The best restaurants serving British food in South East

The food was incredibly average. Tasteless and very much below par, especially considering the price. Crème brûlée was so shallow that it was inevitably overcooked. Didn’t taste of anything and the blackberry crème didn’t even taste slightly if blackberries. Every dish we ordered was underwhelming. The dining room had cobwebs and the tonic that accompanied the £9 G&T was a very cheap brand. The service was excellent; cheerful and efficient…which meant we could escape quickly. Won’t be returning. There are much, much better places to eat for the price.

I have stayed here a couple of times in the last week. The breakfast is very poor. This morning there was no fresh milk, the scrambled egg was from a packet mix and the bacon was pink and limp. I had the steak and chips in the restaurant too. Steak was like leather, chips were lukewarm warm and pasty. The price of the food is also extremely high for what is on offer. Honestly, don’t eat in here if you can help it.

Brilliant meal last night at the Hare and Hounds service was quick and the food hot and delicious much improved since last spring when we visited. Beautiful location next to Robin Hill and the peacocks are are a great attraction. We will be back again in the summer.

Went last night for a birthday meal. Booked in advance. When ordering was advised there would be a 45 minute wait for food. Left it an hour and still no food (at which point the pub was almost empty), went to ask to be told they were just plating up. 15 minutes later food still hadn't arrived. When it did arrive my chips were not cooked through, the chicken had a very funny texture and the lasagne was really sloppy. Side salad was mainly raw onion. Would have complained on the night but I didn't pay and didn't want to make a fuss. This was our first time coming after many years but won't be back again.

Always a lovely experience here, our waitress Claire was very friendly and lightened us up, will continue to come here 100%

Amazing Spot , Amazing Staff , Amazing Food , Amazing Prices … I recommend the Olde Bell Highly ! I will be back for sure , Sticky toffee was lovely

Booked a table by email 1 month ago , and received confirmation of that email Arrived on Mother’s Day, And we weren’t even on the list for a table, So this lady who was organising the seating decided that she was gonna stick us right by the door and oncoming people traffic which to me is not acceptable so we complained saying that we did book this four weeks ago and the reply I got was it doesn’t matter when you booked it , so I didn’t like the attitude of this person. It’s like she didn’t wanna be there actual fact most of the staff in the restaurant that day apart from a couple didn’t even have a smile on their face , Mother’s Day meal was very disappointing. We had the triple roast and the meat was tough and dry and And tasted reheated as did the roast potatoes, so £107 later for our customand not happy at all not be visiting there again.

Lovely quiet pub, excellent food. Nikki gave excellent service with a nice smile. The pub/inn has a lovely atmosphere with happy to help staff. After a few pints, I had the special of the day. Pork belly with extra skin on chips. Wow, pork came with rice, asparagus, courgette and peppers. One of the best meals I've had this year.

Possibly the worst quality food ever seen at any Wetherspoons. Granted i did not complain at the time due to time constraints and no wish to embarrass my business partner but after complaining online a week later, received a stock email saying they would do nothing to rectify the situation.

Arrived at Wetherspoons Gatwick South Terminal for breakfast at 4am only to be told no coffee available!! Unbelievable🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

The staff were nice and lovely sitting out in the sun but the food was pretty bad.. the chips were decent but the sandwiches were absolutely awful, stale dry packet bread and the crab did not taste at all fresh, despite being by the sea I assume from a tin and rather tasteless. And serving it with roast beef crisps???! Really bizarre

Oh dear! We got there at 2 pm for Sunday lunch. What a fiasco! (We have only had lite bites or cake before.) Asked for 3 meat Sunday lunch. Told there were only 2 meats. Said they would give us three slices regardless. We only got two. Then, the vegetables were added. Asked for parsnips, but told they "don't go with this meal." Asked for Yorkshire pudding, only two left. After an age of faffing, we got the food on our trays. Then went to hot drinks. It took 5 minutes to get served. There was only one person in front of us. Our dinners were going cold at this point. (They were not exactly sold steaming hot, though) Then over to till to pay, again waited 5 mins for till operator to come to the till. Finally sat down with food. Stone cold, not very nice, Yorkshire pudding was so tough you couldn't chew it. Needless to say, it was an awful experience for what should have been a nice lunch. Will not bother again.

Lovely food very nice and friendly staff

Lovely food, very welcoming, great pub much better than it was a year ago, I will definitely be making this an every week event, had the most lovely time, can’t wait till next week taking hubby there for his birthday 🤗🤗🤗❤️

Since Samantha has taken up the reins, we were delighted to go back to The Bull. Lovely warm atmosphere. And Samantha has done a brilliant job bringing a sparkle back to the pub.