Billy's on the Beach in Chichester

Got to Billy's for 3.05pm and was told no food is being served i asked why and was told we just aren't serving food right now. I couldnt get a reason why. I was curious because especially on a saturday they are open to until 9pm so it seemed wierd. I couldn't see anywhere on the website, signs at the actual restaurant, on their FB page any mention of this had that been the case I would not have driven 45 minutes for a love beach front meal. So had a choice of cake or cake. In the end just had a diet coke, paid and left. I will not be going back again. Left feeling very disappointed, frustrated and hungry. I will tell all my friends and fellow travellers not to go here.

Had a coffee their after walking the dog along the beach. Lovely

Really enjoyed the mussels here. The service was excellent and though some of the other dishes were not quite to our taste due to the flavours, the experience was great. The location is right by the beach and vibe is very relaxed and friendly. Quite a nice range of seafood options on the menu. Child and dog friendly.

It was shut, looks like it has been for sometime.

When we are down in Sussex visiting our offspring and not rushing off to a race meeting the only way to start Sunday is at Billy’s. Lovely big breakfast, great location and friendly staff - sets us up for the 4.5 hour drive back to Wales…

Another great visit to Billy's on the beach We were on holiday and made this visit top priority as we have been in the past The food was great so is the atmosphere and the service We will be back soon.

Everything about our visit to Billy’s on the Beach was great. Good service, delicious food and good atmospher

From the moment we stepped in and were warmly greeted by Josh a very welcoming young man who straight away made us feel valued. He explained we had arrived on Friday fish supper night and the special offer of fish & chips with a glass of wine for £18’50 was a nice surprise. The service was excellent, the fish & chips with crispy batter, mushy peas , chips and a fresh side salad presented so nice on the plate. We arrived as the sun was just setting. It was beautiful. The whole atmosphere at Billy’s on the Beach is just so nice, we will definitely go back again. Thankyou to our host Josh who made our evening so enjoyable.

This is our go to places for lunch whenever we come to visit family! The view from your table is beautiful, especially on a sunny day :) I highly recommend the Bailey’s dessert, it’s delicious! Josh was our lovely waiter, very accommodating and friendly. We brought our dog and the ones we were looking after and he came over to meet them and tell us about his lovely dogs. Due to half term there was a delay in the food but the staff gave us free crisps and free drinks, we didn’t even complain they were just very accommodating :) I can’t wait to go back, I need to try all their desserts x

Front of house service was interesting to say the least. Ordered breakfast with cherry tomatoes and got two huge tomatoes cut up instead. Ordered Avo on toast but it was bread on bread. Shame but still edible. Location saves this place!

We found Billy‘s on our little weekend away and the entire experience could not have been more positive. The café itself was very cool with a fabulous buzzing atmosphere. The staff could not have been friendlier or more attentive in a laid-back way and the food was exquisite. I actually wish I didn’t live in Brighton because I’d like to go every week. My girlfriend said her fish and chips were the best she’s ever had and she’s a northerner so she knows a thing or two about fish and chips and I had the burger which was incredible with the most delicious coleslaw. This place is top-notch and we will be planning the weekend away just so we can come back. Thank you to Everybody. Oh and dog friendly too…bonus

Had lunch here after a chilly beach walk and it couldn't have been better. Delicious food, warm and cosy with a log burner warming us up gently in the corner. Staff were fantastic. Absolutely fab place to stop

A surprising gem. It doesn't have a wide menu but does what it does exceptionally well. Portions are generous. Staff helpful and polite. I would go out of my way to eat there again. Be sure to book to avoid disappointment. Highly recommended.

Great place on the beach front. Food and drink good. Better in the winter as mobbed in the summer and difficult to park. I never give 5's as always room for improvement, but I would recommend.

Had a lovely breakfast, staff is very nice and helpful.

Great place to eat. Good value for money. Excellent service and very friendly staff who accommodated us even though we arrived early, but the letters sit inside. They also helped to make my wife's birthday celebration special. Thank you guys, much appreciated.

Wonderful lunch, good service and beautiful view of the sea.

Only had coffee and cake after a bracing walk on the beach. Great atmosphere, great food, and happy pleasant helpful staff. Thoroughly recommended!

Me and my family had an absolutely lovely evening. The food was delicious and staff were all very helpful and friendly. Would highly recommend anyone to come here!

Had a lovely late afternoon meal watching the sun set. Would definitely recommend giving them a try.

