Cafe Rouge Portsmouth in Portsmouth

Perfect atmosphere, perfect staff and perfect food! We could not fault this restaurant, the staff were friendly and attentive. We had a great time here. Will definitely be returning!!

Visited for afternoon tea. The two hot croques that came with it were fantastic, especially the mushroom one. A really nice change on a cold wet day to have hot food with an afternoon tea. Coffee was good. Cakes were disappointing, just not very flavoursome or moist. Staff were great.

We went in for a coffee and a snack during our shopping expedition. The staff were very friendly and everything was very nice.

Not an inspiring place, no immediate welcome smile until approaching the bar. Slow and disinterested service. Although not very busy the staff, including the manager, were not watching for signals for attention. We later learned the business is closing on 15 February. The food was tasteless and undercooked. One dish had to be returned with the one being just as bad. Not recommended.

I would have made my comments to a member of staff but no one asked me. The café wasn’t busy. I have eaten here many times before and was looking forward to a croque monsieur. Unfortunately it is not served until midday. I ordered avocado on toast (£7.95) with an extra poached egg. It wasn’t unpleasant but nor will I come back for more. I had one average sized thin piece of toast spread thinly with smooth avocado which had some pink onion on top. The single poached egg (for £1.85!?! ) was barely warm. It was OK but it felt mean and I was left feeling disappointed. My local café at Newlands Corner also serves avocado on toast with poached eggS, admittedly it costs £1 more but is generous and a joy to eat; we are regular customers. My husband had the grand breakfast which for £10.95 was much better value with 2 eggs, 2 sausages, 2 rashers of bacon, hash browns, tomato, beans etc. Not very French, it’s true, but a very decent breakfast.

The Cafe Rouge is in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth. It is very busy so it’s sensible to book. There is a reasonable menu with something for most people. Our starters, prawns and Calamari were dry as they had been heated, probably in a microwave oven. Quite noisy because it is large and full of customers. It is very popular. The staff were friendly and efficient. The restaurant was very clean and the toilets are immaculate.

My friend and I visited yesterday, we went for the festive set menu, I had the turkey meal and she had the Lentil Wellington. Our food was nice and hot, my turkey was a bit over cooked, the roast potatoes were horrible awful taste so I left them, the carrots were nice, sprouts nice but over cooked. My friend said her Lentil Wellington was nice and it came with a salad with warm new potatoes. We both went for the Warm Apple tart with ice cream, we could have done with a fork as well as a spoon as it was hard to stop it moving about the plate. The atmosphere was nice, service was good, they were very busy and didn't appear to have that many staff working the tables, maybe 3 or 4. Improvements could have been better roast potatoes, food not being overcooked such as turkey and sprouts. This is a processed food restaurant but yes I would give it another try perhaps for the afternoon tea menus as they looked nice.

Ordered 2 x The Festive Menu, 2 courses for £19. Dreadful. Potatoes and vegetables in the Turkey meal came from the freezer, probably the turkey and pig in blanket also. My husband’s sirloin steak was inedible. They offered to replace the meals and when we said no thank you they removed them from the bill. The pate starter and cheesecake dessert were fine.

Excellent food and service very happy. The gentleman who had long hair was excellent and made sure everything was excellent

Very enjoyable lunch, with speedy and courteous service. Spoilt to some degree by despite it's French name. No Rose available. Check out any supermarket to see how popular Rose has become. Also again for a French named restaurant no cheeseboard !!

We had a lovely time here last week with friends - very good service by both members of the waiting staff and the food was delicious -

Friendly staff, great food, drinks and atmosphere. Have been here many times over the years and is our favourite place in Gunwharf to come.

Amazing service and lovely food! We were a party of 6 after Great South Run and had an amazing meal. Our server was Emma and she was fabulous- in fact the whole team was great! Thanks, was a great end to a wonderful day!!

After waiting some time we were seated by a rather grumpy member of staff, this set the tone for the rest of the service no one asked us about the meal and had to repeatedly ask for sauce and mayo . Looking around at all the staff everyone looked stressed and unhappy it was difficult to find any genuine smiles making the atmosphere feel heavy and unwelcoming despite the sunshine outside. Sorry we’ll not come back and didn’t feel they deserved the service charge which was already added to the bill with hind sight we shouldn’t have paid it!!

