Harvester Great Salterns Portsmouth in Portsmouth

Fantastic meal with my family! Michelle went above and beyond to make our evening enjoyable she’s very attentive Thankyou The food was delicious we will definitely return

Fantastic service great value for money

Food was cold and waited ages long time until someone complained

Had a lovely girls night with good food friendly staff. Ate too much. Great value.

Good service & food, Julie is really friendly & welcoming and we had excellent customer service.

Service is INCREDIBLY slow. There is hardly anyone in here yet we've been ignored for nearly an hour.

Julie was very friendly and the service was great.

Very nice service great food Julie was very polite

We came along tonight at the request of our son for his birthday meal. He wanted the dirty bird burger. When we arrived there were 2 tables of us - 5x teenage boys on one and then me, my partner and our other son on the other table. Maria L was our server and she was brilliant with the boys. She matched their humour, was attentive when they were ordering. They all really liked her and found her to be patient even though a couple of them were incredibly shy. We've had a wonderful evening so a massive thank you to Maria L for making Josephs birthday evening memorable for him ❤️

Great choice of food, got tapas and the staff were really friendly Clean and comfortable

Really good restaurant. Excellent service and a lovely meal. My wife and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary here.

Food was lovely and our server vicky was very nice and always had a smile on her face

Cody was brilliant, great service from her and always had a smile on her face which was very lovely to see!

Will never go to another harvester! Vicky, the waitress, was lovely! Brilliant service! Lovely food. We came for breakfast and leaving full up for the day. Poached eggs were PERFECT!!

Great service. Good food. Nice and clean.

Ate here a few weeks back. Some suspect rotting salad and coleslaw. Insects on the bread. Ended up with some digestive issues over the next few days (I suspect the steak but I cannot prove the source). Pretty unhappy. Wouldn't recommend

I come here yesterday with my partner we've not been here in years and the good was absolutely horrible the meet was so over cooked it was so hard to chew my chips was like rubber ware they been cooked and sat under that heater I order a tea no tea bag was in the pot only thing I will say the salad bar was worth eating and for the price of the food should been better , I won't be comming back to this harvester again

Debbie was a very welcoming host

Great food and great service. Our second time here and we were fortunate enough to have Michele serve us again. She was absolutely amazing as usual. 10/10

Maria L was very professional and made us feel welcome and relaxed. She is a credit to your establishment

We were served by Maria (L) who probably the best, nicest waitress we have had for years. Such a lovely lady! Food was prompt and very nice

Lovely server named Debbie efficient service with a friendly smile. Food was served quickly and of decent quality for the price

Came quite late in the evening so one of few customers, knew it was an hour or so before closing so were just happy to be able to get a seat. We were looking for a server for a while but once we found one we were seated and served quickly. Food was filling and decent portions. Pricey for the refillable soft drink but we got our money’s worth. Waitress was patient as we split the bill.

maria L was a very good waitress very good attitude towards customer service she deserves a reconisation

Very quiet but lovely evening thanks to Maria L 😊very polite and friendly

Perfect from start to finish. Great service from Maria L.

Cody was super friendly and attentive. Great food great service

Fantastic service. Food was amazing. Would highly recommend to friends and family. Served by a lovely lady called Julie who really made us feel welcome.

Julie was brilliant, very jolly and willing to help!

Julie was amazing. Very kind and willing to help.

Service was top notch, Julie really helped us understand our choices available and so much food arrived than expected. Hot and fresh , fast and friendly 😁

Our server Julie was very friendly and efficient. Lovely place to celebrate my 50th birthday with my family x

We dined around 3ish. Quite busy and didn't see many staff BUT our server was brilliant and extremely friendly. If possible get a table overlooking the sea

