Hotham Park Cafe in Arun

I Wasn’t overly impressed, very over priced and was utterly disgusted with having an ant cooked into my food. (Easily could have been missed during eating, don’t understand how it could have got in there..) I was given money back for my meal in cash which wasn’t the way I originally paid, I feel more could have been done to apologise, even a free drink or some kind of gesture. There wasn’t even a sorry.

I Wasn’t overly impressed, very over priced and was utterly disgusted with having an ant cooked into my food. (Easily could have been missed during eating, don’t understand how it could have got in there..) I was given money back for my meal in cash which wasn’t the way I originally paid, I feel more could have been done to apologise, even a free drink or some kind of gesture. There wasn’t even a sorry.

The park is fabulous if your dog loves chasing squirrels, pleasant park, has a cafe, also miniature train that goes round the park.

Discovered this little gem of a park cafe on our first visit to Bognor on our way to visiting our son who had just moved there. Coffee was excellent and we shared a gorgeous slice of chocolate orange cake. Very nice place offering a good selection of cakes, sandwiches and think hot food too. Definitely will be stopping off here again on our next visit.

Lovely place in beautiful setting. Thought the food was on the expensive side but when we received and tasted it, it was worth the extra expense. Clean throughout and staff great.

Very nice place. Service is good. Food very good. Lots of dogs in there, some people might be a bit funny with. Didn't bother us though

Had a Philly cheese steak ciabatta, it was absolutely amazing.

Nice place to visit gets very busy, but food is very good

Lovely lunch, excellent service.

Just had the best meal in a long time, ordered the Chunky Beef Burrito Bowl and I am absolutely blown away, soooooo delicious and definitely will be ordering again.

Their food is very nice but it's expensive, so we only have a drink, but most people are eating.

Came here for dinner at the weather was lovely. The food is always excellent here & staff always very friendly. Highly recommend 🙂

Lovely cafe, staff v pleasant and area outside is nice

Only stopped for an ice cream, but the portions were very generous and the service was friendly. Marshfield farm ice cream, it's the best!

A nice restaurant in the middle of the park. Not the best layout, can be difficult to get staffs attention and lack of signage about everything from toilets to how service works (it's order at the counter). A perfectly acceptable meal made to a high standard for a reasonable price that did not require leaving the park.

Only stopped for a drink and icecream but staff were friendly

Best pizza in town! Dog friendly. Value for money!

We went for a friends birthday treat and they went out of their way to accommodate us early as we needed to leave at 18:30. The food was delicious and all the staff were friendly.

Very clean and welcoming. Prices are favourable and the staff are very friendly and efficient. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this venue to all age groups

Very very pleasant little cafe in the middle of Bognor surrounded by the fields of Hotham Park. The food was very reasonable and portioned well. Will definitely be coming back when we are this way again in the near future. Opening times very good aswell, 8pm on a Sunday, this is unheard of lol.

Breakfast Saturday 10 August 2024. First class. Great attentive service and food was superb. The food here is always hot, unlike their Harbour Lights restaurant, there it's usually cold. Anyway, overall Hotham Park is a great all round venue and this restaurant is truly terrific. Tony Perrin.

This cafe was the slowest service on the planet there again the kids were off school I was thinking of coming there with my fiance

Lovely breakfast. Very good with deaf people Great latte

Lovely sandwiches we had and grandchildren enjoyed what they had.

Cute little cafe in the park. The doors pull wide open so it's perfect for the summer. Unfortunately no wifi, but perfect otherwise!

A real boost to the park and Bognor Regis. Excellent service and food and now serving beer and wine and cocktails after 5pm.

Food is amazing and we will return for an evening meal, I highly recommend. My only fault is the alcohol is very expensive. Bottle of wine £23, glass over £8. Considering it is a family cafe in the park not a pub or restaurant I think the drinks are very over priced.

Hotham Park Cafe is a beautiful cafe with a wide range of food and drinks. Food is fresh, homemade, and you pay for what you get. We come every year when we come to Butlins. The cafe has inside and outside seating. Very clean and pletty of space. We had to wait a bit longer due to being busy. The food never disappoints, fresh, tasty, and filling. Staff is always very friendly and always has a lovely atmosphere when we have been there. I had never been to a place where the toilets were so clean. Disabled access for outside and inside. Great place to meet up and socialise. The park in it's self is beautiful and pletty to do. Every town should have a park like this and definitely a cafe like this.

Awesome, is all that it needs to describe everything.

Food good ,but staff useless especially on the till, have no knowledge of what' or how its cooked, being told breakfast not available only for cook to say it is . Poor service not helpful at all.

Hotham Park Cafe is a great place to eat or drink whilst visiting the park. We have been many times and always enjoy our food. The menu is varied and very well cooked and tasty. The servers are exceptionally helpful and very friendly. They were very attentive and helped with my 2 young grandsons, one of whom spilt a glass of water but it was quietly dealt with without any fuss. We look forward to our next visit. Oh and the ice cream is superb!

