Landgate Bistro

4.7

1598 Reviews

£26 to £40

British

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2 people

Feb 17, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 2 times today

Good for special occasions
Neighborhood gem
Charming

We make British food with a classic or modern slant. We source our ingredients from the local fields, woodlands and waters. Everything is cooked on the premises, including the sourdough bread and the icecreams.
The Good Food Guide (2023) says: "A fittingly quaint old building, complete with original features, given a suave modern twist via grey panelling and contemporary furniture. Chef-proprietor Martin Peacock has built his menu on classical French traditions and impeccable sourcing and there’s real creativity and originality on show here. The international wine list offers a decent but not overlong selection, with accessible pricing.

Vegetarian: we will always offer at least one starter and one main vegetarian choice. However, we cannot cater for vegans.

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Please note, due to customer allergies, we cannot allow dogs on the premises.

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
British, Seafood, Wild Game
Hours of operation
Dinner Wed–Sat 7:00 pm–11:00 pm
Phone number
01797 222829
Website
http://www.landgatebistro.co.uk/
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Martin Peacock
Private party facilities
Due to current government Covid-19 rules, we cannot welcome a party larger than 6p. We welcome parties 8-12p on a general basis. However, for Saturday nights we are only able to accommodate a maximum of 8p. For larger parties (13–32), we are happy to create special menus which you and your guest preorder from. The latter would be available Wednesday to Friday, Saturday lunch, and Sunday lunch.You can only book a maximum of 6 people via Open Table. Please call us if your party is larger than that and we are happy to assist to find a suitable time for you.

Location
5-6 Landgate, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7LH
Neighborhood
Rye
Parking details
Parking opposite the restaurant is possible, but spaces are limited. A large car park is situated around the corner (on Fishmarket Road), a few minutes walk away.
Public transit
Landgate bistro is a 5 min walk from Rye train station.
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Non-Smoking, Wine

What 1,598 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.7

4.7 based on recent ratings

4.7Food
4.7Service
4.5Ambience
4.6Value

Noise • Energetic

Loved For

East Sussex
Best Value
East Sussex
Good for business meals
East Sussex
Great for fine wines
East Sussex
Romantic
East Sussex
Good for special occasions

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews

Landgate Bistro offers a delightful dining experience with "fantastic service" and a "warm, welcoming ambiance." The menu features "delicious and imaginative" dishes like scallops and venison, with "excellent" portion sizes. Reviewers love its "great value for money" and "highly recommend" it as a "culinary highlight of Rye."

1,598 Reviews

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Richard
Oxford
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Generally, a good meal in very pleasant surroundings. The service was generally attentive, although once we had explained that one of our party had a certain allergy, they still managed to put some of the offending article on their plate. Fortunately this error was spotted by my friend. The food was well presented and generally very good, but just short of a wow factor. Having said all that, would happily return as it was a good dinner at a very fair price.
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Susan
Kent
7 reviews
5.0
7 reviews
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great ambience. Friendly attentive service and fabulous food.
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Kai
East Sussex
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 3 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Not usually one to write reviews, but I felt compelled to by the absolutely outstanding dinner my partner and I had last night for Valentines. I had the scallops to start followed by the venison for main - one word, unbelievable. My partner had the Carbonara to start followed by the Guinea fowl. - both, she said, were incredible. To top it all off we enjoyed some complimentary homemade breads, an Amuse-bouche and some beautiful homemade chocolates. Incredible food complimented by an amazing service, and ambience. Both of us are non drinkers and so it was nice to see some mocktail options on the menu as well! Genuinely couldn’t recommend more. We’re already planning our next visit, just wish we had room for desert as well! - next time!
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Tom
Surrey
2 reviews
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on February 8, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Very pleasant evening, a seafood-oriented menu with a delicious scallop starter the highlight. Nice service and reasonably priced wine.
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OpenTable Diner
Norfolk/Suffolk
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on February 1, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 5
Started off great lovely welcome on arrival. While it was quieter the staff were really attentive. Starters and amouse bouche were lovely. Main courses were not hot and when mentioned to server they never came back! Plates were cleared and staff never came back to offer desserts menus or further drinks even though other tables who arrived later than us were so we asked for the bill and left. Such a shame it ended disappointingly as it was a very rare date night. It just felt as the restaurant got busier the staff lost track a bit.
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Garry
Brighton
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 31, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Fabulous food well presented good service highly recommend
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Max
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 31, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Fantastic restaurant, with a constantly changing and enticing menu. I wanted to have multiple things the night we visited, but I settled for the scallops with belly of pork, and the Guinea Fowl for a main. Both were excellent. My partner had the lemon sole which was also amazing. Dishes are prepared with care and packed full of delightful flavours. Having been visiting for over 15 years, can definitely say that the Landgate Bistro is one of the culinary highlights of Rye.
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Bruce
Brighton
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on January 18, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
Nice little restaurant trying to do something authentic
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Catherine
VIP
Kent
28 reviews
5.0
28 reviews
Dined on January 16, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We had a lovely meal in the Landgate Bistro as usual. The service is always superb and the food is delicious. Highly recommended.
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Lawrence
London
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on January 9, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
An excellent dinner in a welcoming ambiance. Good portion sizes, delicious cocktail suggestions, and perfectly matched wines.
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Landgate Bistro is rated 4.7 stars by 1598 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Feb 17, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 2 times today

5-6 Landgate, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7LH

Additional information

Neighborhood
Rye
Hours of operation
Dinner Wed–Sat 7:00 pm–11:00 pm
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
British, Seafood, Wild Game
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Parking opposite the restaurant is possible, but spaces are limited. A large car park is situated around the corner (on Fishmarket Road), a few minutes walk away.
Public transit
Landgate bistro is a 5 min walk from Rye train station.
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Martin Peacock
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Non-Smoking, Wine

Website
http://www.landgatebistro.co.uk/
Phone number
01797 222829
Private party facilities
Due to current government Covid-19 rules, we cannot welcome a party larger than 6p. We welcome parties 8-12p on a general basis. However, for Saturday nights we are only able to accommodate a maximum of 8p. For larger parties (13–32), we are happy to create special menus which you and your guest preorder from. The latter would be available Wednesday to Friday, Saturday lunch, and Sunday lunch.You can only book a maximum of 6 people via Open Table. Please call us if your party is larger than that and we are happy to assist to find a suitable time for you.

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