Artie's Kitchen in Chichester

Decor/decorum was nice. Staff were nice enough.. Came in early evening with a couple of tables already inside. Food was okay but no wow factor to it. Didn’t think prices of items reflected what we got. They forgot an item that we ordered but gave us another item that we didn’t instead, so perhaps a mix up there. No check back to see how our meal was/for us to get another drink. Chorizo, calamari, mushrooms, a side salad with a med wine and bottle of beer with service charge came just shy of £60.. which I’m in two minds about, If it was worth it based on the overall visit. Overall experience was okay but wouldn’t go back in a hurry based on experience but perhaps a one off.

I visited Artie’s for the first time on Saturday evening with 2 friends. We were met with a friendly welcome which carried on throughout the evening. The food was really great, authentic and very tasty. We got there for happy hour (unintentional but good to know it runs from 6-7pm) so that helped with drinks costs! I thought it was going to be more expensive overall but was pleasantly surprised when the bill arrived. I’ll definitely be back soon and would recommend without hesitation. It was so nice to go to an independent restaurant in Chichester, where it felt you were valued and welcomed. Thank you to the team! Great job.

Authentic, beautifully cooked food in a lovely setting. Staff always friendly and helpful would thoroughly recommend

We had a great meal. We had really good advice about the number of dishes to order and the selection we chose was very tasty. The Sangria was also really good. Would definitely try again if we are in the area.

I took some friends to Artie's kitchen for lunch, I had the Spanish omelette and potatoes which were lovely. We all enjoyed it. The service and atmosphere were good too. I will come again

Chichester doesn't sound the ideal place to find tapas but I really enjoyed my visit. Artie's kitchen does really tasty tapas ( I had the lamb meat balls and the king prawn special) in a lovely atmosphere. I was on my own but made very welcome and had the best table (No.1) by the window to watch the South Street scene. Excellent service too. Lovely! I'll be back!

Fab tapas, a great range available, came here for the first time for our sons birthday and had a lovely time. Staff are very efficient and super friendly . Food was delicious. Thank you.

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Loved loved loved our delicious tapas lunch today for our daughters birthday. The food was fantastic and the service was excellent in a lovely old beamed building. There were 4 of us and we had 9 dishes which was enough for us, with pudding and coffee to follow. Dairy free was important to us and suitable dishes were clearly marked on the menu. We don’t live nearby and that’s the major downside of this place 🤣. If you could just open another branch where we live please then we’ll be very happy. You guys make it look effortless. We can’t wait to return. Thank you.

Thank you very much for your warm welcome and the lovely food. Staff very professional, food a plenty and clean environment. We will definitely come back.

My husband and I visited today and we will definitely be back!!!❤ Top marks all round for both the waiting staff and the chef/food.❤ I can not fault this little place that is definitely worth a visit if you want great food. Thankyou for a great start to our little shopping trip,and I'll see you soon when my friends visit....be warned lol🤣🤣🤣

Mid week lunch stop. We were seated in the window at a very wonky table, but added to the charm. We opted for the lunch special, 2 tapas dishes, a drink, bread for £18. This was good value too. We had: the chickpea and aubergine, the mushrooms, chicken skewers and the whitebait. It was beautifully cooked and tasted great. We enjoyed a house rose and red, again, tasted fine. The AK espresso was delicious and freshly made, the blondies were also a hit, and a huge portion. Well worth going if you’re in Chichester.

My husband and I visited for lunch mid week. We have a favourite tapas restaurant in Brighton but hoped this would be a good local alternative. It started well with a very friendly waiter, but our table was very small. We started with the frittata, which was lovely, but after that was disappointing. Were the fried whitebait authentic as boquerones? I think not. Each dish came with an enormous amount of salad, dare I say a ridiculous amount? They were not packed with flavour as I expected them to be. Sorry, it was worth a try but we will be returning to Casa Don Carlos for our next tapas.

Second time we have had our evening meal here and it was just as good as the first! We will definitely be back soon. Complements to the chef and staff!

Me and my friends use this restaurant if ever we want authentic Spanish tapas, and it never disappoints. Croquettes, Prawns and the meatballs just to name a few, i would highly recommend. Portions are very generous, so never have to worry about having too little. Happy hour between 6-7pm, where its 2 for £10 on cocktails is great, as they have such a wide range of cocktails available. Staff are always attentive, smiling and very welcoming. Can't wait to return!!

Nice cosy restaurant. Saturday night Family meal and no long wait for Tapas dishes to be served up. ALL items on menu are Gluten Free which was good as 2 of our party are Coeliac. Couldn't fault meal except goats cheese wrapped in Serrano Ham...

