Wingrove House

Well cooked food from an interesting menu. Good service and ambience.

Lovely setting for a restaurant, but we both expected more from the food. The pork rillet was nice but my salmon and thai salad was uninspired. Goat cheese chicken with risotto was edible and my steak was up to reasonable pub standard. Deserts were pleasant enough but again 'pub grub' style. We were hoping for fine dining and the food did not make it. Could be so much better with some real care and dedication.

The service has improved no end, back to how it used to be. The food was ok, the steak was disappointing, a cheaper cut, much preferred the sirloin. Overall though we'd totally come back, which we wouldn't have said a year ago.. definitely more expensive and food not as good as rathfinney, but we had a good night and the staff were much more attentive than our last visits.

Food was very good. We only had 2 courses as the bread and oil beforehand was enough whilst we waited for the main course.
We had fish and pork which was excellent. Wine was rather plonked ready opened in a cooler on the table. The wine had no cork so may be it does not need to be looked at first. We have stayed at this hotel many times under the previous management. We came here specially for 80th b/day dinner last August - 6 of us. We stayed at another hotel with a pool - excellent for the grandchild particularly and us of course. We come for Glyndebourne and the 7 sisters walking and the pretty Alfriston village. We love it all. We still like your hotel very much.

Excellent food. Great service. Lovely location. Highly recommend for Sunday lunch!

Food was good but rather expensive.

We had a great family get together meal. V relaxing and stylish. All loved it. Steak was especially good. Also good selection of wines Inc Torrontes.

Excellent food, superb service. Lovely room.

My roast meat was adequate, if a little pricey for what it was. My partner chose the vegetarian dishes: a leek and sweet potato soup, and 'Thai' caulifower curry. The leeks were undectectable and the soup essentially liquidised sweet potato, palatable but bland. The curry was insipid, with no 'spring vegetables' and barely any spices, and for what it was, exorbitant. The wine we requested was unavailable. When my partner was asked about her food she expressed her disappointment and the restaurant manager (?) offered us a 10% discount and to drop the service charge. It took us a few moments to realise that the manager was in effect penalising her blameless junior staff, about whom we had no complaint, for the failings of the kitchen. Lazy, unimaginative cooking is one thing, but this was not even common decency. We paid the discounted bill and left a tip, which we can only hope reached the servers.

We have been to Wingrove a few times now but our last visit was a bit disappointing. We had to wait for over half an hour for our starters and they were not forth the wait. The duck was not very flavoursome and the deep fried broccoli was dense and okay but not as good as expected
Our mains were served promptly The hake was fine, the steak was okay but the chicken had far too much lemon stuffing which overwhelmed everything else on the plate
A bit deflated we declined dessert and left. The guest we had brought with us was polite about his food but we could tell he was not very impressed.
Every other visit has been fine so hopefully this was just a bit of a blip - not a cheap one but that’s how it goes sometimes