The Sussex Brewery in Chichester

Great place. Good selection of beer and the food was delicious. We had the pies and they were 10/10 we will be returning to try the sausages. We thought we had enough space for dessert but they are big so if you're on the fence get one to share 😋

What a fantastic place it's known also as the Sausage Pub. Manager and staff very friendly Doggie friendly pub with lots of biscuits on the bar for pooches. Food was delicious. Stayed for cocktails which I can thoroughly recommend Happy hour 2 for the price of 1 everyday from 4pm to 8pm. !!! Wonderful restaurant and good car park. Would recommend a visit

Nice pub good food .dog friendly good ale .and cocktails 2 for one . During happy hour. Open fire .restaurant out back and up stairs .nice courtyard with heaters parking out back

Excellent friendly service, great pies and sausages and wonderful beer. Also great events taking place.

A regular place for my family , been hit and miss the last few years but under the new management we had a delicious meal and we were greated by the new owner who was very friendly and knowledgable - one of the best places locally to go and felt very welcome and comfortable - also very dog friendly which is a welcome plus

Came here after a disappointing experience at another local. Actually hadn't been here for some years but remembered it being a lovely pub with character and atmosphere. I knew that it had recently seen a change of ownership so was expecting great things. To say we were disappointed was an understatement. The welcome was sort of there but it lacked something. The neon signs and the TV displaying their pies was somewhat odd and out of place in this old Inn. The staff it seems were not used to the industry and lacked the ability to serve correctly. All in all a disappointing experience.

Excellent food good atmosphere

Food was excellent. Pub is a very pub place. Would love it to be local to me.

Waited nearly 10 minutes at bar and no service or even eye contact made worse by the fact there were 5 people behind the bar

Good food and excellent choice of ales in a traditional pub. Booking is recommended at popular dining times.

Yummy pies and desserts. Just a very long wait for each course...but we were happy chattering!

We went here on Friday 1st Dec for a friend's 50th birthday meal. Somewhile after being seated, someone from our group had to go downstairs to order our drinks. A waitress bought them up, complaining she had been taken off the bar, to now serve tables. After what felt like forever, she eventually took our order for food. After about 40 mins, she asked if we were waiting for dessert, to which we replied we were still waiting for our mains. When the mains eventually came, the plates and food were cold and very obviously was not freshly cooked, but frozen and inedible. Parts of my husbands meal was not even cooked! We asked for the bill, stating we would pay for our drinks, but not the food, which we hadn't touched. The waitress bought her manager up, who offered a 10% discount, which we declined, stating that not only had a 50th birthday meal had been ruined, but we were all hungry and it was too late to get food anywhere else! We refused to pay for the food, but left money for the drinks we had. The manager stated that he has been in this business for 35 years, but he didn't appear to have any conception of the fact that a 50th birthday celebration had been ruined and the food that was served to us was inedible!

The whole experience was just so poor. The service was beyond slow. We had to keep going downstairs to the bar to order drinks. Once we ordered we waited over an hour for 2 soups 3 small prawn cocktails and 1 pate. The cream of vegetable soup was exactly like Bachelors cup of soup and only luke warm. Eventually the waitress cleared our starters away we then had another hour wait she came back and asked if we were ready for our desserts. When we said we are still waiting for our mains she disappeared 20 minutes later 7 cold plates of food arrived with separate cold gravy. Some of it was still frozen!! By this time we just gave up. Asked to speak to the manager who didn’t accept any responsibility said they were short staffed and busy. He also said we were rude to the waitress which we weren’t. The other table upstairs had a similar experience. The dining room wasn’t busy. Such a shame we will go back for a drink as the bar downstairs is lovely but never again for food. It was too late to go anywhere for a meal . We ended up going to another local pub and had packets of crisps instead. Was a 50th birthday we won’t ever forget!

We were so disappointed, having loved the Sussex Brewery when we'd visited several times years before. This couldn't have been further from past experience. For six of us, including two children, we waited almost three hours for a two course meal. Two of us gave up on desert and left. The waitress was aggressive and not at all helpful. We even asked for the desert to be brought out as soon as we received the mains and in the end walked away without it. We were wedged against a wall to accommodate a party who turned up two and a half hours into our meal, rather than ask the new party to move their table as the table next to them was empty. The sausage was burnt and the stuffing still frozen when it came. There was no children's menu. The cheesy chips that we could order for the kids was congealed and unappealing. The waitress kept making excuses and was outside smoking at one point at least 30 mins after we'd asked for the deserts. We won't bother coming again.