Wow. My wife and I went here for lunch last weekend. Now our favourite restaurant in Chi. Food was amazing and the staff were fantastic. Booked to go again in a couple of weeks. We can't wait.

We hadn't been to Artie's in three years and with the pandemic and having two young children we have not managed to eat out often. But deciding to mark our anniversary my wife and I turned up and, without a reservation, grabbed a table for...

Nice rustic Tapas restaurant in Chichester. Friendly staff with great food (I'm a big fan of Albondigas de Cordero and it didn't dissapoint) If you're in Chichester and you like Tapas, this is a must visit place.

My partner and I spend a lot of time in Spain and I can honestly say this is best and most authentic tapas I’ve ever had in the U.K. We had a wonderful lunch and we arrived right at the end of lunch service but...

Incredible tapas. We are both incredibly fussy and have been spoilt with great food over the years but Arties’s blew it out of the water for us! Happy Hour takes place until 7pm, we had a couple of drinks before tucking into the tapas. We...

We had a lovely evening here. Good service & very tasty food at affordable prices. The atmosphere here is excellent & guarantees a wonderful evening. Wine aficionados may find the choice by the glass ordinary, but it’s drinkable. Good fun

I went here with five other colleagues for a Friday night out, lovely building and friendly unstuffy welcome. Very reasonably priced. The food was excellent, we cannot fault it, absolutely first class. The staff (we had two working our table) were friendly and fun. The...

My husband and I ate here on Saturday evening. He’s half Spanish so is always somewhat sceptical of UK based Spanish restaurants but we were both really impressed by this place. The menu was not huge but there was still a great selection of tapas....

Had never walked to the bottom of South Street on various shopping trips, so had missed this delightful Tapas bar. (Thank you to Tripadvisor for highlighting it.) Simple, rustic decor, pop classics sung in Spanish, and a mouth-watering menu. For lunch allow x2 dishes per...

Lovely little restaurant. Great atmosphere. Friendly, helpful staff. Ordered 7 dishes between 3 of us. Was the perfect amount. We were pretty full and had no room for dessert! All of the dishes we ordered were delicious, especially the patatas alioli and the mushrooms.

Really friendly and helpful service greeted us as we arrived. On hearing we hadn’t been before we were offered advice on how many dishes to order and it was spot on. But what delicious food! Chorizo with prawns was stunning and the lamb meatballs were...

Absolutely gorgeous lunch here. No booking but turned up after seeing on another site that it was dog friendly. What a gem - and such an amazing find for anyone Gluten or dairy free. The entire menu is labelled with allergens and as a GF...

The food was absolutely fantastic and I cannot fault it at all. The service however was a little bit disappointing. Our plates were left on our table for 40 mins with lots of different staff members walking past but didn’t bother taking our plates or...

Wonderful tapas lunch with really fresh ingredients. Unfussy, friendly atmosphere with great service. Would definitely recommend

My phone wasn’t getting a good signal so we went into this restaurant because it looked nice and I hadn’t read the reviews prior to going. I am so glad we did. It was an outstanding meal with some of the best Tapas I have...

Great night with fantastic music and lovely food. So good to have authentic paella served by real Spaniards in centre of Chichester

Amazing food, drinks and service would definitely recommend! Tapas is really good and they have a great selection!

Just enjoyed a wonderful selection of tapas at Artie's. All fresh and delicious and generous portions. Managed to get there just before happy hour ended, so the drinks were half price - bonus! Will definitely recommend and return soon for more.

This was recommended and what a recommendation it was. Superb tapas and sensible prices. Excellent service. The tortilla was probably best I’ve had. Ate at a better known Tapas chain last week in London and it want a patch on this place. Patatas Bravas here...

Excellent location in the centre of Chichester. Good service and food was delicious. Everything came out quickly and specials were brill. Highly recommend

Four of us went to Arties on Thursday evening as a first visit, and what a delight it was . We are all Restaurateurs so our standards are quite high .Arties was recommended by our Grandkids and we were not disappointed.The Food was excellent and...

Nice selection of tapas. Portions not big but very tasty. We choice 6 tapas dishes for family of 4. Everyone try them and enyoed lunch

Went to Arties with a friend on a weekend away in Chichester. Hd a lovely friendly atmosphere and the food was good. Gluten free options pretty good. I just wish they had pointed out the cocktails on the board which we only saw when leaving....

