The best restaurants serving British food in Lewes Castle Lewes South East

The food was delicious and healthy. I had the salad option and it was packed with variety, colour and great taste. My son had soup and fresh bread and a sausage roll. We plan to return because the food was great at a really affordable price.

The owner is an engaging, friendly character who made the entire experience of attending court a more relaxed one. Please visit and enjoy a lovely coffee

A lovely pub and staff...apart from one who I'll come to. Visited 4.30 on a wet Friday and got a small table for two in the lovely side room with fire. Beer was very good. I called my wife to join me for what looked like good pizza. About 6pm a couple arrived to say they had booked my table. I explained I'd been there 90 minutes and there was no "reserved" sign that I had noticed on other tables which I'd avoided. I explained also that my wife was now on her way to join me, so the pub would have to sort it out. The couple went to get the bar staff. Next thing an older bearded barman arrives and aggressively tells me the table's booked and I had to move... And the exact words were "I'm not asking you I'm telling you "'. I explained the previous and that there had been no reserved signs. There was the chance for him to at least apologise for the confusion caused by the pub not marking it, take responsibility for that maybe and offer me another table instead (there were none available at that point but might have been later when we could have come back) which I would amicably have accepted, and which most decent publicans in my experience would have done in the interests of keeping all customers happy. But this guy just doubled down and very aggressively said I had to" get out ". To further put this in context , I'm 64, been going to pubs for nearly 50 years and never been in bother or dealt with this rude and aggressive way anywhere. I told him he should drop the aggressive attitude, at which point he aggressively denied he was being aggressive. I was angry as there was no effort to recognize that the situation wasn't my fault. If you're going to be the big man behind the bar and get heavy with customers, save it for when it's really necessary and listen to what a customer is politely saying about the situation because the bar was at fault for not marking the table. As it is I found this guy's nasty attitude disgusting, left and we had an excellent pizza in the establishment opposite followed by better beer in the gardeners arms where we got a genuinely friendly welcome. So no more return visits for us and will be telling others about it.... Word gets around and bad attitudes cost custom.

All round excellent! Food was presented impeccably and was just as tasty. The gravy in particular was easily the best I’ve had! Service was also great and setting is cozy and private

Lovely pub with a great atmosphere, excellent food and service. Will come again

Really grim. I went with 2 other female friends in their 30s. We were in the disco area and the landlord (late 60s, male) kicked me after I touched one of his blow up Christmas display penguins. We weren’t being drunk or rowdy. Other reviews have said that the landlord and landlady have threatened to kick other patrons for random things like talking too loudly. I reported the incident to the police who said what he had done was an assault and I could take him to court. I opted not to go to court instead agreed to receive a written apology from the landlord, but have yet to receive one. Don’t go here - there are WAY better pubs in Lewes. Try The Lewes Arms, The Swan, The King’s Head, The Rights of Man, The White Hart, The Gardener’s Arms, The Brewer’s Arms, The Pelham Arms, The Black Horse, The Royal Oak, The Lansdown Arms, The Snowdrop, The Abyss Microbrewery, John Harvey Tavern. They’re all lovely pubs where you’re much less likely to be assaulted by the landlord.

Some odd pairings on the menu - prawn potatoes / mashed potato & croutons - but no veg … The mains were aspirational at best but average in reality. Desserts however, were really excellent, swapped out the choc ice cream for vanilla with the really wonderful & very generous pistachio soufflés. Cheese board was mean in size .. would have benefitted from less variety & more quantity / quality. Our server was great. Really personable and accommodating. The panelled room was warm and atmospheric. Hope the menu choices adjust over time .. paying extra for a bit of cabbage didn’t satisfy my need for ‘greens’. We will come back again. .. as a great venue to meet with friends.