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Runner up - Best Coastal Restaurant, Pub or Cafe in UK
Coast Magazine Awards 2010
Welcome!
to the website of our award winning tea rooms & garden, next door to Pevensey Castle (1066 & all that) & a short drive from the seaside at Pevensey Bay, Eastbourne & Bexhill. We do hope you'll come & join us in sunny Sussex very soon. In the meantime, kick off your shoes, relax & make yourself at home here...
We are the village green preservation society
Who we are & what we do
We believe that the food we eat should be local, seasonal, sustainable & traceable - its good for the planet & great for the palate. Our aim is that the majority of our produce is made here, from our own allotment or produced within 5 miles of Castle Cottage.
By supporting local producers & buying directly from farmers, we are reducing food miles, our carbon footprint & supporting our local community, economy & employment.
We make all our own cakes & scones using English butter & organic free range eggs from our own Hastings girls or the hens just up the road at Friday Street Farm.
Many of our ingredients are organic & where relevant, we only buy fairly traded goods. Our kitchen scraps feed a gang of Wiggly Wigglers worms or the birds in our garden.
The Tea Rooms and garden are no smoking areas. We politely ask our customers not to consume their own food or drink whilst visiting us.
We do not believe in adding a service charge. Any tips you may choose to leave all go to our staff.
Philip & David
News
Check here or Facebook for all the latest updates
1 July 2010
Hurrah! We opened our newest tea room, on the seafront in St Leonards. More info on the site very soon. In the meantime, our details there are:
Post Office Tea Room, 40a Marina, St Leonards on Sea, TN38 0BU
01424 426885
stleos_castlecottagefood.co.uk
1 May 2010
Hooray - Castle Cottage is RUNNER UP IN COAST MAGAZINE AWARDS for best UK coastal pub, restaurant or cafe 2010.
Hooray 2 - we've broken the 100 Facebook fans barrier.
17 MARCH 2010
Monthly local market dates announced - see events page.
4 MARCH 2010
We are very excited to report that we have started serving our new menu.
The main change is that we are now serving lunches priced by the course. So, if you just want a main course, you can now have just that! AND on Sundays, we'll be serving up delicious roast organic beef or lamb, with all the trimmings & proper gravy for £12.50 - with no booking necessary, unless we've run out! You can of course book a table to secure your feast!
We haven't tinkered for the sake of it, but listened to lots of feedback from our lovely customers.
Other improvements include:
- Organic omelettes - cooked properly & fresh as a daisy
- Wines, fizz & Champagne by the glass
- Posh Friday Street Farm organic burgers
- Old Fashioned Cherry Cake
- Delicious Pimms, by the glass or the jug - perfect to sip in the garden over the summer
- A wider range of sandwiches
- Stunning new house wines at a good price
- Full veggie breakfast
- Chocolate & Banana Marble Cake
- More for people on a gluten free diet, including lovely new bread
The entire menu is on the food page of this site.
16 FEB 2010
Mothering Sunday menus now up on the Events page.
FRIDAY 5 FEB 2010
Opening hours for next 6 months posted on Find Us page.
MONDAY 11 JAN 2010
The building work has started at the cottage. Fear not though - we open at weekends, snow permitting!
SATURDAY 9 JAN 2010
Lots more snow in Hastings & a very icy hill outside our house means there will be no tea (or anything else) served this weekend. SORRY people... keep warm, safe & fractureless.
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Our food & Menu
Escape the everyday hustle & bustle - join us in our cosy Victorian country cottage for morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea & cake.
A taste of our menu is below
At Castle Cottage we celebrate the almost forgotten things that used to make life better & finer. Like manners, tea pots, stew & dumplings, proper puds & custard, butter never margarine in all our baking, waitress (and/or waiter(!)) service at the table.
Our food is locally & ethically sourced – Fairtrade teas & coffee, organic eggs & meat from Friday Street Farm. We do not use any GMOs.
We aim to be as child friendly as possible & offer lots of options for people with allergies.
As much as possible is home cooked, fairly traded & delicious.
