Durleighmarsh Tea Barn in Chichester

What a s*** show!After a nice few hours picking fruit with our young daughter we decided to treat ourselves to lunch here.First of all we struggled to find anywhere to sit, most of the empty tables were dirty as they hadn’t been wiped down, or they were full of dirty plates/cutlery.After eventually finding somewhere to sit, my partner went up to order, it took nearly 10 minutes to order due to a large queue. Clearly understaffed it transpired the young lady taking the orders was also making the drinks at the same time, how this establishment thinks that’s a efficient way to serve customers I’ll never know!My partner eventually ordered 2 hot drinks and 2 scones with jam and cream. The hot drinks were served immediately, and we were told the scones would follow shortly.25 minutes later no scones arrived, staff were no where to be found and queuing at the front wasn’t an option due to massive queue because of the poor lady trying to do it all at once.We decided to just leave, paying nearly £13 for 2 hot drinks and waiting over 45 minutes in total for the pleasure.It’s clear this business is short staffed, and unorganised. I can only hope they contact us to offer a full refund.

Such a lovely little tea shop tucked away at the top of a farm!! We had a reservation and was seated immediately, they took drink orders quickly and asked if we wanted fruit or plain scones and within minutes we had been served our afternoon tea. It was DELICUOUS!! the sandwiches and cakes and the scones where all superb and to top it all off its got a beautiful garden area overlooking rows of berries, just such a lovely day in the sun, good scenery and good food!!

Delicious vegetarian quiche with salad for lunch. Small menu but all freshly baked. Lovely views and warm welcome. Pleased to recommend.

Wow! What a venue. We had my sisters baby shower here today and I have honestly couldn't praise the whole experience highly enough. The food was perfect and they catered to everyone's needs. Ben and Maddison where such superstars and had everything attended to. Everyone said how amazing it was, Most people hadn't been before and are very excited to return as the food was honestly amazing. Thank you again.

Highly recommend The Tea Barn, went for the first time today for Afternoon Tea/lunch. The food was absolutely amazing, very fresh and lovely cakes - especially the crunchie cheesecake which was amazing! Decent sized portions and reasonably priced.Plenty of Gluten Free options to choose from for my Daughter who has Coeliac.Staff were helpful and very friendly.Also some lovely little shops/boutiques to walk around.Will definitely be visiting again. Thank you

Delicious lunch, imaginative soup menu and hearty sandwiches. Lovely cosy setting and enjoyable to look out of the upstairs windows. Service very friendly and efficient, cakes looked lovely but no room to try them this time.

We dined in the garden, and had Tuna Melt and Chicken Brie and redcurant jam toastie, both on Corn bread . Washed down with great Coffee. . Very tasty food and lovely staff , always.

I visited The Tea Barn for the first time today and I was very impressed by the quality of the food and the superb level of service. The manager Ben was particularly welcoming and nothing was too much trouble for him and his team. Now that I have found this little hidden gem in the countryside, I will definitely be visiting again!

We visited the farm cafe with our two dogs hoping it would be dog friendly (as pretty much all other farm cafes/tea rooms we've been to are). I'll start by saying it was lovely food and cakes! The staff were nice though just not very proactive to make us comfortable.It was a cold day & we were told they're not dog friendly so to sit in the garden. The garden was behind a big hedge with no sun & we froze. We all had hats and scarfs on for afternoon tea!They came out and mentioned a couple of times that we look very cold but didn't offer any solutions. Unfortunately it took away from the nice food and cute farm.Update: it would be good in the future to let people know why you don't let dogs inside as this is understandable but wasn't communicated to us.Also, there were no tables in the sun, only one small one at the front which was occupied when we were there.

Lovely place for tea, coffee cakes and light lunches. Great outdoor and indoor space with parking right outside. It gets busy on a Saturday mid morning but plenty of space with a small outdoor play area for kids.