendly staff

Overpriced food, £40 for two burgers! 🍔 don’t mind paying, but food wasn’t worth the price. Frozen french fries and burger. Nothing gourmet about this one I’m afraid! Nice atmosphere and venue. Was told to get out of our seats before we finished eating even though the table wasn’t reserved.

We have visited The Spotted Cow many times over the years and have always enjoyed great food and excellent customer service. Sadly, today’s experience was incredibly disappointing. We arrived for our booking to find our table wasn’t ready. This wasn’t a problem — we ordered some drinks while we waited. However, 25 minutes later, the table was still unavailable. Once we were finally seated, we placed our orders and initially things seemed to be going smoothly, albeit with noticeably slow service. At that point, we were still hopeful. Unfortunately, the food arrived cold. Two roast dinners were served without any gravy. The children’s meal was also cold and had an odd taste, as did the burger. My pizza was undercooked with solid, unmelted chunks of cheese. Being 26 weeks pregnant, I have to be particularly careful with what I eat. Thankfully, the pizza wasn’t something that would make me unwell. A member of staff checked on us after just one bite, but we didn’t see anyone again. We requested gravy, and only one small jug was brought out — barely enough for one person. We also ordered a drink for one of the children, which never arrived. The roast dinners were extremely small and fatty — just a few bits of meat and a single parsnip. Absolutely not worth the price. A small glass of wine cost over £8, and we weren’t able to order more than one pineapple juice as there was only one bottle left. Service was so slow that keeping a toddler entertained became increasingly difficult. We felt compelled to raise our concerns. However, the response from a gentleman in a shirt (possibly a manager or the owner) was, “Well, you should have complained earlier.” When we explained our reasons for waiting, he was incredibly dismissive. He offered 20% off the bill, which only removed the service charge. Following this, the waitresses became noticeably frosty towards our table. I was still eating when they began clearing plates around me. One of the waitresses then walked off while making a comment about us, which was clearly unprofessional. This visit was a huge disappointment, especially as some of our family had travelled a long way to join us. We have always loved coming to this pub and so have they. The way we were treated today was simply unacceptable. We don’t usually complain, but the poor quality of the food and service needed to be addressed. Sadly, we won’t be returning again.

Service is excellent. The food and drink is very expensive for what you get, compared to a year ago and the quality is nowhere near as good as it used to be. This now makes it poor value for money. Can't fault the location with the babbling River Meon passing through the garden but parking can be an issue.

Valentino was an excellent server and the food was delish!!! We really enjoyed our experience. We would highly recommend this establishment

Los niños reservaron el almuerzo del Día de la Madre aquí y no puedo culparlo. Enormes platos de comida deliciosa y caliente, servicio amable y baños muy limpios. (A menudo algo que defrauda un lugar). La próxima vez que vaya a Brighton a visitar a mi hijo menor me encantaría comer aquí de nuevo.

All of us chose different food options and all of us cleared our plates! Delicious food, good portions and lovely staff.

From the welcome to the end of our stay it was simply perfect. Great hospitality, the rooms were superbly fitted out and very comfortable, especially the bed. Great adjoining pub and in a beautiful, quintessential English countryside setting. 5 stars.

A lovely roast dinner. Friendly staff. Always helpful. Special mention to the lovely ladies that served us today… Ash, Macy and Nicole. Thank you!

Excellent tasty food and great variety on the menu. Welcomed by genuinely friendly crew, including a warm welcome for our little dog. Definitely, a brilliant find when we were visiting the area. It was so hard to chose one dish each so we returned the following night to try another! We would have given 6 stars if we could -thanks to the team 😁

My partner and I had a really great experience with this Pub, food was great with decent portions and the service exemplary. The very pretty young girl serving us was obviously extremely busy serving inside and out in the beer garden but still had the time and professionalism to be friendly, personal and attentive. Thanks.

Nipped in for Sunday lunch, going for the pie & pint deal. Excellent home made proper food, excellent pint of TEA. Excellent service. Five star. ps: excellently kept real ale