The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Nice place to stop. Not overly crowded and a good selection of outlets for weary travellers. Lots of seating inside and out, when weather permits.

We were on a culinary tour of restaurants and pubs in Brighton. Both chefs with 30 years experience in food and beverage. We chose this place because it’s on the beach and our hotel was just across the road. We had to experience many places so had only one dish we went to in each place. On arrival the lady behind the bar couldn’t care less if we were there or not. Not even a hello. Looking at the staff, they seem to be chosen by looks rather than their customer service skills. We ordered the whitebait to share and 2 beers. One was a mango IPA which we had never heard of. It doesn’t taste of mango that’s for sure. We then went to sit at the table near the beach which was pleasant. The whitebait arrived promptly. Stuffed into a paper pouch and soon as we tipped it on the plate it was limp and soggy. It should be crispy. The jalapeño mayo was tasteless. Not a hint of spice. We wondered if it was just mayo? Also served with a tiny piece of dried out lime with no juice. Really poor.

Visited the soft play for the first time. Won't be the last. Really well run, lovely soft play for younger children and toddlers. The young lady in charge on the day we went, was superb in every aspect. Ordered coffee and biscuits delivered to our table. Thoroughly recommend.

Absolutely filthy, deeply stained fabric seats. Every table inside and outside was sticky and dirty. Litter everywhere. Dead rat outside of main entrance near to Cornish pasty concession. Two sandwiches and two drinks from Pret a Manger at £13, absolute rip off. Bloody disgrace.

Nice spot, lovely staff but!! Building in need of updating, and the food is of very low quality, and overpriced, also waited a long time and then part of the order we placed was not ordered by the staff member taking orders! This is a historic venue but sadly it was probably at its best in 1965 😢

I just spent over 30 minutes queueing behind only 5 cars to get to the front and be told hi welcome to kfc can I take your order we only have popcorn chicken and mini fillets left are you for real!!? A multi million/billion pound company and you can’t keep your stores stocked until closing!! Absolute joke!!! Thanks for wasting my time and fuel!!!!!! No offer of compensation just oh I can do a popcorn box meal no I don’t want a popcorn box meal I want a proper meal a burger you know that you should have in at all times the one thing you actually should be making you didn’t even have original chicken 😂 oh and I got a sorry about the wait!!! It’s absolutely laughable this kfc word of advise to anyone visiting the isle of Sheppey don’t go to this kfc in thomsett way your just be queueing for nothing!!!

This place is dirty, tired, and even the toilets were dirty. If you are desperate for a comfort break, then you have no choice. But if not...drive on.

The worst fish n chip shop wasted 16.00 pound that was for over cooked chips and the battered sausages was crispy as hell...batter fell off while bitting...floors there slippery in the back..nearly fell over!!!!!!

Got fined for staying longer than 2 hours. Most service station stays are for 3 yours but not yours. Well done, you have successfully ripped me off. How clever. Service stations are supposed to be there for a break. Had lunch, made a call and a quick nap. That’s not untypical of business travellers or those that work hard. Cost me £170. A true success for ripping off innocent customers. Hope that you enjoy your “ill-gotten” gains. What has happened to the UK?

We ordered as a takeaway. Chips were stale and soggy. Batter too hard and hardly any cod inside. Waste of money. Won’t go back.

We visited this caffe for a breakfast it was absolutely disgusting. Every thing was deep fried apart from the eggs and baked beans. We had a twenty minute wait which we were informed we didn’t mind as we thought they would be cooking from scratch never had I had such a saturated in fat/oil cooked breakfast. We had to leave most of the food as we deemed it unfit to eat. The staff were very friendly and working extremely hard we eventually found a table that had been cleared but it needed a good cleaning. Never again.

The peas were not green and the chips were solid and cold. The atmosphere was awful. A totally unpleasant experience all round.

The restaurant was in a terrible state, although there were plenty of empty tables they were all covered in dirty dishes and there wasn't enough staff on duty to clear up the tables, this is not the first time i have noticed this in this restaurant, it seems to a regular occurrence, it never used to be like this, something has gone wrong M&S time to sort it out, you pay a premium price in your restaurants and Cafe and customers are not receiving a premium service.

We had been in Battle for a visit to Battle Castle and on the way home we popped by Camber Sands as the sun was shining, at this point we were really hungry so went to the Marina Cafe, we got Cheesy Chips for £5.45, Hot Dog and Chips for £11, Cheeseburger and Chips for £11 and Chicken Burger and Chips £10.50, 3 Cokes and an Oasis taking the total to £46.50. Our food was brought out, the cheesy Chips had a sprinkle of cheese, the burger was a cheap frozen burger with the tiniest cheese slice on it that it was barely there, my daughter said the chicken burger was dry and chewy and the chips were tasteless and cheap, so disappointed to be honest, felt completely ripped off, my partner went and asked for onions on his hot dog and they said they don't really do onions anymore as no one really wants them! And when I asked for some mayonnaise, was told there was two on the tray! Two poxy mayonnaise sachets, honestly be warned not only was tje food way overpriced but it was tasteless cheap food, we also heard other customers complaining about the food they had what they had been charged, I don't mind paying out money to eat out and get nice food, this food was like cheap basics you would buy in the supermarket, being charged at high prices

Absolutely disgusting behaviour from staff owner/manager completely avoid this place they are scammers they say they have deals on and then try and charge you full price. Please avoid please please please avoid