The Gribble Inn in Chichester

Our first visit, managed to get the last table for Sunday lunch (booking essential). Roast beef was excellent. Love the fact that this remains an Olde Worlde pub, with small rooms/dining areas, rather than one big open space. So much character & lovely atmosphere. Will definitely return

Great food, brilliant staff, nice ambience 👌❤️

We were invited for lunch by local friends. It was busy and lively. Family, young and old could be seen enjoying the relaxing atmosphere. Good selection of hot food. Quick service with smiles all around by the staff. 3 course meal were served in good timing. Easy parking at the back of the pub. So thumbs up from me.

A first visit since 2011 and had no memory of having been before. What a great pub! Such friendly service - we were a party of 8 - throughout our Saturday afternoon stay. We ate in the snug room to the left of the entrance. The food was delicious - we had a wide range of starters and main courses. The gribble microbrewery didn't have too many offerings which was a shame but the Hoppy Days was an excellent beer.

Didn't eat this time but have done so in the past. Lovely food with good service. It's country pub style food which was nice and the ale selection is good also. One of the biggest problems they're can be the lack of places to park if it's busy there but that said we will go again

My partner and I visited this old beautiful pub on Tuesday the 22nd for lunch. We had the lamb pie and mash. It was delicious. The staff were excellent. Will certainly pay it visit again.

First time since lockdown I've been into a new (to me) pub and not been disappointed. I found everything about it a delight. The lads behind the bar was very welcoming and sorted out a table for 6 of us, when we hadn't booked on a Saturday night. The food is ordinary as in non poncy traditional pub fare. It's really nicely cooked and presented, you get plenty and in no way feel ripped off at the end of it. Very nice meal. I had the lighter of the 2 ales they brew on site and it was very nice indeed. Most folk seemed regulars but the whole place felt very relaxed and welcoming. Never heard of oving before and will probably never go again, but this pub is well worth a visit if you're in the area and want a really pleasant evening.

Amazing Pub with great atmosphere, friendly and very helpful staff. Will definitely be back. Food was 5* and fantastic quality. The roast is a thing of beauty and completely delicious, the epitome of a traditional pub roast!

An absolute gem of a pub!!! We popped in after a property viewing for a taste of the local pub, and what a great little pub, a pure delight of a country local that brews its own beers!! Very friendly staff and locals.

5 stars all round , Food was amazing , The bears selection was great , I had the taster set of bears and loved it . A lovely pub all round.

Fantastic friendly pub with good food. We had organised lunch for 24 - and everyone was served at the same time. They were kind enough to let us bring in a birthday cake and helped serve it with hot drinks - all very effieicnt and bent over backwards to accomodate us all. Thank you to everyone but especially David the Manager for all his help. We will be back!

Very impressed with both service & quality of food. I am hard to please but we will return definitely.

A lovely pub with excellent home made beers and good pub food and the odd extra special dish. Lovely garden outside and friendly staff.

First time we have been here, not sure why as its reputation is good, but had a sunday roast and wow wow, great food, good quality and the service was spot on too. The manager was very accommodating and overall a great experience and also a lovely location venue. Highly recommend

A lovely pub in a great setting in the Sussex countryside. The menu was fantastic as was the food . Staff were professional friendly and helpful. We will be back

Great location, good food. Recommended

Great pub, friendly staff and good atmosphere, food was excellent

The pub was quiet when we met family for a meal, however it soon became overrun with a group of loud pompous car bores and we could not hear each other speak. The food we had was average. The car park very small.

