A local said that The Gribble has some of the best food and beer in the area. She was close! In…read morefact, in our opinion this is absolutely the best pub/inn we've been to in the entire south of England! Their home brewed ales are fantastic! And their food is just as good!! They're located in a small bill out in the middle of nowhere. However, it is absolutely worth the drive. Enjoy!

Great placeStuck in the middle of nowhere!!! Well Oving actually but it might as well be nowhere…read more Ne'ertheless, it gives great service with a smile, fantastic food and ales. Their own as well. Peaceful and quiet, you will enjoy it here

Went here as part of a Groupon deal, and review...we did not come away disappointed....!! The…read morelandlord and his charming wife were extremely warm, welcoming and wedded for 10 years...on FEb 14........!! My wife went for the lamb shank that was done to perfection, as was the veg. I took a taster in South African cuisine and had the Boubootie...a soft mince dish covered with egg and spice/herbs...accompanied with turmeric rice. Reet Lovely....lovely surprise of the herbs coming through. Brandy Cake and Crumble of the Day for dessert which was a real struggle to finish. The pub itself has been around since circa 1650 ?, and has Ben kept as a traditional pub....lovely log fire, chestnuts can be roasted in a pan, great selection of ales......and the nice thing is they sell Biltong, (for those that like it)! Well worth a visit...you will not be disappointed....! There is plenty of parking space, peace and quiet, music on the last Saturday of the month Enjoy...if you can eat it all......

We have driven past the turning for this place for years and today decided to turn off and give it…read morea go. Sunday they do a carvery but we opted for the South African dishes. Scrummy. Varied menu, real ales and open fires. Hosts are very welcoming and take care of their guests. We will be visiting again, looking forward to the summer BBQ's.

First time here, but not the last...!! Have driven past soooo many times. Was in on a Groupon…read moredeal, which was acknowledged without question, (some haven't been in the past)!! The owners were extremely welcoming and friendly.. especially in tyhe selection of SA food.Very tasty ie Babootie with pickle. My wife had the lamb shank which was done perfectly...the puddings are a ++++++++ yummy. Coffee is excellent, as is the service. Well worth a visit....thank you for a lovely lunch.

totally unimpressed and certainly will not be returning to this Pub…read more dull and unexciting. The food was seriously below average,even for the prices. Food had to be returned as not cooked thoroughly.( cold in the middle). Then they could not replace two of the meals as they had run out of stock ,6pm on a saturday evening-prime time!. food and vegetable's were micro-waved cooked.could hear the ping ping of the microwave. Staff did not come out and ask at any point if every thing was ok this our meal. we were not offered puddings. even when paying ,we were not asked if everything was satisfactory!!! they just wanted the money. Being local we will not be recommending this pub to friends or anyone else. ruined our sons birthday treat.

We received a warm greeting on entering the bright spacious pub, having parked in the spacious car…read morepark. We chose to eat in the bar, but could have gone into the restauarnt. Menu choice was pretty standard but overpriced, based on surrounding eateries. The waiting time was perfectly reasonable and we do not feel that we should comment on the food. It wasn't a bad meal but we've had better for the price paid.

This pub has a large restaurant area, with plenty of seating for large groups…read more The menu is extensive with a huge variety of dishes for all tastes. Big portions too, always a bonus! Eating outside is very pleasant when the weather permits, as there is an impressive outside seating area. The pub has recently undergone improvements including a new undercover area for smokers.

The Walnut Tree is a large and spacious country-style pub next to the main road junction in the…read morevillage of Runcton, a few miles south of Chichester. It's very popular at week-ends (especially Sunday lunch) and in the evenings. The original pub building has been much extended, and has several interconnected rooms, all decorated in a rustic style with bits of rural memorabilia. It also has a very pleasant and spacious beer garden, with a patio area and lawns shaded by mature trees, with lots of tables for outdoor eating and drinking. It's rather close to the roundabout, but this didn't spoil our visit (but, then, I had an excellent view of various motorbikes going past). It serves up to three real ales on handpump, and while the choices (Courage Best, Fuller's London pride and Adnam's Bitter) on our visit were not the most adventurous, they were decently kept. The pub is well known for its food: there is an extensive menu, ranging from pub fare such as baguettes, baked potatoes and ploughman's lunches, through to a substantial restaurant-style lunch and dinner menu. Vegetarians are also well catered for. The pub fare comes in the £5-£7 bracket, whereas a three-course meal with wine and service would (depending on your choices) set you back £35 a head and upwards. As we were there for lunch, we had the former, and some of our companions just opted for main course dishes. The food was perfectly good if unspectacular, with generous portions. (I was particularly pleased to have a decent slab of cheddar on my ploughmans). The pub itself has some history: it dates back to the early-19th century, and was originally on the banks of the Chichester-Ford section of the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal (the pub was used by the navvies who built the canal - it's rather more upmarket now). The Canal had a short working life and was defunct by the mid 1800s, with only a depression at one end of the garden to show it ever passed by here. There's a large car park and adjacent to stops on the 60 bus route from Bognor to Chichester: this runs (Mon-Sat) every 30 minutes during the day, and hourly in the evenings until around 23h, and hourly until around 18h on Sundays. It's about ten minutes from Chichester bus station and 25 minutes from Bognor Railway station.

