Two restaurants of note are owned and operated by Will Devlin, 2020’s ‘Chef To Watch’ from The Good Food Guide – The Curlew and The Small Holding, are located 8 miles apart. The Small Holding is in Kilndown on the Kent/Sussex border and The Curlew is in Bodiam, E. Sussex. The Small Holding has an acre of land and they provide ‘farm to fork eating’ for both venues without being too pretentious as Grace Dent from The Guardian says

‘The Curlew was almost as lovely as this job gets. Good, diligent, passionate yet unobtrusive service. Tables spaced so gloriously far apart, I felt a bit like I’d bought the pub…..(an) à la carte affair divided into plain-speaking groups: snacks, meat, fish, vegetables and “whole”. When they say “whole Creedy Carver duck”, they really do mean it….’

The Curlew Has Flat Access But No Fully Equipped Disabled Toilet

The Mackerel Pate Is Pretty & Looks Hearty for a Starter

This is a Sharing Plate of “Farm to Fork’ Food Without Being Pretentious

There Are Large Spaces Between Tables and Flat Wooden Flooring Adds to The Ease of Access of This Highly Rated Restaurant

With regard to accessibility The Curlew told us,

‘Our restaurant is easily accessible as there are no steps at the entrance which allows for disabled access to the restaurant. There is a small step inside the restaurant however we tend to seat any wheelchair users in the front of the restaurant to avoid this. Finally, we do not have a separate disabled toilet but the toilets are accessible. ‘ (We assume that means you can get in but there are no grab rails etc.). As a Result they can only get 2 provisional BBS Ticks for style and accessibility.

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The Curlew, Bodiam

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