Platform Tavern in Southampton

Very good Southampton pub close to the Isle of Wight ferry terminal. Four cask beers on handpump when I visited. A couple of tables outside. The pub's name refers to an Napoleonic era gun platform that was nearby. Part of the ancient city walls is visible behind a glass panel in the bar. Frequent live music events particularly at weekends.

Lovely pub with a great vibe Great staff obviously enjoying themselves which lends to the relaxed atmosphere Good food special staff and comfort all you could ask for

Awesome live music in a fantastic personal and inviting venue.

Just stop by and enjoy the rustic pub. Either with a view of the fireplace or at the bar with the friendly bartender.

Fan Dabi Dozi! Great vibes at this English Tavern! Nostalgia all around, just before the start of the Christmas season, Very considerate staff towards my son who has allergies, They gave us great seats too, Our pup Brutus was super impressed as well. Super starters! Salt and pepper squid Grilled artichokes Nachos with Chilli, jalapenos and Cheese. Massive Mains! Steaks, Fish and Chips, Burgers, Pizzas All so delectable. Super value for money when going out!

Jeremy & the team (Kiera and others) at The Platform Tavern were incredible! The high level of service, care/thought & help they provided were exceptional! Nothing was too much trouble and they went above & beyond any expectations for our wedding celebration. The quality of the food and beer was superb! The excellent location of the Platfom Tavern provides easy access to multiple car parks for anyone visiting & the amazing history of the building make it a great place to vixit and enjoy 10/10 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

If you want a real typical English pub experience this is the place to go in Southampton, the Sunday roast is amazing, the music and the beer are good! I recommend!

Superb location with amazing atmosphere, staff, beers and entertainment. Great value. Always a great evening had here.

This place is absolutely amazing!! A small hidden gem in Southampton! The food is incredible and the live music puts a good atmosphere. I had a very good experience!!

Popped in here on the way back to my hotel and it was lovely. Local pub with a friendly atmosphere and helpful staff. Decent prices and an open fire, I was here on a Wednesday and it was quiz night and even scraped 3rd place! Would highly recommend to anyone staying near the docks. Didn't order any food but people that did seemed happy enough.

One of my favourite places in Southampton. Great pub/restaurant with a nice vibe, great music (loads of live gigs) and friendly crowd. The food is rather good too.

A vibrant place with a good choice of beers and friendly.

I visited this cozy pub in Southampton for a Sunday roast, and it was fantastic. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, with friendly service. The roast was delicious—tender meat, crispy potatoes, and rich gravy, all served in generous portions. Perfect spot for a relaxing meal! Recommend 😇😇😇

Perfect pub, especially if you find yourself waiting for the isle of wight ferries. Good food, good beer, good music

Great traditional pub. Hard to find that sort of uncomplicated atmosphere these days. Good place for drink and chat with mates.

Beer and food good. Friendly atmosphere and staff always attentive.

Great eve busy. Good entertainment

Recommended by our air B&B host. Didn't disappoint meal delicious. Friendly host .fish & chips, seafood linguine. 😋

Fantastic atmosphere, great music! Beers on point! Thanks team!!

Lovely pub, lots of ambiance and satisfying food. Always nice to catch some music there.

Being new to the pub experience, we didn't understand pub protical I guess. Had to ask for service, and the service we did receive made us feel like we were an inconvenience. Ordered fish and chips. Malt vinegar container had drops left in it. Didn't offer us more. No ketchup or salt/pepper. As visitors looking to enjoy our first friendly English pub experience, this pub didn't make a great first impression.

Great pub, hasn’t lost any of its charm from the rebuild. Great beers and always music at the weekend

Very good beer with excellent service

Real nice looking pub with good beer and food. Someone already wrote the Fish & Chips are great, and they are.

The best fish and chips I have ever had! The lady is so welcoming and nice! Highly recommend

Love the Sunday evening music slots!

Went there with a group of 15 people, from kids to elderly. All enjoyed it. Great beers, good fish and chips and very good tapas (shared a platter of 5 between 3 men and we couldn't finish them)! Very welcoming and accommodating staff as well :)

This tired and jet lagged traveller rolled in after a nine hour flight from Canada and a three hour bus ride from London to arrive in Southampton. This was a delightful place to get some dinner and I was hooked as soon as I saw they had a Sunday roast dinner on the menu and a good selection of beer on tap. The atmosphere was fun (with live music) the staff were great, and the food was fantastic. Thank you all for giving me the dinner and beer that I didn’t really know I needed until I found this place.