Lovely local pub. Took the family and new grandson for lunch. Brilliant food and great staff and service. Definitely recommend and will be visiting again

Gribble Inn, what an amazing pub near Chichester. We loved absolutely everything about the place. Really welcoming and cosy atmosphere. Really nice selection of food and drinks. Very polite staff, nothing was a problem to accommodate for us. The food was absolutely delicious, definitely worth the money. I couldn't even eat it all, but I had to took take it away as it would be shame to leave behind. They also brew their own beer. It's a must try! Took 1 litre into a plastic bottle with us to enjoy after our journey back home. The outdoor garden was very pleasant as well. Overall, when we are around next time, we will definitely come again. It's such a shame you're 3 hours away from us. Lovely gem for anyone living nearby - 5* is not enough! See you next time ×)

We called in to have lunch we took visiting friends one of whom was baptised in the nearby church followed by lunch in the Gribble 20+ years ago Excellent food friendly staff and a good selection of Beers

We come here now and again due to the food, the environment as its a quiet pub with no screaming kids and the vegan options. Love this pub and the area, and the staff are absolutely lovely. Highly recommended.

I don’t often leave reviews as they are so subjective- but…! This pub is an absolute gem and an amazingly good one. 8 of us rocked up on short notice without booking ahead and got a huge table within minutes. 4 children with us which always adds extra challenges, but very quickly got colourings and we settled in just nice. Their own ale is FANTASTIC, it’s an absolute gorgeous, flavourful, very balanced ale with a captivating aroma and smell! Now, the food… bloody brilliant! The soup, the lamb, the sausages, the chicken liver parfait was just outstanding. Even a simple dish like kid’s mac n cheese was cooked to perfection, tasty and very obviously not coming from a packet. The portions really well sized and all of us were chuffed to bits. The atmosphere of the pub is astonishing.

Had sunday roast beef with my mum and sister yesterday afternoon. What a great place in every aspect! Hidden gem well worth finding it for a memory to never fade away! Will be back soon. Thanks for your experience xx

Cozy place and huge portions! Try the camamber with hot bread, pork belly and excellent fish n chips! Eaton's mess is really good too!

Visited will group of 20+ all pre ordered main courses on a very busy summers night but still managed a reasonable service. Thank you.

It's a beautiful place with a lovely enclosed garden. I've been a few times but the staff and locals sort of make you feel like you're in the way. Dog friendly though which is always good! Unfortunately, very bad chips. How to you ruin chips....

One of the best pubs I’ve ever been to, with fantastic service, atmosphere, and Sunday roast! Loved it—the Yorkshire pudding was just perfect, as was everything else! We were a large group, and the host accommodated us in a spacious private room—superb!

Food was delicious, had the pork belly and it arrived perfectly cooked! Very busy and filled with locals. Service took some time but atmosphere was super friendly.

The pork and mash main dish I had was absolutely delicious. Service was great and the beer also 👍

a great place for a really good Sunday roast

Great place to eat, friendly welcoming and excellent food

With the help of the pub we celebrated my daughters 18th , the function room was fantastic and the staff were more than helpful all through the evening, accomadating to all our needs , would highly recommend if you have a party and need the space and help , 5 stars from us ,, thankyou the gribble Inn and its staff

Awesome food, nice atmosphere!! That’s how real English pub suppose to look like!! Super!!

We had a family get together for nine adults and one young lady of nine years old. Lovely situation in the garden until the lights were needed. We thought the Inn was fabulous, do like a thatch roof. Shall most certainly bring other members of family to meals there.

The place is really typical with a pub atmosphere, a thatched roof house and a well-appointed terrace like in a garden A very good choice of beer, and what can we say about the restaurant which is excellent, very well cooked dishes with quality products and all that for a value for money which for me is very good. The service is friendly I recommend +++

Really good food and friendly service and not overpriced, highly recommended.

Visited this pub as staying in Oving at an Airbnb so convenient. Read last few months reviews and were nervous to say the least, so went with a 'let's get a drink and suss it out first' attutude. It took us 2 mins to decide to stay - friendly, welcoming staff, great drinks range, appetising menu (proven to be good, fresh and hot delivery). Pleasantly busy for a Tues evening so must be doing something right. Would visit again.

Stopped by yesterday was really nice food, peaceful and quite we ate in the garden was nice. Not a massive menu but you can tell what's on there is done well.

