Landgate Bistro

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  Jack Bowyer

  ·2 months ago

  “Full marks - the food was brilliant, service attentive but relaxed, restaurant was lovely and best of all we were given all the time we liked on the table. Thank you”

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  Alison Lane

  ·3 months ago

  “What a wonderful little Bistro. Amazing food, excellent service and lovely decor. Toilets were very clean. I particularly loved that the food is locally sourced and the chef grows and pickles his own produce and makes his own chutneys which you can see displayed around the restaurant.”

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  Brenda Baker

  ·4 months ago

  “I used to love going to this restaurant but not anymore. The food, once exceptional, is now mediocre to say the least. The service is very slow. I had a very disappointing meal there about 2 months ago. The starter was ok and the once brilliant focaccia bread was not as brilliant as it used to be. The main course was delivered an hour later and mine had very obviously been defrosted and not quite warmed up in the centre. It was the potato roll with a variety of sides. I sent it back to be re-heated and when it was returned most of the accompanying sides had been removed and the plate was a mess. I didn’t eat it as it looked like someone’s leftovers. I ordered a chocolate sorbet for dessert. This was also inedible as it was like frozen instant whip, not like a sorbet at all. I put this all down to the restaurant maybe having a bad day in some way. I returned recently and despite arriving quite early before the restaurant filled up, the service was still slow. Only one of our party had a starter but it as an hour and a half before the main course was delivered. The menu hadn’t changed much since my previous visit. I had an asparagus based dish which was rather underwhelming. Again it was partly cold and the eggs were overcooked - hard. I ate it but there were no interesting flavours and I wondered about the asparagus sourcing. Locally we have farms selling wonderful asparagus now at this time if the year. This was not that asparagus. The focaccia bread was chewy, maybe defrosted rather than freshly made. The complimentary amuse bouche were fish based and delivered without asking about dietary preferences - one of our party is veggie. In all the service, although friendly, was very, very slow and food not impressive.”

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  E.M.

  ·4 months ago

  “Fantastic food. The staff were delightful and provided us with complimentary bread and an amuse Bouche. We had a starter, main and drinks and were very pleasantly surprised at how reasonable the bill was. Highly recommend this great little bistro and will definitely be returning”

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  Josh Legge

  ·1 year ago

  “Awesome food, amazing service. A little pricey, but you pay for what you get. The dining area and bathrooms could take a little t.l.c. but did not detract from what was a special meal.”

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  Kieran Watkins

  ·1 year ago

  “We came here to celebrate my partner’s birthday and were blown away by the fantastic quality and affordable price of the gourmet food. We both thoroughly enjoyed the starters and mains (I’d recommend the carbonara stater and lemon sole main), washed down with the cosmo special cocktail. A really delicious experience in Rye, would definitely recommend.”

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  Thomas Meehan

  ·1 year ago

  “Brilliant. Food was gorgeous, including a surprise amuse bouche. The staff were friendly and attentive but gave us space. The place itself is lovely.”

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  Andrew Watson

  ·1 year ago

  “Went there a few years back and so visited again for my wife's birthday and it was equally brilliant. Though checking the photos of then and now the bread serving has got smaller ... ahem ! Also rather than olive oil with balsamic vinegar in one pot, do it in two so you can judge how much of each, otherwise you end up with 90% olive oil! Apart from that tiny niggle, fantastic. Sorry, my photos are blurry”

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  Simon Bradford

  ·2 years ago

  “Such a warm welcome when we arrived, was our wedding anniversary with friends, not tried the LANDGATE previously and definitely not disappointed. We had a comfortable table, the bread to die for, I mean marmite butter!!! Wow. We shared starters. Scallops and pork yum. I had sea bass, would choose lemon sole next time. The venison was melt in the mouth, just right. The desserts were out of this world, cheesecake soft and light. So friendly the serving team doing an amazing job!!”

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  Jenny Piccolo

  ·2 years ago

  “Outstanding food and lovely service. I think I chose well with the scallops to start which was actually a larger portion than I was expecting and then the venison which was absolutely delicious. My husband had the carbonara starter which he really enjoyed then the cod with squid ink risotto which he thought was good but not great. We were too full to have dessert and just had coffee which they do need to review as it really wasn't good. But not to take away from a fantastic meal overall.”

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