My feedback (My wife's is further down): [03/11, 20:32] Gary: We visited as a family treat before our daughters returned to school after half-term. The food was good, but the service fell well short, which ruined our experience. Slow service, lack of courtesy, not asking us what sauces we required, not checking to see if we wanted any more drinks, no attempt made to clear our table even after a period of 15-20 mins after finishing our meal - just the basics really in terms of what any family woukd expect from any pub restaurant establishment. When I complained about the appalling service to a man who I assumed was restaurant supervisor, he immediately agreed that the service was not up to much; there was an air of resignation, a kind of defeatist attitude. I got the feeling that I was perhaps not the only customer to complain, and he was very quick to pass me an email address encouraging me to put my complaint in writing. It felt like I was doing him a favour, and when I suggested this to him he mentioned that there isn't enough budget on a Sunday night to provide enough staff. I must confess that I didn't think the restaurant was particularly busy. Even if it was, I don't buy that as justification for providing poor service to the buying public. Basic courtesy doesn't take that much effort in my eyes. We've spent our hard earned money, and any grievances he has against his employer should not get in the way of ensuring his team of staff deliver on the basics. My Wife's Feedback: Many of the other tables around us were feeling the same, one family got tired of waiting and just left some cash on the table as there was no way of finding a server and paying a bill, they could have walked out without paying and the staff would have been none the wiser. Our youngest daughter has autism and has been really affected by the evening, crying and being very upset. We like to visit Harvester restaurants as you know what to expect but today's visit certainly fell short of those expectations. I would also add that when we arrived the seats were dirty with crumbs. Take out the bit about the sauces as you are supposed to go get your own. But add that there seemed to be one bottle of mayonnaise for the entire restaurant and that even when a staff member was standing next to it she couldn't bring it to our table. When we did manage to ask a member of staff if we could order our daughter's kids menu pudding we were told she would get our server. 5 mins later we saw them both talking and then going off to do something else - we were so fed up at this point we just wanted to leave.

Michele was our server and she was absolutely lovely. Nothing was a bother and always smiling. Food was hot and tasty.

Food was ok, shame they spoilt it by putting the seasoning on the chips. Would recommend for it not to be put on.

Michele was amazing! So attentive and really friendly! ❤️

Absolutely shambolic. Poor Service,Rude Waitress...Salad Bar Empty..Food Came Out Luke Warm and Went Cold Within Minutes.

Got very cold sitting and eating, change of menu, didn't seem a lot of choice

On arrival we were pleasantly happy as we were expecting it to be packed as being half term. We sat at our seats and placed order I pacificly asked waitress to please give us time to eat starters. We waited for ages for bowls. I had 2 spoonfuls and my steak arrived. Not happy as the whole restaurant was empty. Then I realised the prices had gone through the roof. This is why it was empty. £25 for a okish steak and pepper corn sauce. Next time we will go to a proper steak house. It used to be cheap and cheerful. On way out told manager and he was not interested and carried on playing on laptop. Gone down hill and place smells of damp everywhere. Avoid. I take it all harvesters are like this now.

We stopped coming here a while ago because the food quality and wait times had gotten so bad, however we took a chance last Saturday and came for breakfast, I couldn't fault it. We have just been again and the food was fantastic, the servers were friendly and gave a great service. Shout out to Maria L who was our main server, she made sure we had a wonderful time.

Me and my son came for some dinner. And the staff were super friendly! And kind and helpful. The food was really good. My son said it was the best ribs he ever had! And they dealt with my allergy really well and I felt safe eating there. Big shout out to Julie and trey

5 star service from Cody. Food was a little bit on the cold side and they could benefit from speakers throughout the whole restaurant to improve the atmosphere.

Nice location. Nice atmosphere. Very well priced. Friendly service and always great food. One of my favourite choices. Highly recommended

Got the chicken fries for £6. Awful. Dried out under heat lamp. No flavour and only about 4 shrivelled up fragments of chicken. Mixed grill was poor. Small portion. Steak fragment was ridiculously chewy and difficult to eat. Like leather. Chicken tasted like it was already part disintegrated and reheated. Overall very poor fare for the price you pay. Avoid.

We were served by Cody & the service we received was very friendly & pleasant

Food was excellent staff very helpful

Michele gave a great service which was prompt and friendly but professional. Many thanks for enjoyable meal

Not the best Harvester I have been to mainly the torn seating was a big let down

Food was pretty good. Nice salad bar, nice meals, although steaks were a bit fatty and gristly. Service was excellent. Bar staff were the tops. Thanks for an enjoyable evening.

Lovely breakfast I'll go again thank you 🙂.

It's a really nice place to eat. I had the mixed grill and I found that the food wasn't that hot apart from the chips, although it still taste amazing. Our waitress was lovely, really polite and made us feel very welcome. Her name was Cody.