As others have commented size of main courses are small, I had onion soup as a starter, nice enough, portion size was ok, main course of Duck was very small but cooked nicely, poor value for money, had apple pie to finish again portion on small side. Service was prompt and professional, over the three course had enough to eat but left feeling paid too much for what I had.

While visiting Gunwharf Quays we decided to have lunch and settled on Cafe Rouge. We were fortunate enough to be able to sit outside in the sun and do a little people watching. I can recommend the French Onion soup along with the Black Angus Burger….Good attentive service without being obtrusive,

We have been to cafe rouge in portsmouth many times and have enjoyed our food.However the last two times we have gone there the standard has been poor, we went there last night and the meal was not warm the sauce had been I suspect frozen and the potatoes were reheated certainly not prepared on the day.We will not be going again!!

Good service, very disappointing meal.Lovely waiting staff, a young lady who couldn’t have been more friendly. We ordered from the set menu and choose to pay the supplement for a sirloin steak each. Both ordered the meat medium rare, we were very disappointed with the result. Both steaks were well done. I wished to send them back but my husband felt uncomfortable doing this so instead we ate the ruined meat. I just don’t understand why a restaurant offers steak as a choice and goes to the trouble of asking how you wish for it to be cooked and then does not follow your wishes. Starters and desserts were good. The bill was as incorrect, on checking we spotted that it was £20 more expensive than it should have been, the set meals were not calculated, this was corrected once we queried it and the problem resolved. Unfortunately as a result of my experience, I will not be returning when I’m next visiting the city. I would like to give the owner of this restaurant some advice for the future, more attention to detail when dealing with your clients, we all count.

My son and I had the beef sub with chips, they were nice, well cooked and well presented but at £12.95 each both my son and myself felt they were way overpriced Interesting fact....hot drinks coffee, hot chocolate ect were not on the menu but they are served here

Came here for the afternoon with some friends, was served by Ainhoa who was very upbeat and friendly. Amazing food and drinks would definitely recommend!

Why have we not stopped here before? Such a warm welcome and the food tasty and well presented. From the front of house service to the friendly waiting staff lunch was a joy. Sitting in the sun watching the world go by and not feeling as though we were rushed it was just perfect.

I had a wonderful meal and I very much enjoyed the steak and my daughter also loved her meal. The food arrived rather quickly and the service was great. We had a wonderful young women called Ainhoa who was serving us. She was very smiley and had excellent manners. I will definitely come again!!!

One of our favourite places to eat,delicious food friendly staff & perfect location also free bottle of Prosecco for my birthday

We chose to sit outside under the trees as it was a lovely warm evening. If you do this watch out for the overhead pigeons! We did move again before eating to avoid the bits dropping down. We were perfectly satisfied with the food and service and were glad that we chose to eat here.

We were given a gift voucher for a 3 course meal with a drink included. The menu choice was not a full menu, but perfectly adequate with lots of options to choose from. The food quality was very good. The staff were friendly and our server Ilijana was lovely. Would recommend to all.

We had a lovely meal and was served by Sara who was amazing. So friendly and helpful :) lovely evening! Thanks!

We had never been to a Cafe Rouge and we will be back. Our starters and mains were superb,tasty hot and full of flavour! The service form the team there was also spot on and I did take time to tell them that!Well done to them all!

Only reason I’m not giving 1 is my daughter enjoyed her pancake at the time.Both me and my partner chose the bigger breakfast the black pudding was one single bit and was rockhard and looked like it had been in the fried far too long ,the beans were cold the food definitely not worth the money we paid for.We were never checked back to see if all food was okay staff just walked past and ignored us when we tried to get their attention.My daughter enjoyed her pancakes at the time but later on she suffered with them saying she felt sick and then later on in the evening me and my partner didn’t fill the best it’s very coincidental that the three people that went there didn’t feel very well and my son who didn’t go was totally fine.We just ended up paying the bill and going we are people that always tip as most of the waitresses/ waiters are on minimum wage but they totally ignores us you would probably get better service in a greasy spoon

Great food and good selection of wines. Service was great, our waitress was absolutely brilliant all night. Highly recommended.

Really good food and value for money. Giulia our waitress was really helpful and friendly. Can Sauv wine for £24 (ish) was very drinkable

First class food and service. Absolutely brilliant in these challenging times, the food was an incredibly high standard and came quickly. Service was brilliant, friendly, attentive and we felt our custom was valued and appreciated. I travel a lot for work so eat out alot and rarely would I have given five stars. Well done to the team at Cafe Rouge Gunwharf!