We were asked by a young man, if everything was okay. One of our party commented that there was not alot of meat in his pie. Comment back, "Nothing to do with me I don't cook them." "It's not my problem." Staff need training on what constitutes customer service!

Happy,friendly, vibrant pub,we only had drinks nice lay out and decor.Helpful staff,nice atmosphere.

This was probably the worst Sunday lunch experience ever. I went here with my son and grandson and probably waited 10 minutes to just find out if they had a table for us. That should have been a warning sign as it didn't look very busy. We were then shown upstairs by a friendly waitress to our table, we then waited another 15 minutes before she came to ask if we wanted drinks, we told her we also wanted to order food at the same time as we had a 2 year old with us. There were 2 other tables with people at them. The drinks arrived and then a while later the food arrived. I couldn't quite believe what was put in front of me, it was nothing more than a pasta bowl with some obviously frozen veg that looked terribly soggy, this had strangely been arranged around 3 miniscule Yorkshire puddings that were the size of table spoon, on these were bits of potato that were hardly recognisable as roast potatoes and my son said "perhaps they bring the potatoes separately" I pointed out that the potatoes were already on the plate. The beef looked overcooked and was completely stone cold. The child's roast for my grandson at £10 was so dreadful that we couldn't even cut through the chicken as it was so tough. The plates were cold and so was all the food, even if the food had been hot it looked so disgusting I wouldn't have wanted to eat it. As gravy had come in individual pots, i dipped my finger in to see if that was even hot and it was only tepid, it tasted so strange and nothing like gravy. As my son continued to try cutting his child's meat, I told him I couldn't possibly eat this as it was inedible to which he then agreed. The people on the next table overheard us and said theirs was also disgusting with frozen broccoli almost a puree. I've had better food in hospital and school dinners. I can't imagine who was in the kitchen but it certainly couldn't have been a chef. Whoever has provided positive reviews recently can only be friends of the people running this pub now as nobody in their right mind could find anything positive about the food, it truly was disgusting. We told the waitress we were leaving as the food was cold and disgusting, she asked us to pay for the drinks that we hadn't drunk, we had ordered wine to drink with our meal. It really was a terrible experience. The couple who ran this before the last people were great, the food was exceptional and so was the service, my son said she was French. We will not be stepping foot in The Sussex Brewery again. £17 for a roast that even the dog would have turned his nose up at. A real shame as my son lives just round the corner.

Great old pub but terrible food, we left without eating it as it was soggy tinned/frozen veg that were cold along with everything else on the cold plate. Other dinners were also complaining. Even the potato was soggy. Looked disgusting and not fit for consumption.

Cosy main bar, restaurant and outside area (not used). Good beer.

Went for a Sunday roast after a water sports activity, staff were lovely and welcoming , but the food was super disappointing, I paid £16.99 or near abouts for a roast , the chicken wasn’t the best watery and not a lot , and the veg was frozen veg with aunt Bessie or similar roast potatoes, the only thing that saved it was the gravy and the Yorkshire , I was super hungry so of course ate it all and didn’t want to embarrass the staff as not there fault , but come on ! Expensive! took a while , microwaved veg so no flavour ,fake roasties . Let the pretty little pub down big time . My picture to the site picture you can clearly see the difference. Home cooked it certainly was not .

The waitress was very friendly and attentive, however having to wait for an hour for our food is not good. When the food finally arrived it was edible. It was a bit weird to be served pork crackling with beef and beef gravy with chicken. The food itself was bland

Lovely pub came here for a work meal. They had laid the table out for 14 in a square shape which was much better than a standard long table as allowed everyone to see and speak to eachother. The food was good I had the moo which is the steak and ale pie which was very nice. The menu is listed to a couple of options of pies and multiple different types of sausages so keep that in mind. I had a sticky chocolate cake for dessert which was absolutely beautiful. Only small comments I would make was that the chips were not the best they were a bit soggy. I loved the presentation of the food and the fact that the gravy was severed in a copper saucepan on the side.

Spent a relaxing afternoon in the Snug with friends. The beer and food were excellent. Good luck to the new owners. Thoroughly recommend the meat pie. It was delicious.