-been going there for over 30 years This place is unique Great food The owner Stuart is genuine & very likeable Friendly atmosphere with an eclectic mix of people. Some excellent bands to see there & make sure you tip them! I personally like Sunday afternoons -order a roast dinner & there’s usually a band playing blues music 😀

What a nice pint, it’s a lovely pub, even on a hot day it was nice a cool inside. They do food we did not have any but what we could see and smell it was nice

doesn’t even deserve one star , worst place ever , worst customer service ever , wanted to ask for a price of a drink and got asked “ how much of a skint u are “ from the owner or whoever at the bar , then when i wanted a bottle drink i thought there was only 2 kinds so i asked for the one on the left and it wasn’t the one i meant so got told “ are u dyslexic “ . terrible service , no common sense

We recently hired The Platform Tavern for a post-wedding buffet on a bank holiday Monday, and it was an exceptional experience! Hosting 30 people the day after our wedding at The Brook, we couldn't have asked for a better venue to continue our celebrations. The food was fantastic, offering a wonderful mix of meat, vegetarian, and vegan options that satisfied all our guests. Each dish was delicious and beautifully presented, showcasing the culinary skills of the team. The cost was very reasonable, especially considering the quality and variety of food provided. Stewart, Jeremy, and the entire team were incredibly friendly and accommodating, making us feel right at home. Their warm hospitality and attention to detail made the day extra special. We can't thank The Platform Tavern enough for their outstanding service and delightful cuisine. It was the perfect setting for our post-wedding celebration, and we highly recommend them for any event or gathering.

Frankie was fun luvly food Eton mess I was in a mess afta good value

Reasonable prices and great soundtrack. A great atmosphere. It's a shame the traffic is so heavy. Can't have conversation outside.

Platform Tavern is hands down my favourite restaurant in Southampton after trying many, many restaurants. Whether the regular menu or the Sunday roast, the food is exceptional. The atmosphere and music are always inviting. In addition to the excellent food, it’s a great place to get a drink and listen to live music. Next on my list is to join for the pub quiz.

A pub I have visited infrequently over the decades for its ale. It’s usefully close to both The 1865 and Engine Rooms, so we had a quick dinner before gigs. Great simple pub food, reasonably priced and good service.

Fabulous, good food and service, character, live music. Go and have a look!

Nice Music venue pub gets really busy.

Great place for drinks and music

Nice pub quick friendly service. Didn't eat so cant rate the food

Fantastic, welcoming pub with friendly staff and excellent food. I had the pie roast this time and it was outstanding.

Great atmosphere, lots of character and a great Sunday Roast.

Came here with a great mate last night for a change of scenery after talking about our lifes issues and struggles at the moment. Great Blues band and atmosphere, great efficient service and atmosphere. Been many many years ago but seemed to of forgotten about the pub, will be back.

Had a very good beer from Vibrant Forest

i was there!!! sunday mothers day twenty twenty four!!! in a small space but still got all eleven of us at a table and a small child and a live band right beside us!!! ha ha!!! it was very sweet and humble effort!!! the food wasn't too shabby too!!! the band even kicked off their set with that 'down under' diggy sunday drive tune!!! all in all!!! stress level wise!!! i think it was the best sunday mothers day dinner i've ever had with the people i live with!!! thankyou to the management so much for helping to make it go okay!!! (i had two coca-colas and a roast dinner of which i did choose lamb but i don't know there was a bit of a mix up of beef or lamb dinners i still ate it i was too hungry to keep complaining by the time it was mentioned i was half way through it!!! and a cheese board for dessert which even came with grapes!!! top service for styling the plate up nicely!!!) (from looking at the platform tavern website it appears they have had and still have many different bands playing!!! so!!! if that is too nerve wracking while eating and drinking it's not the ideal place for you!!! anyways!!! in particular the band that time were a male and female with guitar skills and vocal skills all quite good!!! the only thing that struck as a negative was the female looked like she had left the painting in the back room for a bit and started mucking around on the mic while it dries!!! i mean!!! really really really going there with me!!! i prefer to see the whole thoughtful visual going there too with the performers for their audience!!!)

Great pub! Friendly atmosphere, good food and live music. What more do you need?

In the weekends there is live music , nice atmosphere.Just nice for a good old pint

What agreat pub, food excellent, atmosphere great, music pucker Will make it a regular 😀 👌

Stopped in here when passing for a bite to eat, what a jewel in the city!! Food was incredibly tasty and the service second to none. Highly recommended, see you all again very soon.

