La Maison à la carte Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Lewes

I have lived in Seaford for quite a number of years, I thought there was an unwritten rule that if you wanted a truly memorable and well sourced meal you had to venture further afield. Don't believe this nonsense - After a very tiring week of work, on my commute home I saw a very nice looking bottle of Pinot Noir on the Facebook page of La Maison, that initself assured me that sourcing was sound, I was hoping to book online but this required an old skool phone call, from a packed commuter train home and on a Friday night thought was probably going to be disappointed and we would make do with soup and a baguette at home, but Josh answered the phone, and I could hear him checking with the team whether they could fit us in and I was delighted that we could get the last free table that evening, from Joshs rapport on the phone I already had confidence this was going to be good, but there was limited data to support I had made the right decision, on arrival we instantly loved the buzz, comfort and smells from the kitchen. The Pinot Noir was an off the menu wine specially sourced by the owners and was an absolute delight. We enjoyed a delicious creamy risotto with autumn veg, the best scallops including roe ever in the most delicious buttery sauce, followed by expertly cooked duck and lamb with the tastiest accompaniments imaginable,even plain old red Cabbage and carrots are elevated here. I forgot to say the bread was outrageously good today and the request for extra butter not even flinched at. Service was wonderful throughout , it was interesting to hear from josh about his experience fishing off shoreham, and his colleague maybe Betty was great at greeting and engaging throughout. This is the kind of neighbourhood restaurant everyone wants to have and we had it on our doorstep and didn't even realise it until tonight. Congratulations to the chefs such assured cooking we came out delighted we can wobble our way home rather than navigate a bus, train or cab. Exceptional value mains and the scallops are probably the cheapest on the menu of any southern England restaurant. Thank you for making Seaford alive with...

I would give 5 stars for a Great service and would normally tip well for the pleasure. kids meals fabulous. Here’s the not so fabulous. Maybe we came on the wrong day. Waiting time was a bit long, but if everything was great, that would not be a problem. Adult meals one was ok, the other from the specials board fish and chips was a joke, the waitress agreed compared to everything else served, it was smaller than the kids meals, very small and over cooked and over priced, so I sent it back, and was offered another item off the menu for half price. That may have been ok, but the waiting times looked long for the other family that came in there too, so didn’t want to wait longer while everyone else finished their meals. Also Service charge mentioned at the end, not on view anywhere. How can you agree to a non advertised service charge when you’re not happy with things. It is a discretionary charge. If everything was great the lady serving here would deserve double. The cook...

It's a nice restaurant but we ordered three breakfasts - two of which were eggs benedict and they came without hollandaise sauce. Not really eggs benedict is it. When we asked for some the waitress said that breakfast was nearly over and they had run out. She then came back with about an egg cup full and did offer to make some more which would take ten minutes.Meaning that one of us ate alone while the food was being prepared. There was only one other customer there so they must have known that they were out of sauce. Just tell people up front rather than trying to get away with it would be my advice. Also coffee is £3.20 which is average but they charge an extra 50p for oatmilk. £3.70 is steep for a small coffee. Shame as we live locally and use...