Jams, pickles & preserves
We love to preserve the bounty of the summer & enjoy it throughout the year.
Our preserves are made here at the cottage from produce from our allotment, from our families gardens & farm & from our mates – we are always happy to swap a few jars or a breakfast or three for a glut of their or indeed your veg!
We serve lots of our homemade chutneys, mustard & jams, and sell them too. Check what is currently on offer on the dresser, or drop us an email. We'll be selling them on the net soon too.
Special Offer
Preserves normally £3.00 a jar - Buy 3 jars for the price of 2
Menu
Breakfast - served until noon
Pevensey Breakfast £8.00
Sausage, 2 rashers of bacon, 2 Friday Street Organic Farm eggs - poached or fried, all from within 2 miles of the cottage, plus Heinz baked beans, toast & tea or coffee
Veggie Breakfast (v) £8.00
Two veggie sausages, 2 local organic eggs - poached or fried, baked tomato, Heinz baked beans, toast & tea or coffee
Organic Eggs & Beans (v) £6.00
Two eggs, poached or fried, & Heinz baked beans on toast, tea/coffee
Snacks & Light Lunches
Soup - homemade veg soup with bread (v) £4.50
Soup & Sandwich £7.00
A bowl of soup & a cheese & chutney sandwich (v)
or ham & chutney sandwich
Ploughmans Lunch (v) £8.00
Local organic cheddar Cheese, salad, homemade chutney, pickled onions & piccalilli & bread
Cheese & Tomato Flan (v) £8.00
A rich warm homemade quiche, with salad & bread
2 Cheese Scones filled with warm roasted veg & our own chutney,
with salad (v) £6.50
Organic Omelettes £6.50
Two organic eggs cooked properly, with tomato (v), cheese (v) or ham, served with salad
Sandwiches
Freshly made, with salad garnish
Cucumber (v) £4.00
Organic Egg Mayonnaise & Cress (v) £5.00
Local Bacon or Sausage £5.00
Free Range Ham & homemade chutney £5.00
Organic Sussex Cheddar Cheese & chutney (v) £5.00
Smoked Salmon £6.00
On Toast
Two Boiled Eggs & (Norman) soldiers £3.25
Butter (on toast) £1.30
Heinz Baked Beans £2.60
Jam, marmalade. honey or Marmite £1.80
LUNCH - served 12.30PM – 2.30 PM
Starters all £4.50
Seasonal vegetable soup, with bread (v)
Hastings shrimp in garlic butter, with bread
Warm salad of bacon, organic poached egg
& croutons (£9.50 main course)
Sussex Cheese Soufflé (v)
Mains
Stew of the day £9.50
Pie of the day £9.50
Homemade salmon & smoked haddock fish cakes
& tartare sauce, with salad £8.50
Posh Burgers: an organic burger from Friday Street Farm up the road, served medium to well done, in an organic roll with tomato & onion, served with salad & some Tyrells crisps £8.50
Burger with bacon or cheese £9.50
Macaroni cheese & salad (v) £8.50
Seasonal veg casserole & herby dumplings (v) £8.50
Afters all £4.00
Sticky Toffee Pudding & custard
Castle Cottage Trifle
(lemon sponge, homemade lemon curd, custard & local cream)
Downsview Vanilla Ice Cream
with hot fudge sauce & homemade shortbread
Homemade Banoffee Pie (invented in Sussex)
Cakes etc...
Cherry Cake*; Victoria Sandwich; Divine Chocolate Cake; Bemon Drizzle Cake; Coffee Cake; Gluten Free Lemon Cake all £2.50
Cup Cakes £2.00
Plate of Homemade Shortbread £2.00
Plate of gluten free chocolate & almond biscuits £2.00
All Butter Plain Scone, butter & jam £2.00
Cheese Scone & butter (v) £2.00
2 Crumpets & jam or Marmite £2.00
Toasted Tea Cake, butter & jam £2.00
Set Teas
Cream Tea £5.50 per person
Two plain scones & butter, served with whipped Sussex cream, jam & a pot of tea or coffee
Big Tea £8.75 per person
Cucumber sandwiches, a Cream Tea & a cup cake
Champagne Tea £15.00 per person
A selection of dainty sandwiches, a Cream Tea & a glass of Freixenet sparkling wine.
