The Steam Packet in Arun

Popped in for a Roast Dinner for two today. Our first visit to this pub. Smashing food, lovely roast beef dinner with plentiful veg and spuds. Followed up with sticky toffee pudding and upside down apple pie. Both were delicious. (Not photographed, too busy eating).

Haven't been to Steam Packet for ages.. We thoroughly enjoyed our evening. Delicious food and good beer and wine....and lovely people.

Had a delicious roast - fantastic Yorkshire and potatoes, great meat and plenty of veg and gravy. The veggie option was yum too. Lovely wholesome pub for a short stop off in Littlehampton. Thank you!

The owners always make everyone feel so welcome. A homely, personal pub with a country feel. A small, home cooked menu, bought to the table by Mark, the chef and landlord. Arleta, his wife, serves drinks with a huge smile and time for a chat. You leave this pub with a full tummy and a warm heart..

We celebrated my Uncles 80th birthday here, as soon as we walked through the door & to the bar we felt like a local, all of the staff were lovely. They had put on hot & cold food that was all absolutely delicious. The bar prices were reasonable. For a small pub I felt they had it just right, we didn’t see the outside space being February & cold but we will definitely return in the summer.

My Brothers surprise 80th birthday bash last night (24th Feb 2024). Great venue, great atmosphere, great food and service. Thanks so much. Julie. Eastbourne

Amazing food (lamb roast), excellent service (even fed our dog!)! Very warm and cosy - beautiful log burner!

Lovely food, lovely atmosphere, let down by the service, had a fabulous roast dinner, but no one came to take our order for dessert. Plates cleared but not even asked if we wanted dessert, such a shame. Think when bands are on more staff needed

Stayed 2 nights with breakfasts. Wonderfully friendly and helpful hosts. Room was lovely with a very comfortable bed, a well equipped kitchen and a little table and chairs with a view over the river. Breakfast was cooked fresh and served in the pub. A home cooked full English and very tasty.

Very friendly and accommodating staff, and great food!

Lovely pub and interior. Drinks were good, music was good food was ok. I wish I could give this place 5 stars. What could up their game is a card machine that works (been broken for ages), more staff to cater for their hungry/willing/loyal customers and bigger portions with the food. Such easy things to remedy :)

Great pub to stop for a drink. Friendly, well stocked, beautiful outdoor seating, and all round charming.

had a restful relaxing time at the steampacket mark and arleta are wonderful hosts great food lovely room highly recomended ♥️♥️👍

What a little gem this is, very near to the station and to the river. You feel like you're going into someone's front room on entering, it's so spotless and cosy. It being a sunny day we sat outside in the little courtyard, althoug it was a little windy, and had our drinks outside. Good flat cider.

we have had a lovely time with mark and arleta,who have been marvelous hosts,nothing too much trouble ,would highly recommend to everyone,ideally situated for travelling around the south coast area ,hopefully we will be returning sometime

Lovely, friendly couple room was clean but a little small. Did have a good kitchen area with a good fridge.

So pleased to have found this place. Sunset alfresco dining - beautifully cooked food - wonderful friendly service. What more can you ask for?

May 2024 - Second stay at the Steam Packet! We love that is is out of the way with great views. Owners are kind and accommodating! Our room had a reasonably sized bathroom and a small, but well stocked kitchen which would be great for a longer stay. Bed was very comfortable. Room also has a small television and reliable internet. The rail station is only a few streets away, and the walk to the beaches are about .75 miles from either side. You can either take the boardwalk direct or meander though town [we love the charity shops and pubs] or cross the bridge for a more natural scene. There are a only a few places to eat in the off-season, so be prepared to hunt for the jems! Town is small but cozy and entertaining, much like the Steam Packet!

Sunday lunch was ok but not great

Tired and date such slow service we left sorry

Probably one of the best devices I’ve ever got in the uk in many, many years! The pub is great for sure, but don’t go for that. Hi for the excellent service! They’re super accommodating!

We really enjoyed our two night stay here. The room was very comfortable and clean with lots of thoughtful touches. A fully equipped kitchen in the room is a real bonus. Thank you for such a warm welcome and the delicious home cooked food, we'd be happy to return in the future.

