RestaurantsWest SussexClimpingBN17

survey result

Summary

£92
 ££££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “charmingly higgledy-piggledy venue” may look like it springs from medieval times, but was in fact created in 1927, when a member of the Guinness brewing family commissioned it from an antiquarian and architect. Nowadays it sprawls over thirty acres leading to the coastline, replete with numerous houses and cottages offering accommodation, a hotel and spa, and a dining room with tapestry-hung walls, where diners can enjoy a solid menu based on Sussex produce.

Summary

£84
 ££££
3
Good
2
Average
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “beautiful” hotel a few minutes’ walk from the sea is “very popular and it’s not hard to understand why”“the Guinness family’s impressive recreation of a medieval settlement”, built 100 years ago, is “like a film set”. Its dining room is very much “a ‘hotel restaurant’, though a decent one”, with “traditional and well-prepared food”.

Summary

£80
 ££££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Built in the 1920s by a lord from the Guinness brewing family in medieval style – complete with salvaged windows and doors – this spa-hotel is a short stroll from the coast. It’s “an idyllic setting, with attentive staff and top cuisine”.

Summary

£77
 ££££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A plush spa-hotel, medieval in style, but actually built in the 1920s for a Guinness scion, and located a short stroll through woodland to the Climping coastline (Arundel castle is also within easy reach); the dining room, with its tapestry-adorned walls and mullioned windows, was consistently highly rated last year (if on limited feedback).

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Restaurant details

Highchair,Portions
Yes
14, 40
No dress code
80

Bailiffscourt Hotel Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Bailiffscourt Hotel Restaurant in BN17, Climping by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Bailiffscourt Hotel restaurant.
Adrian W
The lunch menu looked interesting but the e...
Reviewed 7 months, 12 days ago

"The lunch menu looked interesting but the execution left quite a bit to be desired - portion sizes were small, and it was not good value for money. Service was somewhat ditzy, and the credit card machine in the restaurant was not working. The ambiance is fun, and the setting impressive."

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Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Lunch £32.00 £37.00
Dinner   £62.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £30.00
Filter Coffee £5.00
Extras  
Service 12.00%
Climping St, Climping, BN17 5RW
Opening hours
Monday7 am‑10 pm
Tuesday7 am‑10 pm
Wednesday7 am‑10 pm
Thursday7 am‑10 pm
Friday7 am‑10 pm
Saturday8 am‑10 pm
Sunday8 am‑10 pm

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