Under new management - which is an immense improvement on the previous 'team' who almost ran it into the ground - and they're gradually finding their feet and building local allegiance back up. Back on the menu are the popular sausages - although these apparently come from Storrington which is somewhat of a surprise as Emsworth has 2 butchers who both sell/produce great sausages. We tried the pies and I have to say we were a little underwhelmed. Our Chicken, Leek & Ham Pies were lacking in flavour, and Leeks, and with a token teaspoon of Mushy Peas`but with a very nice gravy. Our friend's Steak & Ale Pie looked a much better bet. There are much better pies - like Turners - available.... ....I hope the new team succeed, they're certainly trying to and as a pub it's got so much potential, and history.

I’m a big fan of this place. The food is lovely and the portions are a good size all with reasonable pricing. The sausages are really good and I like all the flavors they have on offer. Thanks to John for serving us and being a welcoming host. *UPDATE* a few months on after the owners have changed. For drinks this is a nice cosy pub and I will always come back for a pint. However, I will not be back for food after the Sunday lunch I had here. £17 for a chicken roast and it was awful. The portion sizes are terrible, three small burnt roast potatoes, one ball of frozen burnt stuffing, two frozen Yorkshire puddings, a few veg and some dry chicken. The meal was luke warm at best, even the gravy, yet the pot was warm which all lead to a thoroughly disappointing experience. 10/10 won’t try again.

Finally once again in good hands under the guidance of Tom, Chris and their friendly crew. Lovely roast and great service. The Sussex is an Emsworth gem that has rediscovered its shimmer

Very friendly staff and a good selection of ales. Sausage and mash was nice, want to try the garlic one next time

Only went in for a beer, clean, tidy, friendly, improved since the last people in there, hopefully food will be good, as I will return and try it out ,maybe give another star

We visited this pub for the first time in years for lunch on Monday, what an improvement! Wonderful welcome, spotlessly clean & cosy atmosphere. Friendly, professional service with a wonderful meal, far above the standard of your classic 'pub grub!'

Had a fantastic lunch in The Sussex, between my husband and I we shared the charcuterie board absolutely fantastic, we would definitely recommend this. Fantastic new owners and absolutely welcoming and friendly. Also, the pub felt welcoming. Thank you for a great Saturday afternoon.

The new management have turned this pub into a proper local. Good priced alcohol and amazing food,large portions of quality locally sourced produce Long May the revival of the Sussex Brewery continue Hats of to Tom and Chris

Had a great night Singer everyone up singing and dancing Tremendous atmosphere Host Tommy and Chris very friendly Had food as well Super locally sourced A must

Lovely pub , highly recommended to anyone , we had the sausage platter and would highly recommend. Lovely atmosphere.

First visited here about 1997. Had been to an Armed Forces Equality seminar in Aldershot. 2ic of my unit lived in Emsworth. As duty driver, i dropped him off. Not until he suggested coming to ' The Sausage Pub' as its known. Food at the seminar was pathetic and we were starving. Second visit was arranged by my wife for my 47th birthday in 2007. Latest visit was my 3rd visit. Great food as the last 2 visits had been. As Arnie says "I'll be back!" 😁😁

Very friendly staff. Food is exceptionally good.

Great atmosphere has come on leaps and bounds since the new owners came in.

Great to see TSB back in action. Excellent sausages, good service. We will be back soon.

A really great pub being brought back to its former glory! Sausage and mash is (happily) back on the menu and as tasty as can be, and the beer choices and quality are as they should be in your favourite local too. Really friendly, warm staff who care about what they are doing, and there are exciting plans for the future too. This pub deserves to be a massive success!

Had a pint at the Sussex Brewery for the first time in years and happy to find friendly punters and friendly staff.

Just stopped in to have some food at lunchtime. Great staff, fresh food that is locally sourced!! Well worth a visit…

Friendly and attentive nothing too much trouble. Good food and choice of drinks. We first visited with our family and two young grandchildren and enjoyed the experience so much that our next visit was just the two of us and it won’t be our last

Amazing would recommend! Food was perfect and it is the perfect English pub!

Just stopped for a quick drink but Mr L saw someone eating the calzone which was in the specials board. It wasn’t long before he had one too!! I ordered the Diavola Piccante. Both pizzas were absolutely delicious. Well priced and great friendly service. We will be back. Highly recommend to Emsworth residents x

£2 more expensive for the same drink than the lord raglan. Only 3 drinks on draft. The barman was watching his phone at full volume hanging over the bar. He tried to charge a woman 70p to use her card. It was just awful.

