The best restaurants serving British food in South East

The food is excellent and there is a good selection of rather good wines ranging in price from 'sensible' to 'eye-watering' :-) We started with a bottle of the house sparkling wine (Penstock) which was all it claimed to be - light and refreshing - served in the comfortable lounge area. The dining room was a little noisy - perhaps because of the high ceiling and hard floors, but it was crowded so perhaps that's understandable. I started with the red mullet - beautifully cooked and nicely de-boned. My main of sea-bream from the grill was quite superb - and I can recommend the crispy potatoes. Dessert was a chocolate mousse - smooth and full of flavour. And this is what one might expect from a restaurant operating at this level - excellent ingredients, cooked well. What made this celebration meal special, though, was the service. I have eaten at lots of restaurants and I have never had better service. I regret I can't remember the name of the guy who served us, but both he and his colleague (she was from Hungary and was a big fan of Tokaj) were professional, friendly and contributed a lot to our enjoyment of an excellent meal - thanks to both of you!

Absolutely adore Southsea Coffee. In my view, the best in town. We've been visiting regularly since day one despite now living 150 miles away! My favourite smashed avocado with poached eggs and bacon is as good, if not better, than ever. The coffee is expertly made and served at the correct temperature and not in a huge bucket of a cup. The pastries are incredible too. I've yet to get to one of their supper clubs, but they must also be amazing. Please visit!

Lovely place, great selection of beers on offer on cask, keg, and in the fridge, decent hotdogs and friendly staff. Can happily spend lots of time working your way through all they have available!

Lovely country pub amazing food portions great settings friendly staff

Nice cafe with friendly staff. Very much hearty meals for the hungry.

Been here several times over the last 5 years when camping near Charlbury. Food and service are always excellent with a good section of beers and real ales. Usually call in for a light lunch, sandwich etc but have also had an evening meal. This time it was the prawn sandwich, posh fish finger sandwich (fillet if fish in tempura batter) and chips. Lovely traditional English pub. Nothing to fault.

The atmosphere was so good and the team who looked after us were delightfully friendly. We had fish which was superb! The wine was top just right and reasonable.

Simply outstanding! The tasting menu was fantastic, set in a wonderful ambience. The food was superb, and we thoroughly enjoyed our anniversary lunch. The service was equally lovely. We will gladly return and have already recommended it to friends. Our favorites today were the pork belly, the brill, which was expertly prepared, and the pressed shoulder from the lamb dish, a true standout. Thank you!

Lovely meal for party of six celebrating my Birthday. Great food from set and standard menus, great service and atmosphere. They even put a lovely banner up and gave me a cheekily little bottle of bubbles to takeaway. We’ll be back

Lovely cafe and staff. Food is topp notch too. A real gem.

In regard to the food and presentation this restaurant takes pride of place for us in the Worthing area. I had the fillet of beef, absolutely delicious, cooked to perfection. The service and genial banter with our hosts added to the charm of this delightful restaurant. We were lucky to get the window seat too. If there is a negative we would suggest there is a lack of "romantic" ambience, with quite bright lighting but if "fine dining" is the object of your desire, well look no further.

Although a little on the pricey side, the food is delicious and the atmosphere is great. We recommend sitting in the outside area where on a sunny day they retract the roof. We've visited on a few occasions and always had a lovely experience.

Genuinely some of the best food I've ever had - the salmon pasty was made of the flakiest, butteriest pastry I've ever eaten, filled with a generous amount of salmon and a lovely creamy sauce (dill I think?). Crab pasties looked lovely - I didn't have one, but those I was with did and said they were incredible, looked lovely even to me as someone who doesn't like seafood very much! Seating is limited but has a nice view of Steephill Cove, although you could also probably just leave and find a pretty spot to sit/.

So rare to get a good place to eat in Reading but this place is lovely, food is tasty. Staff were really good and so helpful and friendly. The interior decor is very nice and rustic, lovely atmosphere. Top marks to all at The Shed, keep doing what you're going.

The fish was fresh and crispy. The beef burger though was dry and did not have a salad, tomato or even a gherkin.