Harvester Port Solent in Portsmouth

Food was average but the staff were lovely. Good service, reasonable value for money, port Silent is a very nice venue and locale;

Great food and great service in a nice location. Would definitely recommend the turkey dinner for value

We had breakfast this morning 2 classic breakfasts and it was lovely. Location is stunning by the marina and the atmosphere was great in the restaurant. The service with a smile from Vivi was wonderful and we will definitely be back.

Food main was unremarkable: somewhat tough burger and a high sugar but low flavour dessert. Buffet salad was decent. Very long delay (~1hr) for food. Server walked off before checking we had everything. It's ok, and reasonably priced, but nothing special.

Lovely food, the karaoke was very entertaining and created a great Christmas atmosphere. Our server Mia was very friendly and made the evening even better than it already was

Had the chicken and jacket potato. The chicken was minute rock hard and dry and the potato was minute. Salad was nice though. Wouldn't go again.

We enjoyed our trip here. Harvester is always the same meal which is easy for a quick dinner. Chicken skewers seem to have gone very overpriced now. But the whole menu is pretty expensive. However, this is offset by the included salad options.

Came for lunch and we were greeted very quickly by lovely Niamh who was very polite and friendly. Food came out nice and fast

Came for food after seeing a movie with our children. We frequent Harvesters a lot around the country and normally we receive the same quality service and food but something was lacking here. The salad was average though nothing serious to complain about but then nothing exciting either. My only suggestion would be for staff to ensure it is replenished when things run out. The mains were OK, the steaks overcooked for medium and rare, the chips were colder than expected, and items missing and had to be asked for. And, the staff did not seem happy to be there...at all. Despite our table backing onto an area where staff seemed to congregate to review things, we ended up having to go to the bar to make payment as no one came to us for 30 minutes after we'd finished. The atmosphere just wasn't there despite Christmas decorations being up and music playing. Just not the normal Harvester standards we are used to, but we left fed and watered.

Excellent friendly customer service both by management and waiting staff. Food was good and wasn’t a long wait. Lovely atmosphere and clean and tidy.

Vivi in Port Solent is really great i visit every week with my daughter and she really looks after my daughter. 5 stars thanks

A message from all 14 who attended: Thanks to the team of ladies that looked after us last night. Your attention to detail and patience whilst resolving some menu choices was commendable. You all showed good humour under pressure and got our meals out in great time! All of us said we’d definitely come back again which is a credit to you as well as your kitchen staff team. Many thanks and HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you!

Havaster used to be good for a cheap meal even if it wasn't the best food, but now it's not even cheap, so I can no longer see why I'd go to one. Food wasn't the best. Burger was missing a sauce (bit dry), chips a bit pale, and soft. The service was good.

Don't get seated by the door in winter!

Great service, enjoyed the food!

Loved every minute of our visit here at Port solent Harvester. Staff were very friendly and helpful, couldn't do enough to make our experience as pleasant as possible. Lovely location next to the marina. Will definitely be back to visit soon.

Ruby isTHe best soo happy with her persinal attentannece xxxc

Excellent restaurant with very nice staff. Food is really good and appears in a timely fashion. Location is great! Go fairly regularly as it’s great value for money and always a nice visit.

Service was good. I think I picked the worst thing on the menu though, and couldn't eat much of it 😢 everyone else was happy though - and dessert was good!

Mia was excellent polite friendly and so helpful .Throughly enjoyed our breakfast.

Staff were very friendly and accommodating. My food was cold when it came but the waiter took it back to the kitchen and heated it up with no fuss whatsoever. Even though this happened I’d still recommend

Thanks ViV for great service as always x such a beautiful view and really nice with the Xmas Decorations up.

Food was OK but small amounts nowadays

Lovely Festive dinner, would definitely have again.

The staff are always lovely there

Just back from a family dinner here to celebrate a very significant birthday. Our group of 17 were served with kindness, understanding and patience in a very professional manner by Niamh. The service we had added greatly to the overall experience, and has certainly given us good reason & confidence about revisiting again for future family celebrations. Thank you very much.

Usually love food here but unfortunately lunch yesterday was dreadful. The chicken and ribs were overcooked dry and almost inedible. Chips were not fresh and as for the rolls almost hard to cut into. Really missed the usual sweet corn. Didn't complain because the staff are all lovely. Don't want to sound a misery but it really was awful. Hope this was just a bad day as usually have a lovely meal.

