Good Morning!
Welcome to another of my world famous (not yet!), blogs.
Today i shall be reviewing another Restaurant in West Sussex.
This one is in Chichester again and it is simply called Bill's.
BILL'S
Location:
If you are familiar with Chichester, then you would probably know where this one is, if you are not, please allow me just a brief description for those less so.
Situated in North Street, in the 200 year old ButterMarket building.
(The Butter Market in North Street was built in 1808 by John Nash to provide accommodation for small traders who had previously traded at the town's Market Cross).
Once inside this building, Bill's is situated on the upper floor, on the left side. There is a choice of a few stairs up to the second floor, or if needed, there is a suitable lift provided.
(This is an extremely slow lift, the kids will love it!)
(This is an extremely slow lift, the kids will love it!)
Bill's Restaurant Signage and a copy of their displayed Menu Postings.
As you can see, they also cater for Breakfast, a "Tea Room" Style, and a "Specials" dish of the day, Menu.
The Interior:
Inside the Restaurant it has a very welcoming feel, as it has a very high natural light level (large velux style ceiling windows), the use of old style antique style mirrors, pictures, and furniture around adds a nice touch. The addition of old farmhouse wooden beams (with the usual hanging "strings" of sausages, garlic, chillies, and onions all adds to the feeling of old and new "Fusion!" some might say.
Seating:
There are a lot of seating areas around, and although the space looks large the actual gaps between each table setting is quite narrow, and some might struggle for suitable access (on busy days), with Wheelchairs and baby buggy's.
The Kids Menu.
(The price of the breakfast items seems too high, but, the main courses for £5.95 sounds reasonable,
(The price of the breakfast items seems too high, but, the main courses for £5.95 sounds reasonable,
again though, this depends upon portion size and the list of ingredients used)
Next we find the "Specials" menu, and also the Main menu.
(There are a good range of dishes, not too many, and they do not seem overly complicated).
However, i do see an Asian dish, some Mediterranean dishes, American, and French influenced dishes.
I do hope they are good at cooking all of them equally well.
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Overall, there is a nice choice of items on the menu, although, the prices seem a little too high for the main courses.
(If the portion sizes are quite large, then all should be OK).
Time to order some food, i'm becoming hungry reading.
The Food:
(From the kids menu £5.95. The ice-cream will come later for dessert).
The portion size is good for kids, (there is no plate), and i am reliably informed that the hamburger indeed tasted great.
Now comes my "Special menu" item, the Catalan sausage, and butter bean stew with Chorizo, basil and sour bread dough. £12.95
(The portion size is disappointing, much smaller than expected for the price, such a really nice idea with the presentation in the smart little pot).
Oh dear!.
The butter bean stew tasted very plain indeed, and the Chorizo tasted like the one i could get from my local supermarket (that one tastes sour).
I have tasted real authentic Chorizo before and i am able to source a very good one from a local specialty Spanish supplier for my cooking at home, (i wonder why Bill's couldn't do the same!).
Dessert:
The ice-cream for the kids menu arrives.
Before i could even take a picture of the bowl with the ice-cream in, it is being consumed.
(It must have been very good! It was probably Vanilla, his favourite).
The prices on some of these menu items are very high for this area.
Merchandising:
I shall not require any of these items today, however, they may appeal to someone else.
Service:
On the day we arrived it was quite busy and the overall service was fairly poor.
(We had to attract passing servers for attention to ask for things like napkins, a small spoon, why my hot chocolate had not arrived with our other beverages).
Personal Rating System:
Oh dear!.
The butter bean stew tasted very plain indeed, and the Chorizo tasted like the one i could get from my local supermarket (that one tastes sour).
I have tasted real authentic Chorizo before and i am able to source a very good one from a local specialty Spanish supplier for my cooking at home, (i wonder why Bill's couldn't do the same!).
Dessert:
The ice-cream for the kids menu arrives.
Before i could even take a picture of the bowl with the ice-cream in, it is being consumed.
(It must have been very good! It was probably Vanilla, his favourite).
The prices on some of these menu items are very high for this area.
Merchandising:
I shall not require any of these items today, however, they may appeal to someone else.
Service:
On the day we arrived it was quite busy and the overall service was fairly poor.
(We had to attract passing servers for attention to ask for things like napkins, a small spoon, why my hot chocolate had not arrived with our other beverages).
Personal Rating System:
My personal Taste of the food: 5 (Out of 10)
(The Chorizo let it down, also the bland butter bean stew, perhaps the hamburger was good).
Price of the food: 6 (Out of 10)
(The dishes are overpriced for the portion size on the chosen dishes, other dishes on their menu may have offered much better value).
Conclusion:
Would i dine there again?...........Probably not!
(I like to try different styles of food, but i am not a big fan of one restaurant trying to be good at all the different styles of dishes. i found this quite disappointing.
The setting, now coupled with the chosen assortment of different styles of food from around the globe, leads me to think "confusion".
I really hope you have the chance to go visit Bill's for yourself, and i would be more than happy to hear your thoughts, on your own personal dining experience there.
Until next time!...
If you do wish to contact Bill's, here is some helpful information:
http://www.bills-website.co.uk/
(The Chorizo let it down, also the bland butter bean stew, perhaps the hamburger was good).
Price of the food: 6 (Out of 10)
(The dishes are overpriced for the portion size on the chosen dishes, other dishes on their menu may have offered much better value).
Conclusion:
Would i dine there again?...........Probably not!
(I like to try different styles of food, but i am not a big fan of one restaurant trying to be good at all the different styles of dishes. i found this quite disappointing.
The setting, now coupled with the chosen assortment of different styles of food from around the globe, leads me to think "confusion".
I really hope you have the chance to go visit Bill's for yourself, and i would be more than happy to hear your thoughts, on your own personal dining experience there.
Until next time!...
If you do wish to contact Bill's, here is some helpful information:
Address: 3 Buttermarket,
North Street,
Chichester,
West Sussex
PO19 1QL
Telephone:01243 528607
http://www.bills-website.co.uk/
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