This is an amazing place to eat in the summer as the garden is huge and the views beautiful. The…read moreinterior is just as good but if you can, try and sit outside. The staff and owners are really friendly and great at making you feel welcome. Plenty of real ales and wines on offer to go with your meal. The menu changes with the seasons and is very dependant on what the chefs can source locally. I can highly recommend the roast chicken & chorizo salad as a starter, the flavours go so well together! For a main, I had the spicy beef stroganoff which was also really impressive.

The Wilkes is a fantastic old building in an idyllic location with lovely family friendly gardens…read more They host some great beer and music events, and have plenty of car parking spaces. The food doesn't exactly rock my world but we've always had a great time at the social events they hold.

Goodwood has many redeeming features, but farmer butcher chef is an astonishing blend of exquisite…read morefoods, fantastic service and more than reasonable prices. Locally sourced produce (almost all from the Goodwood estate), prepared to exceptional standards. I started with oysters with cured ox heart and taragon beetroot, my partner with the pork liver parfait...bliss. Mains was a shared Pork butcher's board with a selection of sides. All of the meat was cooked to perfection, the sides were incomparable! Dessert was a shared baked Alaska with rhubarb and ginger and candied hazlenuts which took our breaths away! With no room to spare an old fashioned rounded out the evening...a truly amazing meal. What was most pleasant of all was the service. Friendly, attentive, skilled and clearly enjoying being part of something really good! The environment is comfortable, casual and informal and genuine and the food superb. Given the quality of food and drink served, which frankly would put much of London's offerings to shame, without the pomp and arrogance, the bill was in the high end pub territory - £130 for two, three courses with bottle of wine and spirits. Starters are £6-£9k, mains £15-£20, dessert £7. Pass this absolute winner by at your culinary peril. Johnny Michelin better start polishing a star four this one I cannot recommend this place highly enough.

Firstly, we arrive and we are asked "if we have reservations". Not sure why you would ask that…read morewhen the restaurant only has 3 parties in it but I digress. I would say food is quite high end and pretentious (not a bad thing if that is to your liking, I guess it just isn't mine. We started with the pork liver starter. My wife asked me to consume it quickly as it "smelt bad". It didn't really taste much better either but I think the idea was to have an aged flavour rather than any seasoning. That was more farmer butcher and lacking chef but, understandable considering the theme of highlighting and celebrating the meat rather than adding flavors but this dish really could do with some flavor added to it. Since I have been a culinary teacher in the US I would not do the Chef the disservice of salting their end product and at this level, instead enjoying or rather not enjoying as the Chef intended. I would probably skip this dish unless you like the flavour of aged liver. I have never had a liver dish I had not enjoyed but this one was "taken for the team" as my wife asked me to consume it quickly because of the odour. Almost forgot to mention the large platter we were brought with 3 slices of bread on it. Obviously we only took two since the platter was so large it looked like it was for taking around the room. Though one piece of bread was not really enough for the starter I ate and was never asked if additional required. Next up was the slow cooked beef with a horseradish potato. We also ordered a side of cauliflower cheese which we were told was "large enough for two". The cauliflower cheese sauce was a little more watery than I would have liked. I only had a small taste as if I had eaten half I do not believe there would have been enough left for my wife. The beef seemed to be of good quality just in my opinion poorly executed. My beef had a chemically taste that I could not but my finger on but I would guess an additive to the charcoal or something used to light the charcoal. For me this overtook the highlight which should have been the flavour of the beef. I did however find the horseradish potato to be delectable and could have quite easily polished off a large bowl of it. I found service to be haphazard and awkward. I think our waitress was a trainee. I found it awkward that we were not serviced just by our waitress, seemed we were brought different things by different people, this made it quite impersonable from my perspective. I missed the feeling of having one person responsible for leading us through a culinary journey. Given the level that I believe this establishment appears to want to be at, though I understand the jeans of the waitstaff, I think proper trousers may be a better fit as the jeans give off the vibe that the establishment does not know what it is or its clientele. The waitstaff seem to congregate around the maître d'hôtel's area when not busy which made uncomfortable as if I was being watched. Would not have minded so much if they had taken note of little thinks like the lack of bread or not trying to take my cider before I was finished. Oh, If you order the slow cooked beef, make sure you have dental floss and a toothpick for later as some will undoubtedly end up stuck in your teeth (advice not a fault of the restaurant) There are some people that made complaints about price. I think the pricing is spot on and the drink prices reflect the clientele they want to attract so spot on there. Would I go back? No, never in a million years. Pretentious does not sit well with me. The name "Farmer Butcher Chef" conjures ideas of simplicity, celebrating meat in a farm to fork arrangement. Simplicity seemed to be missing instead replaced with undertones of elitism. One last thing and this will cost anyone a star in one of my reviews. Service charge was pre-added. I would like to know if this is given to staff on top of their regular wages? Is this a tip or a service charge in my mind they are two different things. A service charge in most U.K. restaurants is built in the the pricing model then you can reward good service with a tip beyond that. Anyway, whenever I experience an added service charge I do not tip, I see it as them selecting their own tip so nothing additional is required for me to do. So waitstaff may be missing out on an opportunity to earn more. I also feel it is in really bad taste. I know they say "we will remove at request" but really who is going to ask them to do that unless they ruin your clothing or something unforgivable, it is easier to be miffed and vote with your feet by never returning. It is a shame, I love the idea I just don't think it is executed very well. Though with some tweaks it could be excellent. The quality of the meat is very good as you would expect.

