Chichester Restaurant Guide

Dining Room at Purchases, The

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This admirably comfortable, brilliantly run restaurant offers arguably the best cooking in Chichester, within easy reach of the town centre, the theatre and other key points of interest. It is also probably unique in that it takes its full name, The Dining Room at Purchases due to its location above the cellars of the country's oldest wine merchant; a promising start indeed.

• Address: 31 North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £35.00

Anglesey Arms at Halnaker, The

In their endeavour to provide good food along with traditional pub fare too many country inns are losing their roots as the centre of village life. The Anglesey Arms, a Georgian country pub with a separate dining room and large garden does well to blend the two successfully.

• Address: Halnaker, nr Chichester, PO18 0NQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

ASK - Chichester

For some time I made the mistake of thinking that no group of restaurants in the region of 200 locations could hope to maintain the quality for which I was looking. Then one day I decided to put my prejudices to the test, walked into Oxford Ask! and discovered that I could not have been more mistaken.

• Address: 38 East Street, Chichester, PO19 1HX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Beach House, The

If you're looking to relax and spend a day or two in the seaside village of West Wittering, this friendly, family run, bed and breakfast guest house and licensed restaurant gives you a further opportunity to unwind from the strains of modern life.

• Address: Rookwood Road, Chichester, PO20 8LT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, Café, British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £25.00

Cafe Rouge - Chichester

Café Rouge has around one hundred branches throughout Britain all offering a wide range of dishes drawn from the French cuisine. Slightly less than half their branches are in or close to London. Almost inevitably the décor and design of each restaurant differs from the others, but there is a general curtsy towards La France.

• Address: 30 Southgate, Chichester, PO19 1DP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £26.00

Cassons Restaurant & Bar

If you enjoy a really characterful building in the countryside where you are looked after and pampered by the front of house and then enjoy a pleasantly imaginative and well-cooked meal with sensibly priced wines; possibly Viv - in the kitchen - and Cass might just have the answer for you.

• Address: Arundel Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO18 0DU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £40.00

Cider House Restaurant & Bar, The

Chef/Owner Tony and his wife Julia have taken a cow shed on a farm and created a charming, sophisticated restaurant. The Cider House accommodates both intimate dinners indoors as well as providing al fresco dining during summer.

• Address: Pumpbottom Farm, Birdham Road, Appledram, nr Chichester, PO20 7EH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Pacific Rim, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £30.00

Cliffords Cottage

A welcoming place in a thatched, low-beamed setting where conscientious staff attend to your every need in a natural and friendly way. The menus, which change regularly, are comfortingly predictable and the local support bears witness to the wisdom of the owners.

• Address: Bracklesham Lane, Bracklesham, Chichester, PO20 8JA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £35.00

Comme Ca Restaurant

Presumably along the Atlantic coast of France are little outposts of England, serving classic English cuisine, in the same way that Comme Ca delights the English with its totally French presentation on this side of the Channel.

• Address: 67 Broyle Road, Chichester, PO19 6BD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £47.00

Fish House, The

Nestling in the South Downs, this 1765 former Coaching Inn combines a two-rosette restaurant, award-winning wine list, with over 600 labels, with accompanying accommodation. The focus is on being a restaurant with rooms.

• Address: High Street, Chilgrove, nr Chichester, PO18 9HX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Organic, Seafood, British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £46.00