The easy way to find a restaurant,find dining offers,find an event,find inspiration,make a booking

Denbies Vineyard

British • Dorking

Sugarvine

2.3/5

(01306) 876616 Bradley Lane, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AA (01306)8…Show

Find Us

Booking Enquiry

Al fresco dining at The Hatch On The Lawn in the heart of the Surrey Hills wine country.

About Denbies Vineyard

Denbies Wine Estate is located in Dorking, Surrey in the heart of Surrey Hills wine country. It offers a range of on-site facilities including indoor and outdoor tours, wine tastings, an art gallery, shopping, the Surrey Hills brewery, three restaurants and a new 17-bedroom hotel. The Hatch on the Lawn, in line with current government guidelines, offers outside dining in an all-weather marquee at the front of the winery building with views taking in the 265-acre vineyard along with Box Hill and the North Downs. The Lawn menu offers a range of hot and cold lunch dishes, afternoon teas and refreshments. All the food is sourced, when possible, from local suppliers in the south-east.

Sugarvine

2.3

Food 2.6/5

Service 2.2/5

Atmosphere 2.2/5

Value for Money 2.3/5

Read Reviews (108)

Write a Review

Website

General Enquiry

Opening Times

Mon	12:00 - 17:00	—
Tue	12:00 - 17:00	—
Wed	12:00 - 17:00	—
Thu	12:00 - 17:00	—
Fri	12:00 - 17:00	—
Sat	11:30 - 17:00	—
Sun	11:30 - 17:00	—

Opening hours for The Hatch On The Lawn

Sugarvine Restaurant Guide

Make a Booking Enquiry

Write a Review

2.3

David Olney

I'd booked a table at the hatch as I wanted to sit outside. Never having visited Denbies I wasn't aware of the other restaurants available. I was quite disappointed as the there was very little choice for lunch and no hot options like fish and chips shown on the sample menu. The Panini I ordered was nothing special came with no salad or anything else and costed close to £10. The location of the hatch is not good either as it is next to the car park and has no real view of the vineyard.

2.3

Helen Stewart

Unfortunately, we booked a table at The Hatch, just after restrictions lifted & were unaware that the Gallery restaurant had reopened. We were greeted with “ you can sit anywhere & order at the hatch, or I’ll serve you if you like “ we opted for service & were promptly forgotten. When the paninis did finally arrive, they were chewy and tasteless. They should have been served with chips & slaw as per the menu, but were not. We were given warm tap water and it was an extremely hot day. All in all, not a good experience. We will head upstairs again next time

Claire

Really disappointing. Marquee was right next to the car park, the plastic sides of it were down on the hottest day of the year, so it really noisy and stuffy, the ground was just dust, not lawn and the picnic tables were wobbly and not very clean. The waitstaff looked like they were trying their best but we’re pretty harried and service was slow and disorganised. Slightly affronted to be asked to pay immediately and then whether we wanted to add a tip when they brought our drinks (missing some of the order) before we had even had anything! Not quite sure why they say you need to book a table as there were plenty of people rocking up to the counter to order. Food was ok but nothing special. Overall, really disappointing and won’t be recommending or returning.

1.5

Claire

I was very excited to enjoy a lovely lunch at the Hatch on the Lawn, however it was very disappointing. We were seated at a table that was too hot to sit at. Offered another table in a rather grotty maquis, that had the plastic walls still attached on the hottest day of the year. Our waitress was very uninspiring and looked very miserable (although I would have been too working in that heat) . The lawn was more of a dusty muddy gravel area directly next to the car park. We ordered 2 chicken burgers and 2 fish & chips. It was all very bland and no condiments were offered. The drinks came with no ice (even when asked for). Nearly £70 for a what was really a rather shonky takeaway, did not go down to well. The poor young people who were running it really didn’t have a clue. It was definitely not the gorgeous lunch on the lawn I was expecting.

4.0

Mary E

Excellent food and service on a busy Sunday lunch time. So lovely to be able to sit outside with lovely big sunshades. Dare I say it but an improvement on Denbies’ downstairs dining which tends to get too hot in the summertime

Jéssica Pinto

Really disappointing... We booked a wine tasting at 15:00, so we wanted to have some lunch before, therefore we booked a table at the hatch at 14:00, so we could eat and then go for a little walk around the vineyard before our booking. We arrived just a couple of minutes before and were asked to choose a table as it wasn't busy. All the empty tables were still dirty and the plates hadn't been cleared from previous customers that had eaten. We waited for 20 minutes and even though we were looking at the waiters clearly calling for their attention, they looked back at us many times and continued to ignore us. After 5 minutes, (this is now a 25 minute wait) a waiter approached us to take our order. By then it was too late as we had lost our appetite and didn't want to lose out on the rest of our plans. Long story short we never had our meal and when we left, our table had still not been cleared of the previous customer's dirty plates. We might try the restaurant gallery next time as the rest of the place is lovely. But won't recommend the hatch or will ever be back.

Lynda

Panini very good, fish and chips ok, wine lovely! Friendly and helpful service.

G H Wood

Excellent service with good food, though quite expensive for what it was. An enjoyable experience with a good atmosphere thanks to the service and company rather than the environment of the actual Hatch on the Lawn. The environment of Denbies overall is lovely, though

Carolyn Tinsley

Where do I start. The marketing for this is so misleading! There is no lawn just a large dirt patch in a grubby old marque. Right next to the car parkWaited 20 mins for drinks so walked out really disappointed with the whole experience. Never again!!

Cameron Watters

The service was abysmally slow and the food was at least average. Would not recommend

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8