Food was absolutely lovely very tasty Great service would recommend anyone to come for a good English Sunday roast

Service was great. Food was good portion Very tasty I had starters and main meal Couldn’t be more helpful Thanks

The Arun View was busy, the Steam Packet wasn’t, so we gave it a go. Surprising that is wasn’t busy, really. The service is excellent, the food is delicious, the decor is tasteful and it isn’t overpriced. We sat outside in the sunshine and had a lovely couple of hours. Would recommend and would go again.

Lovely dinner here tonight as the sun went down. Warm welcome and tasty food. Would recommend.

Really good Sunday roasts.. Followed by excellent music

Nice friendly pub nice food and a good atmosphere

this was the 4th time I stayed here,, lovely clean rooms and a great breakfast

Friendly staff. Pub seemed very quiet for a Sunday lunch time. Still had a very long wait for food. All meals were tasty, but portions could have been bigger. Unfortunately only 2 desserts available. Macaron with coffee could have been a lovely touch, but unfortunately it was rock hard and inedible.

Booked table online, arrived and they did not know we were coming. Said dog friendly on website but really not sure they were as they seemed to want to push us to sit on the roof terrace! They didn't seem prepared for us to order food, why else would we have booked a table? The food took an hour which is fine if they are cooking from scratch but disappointingly small portions. In fact my husband and son's resembled child portions, pity it wasn't child prices. My daughter in law couldn't get the meal she ordered (burger) so opted for Greek Salad. It resembled a side dish as it was so small and to top it off she was really ill the next day!! I had a coffee and they supplied a macaron with it which couldn't be bitten, even banging it on table wouldn't crack it. Goodness knows how old it was. My daughter in law wrote to the pub to point out how ill she's been and they replied saying no-one has complained before but they had checked all the food was in date and it was fine but they had thrown out the offending items! No mention of macaron. We did notice no-one else was eating. Very disappointed and won't be returning or recommending.

Very hard to see why this excellent pub was almost empty. Smart and comfortable with friendly staff, great beer and really good food. We were staying at a B&B in Littlehampton and praised the pub so much that 4 of the other guests went the next night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Strongly recommended.

Great roast beef dinner, generous portions and tasty homemade Yorkshire pudding. Facilities very clean and friendly service. Recommend.

Walked in lovely welcoming by lady behind bar and young girl very polite. Food was so nice. Mossuka homade and homemade chicken and mushroom pie. Lovely calm atmosphere. And 10 out of 10 for the chef that must of been the lovely lady behind the bar husband. We will be definitely going back again soon. And thumbs up for the young lady behind the bar. We also had white bait to start very nice to. Thankyou Peter and Alistair

Had Sunday roast with my family, ages 11 years to over 70’s - everyone enjoyed their food and cleared the plates! The customer service is excellent. I asked about the wine and the recommendation was fabulous! Not too expensive and top quality ingredients, we will go back again snd again….my parents have also said they’d go back next time they’re in town as it was so good! The beer garden is beautiful and peaceful.

Fantastic pub, great food, wonderful cider. The b&b side was fabulous, marvelous room, very comfy bed. Tasty breakfast. The hosts can't do enough for you, so very friendly. Lovely people. They made us feel very welcome, more like friends visiting than paying guests. Will definitely book there again x

We thoroughly enjoyed our 3 days at the Steam Packet, a great base to visit the south coast. The room was spotless and comfortable, the hosts were so helpful and accommodating and the breakfasts were beautiful. The bar is really comfortable and pleasant to stay in if wanted. We had a great few days at the Steam Packet. Thank you

Clean and well equipped room with cooker fridge microwave and toaster. Although not used very handy. Comfortable clean bed with summer weight duvet which was appreciated in the current hot weather. Very helpful and willing owners . Separate side entrance from pub handy. On a main road and near railway yet room overlooking the river was very quiet. A good nights sleep even with window open. House rules in welcome pack in room but nothing more, needed to ask for WiFi password. would be helpful to add password along with a breakfast menu to welcome pack. We were asked what we would like for breakfast but hard to choose when you don’t know what’s on offer. Had full English on day one and owners speciality omelette on day two. All food was over cooked which was a shame making the omelette unpleasant. Don’t choose scrambled eggs not good more like stirred omelette. Cucumber and slice of gherkin pickle on breakfast plate as an unnecessary garnish, not sure why. Attentive owners.

