South Lodge Hotel

Valentine’s Day has to be the most romantic time of year to get married so for every bride who books her wedding at South Lodge Hotel between 11th and 17th February 2013, the hotel will spoil her to the tips of her toes with £500 worth of vouchers to spend in the world’s largest shoe hall at Selfridges!
Built in 1883 as a family home South Lodge Hotel nestles in the heart of the Sussex Downs. Surrounded by 93 acres of stunning parkland and pretty flowered terraces and fully licensed to conduct civil ceremonies and partnerships including the outdoor wedding pavilion in the hotel grounds, South lodge is a truly romantic setting to celebrate a marriage.
The Valentine’s Wedding Package is available for weddings taking place between 11th and 17th February 2013 with a minimum of 70 adult guests.

South Lodge is a magnificent luxury country house hotel situated in the heart of the beautiful Sussex
Downs. The Pass opened in November 2008 following a multi-million pound investment programme
of the hotel. It was awarded 3 AA rosettes only three months after opening and has retained them
ever since. The Pass was also ranked as number 29 in the 2012 Which? Good Food Guide’s top 50
restaurants.
The Pass has taken the chef’s table concept and transformed it into a 22 cover restaurant situated in
the heart of the kitchen. Guests are able to watch the chefs as they work and LCD screens are
installed to ensure that they see their food prepared, cooked and presented. Head Chef, Matt Gillan
(Gordon Ramsay in London and Midsummer House Restaurant in Cambridge) offers a selection of
four, five, six and eight course tasting menus, adapted for both lunch and dinner.
Dishes include Lamb, rhubarb and turnip; mackerel, smoked eel and onion and cauliflower, risotto
and chive. For dessert, choose from options such as amedei chocolate, milk, pecan and coffee and
meringue, lemon and tarragon.

We are delighted to announce that “The Pass” was awarded Restaurant of the Year at The West Sussex County Times gala dinner and awards ceremony held at South Lodge on Thursday 16th June.

South Lodge's General Manager, Rupert Spurgeon, was delighted to accept the award on behalf of Matt Gillan and his team of award winning chefs as they were a little busy, serving 162 covers on the Pass menu!

This is the second year that the Pass has been nominated and the second year they have won this accolade.

Congratulations to Matt and The Pass team.

Previously hidden from view, the original subterranean Victorian cellar has been fabulously restored, creating a unique and new space for guests to enjoy. Designed as an informal, versatile space, The Cellar offers individual guests and groups a very special spot to spend time and do something different.

The Cellar features a large tasting table and each day a selection of 16 wines will be available ‘on demand’. And, under the guidance of our sommelier the entire cellar containing some 300 wines, is open for you to try. All wines are available by the glass and we have three sizes for you to choose from: just a taste, a small, or a large glass.

Guests are invited to purchase a ‘decanting card’ that enables the sophisticated Eno-Round® Wine Serving System to pour the required measure. The state-of-the-art machine ensures wines are maintained in absolute peak condition and are served at the perfect temperature.

Dominic Roberts, our Head Sommelier, has drawn on the breath of knowledge from our suppliers, leading professionals including Chris Losh from Imbibe Magazine, as well as his own experience to ensure the wine selection is an ingenious balance of new and old world with complementing styles. Dominic has inherited many fine wines selected by his predecessors for laying down and has dutifully cared and stored them to retain their optimum quality. There is a special emphasis on Bordeaux with some highly desirable vintages and some individually distinctive and unusual wines also being featured. We are also proud to partner Nyetimber, an award-winning local Sussex grower.

Dominic holds regular tutored tasting sessions where he will be able to share new wines to the cellar and enter into some fun and lively debate about your likes and dislikes.

You can enter The Cellar from the hotel public rooms, stepping down the original stone staircase or from a newly created doorway from the al fresco terrace.

Guests are welcome to visit The Cellar between 11am and 10pm every day of the week...