Royal Portland Arms in Weymouth and Portland

Visited on 21st February 2025 whilst on a weekend break in Portland..what a wonderful Friday evening...Landlady, staff and locals most welcoming..A real old fashioned no frills local pub serving good beer and great music..Everything a good pub should be...looking forward to coming back...Seedy and Lorraine xx

Wonderfully rustic and antiquated Portland pub with history in its walls. Great prices and old fashioned decor. Bespoke bands that don't play anywhere else locally, fulfilling the unique stamp that the Royal Portland Arms provides.

Very 'local' pub where strangers are made welcome. Toilets could do with a spruce up, but then why bother, it's not as if you drink there. Always a good pint and some novelty scrumpies

Brilliant little pub full of character. Proper pub experience. No TVs, occasional bridge and often live music.

Struggling to find good non tied ales while on holiday on Portland. After a lot of research and some legwork, found this gem. 2/3 interesting ales and 1/2 Real ciders... Interesting decor and lovely interesting locals.

Friendly, quirky; a good place to have a laugh or just chat. A lot of great live music ( with the occasional that isn't!) A pub with regulars who are great characters and also dog friendly when not too crowded. Fantastic owner and great bar staff. There's nowhere quite like it. There's Cheese Wednesday; music Friday evening and also Sunday afternoon.

Very friendly bartender and knowledgeable about the area as I was only passing through.

We had a few great talks with the customers and the landlord. First time in my life I won a toss from a landlord. Compliments and kind regards from Riny and Paul from the Netherlands

Proper pub full of local characters and good turn around of ales worth a visit.

Great old style pub , great ale, friendly people, a flair for entertainment and fun

Just called in to meet up with someone and enjoyed a couple of pints of Atlantic.

Very friendly ladies. They let me eat my fish & chips and helped me with a plate and fork. Nicest shandy. Good ales. And I had a guinness for dessert.

This is a proper old fashioned pub. Unlike most other pubs in the area it doesn't have two TV's and a jukebox playing at the same time. It has actual draught beer on tap and a pleasant atmosphere. Definitely not a youngsters pub. It's brilliant!

Always good, well kept guest ales

Not a bad pub needs a bit of tlc , quite a few drinks selection , real ales very good barmaid very friendly , not sure if they had a back garden but plenty of space tables inside , car park across the road free of charge close to a few shops ie co-op, charity and food shops

Lovely pub with great live music

Great boozer with an amazing view

In a sense, liking going back in time. But with a lovely real ale, served by a convivial hostess. There is a large council car park just a few yards up the road. I shall return.

Great night out, we had a wonderful time, thanks.

Everybody welcome but is a locals pub

Lovely friendly place with facilities

Excellent live music often unique with a crowd of most appreciative locals. I never feel threatened or out of place here even though I'm not s local. Staff are very memorable.

Lovely old pub,great ales.had nice afternoon

Lovely little pub. Friendly staff and locals are really lovely. Even got to meet Paddy the dog 😊

Great pub staff were so friendly and such a wide choice of local drinks.

Locals are very interesting, pop in for a nice chat about Portland.

Friendly staff and locals plus a fantastic drink selection, always two top ales

Don't judge a book by its cover, if you can get past the dilapidated exterior you will find a characterful and welcoming pub with decent beer.

Royal Portland Arms.. It's on Portland so you can't miss it. But no royals there as far as I can see. And no guns

Good beer and ambiance shame about the toilets

Lovely staff, cheap and cheerful

This is a gem. It's what English pubs used to be about...personality. Don't expect spotlessness, chintz or sourced jus. This is as close to the knuckle drinking commraderie as it used to be in the days of black and white. Good beers, lagers and suspicious ciders and live music on selected days.

I love it in there, full of history, character & interesting people

Very friendly, great service and an amazing choice of gins

Great cheese club on Wednesday evenings, all contributions are from customers

Rugged pub very warm welcome and fantastic beer

Must go on a Wednesday night cheese night fantastic

Friendly local, great choice of beers.

Welcoming Main Street pub. Two local ales.

Love it! Great beer and good company. Not enough battle cruisers like this still about (b)

A very traditional little "wet" free house. Real ales and ciders. Excellent selection of gins, whiskys. No TV's or pool table. Good live music most Friday nights and Sunday afternoons (5pm-7pm). in the Good Beer Guide.

Locals pub avoid if a tourist. No customer service behind bat and made to feel very unwelcome.

Friendly local pub with very good live music

Strangest pub on Portland, full of characters. Good selection of ales.

Great music, and I mean that most sencerly.folks.

Excellent friendly "local ". Decent ales selection - staff and customers welcoming.Recommended. Free car parking very close by.

The best pub on the island friendly staff good beer and Cider come on in.... If you like a proper pub come on down! Free ( please donate food) cheese on Wednesdays 5pm

Great to meet you and dog friendly.social too

One of my locals! Like going back in time, so much so that a film company were filming here a couple of weeks ago and we all had to go somewhere else! To describe it... Peeling paint outside, 1960's wallpaper inside but don't let that put you off! Great real ales, artisan ciders and craft gins. A massively friendly crowd of regulars, everyone from surgeons to teachers to tradespeople, all drawn by the company and the excellent range of real ales (best on the island). Regular excellent live music and a fantastic view across Lyme Bay. Wonderful!

nice place nice people stunning choice ales and ciders plus great sunsets over chesil cove.

A proper pub. Great selection of ale and cider, live music on a Friday night. Dog friendly.

Great music - a real traditional pub - and a great view from the bench (shame about the bus shelter!!!)

Best Guinness on the Island, good bands.

Great bands, great cider and charming hosts