The Boat House Cafe - Chichester Marina

Join us for our Festive Wreath Making Workshop on Wednesday 21st November, 2pm-5.30pm.
With expert tuition by The Wild Fox, spend the day creating your own beautiful festive wreath using ethically sourced and foraged materials.
The workshop includes a welcome drink and all materials. For more details and to book, visit https://bit.ly/2yDoB4W

It’s Half Term and to celebrate, we’re giving away a £50 voucher to spend on breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner at The Boat House Cafe - Chichester Marina.
To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell us who’d you share this prize with by tagging a friend!
The lucky winner will be announced on Friday 26th October at 11am. Good luck! For terms & conditions, visit https://bit.ly/2CjVpn7.

Roasted Pumpkin Soup, Slow Braised Belly of Pork, Boat House Surf & Turf and Vegan Chocolate Tart 🍴 A few of the delicious dishes from our Bistro Menu, available Friday and Saturday night 😋
To make a quick online booking, visit https://bit.ly/2PefzSN

✨EARLY BIRD OFFER: Book your Christmas Party with us and groups of six or more will receive a free glass of Prosecco each on arrival - Oh yes!
Be quick - this offer ends on 31st October. To view our festive menu and to book, visit https://bit.ly/2OuAqoM ✨
*Deposit must be paid in full by 31st October. Subject to availability.

Nothing quite says Christmas like putting a hand-made wreath on your front door. With expert tuition by The Wild Fox together with Sea Sky Design in Hamble, spend the day creating your own beautiful festive wreath using ethically sourced materials.
No prior knowledge of floristry is needed, and we can guarantee that you will take home something truly magical that will last beyond Christmas Day.
Tickets are £80 per adult and includes a welcome drink, all materials and a two-course lunch. For more details and to book, visit https://bit.ly/2yDoB4W.

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Whether you're in the mood for a laid-back breakfast, family meal or catch up with friends over coffee, be sure to pay us a visit this sunny weekend 🍴😋
To make a quick online booking, visit www.idealcollection.co.uk/brands/the-boat house-chichester.

Ham Hock Terrine, Garlic & Herb Corn Fed Chicken and Sticky Toffee Pudding 😋 Discover more delicious dishes on our Bistro Menu available today and tomorrow. Full menu in comments 👇

✨It may only be September, but our thoughts have already turned to our favourite time of year: Christmas.
Our head chef has pulled out all the stops this festive season, with a stunning Christmas menu to make your celebration a gorgeously memorable one. Take a peek at our menu and read about our Christmas party nights here: https://bit.ly/2O6WKUP. ✨

Sweet and Sour Chickpea and Vegetable Stew, 8oz Lamb Steak and Vegan Chocolate Brownie 🍴 Just some of the warming dishes from our Bistro Menu available today and tomorrow. Full menu in comments 👇

Introducing a good-for-you tasty dish - Grilled Aubergine and Courgette with Sumac, Chilli, Pomegranate, Mint and Spiced Yogurt Dressing 🍴
Make this dish at home with the help of our executive chef James Durrant's step-by-step video, or enjoy it with us, while soaking up the last of the summer sun.
Psst... look out for our food hacks and healthy facts.

Soak up the last of the summer sun while tucking into our Seaside Sharer - including crayfish and prawn cocktail, pickled mackerel, fennel and orange salad, harissa prawns and salt and pepper squid with ciabatta 😋
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Afternoon Tea is served...
Indulge in freshly prepared sandwiches, classic scones with clotted cream, gorgeous cakes and bottomless tea and Mozzo coffee - the perfect afternoon treat available 3pm-6pm daily and only £10pp (or £15pp with Prosecco). Book now at: https://bit.ly/2PefzSN.

We're on the countdown to Graze Festival 🌞🙌🎪
We'll be in the Tasting Tent with an exciting pop up restaurant on Sunday 26th August, 11am-6pm. Our Exec Chef James Durrant will be cooking up a host of delicious dishes using fresh locally sourced produce.
Amazing food aside, you can also pick up a copy of our new recipe booklet and win some fantastic prizes in our Sparkling Pong game - see you there!

Join us in the sunshine this weekend and let our chefs tempt you with our freshly prepared stone-baked pizzas - served from our new outdoor pizza oven. Available 5pm - 8pm this Saturday and Sunday. 🌞

We have been fundraising for The Murray Parish Trust since 2016 alongside our sister venues and we're delighted to tell you that with the support of our amazing customers, we have raised a staggering £33,624.63! THANK YOU! 🙌🎉
For every children's meal sold, we donate £1 and for every litre bottle of New Forest Spring Water sold, 50p goes to this incredible charity.
To read more about The Murray Parish Trust and their fantastic work, please visit https://goo.gl/cfzQAM.
... 📸 Sarah Parish and Jim Murray - Founders of the Murray Parish Trust with Ideal Collection's Oliver Weeks.
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Love what we do? Join us!
We're recruiting friendly and passionate people who are available to work as part of our Front of House team in the evenings and weekends.
While previous experience working in hospitality is great, we are far more intrigued by whether a person has the right personality to delight our customers and get on within our teams. If this is you, please send your CV to info@idealcollection.co.uk and come along and see us at our Open Evening on Wednesday 13th... June from 5pm-7pm.
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Wow.... on behalf of myself and all of my colleagues, thank you so so so much for the best Christmas party, from start to finish we had the very best time thanks to Alistair and team! The guitar player was phenomenal, the DJ fab and most of all the food and service the very best! We will definitely be back, thanks so much for helping our team unwind and step into Christmas in style! We are all very grateful and couldn’t recommend more highly! Thanks so much ���� Natalie and the ITU team!