We stayed here mid July 21, the room had a kitchenette which was unexpected but very useful with a fridge and tea making facilities, the bed was comfy and all was very clean. I have to add its on a main road and as it was warm we had the windows open so you can hear a bit of road noise. The bar was well stocked and whilst we only ate in once the food was hot and very tasty. The hosts could not have been any more helpful suggesting things to do (and what to avoid) and even lent us two bikes to go out on the Sat. They served a good breakfast and offered more of anything we wanted, not that we did as there was enough served. Overall we enjoyed our stay and would recommend it for a short break

Booked last minute for the goodwood fos event. Would absolutly stay here again. Mark and Arleta were fantastic hosts.Rooms were spotless, bed very comfy, breakfast was delicious and they even woke up super early on Saturday to do early breakfast so we could head off to goodwood.We are at the pub in the evening and the good was lovely. The cider was amazing. Would highly recommend.Thank you for making our stay so special.

A really nice meal and friendly, attentive service. The fresh fish was excellent and it was very good value for money. A very pleasant riverside walk to get there.

Lovely varied venue. Excellent range of food - chef very willing to prepare vegan meny. Very helpful and friendly service

This was our first time to a pub since lockdown and I must say what a pleasant experience. Covid safe, dog friendly and a general warming welcome/experience throughout. The food was 10/10 and I will 100% be revisiting. The menu had just been re-launched, myself had cod and chips and the better half had linguine. The service was fast, the atmosphere was calming and vibrant (Terraced). Will recommend to anyone, thank you Kyle for all your help during the busy period when we visited (Complete asset) !!!

Have been here before on a visit to Littlehampton and made the effort to seek out again. Roast beef and roast lamb very good, lots of tasty veg as well. My only comment ( this is my own personal view not a criticism) too much gravy! Maybe offer a gravy boat so people can choose how much they have? We were made to feel really welcome on arrival and service was excellent throughout, thank you for a lovely visit.

We popped in for drinks on Sunday afternoon. Feeling a bit nervous after lockdown - not sure what to expect. We were made really welcome and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Thank you Kirsty.

Stop for Sunday lunch after a walk to west beach and off course a pint or two. There was a wait for the food, but don’t mind that when it is freshly prepared. Staff and owner very friendly.

Stayed recently and enjoyed a good Sunday lunch, home cooked with lamb and fresh vegetables. They had four real ales, two of which I tried and both were in good condition. My room was very clean with a view over the river.The Steam Packet is more or less opposite Littlehampton railway station, the town has a good selection of shops and pubs, a recently opened artisan bakers serves delicious food and coffee.

Lovely feel to this place inside which doesn't match the outside really. Only stopped in for a drink but would recommend for food, closed Mondays.

Our two wonderful hosts, Arleta & Mark, couldn’t be more accommodating. Our room over looked the little harbour and sunset sky. Romantic, quaint, clean and warm. The food was not only tasty, but the pub was ever so friendly. Exceptional stay all in all. Thank you

Small friendly pub. Live music Sunday lunch time. Very small pub but made the most of it to fit singer in.

What a splendid little place. So welcoming, great food and great live band. And very good value. We loved it

My work colleagues and I stopped here on a Saturday after work when they had their Sausage and Ale festival on. They had an amazing selection of Ales and some delicious Sausages Available. Well kept Ales and delicious food. A great pub for a pint or two or 3

We really enjoyed our 5 night stay. The studio was clean and comfortable and very quiet with parking off road. The hosts were kind and full of little attentions and the breakfasts fantastic. We will stay again we hope.

Our room was very well equipped, clean and comfortable with a river view. The breakfast was very generous.

