The Inn by The Sea in Gosport

Veggie roast carvery, don't be fooled into thinking you get a veggie option, it's just vegs, a disappointment, otherwise the food is lovely

Went in for our first time out Christmas dinner as a family, it was excellent and we all had a great time, the wife is already talking about doing it again. Well done & thanks to all the staff.

Christmas Day, party of 12, absolutely brilliant from start to finish, lovely happy relaxed atmosphere, staff were all cheerful & helpful, our waitress Vicky went the extra mile for the 4 young children in our party, food was fab, the lovely proprietors Tracy & Ian both checked on us, we enjoyed it so much we booked for next year on our way out :0))

I enjoy the food so much I had my boxing day meal here every year

Excellent place to enjoy good food and environment

We visited on Christmas eve pre booked for a birthday celebration. It was half empty, the area where we were seated was dirty with food on the floor. Carpet and tables were sticky. The carvery was extremely disappointing with watery tasteless vegetables. Roast potatoes were dry and hard. No one came to check on us or clear our plates. It was less than festive and will not be repeated.

We booked for a family festive get together. There was 30 of us mix of children and adults. I can honestly say it was a real pleasure, we pre ordered our food which was ideal and this was checked again on the day. The food was lovely, all the staff and service was brilliant and Tracey the manager was an absolute pleasure to deal with from start to finish. Would definitely recommend this to anyone for a get together and we will define back. Thank you!

Brilliant food, friendly staff and good pricing

Have you booked your xmase lunch yet??

Great carvery. Staff were awesome too.

Always have a worm welcome from the staff when we walk in,Never have a problem with the meals, the staff are always happy and helpful,the landlord and landlady are wonderful people

Absolutely amazing Service by Tracey and the team as always, fantastic breakfast, amazing 3 course meal in the evening and fantastic entertainment by all involved 10/10

Had the most amazing time at inn by the sea yesterday - Staff were incredibly welcoming and Tracey and Vicky couldn’t do enough to insure that we all had a fabulous night out at the Robbie Willams tribute act. (Hope there will be another one) We had a 3 course meal as part of the Christmas menu and can say it was outstanding. Food was hot , delivered well presented and tasted delicious- table of 10 people very happy. Must say best chocolate fudge cake ever 😊 Thank you to all the staff especially Tracey - you have started the Christmas season off for me very well 👌

Thankyou to Ian, Dan and Sam. For wonderful service and good food. Very friendly and made our party of 5 very welcome. Thankyou Inn by the sea lovely carvery.

Another great meal served by lovely friendly people. Always have a banter with Tracey.

Great carvery. Welcoming staff. Friendly atmosphere will return again soon

Han a lovely meal for my birthday and a good laugh. Thanks to Viki, Liv and Jamie for making my birthday extra special

Great food. Horrible toilets and cleanliness

We treated our friends to a carvery lunch yesterday, our first visit to Inn by the Sea. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. Dan who served us was very helpful and pleasant, and the young lady on the carvery did an excellent job. The food was excellent, lovely meat and a good selection of nicely cooked veg. We will definetely return. Thank you.

Really enjoyed the Ultimate Sharer and Hot Porker Pizza. Plenty for 3 to share.

Go here so often they know our name and know the table we like. Lovely people and atmosphere

Great little pub. Friendly staff. Dan the Manager is so good at his job. Food is plentiful and tasty.

Staff are fantastic and really welcoming, our boxing day meal was amazing would definitely recommend!!

Lovely staff very welcoming, food was good. Daughters 16th birthday today, we took a cake and we all sang happy birthday. Thank you for a lovely evening, see you soon

Brilliant service by all staff. We were not rushed between courses. We had a main course and dessert with a great selection of drinks. Both courses were really good at a very reasonable price. Will be back soon

The carvery was absolutely delicious with a good range of meat and perfectly cooked veg. A perfect Sunday roast, served by friendly and efficient people. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Inn by the Sea.🙂

Very efficient service. Fabulous food. Great atmosphere.

Has a great carvery with good choice of meat and vegetables at a very good price. Friendly helpful staff.

Brilliant price. Food was very nice, good portions. Staff super friendly and helpful

Very nice atmosphere. Staff is very helpful. Food very good and cheap

Very good food, and reliably so after several visits. The roast beef is always of excellent quality and the great price makes these meals fantastic value. Friendly service too. Thanks for making us welcome.