Genuinely the worst professionally-made food I've ever had. Was staying nearby with friends and decided to order and collect from this place for tea. Mainly fish and chips, but I had the chicken burger and chips. Fried to a crisp inside and out would be an understatement. Burnt to a crisp - had a real effort to try to rip into the burger to take a bite. There should be some moisture in a chicken burger but there was none. There's not much to be done about that really. It's a bad experience but it's not like it's a cheap place where bad things happen, it was £16! And the annoying thing is that it's not a mistake. Poor food can happen for various reasons. But if you're putting a dry, hard, and burnt chicken breast into a bun you're pretty much doing it on purpose, and it's bad faith and dishonest.

I think one thing to get out the way is that this isn’t a fish and chips shop. More of a sit down cafe/lunch spot! Great location though and it’s very cute. The staff were great whenever I’ve been.

Great location, always enjoy really good service but my last meal was average and a long wait for it. No toilet in the cafe just use of a grim public toilet next door.

Terrible attitude and service. Don’t recommend.

Had their “Christmas menu” which was poor - seemed like mostly reheated leftovers from the day before; all pretty dry and the pigs in blankets were like bullets. Not worth the money..

Very average food,not worth the money

Lovely place to go and sit by the beach on a Sunday, and have a drink and some breakfast.. really nice people there 👏

Interesting menu, great food and great service.

Given the location and incredibly high price (£15 for a burger and chips, 42 for a seafood platter) you’d at the very least expect fresh local fish, yet the prawns and whitebait had clearly just come right out of a freezer bag. The prawns tasted like how the inside of a BNQ smells and the white bait (which was a special) was bland and a bit odd. Frozen white fish is forgivable, yet with seafood at that price point it’s incredibly disappointing, especially with a special. It’s a shame, looking at the menu we were really exited and yet at the end of the day it was all incredibly bland, and everything tasted like it had come straight out of a bag. I really dislike places like this that pretend they’re something they’re not and then charge you an exorbitant amount for harvester quality food.

Lovely coffee. Only had cake so can't comment. Had aVERY fishy smell as that is on the brekky menu, so don't go if you don't like that ;)

Love this place, kid friendly and amazing food and drinks and Ice cream sundaes

Brilliant place at East Wittering overlooking the water, very busy serving freshly cooked food for sundsy brunch and I noticed open in the evenings on select days. Quite a find!

Just the loveliest service in light and airy restaurant with amazing sea views and fresh, delicious fish and chips.

A very tasty breakfast, great coffee, friendly service and a wonderful view out to sea. Definitely a place to enjoy a relaxing meal and drink. A large car park is right next door. Free parking if you're on a motorbike.

Fantastic food at a great price in a wonderful location !

Good fish and chips,no complaints at all,nice people,great location

Went here on a Sunday afternoon with quite a few kids in tow. Staff were immensely helpful and patient. They couldn't have done enough for us. Food was great, especially the fish pie. Kids portions were big too. Excellent

Pleasant atmosphere and delicious cuisine, views of the sea, coast, surfers' refuge.

Nice warm vibe, friendly cafe on a pebbled beach. Dog friendly cafe with seating outside. Decent coffee and cake for £5. Clean and neat. Has specials during the week see photos. Lucky locals.

The service was excellent, as was the food.

Always a warm welcome. Tasty, quality food. Never been disappointed, never expect to be. Thank you 😊

Stopped for an afternoon drink and cake. Very good service and tasty Victoria Sponge

Great spot by the sea. Great quality breakfasts and top spot to surf/ watch other surf 🏄‍♀️

Lovely cafe by the beach, the food is deliciouss and the service is great. Everyone is very polite and nice. We had a really good experience and I do recommend this place!!

Waited a couple of hours for them to open for a takeaway and told we are not doing takeaway only eat in as we are to busy! Walked outside to see a waitress handing a takeaway to a couple. I spoke with the waitress she said yes we do takeaways! Keep clear obviously only interested when they are not busy! Shame on you, all six of us won’t be using you again.The chap we spoke to inside needs to go and have his customer service skills tuned up he was extremely rude, apparently it was the owner of the business😡

Nice place for a drink, snack or meal. Had a nice coffee on the patio with a friend. Service was good and the food looked really good...I was jealous of those enjoying their meals 😁

Friendliest staff, good food and lovely view. Recommended.

Fantastic location. Staff are lovely and friendly, but the past few times I have been, they seem to be unsure of the menu, or get it wrong. It could be because there new or a menu change, but either way it has happend a few times. Personally I really like it, and would love it to be open later.

great coffee shop and posh beachside cafe

Great spot down on the beach. We only stopped in for takeaway coffee as we didn’t realise we’d need to book, however the staff were really friendly, bright and welcoming and clearly understood how to give good customer service, even during a fleeting visit. The coffee was great too. I eyed up some of the food while we were standing at the till and it looked really good. We’ll definitely come back… and book a table next time!

