The Wittering, Chichester

The right pub for the right conditions..... West Wittering, home of Kate Winslett and Keith Richards to provide you with an indication of the opulence of the housing stock. This is the only pub in the centre of the village. On a beautiful summers day, its perfect with a fantastic and well maintained garden. Complete with outside catering hut and bar. Some rather odd rules about not being able to eat food from the insider menus outside (I fail to see what difference it makes). Beer wise - I failed to record the cask, with it being the warmest day of the year and being the first to the bar at midday on a Sunday. Instead, a rather nice but unheard of keg NEIPA. Pizzas from the outside hut. A pleasant visit.

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Official site of The Wittering - www.thewittering.com

Official site of The Wittering - www.thewittering.com

Cater-corner to the entrance to West Wittering beach, this has a lean towards the dining stakes albeit there is no discouragement towards those on a liquid-only diet. Due to Covid restrictions and potentially the way we were dressed after a day at the beach, we were only able to sit outside, so were only able to ascertain a clean, modernised, staple-shaped interior divided into two rooms by the front entrance. A square-shaped beer garden has the wonderful addition of five beach hut-style, erm, huts, each accessed via a couple of wooden steps that line the perimeter; each with their own heater should the weather be more inclement. A single ale in the form of Long Man Blonde (£4.40 a pint) was in good shape (a thirst-quenching Birra Moretti thereafter was £5.50 for the privilege). We decided to eat and despite a kitchen cock-up which necessitated a 50-minute wait for the food, but without recourse to complaint we were offered free desserts at their insistence. Be aware that if driving, you have to surrender your reg. no. at the bar once parked to avoid a hefty fine.