We visited yesterday evening and the food here was great and the service couldn’t of been better! We was served by Ainhoa, she was very bubbly and smiley and made our time very enjoyable. I had the duck confit and chocolate fondant which Ainhoa had recommended to us and it was delicious! would recommend.

We have had amazing service from Emma tonight. She was very upbeat and was lots of fun. She was the ultimate professional and we couldn’t have had a better waitress. Food was good as well!! James and the uni boys

Great service, great food, drink selection was limited but the quality of the drink was top class, would definitely recommend!

Went to visit Portsmouth and decided to go for lunch here. It was half empty so easy to get table. It took ages for staff to take our order. There was approx six other tables outside and we were there at least 10mins sitting and waiting. Food tasty, i had steak and it was done as requested, but would advice more salat on side not just one piece of some green leaves. Our waitress was very young girl, she was nice and smiling. Bit panicked when we wanted to pay separately and different ways but that is ok, probably still in training. I will return to Portsmouth but will try different restaurant.

My coffee, duck and sweet were nice. The service from everyone, especially Ainhoa was lovely. Will go back to visit soon.

Me and my husband had dinner tonight and it was everything excellent. We been served by Sara and was everything lovely. Very good service and food.

We love Cafe Rouge! We were delighted to find this one is still open as we have lost our two nearest branches to home which we used to visit regularly. Wonderful menu, reasonable prices, excellent quality and lovely ambience. What's not to love? We had very good service and a charming waitress. Wish we lived nearer.

Breakfast is very nice quality and reasonably priced. Serving Staff are very pleasant too. Seating is either inside or outside, we did both on two consecutive days and both were really nice.

Walked in and was immediately told “WE’RE NOT ACCEPTING WALK IN’S” Didn’t bother to tell us that online you could book a table for 10 minutes later. Awful way to greet a guest, I spent my money elsewhere.

Great food. Served by Ilyanai who provided such attentive friendly service. Thanks very much. Lovely setting too.

Visited Sunday 8th August for my partners birthday. Ordered from the breakfast menu. Our drinks arrived promptly, tea and juice. Unfortunately no teaspoon, milk or sugar which we asked the waitress to provide. After waiting for 10 minutes it had still not arrived and tea was starting to go cold so we asked another waitress who, full of apologies fetched it to us very quickly. Twice we were apologised to for the length of time our food order was taking, 35 minutes after ordering it eventually arrived. A couple who arrived almost 20 minutes after us received their food before us! Our full English looked lovely and was apparantly delicious. I ordered pancakes with bacon and maple syrup and, as I don’t like bananas asked for them to be left off and maybe substituted with an extra rasher please, was told no problem ‘will see what I can do’ Unfortunately nothing, it arrived with 3 pancakes, 2 rashers and a small dish of maple syrup. If there are 3 pancakes I would realistically expect 3 rashers too. It was very tasty but disappointing. All in all quite a disappointment. There were a lot of staff in and although it was quite busy it was nowhere near full capacity. No one asked how our meal was until we had finished either, so no opportunity to mention any problems. Won’t be returning I’m afraid

Had the best night! Ate loads , talked loads and the food- as always - was delicious!!!! Wine recommendation from Giulia was spot on and our evening was just perfect! Thank you!

this is the first time I have been to this cafe, I came today with my friend. The member of staff called Ainhoa was so friendly and kind and gentle, it made the whole experience wonderful.she deserves a bonus she was so helpful and kind.

There were two of us who stopped on an incredibly windy late morning and asked the server if it was possible to stop and just get tea and cake outside. She said of course and waved to an empty outside area and said “take your pick” referring amusingly to the fact that there were about 20 tables all empty due to the inclement weather. We chose a table sheltered at the back. Once we had settled and put our bags under the table we were then advised that they did not infact serve any cake and “the manager says you can’t sit at that table it’s for 6 not 2 you’ll have to move” I actually took photos I was so gobsmaked! It will only let me upload one but I took a panaramic set of 4 and every table was empty! Did I miss the heaving queue of families of 6 waiting to eat? I did not - and I’m not surprised if this is how you treat customers.

