Harden's survey result
Summary
This seemingly medieval venue actually first saw the light in 1927, when it was designed by antiquarian and architect Amyas Phillips for a member of the Guinness brewing clan. Feedback on the tapestry-hung dining room was limited and slightly up-and-down this year (mostly about the fact that they are “sadly no longer doing £15 weekday lunches”), but all agree on the “impressive” setting – a 30-acre plot hosting a hotel, spa and 39 bedrooms set in cottages and houses leading down to the Climping coast.
Summary
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
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
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”.
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Climping St, Climping, BN17 5RW
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Always | £62.00 |  |
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| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £40.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £6.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.00% |
Climping St, Climping, BN17 5RW
Opening hours
| Monday | 7 am‑10 pm |
| Tuesday | 7 am‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 7 am‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 7 am‑10 pm |
| Friday | 7 am‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am‑10 pm |
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