Storrington - Restaurant Guide

“The castle is situated in a picture postcard setting” – down a long drive through gardens with the portcullis still working – and “in the upstairs dining room of this luxury establishment you could imagine a long dining table and the nobles sitting round and having a feast”. No surprise that it always induces feedback, particularly as a “romantic choice”. But there’s general agreement that the “traditional British cuisine” is somewhere between OK and “nothing too special” (“The food doesn’t live up to the stunning setting and the predictability of the menu means we visit much less often these days”).

The brothers Gladwin have made waves in London over the last decade with half a dozen openings of their Local & Wild group, wooing city-dwellers with their down-home, foraged, family-farmed fare. Here, they go back to their roots with the 2026 takeover of a high-street pub 20 minutes' drive from aforementioned family farm where they grew up. Begs the obvious question: will the locals be more or less keen on the locally sourced fare than their city-dwelling cousins. To be fair, given the area, lots of 'em will be the same folks down for the weekend in their country cottages.