I frequently leave reviews of restaurants and I believe I am generally easy to please. I expect good cleanliness, polite and friendly service and tasty food and unfortunately on this occasion I only really believe Cafe Rouge hit one of those for me. We have all longed for normality for some time now and it was really nice to see the restaurant was busy with a lot of customers and as I was visiting in a group for a birthday celebration, it was good to be dining out again. I firstly would like to say that the menu seemed a little small. Perhaps this is down to Covid as a lot of places are running with a limited menu at the moment but when the waitress came to take our order she informed us that a further 3 menu items were unavailable and that the set menu could not be honoured but the menu items could be. One guest in our group is Vegan and the only starter option for her was olives! This was quite disappointing as veganism is becoming even more common so to only have one starter available was limiting to say the least. We enquired whether they would be able to have the garlic mushrooms cooked vegan as we suspected that they may be cooked in butter however we were told they came prepared so this wouldn't be an option. The starters all arrived quite soon after ordering so it was quite clear that they were all prepared beforehand and perhaps not too much cooking was involved. I reluctantly ordered the garlic baguette as there wasn't much else that took my fancy, although I didn't feel that this was really worth £3.95 . For me it was from this point that the service started to really go down hill. The main meals didn't take too long to arrive however our cutlery hadn't been replenished in between courses so those who ordered steaks didn't have a steak knife to eat it with ,and a few of us were missing forks too! We managed to grab the attention of another waiter and asked him for some cutlery and he replied with "sorry about that, you'll have to bare with me, I've been here since 9am" Comments like that are a huge red flag for me as a customer's experience shouldn't be effected by the length of a staff member's shift. Two of the guests on our table had ordered the vegan burger and we were a little surprised to see that it only arrived with a side salad, where as the beef alternative arrived with fries also. This time another waitress came over to our table when we enquired about this, and she explained that the fries were not vegan. We stated that we would like the fries anyway and in response to this she snatched the two salads away and walked off to swap them for fries! We were all a little taken a back by this blunt reaction as both guests were hoping to have the salad also, especially as this could not be served to another customer in the restaurant and instead would end up in the bin. The whole thing felt like it was a massive inconvenience for her. I will upload a photo of my main as I had the Poulet Brouton which was okay but wasn't massively enjoyable as the vegetables felt a little over cooked. In between the mains and the desserts we realised again the cutlery hadn't been replenished so again needed to ask for spoons to be able to eat those! This may feel like a really picky comment but the blue Whetherspoons plates didn't make the food look very attractive either!Over all the service just came across sloppy and just didn't seem attentive especially as our bill came to over £200! There are plenty of lovely places to eat in Gunwharf and I don't think this would be at the top of my list of recommendations.

The restaurant was clean and spacious with social distancing measures in place.IWe were welcomed by a pleasant gentleman who found us a table even though we did not book in advance. We were given the choice of outside of indoors.The waitress Emma was very pleasant and made us welcome. The lady bringing our food to the table was obviously instructing a new member of staff. We had a lovely cooked simple meal which was delicious.

Amazing we managed to get a table outside! Perfect day and weather for outside dining! Gorgeous location. Staff friendly. This massive hand sanitizer dispenser outside the restaurant! The steak was very tasty and perfect because we were so hungry! We even came back a couple days later for coffee as still lovely outside seating available. Good coffee and beautiful creme brûlée!!! Perfect place for a relaxing cup of coffee and dessert! Also noticed how the staff kept a polite distance from customers even if restrictions have been lifted. Very considerate thank you.

We had evening meal here and loved it. On arriving felt very welcomed and shown to our table.We shared a starter and then two mains with a nice bottle of house red.Service was very good and food was too,Recommend this restaurant and would visit again

Good food nice atmosphere. Staff are friendly and helpful. It was boiling hot but we were sat in a nice shady spot outside. Nice surroundings

An excellent visit, the revised shortened menu is clearer, less cluttered and actually more inclusive to all dietary requirements. My partner and I had a delicious vegetarian meal and my parents enjoyed a fish dish which they thoroughly enjoyed. Staff were welcoming and very helpful, excellent service throughout. I believe the waiter said he was Latvian, and a very nice chap he was indeed.

