Ben Wilkinson at The Pass
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"Intelligent modern cooking in classy country house hotel."
Overview
The luxurious ivy-covered 19th-century South Lodge hotel is surrounded by 92 sylvan acres, which makes a meal at Ben Wilkinson’s eponymous restaurant all the more special. Taking the chef’s table concept to another level, The Pass is a 28-cover restaurant with guests sitting close – and indeed invited in – to the kitchen on the other side of the floor-to-ceiling glass walls, to witness chefs tweezering the meticulously composed dishes into shape. The tasting menu showcases spot-on innovative cooking that’s beautifully presented and always has an eye on the seasons. Refined flavours keep coming all the way from the first dish of Louet-Feisser oyster fermented grains, turnip, trout roe and dill through to a dish of duck, white asparagus, spinach, morel and vin jaune.
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Ratings & awards
4 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
Features
- Facilities
- Seats: 28
- On-site parking available
- Electric Vehicle Charge Point
- Food and Drink
- Wines over £30: 180
Key accessibility features
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Parking within 50 metres of entrance
Parking is available within 50 metres of a customer entrance, either on-site or off-site, in a car park or on the street. -
Designated accessible parking
Designated accessible parking is available within 50 metres of the main entrance or an alternative step-free entrance if applicable. -
Step-free route with firm surface from car park to entrance
There is a step-free route with a firm surface from the parking to the main entrance or an alternative step-free entrance.
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Step-free entrance
There is step-free access at the main entrance or an alternative entrance. This may be via a ramp or lift.
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Step-free access to all or most areas
There is step-free access to all or most areas. This may include access by ramp or lift. As a minimum, there is step-free access to an accessible toilet and at least one food and beverage outlet, where available. -
Lift
There are lift(s) available. An evacuation chair should also be available in case of emergency.
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Table service as standard or on request
Table service is available as standard or on request.
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About the area
Divided from East Sussex back in 1888, West Sussex has a variety of landscapes and coastal scenery, but it is the spacious and open South Downs with which the county is most closely associated. There are plenty of walking routes in the South Downs National Park, cycling routes by the sea or visitors can explore the pretty town of Arundel with its historic castle and buildings
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