The Talbot

Decent local pub, the pick of Cuckfield (and possibly Haywards Heath as well). Good local beer, and a tasty Timmy Taylor Landlord as well. Food was great, some excellent starters (local smoked mackerel and cheese bake was brilliant) and varied mains. A step up from good pub food. Service was strong and competent. Only complaint was the wine list mark-up. Our bottle, a nice Cabernet, was 4x which is a bit steep. Spend with tip, no desert, was £60 a head.

My girlfriend and I had a fantastic meal at The Talbot. We shared a camambert which came with a generous amount of bread as well as 'the Talbot burger' which followed for mains. It was exceptional. The staff were very pleasant, I was greeted by the young blonde manager who served us throughout the meal. She was very prompt and polite with our drinks and meal, regularly making sure we were content with our afternoon.<br><br>I would highly recommend the Talbot...read full review

Really not one to leave a bad review, I often visit this pub but feel leaving this review is constructive for improvement to be made.<br>On the weekend I came for dinner, we were left 35minutes after being seated before we even had our drinks order taken! Then a further 15min waiting for the drinks. My partner had to go and find a member of staff to take our drinks order in the end.<br>We ordered our food and that came out within 20minutes which was fine.<br>We...read full review