The Real Eating Company Cafe

Unit 1 Stocklund House East Street, Chichester, United Kingdom

🛍 Cafe, Cafés, Seafood, European

3.7 💬 1320 Reviews
The Real Eating Company Cafe

Phone: +441243699838,+441243219989

Address: Unit 1 Stocklund House East Street, Chichester, United Kingdom

City: Chichester

Dishes: 5

Reviews: 1320

"Poor show. Used this place many times before, sudden change of staff and now this café has hit rock-bottom. Ordered two breakfasts to include one vegetarian with poached eggs, we were warned by the waiter it would take approx thirty mins. Five mins later, two meat breakfasts with fried eggs were brought to us by a very young girl. We explained this was wrong, she promised to 'fix it ' and would come straight back. Smiling on return, she brought the same breakfast back with a gap on the plate, the meat had simply been removed, no sign of any smashed avocado!! At this point the orignal waiter intervened and now explained they were unable to poach eggs due to lack of vinegar, would I like an extra mushroom as consolation! The other breakfast had approx 7 baked beans swimming in a pool of tomato sauce! Most of the food was cold. Scabby enamel teapot, dirty menu and toilet facilities no better. £31.50 rip off!! A full on Fawlty Towers experience, without the laughs.."

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Absolutely shocking service and food there is no way the cooks where qualified took over an hour to do a simple breakfast which was under cooked and cold. Avoid at all costs.

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P2446LPsharonw
P2446LPsharonw

Terrible, service non existence. Took 20 for drinks and sandwiches to arrive. Poor oerson who came in fir a pot of tea was told don't have ordinary tea. Considering all they offer is drinks and sandwiches I am at a loss to understand why it is so hard to provide. Will not return and the managers need to look hard at this establishment


Denis
Denis

It's gone a long way downhill not busy, but two toasties took a very long time. All 3 of the staff on duty had long untidy hair which should have been contained in suitable headgear. The toilet was awash with urine and clearly hasn't been cleaned in living memory. There was no toilet paper, just a few paper napkins. Numerous items unavailable eg butter, soup! Food when it eventually arrived was OK. Looks like a business on the verge of collapse


MWearne
MWearne

Don’t go here! It’s rare of me to post a really negative comment but avoid this place at all cost. Can you imagine going to a cafe that doesn’t have tea bags! Ordered a couple of mains bacon butties and melts. We were told of delays but after 40 minutes had to give up and go back to work. Felt sorry for female waitress as she had no one to rely on and total lack of support. Such a shame as one of the few local independents in Chichester but you need to get your act together!


Vacation790014
Vacation790014

Wouldn’t recommend! The table was dirty, it had old mugs on and crumbs everywhere! I waited 35 minutes for my full English breakfast, I asked for crispy bacon. When it came the bacon was hardly cooked, I asked if it could be a little crispier. My mistake!! I then waited another 15 minutes and my breakfast was not in sight. I went to the counter they couldn’t locate the breakfast, turns out they had given it to another customer. I requested a refund rightly so, they didn’t apologise. Will never be going there again!!


andrewcG2063WI
andrewcG2063WI

Really glad I went here I was quite empty when I arrived at 9am and packed solid when I left I had the full English 3 fried eggs 2 sausage beans tomato 5 bits of bacon don't know if that's normal 2 bits of toast nice butter lovely pot of tea all really well cooked the place was nice and clean and the staff were brilliant especially the dark haired lady who was really friendly and efficient I don't know what the other reviews on here are on about you won't get a better quality breakfast in Chichester for 15 quid than this well done I will be back


elliemsparkes
elliemsparkes

unfortunately we didn’t have a great experience here. tables were all dirty, not one was clean. when we sat down and our food was brought over, the table was cleared but not wiped so still had crumbs and general dirt all over it. food menu choice was good, we went for toasties and croissants. could offer more choices for soft drinks. i was given a glass of ice, and the glass was dirty. there was also a member of staff sat on the table behind us, i assume on their break. she went back to work and didn’t even clean her own table!! so the staff clearly don’t care about the presentation of the cafe. with more organisation and cleanliness, this place would be so much better. won’t visit again


emmieb75
emmieb75

Poor service and cleanliness issues. Visited this morning for breakfast. Took around 45 minutes for food to arrive despite it being quiet. Food poor. Grilled tomato was not cooked and the beans were stone cold. Tables dirty and did not see staff clearing or cleaning tables leaving customers to clear themselves upon arrival. Latte not bad however the cup was dirty and no teaspoons or saucers which I found strange. Did not attempt to drink the glass of water as the glass was filthy. Got another which was equally filthy. £13.50 for a below par full English, I feel robbed and should have gone elsewhere. Used the toilet upon leaving. Stank of urine and didn’t look as though it had been cleaned fo...


Jake
Jake

Myself and my wife visited today, they had no regular breakfast tea at all, so I ordered a breakfast and mocha, wifey had toastie and white hot chocolate. Both cups were filthy ! My mocha undrinkable, the breakfast luke warm, swimming in grease physically had to dab the plate with a napkin to soak it up, they also stated they could not do poached eggs despite it on the menu, and the food sat badly in my stomach, £30 between us and we would've been better off in Weatherspoons !. The female member of staff was pleasant however the other two staff members had long scruffy unkempt hair, one members hair was hanging down to their belly button, no hair nets and the uniform/ dress code was shabby a...


KiffNan
KiffNan

Poor show. Used this place many times before, sudden change of staff and now this café has hit rock-bottom. Ordered two breakfasts to include one vegetarian with poached eggs, we were warned by the waiter it would take approx thirty mins. Five mins later, two meat breakfasts with fried eggs were brought to us by a very young girl. We explained this was wrong, she promised to 'fix it ' and would come straight back. Smiling on return, she brought the same breakfast back with a gap on the plate, the meat had simply been removed, no sign of any smashed avocado!! At this point the orignal waiter intervened and now explained they were unable to poach eggs due to lack of vinegar, would I like an ex...

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