Day trip from the isle of wight.decided to use some of my Tesco Clubcard points. Downloaded £70 as it's quite expensive there and we.d already looked at the menu online. I had king prawns in garlic butter.lobster and creme brulee.all excellent though the lobster was small for £30. My husband had the garlic bread.fillet steak and the "sharer" dessert.again all delicious but the pudding was tiny for £9. The service was 1st class from Amy.friendly.efficient and accomodating. Pre booked though it didn't really look like we needed to. Well done to all of you.we.'ll definitely be back!!

Had a lovely family meal here in the evening sunshine outside under the trees. Lovely setting, friendly and quick service, delicious food! Most of us had the current two courses for £15 menu choices which offered a good selection and value for money. The French onion soup had run out (it was 8pm though) but the minestrone was delicious with bits of cheese in it. Macaroni was delicious as were mussels and fish cake. Highly recommended!

Had lunch here whilst shopping nearby,. Lunch cost about £14 each with a drink, we both had a small steak and sweet potatoes fries. It was nice, nothing special, service was polite, fast and efficient but the food could have been presented a bit better with a small side-salad vs the bit of watercress we actually got. Overall this chain is getting old now, but perhaps needs to up its game now.

Spent a warm and sunny afternoon at an outside table of Cafe Rouge, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth.The food was well cooked, the steak was medium rare, just as requested.The service team was excellent, quiet polite and so very efficient. Well done to Sara and her manager, and so many other staff whose names I didn't catch.

Meet with friends to have early evening meal, pre booked, inside table. Plenty of spacing between tables. Service very slick and food as always up to the mark. Only down side was they had run out of french onion soup. Steak, tuna salad with calamari starters great value and piping hot. One of our go to venues when eating inGWQ.

Excellent food and service from Sara great value Mini stone soup and the Cesar salad was absolutely Brilliant

Amazing service by Dimitrijs, he made us feel really welcome! Food was amazing as always, we love to come here!

We were told at the door that we could not have a table unless we spent a minimum of £25 per head.The experience was unwelcoming and the silly minimum order value don't put them in a great position.They were virtually empty at the time even taking into account reduced capacity due to covid restrictions, however placing nonsensical and excessive restrictions resulted us no longer considering a place to go to.POOR & Unwelcoming sums it up. It was a disgraceful experience

Not really good, the food was bad, the bacon came with a strange look and was thrown all over the plate, the scrambled eggs had no flavor at all, the toast was black it looked like it was eating charcoal…

Cafe rouge at Gunwarf quay exceeded expectations. Danny was amazing and worked hard to make our little nursing reunion after 34 years the best night.The pod was fantastic. We could reminisce in private. Whilest our lovely waitress Giulia cared for our every need, despite the torrential rain she had to endure to serve us.The food was excellent, gluten free options galore. And very good value.Loving the venue. Water, pine trees, over looking beautiful boats.Thankyou Danny and Giulia!Simply marvellous!

Fantastic to sit outside in the shade with drinks and nibbles on a hot day. The place clean. All covid safe. And the staff were absolutely lovely. I hope the management praise the fantastic staff working on such a hot day. And I don't know how they season the fries - delicious!

Really attentive service, tasty food, surprisingly great cocktails and perfectly chilled wine! We were honestly blown away by the evening. We were sat quickly and on a lovey table outside, just enough sun left to be warm, but nicely protected by the beautiful trees. We had a couple of Pink Gin Cosmos (highly recommend!) to start, I had a wonderful mozzarella and artichoke starter, tuna Nicoise, followed by Creme Brûlée! We were served by quite a few different team members, but every one was brilliant. We had three courses, cocktails and a bottle of wine for about £50 each - I thought that was pretty damn good value! We’ve decided to make it our go-to Gunwharf haunt after such an exceptional evening! Really impressed.

Had dinner here with friends, the restaurant was not busy and while the service was good, there was a large number of items missing from the menu. Many items off and wine list poor, mostly unavailable or not offted by glass.

Came here a few weeks back with my wife and had a great time. The drinks and food were great with the service to match. Thanks to all who work there especially to Aimee and Adam who's service was brilliant.

Good vegetarian selection and few vegan options too. Nice friendly environment, great service , great staff , and all very friendly , very well recommended to everyone! Thank you Aimee and Adam

Brilliant service from start to finish. Excellent welcome, asked if we wanted drinks whilst we were choosing. Really friendly and warm. Nice food too. Keep up that good work.

