The best restaurants serving British food in England

I traveled from Colorado, USA to the London for work and I had the opportunity to bring along my father with me. He was born in the UK and as we were planning various things to do, he had reminisced about going down to the coast as a child to play in the arcades and eating the best fish and chips. As he was telling me about his childhood, I knew immediately I wanted to relive it with him. We were able to catch a quick train to Brighton from London and on the trip down I started to do my research on finding a great place to eat our lunch and landed on Captain’s. A great place right on the water by the pier. After my dad and I played in the arcade on the pier and bought Brighton Rock candy to enjoy on the trip back to London we headed over to Captain’s. As we walked in, we were happily greeted and brought to our table. We both ordered the Fish and Chip’s and I got an extra side of fried scampi. To drink, my dad got a coke and I went for the Brixton Brewery West Coast IPA. Our drinks came right away, and I have to say the Brixton IPA was great! This is coming from a guy living in Colorado beer country. After some chatting between my dad and I our cooked to order meal came out. The batter used at Captain’s is from a 35-year-old secret recipe and only the highest quality fish and locally sourced potatoes are used. I knew I was in for something good. As we took our first bites it was evident we found the right place. The fish was perfectly fried. The outside was crisp, not crunchy and the fish was tender, moist and delicious on the inside. The chips were cut the exact right length, fried golden brown with excellent crisp on the outside and the precise balance of fluffy on the inside. I was super happy about ordered the scampi too as that was a nice extra treat. We even got an extra basket of chips on the house to top us off! The wait staff and Pam were superb! All took the time to speak with us and really made this a great experience for me and my dad reliving his youth. I can understand why it was so memorable for him and now thanks to Captain’s and their crew it has become an everlasting memory for me too! I will be back with my children soon and highly recommend this great establishment. Cheers!

I will try and keep this review constructive and balanced Disappointing unremarkable meal for 2. Have eaten here previously several times but the menu has changed to a more traditional style- which was uninspiring and overpriced. Pub grub can still be home cooked and tasty.. We were the only diners on a Saturday evening ( 1 other table of 2 did arrive) I ordered steak. ‘medium rare’ it came out ‘very well done’ .. sent it back .. came back ‘rare/ blue’ … so I gave up… shouldn’t be that difficult to cook a steak correctly. Whilst I was waiting for my steak to be redone my partner had chicken & sweet chilli pizza which was soggy and bland . ( mostly eaten alone while I was waiting) We had already paid when ordering and no reduction offered ( would rather have had a decent meal) Didn’t bother with dessert and sad to say we won’t return. Waiting staff were pleasant

This place is traditional. The food is very good. The one thing that absolutely is refreshing is the positive friendly customer service. The young staff are probably all under 21 however their attention to detail and care for the customers is 10/10. This is from an ex restaurant owner of many years. We will be back for sure. Well done all involved. Paul and Kully

Situado en el barrio gastronómico más exclusivo y emocionante de Londres. Decoración formal y ambiente con madera oscura. Servicio profesional pero amigable. Menú creativo, pero no en la medida en que la forma supere la sustancia. La comida es deliciosa y de buen gusto.

Wonderful atmosphere. Dog and human friendly. Food was superb, promptly prepared and I would highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Went to the Windmill for Sunday Lunch. Service was excellent and quick. Food was nicely cooked , pork and Beef and all the vegetables. Just great and highly recommend this venue.

We had breakfast twice and a lunch here, it's so good. Great service, awesome range of food. Recommend the smoothies. Fantastic French toast. Worth booking ahead as it gets busy, and rightly so. Lots of nice gifty items to buy as well.

Another wonderful meal here. Totally looked after by Adam and Chris. Superb service and delicious food. One of our favourite places.

We used to visit this restaurant regularly and enjoyed the food and atmosphere. Not any more - there has been a significant deterioration in standards and I would no longer recommend this establishment. We booked a psrty of 8 plus 2 children for 1400 hrs = we had all arrived within 10 minutes of that time. There was only one member of staff serving both drinks and food and several tables were waiting to be served. The service was appaling and we eventually received our starters at 1530 hrs. Our main courses were served at about 1545 hrs. The quality of food was lower that I had anticipated. It was plated (ie. vegetables etc not served separately) and my beef was lukewarm. Some other dishes had a peculiar taste. The one member of staff on duty kept disappearing for protracted periods and, with noone else in the establishment, it took 20 minutes to obtain our bill. I will not be going back! When he was there, the waiter was very pleasant.

I really enjoyed my vegan meal in this cafe. Normally I tend to be hungry at the end of a meal, but not this time, so thank you really for your cooking and your price

5/5. The Best full English breakfast ever. Where do I start? The staffs were amazing. The full breakfast I had was cooked to perfection. Everything was fresh , grilled and extremely very healthy. Thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast and as I said to the staff member, it was the best I have ever had at any Premier Inn hotel and even better than breakfast, I’ve had at Hilton!

Too busy on a Saturday for me. They said for me to sit at a certain table and they would be back. They didn't come back. I eventually picked up my order from the counter. Time was pressing for me in the end. Good food though.

Which if you are wondering it means Oh Mamma what great value for money! My last review of this place was several years ago and I think it was 5 stars then. It’s not changed for me. We called in on an off chance at around 6pm on a Saturday evening. The place was busy and we didn’t hold much hope. Thankfully the lady front of house, I think she owns it and I remember her from last time we were there many years ago, kindly squeezed us in provided we were done in an hour. Perfect for us as we only wanted a quick bite. We ordered an Etna pizza and Ndjua pasta. I was DES so the mrs had a glass of house red and I stuck on the corporations pop. The food was awesome and service quick and polite full. What we didn’t realise was that we had snuck in on the pizza and pasta offer and the bill came to…………£20! You’d pay more eating at Maccas! Keep up the great work and don’t believe some of the recent reviews that get 1 star because they can’t split the bill for some grey army! But if people choose not to go then that’s fine by me. It’s a great local restaurant that won’t be as busy so we can enjoy it. Recommended.

I rang up just about 5 pm to book a table for 7 30 , very pleasant on the fone. I went with a good friend. From when we walked in till we left , the staff were polite , friendly. When we ordered our meals , the appitiser came out with in 10 minutes, and just as we had finished that the starters came out , wen we finished them we had to wait about 15 minutes for our mains as they were freshly cooked . Well worth a revisit sometimes in the future

Lovely place Very relaxed. All the team we experienced were efficient and really friendly Could take the dog in which was ace I have brill fish and chips and others had a great burger and also a hanging chicken skewer thing Really nice little place. Would go again