Star Inn

The restaurant at the Star Inn is situated upstairs in the oldest part of the building; it has a 'barrelled' ceiling and was originally built in 1348 as the dormitory for the stone masons who built the church. The restaurant has recently been fitted with 'climate control' and seats 45 approximately. This room can be let privately for lunch or dinner and small functions such as weddings, funerals and christenings.

The food ranges from traditional bar food to gourmet, Hastings 'beer batter' cod and chips, ploughman's lunches, mussels cooked in white wine, garlic and onions with thick crusty bread, fresh dressed lobster served cold or hot as thermidor, half shoulder of lamb, cooked slow until tender served with minted redcurrant gravy, pan fried smoked salmon fillet, marinated with brandy honey and dill and a 'proper' short crust homemade beef, ale and potato or chicken leek and mushroom pie.

Least expensive price is half pint of prawns with crusty bread and homemade marie rose dip, and the most is a 10oz Scottish sirloin with brandy cream and Madagascan green pepper sauce, tomato and onion salad and chips at £15.95. The menu is the same throughout the pub and the all the food is prepared fresh on the premises and served in substantial portions; all the salads are dressed with their own homemade secret dressing.

The Good Pub Guide 2004 commented: "The L shaped bar has a relaxed chatty atmosphere, a fine log fire in the inglenook fireplace, with panelling and built in wall settles. The tables are candlelit at night, chalked up on boards, there is a decent choice of bar food. The beer is well kept and they do a mean Bloody Mary and hold an extensive and well thought out wine list. Classical piped music and bar billiards. The prettily planted sloping garden with its rustic furniture has lovely views of rolling oak lined sheep pastures. Turner thought it fine enough to paint."

Meals are served throughout the pub, not just upstairs, and it is open during normal pub hours for drinks; the hours given apply to the service of food.