Best Contemporary British Restaurants in Newhaven

We were 5 of us to celebrate our sons 18th birthday. We had a table booked for 1.30pm. The initial service was good and our wine and drinks and first course were brought very quickly. There was then a very long delay for our main courses. (Our waitress said there was a very large party upstairs) This is not our problem and the Ivy should have taken on more staff for the day to cope. Eventually our food turned up and 2 out of 5 dishes were like warm. My fish cake with egg was really cold. We did not send the dishes back as we were hungry and didn’t want to ruin the meal! We didn’t have dessert or coffee as our enjoyment of the occasion had been spoiled. The Ivy could do better.

A lovely evening. Slow to start with for drinks order but apart from that it was a lovely evening and the food was delicious. Thank you.

Sat at my favourite table in the old part and it was so warm and cosy. Lovely staff and food was excellent as always. Thank you!

Had a very warm welcome and directed to bar as table not quite ready. Did not take long before we were taken to our table which as just what we had requested. Then had a lovely meal and presented with a Birthday dessert plate which was delicious. Perfect ending to a perfect lunch. Thank you

Great experience from when we first entered teh restaurant until we left. Table service was great and we were looked after very well