Absolutely superb customer service, Thank you so much for making my Hubbies Birthday a fabulous one, He loved the Birthday Torte you made at very short notice. I can honestly say it was delicious and all of his group of 15 had a great lunch! So thank you once again, and see you soon! x

Reminse! Changed!! They used to do very quirky flavored wine..now just red, white, rose!! Lovely place and staff!

Gorgeous countryside pub and brewery. On a hot midweek day in June the beamed interior was pleasantly cool. The staff were friendly and the service was efficient, but the best thing was the food. Fresh, crisply fried whitebait with proper tartar sauce was our choice of starter; very,very good. My husband had pork belly with excellent crackling, I chose apple glazed pork chop with sauté potatoes and broccoli. It was fabulous and the chop was huge! We will be looking for excuses to drive from the southern edge of the New Forest, just to lunch at the Gribble Inn again.

First time visit and was totally impressed with quality of food. Absolutely delicious and service was spot on too

Maddest crackling I’ve ever seen on a pork belly but was delicious! Really lovely staff and lots of beers on tap. Highly recommend!

Highly recommended, great beer brewed on site.

Food got me and 1 other person very sick. Avoid this place! Manager took rude to a whole new meaning, and started yelling at us when we flagged that we got sick to him.

Excellent pub, food, service and atmosphere. We ceryainly will be going back.

I usually only leave good reviews for places, as you can never tell if someone is just having a bad day etc. But I'm absolutely astonished at the poor attitude of the manager after my partner phoned simply to notify them that he and another member of the group had fallen ill after eating there. The manager shouted at my partner then repeatedly phoned him. To me, it would come across as harassment. I would recommend against eating at this establishment.

Parents are out here visiting as they live in California. Had our dinner at 7pm last night 6 of us, 2 of us are now incredibly sick today, and all of last night. We both had their onion rings for starters. I had their fish and chips. There is 0 chance in the world that this is not from the food we had at this establishment. I will never return for as long as I live! I will be calling when you open to complain, but this is my first port of call. AVOID! EDIT: A follow up for anyone curious.  Called them after they opened, simply to let them know I wanted 0 compensation, and only for them to be aware of what happened so nobody else gets sick coming here.  The manager proceeds to start yelling at me in a very hostile manner, and called my phone about 10+ times after.  Absolutely shocking for a restaurant, and appalling customer service.

Recommended by a relative. And wasn't disappointed. Food was fantastic. Well presented and cooked. Staff were helpful and attentive. And an on site brewery helped!!!

Great pub, large selection of beers and spirits,

Lovely little find food and service amazing

Attended as a party of 11 for Sunday lunch. Initial waitress had a face like thunder when we first got there which did not bode well. Only child present ordered sausages and mash (they were out of mash and substituted chips) and they graciously gave her a requested Yorkshire… these arrived without gravy which they bought when requested. The gravy was sickeningly sweet, as though it had sugar or syrup poured in. Vile. Even the child couldn’t eat it, which we did alert the waitress to when she came through… she then bought all the mains with this ghastly gravy slathered all over it. 2 of us handed ours back because it was inedible. We were later charged for the mains handed back and also a starter and desert that never made it to the table and the manager truculently refused to make this right. We paid but with gravy as sweet as that and staff as alternately salty, a happy medium could be achieved…? Alas no, so we shall just have to settle for never returning to this abomination ever again.

Loved it. The building is so full of character Staff were lovely

Excellent roast lunch on Sunday. One word... Trimmings.

Lovely thatched pub, friendly welcome, brilliant and unusual food away from the usual "pub grub"! Brewery on site with their own beer on sale! Perfect! Thanks!

Great food, friendly staff and a classic pub with its own beers

Significantly historical pub with ancient beams & character. Brews own beer onsite. Good food, service and atmosphere

Good food, good beer and great ambience. Service less good from younger waitress staff who were not overly helpful and a bit miserable. That said this is still a great pub.

