In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Standard rooms 2 and 3 are smaller, but have large baths with rain-showers. The Deluxe rooms are slightly larger and have lovely views over Pagham Harbour; room 1 has a bath tub; up in the eaves, wooden-beamed room 4 has a walk-in shower.
- Packing tips
- Binoculars for birdspotting; vintage finery for Goodwood Revival; jelly shoes for walking along West Wittering's pebbly beach.
- Also
- Self-contained Crab cottage has two double rooms and can be booked for £180 a night (based on two adults sharing; add £20 a night for additional guests); or £380 for two-night weekend stays (Fri–Sun).
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of house wine on arrival
The Crab & Lobster
West Sussex, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Contemporary rusticity
- Setting
- Pagham Harbour bird sanctuary
This 16th-century inn on the West Sussex coast has classic rustic-chic looks and a fantastic location overlooking Pagham Harbour and the bird sanctuary. The Crab & Lobster is cosy, welcoming and has all the ingredients you need for a perfect pub stay: flagstone floors and fireplaces, squishy leather sofas, great food, and super-comfy rooms to retire to.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Four; plus a self-contained cottage.
- Rates
- Standard rooms, £120; deluxe rooms, £140, including breakfast. Two-night minimum stay at weekends. (Rates increase by £20 on Bank Holidays. During Goodwood events, including Glorious Goodwood, the Revival and Festival of Speed, all rates are £200).
- Check-out
- 11am; earliest check-in, 2pm.
- Facilities
- Small garden, car park. In rooms, flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player iPod dock sound system, free WiFi and broadband internet connection, L'Occitane toiletries.
- Hotel closed
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
- Also
- Pets unfortunately cannot be accommodated. A three-night minimum stay applies during the Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival, as well as over Bank Holiday weekends.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- With flagstone floors and specials chalked on blackboards in trad-pub fashion, the Crab & Lobster's Modern British menu focuses on locally landed fish and locally reared meats. Look out for the Selsey crab and sardines caught on the south coast.
- Dress code
- Casual cable-knits and sailing clobber.
- Top table
- Snag a table by the inglenook fireplace.
- Last orders
- The pub is open 11am–11pm; food is served 12–2.30pm and 6pm–9.30pm (9pm on Sundays).
- Room service
- None, but there are tea and coffee trays in roomsl, and minifridges with complimentary mineral water and milk. Guests' breakfast is served in the main restaurant, 7.30am–9.45am weekdays; 8.30am–9.45am weekends and bank holidays.
- Hotel bar
- Perch with a pint on dark-leather stools at the polished-pine and brick bar, or cosy up with a bottle of wine in a pair of leather bucket chairs.
Other facilities
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
Smith card offer
A bottle of house wine on arrival
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The Crab & Lobster
Mill Lane
Sidlesham
West Sussex