Giggling Squid Chichester in Chichester

Really nice restaurant, great food. Staff were excellent couldn't be more helpful (Imi) highly recommended!

I normally love going here . Mostly because the ambiance and then the food was very comforting. My experience today was by far the worst I’ve had at giggling squid. It took over 15 minutes for my order to be taken and for that to happen I had to leave my table and request for service. The food took 40 minutes to reach the table and cold . They had to be reheated. While my wife received food that she enjoyed. I, a fan of the restaurant received food where there was “less curry in the Salt” It left me saturated . And I was sick within an hour from when I had it. Another one of my favourite restaurants ruined.

Great food, spicy and flavoursome. Really helpful staff. Nice atmosphere, lovely decor, good for groups, couples. We love the lunchtime special it's a great combination and plenty of food We tried dessert - the milk cake, it's simple and delicate flavours

Amazing food and ambience. Authentic Thai food. Spring rolls and seafood is a must try.

Had a really nice time at giggling squid. Food was fantastic and really didn’t think it would be this good, however we will be returning 100%. Plenty of staff and friendly too.

Sea bass was incredible! And very attentive staff.

Absolutely amazing food! Lots of vegan options. Highly recommend

Great evening. Marinated Steak & Crispy Slow Cooked Beef was excellent

Really good food the satay chicken and dip was amazing. Definitely going back the staff were really good and so attentive.

Lovely delicate tapas meal. Gemma leads an excellent team that create a wonderful atmosphere to enjoy this delightful food. Great value! Thank you, Susan and Keith

Lovely delicate tapas meal. Gemma leads an excellent team that create a wonderful atmosphere to enjoy this delightful food. Great value! Thank you, Susan and Keith

We celebrated a birthday tonight. The food was delicious and all the staff were lovely, Duncan was our waiter and he was brilliant, he couldn’t do enough for us and was very friendly and attentive. Thank you to all the team for making the evening so very special.

We celebrated a birthday tonight. The food was delicious and all the staff were lovely, Duncan was our waiter and he was brilliant, he couldn’t do enough for us and was very friendly and attentive. Thank you to all the team for making the evening so very special.

Again, a lovely meal, always friendly service and scrumptious food. Always like to try the specials or something new. Only scored 3 for atmosphere as it was before 6 and was very quiet. A little background music could be nice. If you have never been, you must visit

Good food, clean, good prices, good service, and good atmosphere. What else do you need

Amazing flavoursome food. The best meal out for years. Thanks guys.

Good food and friendly staff, but I thought menu was lacking a Thai soup for starters. Would be good if tables were round so we could all talk to each other.

Lovely Restaurant, modern interior, parking very near. I had the lamb shank very tender beautiful sauce very tasty. Celebrating my 60th. 5 of us, starters plus mains plus drinks £190 17/08/24

The best Thai food Iv ever eaten, my favourite place to go for Thai food.

We went here for lunch on a Tuesday and the food was incredible. A variety of options for lunch (a cheaper lunch tapas menu or the full menu). We had a sharing starter, mains, rice and a couple of drinks and everything was delicious. The pork hock was incredibly tender and the soft shell crab was crunchy and full of meat. The service really stood out, the waitresses were attentive without being intrusive as well as being lovely with friendly personalities. It is on the pricier side if you choose off the main menu but we thought it was worth it!

This must be the place with the nicest staff I've ever been to!

The food here is lovely, however very pricey. The service was not great. A very very long wait for food and once our order was taken, didn't see a member of staff at the table. Had to go and ask for drinks. I feel they are a bit complacent, relying on the great food to carry them.

Great Thai food, let down by only having 3 servers on the floor looking after 60 covers. The food arrived before our drinks, the poor manager was serving tables, dealing with take away orders, tending bar and dealing with surly Deliveroo drivers. However the food was delicious and the staff where friendly.

my wife and i had the lunchtime tapas at chichester today and i have to say it was one of the best meals out that i have had in a long time,my wife has been before.The whole experience was 5 star and certainly,in my opinion,better than another well known Thai restaurant chain i would thoroughly recommend it and will certainly go back.

Really lovely place. Friendly staff, visites around 4pm and was just getting ready for busy time. Had the lunch time menu tapes. Was really nice

Lunch at Giggling Squid 🦑 Fantastic Thai inspired food with a great selection on the lunch menu. I had the Green Thai Chicken curry (as pictured) and my partner had the lunch tapas board. We were both very impressed with the food! We did attend the restaurant on a Monday mid day and so despite it being quiet in attendance, the restaurants scenery is stunning, and has been added onto our recommendations list. 🌟 Recommend : Salt and Pepper Quid, Thai Green Curry, Prawn Crackers 🦑 Squid Rating - 9/10

Tasty food. Pleasant decor and ambience. Good and pleasant service. Reasonably priced. Would I patronise again ? .. Yes !

