The Liquorist in Portsmouth

Large bar/restaurant over 2 floors, seating indoors and out. Nicely decorated with friendly staff. You can order from table using App or go to bar. Food was delicious, the Rump Steak did not have one bit of chewy rind as you can see in the photo. Depending on the time of day, food can be up to 30 minutes from order, but always delicious and well presented. Menus change a couple of times through the year.

It's literally a scam. I was expecting a sauce and I got a cheap mushroom on top. Nicolas, the manager, has been really rude and should be reprimanded. He didn't even try to de-escalate. What an annoying person and place. Very unaccommodating. Even the one who received our order said cheese mushroom sauce. Misleading and a massive scam. £2.50 for a mushroom? I want sauce with my steak and I got a mushroom 🤷

Sapphire was a great server she was brilliant with our bottomless brunch. Thank you.

Great service by friendly staff. Nice and clean inside and out. Fair prices for both food and drinks and the food was great. Will definitely be going back.

Caleb and Levi were excellent bar staff and I would would love to see them be higher and representing the company in all aspects

Came for early Sunday lunch today with my family service was welcoming and polite I ordered steak sandwich was cooked to my liking and very soft didn’t after wait too long for food well done to chef Connor and the team will come again soon definitely Thanks

My sister and I went for a bottomless brunch and it was fantastic. We were very well looked after by Sapphire at the Portsmouth (Gunwharf Quays) branch. She was incredible and we had so much fun, we will definitely do this again!

Hannah was an amazing and bubbly server with great service!

Hannah was amazing, so bubbly and gave our club (equestrian) incredible service. Really made our evening that much better!

Shaye our server at the Liqourist was wonderful, nothing was too much trouble. Been to Liqourist several times at Gunwharf and she has served us most of the time. We will be back Shaye. Only one disappointment which was the menu, the Liqourist used to have 3 / 5/ 7 small plates which we loved as it was lovely and we could have different dishes We are upset to find this is now off the menu and a lot of customers I listened too felt the same too. Bring back those plates!

Waited for food 1 hour. Waitress tried to claim only 40 minutes when the receipt states the fact! What a flop on a day out.

Have been a regular at Liqourist for some time and must note that Fran is one of the most friendly and efficient members of staff, making the venue somewhere worth revisiting.

Great drinks, nice atmosphere, bad service.

Been here lots of times for drinks. Nice staff and good section of drinks at reasonable price Tried to go in just after 9 earlier this week. Was told that unless we produced government photo ID then it was a no. Surprised at this and staff member wasn’t able to provide a reason for it Stayed in hotels without the need to give ID so seems odd. Lots of other nice bars so we took our business elsewhere

The liquorist is a nice friendly bar, wait staff are all lovely aside the guy with the attitude (he had a real issue opening the disabled toilet for my wife) apart from that i like it super busy and nice vibe.

We had the sharing roast, new on the menu, and it was so worth the money. Plenty of everything, all hot and delicious. The staff especially Grace was so helpful and really friendly. The liquorist is so worth the visit while in gunwharf! We're definitely coming back.

We ordered 2 sandwiches. The ciabatta bread was stale, the avocado gone brown and the salad was all wilted and old. The whole food was tasteless. Not recommended at all!

Sapphire was absolutely fantastic in finding me something I could eat

Just in for breakfast, all tasty, reasonable price.

My bartender / food presenter was very attentive I believe her name was sapphire she did an amazing job and I can’t describe anything more what was wrong. Amazing job for all the team at Liqourist.

Spacious venue in the centre of Gunwharf with loads of outside seating by the water. Open long hours so you can get a coffee first thing or a cocktail last thing. Shows sport, has drink deals daily and a great back-bar of spirits and knowledgeable staff. Food served all day and DJ's at weekends. Shouldn't disappoint.

Amazing Service from sapphire & leea, had a lovely time.

Very good bottomless brunch experience hosted by Sapphire and Leea, would highly recommended!