Excellent service, staff very friendly and helpful. Food was good. Not pushed or rushed along.

Couldn't fault this place, the staff were amazing, great food and excellent service

Lovely service and the new pizzas are amazing

Go to the inn quite a lot , today dissapointed the chef who was cutting the meat was very very tight with the portion

Lovely place to to eat nice atmosphere and great service, would recommend this place.

Great value food with excellent service.

I recently had a fantastic meal here with the family. Wonderful food and very attentive staff. A massive shout out to Viki who helped us navigate ordering with my dad's intolerances. It's rare to find a restaurant that is willing to make such big alterations to a dish. All in all everyone left happy and full. Would highly recommend to anyone planning an affordable family meal out.

Popped in here on the off chance, wish we hadn't!. The place is run down and dirty, certainly would not eat in here. Left feeling like I needed a shower!. Definitely a NO from me.

Did not fail to empress yet again lovely and friendly staff

Limited choice if you don't want all you can eat option.

We have just had our 8 year olds pizza making party here, and I would definitely give it 10/10!! Our party host Vicky was superb! Kept 12 children 7-12yrs engaged and all the children had lots of fun. Would definitely recommend it. Vicky didn't let me do anything, which was great 😃

If you're feeling like a good breakfast, this is the place to aim for, plentiful free parking if your not local once inside Tuck in to all your favourite breakfast items, as much as you need to fill up, good quality food nicely cooked fried bread for a special treat and the bacon is especially good thick top quality amazing value and if your still hungry you just help yourself to some more, then I totally recommend a good long walk along the sea front just to take the guilty feeling away for being rather over enthusiastic at breakfast this morning. Thanks, INN BY THE SEA. I'll restart my diet tomorrow...Again.!!!

The pizza was lovely and the chef Jake was lovely too. Best pizza around, will definitely come back

Had the carvery, it was very nice but mash and veg lacked seasoning. Meat lovely, yorkshires lovely, roast potatoes amazing, went back 3 times for more 😋 my grandchildren lucas, ethan and Mia loved it 😋

I went here a couple of days ago for the breakfast! It was really fairly priced with a great selection of food. I’m probably going to make it a weekly treat now as I did really enjoy it. It’s worth booking a table though as it was busy, but for good reason.

Great place for a Sunday carvery

Absolutely lush! Jamie behind the bar do kind and welcoming! Chloe behind the carvery, lovely lady perfect food the potatoes were amazing! Meat cooked to protection. I cannot fault the food today! Unreal! Thank you x

Had the best roast today absolutely yummy ! The meat was cooked to perfection 👌 great customer service serving dinner and Jamie at the bar went above and beyond with my grandson thankyou guys 😁

brilliant food and service, accommodated a large group of us for my nans 90th at short notice. food was amazing and thorough with allergy , really a lovely carvery and my nieces burgers and pizzas looked amazing !

Good atmosphere good food enjoyable 80th birthday thank you

Invited here by a relative, not again ever. Kitchen staff moaning about food running out for carvery had 3 beef was very fatty, service poor and the children pizza meal we waited for before getting are carvery took well over 30min and then had to wait again for a the kids chips, about 7-8 in a little dish, I work in catering I know it's hard work.... But this was beyond poor... After telling the floor staff. Was told there put are point across, no care for the custom coming through the doors. ( As Google asks what dishes would you recommend none if it's this bad )

Came here for a birthday meal and was very happy at the service by the staff as well as the fantastic food. Great value for money and plenty of places to sit.

Excellent venue for a meal and drinks. Great service provided by friendly, welcoming and helpful staff. Brilliant selection of food and delicious with it!

Excellent burgers and great service.

Twas a chill evening, had a nice Mac n Cheese and cranberry juice. Service was quick, food was tasty and the Cranberry juice was exquisite.

We had the new cheeseburger and carbonara pizzas and they were delicious 😋

Haven't been in years, was lovely to see Tracey and Ian were still there. Food and service were amazing as before. The beef was so succulent. Roll on my next visit south

Loved the personal welcome and all the staff were very friendly. Food was excellent. Lots of choice on the carvery & the beef was cooked just how I like it, red in the middle.