Tyrells Crisps Handmade by farmers! £1.00
Downsview Farm Dairy Ice Cream Tubs £2.50
Divine Fairtrade Chocolate 85p
(v) = vegetarian / * = contains almonds
Cold Drinks
Homemade Lemonade £2.25
Glass of Milk £1.25
Oakwood Farm Organic Apple or Pear Juice £2.40
Elderflower Cordial Homemade & very local £2.10
Organic Orange Squash £1.50
Fairtrade Orange Juice £1.75
Coca-Cola Diet or full-fat £2.00
Traditional Homemade Vanilla Milk Shake £2.75
Coke Float Coke and a scoop of ice cream £3.00
Belu Water Still or fizzy 330ml/1 litre ...£1.50/£3.00
Hot Drinks
Fairtrade Tea £1.80 per person
also Decaf; Earl Grey; Green or White Tea; Peppermint;
Chamomile or Wild Berry
Fairtrade Coffee £2.50 per person
A cafetiere of medium roast or decaf
Divine Hot Chocolate with whipped cream £3.00
Ovaltine or Horlicks £2.50
Pimms & Lemonade
Glass (1 measure)/Jug (5 measures) £3.50/£11.50
Pimms measure: 50 ml 25% ABV
Wines
A GLASS
Baron Philippe de Rothschild mini 187ml bottles
Red - Merlot 14% ABV £3.50
White - Sauvignon Blanc 12% ABV £3.50
Sparkling wine & Champagne is also available in mini bottles – see below. Because youre worth it!
A BOTTLE
House Wine: Domaine de Pellhaut White, rosé or red. Excellent French blended wines, from the Côtes de Gascognes 12.5% ABV (White 11.5%) 75cl £13.50
Battle Wine Estates: Lovely English wine in half (37.5cl) or full (75cl) bottles.
Saxon Gold - dry white 11% ABV £7.50/£14.00
Saxon Valley – medium/dry 10.5% ABV £7.50/£14.00
Sedlescombe Organic Regent 2008 - a juicy, fruit driven medium bodied red– 75 cl/11% ABV £19.50
Champagne & Sparkling Wine
Freixenet
A crisp, clean sparkling white made in the traditional champagne method Mini 200ml/ full bottle 75cl 12% ABV £6.00/£17.50
Moet & Chandon Champagne - Mini bottle 200ml 12%ABV £14.00
Lager
Carlsberg Lager 275ml 3.8% ABV £2.80
Peroni Lager 330ml 5.1% ABV £3.00
Hepworth Organic Sussex Lager 330ml 5% ABV £3.00
Ales
Our ales are served in 500ml bottles, which is just about a pint (or very nearly an armful) in old money.
Hepworths Organic Prospect £3.90
A pale ale from fab brewers in Horsham. 4.5% ABV
Beachy Head Brewery
Three great real ales, brewed in Eastbourne. Brewery profits go towards preserving the local countryside.
Original Ale - A delicious bitter 4.5% ABV £3.90
Legless Rambler - A stronger bitter 5% ABV £3.90
Parson Darbys Hole A great stout/dark ale, with rich chocolate aftertaste – recommended! 4% ABV £3.90
Harveys Blue Label A full bodied pale ale from the renowned Lewes brewers. 3.6% ABV £3.90
Cider & Perry
Delicious local still apple & pear drinks from Oakwood Organic Farm in Robertsbridge 330ml, 6% ABV £3.60
Spirits
25ml 40% ABV
Gin, Vodka, Whisky, Rum, Brandy £2.00
Somerset Cider Brandy 25ml 40% ABV£2.75
Mixers: Tonic; soda; dry ginger ale, bitter lemon, lemonade, Coca-Cola, orange juice £1.50
Sherry & Port
Croft Original Sherry (medium dry) or Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry (sweet) 50ml 17.5% ABV £2.00
Dow Master Blend Port 2004 50ml 20% ABV £3.00
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Julie from FRIDAY STREET FARMERS:
"Great website. It really sums up what Castle Cottage believes in by supporting local farmers and growers and providing good old fashioned service and food. We look forward to continuing to supply you with our local Organic, Beef, Lamb and Eggs."