Had a very pleasant lunch with friends yesterday. Sat upstairs, nice and airy Waitress a bit stretched but very helpful Nice choice of tapas and very nice house wine. Will definitely go back

On a day out in Chichester we found this little gem for a late lunch. It was good to find real Spanish food and the prices are extremely reasonable. My pinchos de pollo were gorgeous, 2 skewers of very tender, tasty chicken. Would definitely recommend...

good selection of food. Delivered as quite large portions. Particularly liked the Chorizo and prawns. We ordered a separate sald but didn't really need to as most dishes came with a salad. The Spanish Omelette wasn't wonderful. Partcularly good selection of fish and vegetarian food.

Went for a Friday night dinner along with my wife and a friend and had an absolutely great time with fantastic Tapas and some great wine. Staff were really attentive and friendly and throughly recommend.

Superb Spanish tapas in a convenient location in Chichester. Honestly, I think the best Spanish food I’ve had in the UK. The menu is quite limited, which is great. That means everything they do is fresh, and executed perfectly. Highly recommend, so please do your...

Lovely meal as usual. We have visited Arties a few times now. There is always a friendly welcome, great selection toon if drinks and gorgeous good. Though the menu is limited at the moment due to the pandemic, there is still plenty of choice for...

Phenomenal experience with authentic Spanish food. The service was amazing. Happy hour is really good value for money too!

Great authentic tapas. Generous sized portions to make a main meal, larger than you sometimes get in Spain to accompany drinks. Ordered 7 dishes and loved them all. Chickpea stew particularly good. Also the lamb meatballs went down very well with us all. Attractive modern decor inside. Nice to be able to order a carafe of wine rather than just glass or bottle. Very fast service. We hope to return!

Came here for a special occasion, post Covid. Seemed reasonably busy for a Friday night. Requested to sit downstairs due to previously having slow service upstairs, but was sat upstairs this time. Service was a bit slow to start with but got better as the evening went on. Food was really good, a few dishes came out after the rest, but we weren’t too fussed due to how many we ordered. Cocktails were good too along with the house white. Came to £45 per head for 4 of us which seemed reasonable for good food and service. Impressed. Will come back again.

Food was delicious. Service was impeccable. Highlight of our visit to Chichester. Happy hour cocktails were great too!

We came here early on a Saturday evening. We were seated upstairs which is large and airy, and allows for easy social distancing. The food was wonderful- the menu is reduced at the moment but we still had trouble narrowing down what we wanted. We particularly loved the lamb meatballs and chicken skewers, and the house red was excellent too. The service is friendly and the atmosphere relaxed. Easily one of my favourite restaurants in Chichester.

Comfortable. Lovely decor. Fab lively atmosphere. Great spanish music, heavenly variety of authentic tapas that tasted amazing. Delicious cocktails!!! Would definitely recommend..

A great independent restaurant in Chichester. The lunch time deal is excellent value with some delicious tapas dishes on offer. The portions were very large and perfect for sharing. My only criticism is the chicken dish was a little plain. Nevertheless well worth a visit.

A charming restaurant,well priced delicious tapas and very friendly service, highly recommend. Very authentic, the best tapas I've had in years.

Family meal and it was fun and food excellent - all our choices were delicious and the service friendly and professional - highly recommended

Can not fault anything, food fantastic, service great, attentive but not in your face. Very mindful of food allergies.

My mum has been asking that we come here for some time so yesterday we had a lunch there. Food is great, generous portions and good quality ingredients. The team there are friendly without being intrusive. I really recommend you go, it’s great.

Wanted something different for a birthday lunch and this place didn't disappoint. Good service, great food, large potions; we shared, as you do with tapas but it even beat us!! Will definitely return.

Decided to pick Artie’s for an evening with colleagues. Wasn’t disappointed. Great food. Great service. Very cosy place. Would totally recommend.

Great independent restaurant, perfect for Chichester. Great food and service. Fully recommended for lunch or a evening out.

Took supper at Artie’s Kitchen with a friend who had recommended the restaurant. I was quite disappointed with the quality of the tapas, which all tasted the same and was completely covered in all things garlic!The staff were perfectly civil and the price, acceptable, at £70 for five dishes, a glass of Prosecco, carafe of wine and dessert. There is better tapas on offer elsewhere in Chichester.

Cracking place. Warm, friendly, authentic spanish tapas restaurant. Food cooked to perfection. Homemade generous portion sizes. Would highly recommend if visiting Chichester. 5*

We didn't have a reservation, but they managed to squeeze us in. The staff were friendly and professional. The food was great and there was plenty of choice for vegetarians and vegans as well as meat / fish eaters.