I was staying here for work in the area and I had a lovely relaxing stay.Any request I had was never a problem (I was a bit of an awkward customer). The breakfast was great, all freshly cooked!Both owners were very polite and genuinely interested about my day which was lovely after having a busy day at the office ! The room was quiet and very well equipped. Very impressed at the kitchen unit area, very modern and clean. WIFI speed also very fast !!Over all totally worth the 5 stars, I will be booking in again with the Steam Packet :)

My husband and I spent a couple of days seeing the sights in the area. Excellent accommodation and breakfast.

so i recently went to the steam packet for a quick drink whilst waiting for a friend to let me know that they had arrived on the train. on first impressions the the place has been nicely refurbished however after walking in the door my eyes were greeted by what can only be described as a troglodyte behind the bar he was wearing a shirt (with unbuttoned top button which you may think no big deal) a tie with the knot half way down his chest and a look on his face that said either he didn't want to be there or that he couldn't care less about his job my bet is that he was a few beers short of a six pack going by the gormless expression. anyhow i digress after perusing the bar to look at the selection of beers (very small) and ciders (non existent) i tried to get his attention but he just wandered off now at this point i am of course starting to feel a little annoyed all i want is a drink. whilst waiting for him to come back a polish woman came to the bar and in a very condescending tone asked "what do you want" disdain dripping off her every word now i should mention at this point that this is in ittlehampton at least considered a high end establishment where most patrons are wearing a suit and tie but as it was my day off i was in jeans a black tee shirt and a leather jacket so not the smartest looking individual but hey what can you do. i never got to answer as at this point i hear a lot of shouting coming from the kitchen along the lines of" you wanna watch yourself now you dont work here coz we'll ruin you" there were a few expletives in there but i feel that it wouldn't be appropriate to recount them. it turns out they were taking to a member of staff who was there to get their pay check nd the person shouting this was the chef someone i have seen around town and in the shops abusing people in the supermarkets if you want a good idea of what sort of person she was then go to Reddit and look up entitled parents threads. at this point i left as i didnt want to be in a place that treats thier staff this way and my friend had called to say he was in the town. i later found out that the polish lady that spoke to me was the owners wife and the chef was his daughter so im guessing the apple didnt fall far from the tree there in closing unless you want to support the rudest and most entitled people i have ever met i wouldnt go here if it was the last place in town my friend and i went to the bar down by the river in the end and had a great night.

Called in for a drink with friends had such a good time we stayed longer than expected. Didn't want to order a full meal but the owner obliged your request for Whitebait and sausages at the bar. Good bottle of French Sauvignon Blanc for £16. Live Jazz on Friday night.

Perfect for those sunset evenings with a glass of wine and some tantalising food. The menu changes often so it is always worth returning and is suitable for couples and families.

A warm and friendly pub with a great selection of beers. We didn’t have time to stay for lunch but will definitely return as the menu looked great and the welcome was second to none. We were with our little dog who was also given a drink and a little treat.

If you want an original Sunday lunch good food affordable served hot and great staff then this is the place to go

We went for a weekend away, and were very pleased with this pub. Room was excellent, clean, warm etc.Bathroom a little small but adequate. Hosts were very friendly and helpful. Food in pub is well worth trying.

We were lucky to get a table for three for Sunday Lunch on walk-in and the staff were lovely. The food was wholesome and huge portions, lovely to see a dog frendly place, so many little cute faces around and came across as a friendly place. We had Sunday Roast, Steak and Ale Pie and Cottage Pie - all home made and delicious.

I was on a solo overnight stay and decided to try the restaurant for supper.

We visit Littlehampton regularly and until now, have not yet found a real Pub with great food. Until now that it. The Steam Packet really delivers for us. Parking your car is a bit of a challenge, but the trip is worth it. Landlord & Staff are friendly, and you get a good mix of customers. Food for us was smashing. The Pub also has regular bands for all tastes

Love that this pub has been totally refurbished and reopened after being closed for so long. Great outside areas, tucked away and great for summer evenings.

Really good beer and a fine choice of artisan ciders. . Also a good choice of gins. Nice terrace with river views. The food is a bit pricey. They often have live music on a Friday. Traditional style pub.

Called in with my friends who we were visiting. Excellent service ordered one of the meals Chef straight out sorry we have run out suggested another dish. All I can say is all the food was superb.

Can down to Rustington for the day and had dinner at the Steam Packet Inn. Really enjoyed the food and the service was great, managed to have a chat with the chefo and will definitely visit again when return to Littlehampton.

Tempura vegetables... sounds great but the vege was very hard and undercooked and the tempura batter did fall off around the plate. My friend had a steak sandwich and it looked really nice. Not too sure on how management or owners speak to their young staff. Peculiar.

