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Reviews of The Fox Goes Free

4 out of 5
The Fox Goes Free
Charlton, Chichester, England

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 218 out of 302 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 64 out of 302 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 302 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 302 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 302 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very cosy, log fires in a 400year old building with character and history on the edge of a small village. Ideal for visiting the Goodwood events, the Downland Museum and West Dean Gardens.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely old inn in beautiful countryside and great food
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff and food in a real character pub in beautiful surroundings
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Olawale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place in a beautiful location and the staff were very welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martyn

Excellent food, accommodation and hospitality in a beautiful place and setting. Staff and customers were so friendly. Wil go back again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location for walking in West Sussex. Beautiful old coaching inn restored with thought and care. Pleasant, friendly staff. Good food, wine and ales. Rooms spacious, clean and well-appointed. Highly recommend for a relaxing, comfortable country weekend
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely weekend away joined the clay pigeon day and decided to stay the night, this little pub is wonderful, relaxing and the food is brilliant, highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful location. Exceptional service.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Patrick

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The food excellent and the chef Tim was great at explaining how he cooked our exceptional meal. The staff were so friendly and helped makes our weekend an enjoyable experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terence

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really good stay , came over from Spain for a family wedding . For the two nights we stayed ALL the staff were friendly and helpful . The young lady at breakfast was brill nothing was to much trouble . Our first night we ate from the menu I had chilli and Jan had the fish pie . My chilli was underwhelming and the fish pie the sauce was thin . My two nephews joined us later they had the pork belly 10/10 . Our first night customers / staff could be heard talking into the early hours from downstairs . Yes it’s an old build . The gentleman that made our coffees and hot chocolate was a star . Accept this feedback as constructive and not as critisizem If in the area again would not hesitate to stay again . PS breakfast chef spot on, my poached eggs perfect both days
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Spotlessly clean room, lovely atmosphere in the bar, good food, excellent range of beers and wines
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
A lovely pub but take better care of your guests
I was a regular customer before the pandemic. Still a lovely location with good food and comfortable. Since last staying it is clear the restaurant side is dominating the everything to detriment of the pub. Had to change our set breakfast time and still waited 35 minutes before we could even get a cup of tea and longer for breakfast because a party of 14 non residents came for breakfast. We later heard the chef apologise to them and offer a discount because THEY had to wait! My advise would be take care of your resident guests first or at least give them a coffee or tea while they have to wait and only take large party outside bookings if you can cope.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

SJ

Liked: Cleanliness
Oh dear!!
We have stayed before and this was a return visit based on past good experience but, for whatever and a variety of reasons it was a huge let down from before
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenelle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, excellent menu with all food cooked on order. Great location, halfway between Chichester and Heathrow
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Allanah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We absolutely loved this property. What's not to like about staying in a 400-year-old pub that serves fabulous food. Undoubtedly the best sausage and mash (with a red wine jus and farm fresh veggies) I've had in my life and breakfast was just as delicious. A brilliant beer garden that I didn't want to leave and I felt envious seeing flyers informing me of upcoming live music events in the beer garden that I was going to miss out on. We had a beautifully styled quaint little room with windows opening out onto the lane. A real touch of country charm heaven.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Brian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Michele

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The beer garden with views of the rolling hills were the highlight of our stay. We enjoyed drinks in the garden in the late afternoon and stayed on to watch the sun set. The room was cosy but agree with other reviews regarding murmurs from the pub until 11pm and the aromas from the kitchen filtering to the rooms upstairs. Otherwise a pleasant nights sleep as the pub is located in a quiet neighbourhood. Prepare your stomach as the breakfast is BIG! Only a few breakfasts have defeated my husband and it was such a shame to waste any of the food as the ingredients were great quality. We really did enjoy our stay and would definitely stay again when in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert and Lesley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and food.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute little inn with excellent servuce and food
Lovely little country inn, serving excellent food and with excellent service. Couldnt fault it. Looking forward to visiting here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would definitely recommend!
Fantastic venue, friendly staff and amazing views. The breakfast was out of this world and would definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Travelled with partner
Lovely accommodation in a fabulous setting. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. I left an item of clothing and they kindly sent it back to me very quickly. Cannot fault the service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely old pub surrounded by beautiful countryside with excellent food.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Duncan

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Gill

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place, great staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mo

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy and Friendly
Enjoyed our night here - we shall return! Food especially good.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Beth

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Away day break
The stay was magnificent. The staff totally obliging and the food has to be experienced as regards choice and quality. A superb location in a quaint pub/inn
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anita

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
A very pleasant stay. Food & service are its greatest selling points. Our room was warm & comfortable & reasonably priced.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Fox is always great. Clean, comfortable rooms. Food, drink and service always excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Superb setting, excellent food, and had the bonus of live music in the evening.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing food and service. English breakfast is very good and large.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Warwick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

I

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Hazel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cosy
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Dawn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay
Stayed in rooms 4&5 in the outer courtyard. Quiet and comfortable rooms, one too hot, the other too cold! User error maybe but the staff did also say they had had the repair man in… good food
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had 3 of their 5 rooms for a family gathering. Beautiful old-world rooms in ancient pub in lovely quiet village. Perfect retreat-wish we could have stayed longer..we’ll be back soon. Much thanks to Sam and Cristian for such an enjoyable stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Kay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
South Downs gem.
Lovely welcome. Great team. Lovely food. Great bread. Only negative is that it was a bit hot for our liking. But We’d stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent trip. We were very well looked after.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022