It’s a lovely venue and the staff are amazing. If you are after true Thai food however, this is not a good experience. We had the golden money bags and pad thai yesterday. The pad thai was unfortunately very plain and lacked any flavour! I got the (£17) king prawn special and I had to order chilli oil and salt to make it at least a bit better. I have since realised that the Giggling Squid is a chain and am disappointed that the food was bland and not authentic. I would not return.

Best thai around excellent food and service

So good for a family of 10 went thier twice. Eccentric, stylish decoration in an unusual building

Overpriced, overrated. Horrible food taste

Nice food, good service, have been there before and would go back again.

A nice selection of Thai food very tasty

Very good Thai food with friendly waiters. Highly recommend

Lovely meal, great service and friendly staff.

Amazing Thai food! We really enjoyed the fresh flavours, everything was moreish and we left feeling very full. The cocktails were fab too, a great selection of mocktails on the drinks menu. Overall would definitely return as there was so much choice and lots of options for vegetarians too.

Really enjoyed it. Went with my partner for a spontaneous date day. Service was great, food was excellent. I would recommend this to a friend. We had a starter each, a signature dish each and 1 rice to share. We left feeling full and happy. Add 1 alchoholic drink each and it came to about £80. For the quality of food and experiance we had, i felt the cost was fair. Whislt we arrived at lunch, we ate from the all day menu. This was our own plan from the start. We watched people order from the tapas menu and it all looked intriguing and very nice. We agreed to go back again and try that next time.

Had the sticky chicken. It was very good. Definitely recommend

We had a gorgeous meal. The quality of the food was amazing. It has a great, calm atmosphere.

We had a wonderful meal for the 4 of us with excellent service, great food and such lovely flavours which is what makes Thai food so special. Our first time but we will definitely be back. Thoroughly recommended......and so much better than the nearby Ivy.

previously booked a dinner here for my sisters birthday, unfortunately arrived late due to the theatre running over the specified time. The staff were very friendly and stayed open for us. One of our waitresses was very rude, and clearly wasn't as welcoming as the others. Decor was lovely and the food tasted brilliant. However, the one star rating, we all ordered a mixture of meat and fish, for starters and mains, and we all ended up with severe seafood poisoning, i myself was so sick, that i didn't stop, well, you know, for 3 days straight and had to call an ambulance for then passing out from it. Now what i suspect, is that as we were the last people and they stayed open a bit longer just for us because of the show running late, they didn't cook the food properly. Either way, it certainly ruined the birthday and the plans thereafter and we won't be returning again.

Food superb, staff attentive and professional. Highly recommended.

As usual the most amazing food and friendly staff 😎

Great location and internal space. Friendly and efficient service. Excellent choice off food. Spacious interior. All in all a pleasant experience for lunch.

Dine here often, great staff and very good food always very attentive👍👍

Had dinner here whilst visiting Chichester. The place itself is beautiful, amazing service and quality food. The attention to detail is visible and palpable. Greg took good care of us and was very impressed with our evening. Delicious food, would definitely go again.

Incredible food and service. Will definitely visit again!

Disappointing. Been here before and enjoyed it but this time not so much. The table mats were dirty and covered in curry, service was slow and the portion size for a £15.50 curry (no rice) was paltry. The green curry had no kick to it and tasted like it came out of a packet- it lacked the fresh flavours you find in authentic thai food. Meh.

Made a delivery order and some 20£ of items were missing. How difficult is it to read the order and match what put inside the bag? Aside from the money, family members were left without their mains.

The whole family (9 of us) went there for a significant birthday for my daughter. It took a while to decide what we all wanted, as the menu was extensive. However, everything arrived fairly quickly and nobody had the slightest disappointment in what they received. Not cheap, but definitely worth the money.

Ordered a take away, pad Thai, one with prawns, one with chicken, the chicken dish was cold, had 3 pieces only & about the size of my little finger nail, the noodles were greasy & egg was thick & slimy, spoke to the manager & was told it was a deliveroo issue!!! So the delivery driver turned up at giggling squid & attempted to cook the dish? The chef whoever that was is amateur at best & the manager completely useless, avoid ordering a takeaway from these cowboys at all costs

Lovely food worth coming here and the atmosphere inside is beautiful

Great food. Had my usual of chicken panang curry which was delicious as per. Also shared pad Thai which again was great. Service was good and food came hot and quickly.

Monday night dinner with friends. Food was tasty and service great! The melting beef was really nice. And can’t go wrong with a chicken pad Thai!

Packed to the rafters on a Saturday night - lovely to see so many people out - haven't seen it buzzing like this since before COVID days. Three friends having a catch up. Very noisy though - hard to hear each other. We waited a long time for food - free crackers were provided as an apology and staff attentive. Chicken Green Curry was good - the same as always. Veggie Cashew Nut Curry was a favourite and the Veggie Massaman was good. Pad Thai was declared OK but not as good as another Thai in Chichester. Fresh mint tea was divine.

