Comments on: The Chichester http://www.greedygourmet.com/restaurants-2/england-restaurants-2/rawreth-essex/the-chichester/ Always thinking of the next meal... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle http://www.greedygourmet.com/restaurants-2/england-restaurants-2/rawreth-essex/the-chichester/comment-page-1/#comment-14158 Michelle Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:27:27 +0000 http://www.greedygourmet.com/2009/05/07/the-chichester/#comment-14158 Mrs B James: Many thanks for your comment on the Chichester. You are right. This has been my first restaurant review I’ve ever written. By no means am I AA Gill but practise makes perfect. ;-) I have been fortunate enough to eat at silver service establishments where the properly dressed waiters are professionals and the food is excellent. In the Chichester’s current pub setting it is downright pretentious. I beg to differ about the stuffed mushrooms. By all means I would not dream of deterring you from ordering it again but I would definitely not suggest it to anyone I cared about. It seems as if Frank is bad news. Hopefully he will retire soon and the establishment can realise the true potential it has. Mrs B James: Many thanks for your comment on the Chichester.

You are right. This has been my first restaurant review I’ve ever written. By no means am I AA Gill but practise makes perfect. ;-)

I have been fortunate enough to eat at silver service establishments where the properly dressed waiters are professionals and the food is excellent. In the Chichester’s current pub setting it is downright pretentious.

I beg to differ about the stuffed mushrooms. By all means I would not dream of deterring you from ordering it again but I would definitely not suggest it to anyone I cared about.

It seems as if Frank is bad news. Hopefully he will retire soon and the establishment can realise the true potential it has.

]]> By: mrs b james http://www.greedygourmet.com/restaurants-2/england-restaurants-2/rawreth-essex/the-chichester/comment-page-1/#comment-13669 mrs b james Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:54:26 +0000 http://www.greedygourmet.com/2009/05/07/the-chichester/#comment-13669 i feel i must comment about the chichester review.has the food critic never eaten in a silver service establishment as i could not understand the comment about the "strange service"obviously not a very experienced food critic. also they omitted to say "in their opinion" as i have eaten the stuffed mushrooms many times and find them very tasy.obviously the reviewer chose badly as everbody elses looked great. i agree with dr pandit,however,, as since the owner of the chichester has reappeared and made his presence felt the whole establishment has gone down. there is no ambience anymore and a feeling of depression reigns. he stalks his staff like the grim reaper and we have overheard him making ridiculous remarks and also blatantly lying to customers. i think it is about time he retired and let some new blood into what used to be a decent restaurant. with him at the helm the place can only go downhill and then us locals will not have a decent place to eat. i feel i must comment about the chichester review.has the food critic never eaten in a silver service establishment as i could not understand the comment about the “strange service”obviously not a very experienced food critic. also they omitted to say “in their opinion” as i have eaten the stuffed mushrooms many times and find them very tasy.obviously the reviewer chose badly as everbody elses looked great. i agree with dr pandit,however,, as since the owner of the chichester has reappeared and made his presence felt the whole establishment has gone down. there is no ambience anymore and a feeling of depression reigns. he stalks his staff like the grim reaper and we have overheard him making ridiculous remarks and also blatantly lying to customers. i think it is about time he retired and let some new blood into what used to be a decent restaurant. with him at the helm the place can only go downhill and then us locals will not have a decent place to eat.

]]> By: Dr S Pandit http://www.greedygourmet.com/restaurants-2/england-restaurants-2/rawreth-essex/the-chichester/comment-page-1/#comment-10267 Dr S Pandit Fri, 22 May 2009 09:54:03 +0000 http://www.greedygourmet.com/2009/05/07/the-chichester/#comment-10267 I would also avoid the Chichester. It is an awful place, owned by a rather doo-lally old fellow called Frank who knows nothing about catering. The staff, who do their best but are held back by the money-grabbing interference of the proprietor, are left with little choice but to serve sub-standard food in a setting that is in dire need of investment and renovation. The result, inevitably, is poor food, poorly cooked and presented, served in the style of MacDonalds, in a poorly-managed 70's throwback dinner-dance restaurant. Needs a revolution I would also avoid the Chichester. It is an awful place, owned by a rather doo-lally old fellow called Frank who knows nothing about catering. The staff, who do their best but are held back by the money-grabbing interference of the proprietor, are left with little choice but to serve sub-standard food in a setting that is in dire need of investment and renovation.
The result, inevitably, is poor food, poorly cooked and presented, served in the style of MacDonalds, in a poorly-managed 70′s throwback dinner-dance restaurant. Needs a revolution

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.greedygourmet.com/restaurants-2/england-restaurants-2/rawreth-essex/the-chichester/comment-page-1/#comment-9823 Jeanne Mon, 11 May 2009 10:10:03 +0000 http://www.greedygourmet.com/2009/05/07/the-chichester/#comment-9823 Oh dear... Why is it that pub food in this country so seldom lives up to expectations?? It seems many pubs take no pride whatsoever in the food they serve. Never mind the campaign for real ale, how about the campaign for real pub food?! And btw, your profile on the SA Food & Wine Blog Directory went live today... http://cooksister.typepad.com/sa_food_and_wine/2009/05/spotlight-on-greedy-gourmet.html Oh dear… Why is it that pub food in this country so seldom lives up to expectations?? It seems many pubs take no pride whatsoever in the food they serve. Never mind the campaign for real ale, how about the campaign for real pub food?!

And btw, your profile on the SA Food & Wine Blog Directory went live today…
http://cooksister.typepad.com/sa_food_and_wine/2009/05/spotlight-on-greedy-gourmet.html

]]> By: Jan Westley http://www.greedygourmet.com/restaurants-2/england-restaurants-2/rawreth-essex/the-chichester/comment-page-1/#comment-9712 Jan Westley Fri, 08 May 2009 13:00:29 +0000 http://www.greedygourmet.com/2009/05/07/the-chichester/#comment-9712 This makes my blood boil. It's lazy food cooked by lazy, uninterested and unskilled people who really don't give a damn about ingredients and flavour. IT MAKES ME ANGRY. When I worked in an office (just over 10 yrs ago) people thought I was really stuck up because I wouldn't go to the office Christmas dinner. I just wasn't going to pay £30 for a 'school dinner' when a) I would have left it and b) I could have spent it on food I would enjoy. Rant over. ;) This makes my blood boil. It’s lazy food cooked by lazy, uninterested and unskilled people who really don’t give a damn about ingredients and flavour. IT MAKES ME ANGRY.

When I worked in an office (just over 10 yrs ago) people thought I was really stuck up because I wouldn’t go to the office Christmas dinner. I just wasn’t going to pay £30 for a ‘school dinner’ when a) I would have left it and b) I could have spent it on food I would enjoy.

Rant over. ;)

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