Wasn't the best Sunday roast. 😞

Had a fantastic experience. Emma the host was so attentive and engaging. The food was beyond expectations and the pub itself if beautiful with a lovely court yard for summer and a snug for winter. Thoroughly recommend for drinking and dining.

Flo is the top bar man catering for our works drinks. Will come again for food I’m the near future !!!

Great food, beer, & atmosphere, 👍😋🍻😊

Lovely food - handmade Italian pizza in a friendly, relaxing environment on a Friday night. Nice courtyard.

Good traditional beer selection and BEST sausages!!

Lovely pub. Pity that the food was not very good. Sunday lunch now nearly £20. Meat was tough all the rest was lukewarm. Pity shall not be returning

This is a great in with excellent food and drinks. The Sussex brewery is a local staple. You should try the sausages.

Great cosy old pub with excellent food and staff

Excellent food and very friendly staff. We keep returning here because it is so good! Highly recommend it for a Sunday lunch or an evening meal.

Excellent pub. Warm welcome, good beer and food. Attentive staff and service.

We helpful and attentive staff. The food was delicious!

Great food with a busting environment. I would highly recommend for both food and/or a drink

I booked for a family function, the staff were amazing, food and service were extremely good. Definitely go back again.

My husband needed to arrange a lunch before the scattering of his father's ashes at sea. We choose this pub as it was close to the place we needed to go, had a function room for our guests and the food and price was right for 20+ people. After emailing and speaking on the phone with John, the manager, a booking was arranged and menus set for our booking. We had a few issues with people dropping out at the last minute, but that wasn't a problem for John and his team, who were very understanding. Once we arrived at the venue, we received a warm and friendly welcome, John was very engaging and willing to help with any requirements we had. The food was tasty, delicious, hot and was good sized portions, so much so, I couldn't eat all my food. All round we had a fantastic experience at the pub and we felt very welcome and looked after. We would definitely recommend The Sussex Brewery to others who need a function room for an event or just to chill out.

If you're looking for a great meal and a relaxing atmosphere, The Sussex Brewery is the perfect spot. This restaurant offers a wide variety of delicious food and drinks, all served with a smile by friendly and attentive staff.

This was recommended by a friend, and we visited as a last minute resolve. I have so glad we did the food, service and ambience everything was so amazing and perfect. Would definetly love to go again.

Very nice food and the staff is really friendly. A nice place with good atmosphere to spend the time with friends and family.

Had a fantastic sunday lunch at the sussex brewery emsworth. And the service was excellent. Highly recommended

3 of us visited for Sunday lunch a few weeks ago. We got the best table in the house - right by the fireplace - in the bar area I can't express adequately how great the service staff were. Friendly, chatty, helpful, informed - they really made the birthday lunch special for my friend. And the lunch - we had the 3 meat roast and I actually didn't need to eat again until lunchtime the next day! We'll certainly be back!!

Great location with a great service and stunning food selection.Absolutely fantastic staff …happy to go back anytime soon

Always fantastic service and even better food... Myself and my partner have never had a bad meal here. We eat here every time , my partner on a weekly basis almost. The best place for fish in our opinion, the front of house staff are so accommodating and the venue is beautiful. Thank you!

Absolutely amazing , the food was delicious, first time when I tried this place ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ definitely I will come back

Lovely time for me and my family, the staff helped us with information about what we can visit around the area. The pizza for kids and my stake were brilliant. Huge thank you!!!

Excellent service! Very good food, thank you all! 🙏🙏🙏

Hi, we would like to say a big thank you for a lovely evening and a great service! We had a very enjoyable Friday lunch, i had a homemade steak and ale pie which i have enjoyed it, and my partner had a fish and chips which was really good too. Many thanks and definitely coming back. Thank you

Very good food everything homemade and very tasty. My wife had Salmon Linguine andvi has a lovely roast beef the gravy was fantastic the meat was excellent, the vegetables where the best ones i had with my roast, perfect Sunday roast . We will definitely come back. Thank you chefs and thank you to all the very friendly staff.

Great food, friendly atmosphere, superb location. We will go back there every time when we are in the area. Keep up the great service.

