The St Mary’s Gate Inn — Restaurant in Arun

We stayed here the night of 29 August 2025, on one of our regular visits to see friends in Arundel. The room was large, clean, comfortable and quiet. There was plenty of space for us, our baggage and our dog in her bed on the floor. The bathroom had actual hooks where one can hang toiletry bags, clothes and towels as needed (pay attention, every other UK hotel - this is a cheap convenience for your guests that other countries figured out 50 years ago, along with mixer taps). There was good water pressure in the shower. The weather was relatively warm and we were pleased to be able to have the window open, with its secure fastenings making it secure when cracked open. The combined curtain/blind arrangement kept the room sufficiently dark for the short summer night. The pub's private parking is a boon in Arundel, where parking is almost always something between inconvenient and impossible.||Breakfast was excellent, with friendly and accommodating service (lovely hand-made coffees), good food made to order and a buffet of continental fixings. Every person on staff we met greeted us warmly, was helpful and seemed happy to be there. We will definitely stay again. You're off to a great...

We stayed here the night of 29 August 2025, on one of our regular visits to see friends in Arundel. The room was large, clean, comfortable and quiet. There was plenty of space for us, our baggage and our dog in her bed on the floor. The bathroom had actual hooks where one can hang toiletry bags, clothes and towels as needed (pay attention, every other UK hotel - this is a cheap convenience for your guests that other countries figured out 50 years ago, along with mixer taps). There was good water pressure in the shower. The weather was relatively warm and we were pleased to be able to have the window open, with its secure fastenings making it secure when cracked open. The combined curtain/blind arrangement kept the room sufficiently dark for the short summer night. The pub's private parking is a boon in Arundel, where parking is almost always something between inconvenient and impossible.

Breakfast was excellent, with friendly and accommodating service (lovely hand-made coffees), good food made to order and a buffet of continental fixings. Every person on staff we met greeted us warmly, was helpful and seemed happy to be there. We will definitely stay again. You're off to a great...

I so wish I could give this place 5 stars. I will start with the good parts. This is a lovely pub in Arundel and fits in like a hand in a glove to the town. It’s an oldie pub that has a modern spin to its interior decor. There is plenty of range on the drinks front if a little pricy but it’s what you would expect from this kind of place and location. We also ate here. We had three very different meals all of which where fantastic. My fiancée especially enjoyed her lamb shank which was done to perfection. I on the other hand had the 8oz beef burger. The burger was delicious and very juicy with its blue cheese source setting my taste buds a real treat.

The only problem we encountered was the onion rings on the side which we ordered to go with my meal. They looked and tasted like the cheapest of onion rings that you could pick up from booker or Iceland rather than what you would expect for the price and the food it was accompanying. Such a shame. I did mention this to the waitress and was informed that she would let the chef know. Let’s hope that something will be done about this let down to such a otherwise...