Food was not very nice yesterday. Pretty rank ordinary to be honest .
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Country pub for food near Arundel ish
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Food was not very nice yesterday. Pretty rank ordinary to be honest .
grubbyhands
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Known locally ,when I used to live in Billingshurst anyway, as "Testicle Teds" because a long time previous owner once had a shorts malfunction. However, it's a very good shout but I personally haven't visited since it's recent renovations. Will give it a go this coming weekend IF I can get in. It used to be very popular and I can only see it getting more so.
Sounds exactly like the Anchor at Barcombe (thin sliced ham, cheap frozen chips) . You're paying for the riverside setting, the food is 1970s pub grub at best at 2017 London prices.
I've not been to the Black Rabbit since I moved back to Sussex but it always struck me as a place that was incredibly lazy, relying on the location and not really bothering to put the effort in with anything else.
As said I don't really have a problem with that, they have a cash cow and they're flogging it.
TBH in the same position I doubt any of us would do anything different.
For me the problem comes when the clientele try to convince others the pub is something it clearly isn't.
SK1NT
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Both of these lovely. The George in Houghton is nicer if you want a proper sit down meal rather than a meal in a pub.
SK1NT
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This Welldiggers looks nice. I shall give it a go
SK1NT
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Sister worked there for a few months and she said she would never eat there again.
Lovely location but as everyone has already said this hasn't been good for 25 years. Overpriced tourist trap.
Superphil
Dismember
Testicle Ted
a legend in his own lunchtime, He was a decent bloke, very much a bloke who loved being the Centre of attention, plenty of charisma, and an impressive appetite for the alcoholic fayre behind his bar. Also served the most astonishing steaks and seafood.The style and menu has somewhat changed from his time, immediately after the refurb it was getting well deserved rave reviews, but very much as a restaurant, don't bother going there just for a drink. We've had superb meals there, pricey, and very much in the gastro pub/restaurant style, which they did impeccably well. I think it changed hands recently but people I know still rate it highly.
Icy Gull
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Exactly in it's heyday, about the time brick mobile phones came out, it was excellent. The only reason I mention mobile phones was because it was there that I first I saw people posing with them
It has been living off it's reputation and location for years. Didn't the original owners buy and run the place beside the station?
grubbyhands
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Testicle Ted
The style and menu has somewhat changed from his time, immediately after the refurb it was getting well deserved rave reviews, but very much as a restaurant, don't bother going there just for a drink. We've had superb meals there, pricey, and very much in the gastro pub/restaurant style, which they did impeccably well. I think it changed hands recently but people I know still rate it highly.
I'm happy at least one other NSCer knows him as "Testicle Ted", It makes me happy.
Has it improved a lot recently ?
foul old ron
I'll decide, thank you.
Make that two. Legend.
grubbyhands
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Foul Old Ron AND Testicle Ted, now that's a double act in my book!
It really has. The best rural pub restaurant in that part of Sussex by a 'country' mile.
West Hoathly Seagull
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If you're worried about the calories, you could always cycle there. Mind you, that hill back up to the B2146 would be a bit of a beggar after you've wolfed that lot down.
A couple of other amazing country pubs in that part of the world:
The Country Inn, Bepton, near Midhurst.
Half Moon at Northchapel, NW of Billingshurst
Both are away from the crowds and well worth the drive.
The Country Inn, Bepton, near Midhurst.
Half Moon at Northchapel, NW of Billingshurst
Both are away from the crowds and well worth the drive.
Done it many a time, just not with a blooming great big burger in my stomach.
Leaving South Harting heading south are the hardest climbs.
But the worst of all is descending the 's' bends, after the long climb to Harting Down and turning left straight into the 15% climb heading to (Straight Outta) Compton.
Possibly the hardest physical and technical bit of cycling to be done in West Sussex.
AmexRuislip
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Cheers for this, I'm off down to meet family at the Amberley Heritage Museum, later on this month, so will check these two out
You've not properly read the whole thread, have you?Cheers for this, I'm off down to meet family at the Amberley Heritage Museum, later on this month, so will check these two out