Great experience with brunch and explained fully to us by Shappire & Leea

Bottomless brunch was excellent and great service would 100% recommend! Sapphire was fantastic always remembered our drinks and really friendly

Loved this place for drinks with my family. corrected photo now KB

I visited for a few times, the breakfast is awesome and the price is really good, the service is great too. Yesterday I tried coconut curry with rice it was delicious. The environment is very nice I’ll come back soon

Great food which was promptly served by friendly and professional staff. Highly recommended 👌

Nice place, food and service was good. Did take a little bit longer than expected for the food to arrive but nothing to worry about. I had a vegan burger and my wife had a pizza. The burger was very good and the pizza was awesome, better than most established pizza restaurants in the area tbh. Will definitely be visiting again soon!

Great service Great coffee nice place to relax in

Didn’t have any food but had the most delightful cocktails with my gf, lovely staff

Haven’t been there since covid lockdown. Was there on Monday night for a pint of beer. Price is reasonable, clean and good location.

Visited The Liquorist for birthday breakfast today. Excellent value for money with great service.

Dreadful! Customer service lacked or anyone showed signs of being trained in customer service levels. You were glared at by a female staff member upon arrival as if it was an effort to show any kind of customer service & food was flavourless. Told staff and got a “shrugging of shoulders” Wouldn’t recommend or come back here in future. £38 down the pan!

It’s a sticky tables place like ‘spoons, but you get a lot of food for your money, and it’s not bad; I could see this being a perfect hangover breakfast.

Never again, I’ve spent many hours in this pub with family and friends but now they wouldn’t let us in on completion of a shopping trip 19:30 as we didn’t have ID. We were all over 50, I would suggest our generation not welcome on a Saturday night but they’ll take my money any other time?? No thanks! Better bars around the corner.

Slow service. Food wasn’t good for what it cost

sam was amazing, thank you for a great bottomless brunch experience!!!

food was so yummy. sam was so so lovely! great place so fun

Lunch, bar ordering. Be careful about special offers, they only seem to apply to limited items. Staff lovely. Tables need a refresh, and sitting under the stairs isn't recommended as muck off shoes comes down on your dinner. Would I go back? Probably not.

Noticed that some of our favourite breakfast and lunch places had increased prices recently. So tried a breakfast here and it was great value for money, freshly cooked and the staff were very welcoming. Definitely will return.

Menu choices were impressive. But didn't like that you HAD to order with their app. I have too many apps on my phone as it is and it's so far away l won't come again. The food took almost an hour to arrive. And sadly was a little bland. But I still liked it. The waitress very kindly gave us free deserts to compensate for the delay. Sweet.

Had a lovely belated works Christmas party here! Food was nice, atmosphere was great but the highlight was our server Shaye. She managed our big party professionally, and although challenging at times she never stopped smiling! Shaye is a credit to your company! X

Shaye was our host she was amazing

Loads of outdoor seats under umbrellas but wouldn't accommodate us for one half hour drink

Came with friends for drinks and food and all was really good. Love the 2-4-1 cocktails and beer. The atmosphere and music was amazing and the staff are lovely.😊

Was busy but the barmaid who brought are food to table and cleared down was absolutely fantastic 😊

Every time we visit, all the staff are very friendly and engage in conversation with us.

Lovely place to visit during the day while visiting Gunwarf Quay, Atmosphere, food and staff are all amazing. Also the coffee and biscuit is better and more affordable then Costa ect 😎

Grace was amazing and had fast service. He was serving with a smile :)

Came in for food and cocktails with some friends, our server Grace was lovely, super friendly, and the atmosphere was perfect <3

Fabulous staff. Grace , Lucy and Lauren couldn’t do enough for us 👍

Didn't eat here, only had a couple of drinks. It was nice, and not too pricey, lots of seating so found a table quickly. They do a couple of deals so always a good idea to read the menu 😊

We went for lunch,they had no rice so my son didn't have a meal. I had the pie,it was ok,lots of pastry very little filling. The seasonal veg consisted of peas and half a grilled tomato. Won't be eating there again

Very bad service at the bar. The person who (finally) served me, was initially asking me questions about someone else's order, while when my turn came, he wouldn't serve me, saying that there were other people there before me (which was not the case). Worst thing, he turned his back on me and refused to listen. Not sure i want to be paying his salary...