Actually ordered a takeaway, chicken pad Thai, was delivered, cold greasy & 3 pieces of chicken the size of my little finger nail, called the manager & was told to contact deliveroo, I obviously wasn't aware that deliveroo were responsible for making sure a chicken dish contained chicken!!!! Thanks to the useless manager & an incompetent chef

Barry was excellent and friendly. He guided us on the menu and helped us chose the best dishes today. Would definitely come back again

Just love this restaurant. Food delicious, staff fab, atmosphere is great. Really great for any occasion. We love it! Perfect!

Lovely food, reasonably priced and well looked after by our server, Charlotte. Highly recommended!!

Well done , always have a lovely meal.

Great food, great ambience and the staff are efficient and fantastic at their jobs.

Very quiet so staff should have time to give a good service Unfortunately we did not receive this A lad took our order We ordered prawn crackers as well as our main and drinks They never came which should have been served with our drinks Our main meal arrived and no prawn crackers She went to get but we said forget it!! These are starters not with the main and usually served quickly while waiting The lunch was nice Too much onion in the massaman curry The red Thai curry was not spicy Shame on you Chichester as you are my home town When I visited Winchester branch I could not have fault the food and service

Food was excellent good menu and vert tasty.

A lovely meal, super knowledgeable about allergies and we were not rushed at all. Portions were great. Staff were all friendly! My only gripe is that I wasn’t given the bill before tapping my card; it was there and I could have asked for it. I then didn’t look at it properly and service charge had been added. I normally tip anyway, but having already paid service charge, the total tapped came to almost £100 and then I left a £15 cash tip. Meaning my total tip was around 27%. It just left me with a bad feeling. It also made an expensive (lovely meal), very expensive. Our actual food/drink total was £87.30

I have certain allergies and the staff went above and beyond to find me a dish so helpful and very informative..highly recommended

Flagship for the Giggling Squid set of restaurants. Nicely decorated, vibrant with a good atmosphere on a Saturday night. However, no crackers!! Not sure how that happens but the rest of the food was delicious and filling.

Thai restaurant in Chichester close to East street. Can have tapas style dishes. Tasty food, pleasant surroundings and good service.

Best in Chichester!!! If you want to have a Thai food just make your dinner book it anyway I recommend it for everyone xxx

Food is amazing venue is really beautiful, staff on a whole are great,

I find it hard to believe we have lived close to Chichester 19 years and never found this place. If you like Thai food, they have a great choice. Lovely food, friendly staff and great ambience.

Lovely ambiance and decor, waiter Barry attentive, but not intrusive. Food really tasty authentic Thai. Can not fault anything will definitely be back. Lunch Tapas a great way to try a few choices.

We ordered via Deliveroo a Giggling Squid dinner. It arrived promptly but the food was utterly inedible. The sticky rice was like glue and the three curries (red curry, peneang and massaman) we more like soup with ¾ liquid and ¼ meat and veg. Absolutely awful. I phoned the restaurant to complain and they had zero sympathy and told me to contact Deliveroo to complain which I did. Deliveroo have told us that they will not refund the £64.17 that we paid for food that we couldn't eat. I have videos of the inedible rice and curry so have added still photo's on this review. Avoid Giggling Squid and Deliveroo at all costs unless you are partial to disgusting food and being ripped off by the restaurant and Deliveroo.

Went to giggling squid yesterday with my gf the food and drinks were class and the service was even better. I ordered something and they came to let me know it was out of stock and as it was their mistake I could pick something for free. And as someone who works in hospitality I know they don’t have to do that and just appreciated the effort they went through. The manager in there was very polite and gave good service as well as everyone else but particularly him. Would recommend

We have visited at least 10 times now and we absolutely love the food - but in our opinion it is pipped at the post by the best service staff we have ever come across!! One good server is great but we have been served by at least 6 different staff members and they have all been blooming brilliant. We rate service on a par with food so for us the GS offers the total customer experience package. My only complaint....when will they open in Lymington???

I absolutely love this place. The food is always delicious, so authentic to the cuisine, served in a timely manner and the staff is always welcoming and with a great attitude through the time we're there. The only downside is that the building where the restaurant is placed, does not have parking. You can park, though, at the Cattle Market, but if it is raining you'll definitely need an umbrella!!

