The best restaurants serving British food in Kingston Lewes South East

Nice to see the pub busy especially 5pm on a Sat. Good atmosphere and great service. Great variety on the menu, thoroughly enjoyed the Sussex Smokie, the steak pie special was also enjoyed. Can also highly recommend the Malbec. Not visited in a while but working out when I can go again already. Only issue is whether to have the Sussex smokey I enjoyed so much or one of the many other temping meals....

What a gem of a beautiful old inn. Beautiful low exposed beams, old time atmosphere. Pre booked a group for Christmas lunch. Menu's booked in advance and no hitch. Service was reasonably fast, considering it was a busy time. Food delicious 😋 staff friendly. Highly recommended 👌 👍🏻

Sadly we won't return and only visited this time because a family member assured us they'd upped their game. The restaurant offered very few cakes and we're uninspiring in their display. My husband picked up a tray and upon arriving at the till the waitress asked what he wanted. He asked for two scones and she simply said 'tray'. He was unsure what she meant so showed he had picked up a tray. She held her hands out across the counter to which he guessed she meant for him to hand it to her. She made no effort to stretch herself indicating he needed to lean further over towards her. She then rested the tray on the staff side and paid out scones and drinks, then handing it back to my husband. She was rude and unhelpful. It would make more sense to have the trays on the staff side of the counter! The tables in the restaurant were festooned with dirty cutlery and customers were clearing spaces to eat themselves. The chairs, conservatory style, could do with a deep clean. I guess as it's the only garden centre in the area they don't feel it necessary to try very hard. We won't go back.