Food was OK no issues with allergies as a previous woman had gone through the pain of having to use a tablet to find out what was safe, however difficult is it to put what is gluten free on your menus, you are happy to put what is vegetarian or vegan on there, those are choices allergies are not a choice

Cody was amazing, a really helpful server and a credit to the restaurant

Good service. Great salad bar but needs to add a wrap or sandwich choice.

Excellent service, nice food. I liked it here and will definitely go back again soon.

Lovely lady serving us today her name was Michele she is a credit to your company

Good food Bit of of a wait but happy to chill Great service from Debbie

We waited for well over an hour (without being forewarned that it would be such a wait), hardly any people in the restaurant either so no idea why - when we complained the food eventually came (cold!), and was wrong, a spicy sauce and chillies all over my sons food which wasn’t meant to be there, meaning he bit into it and nearly cried but we were so hungry he tried to eat it anyway. Nobody came to check on us either so we had to hunt someone down to complain about this. When we complained they removed the cost of the wrong dishes from the bill but it meant we still paid £40 for food that was cold and we had to wait for for so long. Definitely won’t come again.

Was lovely. Staff are very nice and helpful and they were great with my 2 kids

Lush food and brilliant service thank you Michelle you were fab!

Had a delicious meal, the wing n wave and lots different small plates all cooked very well by Scott and Kieran….both Debbie and Charlotte were amazing servers too….happy all round

Our server Cody was absolutely lovely. Her service was outstanding and made a nice meal even better 😊

Julie was a lovely waitress, very nice and helpful. Food was yummy

Terrible in every way. The worst pub lunch I've ever had, and that's not an exaggeration. Sirloin steak was overcooked and sides were dreadful. Atmosphere non existent, and place is falling apart. In need of a major refurb and chefs who can actually cook. Staff member was crying, presumably becasue she knew how bad the situation was.

Food is good, service is always excellent.

Food was lovely, Michele was lovely and very prompt on service.

Food came out fast and was hot and lovely! Michelle was very friendly and even told us about some vouchers we could use if we downloaded the app.

I cannot comment on the food, nor the service, as I didn't see either of them during my visit. If I could give less than 1 stars, I would. We waited for 20 minutes for a waiter to come over and take our order, we gave up waiting so we just used the app. What a mistake that was. For over 50 minutes we waited for our food, with people who were here after us getting their food. Some food did turn up, eventually, but it was completely the wrong order and no explanation was given, the person just walked off after discovering it was the wrong order and didn't come back. I've been here a few times and never had anything to complain about, but service on this relatively quiet day was absolutely appalling. I was promised a refund, too, which guess what? Also never came. I had to use a chargeback.

First time to a Harvester in a long time. Main course was excellent and our server was fantastic. Slightly let down by a depleted salad bar but overall very good

We booked a family dinner to celebrate a birthday and a wedding anniversary. The meal was not good, however, our server ,TALISHA, was amazing! We can be picky and want to make little adjustments to our meals but it was no problem for her. She was super friendly, even after we complained about our food, efficient and just all out great. She helped make the evening easy and relaxing despite being run off her feet. Next time we go I certainly hope that she's our server again and if you visit you might be lucky enough to get her! Thanks Talisha

After a shaky start the restaurant was surprised when I asked about disabled access today. I have been to this particular harvester several times so I know that the lift for disabled customers is on the side away from main entrance. I said that the lift door was locked and had to struggle up their stairs. Someone had accidentally closed the outside door so lift couldn't be used to go up or down. I received a huge apology for the inconvenience of having to struggle up the stairs and the lift access was sorted immediately. Thank you so much. I was offered a quiet seat near the disabled bathroom and the lift back down and because I was a solo diner. Brilliant thank you. My salad was brought to me which was nicely chilled and fresh tasting. I was offered a drink as compensation for my inconvenience. My steak was cooked to perfection and the blue cheese sauce was yummy. Thank you staff for turning what at first was a very negative experience into a very positive. You couldn't have done more.

Excellent service from Michele and very good food

My wife and I came here for breakfast. It was not busy, just a few customers which nice for us. The service from Cody was very friendly and efficient and the kitchen staff quickly produced a lovely breakfast.

