The best restaurants serving British food in South East

My aunt's and cousin arrived to surprise my mum just before her 80th birthday. Had a lovely meal. Staff were excellent. Food was spot on.

We have known and stayed at Ockenden Manor since 1975. Staff are superb. The catering, however, has now moved into the pretentious category with a menu that is specialised, limited in range and depth and wine list which is a tad removed from normality. Ockenden Manor is lovely but no longer a reasonable restaurant experience.

Our family went for burger and a pint night at the queens head. On arrival we were greeted by the lovely Debbie and straight away I felt welcome thanks to her bubbly personality. The kids were shown the games and actually got on. Guinness was poured properly and left to settle making the perfect pint. The food was lovely with many options of smashed burgers and pizzas. We were told on arrival about a 45min wait for burgers, they were with us in half an hour and cooked to perfection We will deffo be going back. YNWA. Thankyou to all at the queens head ❤️

Went for lunch but stopped serving at 2pm, so we just had 1 drink, which thankfully gave us enough time to realise we’re glad we hadn’t eaten there. It wasn’t a clean pub, with thread bare, dirty chairs. It just had no atmosphere and needs a good clean. Not very welcoming, I’d go elsewhere if you can. Such a shame as looks great outside!

Really grim. I went with 2 other female friends in their 30s. We were in the disco area and the landlord (late 60s, male) kicked me after I touched one of his blow up Christmas display penguins. We weren’t being drunk or rowdy. Other reviews have said that the landlord and landlady have threatened to kick other patrons for random things like talking too loudly. I reported the incident to the police who said what he had done was an assault and I could take him to court. I opted not to go to court instead agreed to receive a written apology from the landlord, but have yet to receive one. Don’t go here - there are WAY better pubs in Lewes. Try The Lewes Arms, The Swan, The King’s Head, The Rights of Man, The White Hart, The Gardener’s Arms, The Brewer’s Arms, The Pelham Arms, The Black Horse, The Royal Oak, The Lansdown Arms, The Snowdrop, The Abyss Microbrewery, John Harvey Tavern. They’re all lovely pubs where you’re much less likely to be assaulted by the landlord.

Been here a couple of times & it's a lovely pub! No doubt the new, very experienced owners will do extremely well here!

Ordered a delivery at 10:30pm. It turned up 1/2 hour later, hot and tasty. And they gave me a bonus of 6 chicken wings, which I wouldn't ordinarily order, but as they were so tasty, I'll definitely be ordering them in the future. Crafty or what lol

Great for all occasions and a regular for a Sunday Roast

A typical W pub full of character and architectural interest in a historic building. Very crowded when we went on a Monday lunchtime in January but still the orders were brought promptly and tables available upstairs.

What a beautiful find this was in our way to Sandown..... We stopped by here on a chilly Tuesday morning, we were welcomed by a lovely woman man who showed us to the table and gave us the menu. The menu is excellent and has something for everyone, we used the disabled toilets as my husband is in a wheelchair they were extremely clean and had some lovely soap and hand lotion in. We ordered our food and after a short while it arrived the steak was delicious and perfectly cooked and everything was perfect with our meal and our drinks. The staff were very happy and very helpful. The car park is free and large. Dogs are welcome too! Would definitely recommend to everyone!

Excellent breakfast, refreshing tea, well cooked and great value. Enjoyed my breakfast with views of today's stormy sea.

My son and daughter in law and granddaughter booked an overnight stay and we met up in the evening for an evening meal. What a big disappointment it turned out to be.. I ordered the pate with toast. It was OK but not enough toast for the amount of pate. The Salmon I ordered was not available, so I chose the Chicken breast with cranberry topping. It came with a small sliver of chicken. Salad, coleslaw, a slice of garlic bread and cold chips. Awful meal. Definitely not enough staff. Begrudge paying for a terrible meal. Will not return

Love walking the dog and popping in for some lunch and a pint

Top notch restaurant. David was a great host with excellent recommendations on food.

Cannot fault this place at all. The service was fantastic and having previously worked in hospitality I know how hard it is to get quality waiting staff to deliver spot on service. Tonight was fabulous and the young blonde girl ( didn't get her name) went above and beyond. The only disappointment was the ultimate choc brownie, was very excited having been on a diet for 6 months, and it was poss the worst I've had, dry and burnt in areas and def not gooey but I didn't moan as the service was so good and put it down to maybe just a dodgy one.