The Griffin Inn
Pub with rooms in Fletching, East Sussex
From £110 per night
Curator's notes:
- Charming 16th-century building
- Timeless, traditional bars
- Legendary summer Sunday barbecues
- Gorgeous garden with stunning views
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Rooms from
13 doubles: £110
Good to know
- All major credit cards accepted
- Alfresco dining
- Garden kitchen; BBQ & pizzas
- Parking available
- Dogs welcome overnight
Quiet
romance
Bag a table on the paved terrace and enjoy a candlelit alfresco
dinner for two.
Dog-friendly
Dogs can be accommodated in the bedrooms if you bring a basket or
rug.
Outdoor
adventures
There's fabulous walking to explore in these parts - whether it's
the Ouse Valey Viaduct or Ashdown Forest, the home of Winnie the
Pooh.
Rooms
There are thirteen bedrooms at The Griffin - four in the main part of the building, four in the coach house overlooking the garden, and five in Griffin House next door. And they have one thing in common - they're all different.
There's no sense of physical separation wherever you stay, with the bar never more than a short a stroll away. Each room has an individual style with period features, original pieces of furniture, interesting artwork, quirky touches such as porthole mirrors, and colourful fabrics, while the en suite bathrooms have either showers or cast iron bathtubs.
If you're up for something a little funky, check out the in-room shower in the Sheffield Room, while romantics will be pleased to know there are four-poster beds in over half of the rooms.
Restaurant & bar
The kitchen team have a fabulous two-acre market garden just down the road at their disposal, providing salads, vegetables and soft fruits. Whether you opt for the bar or restaurant menu, there's a refinement to the culinary output whichever you choose.
It's really down to whether you fancy hunkering down at a wooden table in one of the charmingly rustic bar areas or opt for a little more refinement in the restaurant, where white linen and table service set the tone. Seasonal menus offer big-flavoured Mediterranean-style dishes alongside well-cooked pub classics - perhaps tomato and olive squid stew; pork belly porchetta, chicken liver, sage and black pudding stuffing and spiced butternut puree; baked egg custard tart, lemon sorbet and lavender syrup.
Out in the garden, there's a wood-fired oven for relaxed summer dining and the Sunday summer barbecues are legendary - roll up and tuck into delicious beef and thyme burgers, Romney Marsh lamb chops and Newhaven mackerel. The wine list is top drawer offering a good selection by the glass and wines of the month. Italy is a particular favourite - check out the heavyweight Borolo on the Connoisseur's section of the list.
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