The best restaurants serving British food in Surrey Heath South East

We visited here a few times for Sunday lunch when our children were small. I remember the lovely atmosphere as they would have a trio of musicians playing trad jazz in the dining area & big chesterfield sofas to relax with a drink after lunch in the bar area. After having a wonderful afternoon tea back in January, my husband and I decided it would be a great idea to bring the family and grandchildren back here for Sunday lunch. We arrived early and enjoyed a cocktail in the bar prior to the lunch. However when we went into the restaurant the table was only laid for 6, and they said that they wasn't informed that it was 6 adults and 2 children. Now reception were very keen to take our deposit back in January, I also had an email confirming the numbers for the booking, so I'm unsure as to why the information hadn't been clear to the restaurant, but mishaps happen and that's ok. After this the only word I can use would be chaotic, I'd have been quite happy to return back to the bar and have another drink whilst they sorted the table, instead we were just sort of standing there. Once the table was laid, we sat down and was offered water.....I then wanted to find out how the menu worked with the children but I felt trying to catch the waiters eye was quite difficult......we then wanted to order wine for the table but again this proved to be quite difficult. It wasn't very busy either. I'm sure if they had a good front of house/maitre d' these little problems could be easily rectified. When we had settled, our waiter turned out to be friendly & funny. On the plus side it has a relaxed atmosphere, was lovely for the children. The food was delicious, although the roast wasn't hot when it was served at the table. They had a pianist playing in the bar area but you couldn't really hear it in the restaurant. It reminded me of being on a cruise ship & I'm not sure if this is positive or negative ....... Maybe we will pop back for a drink on the terrace in the summer.....

Great Service Great Food Lovely Staff Served by Hannah Hawkett. She looked after us splendidly. Just a really good day out

Unlike any fish and chips I’ve ever had - tasted very fresh and not too greasy! Would 100% recommend, also perfect portions

Went for dinner tonight and the food was great, very filling! Was served by Charlotte who was fabulous! Thanks for a great evening!

Staff very warm and friendly, service very quick and served with a smile. Food delicious and we found the prices were average and inline with other pubs.

First visit. Very lovely welcome. Good food. We had lasagne and a roast beef both were good. Will visit again.

The Three Mariners will always have a special place in our hearts—it’s where we had our first date, and now it’s where we celebrated our wedding reception! The team were amazing from start to finish—friendly, helpful, and totally relaxed, which made the whole day stress-free. They kindly let us bring our own food, and everything ran so smoothly. The pub has such a warm, welcoming vibe and our guests absolutely loved it. Thank you for helping make such an important day feel so easy and memorable. We couldn’t have picked a better place!

Watching football and drink beer and cocktails.

We were a large family group of 16 out for Easter Sunday lunch, our main and dessert courses had been preordered. We all enjoyed our food tender beef, tasty vegetarian mains great lamb and duck. Plentiful interesting veg crispy roasties and huge yorkshires absolutely no complaints . The desserts were equally well received. We had super attentive service from our waiter who was brilliant nothing too much trouble

The pub does a really nice Sunday roast and the food and service is good. I have marked down the score because unfortunately, the pub has become popular with some families who just don't know how to behave. Loud conversations across different tables, phone calls on speaker, children running around and screeching when they don't get their own way. The whole experience was ruined by their behaviour.

Came for the first time last week, your food was out of this world, absolute quality. I had one of the special pies, it was gorgeous. Really nice seating outside. Would really recommend to come here.

A once lovely village pub has now been ruined by the current manager. Many locals have since had to drink in other establishments within the village after many years at the Half Moon. Racial Discrimination was never a part of this place until now. This has no place in our village let alone in society.

We went for dinner as the hotel is local to us, having bought a voucher for a two course meal with wine. Appreciating that we would be choosing from the more limited table d'hote menu, we expected more of a choice than fish & chips, beef burger or pasta in tomato sauce in a restaurant such as the Linden!! It was definitely more pub grub than restaurant quality food. Don't be fooled by their photographs! Most disappointing.

I don’t normally make reviews like this in fact i didn’t initially want to however i feel like i must be honest and sincere My mate and i came to this pub last night on the 15th of April 2025 initially to watch the champions league football match we ordered pints and watched the game when suddenly from behind one of staff members who was holding at least 4 beers on a tray dropped it right on me and my mate making the glass explode all other the floor and me and my mate soaked i understand that these frustrating incidents happen but what shocked me and my friend the most was that the lady did not even apologise to us instead it had to be another member of staff who was a witness apologised on behalf of the other girl this was not it as later that night a very small bottle that i had purchased in a corner shop earlier that night that i did not consume at the pub because i am aware it is disrespectful and not permitted so we had consumed a quarter of it beforehand and outside the pub i did not have a bag to put it in so instead i left it on the floor below the table bare in mind that i had not consumed alcohol at the pub which did not come from the pub as i went to the toilet they took it away from me they refused to give it back to me and they proceeded to put it in the bin in front of me i know i should not have resisted even though i tried to stay calm and composed the staff rudely kicked me out and the lady even got 2 male staff members to chase me out all i wanted was my bottle back i had spent 18.99 at the shop for it i was not going to put it in the bin so i took the risk i understand it’s youre policy but the staff didn’t have to react in that manner i wouldn’t say that i would not recommend this place because the location is nice and so is the decoration. Additionally it has got good football tv quality but it’s a shame that the staff were acting so rudely in fact i’m pretty sure that because me and my mate are young 18 year olds the staff treated us with less respect as they would normally do to other customers and made us feel less welcome in some way i talked about it with my mate and he agreed about the feeling of discrimination as they were giving a “ go home little boys " type of vibe in conclusion not satisfied at all 70 pounds worth of clothes ruined for both me and my friend not an apology a 20 quid bottle gone and being chased out in a aggressive way after we bought 2 pints each from the pub not good enough we tried to remain tranquil and polite all night

Used to love going to the Kings Head and have been doing so since around 1966 in one or another of its guises. As it was a lovely day, I thought I would stop and have a beer in the garden. I have never seen a pub garden is such a terrible condition. Some of the tables couldn't be sat at as they are too rickety, fag buts everywhere, used paper green and yellow serviettes strewn around the garden, ash trays in the grass, used Lurpak cartons under every bench, some umbrellas in pieces others fallen over, bin overflowing and the garden empty on a sunny day! There's a real chance of children picking up splinters from the wooden benches or the damaged fences surrounding the garden. Such a shame the premises aren't well cared for anymore, I won't return!