Had a lovely breakfast with friends and kids . Adults had selection of sour dough breakfasts, all cook and presented well. Kids had ice cream, crisps and juice cartons. Ate outside, beautiful weather, clean benches, lovely scenery. Will be back :) x

Pleasant park and cafe. Lots of interesting things to see. I love the rum and raisin ice cream

it's a really nice place to go in the summer and winter, great food, and nice staff.

Visited today after a long walk. Had a BLT and coffee which was very nice. Need

Stopped here as we were at the park for golf, the staff were extremely friendly the food was quick and very nice, hot drinks were hot! which is a rare find nowadays. All in all a very pleasant experience.

Really good food, and okay prices! 👍

Very Expensive 3 tiny cooked breakfasts, 2 teas and a glass of lemonade, £33.00. Such a shame that costs are not s little more reasonable

Had seen plenty of good reviews of the cafe in the park - decided it was our lunch venue with the family on a reasonably nice day. Inside was packed but thankfully got a space outside. Again, queue was pretty long, but actually got served fairly quickly, and food turned up not too long after that. Everyone liked the food they had - and it was far better than I probably would have expected. The only downside to our visit, and this is no fault of the cafe, was the people who seemed to be unable to control their dogs when not on a lead - at one point we had a small dog under our table, which initiated a bit of a shriek from our daughter (always fearful since a dog stole her sausage roll a couple if years back!)

Lovely food in a lovely place! Definitely coming back!!! Will recommend to my friends!

Been here a few times now. The food is always nice and always hot. The staff are nice and friendly and always smile which is nice 🙂

A wonderfully friendly cafe that managed to produce one of the best pizzas I've ever eaten, fantastic for a small cafe in a Brighton Park. Well worth seeking out. Great value too!

Great food and service, if weather OK outside is fine

Nice food, good service in nice surroundings.

£9.75 for 2 bottles of water, a small carten of juice and a can of sparkling piss. Never again!!

Great sandwich, shames pret a Manger in so many ways

Only had teas , coffees and rum and raisin ice cream, but they were all very nice.

It's a cafe in a park. The food was OK. But that is just my opinion, people's tastes are different. Very busy. The staff were good. Lovely if you eat first then walk it off going around the lovely park which has plenty to see and a good play area for kids. You can eat in or outside.

Not an average park cafe. We had very good ice cream and cakes. The pizzia looked amazing from the pizzia oven.

A cup of tea only, but what a lovely and well kept cafe

Always get a nice take away coffee when visiting the park. Americano and Cappacinno

Dine outside, first time we had visited Hotham Park cafe and the surroundings, it was a great day and the weather was good too.

Lovely cafe, food is really good, & their vegan burger is one of the best I've had. The staff are really friendly & efficient, & it's spotlessly clean. I highly recommend this superb cafe!

Great meeting place and lovely food

Lovely little cafe for a hot drink during a dog walk. Not so great for food. Long wait times and usually very noisy with kids everywhere.

Great place to get tasty coffee and good cake

Staff were friendly, lovely atmosphere and the food was fantastic.

Sorry to say not as nice as there establishment in Littlehampton won't be going back

Lovely service and food was really tasty 🍰😋👍

It was really busy and the food took a while to come, so I had to take it away in the end to get back to work.

We were in need of something nice on a drizzly day, when children were disappointed the train wasn’t running. It’s a really lovely cafe catering for everyone. Children had ice cream, we had cake coffee and hot chocolate. The menu looked really tasty. Plus you could also have a beer or something stronger if you fancied. The best part was the very friendly staff and atmosphere. Definitely recommend. Thank you 😊

Love this place and the bonus of being able to take our dog there.

Top marks great place to eat in or just have a coffee.

If we go to Bognor Regis to walk along the seafront, we always go the cafe in the park for a sandwich and a cup of coffee. Coffee is always hot and the sandwiches are freshly made, well filled and very tasty. Staff are friendly and it's always very clean

Lovely park and cafe. I enjoyed my full English, although the plate wasn't overly hot. My wife also was pleased with her GF red velvet cup cake and pot of tea, post 5K Saturday park run.

The sausage and fennel fettuccine is sensational

Only stopped for a coffee and cake on a cold, rainy day. Despite that, it was obvious that the cafe is popular and successful. The park was empty. The cafe was full. There were families sharing large pizzas, older customers eating more traditional lunches and others like me having snacks. Food appeared to arrive promptly and looked tasty. All in all, a very good first impression.

Often had a take away ice-cream in the summer but as we were at the park looking at the Christmas lights thought we'd eat here. We were lucky to get the last table as there were lots already reserved and the place was about half full when we arrived. Really impressed with the happy hour 25% off food. Waited about half an hour for the food but it was worth it. All clearly freshly cooked, full of flavour, lovely side fresh, crisp side salad. All waitresses very friendly. Will certainly return.

Staff friendly, service quick, food is amazing every time. Especially the pizzas and the cakes!

