Sussex Bar & Restaurant

Sussex Bar & Restaurant runs on a 'Local & Wild' idea and takes it further than most. The menu is brasserie-style but adventurous with it, built around wild and local ingredients. Signature plates include wild game wellingtons and squirrel tortellini, which tells you the kitchen is not playing it safe.

The wine list matters here too. Richard put it together to sit alongside the bolder dishes, and the care shows. It has made the place a steady fixture for wine enthusiasts.

Sundays are the unhurried day, made for a long lunch. Bloody Marys, crispy roast potatoes, and the meat as the centrepiece, sourced from Sussex and nearby. Rib of beef one week, Somerset Saxon chickens the next. Good food, decent wine, and a warm London brasserie to sit in.