Our Restaurant

Set within the 1906 Victorian Stables at Borde Hill, Isca is our new glasshouse restaurant that brings the bounty of the garden to the plate. Everything we do is rooted in the Sussex terroir and inspired by our surroundings, from how we grow and source ingredients to a menu that captures the flavours of every season. The restaurant sings the song, the seasons call the tune.

The glasshouse dining room overlooks our Walled Kitchen Garden of ‘edimental’ plants, from which Executive Chef Jack Hazell and Head Chef Philip McEnaney take inspiration, along with biodynamic fruit and vegetables from our very own Market Garden and the best meat, fish and seafood from nearby producers.

Sussex shapeshifts as the year evolves and so does its produce. To reflect this, our menu changes at every solstice and equinox. We always consider the whole ingredient – from root-to-tip and from nose-to-tail – because we believe that every part of a plant or beast is a delicacy in the making.

Our drinks are also made in tune with nature, with kombuchas, shrubs, teas and cocktails which put flowers and fruits from the garden to work, including our signature magnolia margarita. The low-intervention wine list is organised not by country but the environment in which wines are made – maritime, river, mountain, plateau – including many from our neighbouring vineyards here in Sussex.