Came in here for a late lunch and some 2-4-1 cocktails! The food was served in a good time considering it was a busy lunch service! Steak was cooked to perfection and the peppercorn sauce was very tasty! Venue was decorated amazingly for Christmas, we ordered our 2nd round of drinks on the app. These were delivered just as quickly as if we'd gone upto the bar! Would highly recommend!

Alisha was amazing ! Great service and great customer service.

Alisha who looked after us was amazing and looked after us really well. Will definitely come back.

Always a great atmosphere and wonderful range of drinks.

Expensive. Avoid like the plague.

Fab service. Great offers and deals. Thanks for s great night out. Recommended for students and blue light card holders. Christmas offers too. 👍😊

Brilliant.. nice place to relax in Gunwharf.

Shaye served us very happy with our meal

Popped in for breakfast on the morning of 14/12 with my son to fuel us up for a morning's Christmas shopping. Greeted with a smile when we arrived, our order was taken quickly and breakfast was brought out within 10 mins, everything was perfectly cooked, hot and tasty. Great value for money and couldn't fault it. Thanks for a great experience.

Always a good night, good atmosphere, bar is always busy but it's easy enough to get served as well staffed. Night is always ruinned by security staff feeling they have the right to treat people poorly. The service starts when you are at the door being greeted by security, it shouldn't be allowed for them to provide a poor service regardless of whether or not they are a direct employee of the establishment. Will be writing a complaint in relation to being shoved by a security guard out of the blue. Power hungry security feeling like they are untouchable and can man handle women, and men without reason.

We had a shocking time there in November 2024 the food took 1 and a half hours to come and turned up cold !! When we asked for a manager she shhhhed us when we tried to talk and stuck her finger in our food to test the temperature!!! The waitresses was amazing and clearly very embarrassed she was the only good thing about the place !! Disgusting

Two undrinkable cups of coffee, Latte and flat white. Went to Café Nero instead.

Stupid waiting time for food ! And staff just give dirty looks

Had a bit of a weird situation happen the other night here. my friend didn't have ID so the bouncer at the door let her in on my other friends ID- just got them to take the picture on the id scanner together? But then they didn't let another friend in because she didn't have an ID. Not sure if this is a rule before a certain time but it just struck me as a bit unusual... Oh and when i got in there, i ordered 2 shots- the guy at the bar put them in full sized cups with a lot of lemonade in them, and it wasn't pleasant at all. just a weird situation all round. Not a good night unfortunately.

Absolutely disgraceful customer service from the bouncers on the night of 30/11. The man at the door was incredibly rude and failed to explain why he couldn't accept either my student card or a passport copy on my phone. I value and respect the rules. However, the rules exist for a reason, and your staff should be able to articulate them clearly, not abuse their position for a power trip. All in all, I strongly recommend avoiding this overpriced, overcrowded place with appalling customer service and outdated music.

Always a good night out here, always busy on a sat night when we go. Seating available. A good choice of food and drinks. Great music, upstairs had different genre of music. The only negative we had was the doorman out the front on entering was really rude before we got 2 words out he was snappy, obviously had a bad day.

We had a girls Xmas lunch and drinks, party of 12. From the moment we arrived to the moment we left, Grace our hostess was amazing, making sure we all knew what was happening, checking orders and making sure drinks were flowing. Really recommended and was lovely having an unexpected private area to ourselves overlooking the rest of the bar downstairs, beautifully decorated table with crackers and even name cards.

Booked here for our girlie Christmas lunch. Good food and our server Grace was awesome ... really patient with our requests and even gave us table service for our extra drinks... thanks for making our afternoon a good one xxx

Would have given 5 star for service as the staff were nice. However there were only 2 staff members serving, the place is big and fairly busy. They didn't stand a chance. Management need to get their act together as 2 further staff were required. Food was average.

