"Conclusion don 't go if you 're hungry! Sussex is nice, but at these prices you 're better off heading to one of London 's Michelin starred restaurants. There 's the nearby Sabor, or BRAT and Lyle 's in Shoreditch. All 3 feel reasonably priced by comparison. Don 't get me wrong, the environment is lovely, the staff are perfectly pleasant, and most of the flavours were nice. The gnocchi in particular stood out! That said, the positive sentiment in the other reviews makes me begin to question the relative credibility of google maps ratings. Or perhaps it 's simply that many of us Londoners have far too much spare change lying around and no longer understand the concept of good value for money. This is Michelin star pricing without the Michelin star food or service that 's not to berate the staff as I mentioned above, they were perfectly nice). We were in a rush so opted to share some oysters, a couple of starters and a main. I specifically asked about the size of the starters and was told they were not as small as Tapas portions . Imagine my surprise when the monkfish carpaccio arrived. £12 for 9 slithers of fish each roughly the size of an average basil leaf. It would be one thing if the flavours had blown my socks off, but they were actually a bit underwhelming. The gnocchi £9.50) was good, perhaps even great, but equally disappointing in size probably 9 12 pieces). It 's the kind of portions you 'd expect from a 10 course tasting menu. I think Sussex could do a better job of setting expectations in that department. The main venison ragu) was a more reasonable in size and had lovely flavours, but at £24 it 's almost 2x the price of the similar 8 hours beef shin ragu at Padella a London pasta establishment). Not necessarily an apples with apples comparison I know, but these are the kind of comparisons you end up making when the price is greater, but the quality and flavour is seemingly not."
