Boutique hotels
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Amberley Castle
- Style
- Moated mediaeval retreat
- Setting
- Scenic Sussex
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The Crab & Lobster
- Style
- Contemporary rusticity
- Setting
- Pagham Harbour bird sanctuary
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The Royal Oak
- Style
- Hearth-warming village pub
- Setting
- Pretty East Lavant lane
West Sussex Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
(+44 (0)1243 527434)
Royal Oak
A first-class gastropub with rooms, where the menu is a most-wanted list of ham-hock terrine, calf’s liver and bacon with celeriac mash, warm orange bread and butter pudding, and the low leather sofas and unfussy decor an unjarring setting for city escapees.
Pook Lane, East Lavant, West Sussex PO18 0AX
(+44 (0)1903 883131)
The George and Dragon
It looks like one, but this establishment near Arundel isn’t identifiable as a pub as such: it’s a dining establishment where the local well-heeled come for impeccable Sunday roasts and home-made puddings in a civilised atmosphere. Booking advisable (www.georgeanddragonburpham.com).
Main Street, Burpham, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9RR
Cafés
(+44 (0)1243 572475)
Captain’s Table Tea Room
A guilelessly nice, family-friendly spot for a cuppa situated among more than a dozen stalls selling marine paintings, wooden toys, dough initials and so on at the Bosham Walk Art & Craft Centre. The cakes are home-made and the cream teas are good value (www.bosham-walk.co.uk).
Bosham Walk, Bosham, West Sussex PO18 8HX
(+44 (0)1903 731903)
East Beach Café
At the other end of the aesthetic scale from your average beach-shack caff, this brand-new building at Littlehampton combines state-of-the-art architecture with potted shrimps and kedgeree.
Sea Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 5NZ