Visited for a friends birthday and had a great evening with tasty food and a £3 glass of wine in happy hour. Would definitely recommend if you like taps

Myself and partner ate here early on a Tuesday eve on way to theater -so pleased we did rather than one of the many chain restaurants offering set price pre-theatre meals.

We visited Arties on the spur of the moment to take advantage of their lunchtime deal. This was two tapas, wine or beer, bread and coffee for £15 pp. The tapas were delicious, portion sizes generous and the bread was fresh and warm. Service was excellent. We both felt these were the best tapas we have had in the UK - and better than many we’ve had in Spain. We will definitely return next time we are in Chichester and would highly recommend this place.

Ate at Arties for the first time on Wednesday 21st August with my wife.

Looked forward to eating here as good reviews, On the plus side the calamari was excellent, I am not a fan of deep fried squid but these were so good. Equally good was the Morcilla and the pigs cheek. The Merluza was bland and on reflection was a trifle over cooked. The big let down though and the reason for no 4 stars was the olives. They were pitted had no flavour and looked like cheap supermarket jar olives. Given the website comments of sourcing produce from Spain we were very disappointed and to be quite honest have had far better offerings in local chain restaurants. Lets hope for better next time!

Return visit, brought mum along this time. If we lived closer we’d definitely eat here more often as all 3 visits have been fantastic. Welcoming, with excellent service. The food never disappoints.

A friend and myself ate here after a shopping trip - we had walked past it on our way in from the station and so glad we decided to give it a go. Excellent service, a lovely setting and the food was wonderful. Really authentic tapas, generous and super tasty. We loved the meatballs and goats cheese as well as the potatoes with egg and ham - all delicious. Great to see a non chain restaurant doing so well - we need more places like this.

Our second visit and was keen to return with our son. We were not disappointed! Shown upstairs and the room was modern but with a real atmosphere.

We lunched here before visiting the Chichester theatre. Enjoyed a well earned coffee after our train journey. Followed this with King Prawns in oil, garlic and cayenne pepper, croquettes filled with ham, chick-peas with abergine and courgette, toasted bread with jamon - all beautifully presented for sharing. The house white wine was very palatable. A real find not far from the station and ideally placed before the main shopping area and other larger restaurants.

Had dinner here one evening as this restaurant had been recommended by some friends. Only the ground floor was occupied being a weekday evening but I did look upstairs which is spacious and looks good.

I've never had Tapas before so my girlfriend and i thought this place would be a nice change of pace on our visit to Chichester.

We arrived at noon on a Wednesday and were the first customers through the door but several other tables were taken by the time we left. The restaurant occupies a small shopfront at one end of Southgate and does have an upstairs eating area but we can imagine you would need to book for evening tables at the weekend. It is unpretentious with brick and white painted stone walls and tables with uneven tops made from plain unvarnished lengths of timber.

I'm from Spain and went to Artie's kitchen without high expectations, we went without booking and had some very good spanish food, calamari, croquets, chicken and chorizo were veeery good, all the staff were spanish as well, the price was very reasonable for what we had, quite impressed for a spanish restaurant called Artie's kitchen. Well done guys! :D

5 of us lunched here today, each choosing a dish or two off the menu. The food came out as it was ready, and it was some of the best tapas I've eaten since we were in Spain! LOved the lamb meatballs, the fried pimento, and the chcikepeas and aubergine especially! The bread was good for mopping up sauces too!

We were warmly welcomed by staff and offered seating to suit us. They remained friendly and attentive throughout the evening and clearly new the menu and ingredients. A relaxed and modern atmosphere with subtle background music.

Really good quality authentic tapas with pleasant friendly staff. Well worth a visit. We went at lunchtime and quite quiet think you should book if planning an evening visit.

We picked this restaurant from TA and might not have gone in due to state of the paint on the polished concrete floor if we had just been passing. But we are glad we did and thoroughly enjoyed there take on 4 classic Tapas dishes from the Al-Carte for lunch. Friendly with good wine list and fixed price lunch menu if you prefer.

Good service and fresh tasting authentic food. Simply done but very tasty. House white wine not the best but you pays your money...

I dined here on Saturday and wasn't disappointed. The food and service were 5 star and the cocktails weren't bad either.

I had booked, and was shown to a window table straight away, we are not big people, but it was a tight fit, and had to move the table to get into our seats.

Excellent tapas menu and delicious food. Service very good too. One of the nicest tapas I've had for ages. Portions are average size and my husband and I polished off 6 dishes between us for dinner. Hard to pick a favourite as it was all great. With a bottle of wine our bill totalled £60, which we thought was pretty reasonable.