Great place tucked away, super attentive staff, simple yet delicious menu and great views.

There were issues, my all day breakfast was way overcooked, I expect everything had been under the lights for hours so the toms, the sausages, the bacon were not the greatest. My friends fish was smelling of ammonia so that got sent back immediately and a burger ordered as a replacement but that turned up overcooked on the outside and basically raw and cold on the inside so that got sent back too. The same burger came back cremated so not a great day for the kitchen.

Very decent place to eat. Bit of everything, leave it at that.

I really liked it i recomend the fish seafood plate it was really good thank you

Ordered the chipotle chorizo and prawn fritters which were a decent starter. However the fish and chips were very bland so ultimately the fish was inedible even with tartare sauce. However the moules frites were very good.

Right next to the sea. Wonderful weather service and food

Good and quiet beach site to enjoy the sea view. Nice food.

Great location and views. Staff are nice, but the food is mediocre and expensive. I use the term mediocre, as the reviews from our party differed from one person to the next. Some enjoyed their choice, and some didn't. The fish and chips were awful. You do get a choice of skinny and chunky chips, both from frozen, so go with your preference. I would have preferred proper chips from potatoes, but not on offer. As already mentioned, some of the food was well received, and I can only comment on mine. Regardless, it was overpriced!

Great food and excellent service as normal

Good clean cafe, excellent food and very friendly staff. Well worth a visit

We sat outside, admittedly on a busy day and the selection was limited and the time for food to be ready was a bit long. It was amusing watching people be pestered by the gulls though, lunch and a show!

A great beach cafe right on the sea front, friendly staff, good food, car park next door.

Excellent food and service. Would recommend.

Helpful staff . Good food. Sea view

Great little place which is a restaurant at night and cafe by day. Car park was £2.70 for two hours..loos and right on beach. No overnight stays. I had a child's portion of fish n chips which was lovely and enough for me..£5.50. Think full one was £16ish. Filled up my big water bottle too at the dog bowl station just by Cafe. Defo visit again 🙂

30/8/24 Stayed in Bracklesham Bay and as this was 5 minutes down the road decided to have dinner at Billy’s one night. I had fish and chips with mushy peas. Only moan I have is that the peas were minted, and I’m not a fan of them. Cost was £15.95. The fish was cooked really well with plenty of crispy batter. Fries were excellent and I preferred these to the chunky chips that were on offer. It is a small place and they squeeze you in which made it quite warm in the room even with the door/windows open. I’ve taken a star off of the service due to the fact that I felt we were being rushed to have our meal. The only booking time left was 8pm on the Friday, and it closes at 9pm. Just felt that some of the staff wanted us out as quickly as possible!! Above all though I liked it there, they have a decent menu to choose from and would go back again.

What can I say about my experience at Bill’s? The fish and chips were, quite frankly, some of the best I’ve ever tasted. We couldn’t sit inside the restaurant because it was fully booked, and being lunchtime, there was quite a wait. So, we opted to order from the mobile van in front of the restaurant instead. The service was excellent—everything was ticketed, so we just waited for our number to be called, collected our food, and sat at the picnic tables provided. As expected with British seaside weather, it was sunny but very windy. Despite that, everyone had a smile on their face. I’ll definitely be visiting Bill’s again, as the restaurant looked very appealing and cosy. I’ll just make sure to avoid the lunchtime rush next time. Thanks, guys!

What an ideal place to stop and eat ... The food is delicious 😋

Drove an hour and half for fish and chips on the beach for the hut to be closed and restaurant don’t do take out. Awful service won’t bother again

Had the most wonderful fish and chips supper on the beach at Billy's. Highly recommended. Service was very efficient and friendly. If in Brackelsham Bay be sure to head their way.

Great Gluten Free choices. Reasonable prices for quality food. Booking is a must.

Great food, great staff and a beautiful view.

Absolutely disgusting, worse fish and chips ever. Chips were hard and the fish tasty odd. Lady serving wasn't overly polite either. This was the food van, shame as such a great location.

Lovely place to eat fish and chips on the beach

Recommended by locals as the best f&c around it had a lot to live up to. It didn't. Haddock and chips were fairly good but poor value at the price. Service was friendly. The restaurant was incredibly noisy. Beware of the car park machines that will try to scr#w you over.

A great combination of food, price, atmosphere and location. Well worth a visit.

Good menu and excellent value and service 26 aug As above

Nice fish and chips. Takeaway shack on the beach. Service can be a bit slow for takeaway but it was a busy sunny day today so probably as busy as it gets.

