The best restaurants serving British food in South East

We came for breakfast and we were not disappointed cooked fresh tasty, well presented friendly staff clean cafe and dog friendly perfect

ah what an awesome venue for live music and great food, never disappoionted and bella is the perfect host/barperson Joe +Tracy

Over £4 for a latte that had zero taste, was given to me immediately so wasn't freshly made, and tasted like the milk was watered down (I use semi skimmed at home so it's not that). Threw it away

Understaffed argumentative and rude... very unwelcoming upon arrival - I was told before the shift had even started by a short cross bespectacled woman that most of the tables were booked (which was odd as there were only 2 staff members on shift for bar and restaurant), and the larger ones were being saved 'in case more people come'. After my meal I eventually managed to catch the eye of one of them hoping to order more wine and dessert but was blatantly ignored. In the end I gave up and had to go and get one of them to take my payment. Upon remarking that they were massively understaffed and I would have ordered more food and wine if I hadn't been ignored, I was told by the same cross woman who told me the tables were booked that 'these are all walk-ins, and I hadn't been ignored, even though she could neither corroborate or deny this as she had not herself witnessed the incident? Heaven knows what they would have done if the imaginary people they were saving the tables for had turned up?! Treating real and present customers like 2nd class citizens in favour of imaginary ones doesn't seem like a good business model to me... Understaffing has cost this business money today. Avoid.

Yummy food for our half term family lunch. The suet pudding was proper homemade pub grub. We also had a very generous cod and chips and a steak cooked rare, as ordered, with a highly rated pepper corn sauce. The service was friendly and professional. We look forward to visiting again.

Decided to pop into Ikea for lunch and were looking forward to their famed Meatballs something we haven’t enjoyed for quite some time. Given it was lunchtime, we were surprised that it wasn’t particularly busy and it didn’t take too long to work out why. Menu has changed and it looks like Ryanair have had a hand in it as we now have a basic meatballs dish, but if you want more instead of being a different dish, it's now extra cash, even a price for extra peas. Wonder what other prices are in the pipeline. Not sure if they are cutting staff but two lanes were open but trust us to pick the wrong one. Two servers at the other and one at ours (the first lane when you enter). 20 minutes before we finally got served partly due to the single server having to keep going back to refresh the bain maris. Terrible. We were there in the run up to Christmas and they were doing a Festive Meal consisting of Meat Balls, the most delicious cabbage, sprouts, roast potatoes, gravy and lingonberry jelly - amazing meal and what a portion. Add cake and a cold drink and two of us getting change out of £20 - brilliant and almost making up for the 20 minute wait. No longer doing their cooked breakfast though so clearly they have changed their overall meal range. Lots of dishes waiting for removal, probably because all the tray holders were full and sitting either at tables or in the return areas. Clearly insufficient staff to cope with a relatively quiet period. Hate to think what it would be like if they were busy.

A truly dreadful “salad” bowl that contained what appeared to be a whole tin of chickpeas, 12 French beans, 2 slivers of cucumber and a couple of bits of sun dried tomatoes. This was topped by a very small portion of dry chicken and a complete absence of any fresh salad vegetables. Definitely not recommended.

07340 710034 New number Sunday Roast take away, collection and delivery. Lovely cosy pub with an open fire. Restaurant and private hire.

Tuvimos un asado el domingo carne increíble estaba tierna; verduras frescas asado increíble lo mejor que hemos tenido durante mucho tiempo y agradable cerca de casa, así que sin duda volveré también tenía 2 comidas para llevar que eran tan buenas como sentarse en el restaurante bien vale la pena una visita

Had an amazing night at Alfie’s—definitely recommend it! Drinks, Music & friendly team were spot on! Look forward to visiting again soon.

Muy buen ambiente y personal servicial Tuve un buen filete de solomillo. Solo una decepción que era que el orador de la mesa 18 estaba captando comentarios bastante fuertes que eran intermitentes pero muy molestos. Por favor, arregla esto. La respuesta del personal fue que era la respuesta del transformador para un calentador de almacenamiento eléctrico?

Excellent beer and atmosphere. Haven't tried the food yet

Large hotel located in a quiet area. The bar area was comfortable though drinks are pricey. Restaurant was good with above average food on the evening. Puddings were good but apple pie with custard was lukewarm. Breakfast was included and was plentiful. Choose from the menu and also the buffet if you wanted to. Rooms were spacious but in our case a little tired. Marks on furniture etc. Relatively clean but no excuse for cobwebs on and behind curtains. Bed was super comfy. Had a great night's sleep. Attention to detail would make this hotel superb. Wallpaper hanging off in the stair area is not hard to fix. Staff here were professional friendly and helpful. I would stay here again

Thank you to the Red Lion for the Wake held yesterday helpful friendly staff coffee and tea on arrival freshly prepared food in a nice room good location for a wake.

I come here for the best lasagne around! The breakfasts are good too, the staff are friendly, the place is clean and it gets busy, always a good sign. I’ve brought veggie and vegan friends, too, and there are dishes to suit them as well. It’s a great place to eat on your way to Gatwick airport.