Fantastic food, friendly staff and good music. Will definitely be back

Fabulous food ! Perfect roast lamb dinner with all the trimmings. Amazing dining experience 😍

Pleased to see the old place open again good staff clean and tidy think theyre missing a trick by not making more of the history of the area and widening its appeal

Wow. Yet another fantastic old pub that was once a wool store. And it's compleat with its own award winning micro brewery. Amazing 👏

Booked a table online a couple of weeks back, got an automated confirmation email but arrived to find it was closed due to a fire the previous day. Got another automated email the next day to ask us how our meal was and to leave a review. So please have 5/5 and hope you are open again soon! We love you.

Hi Stewart, so sorry to hear about the fire, keep going maté it’s a great unique pub and always helps to makes our match days great (despite the results 🤦🏻) All the London Saints love ya, We’ll be back as soon as you get the place back up and running mate. 😘

Great atmosphere, Great music, fantastic selection of ales

Go here for a proper PUB atmosphere, very good drinks, great staff and fab live music. A really go to venue for anyone who likes proper pubs, interesting interiors and somewhere you can go with you partner or with a group of pals. Stuart always on for,

Great place! Very cool and quirky pub with excellent music, thanks Rhys Morgan (I think). We will definitely be back

Been looking for a great Sunday roast for ages and this place did not disappoint. Fantastic food, it was a good portion, hot and tasty. The staff were lovely. Definitely will be back.

Great place, lots of history and the drinks are good too, reasonably priced and served by a friendly team

Creo que es un buen pub. Buena atención y la comida abundante y bastante buena.

We stopped in with 5 minutes till kitchen closed , put in an order of fish and chips , best fish and chips , Nice minty garden peas , lovely friendly staff . Not on the tourist row but worth the effort to find . Had music too . Highly recommend

Our group called by here because of the RMS Titanic connections. We did not eat here but will most probably return some other time.

Best pub remaining in the town...fantastic live music - roots n blues ..not a chavvy Karaoke machine in sight ...food is fab so are the staff ...

Sunday lunch was superb. Excellent quality of food. service was first class thank you Franky our waiter. 10 out of 10 for chefs. Can't reccomend highly enough. Sheila & Wally x

What an incredible place! The decor is brilliant, extremely fascinating. The food is delicious - the Sunday roast is an absolute must, I’m drooling as I write this. And lovely and friendly staff to top it off. Will certainly be returning, regularly.

Ordered the Sunday roast to have before watching The Hedgehogs. By far the best roast I have ever had and well worth the money. Friendly, smiley, attentive staff in particular thanks to Frankie who looked after me so well and made sure there wasn't anything else I needed. I absolutely love evenings spent here. Good music, relaxing atmosphere and good food. What more can you ask for?

After leaving hungry from Dancing Man, we headed here for something to eat while we drank. The north wall of the establishment was actually part of the original town wall from 1350ish; the building itself was from the 1870s; and it was the last on-land berth for at least one Titanic crewman. Here, finally, we found food. My sausage and mustard on ‘grainy’ bread was really good, and Brenda’s fingers of fish on grainy bread was pretty good, but we’re pretty sure they came from Ye Olde Freezer and from far away. That said, our lunch special was the best value of any real meal we’d had in Southampton. Very engaging and helpful barkeep. Possibly our favorite of the four pubs we visited while in town.

Honest Pub grub. Large portion of good quality food...the steak pie was full of chucks of tender beef! None of that, "veg is an extra £5"... all included at a good price. Frankie the barman was friendly and helpful too.

Great friendly pub with awesome live music acts

What an absolutely brilliant place, the food was spot on and the Guinness was close to the best I’ve had in the uk 👌

I love this place. Friendly and cosy. Very convenient for the ferry connection. Food reasonably priced

Bella atmosfera con musica dal vivo, si mangia dell'ottimo pesce!

Food quite expensive but good,too short staffed to make the experience enjoyable

Great beers, good food, lovely staff, cool pub, live music ✊

Had lunch here 2 days on a row. First day as part of a business meeting, second time with colleagues. Great pub food both days, and more locally/inhouse prepared than at most places. Good service and great mood overall.

While a little tired and rough around the edges, it gives you that well loved feeling. I'm not a local, and to be honest, I'd rather drink somewhere with a more diverse beer selection, but there's something about this place that makes me think I'd spend a lot of time here if I had the opportunity. I had a couple of pints in the afternoon on the way to somewhere else, but would love to see this place on an evening with a band on - I bet it has a great atmosphere.

Sunday lunch was delicious! Large portions, crispy potatoes, lamb cooked to perfection, all freshly prepared. Great selection of beers. Highly recommend!

Great pub and live music. Had the Asahi lager to avoid helping the Heineken takeover of Britain.