Keith Belcher: I've never known a website to make me hungry before. It all looks as good as it tastes."
Tricia Payne on Facebook:
Came for the first time a few weeks ago with my children for a cream tea. With allergies to cope with it's GREAT to find somewhere so lovely that uses proper butter! Thanks, well done.
Dee Sharpe on Facebook:
I treated myself to lunch here, in the middle of a manic day and it put me in the most fantastic mood. Wonderful appetiser, creamy delumptious soup, excellent roast and a sticky toffee pudding to die for. Washed down with white wine from a Battle v...vineyard. Mellow, happy atmosphere in lovely setting and great service too! Ooooh what people are missing if they go anywhere else.
Graham Hooper on Facebook:
came today and had lunch, first time we had eaten here, food was really nice and we are looking forward to roast on Sunday
Paul Croft on Facebook:
this is the best tea room I have been to, they make lovely jams and chuckneys, [SIC] go and try them and buy them
Jenny Garcia on Facebook:
I had the best cheese scones ever yesterday at Castle Cottage, rounded off our visit to Pevensey Castle perfectly. Will definitely be back for more!
Steve Neal on Facebook:
We had cream teas last Thursday just as the bunting was being put out. Fantastic. Lovely service, great location, fabulous homemade scones. Will come again one day!
Linda Keats on Facebook:
Another fabulous lunch on Sunday. Tiny cucumber sandwiches for little Jessica and scrummy flan and mouth watering sandwiches and cakes for the rest of us. Thanks to the power of facebook, we were able to say goodbye and good luck to Tori, and we just loved the very tasteful pink bunting!
Alison Attwood on Facebook:
The best cream tea ever and a great reward after a long bike ride. Lovely cuppa, delicious scones, generous helpings of cream and jam ... scrumptious! And really friendly service too. We will be back very soon.
Mick Bean on Facebook:
Great cream tea and the freshly made coffee was a joy, excellent service and the no service charge means I gave a little extra knowing the staff benefit directly. I will certainly visit again.
Philip Judd on Facebook:
Hi, we very much enjoyed our visit to your tea rooms and the cream tea was wonderful, we very much hope to come again when we're in the area again which I hope won't be to long
Brenda Mansworth on Facebook:
Lovely lunch. Highly recommended! Just loved watching the birds and those fat baby squirrels!
Dorothy Webb on Facebook:
Very good lunch - peaceful lovely afternoon - will visit again soon to try out the cakes!
Jo Robinson-Randall on Facebook:
We visited valentines weekend it was fantastic, and we have been to the Sunday roast as well, highly recommended, wonderful service, great atmosphere and oooooohhhhhhhhhhh the cakes are beautiful, back soon x
came in last week found the service brilliant will visit more often when we move to Hastings
A beautiful sunny day, and a very empty tummies. Tea rooms so busy that there aren't even any empty tables outside. Hubby saved the day and fetched picnic blankets from the car, and we all (plus dog) settled on the lawn outside. A speedy cheerful waiter takes our order, and soon we are tucking into the most wonderful homemade sandwiches and cream teas, washed down with freshly made coffee and tea. Even the dog got a pat and a drink. What a magical afternoon in Pevensey! Thank you.
Linda Andrews on Facebook:
Enjoyed the good, friendly service plus the breakfast. Thank you!
Rosie Watson Powell on Facebook:
Visited for the first time today and the service was fantastic! The waitress was great with the kids! Cake was yummy too! Thanks x
Nice Buns!
The Pevensey Local Market
Every third Sunday of the month, except Jan & Feb - in the garden/indoors if wet!
Forthcoming dates: 16 May; 20 June; 18 July; 15 August;
19 September; 17 October; 21 November; 19 December 2010
Following the success of our Christmas Market, we now have a market every month, giving you the chance to buy from very local cooks, farmers & producers.