Got told we couldn't order burgers due to apparent technical issue with the till which wasn't our fault it was theirs, not much choice on the menu, decor was horrible half painted rolling pins, window frames were splitting, the roast wasn't a that nice the vegetables (carrots & sprouts) were very soft and the staff were shouting which we could hear while trying to eat som of what was on the plate, only good thing was the turkey. I don't recommend this place

Food was really tasty and as much as you can manage!

Veg cold gravy cold veg very watery been many times in the past today was the last. The potatoes were hard and obviously had been there a long time.

My sister and I popped in for a quick bite to eat with some trepidation after a visit a few years ago which was quite awful. We were greeted ad given a table,the menu was fairly extensive and very reasonable, our main server was a young lady called Ashley, who clearly loves her job as she was incredibly efficient but so lovely at the same time, she is a credit to the pub and the company as a whole

Really lovely food - I was pleasantly surprised. Our server Ashleigh was absolutely fantastic and is a credit to the pub - she was very helpful and extremely professional.

Great service great food really enjoyed 😀

Not the best carvery but still very good

Came here for breakfast. With me and my children. As was absolutly lovely . Staff was really nice and very helpfull. Brilliant breakfast

The meal was not up to standard it was not as good as it has been previous times the meat was dry there was scraps of the meat just on show the beef was the size of a hand and it was all fat the leeks was just like in a runny sauce and did not really seem that cooked They seem to have kept us waiting a long time and then after they called us and then we went up they put more fresh stuff out And the manager was shouting from the bay window to the girl in the pizza bar and the manager even shouted out will someone wash the pots before they leave the guy on the Carvery was listening to people's personal conversations and replying to them it is one of the worst meals we have ever had there you could tell the owner was away as it was not up to standard like it is when the landlord is there

Went for breakfast buffet. All good but could have been a little warmer. 3 empty plates must br s positive sign.

Best carvery we have had for a long time

Had a lovely time with my friends here. The atmosphere is great and the staff are very friendly, especially our 2 waitresses Belle and Ash! Will definitely be coming back soon

Friendly welcome Quick service Carvery was excellent All prope joints of meat and a whole turkey Beef melted in mouth Great selection of vegetables Everything was hot Very good value for money

Amazing visit all made better by the manager Tracey. Went out of her way to make it great

So yummy. Great outdoor/indoor options, good band playing outside, just a LOVELY setting.

Great friendly staff, food was lovely and we were kindly and discreetly moved to a smaller quieter area of the restaurant on request. First trip as just moved to lee on Solent and many more to follow 😁 thank you to all staff working today, Sunday 29/02024.

Lovely big roast on a Sunday. Just a bit too hot in there for my liking.

Love this place carvery and burgers are our top favourites ! Meat vegetables and potatoes are always so very fresh and hot when we eat here ! Staff always polite and management is top notch ! 😍

Good carvery good value for money

Had a lovely meal. The burger was amazing.

Had a.delivery and it was blimming lovely xxx

I just ordered a traditional carvery x2 for delivery and it not long arrived. I was being generous with a 1 star rating. The roast potatoes are not roasted more cremated in a deep fat fryer,completely inedible! I tried to bite into one and was unable 2 accomplish that feat so i physically prised it open with my hands as i couldnt penetrate it was my cutlery either.. after an awfull lot of effort i suceeded to break the outer shell to find it completely hollow inside... the rest are no better,this is the worst roast dinner iv ever had by a considerable mile! What went so wrong ???? im so dissapointed!!

Chloe was the best waitress! Table of 12 and she was great 🥰🥰🥰

The staff were really accommodating, the carvery was very nice, lovely selection of meats, we had the pork, which was cooked perfectly. The roast potatoes were cooked beautifully, crispy but fluffy inside. There was a slight after taste from the oils used to cook the potatoes and yorkshire puddings but overall very nice and a really good price. My only grumble was the seating outside, not very accessible from the bar for people with limited mobility, I was with my Mum and it was quite a distance to get outside but other than that, we really enjoyed it.

Lovely place! Good atmosphere, delicious food and very kind and helpful stuff 😍 will be back soon for sure !

Warm welcome, last minute table change request accomplished with no fuss, good food as always.