went there on fathers day. son who is 26 forgot his ID but like most pubs and restaurants who serve…read moredrinks from 16 years old at the table, Mitchell & Butler do not. that's rubbish but even worse is a bolshy loud manager who came over and said he couldn't finish his drink. fathers day when I had my 86 year old father with me to make a song and dance about it in front of everyone is not acceptable. and for the lack of the rule that everyone else follows, shame on you M&B for that but also the way your staff dealt with it.

a great place for the family to eat cheaply and with lots of choice. the staff are helpful and…read morefriendly. I have eaten here on many occasions and have always had good food.

Really decent pub that knows how to keep ale!! AND you get a huge choice .up to 20 cask ales. The…read more700 bus drops you nearly right outside.saves you driving!! Live music Saturdays. Very nice food and an even better Sunday lunch. You cannot miss this

Shittest pub in the world. Booked Christmas lunch and their chef walked out so after two hours we…read moregave up. The management (Sharon) not once apologised and even got in an argument with their customers. Not taking any responsibility for their issues. We work in the industry and fully understand when things go wrong. But their attitude was unbelievably crazy. They didn't care at all that we had to go home not having Christmas lunch or bloody dinner. Now keep in mind we booked weeks ago. Gave them a full pre order. They had our email addresses and phone numbers. All it would have taken was a call to say. We are really sorry. The proverbial sh@t has hit the fan. If you come expect to wait x hours, or were sorry but don't come at all. But no, instead we were told We should understand, We should deal with this better, We can wait, We should care about the little managers feelings. The chef walked out, so that explains that 1) you couldn't find our booking, 2) you had our pre order wrong, 3) you had no recollection of our drinks pre order 4) we got allocated a dirty sticky table as we got tired of waiting and had two incompetent staff trying to resolve the same issue and got tired of saying the same thing over and over. As in we really don't care where we sit. We've come to enjoy ourselves, can we just sit somewhere. 5) we asked at the bar what was going on. No one cared to let us know about the problems or apologise. 6) we asked again, by this time my mother in law walked into the kitchen to ask directly. 7) We asked again and had eyes rolled at us. 8) Right now we've had enough and demand we leave. 9) Wow Sharon. We are so terribly sorry you've had a bad day. Maybe walk up to a customers table and start with "oh my word, you've waited two hours and not one of my staff or I can tell you what the hell is going on" I am so sorry for ruining your Christmas, but this is what we're going to do to resolve it. Oh no scrap point 9. Sharon and her other half, insists its the customers fault, as they are clearly too stupid to understand her day and her rubbish chef for walking out on her. Well Sharon, look in the mirror. Chef you keep walking out on her. We totally understand. You Sharon, such an example to your team at The Four Chestnuts. The worst awful most uncaring team in Chichester. Be proud of your zero hospitality rating. We hope you close your doors permanently. Photo of our Christmas lunch.