Interlude - Carte

Côte

➤ 1 East Street, Horsham RH12 1HH, United Kingdom, RH12 1HL

Carte • Vegan • French • European • Vegetarian

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"I made a reservation for New Year's Eve and received an email confirmation. After checking the menu link provided, we knew exactly what we wanted. However, when we arrived at 9:30 PM, we discovered that the menu had been changed to a fixed four-course meal, which cost almost double what we had anticipated! I asked the waiter why we hadn't been informed of this change, but he simply said, "That's just how it is." Overall, it was a disappointing experience with poor service, and I won't be returning."

Kaya In The Park

➤ The Stable Block North Street, Horsham I-RH12 1RJ, United Kingdom

Carte • Cafe • Pizza • Cafés • Sushi

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"If you sit outside, the noise of from the take away coffee queue (crying kids and barking dogs) is overwhelming. To the point where you can’t hear a friend talking right next to you. The waiter staff are lovely. They are both French which adds to the charm but they don’t always understand requests. So it can be hard to communicate changes to orders or special requests. Other than that this is a stunning venue. I would 100% return but I won’t sit near the take away coffee pick up point."

The Greets Inn

➤ Warnham, RH12 3QY, Horsham, United Kingdom

Carte • Steak • British • Burgers • Chicken

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"My husband and I booked for dinner. I had roast pork which on the whole was good. The cauliflower cheese however was anything but cheesy. They had melted some cheese over the top and it looked delicious. But as soon as you got under that bit of added topping, it was tasteless and watery. He then knocked over the salt grinder after I had used it and it was disgustingly rusty. I wondered why I had brown bits in my salt. It was that bad I pictured it and pointed it out to the waitress who said she would mention it to someone.....and then didn't seem to do anything about it. I would have removed it straight away. The table next to ours was the same. I also don't appreciate having service charge added without any mention of it beforehand. I will decide how much tip I leave!!"

Camellia South Lodge

➤ Brighton Road, RH13 6PS, Horsham, United Kingdom

Carte • Pizza • Seafood • Mexican • Fast Food

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"My mother and I had been following the Masterchef Pro comp ' last year and were really keen to sample some of the winner, Tom Hamblet 's, food. We travelled a 4 hour round trip for the experience. We don 't eat at fine dining restaurants often but we are foodies. Firstly, the setting of the restaurant is very lavish and comfortable with warm low lighting. That said, the dinner experience was a little too dark for my mother so that 's something to think about if you struggle with eyesight and low lighting. The service was friendly, attentive and speedy/efficient. The food: I 'll start with the dessert because that was a real pleasure for us. We both loved the flavours of Tom 's end of series winning dessert so the meal ended on a high (we ordered the Olive Oil sponge with lemon curd). I recommend not ruining your palette with the overly sweet petit four that are placed in front of you following dessert unfortunately ours were more sugar flavoured than any other identifiable flavour. Our starters and mains were very VERY underwhelming. They arrived looking beautiful, neat and tidy but failed to deliver on taste. I had wanted the celeriac themed starter but the waiting staff told me the vegan/veggie starters and mains were created by their head chef and not Tom. That was disappointing as his 3 month residency was the reason we 'd visited the restaurant. We ended up both having the lobster starters after the waiting staff recommended it highly as either a starter or an additional dish to share. The claw meat was minimal and tough and the foam mousse took centre stage on the plate. Whilst the plate had lots of textures to it, we felt it was unbalanced and generally with no 'wow ' to it. We enjoyed the coffee and rye bread with butter and pollen/fennel that came prior to this thought. I ordered the Guinea Fowl as a main after the waiter described it as a gamey, dark and tender meat. I feel like a better description to someone that hasn 't had guinea fowl before would be 'it 's like a chicken breast with a different flavour '. This is what arrived in front of me and I actually found it was quite dry and not dark at all! I would never have ordered anything that resembled chicken breast anyway so I felt ill informed about my choice. I also thought the girolles were overwhelmingly tart. I didn 't enjoy my main. Mum 's Hogget was nice but average for her too. Last comment I 've never in my life paid £6.50 for less than 1.5ltrs mineral water beware! I don 't care how much money you have it 's water!!!"

Carmela Deli

➤ 34 Carfax, Horsham, RH121EE, RH12 1EE, United Kingdom

Carte • Pizza • Delis • Mexican • Italian

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"The restaurant is located in a charming old Tudor building, beautifully decorated and very picturesque. A party of 18 of us gathered for a celebratory birthday meal."