Not happy with food...we ordered Roast Pork and Roast Beef what we got was grilled beef stake and grilled pork stake. The trimmings were boiled and flavourless, with cumin on leeks which I found it to be a weird combo. For £20 a roast I expect at least the meat to be roasted, for the pork to have crackling and for the gravy to be thick and meaty. Maybe a bad day in the kitchen but still very disappointing... After the meal we ordered another drink but not dessert. We were served with the bill even though we were still drinking and we hadn't ask for it. We were rushed to pay and out of the door within an hour. We booked the table for 12,15 and we were out at 13,15. I'm afraid that was our last visit to the pub.

Only popped in for a drink after walk up the trundle but noticed the food being served looked very nice and recognised the the chap running the pub from other pubs which were run extremely well so will be going to eat there soon

Great British pub. Great atmosphere great food, a bit expensive but hey…it’s traditional English pub.

Impressive menu really well executed. The team were super friendly too. Great pub. Looking forward to visiting again.

Stunning country pub, friendly and welcoming, food is delicious, staff are lovely, and the garden is beaut! Gets very busy so book in advance to not be disappointed!

Fabulous country pub...great menu, food was excellent, lots of choice.staff helplul and friendly a lovely Sunday lunch would highly recommend .. definitely going back

On 16 March we had a double birthday celebration, it was a great evening.

We visited on a very busy Saturday as part of a large group of friends. All the tables were full and the staff found us somewhere nice to sit 🪑. Our Starters all arrived at the same time as did our mains which was impressive with it being a full house 🏠. Staff were great and dealing with the customers in a friendly and polite manner. Food 🥝🥑 was lovely 🌹 and we recommend the Pork Belly. 🐷. Good choice of beer 🍺 some of them brewed on site.

Fabulous food, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, all wrapped up in a characterful pub. Dog friendly too!!

Excellent food, great service and they brew their own awesome beer

Lovely menu selection and staff very helpful. Delicious

Lovely cosy place excellent food put on for a funeral wake,service friendly if we were local I think we would become regulars.

We asked The Gribble Inn to host a wake for after my dad's funeral. Food and tea a d coffee for 40 people was provided. Everything was ready on time and beautifully presented. The finger food, sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls and much more all looked hand made and was delicious. Vegetarian and gluten free options were available. Many of the family commented how good it was. There was more than enough for 40 people. The staff were kind and attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. We had plenty of space for everyone. I would highly recommend The Gribble Inn for a function. Very impressed. Thank you to all involved.

Had drinks but was fully booked for food would love to return another day.

Lovely pub with interesting range of drinks including rhubarb cider (which was very nice) and good menu with extra specials on boards round the pub. Very little choice for the vegetarian in our group though and nothing for vegans except a burger. We were looked after very well by the girl who was looking after our part of the pub.

Amazing place! Smiley, friendly and beautiful staff. Plenty of staff too I will add! I had the biggest whitebait I've ever seen for a starter. I loved how most of the meals you could have a small or large portion. I had small ham eggs and chippies and it was just right on top of a starter. The price was fair considering there was plenty of lovely staff. We will definitely be visiting again.

We had an early dinner here and were very impressed. Very pleasant feel to the place, quick and efficient service, and the food was excellent. Next time we will have to leave room for dessert.

The Gribble has been a big favourite with our family for years. It’s a lovely old pub in a quiet location with a nice garden for the summer. Food selection is good and reasonably priced too. However, on the last two occasions we’ve been the cask beer has been decidedly under par. Both times our pints were thin and flat tasting - not ‘off’ but just watery and lacking any ‘sparkle’ I’ve drunk a few pints in my time and I suspect the beer was not properly conditioned in each case. Tackled the barman about it but was met with the usual ‘no-one else has complained’ response and left to get on with it. This pub is very popular and must be a gold mine but sadly I won’t be able to use it while the beer is not really drinkable.

Wonderful food, great atmosphere and friendly staff.

We were lucky enough to eat here a couple of times. The food is excellent and I would highly recommend.

