Last Saturday Liz, Edward and I went out for a meal to celebrate a friend's birthday. This isn't the first time we've taken Edward out for an evening meal and his reactions so far have generally been good, although he can decide that there are just too many new things to look at for any sleep to be taking place. So it can take a while, often with at least some moaning to get him to sleep but that isn't really the point of this story.

Saturday's outing was to The Priory Grill and Bar in Haywards Heath. The entrance is a little hidden from the main road, but is sign posted and is certainly easy to find if you look at the directions on their website.

On arrival we were slightly concerned by the shouts of excitement (it was an England rugby night) however the arrow for the restaurant pointed in the opposite direction to that for the bar, so there was hope. We passed a room with a very, very large TV screen in and continued down the corridor to a room at the bottom of a large stairway. There was an open door to a store room but no sign of where to find the restaurant!

Paul was sent on a scouting mission up the stairs and thankfully confirmed that was the way. As a reward we let him carry the pushchair up the stairs on his second ascent. I got the job of carrying Edward.

The restaurant is a very grand and impressive looking dining room. It takes up what is now the top floor in the converted church, complete with the tops of stain glassed windows, religious paintings and a fantastic high ceiling.

Despite Edward objecting slightly to having been taken out of the car, and me being rather concerned about carrying a rather unhappy baby into a quite quiet (the shouts from the bar could not be heard at all) and well presented dining room, the staff were very welcoming. They were happy to help fit Edward's pushchair in and even offered us a high chair.

Edward was generally very well behaved once we got settled. He enjoyed a few pieces of bread as a treat and did eventually decide that sleeping would be better than looking around at all the new things.

As for us adults, we got to enjoy a very pleasant meal. All of the food was excellent and while the menu was a little limited we all managed to find a couple of dishes to make a tough decision between. We ended up with duck, beef and rosti mains though and they were all very good.

Again the desert menu was rather limited, personally I would have liked a chocolate option that didn't also contain nuts. However I went for a creme brulee which was still very pleasant.

Overall the service was excellent and the food tasty and enjoyable. We all had starter, main, desert and coffee with a bottle of wine between four; for just over £30 per person.

We all had a lovely evening and I would highly recommend the restaurant, I look forward to eating there again.