The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Excellent service, delicious food.

Authentic pie and mash. South London born and bred and brought up on pie and mash, this place is the real thing. Pies made in house, not bought in from manzes / Goddard's. Nice rustic mash and thick liqueur. Tea only £1 which is a bonus and the pie and mash is reasonably priced (£5.80 when I went in sept 2024) Staff really friendly, and they also do a vegetarian version (my partner had it and said it was nice. )

Thanks the food is very nice always fresh to standard I come here every day, great atmosphere and lovely owners 😊 thank you allways.

We've been for lunch twice now when visiting family. Both times we had a lovely time. Both times mid week, April and August, Both times it was very busy so be prepared for its popularity. It's run by 2 sisters and they do things their way. It's cash only but I've seen them tell customers to either drop it off another time or send a cheque. It's a very informal atmosphere and tables are for sharing. The Ploughman's Lunch is huge, but they give you a brown paper doggy bag to take home leftovers. The soup I'm informed is really lovely. Everything is home made and therefore rustic home cooking. When the cider barrel was empty they told my husband he could have a free pint if he changed it for them. So he did! I read some of the negative reviews and just think they run a no nonsense pub. We found staff friendly. My daughter got a behind the bar tour when she went to the hatch for a nosey. Outside are bunches of local flowers and home made jams for sale. There's an honestly box. Check out opening times though. They aren't open all afternoon. There's a nice little Riverside walk by the side of the pub, just a couple of minutes but very pretty.

Went for a family lunch on Saturday and we were pleasantly surprised. Staff were absolutely lovely and the food was very good. Pub grub done well. Piping hot and delicious. Relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Would have been 5 stars but the interior of the place was a bit shabby and could do with a refresh. Will definitely go again.

I personally never heard of this country club. It was only that it kept appearing on my Facebook page. We had our 35th wedding anniversary looming and I did some homework looked at the a website looked very good and Tripadvisor and there was some negative reviews but on the whole it was pretty good so I made my booking and in the comments I chose to put that it was special occasion, we chosen this place for our 35th wedding anniversary lunch we were quite excited about coming. We arrived and it was good. We were offered a table outside or inside and we sat outside and then we had to wait sometime for drinks to be taken and on receiving the tapwater I have never seen a glass bottle with so many grubby fingerprints all over it so I asked the young man if you could change it for clean one as it wasn’t acceptable, which concerned me that obviously they were justfilling the bottles back up and not actually washing them thoroughly Proceeded to have our drinks drinks and then I said to the young waiter could you please take our food order to which she said no sorry he didn’t have a pen and paper and another member of staff would be over , 10 minutes later another member of staff came took the order give her credit I think she was quite rushed of her feet because she seemed to be the only person that had any idea of what’s was going on so took our order. The food came lovely plated , mine wasn’t particularly very hot but actually I wasn’tgoing to saying anything as it was special occasion I suppose only my main complaint is that I’ve actually made a point in the comments saying it was for a special wedding anniversary and there had been no recognition of this and I am not expecting anything in the way of free drinks along those lines but normally a Message or something on your desert plate is iced on . So makes me wonder why they ask in comments if you have any requests and then they take no effort to take any notice of this,It is very minor point but it was for a wedding anniversary I wish had chosen somewhere else on that basis and wait times I would not go back again and as I understand it’s closing down at the end of this month anyway so I won’t have that worry about going there again .

Food superb, service 1st class , my only complaint(if any) is that it's a tad out of the way

We had live music and a bbq in the garden, and it was a great afternoon! The food was good and we sang along to the music (!) It was cold but it was an English summer.

This pub is totally unspoilt. Open fires, rustic and cosy. Fantastic atmosphere . Excellent food. We had venison faggots, pork chop with cider sauce and mustard mash.

If you want to take a trip down memory lane to 1940s this is the place. Lovely period artefacts and ambience. The young waitress was very helpful. But prices are certainly NOT from a bygone age...! About £4.00 for a small coffee - ok in a china cup! And About £8.00 for a small thin brown sliced sandwich. Hmmmm! Only ones there for most for most of our lunch. ( July 12). Might appeal to richer tourists but for everyday locals like us - slightly disappointing.

Reasonable food but small portions and very expensive

We were made to feel very welcome from the moment we walked in. The food was beautifully presented and absolutely delicious! If we visit Hastings again we would definitely come back and would recommend to others.

Food is good. Staffs are all very friendly. Especially a cute guy, his smile really makes my day☺️

This is such a happy, fun loving place, staff and customers so welcoming. Normally a night to remember when you visit!! Drinks are reasonably priced as well. We have had Sunday Dinner on previous occasions and this is fairly priced, delicious and more than enough to get you through the day 😊

This tiny tea rooms is a TARDIS! Seating spread over 3 floors gives masses of relaxed room for a leisurely "tea + cake" Carrot cake was beautifully made, creamy butter icing and lovely moist cake. Generous pot of tea for two (at least 2 cups each). All for a very reasonable price in Arundel. PS. They are very dog friendly too!