The Cottage Restaurant — Restaurant in Wealden

I've been here in person once and ordered a takeaway a couple of times. Had a nice experience in person there and the takeaway always arrives very quickly, it seems. I've not been disappointed by the food, particularly as a coeliac. A lot of the pasta dishes are available gluten free which is awesome. The only issue I had was one time when getting a delivery, I ordered myself a gluten free dish and my friend ordered a gluten dish. They weren't labelled as GF or not. Luckily the dishes were distinct enough to figure out which was which.

Edited a few months later: I'd still recommend this place to people but I definitely think they should be better about labelling GF items. It says GF pasta is available on the menu but doesn't state, for example, that the meatball pasta dish isn't GF because of the meatballs. They sent a gluten pasta dish to me yesterday and it was rectified but they sent along a (presumably) gluten dessert as an apology. The only reason I knew it was a gluten dish is because they always use GF penne and it wasn't penne. I don't know if the dessert they sent is gluten free because the menu isn't labelled. I probably won't order from here again and it honestly is great food, so it's a shame. I think, however, some of these things would be less stressful when eating at the restaurant, because you can...

A Word of Caution

I would like to share my experience with the owner of this business, Matt Shah. He falsely accused me of selling faulty equipment in a private transaction and has tried to defame my business despite clear evidence proving otherwise. His actions suggest he assumed I would be an easy target, perhaps due to my background, but he was mistaken.

During this interaction, he admitted to tampering with a five-pin industrial plug on the equipment I sold, which is both unsafe and reckless. Furthermore, the pictures he shared with me showed a burnt-out socket and unsecured electrical cables, raising serious health and safety concerns for anyone working in his premises.

If someone is willing to falsely defame another business owner, it raises concerns about how vulnerable customers or staff might be treated. This situation has left me considering whether the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should be informed to ensure a safe environment for those working there.

I encourage everyone to carefully consider the character of those running a business before supporting them. Integrity and professionalism are key in any profession, and it’s important to be aware of...

Random stop on the way back home. The service was quick and the staff were quite nice. The atmosphere in the restaurant was very nice, a nice surprise for a restaurant right next to busy motorway junction.

NOTE: The prices are 30-50% higher than the menu that appears on Google Maps

The cheesy dough was very good, as were the prosciutto mozzarella.

The lemon chicken was basic, not much flavor in it and very flat taste. Same goes for the creamy chicken that I got. Not much flavor and the sauce was plain, didn't taste like anything at all. Never had creamy sauce with no flavor before. I didn't raise this with the staff but we are clearly not having food at this restaurant again.

I want to believe that pizza would have been a better choice at the time, I will...