Fork Lewes

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   Darren

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our second visit to Fork didn’t disappoint! A real gem of a restaurant with excellent food, attentive and friendly service coupled with good value! The fixed menu @ £39.50 provided a diverse set of choices to suit all palates cooked in an open-plan kitchen on full display to the diners. As a wine nerd it was also fantastic to take advantage of a £15 corkage fee which is extremely reasonable. I had scallops in a celeriac purée to start, pork tenderloin with pancetta and then an apple pie to finish. All superbly cooked and presented. We will most definitely be back!
   

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2. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   East Sussex

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   I was hoping to like this but it was just awful. Brown edges on the prawn cocktail lettuce like it was cut days ago. Overcooked pork. Goats cheese that was nuked on the outside and still chilled inside. Greasy bread and unpleasant flavoured butter. Like your kid nephew got the keys to the place after a week at catering school. Bad. Real bad. Learn to cook sonny before inflicting this on the paying public. Sorry but this was terrible. Ugh. Frustrating…
   

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   Mary

   Brighton

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent meal - 3 courses all lovely. Fabulous Prawn Cocktail, superb Pork Loin main dish with vegetables and yummy chocolate & orange cake dessert. Beautifully made, locally sourced - couldn't be better. My Partner agreed - he had ox cheek main - also delicious.
   

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   Megan

   East Sussex

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Absolutely delicious food. One of the best restaurants I have been too in a while. The environment and decor is simple, but the food is far from it, exquisite flavours that will leave you wanting more. I am already looking at booking again. The staff and chefs are friendly and looked after us. Went above and beyond. Thank you.
   

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   Deborah

   VIP

   Kent

   9 reviews

   4.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on December 5, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The Fork is always a treat: the menu always lives up to expectations as to choice and locally sourced fare, ditto a warm welcome and excellent service. Thank you for a superb meal!
   

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   Baba

   Brighton

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 1, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A Top Chef is Jack the Head Chef at Fork and the waitress was lovely. Good value for my birthday.
   

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   Sharyn

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 29, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We visited Fork for the first time and arrived by train from Brighton. We walked up Station Road as far as the High Street before realising that we had missed it. In darkness of the winter evening, it was difficult to discern the small sign on the front. Thankfully, we were not able to find anything else that may be improved upon at Fork. The staff were warm and welcoming and despite our early arrival (we had given ourselves plenty of time to find the place), they were able to accommodate us. The decor is Scandi style with smooth pale wood panelling and white globe wall lights. The menu is small and the food is prepared from fresh local ingredients. We were offered mushroom vol au vent amuse bouches while we perused the menu. They were light and delicious and whet our appetites for what was to follow. We had two courses each and the food was delicious. The poached pear with whipped goats cheese and a rainbow of beetroot salad was a delight for the eyes and taste buds. The cauliflower and stilton soup was rich and very warming. Perfect for a wintry evening. The grey mullet was cooked to perfection and the samphire, crispy kale and mussel broth delicious! We were both delighted with our food and the wine choice was a pleasant surprise too. We had the German Pinot Noir from Villa Wolf. I will definitely be making a return visit to Fork as soon as my social calendar allows.
   

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   Cherry

   East Sussex

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 28, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent lunch using predominantly local produce. Good choice on menu without too many choices. Good Service. Would recommend & will go again.
   

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   Ben

   VIP

   London

   18 reviews

   3.0

   18 reviews

   Dined on November 27, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   The food had good flavour, though the soup was rather too thick, and it was mistake to serve the beignets in the soup rather than on the side. This made the lower half of the batter soggy, and it had begun to disintegrate by the time the dish was served. A main course of venison was far better, extremely well cooked. The plating here is poor. Felt more like a home cook's presentation than a professional chef's. The plates are also too small and feel crowded. Ambience is all right, but the restaurant was cold when we were there.
   

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    Robin

    Warwickshire

    10 reviews

    3.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on November 21, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3

    This was a very mixed bag. The service is lovely but the place itself is a bit austere, which isn’t really a problem as that’s a matter of taste. The problem is that the food is very mixed. My ox cheeks were delicious but my husband’s pork was dry (we can all make dry pork at home; we rely on a good restaurant to make it juicy!). The bread, at an extra cost, was of very mediocre quality and came with two flavoured butters: black pepper and Parmesan and tikka masala. Why would anyone want tikka masala butter?? Good fresh butter on good bread can’t be beat. My husband’s dessert of apple and almond tart was superb, but my pear and ginger crumble was watery and lacklustre (one cube of preserved ginger popped on top does not make it a ‘pear and ginger crumble’). We are happy to pay for— and support the use of— locally produced food, but the basics need to be got right.
    

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