The Curlew is a modern British bistro built on four cornerstones: quality, locality, responsibility and seasonality.

We’re committed to sourcing the very best quality meat and poultry, fish and seafood, vegetables and fruit we can find. We begin that search in our local community.

We fervently believe in the hugely talented, committed producers in Kent and Sussex turning out quality Romney lamb and Sussex beef, Kent cherry batter, Biddenden cider jelly and the like.

We believe local businesses and communities have a responsibility to support each other - global thinking, local eating.

We maintain relationships with our local suppliers to ensure those fantastic products and ingredients are delivered at their very peak, and that The Curlew’s menu remains embedded in the passing colours of the British seasons.

Ultimately, it’s all about the food.

France, Spain and Italy, New Zealand and South Africa; admittedly, for our wine list we had to travel a little
further afield.

Where possible, we have opted for independent, biodynamic and organic wine producers. Many of them committed to ‘terroir’, a wine philosophy bordering on the mystical, which balances the soil, climate, location, density, training, pruning and the cultural and social influences upon the final product.

Ultimately, it’s all about the wine.

That’s not to say we’ve ignored beers and lagers. After
a number of extensive tasting sessions, we opted for (amongst others) bitter from Hepworth & Co, winners of the West Sussex County Times Best Local Producer Award (2009), St Peter's Organic Beer from Suffolk and Kasteel Cru lager, the only lager which is made using Champagne yeast and brewed in Alsace.

Ultimately, it’s all about the beer.

MACKEREL 9.00
Cucumber, soy, smoked parfait, oyster and wasabi

QUAIL 9.00
Chicory jam, pickled walnuts, turnip, orange

MOONS GREEN ASPARAGUS 8.50
Crispy duck egg, Ashmore cheese custard, rocket

SOUP 8.00

'Cauliflower cheese', smoked bacon brioche

POTTED CRAB 9.50
Fennel cream, pickled mooli, ginger, crab biscuit

TERRINE 9.50
Chicken, ham and goose liver, peas, artichoke, brown beech

WILD SEA BASS 21.00
'Leek and potato', shrimp, caper, vermouth

PLAICE 19.50
Pickled cockles, celery, bulgur wheat, monks beard

PORK 20.00
Fillet and belly, pickled apples, caramelised onion, wild garlic gnocchi

RIB AND CHIPS 23.00
Triple cooked chips, juniper cabbage, hollandaise

SUSSEX LAMB 20.50
Cardamon yoghurt, aubergine, saag aloo purée

BARBURY DUCK 21.00
Honey glazed breast, sweetcorn, chanterelles, shallot, tarragon polenta

RICE PUDDING 8.00
Caramelised, Yorkshire rhubarb, yoghurt sorbet

MANGO MACAROON 8.50
Mascarpone, compressed mango, pineapple and Szechuan pepper sorbet

CHOCOLATE 9.00
Ganache, butter biscuit, cocoa nib and seasalt sorbet

APPLE CRUMBLE PARFAIT 8.50
Spring roll, Granny Smith sorbet

BANANA TART (for two) 16.00
Rum and raisin ice cream, banana milkshake

CHEESE 
Selection of British Isles' cheese

VEGETARIAN MENU

ARTICHOKE SALAD  8.00
Salt baked, truffle custard, Madeira

SOUP  8.50
'Cauliflower cheese', Parmesan gougère

CEP GNOCCHI 16.50
Celeriac, wild garlic, chanterelles 

TARRAGON POLENTA  15.50
Crispy cannelloni, sweetcorn, roasted shallot

CHILDREN UNDER NINE
Please ask which menu choices are available

SHORT MENU

TWO COURSES £20 OR THREE COURSES £25
LUNCHTIMES TUESDAY TO FRIDAY

EVENINGS TUESDAY TO THURSDAY

SAMPLE MENU

SALMON
Tartare, beetroot, cucumber and preserved lemon

CONFIT DUCK
Goose liver, paoched rhubarb, savoury granola

 

CHICKEN

Smoked bacon, pearl barley, dry sherry and crème frâiche sauce

KENT COAST COD 

Curried lentils, cauliflower, lemongrass sauce 

CHOCOLATE FONDANT

Cremeux, sorbet, crisp

BURNT ENGLISH CREAM
Lime and basil, orange sorbet

SUNDAY LUNCH
A roast will be on offer in addition to our full menu

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RESERVATIONS |

Welcome to our direct booking system. For groups of 4 or less, we can take your reservation here. Alternatively, you can call or email us with your booking request.

For reservations for 5 or more people, please contact the restaurant directly.