Having been there twice now to meet with family over a Sunday roast, I have to say that it is great family friendly pub. The staff have gone above and beyond to help us with a wheelchair bound family member. The food is fresh and very tasty. Lovely portions. Great choice of ales and ciders. Reminds me of how pubs used to be. We will be back. 🙂

We ate in here last night. What a friendly pub, staff and customers alike. The food was to die for, i would highly recommend. We will be popping in again the next time we're down from Yorkshire

What a find. a delightful traditional pub in a beautiful historic building. Great menu of superior pub food with several specials. Bangers and mash for my other half, who's very fussy about the quality of sausages and the Gribble's pass the test with flying colours. I had a special of cod with celery, prawns and spinach - beautifully served and quite delicious. The food is very reasonably priced for the quality - we have paid a lot more for pub grub that's been nowhere near this standard. Simon and his team give such a warm welcome and well-behaved dogs are welcome. My other half only discovered the Gribble looking for a bite to eat in walking distance of where our campervan was being looked at in Tangmere - it's now on the list of favourites and well worth a detour.

Real Country pub with fantastic food! The roast is enormous and sadly couldn't finish it all, but beautifully cooked. Staff lovely. Will definitely go again.

A big thanks to the Gribble Inn for great food and service as we celebrated my fathers life, it made the day special. Thank you.

Gorgeous, unspoilt, old Pub with a big log burner and plenty of quirky seating. Friday treat of a glass of red wine and dipping brie to share made me very happy. Lovely atmosphere, friendly locals and staff...we will visit again!

Great pub lovely fire good beer

Nice atmosphere old pup! It was 3pm but the pup was already full. Better to book to avoid any inconvenience I think :) Had pork belly Sunday roast after walk. It was the best Sunday roast I had in England so far. (One of my friend had roast beef and I do remember pork belly over the beef)👍 Don’t recommend the desserts though. Quite a disappointment.

We had a fantastic experience with the Gribble Inn. The Manager, David, was so patient and accommodating with the changing size of our large group (thanks New Year illness!). The food was lovely, arrived quickly, and the serving staff were attentive and smiley. What more can you ask for? We'll be back!

Great place to pop in for a lunch after a long walk on the downs.

Lovely selection of classic pub food, which was reasonably priced for the quality, and served in delicious large portions. We also enjoyed the real ales which are brewed onsite. The staff were friendly and efficient. We spent just under £100 including tip for a party of 4 (4x mains and drinks, didn’t need a dessert as the mains were enormous!). Great country pub for a meal out or a drink.

My son and I had a delicious roast. The beef was cooked perfectly and there was plenty of it. The whole meal was generously portioned. Service was faultless and good value. We took our dogs and they were made welcome too. Easy to find and park. Can recommend.

What a lovely country pub, from what I saw the food did look good, although I didn't eat there, but the staff and the atmosphere was excellent

very good staff and service arrived for lunch with wife and 2 friends had a 4oz burger which was very good wife had braised beef which was “nice”

Our first time, food was delicious, service excellent and very Christmas atmosphere. Thank you for a lovely Sunday lunch 👍

Character country pub with a great range of ales and beers, good homemade food at reasonable prices. Friendly service

Lovely food, friendly service and buzzy atmosphere. Was very busy when we visited but service and food couldn't be faulted.

Disappointed. Limited menu choice. Service was poor. Gribble beer was not available and substitute beer was flat. Draughty as back door was constantly opened and closed and cold air was let in when delivery man brought deliveries in. Other couple near us asked to be moved as they felt the cold. Such as shame as this was a birthday meal and we had good memories of past meals there.

Lovely place to have a family meal. Food was fantastic and the atmosphere was friendly and warm. Children's meals were also great, good choice and generous portions. Will definitely visit again.

First time of eating here can honestly say that the food was amazing albeit a very large plate full, staff were friendly such a cosy feel to the place also they are dog friendly , will definitely be returning .

Warm and beautiful building inside and out. Food was decent and staff were friendly and helpful.