Would just like to thank all the staff for the great time we had at festival Fantastic beer and sausages what more can you want

Perfectly placed, snug but not crowded and really good freshly cooked food. Good Beers and Cider and a good selection of wines (that could be a bit better priced).

Called in just so happen to be the beer and sausage festival , had a great range of ales and ciders , loads of different sausages too , friendly staff also dog friendly said our dog could sit anywhere , definitely will go back

I went to the steam packets Sausage and Beer Festival at the weekend, this was the first time I had been in for quite some time and was delighted by their wonderful service, the atmosphere and prices. Definitely somewhere to make time to go to.

Lovely selection of sausages. Friendly landlords. Prices very reasonable. Would certainly go back again.

My work colleagues and I stopped here on a Sunny Saturday after work. They have a great selection of real Ales on tap, I had a. Lovely pale one. It was delicious. We went out and round in to the lovely garden it’s a great place to have a drink and relax after work.

My husband arrived in littlehampton after a long day travelling only to discover that food isn’t served from about 3 till 6 in pubs / restaurants. I phoned the Steam Packet to ask if they would serve snacks and they said to come along and they’d make us a meal anyway, the owner said he had time and it was quiet so he’d be happy to cook us a meal. He did and we were not disappointed! Sausage & Mash and Mousaka both 5 out of 5 and the service friendly and above & beyond! Thoroughly recommend this place.

The Steam Packet, has rooms that you can have on a B&B; basis or as self catering units.Fitted with cooker, fridge, microwave etc, the choice of single beds or double, there is bound to be something that pleases the most demanding traveler. We chose B&B; and that was perfect for us. The view from our Deluxe room over the River Arun was perfect in every way from night view to full daylight there was always something to delight the senses. The A team (aka Oliver, Lewis and Chris) looked after us so very well, I would recommend this delightful place to anyone. The breakfasts are full English and there is plenty to eat. We ate in the restaurant and can personally say that the food produced by Chef Lewis, is second to none. The cost of our stay was amazing! So little for such a wonderful service.

I go regularly for Sunday lunch with my wife and mother in law. In good weather it’s great to enjoy the walk down the harbour and have lunch here. Great choices for me (veggie) and everyone else. Good team and great service

Warm and welcoming despite large party celebrating a birthday, quickly found us a table. The Sunday roast was excellent and filling.

We absolutely love this pub, the service is second to none, the food is amazing, there is nothing to fault. Thus is the best pub in Littlehampton, if you like real ale's this is the place to come too, Olivia has all the recommendations and knows her stuff! All in all, get here and have fun!

I have been coming to this pub for years, never been disappointed. Real ale is well kept and constantly changing, the food you can not ask for better pub grub! Also, let's not forget about the live music on Friday nights!

Booked table for 2 Sunday lunch.freezing cold inside although sun shining in, overpowering smell of fire lighting fuel from stove. Shown to the best of 2 tables, by the door, no backrest only cold window frame. Chose Sunday roast X 2. Beef tough, not sliced, just scraps and end bits from different cuts. Plenty veg, but too al dente. Soggy undercooked Yorkshire pud. Frozen roasties. Gravy same for pork as beef. Both plates of food ghastly! We were not offered dessert menu. Ambience in pub was nil, proprietors only interested in their "cliques"! The overall feel was that we had intruded on a private party! At a cost of £ 32.10 for 2 very inferior plates of food and a small glass of wine and beer we felt cheated by this lunchtime experience.

Went in for a few beers only. Not a bad boozer,real ale was good but it did have its share of the real ale beardy weirdies.

Would just like to say thanks to mark and all the staff for a fabulous Christmas Day and fantastic food The atmosphere was great ,music in the evening was also fab There was no rushing to get you out the door as we have had...

I would just like to pass my thoughts about this venue Great food , great music , all staff are...

Another great night at the Steam Packet. Fantastic atmosphere with Latin jazz music and great food. Very nice fish and...

If you need a friendly little boozer in Littlehampton then this is the place. Yes, you are entertained by the...

We regularly frequent this delightful, lovingly-refurbished, owner-managed pub serving good, local real ales and delicious, European/Oriental inspired, home-cooked food. My...

After attending the regular Thursday evening quiz for some time, it has become apparent that the Landlord will not control a very small minority of drunks sitting at the bar ruining the evening for the vast majority.

