Great place to have a calm tea break in beautiful surroundings away from the busy-ness of the pier and beach areas. The coffee cake with walnuts and vegan jaffa cake were fresh and delicious. Would love to return to try the Sunday roast which looked really good as well.
Found this place on a web search. It's set in the courtyard of Southsea castle and is a bit hidden. But its well worth looking for!
They serve "small plate" meals and we had 6 between the two of us and it was ample food. We had scallop and chorizo stack, pankho chicken, chicken pate balls, fries, aubergine in sauce and arancini balls. Followed by poached pears and champagne sorbet and churros and sauce.
Cocktails were two for one and were great!
Sat at a nice table in the first section, there was another group of 4 and other people though the next area. There was a gentle hubbub of conversation etc and no music so you could hear yourself talk. We did spend a bit but it was an anniversary celebration, well worth it though.
The waitress was lovely, chatty and informative. Great evening. We'd definitely recommend it.
Visiting the Courtyard was a great way to start the day at Southsea. It was going to be a very hot day, but sitting in the Courtyard, in the shade surrounded by thick walls it was cool and fresh. The staff are friendly and I can recommend the vegi breakfast. Nice toast, not to greasy and tasty. A very relaxing place to sit in the morning shade.
What an absolute gem of a place this is, staff very friendly and attentive we went on a Saturday night buy 1 get one free cocktails (properly made not a weatherspoons barcardy breezer with a mixed wkd😂) and the food was incredible not the cheapest but you do get what you pay for at this place - I honesty can't fault it love the shared platers keep up the good work we will definitely be back 👌
A cafe with a difference. Fantastic layout,
very tasty menu, licensed, and very friendly.
My 'Buddha Salad' was one of the tastiest
I've ever had. Great service. Wonderful place
for a function. Easy access. Outside seating.
Delicious beers from the brewery opposite.
Locally sourced produce. What's not to like.
Overall pretty good, nice little venue with decent indoor or outside seating, completely dog freindly too which is nice. Sitting inside was nice as it was quite cool due to the nature of the building.
Thought the service was a tad on the slow side but very polite staff and it was a Sunday morning so maybe not quite fully staffed, hard to say.
Not for everyone as its about a 3 or 4 minute walk from parking so would not recommend for people with a mobile disability, definately not for wheelchair users as being an old Fort there is some cobble stone.
Been here many times and the food has always surpassed expectations and the service is always great. I particularly like the fact that it's Dog friendly and they have some good vegan options.
Great food and service, a little pricey but good value.
Absolutely loved it. The breakfast of steak and egg were perfectly cooked.
very friendly staff and tasty child's menu. despite amazing chips and peas, the fish was overcooked and was the most tasteless thing my wife and I had eaten (probably we were just unlucky, because it looks well inside). we were ready to put up with that because we mixed it up with the weekend menu (out mistake) and thought it cost only £9.5 pounds, but it cost £17.5
Wonderful meal had by me and my family. We had the whole dog section to ourselves due to covid. The ambience was lovely with fairy lights and thoughtful and tasteful decor. Our dog was given a huge dog biscuit treat by our bubbly and friendly waitress. Every meal was tasty and generous and to the highest standard. I would highly recommend this to anyone in the area but in particular if you are a dog owner looking for somewhere lovely to eat.
This was not our first visit to this lovely place. A great breakfast in an historic venue wlth polite and attentive staff. Prices relect the area, good value for the high quality food and surroundings.
Food was enjoyed by most of our little gathering, but wasn't to my own taste-not a fault with the restaurant though. Service was friendly. Only issue we had was the queuing system, my relatives arrived just after me and were told they had to wait in the queue rather than being allowed to just come and join us. Apart from that, very nice! Beautiful inside as well, but be warned...there's no mobile phone signal! Which actually makes perfect sense when you think about/see the building but something to be aware of if you do need to be accessible by phone. There's outside seating in better weather though.
Absolutely beautiful place. Food was amazing staff lovely. Fantastic little gem in the heart of the seafront. Plenty of seating loads of choice of food and drink.
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