British, Modern Restaurants in Alfriston
1. The Tasting Room, Rathfinny Wine Estate
British, Modern restaurant in Alfriston
Rathfinny Wine Estate - BN26
Opened in 2018, the same year owners Mark & Sarah Driver launched the first vintages of their English sparkling wines, this seasonal dining room has a “stunning location” overlooking the vineyards and South Downs. Chef Chris Bailey’s two- or three-course lunches and tasting menu dinners are strong on local ingredients, with “superb wines” from the estate a given. Those who took advantage of their al-fresco summer dinner parties, ‘Dine in the Vines’, found the “food and wine delightful and the company good”; the grounds also host the more casual Flint Barn dining room and wine bar The Hut at Rathfinny.
2. The Star
British, Modern restaurant in Alfriston
High Street - BN26
There’s no doubting the “great” setting of this former religious hostel, which lies at the foot of the Sussex Downs on the banks of the Cuckmere River; having been acquired by hospitality whizz Olga Polizzi in 2021, it’s now an “upmarket country hotel” replete with Bloomsbury set artworks and (in the dining room) a gorgeous Elizabethan-esque floor. With River Café alum Tim Kensett having moved on to his Scottish wild-dining concept Inverlonan Dining, head chef Vincenzo Petrocco is currently at the helm; the “food is mainstream Anglo-French with good fish and meat options” and while “not inexpensive” (“you can eat in the best London restaurants at their prices”) and described by sceptics as “good but fairly ordinary”, more positive reporters believe the “quality cooking and service justify the bill”.
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