We had afternoon tea there that was bought for us by son-in-law and daughter service was excellent food was excellent would Recommend it well worth a visit lots to see and do around the harbour

This place is incredible! The staff are so friendly, the food is amazing and service is quick! They are very dog friendly and I visit here very often. Would highly recommend!

Supper there on Sunday evening, sat outside, lovely bubbly waitress food was very tasty and came on hot plates, yes there can be a queue at the counter, but if customers were a little more patient the service and quality of food is excellent, this is now a regular place we like to eat at. Do not agree with negative comments on here either.

Really lovely place to eat and admire the views

My wife and I visited the The Boat Cafe yesterday the first impression you get of the aestablishment was very pleasing on the eye as we entered we were greeted by a smiling member of staff and directed to our seat where we were handed a menu the selection was very good and we settled for the boat house club sandwich and two mugs hot chocolate we thoroughly enjoyed this ,the food was very tasty and well presented we would recommend this this cafe to our friends

Just had coffee which was very tasty, will definately call again, maybe for a snack. Lovely location

I come here with my 2 young daughters and husband a lot. The food is lovely, brilliant value even a setting that makes you feel like it’s much more..... The severe car from the waiters is always with a smile and you can take your dog in or outside where there is a beautiful seating area. There is so much to look at and watch. Fab walks up towards Chichester too.

Great location. Outdoor seating (indoor aswell!) where you can soak up the view of the boats. Very good breakfast and free parking. Toilets are really high quality too! Highly recommended for a stop off.

Bacon in a brioche bun.... best ever. Beautiful setting



Unfortunately a lot of wasps around on the day we went but will definitely be returning

Absolutely love it here, they do a great breakfast and we are here most weekends for the breakfast. The lunchtime/daytime menus are great too, the burger is amazing as are the club sandwiches and steak ciabatta. The cream tea is a steal at £10 as it's all freshly made to order and always a great choice of sandwiches. The evening bistro menu can be a bit hit or miss, but can usually find something that I like. Coffee is good also, the only downside is the amount of bees and wasps that you get outside but this is being dealt with; as there are now several traps around outside. But nothing that would deter me from going, staff are always so polite and helpful, although some of the younger male staff don't always know what's going on and seem a bit clueless at times . But still everyone is human, and as long as I get my order in a reasonable amount of time and they don't get the orders wrong, what does it matter.

Waited for 3/4hr for food when. Staff realised their error excellent food and service at no charge. Thankyou. It’s not about what happens it’s about the way it was sorted out thankyou 11/10

Had supper here on Monday night - didn't book but got a table fine. I don't agree with some of the negative reviews on here. We had a very tasty meal served with a smile. I get the impression that they perhaps do not train their staff very well or regularly which is not fair on them - that is the only reason I can think people may give a less favourable review. It's a great spot, there's plenty of staff, the food is yummy and I think it's a great meeting point and shouldn't be disregarded. I intend to visit here many more times.

Visited yesterday evening as it was recommended as the place to go in Chichester. Lovely place in a lovely setting with beautiful views. Unfortunately the service wasn’t up to much. It started off well but after our main course we were left sitting for an eternity before our plates were cleared and then we had to ask if we could order dessert. Our desserts and coffee arrived together. Surely coffee should come after dessert. Not sure what was going on as it wasn’t particularly busy. Quite disappointing bearing in mind this was recommended.

Just got charged £3.60 for a 275ml Becks Blue! Ouch..... you can buy a box of 12 for 7.50 in the shops. That's one fat margin!

Enjoyed our visit to the Boat House yesterday,but half an hour earlier we went in and waited as per the notice for someone to show us to a table,no one acknowledged us at all so we left,to return later with the family,it was less busy & someone immediately showed us to a table & what we had was enjoyed, BUT a simple acknowledgement the first time round was all that was required as had there been an alternative venue we may have tried there first!

I have mixed feelings about the place, hence my rating. First visit for lunch was wonderful - great food and good service. Second visit was for breakfast, which I could only describe as mediocre at best. Cold, waterlogged poached eggs and a very uninspiring, unappetising looking eggs benedict. Setting is second to none though...

Gluten free people BEWARE. Even when I double checked that the order went through as gluten free it arrived on the plate not gluten free and was sent back creating a further 20 min wait and the manager did not even come out and apologise. Unacceptable!