Michelle our waitress was fantastic couldn't be more helpful looked after the 3 of us. Food was a lot better than I expected. Definitely will be back.

Popped in for lunch. Service and food very good with good value for what is on offer.

Debbie was amazing, fully professional and helpful throughout our stay. Staff members like this are one in a million. X

Debbie was amazing. Nothing was too much trouble. Excellent service thank you

Debbie was quick and efficient in serving us. Food was good.

Our server Ryan was very polite and attentive. Food was ok.

The food was absolutely lovely the menu has changed to 100% Debbie. Our server was wonderful very friendly engaging conversation love to be served by her again.

Can't fault the new menu and service by debbie

Used to use this Harvester when we lived in Hilsea so it's been a few years since we last visited having moved away from the area, however, it was the choice of my daughter who we were dropping off at university. We were greeted warmly, having booked a table for 1930. However, once seated, we waited over 30 minutes for a member of staff to come to our table and take our drinks order, and due to the time we had waited, also our food order. Our waitress, name unknown as no name tag was worn, was rude and was trying to leave the table before we had finished ordering. Four meals were chosen, mostly overcooked. My own was a choice of 3 small plates, haloumi fries, overcooked, fried calamari, breadcrumb coating burnt, but calamari undercooked, not sure how that is possible! Other diners waited 45 mins for their food to be brought to their table, then had items missing. The restaurant wasn't particularly busy, but was dirty in appearance, tables left uncleared, decor worn, food waited under heat lamps for over 30 mins before being taken to customers. For this pleasure, we paid £75. Had it not been for a long, tiring, and emotional day, I would have had the strength to complain. However, the manager was nowhere to be seen. Overall, it was a very disappointing service from a food venue we used to enjoy visiting. Will not be returning. I'd recommend staff be reminded how to interact with customers.

Met an old friend to catch up and wanted reasonably price food and not to be rushed through our meal. The waitress Vicky was really lovely and helpful . I definitely recommend the halloumi skewers and the deserts were large size portions at a good price . Clean ,friendly and food came out hot and fresh would visit again

Lovely food like always. Me and my dad would always recommend to anyone who wants a good meal at a great place thx harvester

The food was quite poor took ages and was a bit meh, however Ryan's service was amazing, he is the most genuine funny guy. He deserves a raise!!

Good food at a good price too much too choose..

We had an amazing experience at The Harvester, thanks to our server, Michele. She was incredibly attentive, friendly, and made sure we had everything we needed for a great meal. Her warm personality really added to the atmosphere, making us feel right at home. The food was also fantastic—delicious, fresh, and beautifully presented. We especially enjoyed the wide variety of options available. Overall, Michele and the quality of the food made our visit truly memorable. We’ll definitely be coming back!

Our experience of this place was just a laugh it started out ok but just got worse, The food was not to a good standard had my steak meal was replaced and still not good we asked for for a dessert service and got ignored.

Had a lovely breakfast - Debbie served us and was great! Constant coffee top-ups ;) and food arrived quickly and was hot

The staff were very friendly particularly Vicky our server. Food delivered quickly and we didn't feel rushed to eat and leave

My wife and I went for breakfast this morning since she has been home she has been constantly puking up. She had the egg Benedict this morning and it was swimming in hollandaise sauce my breakfast come out warm worst breakfast I have had in a long time definitely won’t be coming back that’s for sure.

Never go there again..nothing good to say so won't

Its a harvester same old...the foods always good for the price...this one the salad bar seemed fresh the resturant was kept nice an clean an our waitress Maria L was very good...service with a smile made sure we had what we needed throughout the meal without bein up our arse...very good 😁

Friendly environment, good food and great service from Maria L

Staff very friendly and service was quick. Food was lovely. Just a bit noisy but that comes with a popular restaurant. Anyway enjoyed our evening.

Food was good service was quick but to many children were aloud to run about

Nice place for breakfast You need to register your car if you use carpark Entrance is up a steepest of stairs As are toilets Don’t know if there is a disabled entrance

We booked in advance but waited almost 1.5 hours for food to arrive. When it did arrive, it was tepid at best. Items were missing and you could tell by the dryness it had been kept under the heat lamps far too long. The staff were a credit to the company and did everything they could to resolve the issue for us as best they could.

Nice meal here with good service.