Great food friendly and welcoming staff as always

Meat. Portion size is terrible. Yes the vegetables are plentiful but they are also cheap. The inn by the sea is looking shabby, old decor, poor quality chairs and tables lead to an overall poor appearance and experience.

Just had a beautiful roast, the food was great, the service was wonderful with great staff, love the new way of being served no queuing and jostling at the food counter, lovely experience all round thankyou

Great local pub, breakfast and carvery amazing and reasonable prices. Great choice in both. Suitable for families - beer garden for children to play in. Service is good and Viki is a total legend! Totally recommend and will definitely visit again

Delicious breakfast, always a friendly welcome. It's our favourite family place to go😊

Absolutely disappointed. This place has gone down hill for sure. Went to this place twice within the same week and the experience was just the same. 1. The rude staff: honestly the staff attitude forwards paying customers is appalling. The slouching/leaning on chairs, not making eye contact, not even writing down your orders, leaving your table before we even finished our order. Threw (well kinda) our food on the table telling us the order is perfect and walking away. Having awful attitude when we say our order is wrong. It’s just appalling honestly. Specially the waitress with the red hair, she’s the worst one at of all of them. Honestly, I’m surprise she’s still working there to this day, she clearly hates her job. But she takes It out of us. Not to mention she accused my family once of not paying for our food when we did and did prove it to her. But the couple and didn’t pay left before us but no questions were asked to them. Just us. 2. Being treated differently: as I mentioned before, I’ve been here twice within the same week, 1st time with my parents and 2nd with my friends and can I just say we were treated far differently then everyone else. Like for one we didn’t have anyone come over to our table to take our orders. We waited for 30 minutes to be served but nothing! All the other tables around us got served so we had to use the app, which took ages btw because of the bad signal. Not only that, the burger we ordered that took bloody 30 minutes to cook and it was burnt! Honestly speaking, it was the worst burger I’ve ever eaten. Definitely wasn’t worth spending my money on. We just immediately left after. We are young adults wanting to eat something for dinner and they treated us so differently and didn’t take us seriously at all. They just places us in a corner and didn’t even serve us. 3. Food: Like I mentioned, the food isn’t as good as I guess was. I usually get the same. Garlic bread pizza sharer and a bowl of chips, chips are amazing, I love them. But the garlic bread is half burnt half the time, and because it’s so thin it gets cold so quickly and when it’s burnt it’s crispy so can’t even taste anything but burnt charcoal it seems like. My friends burger and bun was burnt. I don’t know how that even happens and nobody came to check if everything was ok and if we needed anything else. Honestly wouldn’t recommend this restaurant

Lilly’s service was impeccable. Very friendly and sociable. Food was also nice.

Excellent service by lilly, bubbly friendly and enthusiastic. All-round, great waitress.

Good service friendly staff, good value for money

Thought the venue was dirty. Lacking in staff. Tried to use a groupon voucher and they had hardly any of the options. Over 1 hr wait for pizza. Not any gluten free options apart from carvery .. would not come again

The staff were so lovely, helpful and attentive- even though it was a busy evening! The food was delicious and served quickly after ordering and I especially recommend the fajita burger!! Isobel and Lily served us, they were so nice and checked in on us throughout the meal- a truly lovely dinner, definitely would come again :)

We turned up very early evening unbooked on the off chance it was not too busy. What we were met with was an abrupt, rude, ignorant, stressed out, unprofessional, unaccommodating manager and bar staff. (The Chef, bless her, although clearly stressed was the only member of staff seemingly holding the place together). I think Gordon Ramsey clearly needs too visit this establishment to give their heads a wobble and teach them some manners. Absolutely disgusting behaviour for a so called hospitality business. Not what any paying customer with a family of children wants to witness. We obviously left without eating after waiting to order at the empty bar clearly being ignored by staff who were pretending to be busy doing Absolutely nothing. We shall not return with haste.

Great little pub carvery was great

Just had all you can eat breakfast. Fantastic selection, fried bread and black pudding included to my husbands delight. The food was delicious and friendly service atca great price. Will definitely be back soon.

Went for Sunday carvery.cavery lush and fresh, plenty of it, nice and clean restaurant. Great atmosphere. Friendly helpful staff especially ashamed who really looked after us, she was so professional and friendly and really made our visit special will definitely be back