TELEPHONE | 01580 861394
EMAIL | enquiries@thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk

If we are not around, leave a message on our answer machine and we will call you straight back.

OPEN | Tuesday – Sunday
LUNCH | 12 midday until 2.30pm
DINNER | 6.30pm until 9.30pm (9.00pm Sun)

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GALLERY |

Can there be anyone whose brain, upon reading the word ‘Gallery’, does not conjure an image of the Tate Modern’s contemplative, meditative space… with a beaming Tony Hart, paint brushes crossed, standing right in the middle? 

We thought you might be interested in seeing some of our pictures in The Curlew Gallery (Age 4).

CONTACT |

The first alphabet was scribed in 3500BC, the first postal system used in 900BC, homing pigeons took flight in 776BC and the first newspaper was printed in 1450.
The first microphone was whispered into in 1821 and in 1914 the first cross-continental phone call took place. 1925 a television signal, 1965 the first email and 1985
the first mobile phonecall.

We have been getting in touch with each other for thousands of years in thousands of ways.

Today, you can get in touch with us by…

TELEPHONE | 01580 861394
EMAIL | enquiries@thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk
POST | Junction Road, Bodiam, East Sussex, TN32 5UY
IN PERSON | click here to find us
LOCAL ACCOMMODATION | click here to download PDF

Quick, before something new comes along!

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NEWS |

Whether we're committed to unearthing, establishing
and analysing the truth or just committed to juicy gossip,
the British news industry is the envy of the world.

A staggering 13 national newspapers, the BBC and
creators of the internet prove we're a people who quite
simply love new stuff.

In that vein, we thought we'd bring you our new stuff,
via our (hopefully) witty, informed and at times eyebrow-raising newsfeed blog page.

We'll tell you about new dishes, new staff, new events,
new reviews.

And if you’d like to send us your comments and
pictures of visits to The Curlew, we’ll add them to
the blog – making your news, our news!

Click here for the newsfeed >

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PRIVACY POLICY |

www.thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk

This website is the property of The Curlew Restaurant. We take the privacy of all visitors to this Website very seriously and therefore set out in this privacy policy our position regarding certain privacy matters.

This privacy policy covers all data that is shared by a visitor with us whether directly via www.thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk directly or via email.

Our Privacy Policy provides an explanation as to what happens to any personal data that you share with us, or that we collect from you either directly via this Website or via email.

[Certain businesses are required under the Data Protection Act to have a data controller. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 our data controller is Mark Colley and can be contacted by email at enquiries@thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk.

1. Information We Collect

1. In operating our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
2. Details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblog statistics and other communication data.
3. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website, such as when you register to recieve information, a newsletter etc or make a purchase.
4. Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.

On occasion, we may gather information about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website to our advertisers.

Such information will not identify you personally it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. It is used by use to analyse how visitors to [add website url] interact with the Website so that we can continue to develop this website and make it a better experience for our visitors.

We may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file that is downloaded to your computer. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you.

All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website. Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.

The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:

1. To provide you with information requested from us, relating to our products or services. To provide information on other products which we feel may be of interest to you, where you have consented to receive such information.
2. To meet our contractual commitments to you.
3. To notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service.
4. If you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
5. Further, we may use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, so that you can be provided with information about unrelated goods and services which we consider may be of interest to you. We or they may contact you about these goods and services by any of the methods that you consented at the time your information was collected.
6. If you are a new customer, we will only contact you or allow third parties to contact you only when you have provided consent and only by those means you provided consent for.
7. If you do not want us to use your data for our or third parties you will have the opportunity to withhold your consent to this when you provide your details to us on the form on which we collect your data.
8. Please be advised that we do not reveal information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers but we may, on occasion, provide them with aggregate statistical information about our visitors.

1. We may transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Economic Area for processing and storing. Also, it may be processed by staff operating outside the European Economic Area who work for us or for one of our suppliers. For example, such staff maybe engaged in the processing and concluding of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all reasonable steps to make sure that your data is treated securely and in agreement with this Privacy Policy.
2. Data that is provided to us is stored on our secure servers. Details relating to any transactions entered into on our site will be encrypted to ensure its safety.
3. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

1. Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any member of our group. This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding company and its other subsidiaries (if any).
2. We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:
1. Where we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party.
2. Where we are legally required to disclose your information.
3. To assist fraud protection and minimise credit risk.

You mind find links to third party websites on our website. These websites should have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access the information that we hold about you. Please note that any demand for access may be subject to payment of a fee of £10 which covers our costs in providing you with the information requested. Should you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact us using the contact details below.

We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at enquiries@thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk. If you prefer to write to us then our contact address is Junction Road, Bodiam, East Sussex, TN32 5UY.