We visited on Christmas Eve evening at 7pm. . We have eaten here on a regular basis but we’re very disappointed with the meal served up. The crispy fish was over cooked there were 2 mussels on the plate that were unopened the squid was incredibly underdone and the sauce was so salty it burned your mouth. I feel very disappointed as I was so looking forward to going back there. I appreciate it was Christmas Eve and that it might be difficult to get the staff but this needs attention as I feel I would think twice before visiting again

As an avid Giggling Squid patron, this is always our go to with friends. We have used the take away service a few times now and every time it’s a fail. This is because the food is always cold. So, this time, I ordered the food for 6:45 and turned up at 6:30 knowing it would be ready, even though it shouldn't. Bang on the money, it was already prepared, meaning it must have been made immediately on order. The food was absolutely grim and I’m embarrassed to have invited friends over after raving about it, to receive cold slop. If we had turned up at the allotted time, I would have put the food straight in the bin. We ended up microwaving it, absolutely rank. Lesson learnt after time 4 of the same experience. AVOID Giggling Squid Take Away SERVICE!

Great food, tapas is a good fit so that you can try loads of different dishes. All very good

Great service and a lovely meal.

Great food. Didn't like the fact that a service charge was added without telling me!

Great food at a reasonable price. Top class service from very polite staff. Thoroughly recommend.

Delicious food from starter though until the dessert. The duck spring rolls, and money bags were fab, I had sticky chicken with jasmine rice but had food envy of my husband's and son's crispy and slow cooked beef, they were swooning over it. I end my meal with the mini salted caramel souffle perfect sweet bite after big meal. The staff were lovely and knew the menu well and offered suggestions. The bill automatically included a 10% tip which is very reasonable. We'll definitely be coming back to the Giggling Squid in Chichester.

Would I eat and drink there again, 'yes blooming please'. A little taste sensation and my taste buds have been spoilt.

Re-visited GS after a not so great trip to Guildford. So so happy to say, Chichester did not disappoint. Lovely restaurant and ambience and the food was delicious. Thank you for restoring my faith in the restaurant chain.

Restaurant was buzzing! But i guess its a good sign! We had an amazing experience at this restaurant. Food was really good, had pad thai, penang curry and cashew nut chicken. The only downside was, my family ordered rum and whiskey coconut icecream, but only coconut ice cream arrived. Then was told that rum and whiskey weren’t available. That should’ve been told earlier when we ordered it, as it was the reason why we got it at the first place! Other than dessert, this restaurant didn’t disappoint.

Friendly helpful service. Food spiced up just the way I liked it.

Really warm welcome. The staff were lovely and helpful. The pork belly and wings to start were amazing! 3 people had the squid bits and weren’t impressed as it was just bits of deep fried batter so maybe give that a miss. Mains - duck without a doubt the best dish of the table. Chicken Pad Thai was nice. Although more than 4 bits of chicken would be nice and less Tofu. Had a really enjoyable evening. Thank you!

Had a fabulous meal here! Food was fantastic as always, cocktails are some of the best around and an expansive interesting selection unlike many places. The pork dumplings are amazing. The staff were top notch Matt was absolutely great as were all the other staff. Wish we got more of their names (guy with round glasses, blond lady on the bar), all fantastic! This was Friday 27th October. Thank you!

Beautifully decorated, friendly staff, so helpful,jolly and kind ! The food was amazing 1000% would recommend the crispy Beef!!!!!!!

Freezing cold! Window open, and fan blowing out cold air! Very noisy and slow service....

Lovely surroundings, best Thai food we've ever tasted.

First time here, server(Paddy) was excellent, knowledgeable about the food as he had eaten from the menu so was able to make suggestions. Decor really nice and food was very good. Would definitely return.

Very disappointing meal. 3 prawns in a prawn Thai curry is not really a prawn curry! My husband ordered the pork dish but it was lamb that arrived, which we questioned but apparently the chef confirmed it was pork…. Having lived for as long as we have, we know what lamb looks and tastes like and it was lamb! Style over substance we felt and we wouldn’t recommend it or be back!

Birthday meal for close friend. Couldn't have been better thanks to the chefs, and front of house staff!

Excellent service and food with good atmosphere, our waiter Patrick was knowledgeable and helpful ref the menu

What can I say. Great staff and lovely food for the family. We will come back

Not being very familiar with Thai cuisine I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised with the range of dishes available and the quality of the cooking. The pork cheeks was very good, the sauce seemed a bit on the sweet...

We came here on a Saturday evening for dinner. We were greeted by a lovely smiling face who showed us to our table and assured someone would be with us shortly whilst we decided on drinks. The girl who waited on us for the evening was also very cheerful, friendly, funny and helpful. The food was amazing! Full of flavour, the meat was cooked perfectly and despite being a busy saturday night it was brought out in good time. Both my colleague and myself had a lot to say as we left. Thank you!

Great place, well maintained, good atmosphere with friendly staff. I want to say thank you to Yasmin who has been very helpful with recommendations! I’d highly recommend this restaurant and would come back again!

Great food, never let us down. Staff and service excellent