Such a lovely meal here this evening. Excellent service and great high quality food. Generous portions and delicious ingredients. We will definitely visit again.

Amazing Burrito bowl! Outstanding attentive service as well. First time eating here for a meal rather than just coffee and ice cream during the day... So many good options on there menu I'll be back!!

Great place to relax and enjoy for the hole family

Great place to have a coffee and snack after walking the dog in the park

Lovely food and excellent service. Get there early for lunch as this cafe gets very busy just after noon. The soup with garlic bread was so tasty and children's portions are very generous. Don't go without buying an ice cream!

First time here for a meal for me. I was impressed! Strikingly well run by an energetic efficient team who kept up with demand during a busy lunch hour. Plenty of room inside at tables of various sizes. One of our group suggested some sound absorbing materials would be helpful to reduce noise, but it was not too bad for me. My fish and chips were great and the meals came quickly too.

I had the big breakfast at Hotham Park Cafe. The girls serving were very good, professional and friendly and the general ambience was relaxed. The breakfast was average and for the price of £10.95 I expect better. The bacon was annihilated and the beans barely had any taste, perhaps they were cheap beans? I didn't rate the sausages either. Although they were nicely cooked I just didn't enjoy the flavour. Halfway through my meal one of the chefs came out of the kitchen and looked like he had been dragged through a hedge backwards, dishevelled - not what I wanted to see from anyone in food prep. The other chef was well presented when I walked past the kitchen. It's a lovely venue in a beautiful park but needs to make things better from my experience on an average morning with a handful of people to make food for. I just had to put an edit in here because I checked the menu and I should have got a hash brown as well which I didn't. I did think at the time but though I must has kissrrad the menu. I've knocked another star off for this.

Had a coffee stop while walking dog through Hotham Park

Typical cafe in a beautiful park, catering mostly for drinks, snacks and ice creams. However there is also a more substantial menu with burgers, pizzas, etc. There is "happy hour" from 5 until 7 with 25% off main menu food.

Good food, nice location, nice atmosphere & friendly.

My wife and love coming to this place. Food always hot and lovely. Will be back again soon

An excellent café with good tasty dishes. Maybe a tad expensive.

Nice coffee, nice slice of carrot cake and lovely warm weather so we could sit outside - Would definitely visit again.

A lovely place to go for a walk in the park and finish up in a lovely cafe

I really enjoyed my visits to Hotham Park, lovely walks in the relaxing grounds, delightful cafe with a great & varied choice & fun at the Adventure Golf.k

Had a delicious tuna mayo sandwich

A coffee in the park in sunshine was wonderful

I ordered Ham, egg and chips and was served, lousy cheap ham, very good chips and eggs. Unfortunately the whole meal was spoiled by a large amount of salad on the same plate with a horrible tasting dressing. I was forced to leave 90% of the meal.

Although waiting a while for food , this was because it was so popular and rammed . Food lovely as always and staff pleasant . We always one here for a bite when at the park.

Order food and took far too long to come out. After watching the waitress walk round with our food for 5 minutes she finally gave it to us and it was colder than I would have liked. Not very good.

Great place to sit and watch the world go by with a good coffee and a delicious flapjack

Love the place. Nice coffee, gluten free options improving all the time. Amazing setting in the park.

Absolutely superb food and service yesterday, wife and mother in law had chicken skewers, chips and salad, I had lamb, tuscan potatoes and feta salad, and it was the best chops I've had for year's, meaty and perfectly cooked, compliments to the chef.

Lovely evening, delicious food and staff were fantastic

Dinner with family. The food was nice but the whole experience was marred by the extremely rude service. The man who took my order was unfriendly and rude. He didn’t say please or thank you when he took my money, he didn’t apologise when he gave me an incorrect drinks order, he was unhelpful when I asked a question about our table and appeared very disgruntled when I asked for a glass-they had apparently run out so I was expected to drink from the bottle. We all wanted desserts but I refused to pay anymore at this venue and we went elsewhere. Having worked in hospitality I understand the importance of making the customer feel valued and welcomed. This was sadly missing, we shan’t be returning.

Delicious ice creams and a very nice cup of tea. Lovely staff were helpful and happy. There is so much to do here,we did the pedalos this time, having done the train last visit. We always look for the mad hatters tea table for our picnic, and the kids loved the play ground. Never disappoints

Really like this little cafe. The prawn salad is lovely and I tried a few fries, which were so good. They get awfully busy, and close at 7 - so best to go as early as possible. The banana/cherry ice cream is delicious!

Had the pizza. It was nice. Slightly expensive for a park cafe.

Fantastic ice cream great service nice park

Fabulous meal for my mums 80th birthday special pasta was amazing and mums pizza was best she’d had - thanks so much

Really excellent meal. For a cafe it’s exceptional. We had 6 meals. I had cod n chips. Fresh as fresh. Lovely crispy batter and chips. Very nice salad. Even the tartare sauce was excellent. My wife had a super sea bass meal. Honestly. You could spend much more and not enjoy it as much. Well done team Hotham