West Sussex

Best British Days Out (The Times, June 2007)

BEACH CAFE @ East Beach Café, Littlehampton
Okay, it hasn't opened yet (that'll happen on June 20), but it looks like a cracker. Well, actually, it looks like a big steel pebble . . . or a rusty piece of driftwood. The new architect-designed structure, bang on the beach, defies description. But the menu ? from bacon sarnies to potted crab and dover sole ? is reassuringly familiar, and the service, from the experienced mother-and-daughter team of Jane Wood and Sophie Murray, should be spot-on. www.eastbeachcafe.co.uk ; snacks from £2.50, mains from £8