THE CHEQUER INN, Steyning - Updated 2024 Restaurant Reviews, Photos & Phone Number

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The Chequer Inn which has been a landmark for nearly six hundred years and still acts as a very popular meeting place today. The main restaurant serves up locally sourced, country-pub food with an ever changing specials board and traditional roast lunch on Sundays! There are also some lighter options for casual snacking! Alongside this we have fine wines, good local guest ales, open log fires and most importantly a friendly atmosphere!

PRICE RANGE

£4.00 – £15.00

CUISINES

Pub, Gastropub

Special Diets

Vegetarian Friendly, Gluten Free Options

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Drinks

FEATURES

Reservations, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Table Service

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4.0

108 reviews

Excellent

38

Very good

37

Average

17

Poor

11

Terrible

5

Tony01UK

London257 contributions

Almost good, but fell short!

Jan 2020 • none

Went for Sunday lunch. There was just one lamb left and one beef left, which was fine. The lamb was tough and chewy. The beef was the same. The veg were largely frozen and it showed. Far too many veg varieties, it looked like a few here, a few there, trying to make up a full portion, The roasties were well cooked, but tasted nice. The service was lovely, and our waitress was polite and professional and a pleasure. I guess that the issue here is about having to digest the meat! If as I suspect, you have only a couple of portions left then please don't try to charge for a full meal if its the dregs of the meat! Im a customer and I trusted you! Im not here to soak up your leftovers and pay full price for the last dried up chewy portion.

Written 17 January 2020

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Bartonbears

Coffs Harbour2610 contributions

Could be so much more

May 2023 • couples

The low ceilings, beams and higgledy-piggledy rooms give this hotel a lovely feel and when the fire is lit on cold days it feels very cosy. Unfortunately meals are somewhat limited, if served at all owing to staffing shortages. There is no wine list and relatively few wines. There is enormous potential here, in the heart of the town, but for now there are better options elsewhere.

Written 12 May 2023

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sarah p

2 contributions

Disappointing Sunday lunch

Oct 2023 • family

Disappointing Sunday lunch - roast potatoes were hard which is always the best part of a roast! Yorkshire puddings a bit burnt. Service started off well but then we sat for ages with our finished plates on the table with several staff coming over but not taking them away! Puddings were below average. The pub was quite quiet for a Sunday lunch which says it all - a few locals in there with one sending back his meal as it was cold. There’s definitely better pubs offering Sunday roast so we won’t be back!

Written 29 October 2023

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Angela R

Peacehaven51 contributions

Disappointed

Feb 2023 • family

Went here to celebrate my son’s 21st birthday and we’re really disappointed. Service was non existent and staff were unprofessional. When we finally got our meal it was burnt and the beef was practically raw, the menu did say rare but I did expect that it would be cooked! Will definitely not be returning or recommending this place

Written 19 February 2023

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Andy P

Brighton81 contributions

Amazing building, not great food

Feb 2022 • none

We came out for a walk around from Brighton, popped in for an unplanned lunch. This building is amazing (see full account on Wikipedia), dates back to the 14th century, very cozy, real fires going. Lots of nooks and crannies to explore and find a private table. No music playing which suits it. Really friendly staff go out of their way to help. Really disappointed in the food I'm afraid. Overcooked chips (I suspect fried in old oil), chopped salad (??!!) and a lower quality thick burger which was overcooked and too dry. What tasted like tinned peas with the scampi and chips. Burger and chips was £12. They do offer a kids menu but same poor quality food. A lovely place for a drink, but better places to eat here.

Written 13 February 2022

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Gary Pickett

214 contributions

So welcoming!

Oct 2021 • none

Stopped in this beautiful village and found this lovely quaint pub for our lunch, being Sunday we had a roast, and very nice it was too! the lady serving was very helpful and we enjoyed a laugh with the locals, as my wife and I are from Norfolk they found her funny the way she phased certain words...road comes to mind! But a lovely place to enjoy lunch. the village is best seen by taking a stroll down Church street. It is set back in time and the buildings are charming. Do pop into the church at the end of this road. Lovely day spent here! Thank you to all those we chatted with!

Written 1 November 2021

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Christina G

5 contributions

Disappointed

Jan 2020 • none

Arrived with group of friends for Wednesday lunch. Only 1 lovely person waiting plus operating the bar. Each meal came out one by one, I think not a regular chef that day. Also, they had run out of puddings since the weekend and new order not arrived. We should have been told. Seems the place is struggling and trying to make do. Food varied, all friend and not at all healthy.

Written 31 January 2020

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scotties00

Worthing232 contributions

Good basic pub fare

May 2024 • friends

Good basic pub grub, not an exciting menu but everything we had tasted like it was cooked to order & was nice - good quality fish with homemade chips & homemade coleslaw. Desserts were slightly disappointing as only a couple to choose from (it was bank holiday Monday & they'd had a busy weekend apparently) and the Apple pie wasn't homemade. A pub with character & a warm friendly welcome.

