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Arundel House is Open - with Special Room Rates!

Arundel House — 2010-12-03T08:20:37+00:00

Following our closure due to the snow on Thursday, we are happy to say that there are clear skies over Arundel and we will be operating as normal over the weekend. Furthermore, we have had a number of cancellations for the coming weekend, and are offering all of our rooms at a £25 discount on Friday, Saturday & Sunday for new reservations. See our Room Rates page for more details!

Snow Pictures...

Arundel House — 2010-12-02T11:02:47+00:00

Just to give you a little idea of how much snow has fallen in Littlehampton - on the coast!

Let it Snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Arundel House — 2010-12-02T07:33:00+00:00

Only yesterday we started playing the odd festive tune at Arundel House, and today we have woken to a spectacular winter wonderland. Sadly, this means we are simply unable to get to Arundel House this morning, and we have decided that we cannot reasonably ask our staff to attempt the journey. Arundel House is likely to remain closed for the entire day, though we fully intend to open as usual on Friday. We are able to update this website from home, and will make every effort to keep you informed as the day progresses. We’ll try to post some pictures on the blog a bit later!

New Years Eve

Arundel House — 2010-12-01T09:18:32+00:00

Our New Year’s Eve menu is also now available underneath the Welcome tab at the top of the page. As in previous years, this is a wonderful evening of fine dining, good wine and great company. Due to the popularity of the event, we only have a few tables left - even though no-one yet knows what is on the menu. At the time of writing, I think we have two tables of four available, as well as two rooms that each have a table of two reserved for the night.

We don’t want you to go to any additional expense on the evening, but if it takes your fancy, Black Tie & Dinner Dress is welcomed, but not compulsory. The idea is to be comfortable, relaxed and to enjoy your evening. I just know that some people love any excuse to dress up!

Winter Menu

Arundel House — 2010-11-29T00:01:03+00:00

Our new Winter menu is now available to view, and to download as a PDF file. We begin serving the menu on Wednesday, 1st December 2010. This is very much our menu for the Winter, but you won’t help but notice some festive flavours have been introduced especially for December. Another introduction for December will be the return of Lunch and Dinner service on Monday - just to help those of you in need of nourishment whilst in town on a festive shopping spree! Our decorations will also be on display this week - so that’s nice.

Processional Dinner

Arundel House — 2010-10-25T09:31:10+01:00

A huge thank you to all those who turned out for the first ever Arundel Food Festival Processional Dinner last night. From what we saw, the night was a great success and we look forward to hearing your feedback - with any ideas on how we might make next years event even better!

For some, it would have been your first introduction to Arundel House, and for us, it was the first time we had ever put on a special event like this at the restaurant. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and are excited about the prospect of organising more events like this throughout the year. Perhaps a seasonal food tour of Arundel every quarter?

Suggestions on a postcard please!

Autumn Menu

Arundel House — 2010-09-21T18:30:01+01:00

Our autumn menu has now arrived, and will be served in the restaurant from Wednesday of this week. Alongside some additional seasonal dishes described at your table, this menu will take us through until our Christmas holiday.

Download the menu here!

2010 Gallery Trail

Arundel House — 2010-09-15T08:21:54+01:00

The Arundel Gallery Trail took place from Saturday 21st to Monday 30th August 2010 alongside the other great happenings of the Arundel Festival. Over 150 sculptors, painters, printers, ceramicists, photographers and jewellers were amongst the many exhibitors showing this year, giving you the opportunity to meet and talk to the artists whilst discovering many of Arundel's period homes.

Arundel House Restaurant & Rooms was proud to play host to Mike Payne, who was exhibiting some of his many concepts and illustrations. His work will remain on display until the 2011 Gallery Trail. All of the work is available to purchase through Arundel House.

Renowned award winning international artist Mike Payne is best known as the creator of ranges and concepts of hugely successful characters and licensed merchandise known across the world.

After 26 years in the civil service, Mike Payne broke free and became a renowned international award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. A chance event when the art director of Athena International (greetings cards) happened upon an open portfolio of Mike’s cartoons resulted in the launch of a new career and Athena buying everything in the folder. Mike is now one of the UK's leading and most respected experts in the world of commercial humour, greeting card design, books and gift concept development. Images and creations from the many characters he has created have an immediate and instinctive appeal, and it is estimated that greetings cards featuring his creations have sold in excess of ten hundred million worldwide.

When Mike was a small child people used to say that he could draw before he could walk! Mike was always drawing and found inspiration for his cartoons from Disney and Giles. When he was asked to create a bear with a great depth of feeling for the then newly formed company Carte Blanche in 1987, working under his pen name of “Miranda”, Mike created a phenomenon.

Mike's 'Tatty Teddy' character for the 'Me to You' concept (the charcoal bear with the blue nose), together with other unique creations, have won numerous awards in the USA, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and, of course, the UK. Mike has travelled the world doing many “signings” and after seventeen years of drawing the teddy bear, in 2004, decided the time was right to move on to pastures new.