We were four friends, out for a 'cheap and cheerful' bite and a catch-up. The food was generally good of its type, and pretty good value for money. I was very struck by how hard the waitresses work. There seemed to be just 2 on duty (downstairs at least) for quite a busy restaurant. Our waitress was lovely, but seemed tired, cold (a snowy day, and it was chilly in the area where we sat) and to be honest, run off her feet. I don't know if they were a person or two down, and appreciate that businesses can't always control absences, etc. but would say please staff-up look after your people. She looked like she need some help and a hug <3

A fantastic birthday meal fantastic restaurant and staff

Good food, quick polite service from Mia. Lovely place to stop off for lunch.

We visited this restaurant early evening and was welcomed by front of house and server were both excellent. However when I went to the salad bar it wasn’t stocked so I asked the front of house man to get this remedied. A young man started to replenish the salads and I said I know he was busy but asked him if he could top up the pineapple, he ignored me. I then addressed the front of house man and said that i wasn’t happy with this to which he replied as he’s kitchen staff it’s different. A couple dining nearby commented that they had seen me being ignored. When the young returned with the pineapple and other salads I said could he top up the blue cheese dressing, he totally ignored me and carried on back to the kitchen. The front of house man commented that he had witnessed this but nothing was said. When he returned I said I don’t know if you heard me but could you top up the salad dressing and he replied I heard you and that was it. The couple dining commented that this was disgusting behaviour, as it was. I appreciate he is kitchen staff but manners and recognition that he has heard what I said is another matter. I have never experienced such appalling ignorance and rudeness in a restaurant environment. I have to say the rest of the staff were lovely but I wouldn’t return due to this experience

vivi was absolutely lovely; so welcoming and accommodating.

Good food at a reasonable price. Service was very good.

Great food cooked by Vonda and fab service over 3 visits from Vivi. Lovely view over the Marina. Loved the bottomless salad.

Vivi served us several times she's one of the main reasons we keep coming back absolutely lovely friendly lady thanks for the great service

It was Sunday so was noisy and busy. Tables were not being cleared. The price of the meals had been increased, portion size decreased. Refill pepsi --- First one brought to the table was okay, from the Refill machine was tasteless.

Extremely slow service. No one seemed to want to serve us. When we ordered, we were told a few items were not on the menu. It would have been good to know this before choosing what we wanted. Chicken and chips turned up with no veg because they had ran out. Again, if known would have not ordered this off the menu, no alternative was provided. Chicken was dry and had evidently been sat on the side waiting for someone to take it to our table. Salad cart near empty. Overpriced for the quality.

I took my wife and friend and granddaughter on Saturday we were shown to our table after waiting 15 mins, Then once we ordered we waited over an hour for our food, My food was the rack of ribs but to be honest looked like it had been cooked for 4 days it was well overcooked meat was very tough. My granddaughter who is 10 ordered fishfinger chips and beans and a brownie with chocolate sauce the main came out so hot she couldn't touch it for 15 mins and was the same with the brownies My wife had scampy that was ok and my friend had gammon that again was ok While we waited we never had anybody come over and tell us how long the waiting time was for our meal to arrive normally somebody would tell us on arrival so we could have a choice of waiting of leaving. Sorry to say we won't be going back

Came for lunch this time on a busy Sunday. We had a friendly welcome from the hostess and were served quickly by Suzie. Our food was delicious and we always love the salad bar

Friendly and professional staff. Amazing view. Food was delicious especially the meat. Highly recommended

Group of 8. We were well fed and looked after by the waiting staff. Everybody enjoyed themselves and the food was very good. The self serve salad bar was very well stocked and very much enjoyed by everyone. I went for the Ribeye and was asked how i liked it, and it was delivered exactly as I'd asked. 100%

I often feel slightly let down when I come here, can't put a finger on it though!

Went recently the new menus are really nice

Decent location right on the marina. One of the best harvesters in our opinion, food was well cooked - I had the ultimate mixed grill and it was a good amount of food for not loads of money but the steak was actually cooked as I wanted which is really good as often they can be overdone in other restaurants on a mixed grill, salad station was fully stocked, and friendly staff. Parking is usually fine too

Typical harvester....friendly and helpful staff, but too busy to be that friendly. Fast service.

Really great relaxed place to eat with excellent inexpensive food and great service from the staff. Just watch the people smile when they see their meal which is always beautifully presented. Lovely clean toilets too! Great place to eat!

This is a great place for a family meal- have been many times with our young grandchildren. It’s always a pleasure to be served by Vivi !!