Written 6 May 2024

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Natalie C

Steyning16 contributions

Great food

Aug 2022 • couples

Myself and my husband ordered food last night. I had the homemade quiche salad and chips and my husband had the cheese burger. Both meals really good. Very tasty and really well presented. The food is always very good, really good value for money. The staff always very friendly.

Written 20 August 2022

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oink13

West Sussex19 contributions

Sunday lunch….poor

Sept 2023 • none

Went for Sunday lunch, we were told which table we had, we ordered drinks, went to the table. The place was empty even though the two ladies behind the bar stated how busy they had been, we arrived at 2pm…just one other table in & finishing their dessert, I doubt they had anyone in their restaurant before us. Sat for a while, no menu brought to us so I got up and got a menu from another empty table. Chose our meals, waited for an order to be taken…no one came, so ordered at the bar. At no point from arriving to choosing our meals were we told it was bar service. When I ordered the meals at the bar all orders were taken with no feedback from the staff that there were issues with the food or the meals we had ordered…great…looking forward to my Sunday lunch! Food arrived, one ordered the three meat roast…it was lovely, second guest ordered the pork belly, but this was the same size of portion to the guest who ordered the three meat roast???? I ordered the roast gammon but it was a gammon steak that on a weeknight I’d normally have with a fried egg & chips, to me roast gammon is sliced off a gammon joint??? Once we got into the meal we asked the waitress where our cauliflower cheese was? She said they run out (was not told this when we ordered). Then we had to ask where our side of pigs in blankets were….10 mins later they arrived. Finally when we were half way through we realised we had no Yorkies……when, for the third time we asked where all the food was that we should have got on our plates was I was told they had been sooooooo busy they had run out of everything…..eventually a plate of Yorkies turned up….1 homemade and 2 Aunt Bessies….Really????? The homemade one was greasy, undercooked and cold. Fortunately we are quite a good a bunch of friends that we just laughed our way through the lunch….until another table arrived for a birthday lunch. When they got their food they were presented with a lovely big bowl of cauliflower cheese! With the staff, loudly, telling them all that they had ‘loads’ of cauliflower cheese. In fact, numerous times! But still to our table….they had run out! Only one of our table choose desert, when it arrived the waitress moved all of our dirty plates away to fit the dessert in….in normal restaurants the main course is cleared even before a pudding is ordered ! Our guest actually finished his dessert before any of the table was cleared. We won’t be returning and can fully understand why, at 2pm the pub was empty. They had not been soooooo busy that they had run out of food, they are just poor and under prepared.

Written 24 September 2023

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Debbie G

1 contribution

Very poor food

May 2023 • friends

Unfortunately I had the worst roast dinner today that I have ever had in my life I am very sorry to say 🙈 I would not normally say anything however it was so bad that I feel it needs to be said. First of all the staff looked like they did not want to be there and there was no atmosphere whatsoever, we then got our 2 pork belly roast dinners which looked amazing on arrival however when starting ri eat it the pork was not cooked at all and it was actually impossible to eat. I could not get my knife through it where it was so rare. The Yorkshire pudding was not cooked it was still very much like the doe mixture. The gravy was lumpy. As it was impossible to eat it we had no choice but to leave it when paying the £15 I was hoping the lady would ask how was your food however there was no mention. I felt it was not convenient to tell her how poor the food was as there was 2 guests at the bar. This was our first visit today and unfortunately it will be our last. The staff look Like they need cheering up and the chef obviously is not happy as the food was so uncooked there was no love in the place. Very poor experience. I do not normally speak about my experiences as I like buisness to do well however I feel this is important to say as I would hate to see a buisness fail due to lack of love and care

Written 14 May 2023

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Pureglutton

Emsworth18 contributions

Disappointed!

Sept 2019 • couples

The Chequer’s website sounded promising. We found the staff pleasant and helpful. The public bar was busy but there were few people in the restaurant for a Saturday night. My veggie burger was underwhelming...a couple of burnt strips of halloumi and a cherry tomato in a small bun...no sign of the tomato salsa mentioned on the menu. Chips were in no way ‘chunky’ as described. The Chequer Burger my partner had was dry and with almost no cheese. Beer was good. Good choice of wine, but mine tasted as though the bottle had been opened for too long. Overall disappointing.

Written 28 September 2019

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Jenny K

Brighton8 contributions

Saturday lunch for the family

Aug 2019 • none

Sixteen of us, including two little ones and one vegetarian. I did book ahead and discussed menu choices with the chef but there were optional specials on the day as well. We had great, friendly and helpful service and lovely food, everyone was very happy. The home made desserts were delicious.

Written 19 August 2019

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Alessandro B

Steyning3 contributions

Good service

Aug 2019 • none

This pub offers a really friendly and fast service good drinks and live singer for me is best pub in Steyning.

Written 12 August 2019

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Megan B

Beverley6 contributions

Accommodation

Dec 2018 • family

My father, brother and myself stayed for a few nights for a family funeral. We had Sunday dinner on arrival and cooked breakfast every morning. The pub was very clean and well kept. The bedrooms were spacious and clean. We were also very taken by the friendly staff and boxer dog Connor.

Written 6 December 2018

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