Mike’s latest concept Charlie’s Ark, has taken over four years to develop. Greeting cards, cross-stitch kits and two different varieties of paper-craft are now on sale. The First Collection of Charlie’s Ark children’s stories was released in November 2009 by Andrews UK as an Audio-book CD and the Second Collection of stories was released recently.

The humour continues in the form of "The Wine Buffs" which is a range of amusing greeting cards on sale throughout the UK.

A lecturer at schools and colleges, with many TV appearances to his name and a passion for professional acting, Mike is a sought after and original public speaker. His time as Sky News cartoonist in 1999 was the perfect environment to entertain and promote the art of cartooning, for which he is globally renowned.

Farewell Nathan

Arundel House — 2010-08-08T08:35:39+01:00

Staff come, and staff go. It is the nature of any business. Perhaps in the restaurant business the frequency is a little higher and the faces start to come and go like ships in the night. Sometimes the passing of a member of the team can go almost without notice as a fresh pair of legs arrives to fill their shoes. Sometimes, if you have been very lucky, their departure is a cause for sadness and a sense of loss.

We all had that feeling last night as we said a ‘goodbye’ and ‘thank you’ to Nathan Treadwell. Nathan has been with us since the beginning in his role as Kitchen Porter.

Now, even those of you who have never set foot beyond the swing doors of a professional kitchen will understand that a Kitchen Porter is not the most prestigious role in a restaurant, but I can tell you that it is as vital as any other in the restaurant. Nathan’s efficiency and attention to detail was second to none and such was his ability that he was able to instil a sense of confidence throughout the restaurant that allowed us all to perform our own tasks better. It is so important for a small team that each member is pulling their own weight, and Nathan did that tirelessly each time he clocked in, and until his card was punched for the last time.

On brighter note, Nathan is not moving too far away as he joins the Gardening and Landscaping team of Arundel Castle and the Arundel Estate and we hope they fully appreciate the asset they have acquired. Perhaps if you are visiting the Castle during your visit to Arundel, you’ll say a ‘hello’ to Nathan from all of us at Arundel House!

"Boutique hotel for sale!"

Arundel House — 2010-08-07T01:08:04+01:00

So read the headlines in the local newspaper the last time rumours of the impending sale of Arundel House spread like wildfire through the town. Once again word has reached our ears that we have, or are about to, sell Arundel House and we would like to reassure you that nothing could be further from the truth.

Arundel House has been advertised for sale for many years and full details can be found at Christie & Co. In this day and age we challenge you to find any business that is not for sale at the right price. We are quite open to the possibility that Arundel House may find a buyer one day, and we won’t deny that the opportunities to develop our business excite us tremendously. Others are quite the opposite, and few of us will invite you to the board meeting to join in the discussions.

Rest assured that if it should ever happen, you will hear it from us first, as we invite you all to the opening of our new venue!

Recommended by Simonseeks.com...

Arundel House — 2010-07-16T16:11:24+01:00

Arundel House Restaurant & Rooms has been recommended by Simonseeks.com, a website where a community of travellers, journalists and celebrities can share their reviews and tips on the best places to stay, eat and visit, ranging from Paris restaurants to London hotels.

Lucy Dodsworth, who is a travel enthusiast, has written a guide called ‘Step back in time at the Goodwood Revival, Chichester’. In her guide Lucy recommends the rooms at Arundel House as one of the best places to stay at in and around Chichester. She describes it as a “good choice with five comfortable rooms set above a lovely restaurant”.

Arundel Food Festival

Arundel House — 2010-07-12T19:44:40+01:00

We would like you to be some of the first to hear about an exciting new event for the Arundel calendar. This year sees Arundel play host to the first annual Arundel Food Festival! Details are light at the moment, but we can tell you that it takes place from October 16th to 23rd,2010.

The Food Festival will celebrate Arundel’s unique position as the gateway to the bounty of The South Downs, and the Sea. Expect a special Farmers Market on Saturday, 16th October as well as Farm Tours, Food Walks, Tastings galore, Talks and Debates. Arundel House will be fully involved and will be offering special menu’s throughout the week.

Artwork for Sale

Arundel House — 2010-07-12T19:25:59+01:00

Last year we hosted Hungarian photographer Peter Nemeth for the 2009 Arundel Gallery Trail. Peter’s work has been impressing our guests for a full year now and he is busy preparing new works for the 2010 Trail. As such, all of the work hanging in our restaurant is currently available for a staggering £45 per piece. Tremendous value for such beautiful work. This offer is only available direct from Arundel House, and until August 20th, 2010.

Click here for details, and a look at more of the images...

A new feature...

Arundel House — 2010-07-09T17:38:51+01:00

Just trying a new feature that may help you to keep up to date with the latest news from Arundel House. Will add more as we learn what to do!