First timers. We booked a table for Mother's Day and was fairly impressed. Not the cheapest but well worth the money. The plates were full to the extent you couldnt get any more on them and the food was absolutely delicious. We will be eating there again

Very cool chilled vibe, nice place to catch a drink waiting for the ferry. Nice old pub, Neil young was playing.

My boyfriends two friends recommended coming here for a roast dinner so we thought we would try somewhere completely new to us for a roast. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to the recommendation we were hoping for. The restaurant was quite cold & there were chairs & tables stacked around the room which didn’t give it a massively cosy Sunday feel. We had the roast beef as there was no chicken. The beef was so stringy and fatty I had to ask for another portion. The gent was lovely and brought another large portion which was appreciated, however the roast potatoes weee quite hard and not crispy, the veg was hard & the whole meal was Luke warm. By the time I was half way through it actually went cold so I didn’t want to finish it really. It’s a shame really as their live music evenings are great and The gent who served us was lovely and so was the lady at the bar. But for the quality of the meal for £45, we won’t be returning for a food again unfortunately.

Great place. Decent ales on tap

Dog Friendly!!! Wandered around Southampton trying to find a dog friendly place. Even a cafe that said they were dog friendly - didn't allow dogs 🤣. Finally came across the Platform Tavern - dog friendly, with treats - and when I saw their Roast dinners I thought "must come back here". Great beer - loved the Red IPA- and will definitely be booking a table for Sunday lunch.

We booked a table for my sons 25th birthday, the staff were excellent, food was amazing, would definitely recommend. Love the atmosphere. Definitely will be going back to try a roast.

Yet another fantastic meal at the platform… and the sticky toffee pudding as always, is the best I’ve ever had!

Ate here last night and didn't have high hopes tbh. However, I was very wrong. The fish and chips was probably one of the best I've ever had. The triple cooked chips were perfect. Crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. The young man serving was lovely. Friendly, attentive and looked like he enjoys his job. Such a change from most places. The duo singing were very good too. 👍

Great food, wonderful music and good hospitality. Lively atmosphere.

Have eaten here on several occasions in the last 6 months and the meal has always been good. Went with friends again this evening but unfortunately they were out of pie, so we went for 2x burgers and 2x fish and chips. The burgers were good but the fish and all the chips were overcooked, greasy and virtually inedible. We told the waitor guy (who was lovely) that our food was poor, which was evident from the amount left on the plates. He spoke to the manager about our dissatisfaction but she was unwilling to make any adjustment to the bill. Really upset that all we got was a glare from the manager and not so much as an apology. We will not be returning. Such a shame.

The friendliest venue in Southampton. Incredible music, food and staff.

Cozy mood with Live. with good people.

Incredible atmosphere, cosiness, staff. All around as good as it gets in Southampton albeit a bit more pricey than the average pub BUT you get what you bargain for

Lots of character, excellent beer, and a bit of history thrown in.

Nice and cosy pub friendly bar Staff well worth a visit

One of the best pub in Soton! Remerkable indigeneous decoration! Although, almost no vegan food chooise.

Booked here on a whim the night before a cruise and so glad we did. Service drinks and decor was great but the star of the show was the food. That beef pie is a thing of beauty and probably in my top 3 ever. Opted for chips instead of mash and again, so glad I did as they are great, so crispy. Wife had a salad with halloumi and was also very impressed. Hopefully will be back again at some point as need to tackle THAT pie again.

We booked this table for dinner and it was lush! We were visiting the area and stayed all night as we went on to enjoy the live music after our dinner. Great, prompt service, lovely atmosphere - we enjoyed it so much we came back for dinner the following night too!!

Delicious Sunday lunch and live music! Highly recommend the Sunday lunch, I had lamb and family had beef and it was really good. We had desert which was also really tasty. Live music and friendly staff.

Ended up here after a wander around the old town, lovely staff, excellent food, decent white wine, what more could you want 😋 🥂😎 very pleased.

Arrived at the Platform Saturday evening about 7pm, was shown to a table then went to the bar to get drinks. Asked for a menu, was looking at it as drinks were being poured, put it down to pay for drinks and it was snatched away by passing waitress ! Took drinks to table and returned to bar to ask for another menu, was told they didn't have any more, they were waiting for some to be printed. Had noticed lamb shank on my earlier quick glance and asked barman if it was available and he said he would find out, sat at table three quarters of an hour, barman didn't get back to me, never saw a waitress or a menu !!! Walked out hungry and disappointed, remarked to the barman that they needed to get some menus in a hurry if they want to sell food, to be fair to him he did apologize and he enough to do manning the bar. Not sure whether to call it poor service or an understaffing issue, but all it takes is someone to say we're very busy at the moment, we will get to you as soon as we can.