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The Old Cross, Chichester

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65 North Street
Chichester
PO19 1LP

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John Barras (Spirit Pubs)

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Chichester Central

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Strongers . left this review about The Old Cross

A sign in the entrance of the Old Cross on a recent Saturday afternoon stated that all the tables had been reserved for Six Nations rugby. My visit was before then, but it was still busy with people watching the end of an early Saturday afternoon Premier League match on the televisions throughout. The central U-shaped serving counter supports four hand pumps that were drawing Greene King’s IPA, Old Speckled Hen and Scrumdown alongside Black Sheep Best. In the tile floored left-hand side of the pub is seating and at the rear is a raised laminate area with a dartboard. The main body of seating is found up the laminate floored right-hand side of the pub. The service was polite, but I struggled to get comfortable and there was an infestation of flies in the toilet which made me question the cleanliness of the pub. This is a high street boozer that I’ll walk past next time.

On 20^th February 2026 - rating: 5
[User has posted 6560 recommendations about 6522 pubs]

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Pub SignMan left this review about The Old Cross

Sat near the top end of Chichester's central retail district, this is a pleasant looking pub with a simple, single room interior. There's plenty of evidence of a former two bar layout, not least the two separate entrances that now lead into the same wide room. Once inside, you find yourself in a part bare boarded, part quarry stone tile floored room with the servery in the centre of the rear wall. There's ample seating throughout, including in some nice leaded front window bays, on a raised platform to the rear and in plentiful supply through the mid section and to either side of the bar. Much of this is in the form of simple tables and chairs, but there are a few comfier options to be found and I believe there is an overspill room upstairs with plenty more seating, although I didn't explore it myself. The bar has a decent, traditional dark wood counter contrasted by a modern, white tile bar back of the sort you might expect to find in a craft beer bar. The decor is a bit corporate feeling, with blackboards, uninteresting paintings, promotional posters and the like, but nothing particularly memorable. There's a beer garden to the rear and a few picnic benches have been set out on the pedestrianised street out the front, which are great for a bit of people watching.
The ale range was far more extensive than I'd anticipated, with the selection amounting to Greene King IPA, St Austell Tribute, Black Sheep Bitter and Morland Old Speckled Hen. The Tribute was on good form and we took the chance to grab some food from the good value menu, and found that the meals were nothing special, but fine for the price. There was a good Sunday afternoon crowd both inside and out on a bright summer's afternoon.
I didn't know anything about this pub prior to visiting, so it was nice to find four cask options on the bar, even if they were all national brands. The knocked through interior and corporate design scheme mean that the place is fairly unmemorable and it's therefore hard to see how this pub can challenge some of the better ale houses around the city. Having said that, it's a solid enough place and a decent option to pad out a crawl.

Date of visit - 11th August 2024

On 16^th December 2024 - rating: 6
[User has posted 3387 recommendations about 3387 pubs]

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BRUMMIE STEVE left this review about The Old Cross

Really nice pub in North Street, lovely place to sit outside in Summer on the pedestrian pathway while plenty of tables inside. The pub serve's very good meals and also shows live sporting event which makes it very popular with a mixed clientele. Also a good selection of draught beers an Ciders at reasonable prices for Chichester.

On 5^th September 2021 - rating: 9
[User has posted 21 recommendations about 21 pubs]

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