The best restaurants serving Italian food in Chichester South East

Staying locally on the South Downs, we couldn't decide where to go on an unexpectedly cold & snowy day. Eventually we chose to stay close by and visit this fabulous quaint and quirky little Italian Café. It was on our list of 'must visit' while in the area, so what better time to go. We arrived around 2pm and was pleased to find that we could get a table. Warm, cosy and welcoming, a lovely young man gave us a choice of tables. All members of staff were friendly, helpful and super efficient. The menu has a lovely selection of Italian dishes to choose from. My husband chose the focaccia toastie with baby-leaf salad, parmesan shavings and balsamic dressing. It was stuffed with Prosciutto, mozzarella, pistachio pesto, and rocket. I chose the balsamic mushrooms and canallini beans with rocket, burrata and a slice of toasted sourdough 😋 both were absolutely delicious. The coffee and chai latte went down well too, especially our second cup which were accompanied by amaretto, pistachio and almond sweet treats. We would highly recommend visiting thus wonderful cafe should you find yourself in the area, we will definitely be returning on our next visit to West Sussex. Thank you La Follia

Went there to celebrate my birthday. It was lovely food and amazing service. Very friendly restaurant and would definitely recommend for local produce.

My family and I ordered some pizzas and sides and they had put meat on all of our vegetarian pizzas, they refused to change or refund the food and were very rude and unprofessional about it!!. Just to top it off the pot of sauce that came with a side was visibly used.

Food was exceptional and service was very good too. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Everything was okay. Toward the end of the evening an acquaintance of the team did cause a fuss - it made the end of the evening quite uncomfortable.

Trivia cards on the table, honestly a brilliant touch. Food was brilliant and service was fantastic.

Very quiet on this occasion but the service was outstanding and the food was delicious. Highly recommend Wildwood. The waitress Molly was absolutely fantastic.

Fred was very attentive and friendly

Shocking! Over two hours before any food was served. They had to change one of the meals 5 mins before it was bought out as they ran out of pasta. Most of the food was cold. We were told that food was being platted up when asking where the food was and that took another 20mins to which we ask again, and they said, it's being plated up. 10mins later, after we could see half the order being left under the warming lamp, it arrived. Was incredibly disappointing. When asked about the bill, they said they took 'some of the drinks off' and then when questioned, they offered a slight discount. I felt very sorry for the waitress as she said she had no authority for the discount. That had to be done via management. Once she spoke to management out the back, the waitress came back on management's behalf. It seems that who ever the manager was that afternoon could not be bothered to come and speak to us. Incredibly poor from them. A really disappointing afternoon. We shall not return.

We arrived at around 2 ish on 6th April 2023. Our first impression was that they were closed it was very dark and quiet. We did some some other people sitting at tables so we waited by the sign that said "Please wait here to be seated"... And we waited, and we waited, and we waited... At last, a staff member came into view from behind the bar. He then diligently avoided eye contact and proceeded to completely ignore us. He disappeared back into the kitchen. That's OK I thought, he's probably telling somebody that there are customers waiting to be seated. The same staff member made another brief appearance behind the bar and once again ignored us. Game over, we left and went on to have a fantastic meal at a restaurant called "Bill's" just around the corner. Rule 1, page 1: Even if you're busy, do not ignore customers ever! "Apologies for the delay folks, somebody will be with you very shortly" is all he needed to say in order for you to keep a customer and avoid a scathing review. What you have done is loose me as a customer, not just in Chichester, but nationwide, forever. Which is a shame because I really like your food.