Martha Gunn — Restaurant in England

Me and my boyfriend turned up last night to have a cute date night, after working really hard for a good few weeks. We were looking forward to the Thursday £30 special offer of steak and a bottle of red. We had heard good things from friends in the past, however we turned up and the young man behind the bar was extremely rude. We came in and asked about the deal and all we got was a blunt 'no' and 'kitchens closed'. We were a little confused as the sign outside the pub had the deal written on it so we could only assume the deal was still relevant. When we asked the bar man said 'yeah don't think we've ever done that deal mate'. We were quite taken back by his rudeness and bluntness, explaining the sign outside still displayed the deal. He walked off to sort out some glasses half way through the conversation so we were just left standing there in confusion at his rudeness. We we were not given any form of customer service, no apology or smile. I completely understand mistakes happen and people have bad days but there was no need for his attitude and it did put a dampner on our date night. The actual pub looked nice and having never been, I would have stayed for a drink as we had walked all the way there, but after the rude staff member I didn't feel welcomed or comfortable in the circumstances. I don't leave bad reviews ever, but I was hugely disappointed and I feel it is important I share my experience. If I ran a pub, I'd want my staff to be friendly and approachable. As well as signs and offers to be up to date as the sign was very misleading. I won't...

The pickled kitchen does great food especially the Sunday roast which we've had twice here before (once after the Brighton Marathon!). Today was a bit of a disappointment in many ways, the food was not up to the same standard - though it was still better than many other pub roasts. We had a ridiculously long wait for our food (almost 2 hours!). Having said all that, the staff were great in the circumstances, they were clearly under staffed today. They kindly sorted us out a round of drinks on the house. Definitely would be 4 or 5 stars if not for the wait, we'll still go...

Love this place!!

Except for the usual bar offering, they have a wicked kitchen (Sunday roasts only apparently, now during Covid times - but it operates most days during more "normal" times).

Well decorated, with a lovely old piano in the main seating area, and additional, almost separate space with a pool table, there's a large beer garden at the back - if you're lucky, you'll score one of the booths with heaters installed.

They used to have live music and quiz nights there as well, can't wait for current restrictions to be lifted and allow all the fun stuff to...