This is a nice little pub that had a well stocked bar, and some seating outside. It has live music on some nights.

Have literally just returned from having the best sunday roast ever!!

Visited here as a party of 22. Pre-ordered meals. Good pub food and a great selection of beers. Food served promptly. Home made pies were particularly enjoyed. Well done and thanks.

This is a real find. A family-run pub that boasts a menu of mainly home cooked food. I had a Sicilian fish soup for a starter that was amazing - thick, plenty of different fish and very tasty. Then I had a chicken and mushroom pie that was also clearly home made and was delicious. One of our group had the rhubarb crumble which she raved about.

The Steam Packet is more or less our 'local' - it is a nice walk along the sea front and quay side; but we had not tried the food! However, having friends down to stay over the weekend, we thought we would give it a try for Sunday lunch - even after some of the negative comments.The food was lovely! Freshly prepared (they do say on the menu that as the food is prepared to order, you may have to wait) - which for me means a good chef in the kitchen. Our waitress was charming - very helpful and cheerful (it was a dull, rainy Sunday). There are the usual roasts on offer as well as the 'Specials' board and the á la carte menu. There were five in our party and everyone enjoyed their food and all plates were cleared.The draught beer was fresh and the guest ale was different - but in a good way! All in all we were very pleased with our meal, the beer and the ambience of the pub (it was very full by the time we left) and we would definitely go again for Sunday lunch and try one of the regular jazz nights.

Lovely Sunday lunch roast lamb was delicious very good size portions and most importantly the food was lovely and hot. Friendly service highly recommend

Booked a table at the last minute. Does "yes, come anytime" mean people avoid it or is it because they have a huge number of tables?A starter of whitebait was excellent if a little slow in arriving. The roast was plentiful with an excellent range of veg. Large plateful with tasty meat. Slight negatives were over cooked veg and a poor Yorkshire pudding( I am a Yorkshireman).The wine was served at an excellent temperature.Dessert served to the next table looked excellent. The wait for the first two courses meant we did not have time to try it.Overall just above average.

I went to the Steam Packet for lunch with my accountant for a meeting. We have a light lunch and a couple of pints of ale. There were only two other people in the pub and it took a while to get served drinks. Both ales were well past their best being flat and one slightly vinegary which to be fair they exchanged for another. Sadly it was not much better so I took a bottles beer instead. The lunch took a while to prepare but was ok.The pub looks lively inside and there is a small outside area.The main thing was the strange atmosphere. You were aware that the older manager/owner was listening in on our conversation which was unusual.

3 out for lunch. Celery and carrot pie (was supposed to be steak and ale) was not nice. Asked not to have carrots as a side dish but was not informed by waiter that the pie was full of them and tons of celery which was all you could taste. Fish and chips not nice and charging £10.95 for a burger and 7 rehashed chips(multicoloured) not good.

It had been some considerable time since we visited the Steam Packet in Littlehampton. In the past the public house had some ups and downs and had even been closed for a while but a friend said that business was now on the 'up' and that the establishment had been redecorated and was now quite smart.We decided to visit for lunch on 29 June 2017 but as we approached there were no bar lights on and we thought it was closed, as it is on Mondays. However the front door was open. We walked in but not a sign of life and so I called out "is anybody there". A young fellow appeared from what I presume was the kitchen and I ordered two pints of 'Downland' bitter. There were only two draft beers available, the other being the national 'Directors' bitter. What was amazing was that at the time we arrived at 12.10 there was not a single customer in the pub and when we left at 13.40 not a single person had come into the pub = zero customers. It was almost embarrassing. Sadly the beer was NOT in good condition. It was cloudy and was just on the cusp of us taking it back. We didn't do that because we didn't want Directors. We had a light lunch, which to be fair was well presented and tasty. The price was in line with general pub prices. I asked about the lack of customers and another older man said that they were quite busy in the evenings and that they had well attended quiz and live music nights. However the Steam Packet definitely lost money on this particular lunchtime. The Arun View next door was well populated and so the owners/managers need to try and poach some of that custom. The pub was nicely decorated and the staff friendly. The food was OK but the beer was in very poor condition - maybe a turnover problem? The overall experience, balancing the good and the not so good, was three stars out of five = distinctly average.