Unfortunately it was the worst vegan meal I have ever tasted! When I told the server this his reply was ok I’ll pass it on! Will not be returning.

Wow.... on behalf of myself and all of my colleagues, thank you so so so much for the best Christmas party, from start to finish we had the very best time thanks to Alistair and team! The guitar player was phenomenal, the DJ fab and most of all the food and service the very best! We will definitely be back, thanks so much for helping our team unwind and step into Christmas in style! We are all very grateful and couldn’t recommend more highly! Thanks so much ���� Natalie and the ITU team!

We had afternoon tea there that was bought for us by son-in-law and daughter service was excellent food was excellent would Recommend it well worth a visit lots to see and do around the harbour

This place is incredible! The staff are so friendly, the food is amazing and service is quick! They are very dog friendly and I visit here very often. Would highly recommend!

Supper there on Sunday evening, sat outside, lovely bubbly waitress food was very tasty and came on hot plates, yes there can be a queue at the counter, but if customers were a little more patient the service and quality of food is excellent, this is now a regular place we like to eat at. Do not agree with negative comments on here either.

Really lovely place to eat and admire the views

My wife and I visited the The Boat Cafe yesterday the first impression you get of the aestablishment was very pleasing on the eye as we entered we were greeted by a smiling member of staff and directed to our seat where we were handed a menu the selection was very good and we settled for the boat house club sandwich and two mugs hot chocolate we thoroughly enjoyed this ,the food was very tasty and well presented we would recommend this this cafe to our friends

Just had coffee which was very tasty, will definately call again, maybe for a snack. Lovely location

I come here with my 2 young daughters and husband a lot. The food is lovely, brilliant value even a setting that makes you feel like it’s much more..... The severe car from the waiters is always with a smile and you can take your dog in or outside where there is a beautiful seating area. There is so much to look at and watch. Fab walks up towards Chichester too.

Great location. Outdoor seating (indoor aswell!) where you can soak up the view of the boats. Very good breakfast and free parking. Toilets are really high quality too! Highly recommended for a stop off.

Bacon in a brioche bun.... best ever. Beautiful setting



Unfortunately a lot of wasps around on the day we went but will definitely be returning

Absolutely love it here, they do a great breakfast and we are here most weekends for the breakfast. The lunchtime/daytime menus are great too, the burger is amazing as are the club sandwiches and steak ciabatta. The cream tea is a steal at £10 as it's all freshly made to order and always a great choice of sandwiches. The evening bistro menu can be a bit hit or miss, but can usually find something that I like. Coffee is good also, the only downside is the amount of bees and wasps that you get outside but this is being dealt with; as there are now several traps around outside. But nothing that would deter me from going, staff are always so polite and helpful, although some of the younger male staff don't always know what's going on and seem a bit clueless at times . But still everyone is human, and as long as I get my order in a reasonable amount of time and they don't get the orders wrong, what does it matter.

Waited for 3/4hr for food when. Staff realised their error excellent food and service at no charge. Thankyou. It’s not about what happens it’s about the way it was sorted out thankyou 11/10

Had supper here on Monday night - didn't book but got a table fine. I don't agree with some of the negative reviews on here. We had a very tasty meal served with a smile. I get the impression that they perhaps do not train their staff very well or regularly which is not fair on them - that is the only reason I can think people may give a less favourable review. It's a great spot, there's plenty of staff, the food is yummy and I think it's a great meeting point and shouldn't be disregarded. I intend to visit here many more times.

Visited yesterday evening as it was recommended as the place to go in Chichester. Lovely place in a lovely setting with beautiful views. Unfortunately the service wasn’t up to much. It started off well but after our main course we were left sitting for an eternity before our plates were cleared and then we had to ask if we could order dessert. Our desserts and coffee arrived together. Surely coffee should come after dessert. Not sure what was going on as it wasn’t particularly busy. Quite disappointing bearing in mind this was recommended.

Just got charged £3.60 for a 275ml Becks Blue! Ouch..... you can buy a box of 12 for 7.50 in the shops. That's one fat margin!

Enjoyed our visit to the Boat House yesterday,but half an hour earlier we went in and waited as per the notice for someone to show us to a table,no one acknowledged us at all so we left,to return later with the family,it was less busy & someone immediately showed us to a table & what we had was enjoyed, BUT a simple acknowledgement the first time round was all that was required as had there been an alternative venue we may have tried there first!

I have mixed feelings about the place, hence my rating. First visit for lunch was wonderful - great food and good service. Second visit was for breakfast, which I could only describe as mediocre at best. Cold, waterlogged poached eggs and a very uninspiring, unappetising looking eggs benedict. Setting is second to none though...

Gluten free people BEWARE. Even when I double checked that the order went through as gluten free it arrived on the plate not gluten free and was sent back creating a further 20 min wait and the manager did not even come out and apologise. Unacceptable!

Unfortunately it was the worst vegan meal I have ever tasted! When I told the server this his reply was ok I’ll pass it on! Will not be returning.