So we came in lunchtime today. (14) hungry mouths to feed and wow did u guys succeeded. First time eating here for a lot of us. I will be back this week for sure. Would like to say thank you so much for cooking wonderful food (as a chef myself). You done exceptionally well. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Bright and airy, food superb, pleasant helpful staff.

Love this place always try to stop off here when I am in the area.

Amazing delicious Worth a visit

Great place to have some lunch or a nice dinner out! Got loads on the menu and pretty fast service but inside it's almost always busy and quite loud

Quick coffee watching the world go by.

Amazing! Lovely food and drink, very helpful staff, they let my wife put her expensive electric bike in the lobby as she'd forgotten her lock. Literally on the beach too! Will return soon.

Friendly and prompt service, and as you can see from the pics the food is really good. Thank you to the Billy’s team

Very disappointed - travelled a long way to have a lovely meal here and was not impressed. Waited 2.5hrs for a burger and chips continued to ask if our order is ready waiter never came back to apologise or say anything. Service was awful - drinks were all warm (beer, soft drinks and kids drinks) once food arrived was not impressed with the meal at all! My little boys sausages were so burnt couldn’t cut them. Over priced and very rushed. I appreciate it’s a busy time of year but I would have liked someone to tell me there was a long wait or just to come explain why we’ve been sat for hours waiting. Super disappointed! Spent a lot of money for poor service and food. Not happy at all! Ruined our family day.

Delicious monkfish scampi if it's a few large pieces. Not so good a second time when there were more pieces but much smaller in size, too crispy and overcooked. Was a shame as first time round they were amazing.

Excellent welcome, lovely attentive staff and really good food. Excellent breakfast for 2, at .£20.00. No service included but, obviously, happy to leave a tip. Will definitely visit again when in the area next. Highly recommend pre booking unless you're an early bird.

Great little cafe on the beach. Nice food and good service. The only issue is how popular it is, it can be difficult to get a seat and waiting times can be a bit long at very busy times. Which is fair enough. Still good, still super busy on a summer weekend! Worth the wait though 👍

Sadly we missed breakfast by 5 mins! Disappointed couldn't be squeezed in but dem are de rules. Next poor overworked chef needed a day off so no food. Settled for a pint of flat piss ( sorry... Lager) Take a packed lunch and some cans would be my advice.

Fantastic location right by the sea. But arriving at 11.45am, we were told that breakfast service was already over, and lunch service began at noon. When we tried to order at noon, we were told it was in fact 12.15pm. We were sitting outside on unreserved tables. Another family arrived and sought to order food to eat outside, but the staff refused to take their order, saying they were fully booked. Which they patently weren’t. Another couple were subsequently told they were fully booked inside, but there would be a half hour wait for food. So the left hand clearly doesn’t know what the right hand js doing. As for the food — the fish burger, served with a delicious curry sauce, was fine, but the chunky chips were a bit greasy.

The friendliest staff we encountered on our trip to Bracklesham Bay! We reserved a table for dinner, sat outside, ordered inside and had our food brought out to us. My toddler ended up only wanting to eat cucumber, so I asked if we could have just a small dish of cucumber slices and they brought out an entire bowl of cucumber slices. She ate it all up. Amazing service!

Always great tasting food and friendly service. I have a 4 as the bathroom facilities could be updated

Nice place with good food and a good vibe, the prices aren’t awful too, the location is great with a sea view, overall not much to complain about.

Had lunch here with my daughter. Food, staff and service were absolutely spot on. It was a very hot day so thanks to the team for making it a great afternoon. If you haven’t been here then go. You won’t be disappointed.

They were having a difficult day with broken- down equipment and staff shortages. Everyone was polite band helpful in spite of this pressure, so well done.

The fish chips and peas were above and beyond. Nicely placed restaurant beautiful view

Great experience. We came without a booking, fully prepared to just get our favourite chunky chips at the stand, but we asked and got lucky with a table inside for the first time, so spent way more than intended, but no regrets. Lovely service, iconic beachy interior, amazing food for everyone in our group except the person with tofu tacos which were unfortunately quite bland. We were gobsmacked at how big the portions were and glad that we took the walk from West Wittering beach and back so we could burn those cals. Lovely Eton Mess sundae and those chips were better than I remember. Can absolutely still very much recommend. The loos adjacent kinda don’t match the niceness of Billy’s, but they aren’t bad and public loos overall are a precious commodity in the area so can’t complain. Hope to visit soon again, even if just for the chips.

Good little beach spot next to the car park. Ordered kids fish & chips. It was a good size and the wait wasn’t too long. However you could tell that the oil needed changing. Unfortunately there was more batter than fish. The fish itself inside disintegrated as a you tried picking it up so you couldn’t really get a good mouthful. The staff seemed lovely. Having read the reviews I was a little disappointed for my first visit