The Star Inn, Alfriston

Hotel

Nice place with comfortable rooms, but beware lots of weddings, conferences which can get out of hand, and no nice lounges. An upmarket pub! Value varies.

Friendly staff, clean and comfortable rooms. Free car park. Well cooked, delicious breakfast. This was second visit and will definitely return next time visiting the area. Superb value for money. Thank you.

Amazing food, service a bit slow at first but then attentive. Nice atmosphere.

The food was of gourmet standard. I wish there had been more choices than the handful on the printed menu. There are no daily specials nor is there a menu on a blackboard. The inn does not dissapoint. It is wonderfully Tudor in the bar area plus there is a fire. Go back into the main building and it is slightly above Travelodge in fact I rate Travelodge rooms better. The food is expensive but if you consider the ambience and the quality it is reasonable. The rooms are poor value. In the winter you have the place to yourself and it is nice. In the summer reservations are required.

Nice place, lovely interior, went there for a wedding took a long time to get things sorted. Great staff. Food for the wedding was terrible other then that had a fun night.

This is a very cosy place and has a real traditional feel to it. In winter they have an open fire with two sofas (my preferred sitting) Service was ok but as I say. The location and atmosphere is the real reason to come here.

Nice hotel. The food in the pub is amazing, I would highly recommend! Perfect place to spend a relaxed evening.

Very friendly service, excellent food in 800 year old inn. Awesome.

Went in for some lunch and a drink, it seemed very popular and a little on the pricey side at first but the food was fantastic and the staff were really friendly and I enjoyed my visit, I would recommend but not if you're paying for a whole family and you want to keep the bill under £100

Amazing venue, polite staff. Decent breakfast.

Popped into The Star while visiting Alfriston for lunch in a Sunday and wasn't disappointed. The food was 1st class and the staff were very attentive and friendly. Highly recommended!

Much bigger than you'd expect from the outside. Nicer too. Recommended.

Lovely venue, great food. Edited a lovely wedding reception here in the unique surroundings.

Price is a bit too high for a country pub, but then again food is better than a country pub too. To me this place is successful at translating history to revenue in a small wonderful town. Old Pub has a lot of character.

We stayed for one night while taking a minibreak tour in Sussex. Alfriston as a village is a worthwhile stop in any case, fantastic location and very pretty place woth lots to do and see. The Star Inn is really good, easy check in, great staff, very comfortable room, a pub (a decent pub not hotel bar) and restaurant. Food was good, my meaty offering was fresh and balanced, dearly beloved had the veggie option and thoroughly enjoyed it (we both wanted the Hake but it'd gone, actually I take this as a good thing) haddock at breakfast was perfect. And they made a great fuss of our dog too. All up really good, there are always things that could be better but in truth these were trivial and in no way interfered with our stay. I will be back, and I recommend it to you too!

Wonderful find. The room is great but the food in the bar is amazing. There are no words to explain how flavoursome my supper was.

Our room was very nice, located in the original old hotel building. Our overall experience was spoiled however, as upon arrival at around 8pm (having walked 25 miles from Poynings along the South Downs Way) we were told that we could eat in the hotel as they were fully booked! As we were booked to stay the night, it had not occurred to us that we would need to book a table for our evening meal. The girl on reception was very apologetic and helpful, and suggested we go to Dean's Place about a 5 minute walk down the High Street. The thought of having to walk another 5 minutes was not what we wanted to hear, but after a quick shower and change, we headed to Dean's Place, which was excellent. Our overnight stay for B&B for 4 people in 2 double rooms was around £210, we spent nearly that again at Dean's Place on drinks and food.

Aside from my booking causing confusion we considered the much heralded 21 day steak poor taste and quality.

Beautiful inn! Lovely rooms the old part of the in. Rooms can be quite cold and the new part was a bit to warm. Beds were lovely and comfy! In the morning breakfast was yummy and Lydia was lovely super helpful and friendly your coffee cup was never empty… Reception staff were all lovely Alisha was extremely helpful and got our rooms ready 2hours before check in. Grace my friends wedding planner at the inn was amazing the wedding went smoothly and she was very helpful too! Would recommend and defiantly come back! Lots of lovely walks to Do andnature to see.

Arrived for afternoon tea, only to be told they had run out. When tea was served they forgot to being out milk and sugar and had to be told. The floors and carpets were filthy due to a wedding they had the evening before and they hadn't cleaned it. Avoid!

Great value, smart, clean accommodation; genuinely friendly and welcoming staff. Food is good quality and changing daily specials are equally good value. Try the local Longman beer! Will definitely be returning.

We arranged a pre-Christmas lunch for a niece from Australia. The weather was fine and so was everything about The Star with its historical ambiance — two blazing wood fires and all the beams. We were most impressed by the friendly service and the food. The main menu and the specials offered a range of excellent dishes which surprised us, all beautifully cooked and presented. A very pleasant occasion.

I have stayed at this hotel a number of times and each time has been fantastic. The last time was for two nights over Valentines which included a meal which was very good; the quality of food was top class! I aim to stop again for a few days near to Christmas as I have never done so before and would expect nothing more that the fantastic, friendly service we have had before. Another thing I must add is they very Dog friendly which is great and not often found in such a nice Hotel. Would recommend it to everyone!

The building is lovely, and the evening meal and breakfast were absolutely perfect. When we first went to our room the bathroom windows were open, possibly in an effort to get rid of the smell of smoke, and I had to clean the dead bugs off the window cill. The toilet had stains in the pan and a very bad limescale ring mark around the water line, and our friends in the next room said their loo was also badly stained. The shower just about sprayed enough water for me to get wet and as soon as I used my shampoo the water stopped running for about 10 minutes. When we checked out the receptionist asked if everything had been ok, so I mentioned the bathroom issues, just so the hotel knew to look into this for the sake of future guests. Her response was to promptly tell me that the hotel charge an extra 2% for credit card payments. I did say I thought this a bit of a cheek, not because of the money but the way it was put to me, to which my friend said we probably wouldn't visit again and the receptionists reply was " that's a good idea". We were shocked by this attitude.