The food was really nice and would get 4-5 stars. The only downside was that the haddock was very greasy to the point it was dripping onto the plate. The wait time for both main courses and desserts was fairly long, which would’ve still left our experience as very good, but as we were getting restless, one of us looked into the kitchen and spotted one of the chefs smoking a cigarette in the kitchen. Keeping on topic with the poor hygiene within the kitchen, the strawberries that came with our desserts had a distinctive taste of red onion, which suggests that they were prepared on the same chopping board as other foods. We feel that this is unacceptable and therefore, warrants the 2 stars given.

This was our third family visit to the pub for birthday celebrations / meal . Once again lovely meal all home cooked amazing desserts too . Great service and lovely staff . Could not fault anything would definitely recommend this pub if you appreciate good...

Went with 3 other family members. Ordered food. 3 large portions and 1 small. When meals came out the small meal was same size as large and then lady said sorry no stuffing!!! Never thought to tell us before. Yorkshire puddings burnt, chicken dry, very...

Came here for an evening meal. It was OK. Staff friendly but not the most exciting.

We had always had great food at this pub. Unfortunately, it was taken over 6 months ago & we weren't aware of this when we booked for Xmas Day lunch. A very friendly Italian brother & sister welcomed us. They had mislaid our meal choices...

Very friendly service. The food is home cooked and of a good quality. There's a good variety of choice, including an Italian menu. The portions are generous. Fair prices. The decor is an old style, cosy pub. Have been several times in recent weeks, so I would certainly recommend for good pub food, not high end, but it seems very consistent.

Really nice pub with generous portions of good food and amazing chips

A proper old fashioned pub with lots of little rooms. Thoroughly enjoyed our food - of course I had the local sausages.

We can recommend The Sussex Brewery. Enjoyed a very nice meal there today. Run by a lovely friendly family. We'll be back.

Good simple food, unfortunately no local beers on draft.

Cosy pub atmosphere, close to Emsworth.

Very disappointing food. Had steak and ale pie and chips. It was obviously out of a foil container from the freezer. All soggy pastry and no meat. Overcooked possibly frozen veg. Asked for gravy on the side and it came swimming in it. Won’t be returning!

Pub is under new management and missing the mark. Spag bol is on the special board and the beer is awful. Such a shame. Locals want their classic pub back. Will just go to the Bluebell instead.

Poor customer service. We drove from Buckinghamshire to Emsworth to fulfil a reservation on Monday. Whilst we appreciated that it was the day of the Queen`s Funeral, we had booked a table and had it confirmed. We had a taxi to the restaurant only to...

Really good food, really great staff and amazing value for money.

Sunday lunch. Anyone wanting an outside sunny seat with fabulous rose and gin and tonic please visit then go inside for a traditional warm cosy pub. The open fire is ready to burn in the winter. The ambiance is a traditional county pub. The food...

We booked in advance. Warm friendly and family focused welcome. Exceptional and professional service and amazing food, freshly cooked. Incredible value for money in this beautiful spot. Recommend the snug bar. 😍

Made a booking for tonight for a meal booked for 4 people at 7pm.. Arrived at the pub just before 7pm and it was shut, locked up, lights off.. And empty. Tried to call the listed number twice and no reply.

Made a booking for tonight for a meal booked for 4 people at 7pm.. Arrived at the pub just before 7pm and it was shut, locked up, lights off.. And empty. Tried to call the listed number twice and no reply.

Came in at 5.40 on a Sunday as the kitchens in every other pub in the area all close at 5. Got exactly what we had been looking for (one of the best ham egg and chips) and the extensive menu looked great too. Exceptionally friendly and helpful staff.

Fantastic little pub. Sausage sharer platter highly recommended!

Food was lovely. Service a little slow and to be fair we were quite a big party!

Yesterday saw my second visit to the Sussex Brewery since it’s changed hands. Both times I have been greeted by the super friendly and helpful lady behind the bar, the daughter of the new landlord and lady I believe! She couldn’t have been more accommodating...

Went for a family meal, there were 9 of us altogether. The staff were fantastic and so helpful. Even though we had lactose and gluten allergies within the group, all of the meals were delicious and very good quality. Would definitely recommend!

Courteous friendly staff. Food was excellent. Well worth the price. One of the best Sunday roasts I've ever had. Delicious.

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Such a lovely relaxed pub! Brilliant bar staff and the Italian specials were out of this world! Xxx

We dropped into the Sussex Brewery and were surprised to learn there was a new owner. It wasn't long before our surprise turned to delight. The lady behind the bar, daughter of the chief, was charming and introduced us to the new menu which included...