Brunch & Lunch at Maddings
Modern British brunch and lunch, served all day
We don’t do breakfast until eleven and then switch to lunch. The menu runs all day, from the moment we open until we close. If you want brunch at two in the afternoon, that’s fine. If you want a full lunch at half nine, go for it. No cut-offs, no awkward gaps, no waiting for the kitchen to change over.
However you like your day
Some people come for a quick coffee. Others don’t leave for hours.
The morning crowd drifts in from nine. Some are on their own with a coffee and something to read. Others arrive with the whole family and take over a table for a couple of hours. By lunchtime the energy shifts a bit – friends catching up, people stopping in after a walk, couples splitting a bottle of wine because it’s Friday and why not.
None of that is planned. It just happens because the space is relaxed and nobody’s hovering over you waiting to turn the table. You sit down, you order when you’re ready, and you stay as long as you want. That’s it.
Whether you’re here for twenty minutes or two hours, the food is the same and the welcome is the same. We just like feeding people.
Fresh, seasonal, all day
The kind of food that’s worth driving for
The menu is modern British and it changes with the seasons. What you see in March won’t be the same in July, and that’s the point. We cook with what’s fresh and what’s good right now, not what’s been sitting in a freezer waiting for its turn.
On any given day you’ll find brunch dishes that go beyond the usual, lunch plates with a bit more to them, fresh bakes, soups, salads, and specials that the kitchen puts together based on what came in that morning. Some dishes stick around because people won’t let us take them off. Others come and go because that’s how seasons work.
Portions are generous. Nothing is over-complicated. And everything is cooked to order, which means it arrives the way it should – hot, fresh, and looking like someone actually cared about putting it together.
If you’ve got dietary requirements, just let us know. We’re used to working around them and it’s never a problem.
Behind the menu
Fresh, local, and done the right way
We bake our own bread. Our sauces are made from scratch. The meat and vegetables come from local farms, and our fish arrives fresh from day boats off the Hampshire and Sussex coast. None of that is there for show – you can taste it.
It would be easier to buy pre-made bread and sauces from a supplier. Cheaper too. But that’s not why people come back. They come back because the food tastes like someone made it properly, because it did, and because that’s not something you find everywhere.
We don’t shout about this stuff on the menu or stick little flags in things telling you where the lettuce grew up. We just source it well, cook it well, and let the plate do the talking.