Went to harvester for breakfast, had to wait to be seated- that was less than a min. Sat by the window overlooking the boats. Great drinks and food. Food was cooked to order so lovely, hot and not dried up. Not felt rushed. Was a week day so nice and quiet. Will definitely go again. Don't forget it's free parking at Port Solent.

Brilliant service from Vivi today. A member of our party has a nut allergy and the care and attention regarding this was extremely good. A lovely meal!

A busy location due to half term, however we we given a friendly welcome and a great seat near the salad bar.( Wife on crutches) The drinks were served in good time and the main meal order was taken. The salad bar was well stocked and very fresh. The main courses were well presented, hot and tasty. Our waitress was friendly and accommodating. Plenty of free parking was available in Port Solent.

Vivi was our waitress and she was amazing! I have celiac disease and she was very helpful going through the menu with me 😊

Great service from our amazing server Neihve

Lovely service and very good food!! The meal was very tasty and it came very quick, salad bar is my favourite 😊😊🙌🙌🙌🙌

Good food, fast service and great atmosphere. The view of the marina made our visit all the better and our waitress Vivi was so friendly. We will be back

Our server Kay was absolutely fantastic. So attentive to all our needs, extremely kind and helpful all night. Thank you so much for service. You are amazing!!

Had a lovely lunch out with family served by Vivi who was very helpful and kind and really made our experience enjoyable, thank you🌺

We visit this restaurant all the time, for breakfast, lunch and dinner and sometimes just for a drink. The team are always brilliant and seems to always have a laugh and lots of fun and the food is always tasty. Service can sometimes be slower if they're really busy but we can be patient and there is always the salad cart to eat from in the meantime. We always look forward to visiting and will be back again soon!

Have not been to a Harvester in a while, the salad bar offerings have changed a bit, paired down from what I remember and some sauces not available, but still good, let’s be honest, this what you come to harvester for! However, have to say the service was brilliant, helpful, quick, ViVi was brilliant, definitely one of the best things about the visit, thank you.

Our waitress Vivi was attentive, friendly and helpful. A lovely experience

Came here for a family meal and the service and food was excellent! Perfect place to Dine With the family! Will definitely be coming back very soon!

We visited here on Sunday and the service was superb! The food was amazing and my daughter loved her build your own sundae! We will visit here again soon

Really good food. Great atmosphere. Niamh a great host and made our visit.

Really gone downhill. Awful service and food was revolting

I took my two daughters here yesterday. Over all not bad but just let down by a few niggling issues, no butter or plates for the rolls, run out of Red Devil dressing, empty sauce bottles on the table and empty compartments in the salad bar. Also the double dirty burger was very dry and over cooked. Disappointing for a £20 burger ! Just need to up your game on the little issues to make a better experience and justify the price increases.

Great service, excellent views, and free parking

Food lovely, waitress very good, efficient and fast. I know it's a pub atmosphere but went from quiet and relaxing to noisy and over run with kids in the space of half an hour. I was surprised on a weekday late morning.

Waited 40 minutes for starters and then a further 40 minutes for our main courses, dirty burger came without cheese sauce so mentioned it to a waitress who went and got a pot of cold cheese sauce! Had to then re ask for sauce again to be told it doesn't come with cheese sauce even though menu states otherwise, burger was cold before I even got my sauce, but ate anyway as already had waited a long time for food. we got both rounds of drinks at the bar as wasn't asked for drinks at the table, staff seemed stressed, at times. But also all stood around behind the bar chatting. Won't be returning in a hurry.

Great breakfast lovely restaurant

Vivi looked after us and our dog so well. Thank you for a lovely, restful stop on our journey. Food was fab too

Always a good meal and friendly staff

Amazing spot with a great view over the harbour. Salad bar kept full and very thorough when one in our group mentioned she had an allergy.

Unfortunately, the meals our party had was disappointing. The burgers were overcooked as was the chicken, which was very dry. The broccoli with the children's meal was cold and not cooked at all. Could not recommend this Harvester. Previous visits have been good, but not this time.

Brilliant service from Niamh thank you very much for a great evening

was told I had to refund red devil sauce through just eat as restaurant have none there.

Had the upstairs all to ourselves party of 18.father in laws birthday. Had a buffet salad and dessert £13 per head. Was great to have for a family do. Had to go down to bar even the bar upstairs was there. At end tryed to make us pay more then what we were told.

Popped in having booked earlier for a Friday night - love the fact that we can bring our dog here! Nice food and reasonable priced wine. Love the roast half chicken- nice friendly staff!