We both enjoyed our lunch at Artie's Kitchen. You don't find much authenticity these days, but this place really is Spanish. We could have ordered pretty much everything on the menu, it's so good. The restaurant is very clean, the service is so friendly one feels welcome. Woukd definitely recommend.

You’ll struggle to find tapas better than this in the UK (and parts of Spain). Great food, great service, great atmosphere. Well done.

We had the lunchtime menu, 2 tapas dishes a drink and a coffee for £15. It was delicious and almost too much. The waitress was very friendly and helpful and the whole ambience was great. Would highly recommend this little cafe.

What a lovely find. Chichester has plenty of chains and run of the mill eateries, but this stood out a mile.

We visited here last night during a trip to Chichester and had a lovely time! Food was delicious with so much flavour, with loads of vegetarian/vegan options. The atmosphere was great and perfect sangria - would definitely recommend to others visiting Chichester :)

How we wished we had eaten here the previous evening rather than the very average, overpriced place we choose. Staff warm and welcoming. A really interesting as well as the usual tapas and a special soup of the day. We didnt want any booze but the wine list looked tempting as did the cocktails on a black board. We both had the same dish a generous chickpea and tomato stew with thyme. Very tasty, a good hit of thyme, tomato and quite rich. I was tempted by the squid, the little green peppers and several other things when they came to other peoples tables. There were some young Spanish women eating there too. Not often in Chichester but next time Im here for an evening this is where I'll head for, there are so few independent non franchise places in the centre of town

I never normally write reviews but having enjoyed Artie’s a number of times recently including a booking for a large party I felt compelled to share my experiences of this little gem in the heart of Chichester.

We love going to Artie’s, there is always such a nice atmosphere even when the restaurant is full and the staff clearly busy.

A real disappointment. Have eaten here on a number of occasions and enjoyed it (eg in March 2016 I gave it 5 stars). So We were really surprised at the dramatic downturn.

Brilliant tapas, best I've ever had. Big portions, amazing service. Waitresses were so friendly, I have never had such good service in the UK.

We have been visiting Arties regularly over the last 18 months and when friends come to visit its always our first choice to take them to. The food everytime has been of excellent quality. Always gluten free options available and the balance of our orders has come from both the specials of the day as well as the ever changing main menu.

Have eaten at Artie's several times in the last year or so - most recently in February - before going on to the Festival Theatre. Food has always been excellent. We often have tapas in Spain and the UK and the quality at Artie's is up with the best. The dishes are also very good value, while the service is friendly and efficient. (Noticed a few reviewers complaining about dishes arriving at different times. That is normal at a tapas restaurant when dishes are cooked from fresh. Anyone who has eaten tapas in Spain will know that often occurs. We have always found the service pretty quick, allowing us to arrive at 6 pm and still get to the theatre well on time for a 7.30 performance. Looking forward to going back in May.)

We discovered Artie's on a visit to Chichester and had the 'fixed lunchtime menu', which we thoroughly enjoyed. The young lady who served us was very friendly and there was no problem at all in adjusting the fixed menu to include more wine and order extra tapas. We're fairly seasoned Spanish travelers and used to tapas menus - Artie's range was wide and 'authentic' and a pleasure to eat. Also, on leaving we discovered, having lingered over lunch, that we were the last customers there, but there'd been no sense of overstaying our welcome or being ushered out. All in all therefore, highly recommended: good food, nice venue, plus very handy for the station. We hope to return soon.

I wouldn't have found this restaurant without TA and you turned up trumps. The food here is delicious, freshly cooked. The service is friendly and personable. The tapas are substantial and 2-3 per person is plenty, as often accompanied by salad. The fixed price is a good deal and children also enjoyed chicken and meatballs. I would return in a heart beat. I can imagine it being romantic in the evening but we visited at lunch. I wish they would move into my local town. Go, lucky visitors to Chichester and locals!

Had the set lunch menu which is excellent value. Good choice of tapas and pleasant house wine. Very friendly service and relaxed atmosphere.

We’ve tried a few times to get a table here but they’ve always been full. We managed to get a table at 6.30 on a Saturday as long as we had finished by 8, fair enough. The place has a very interesting, quirky look to it with exposed brick walls and rafters. The staff were very friendly and attentive.

Artie’s never disappoints! We visited at lunch time and took advantage of the £15 lunch menu (what a deal) and also ordered a couple of extra tapas cause we just couldn’t resist.