Four of us ate here for lunch on bank holiday Monday. There were about 6 to 8 tables occupied outside, we were the first seated inside so definitely not busy.We didn’t have starters, just mains and drinks.One goujon and chips, two omelettes and an aubergine gratin ordered.Three meals were brought out together but the aubergine didn’t arrive for another 10 minutes!!When it did arrive the quantity looked more like it should be on the light bite section of the menu instead of the mains. The waitress kept apologising it was late, saying the chef was busy!!The other meals were fine, which doesn’t say much about the chefs expertise as they are not complex to cook but the aubergine as well as late and small was not very good quality. Only apologies were offered, no discount on the bill and when I filled in cafe rouges feedback form I received a mail in return apologising and offering me a voucher for any future visit, except the voucher was not in or attached to the mail in any way......I have been to various cafe rouges, including this one and had good meals previously but the service and quality of one dish this time was awful.

It’s ok.. we went for a birthday and their was 5 of us, it was ok nothing to brag about. The menu change is disappointing, not cambert, got rid of iced tea and pink lemonade. We spent £260 all together and have all said we wouldn’t go back, we all but one had the steak and before you used to get a decent portion but these steaks were tiny and thin, none of them cooked how we like. Shame because this really was one of our favourite places to go but don’t think we’ll bother anymore..

Came for a late dinner after never coming before, food was amazing and had a lovely waiter named dmitrijs who made the experiance 10 x better, would definetly recommend

We were served by the lovely Dmitris who made us feel so excited to finally go out for our meal. He recommended the nicest chicken dish and it did not disappoint! An asset to the team! Thank you

We went on two occasions recently, once outside and once in. We received excellent service on both occasions from both the duty manager and the waitresses. The food was good.

Oh my, Cafe Rouge have done it again! What an amazing experience. As always delicious food with great service but the pod gives s meal that extra special je ne sais quois.

Lovely food in a pod with friends, with excellent service from Giulia, will definitely return for another fun evening soon

Our first meal out after Lockdown and we felt very safe. We were well looked after by Sara and the rest of the team. Always reliable and good value.

Served by Sara, It was really lovely, unfortunately ran out of a few things but she were lovely about it. Looked after us well. Will come again :) thank you so much for the service

My partner and I often went to Café Rouge in Gunwharf for a meal, it was one of our favourite places. Now that things are opening back up, it was the first place we thought to go and we were particularly happy with the option of booking their pods. We had a lovely evening- the pods are really cool, the food was lovely (as always) - we had the steak and the bourguignon burger- both delicious. The service from Dimitrijs was excellent- he really made our night feel safe and special and the whole thing was great value for money. I would thoroughly recommend it.

The manager was lovely and friendly, our waiter Danny was wonderful and very accommodating and made me thoroughly enjoy my birthday, highly recommend the food and will be coming back.

First time out for dinner and it didn't disappoint. 4 adults & 2 kids & absolutely no complaints about any of the food. Service was great from Sara. Will be back

Trip down to Portsmouth to see family. Cafe Rouge didn't disappoint. Food and service from Sara was great. No complaints

Had a lovely meal at cafe rouge with my family. Food was great as well as the service from Sara. Will definitely be back

I regularly use Cafe Rouge and thoroughly enjoy their minute steak and frites. Yesterday on a visit to Gunwharf Quays I was looking forward to my favourite dish. What a mistake that was......Someone in head office has decided to replace the minute steak with a bavette steak. In France they may treat that as a steak but in England this is known as beef flank. It is not a steak!! It should be cooked long and slow and is fabulous for flavour in the same way as skirt or shin of beef. But I say again it is not a steak..... !! In order to keep the price down this clever person in head office has decided to ask the restaurant staff to serve a cut of meat that is not suited to grilling. Apparently there have been many complaints but no movement to return to a minute steak. So the choice in Cafe Rouge now is a bit of braising beef or the much higher priced fillet steak. And any complaints come with the suggestion from head office that the customer may need to be instructed on how to cut this bavette. Now that I call really insulting!!The staff at Gunwharf Quays were fantastic and obviously very tired of getting repeated complaints about a cut of beef they cannot change. Cafe Rouge was my go to restaurant but if head office don't rethink the bavette fiasco it won't be in the future. Sad but true.....So come on Cafe Rouge, listen to the customers and your staff and give us a sensible choice with a real steak.

