The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Large pub, good value for drinks, friendly staff. This is a place for a couple of quick drinks whilst out an about.

Had fish and chips but won't again. Fish had no batter on it and chips laid on top, fish was soggy and meal portion was bad. Ordered large fish but was no where near that. Won't eat here again

It is such a shame that this brilliant chef is supported by a team of people who have absolutely no idea what is going on. This was our fourth trip back. Each time we have been here since the refurbishment, the quality and flavour of the food has been amazing but each time, we have had terrible service. This was the last chance and I'm afraid we won't be going back. We put in our order for food and drink which just disappeared off the face of the earth. Our lunch wine was served before the pre–lunch drinks, had to keep looking at the staff for any sign of food to which they panicked on the realisation that we were STILL there with no meal. One of the young male waiters, who actually was on the ball, couldn't apologise enough and genuinely looked very embarrassed at the whole shambles. Credit to him, credit to chef but the rest of you, sort yourselves out! It's just not good enough.

I have always found the fish and chips from this shop very good, this evening however, it was as though I had visited a different place altogether. I ordered two medium haddock, but was surprised to see two very small pieces of fish, not what I have experienced in the past. I dread to imagine how small the small fish are. Maybe I was given small by mistake. Sadly the chips were overcooked, which added to my disappointment. So sorry to make such a negative review, but I will try there again as past experiences have been much better.

I arrived just before 11.30 and fancied an early light lunch / snack. There were no menus on tables. After long wait in fairly short queue, I asked if they were serving sandwich’s or similar. She said not until midday. Seeing a breakfast menu I said, ok I’ll order something off of here. To which she said they stopped doing breakfast at 11.30. So the only thing on offer was cake. Madness. Been here before, always slow service and overpriced. Far better places you could go in the area.

We stopped off here after a walk for breakfast and highly recommend. Its dog friendly and was packed at 10am on a Saturday which was a good sign. The staff were very friendly and attentive. We had a couple of the English breakfasts and a breakfast bap which was so tasty. The breakfasts was freshly cooked and not at all greasy. Great coffee too, highly recommend

Horrible slimy strawberries and hard red blackberry on pancakes wrong coffee latte not cappuccino, not a good experience

We decided to have a bite of lunch here while looking for plants. Really disappointing and won't eat here again. The young girl at the counter was polite but didn't seem interested in the customers or her job. My husband went back to the counter to ask for butter and because she didn't bother to look at him instead of putting them in his hand they dropped on the counter. They had run out of napkins so customers had to take sheets off a roll of kitchen towel. Tables were slowly being cleared by another young girl but not one table was wiped clean. They weren't overly busy so there was no excuse other than poor hygiene. This could be a goldmine but there was just apathy from the staff.

Very well positioned, it is a nice place to stop for a meal and to admire the views. Food is good, but is not cheap and service can be hit and miss depending on how busy they are, but overall pleasant. Toilets were clean and they do accommodate children pretty well.

I bought cod and chips from the Gordon chippy and ate them from a box, on a bench in the grassy area opposite the little shop. Had to wait, so they were piping hot. I really enjoyed them. At first, I thought the chips looked grotty--but it was only because they were browned. But chips don't have to be golden, and they had fresh white potato inside and lots of flavour. The cod was decent, with plenty of white flesh, in a rich batter. Friendly lady served me, old enough to remember how fish and chips should be.

A busy cafe with good attentive service but generakly very routine food. Gammon stood out as good, also cofee. Average value. Comfortable place.

It was lunchtime, the cafe was nowhere near full. There were no clean mugs, the teapots definitely need a good clean/descale and then there is only one hot water/coffee machine in working order. Speaking to others in the queue the machines have been out of order for many months?!? It's not expensive but surely one should expect a decent service?

I have always had a good experience with Squires café’s. But yesterday was a massive exception and disappointment. I had a reservation for 3 people. Arrived to a half empty café – red flag. It then proceeded to go downhill starting with server and IT issues. Then we asked after the roast – no that is finished for the day (1pm!), smoothies, not doing those today, milkshakes – not enough milk, welsh rarebit, not available…. The next item saw us get up and leave. Apparently on speaking to an assistant, this has been happening far too frequently. Not only did they lose our meal custom, but also possible purchases in the main part of the store afterwards.

Friendly staff, good fish, but the chips were soggy / oily and tasteless (cooked to order) Chip portion size not commensurate with price either. I understand fish being pricey, but potatoes? Not the greatest overall, room for improvement.

The food was awful, disgusting and shouldn’t of been served. Nothing nice about it.. service was shocking aswell, didn’t have any sauce. Way over priced. Do NOT recommend