Dreadful over cooked mixed grill never going back

Yes had a lovely breakfast with my friend every 2weeks very nice place to go for a chill out day 👏

When i come into eat dinner ruby was very kind and helpful many thanks to your kind staff member for caring

We had a 40% off voucher so made the most of it. No complaints. Typical Harvester. I love the salad bar.

Although the table has a QR code for you to order online, we were made a bit uneasy when the waitress said we should have ordered with them directly. It's probably something to do with the tiping system, but we had no way to know that. The food was good, but the meat was a bit burnt and not much seasoning. The toilet was flooding. I would go back to give another try as the environment was lovely.

Different item sent to the one I ordered

Very good good and service.Port Solent is a lovely area to go to.

Avoid at all costs, staff were too interested in their own conversation to take any notice of you. All we wanted was a couple of cappuccinos, awful place.

COLD FOOD , HORRENDOUS SERVICE, no check backs done starter plates and old glasses wer left on the table when mains wer finally brought out had to send 4 dishs back due to being stone cold and 3 back for being wrong. After all the cock ups was then ignored by servers.complete shambles

Excellent customer service from ruby

After a 5 hour drive from the Midlands we went here for dinner and really regretted it after the first mouthful..... tasteless, poor quality overcooked dry food. The service was non existence, my wife pretty much served our table for the eveneing by removing dirty plates/dishes, getting clean cultery, condiments, serviettes. We will never return as the experience was very disappointing and very overpriced for the quality of the food we received. Could of kicked myself after as there are some really nice looking establishments only a few footsteps away and the marina is a beautiful setting in the evening for a meal.

We had breakfast on Friday 19th September before going away for our friends 70th birthday. We couldn’t have chosen better we were served by Michelle who was the best waitress we have had. She gave us all a great welcome was very attentive and even made our friends day by putting a candle in her breakfast and sang Happy Birthday. She is a credit to your restaurant. Thank you 🙏

Last few times we have been here the food has been well below par..dry overcooked food.2x family members have had bad stomachs from there..not going ever again

Decent pub grub, the staff seem to be overworked once it gets busy, however the free salad is well worth it!

Seven of us attended the restaurant to take advantage of a special offer. Sadly it was restricted to a maximum of six a table. We offered to split the group into two groups of 3 and 4 people but this was declined. We then offered six on one table for the offer, with one person sitting on their own, sadly this was declined. Eventually six of sat down to eat and one person had nothing but a glass of water. I guess rules are rules but really,would it have broken anyone's heart to split the party into two as we did have two vouchers?

I have not been in a Harvester, for a very long time. We were here for a family birthday celebration. I was plesantly surprised about how good an experience it was. Much improved on what I remember. Our waitress was exceptional, and nothing was too much trouble. I had the ribeye, and this very nice indeed. What made it even better was the 40% off mains offer. We'll be back....

First time I'd been inside the Harvester and it was fine. Salad bar was good food was reasonable (my main course wasn't very hot, but apart from that it was fine)

Not a big fan of these places, but was quick, tasted good, and the service was excellent. We needed food quite quickly, so it worked. Nice view over the harbour, and disabilities noted and treated sensitively.

Really nice Harvester in a good location. The food is great too.

We have just been for dinner to celebrate our daughter’s 10th birthday and the service we received from Corey was fantastic! From the minute we arrived he was so attentive and amazing with both of our children. He noticed our Daughter was wearing badges and chatted with her about her day then went above and beyond and when bringing their dessert out, organised a candle in the middle and came out singing ‘happy birthday’ with another staff member which just made her day!💜 We really hope this feedback gets passed on to Corey as he really is a credit to your team😊

A lovely meal with my Wife and Daughter to celebrate a special upcoming event. Our table staff was Ruby who was very friendly and helpful. Big thank you to her for making us feel so welcome.

First time at this harvester and pleased to discover it was better than a lot of the others in the chain. Made the most of their special offers in the Harvester App so it was good value for money and the size of the desserts was extraordinary.

I enjoyed the salads and sauces from the salad bar. I could eat two plates. After the salad I enjoyed a chicken skewer with nice big chunks of meat. The people who served us were very friendly and helpful and you do not pay too much. It's also a nice place for families with children.

All in all it was fine,about all I could say! We had the dirty burgers, burger was a bit dry and not much sauce! Service was a little slow when we arrived but she was helping at bar so was fine! We asked for a table by window hoping for views of harbour but my view was of the toilets lol buy that's life! Not sure I would rush back!