After 2 lovely recent trips with my daughter I finally persuaded my cynical girlfriend to girl CR another try! Service by the waitress and waiters was again superb! Lovely smiles and friendly... helpful and patient! Let down this time by the food! Calamari was dry and steaks overdone but they did take them off the Bill which was appreciated! Maitre D needs to smile and practice his charm skills! This is a brand that desperately needs to try harder! It’s an old classic but has to re establish itself as a dependable classic!!

BRILLIANT service dimitrijs was fantastic! Good food. Would recommend this place to anyone visiting Portsmouth.

Its very hard to review under these difficult conditions but a year ago I was given a gift voucher for afternoon tea. The original venue had stopped doing the offer but we were able to switch to Cafe Rouge. Because of the present situation it was only possible to eat outside and the weather has been windy and rainy. The restaurant had arranged the seating so a row of tables were against a kind of wind break and it worked. We were served by a lovely lady called Sara and the Classic Afternoon Tea was perfect. It was nicely presented on a three tier plate rack and contained a nice selection of savory and sweet selections with a nice big pot of tea. Considering many restaurants seem to have just given up with outdoor only seating I think Cafe Rouge were doing an excellent job in providing a service. We should all remember these places when things are back to normal.

Quick and efficient service. Didnt need to book. Accommodating and very nice place. Food was good.. we could only sit outside but was fine. Obviously food can't stay the hottest. Dmitrijs served us very attentive and friendly.

We visited yesterday for lunch and it was very underwhelming, we have been here lots of times before covid and had lovely meals but yesterday it was rushed and the food was poor. My burger was fine but seemed like it had been cooked a while ago and just been sat on the side. My husband had a chicken ceasar salad and again he said it tasted like it had been sat there for a while, not sure if it was because it was a lovely day and incredibly busy but not up to normal standards for the price as well!

I was looking forward to our first meal out after "lock down" but what a disappointment. Food was partly overcooked and partly under cooked. The staff were pushy and anxious to run a up a drinks bill or get us out quickly, and the "manager" would be better employed as doorman on a shady night club rather than running "an experience of french cuisine in Portsmouth". Certainly not my experience of real French restaurant. .

First meal (early lunch) out after lockdown and couldn’t have made a better choice. Staff gave us a table even though we were early. The food was great and we were served by Larisa who was brilliant.

Pre booked for brunch, made really welcome on arrival, order taken and food arrived quickly. Both tasty options, eggs your way and cafe rouge breakfast. Both great value too. Service by Larisa spot on. We will be back to book the pod for an evening visit.

Booked via the app all good . Staff and manager were outstanding working so hard and coping under new restrictions. All food and drink came in good time . Everything tasted great and covid procedures were safe and excellent. Thank you for my first meal out since December and we will be back !

Congratulations on re-opening under difficult circumstances. The staff are back after the enforced break and are getting used to this and working with enthusiasm. The outside experience is temporary and whilst it could be improved it would be a big investment and who can afford to take this gamble. It is like camping in the UK in the summer and we could all end up very wet but isn't that part of the experience?

The food was absolutely delicious and we had an amazing waiter Danny who just made the experience all the better

Well after a long wait, we we're very excited to be eating out again. Cafe rouge nailed it again excellent food quality, friendly great service it was a throughly fabulous experience as always

My area was about to go into tier 3, therefore I decided to go for a meal, because my birthday is happening during the restrictions. I was greeted warmly and sat where requested, then had a lovely waitress (Lansa) I think her name was. I ordered, but what I wanted was no longer available, so I needed some time and then chose just to have a starter, as I didn't fancy anything else and Lansa was as attentive, as if I had ordered a large dinner and I appreciated her manner. I dine alone a lot and often it is not a nice experience, but this time it was lovely, thank you Lansa :)

The service was great, Larissa was very attentive and friendly, we will definitely come back. We hope it won’t be long until our next visit.

Friendly staff, happy to help, very nice food enjoyed by both of us thank you for your service 😊 pleasent setting

Lovely breakfast and great service from Sara! Thank you. Would recommend. Lovely view of the harbour

Fantastic food and service. Mikel served us and did an exceptional job! Keep it up and we will certainly be coming back when in the area

Great service and a wonderful Snowman afternoon tea. Even better than last years. Thank you to our waiter Mikel