We'll be offering homemade cakes, biscuits, & puddings jams & preserves, chutneys & pickles; Organic lamb, beef & eggs from Friday Street Farm; Sussex wine & beer tasting; gifts; veg & bedding plants; local cheeses; local makers & artists, plus more. Join us for breakfast or just a tea or coffee and have a browse.
Do get in touch if you are interested in having your own stall.
"Tea revives you"
Vintage Hire
We have a lovely collection of vintage china, which you can see in some of the pictures on this website. Cupcakes look divine displayed on them at weddings & functions or they look great for serving food to guests, vintage stylee! The china is mainly made by Midwinter & from the 1950s and 1960s. You can hire one stand or the whole lot - no hire is too small!
You can also make your event look extra special with our homemade vintage style pink bunting - it is made up of pretty floral, polka dotted & gingham fabrics, with every flag sewn with love by Philip! There is about 75 metres & more in the pipeline!
We also have a wooden three tier (Nippy style) plate stand, a stainless three tier stand and various cruets, gravy boats, toast racks etc to hire. Call us for more information & further pricing.
Cake Plates either with a chrome base or handle
£5.00 (approx. 10 available)
Two tier cake stands £7.00 (approx. 6 available)
Three tier cake stands £9.00 (approx. 4 available)
Vintage Plates – various sizes £3.00 (approx. 12 available)
We also have white china (large & small plates, cups & saucers, small bowls), tumblers and wine glasses & pretty cutlery to serve approx 40-50 guests. Hire is at 10p per item - a cup and saucer counts as one item!
We even know a very nice man (Philip's dad), with an immaculate off-white Morris Minor Convertible, which makes a great wedding car.
Any breakages or damage will have to be paid for, replacements will not be accepted. The replacement cost will be confirmed when you place your order and anything necessary will deducted from the deposit you paid.
Functions
Where possible, we love to welcome private parties & events. We do have to work around our other commitments, but are always happy to discuss your needs & do our best to help. Currently, we do not open for evening events.
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Pevensey Court
House Museum
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Street Farmers
Stone Cross
Windmill
Pevensey Castle &
English Heritage
Here are a few of our Favourite Things
Downsview
Ice Cream
High Weald Diary
Visit Sussex
Beachy Head
Brewery
Carry-a-Bag
Pevensey Fansite
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Hankham Organics
PEVENSEY:
High Street (next to big castle gate)
Pevensey BN24 5LE
Parking is FREE for Castle Cottage customers, on the Town Square, outside the Royal Oak & Castle Pub, or on the public highway. There is also a "Pay & Display" car park opposite the cottage. There is level access into the tearooms & we have an adapted toilet. Free parking is available outside the Royal Oak & Castle Pub.
ST LEONARDS:
40a Marina, St Leonards on Sea, TN38 0BU
For accessible travel information, check out :
By Road
We are just off the A259 & A27. Follow the brown signs to the Castle from the roundabout - we are next to the main Castle gate, at the top of the High St.
By Train
Take a train to either Pevensey & Westham or Pevensey Bay stations - both are 1/2 mile away and on the Eastbourne to Hastings line. Its probably a nicer walk through Westham & the castle though.
By Bus
The 99 from Eastbourne or Hastings stops at the opposite end of the High Street.
There are other local & community services - check out the Traveline website. Click on the logo opposite.
Opening Hours
Pevensey: MAY - SEPT every day, 10.30am - 4.30pm
St Leonards: Wed - Sun 10.30am - 5.00pm
(10.00am for The Archers omnibus on Sundays)
Call us for more information or to book a table. Reservations can only be taken for tables inside the tea rooms.
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T Shirts etc
Our initial, "capsule" collection of T Shirts are now available . Click on the picture to the left & you will be taken to our shop at our partner site, Spreadshirt. We'll be adding lots more items soon - so check back here or sign up for our mailing list.
Welcome to the on-line Village Shop
More products coming soon:
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Cakes & Cupcakes;
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Puddings;
Handmade Soap
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