Like all Butcombe properties (see also The Welldiggers Arms, Petworth), this whitewashed Georgian village local in the South Downs combines traditional pub ambience and a friendly vibe with ambitious cooking and very presentable rooms. There are just five here, with contemporary comforts, subtle colours, cafetière coffee and Bramley toiletries. Two cottages opposite are fully self-catering. A fire blazes in the beamed bar, while in summer, you can dine outside. You can come for fish and chips or maybe a pie, but the menu stretches to dishes such as chermoula aubergine, baba ghanoush, quinoa, pink onions, yoghurt, pine nut crumb or Malaysian style seafood curry sticky rice, shrimp crackers. Loyalty club members get a discount.