40 minutes wait for 2 breakfasts, we ordered on the app which was the actually the best bit about our experience. After 10 mins our pots of tea were brought over to the table, then we waited 20 more minutes when I asked a waitress if she knew how long until our food would be, she said she would find out but never came back, we waited another 10 mins and asked another waitress who looked at the screen and said well it’s on its way down from the kitchen now so a few minutes later our breakfast arrives and these were definitely NOT worth the wait! Underdone bacon, hard yolk on fried egg the tomato looked like it had been cooked and kept warm for hours!! 1 pack of butter in the middle of the plate which was so melted you would have had to drink it and due to the 30 mins wait we had no tea left to drink with the breakfast. Would definitely not recommend

Do not bother...went for what I thought would be a nice lunch with my mother. The wait was over 45 minutes, the order arrived wrong and the fish and chips were abysmaI, understaffed, dirty tables and the batter on the fish was inedible with black peas and oven chips, certainly not homemade fish n chips. The coffee/latte was from a machine and Luke warm. I don't normally complain but felt the need to stop people from spending their well earned money here unless you want happy hour for booze! Please save your money.

Very Nice Bar but incredibly busy - Visited on a Saturday during half term and it was quite literally standing room only - Prices for drinks seemed reasonable but definitely not cheap.

Waited over 70mins for food,that was luke warm at best. Felt very sorry for poor apologetic waitress. Nothing from management when we asked where our food was. Never again.

Popped in for lunch. Not busy food took over 50mins and turned up cold. Service was terrible. Asked for a refund which the manager gave for the food only and charged for two cokes we ordered to have with the lunch. Will not be going back. And as if yet the refund still isn't showing in my account.

Here’s an example of the review in English: “Very disappointed with the bar service. We ordered tequila and were given two thin slices and two tiny, almost inedible pieces of lemon instead of proper wedges for a standard tequila shot. When we asked for a replacement, the bartender told us there was no more lemon. However, when we asked another bartender, girl with dark hair , they were able to give us exactly what we wanted. It felt like the bar didn’t care about the quality of service. A nice evening was spoiled by something that could have easily been fixed right away.”

NOTE: I spoke directly with the manager who reached out to ask what had happened and to let me know how he handled everything. This is huge for me. He cares about his clients and also cares about his employees. Stars changed. Thank you for reaching out. Original review: Didn't eat. Beautiful place. Terrible service from first bartender. First cocktail, and she didn't put any of the spirit I requested into the mixer. She had another bartender try it who tried telling me I just couldn't taste it because I was drunk. Not the csse. Finally got remade after a manager came over and verified it was, in fact, just water. Rest of the evening was lovely, and everyone else was great. AND I did drink more, but could totally taste every cocktail moving forward.

Came in for BINGO night. Random Monday night but was a good night!

Ordered four roasts, which were incorrectly charged. The server then printed off a incorrect bill and told us she had other customers to deal with. Took 45 minutes for our food, which was then wrong. The server then didn’t seem too concerned that they’d managed to serve a roast dinner without any roast potatoes. We were offered potatoes, then told that they wouldn’t be ready in time, then told they would be ready in time (they never turned up). Much better places in Portsmouth more deserving of your money for both the quality of food, services and general pleasantness

Me and my girlfriend had a great bottomless brunch and were looked after by Sapphire. She did an amazing job and kept our drinks topped up. Would 10/10 reccomend.

Service for drinks was very friendly and I can’t fault our waitress. The food however, did not match the description on the menu. Items were missing from burger or completely different. Again, the staff were very helpful and attentive but the food did let it down.

Great experience at the Liquorist. The service was really quick and staff were super friendly. The food was great and the drinks were really well presented and tasty. Atmosphere and music were also great!

Very delicious food, good beer🍻

A nice pub with a good atmosphere. Sticky floors though

A really surprising treat, considering it looks more of an upmarket restaurant on the outside, but a welcoming and well laid out diner on the inside. Breakfast is the best in Portsmouth and so well priced, with plenty of options, coffee is superb and the staff couldn't have been any nicer or more accommodating. A must visit on your travels for a pit stop - I certainly will the next time I'm down.

Ordered the full English - eggs weren't cooked properly and the sausages looked like a dropped kebab - one of them was literally like rolled up cardboard. Coffee was undrinkable

Went here for food on Saturday just gone, I had bbq chicken jacket potato and it arrived cold, was missing bacon bits and spring onion on top, my boyfriend had a burger, this again arrived cold, burger looked like it had been sat there for days, the bun was stale and the chips was so cold and hard. It wasn’t overly busy but was only one waitress running around, trying to clean tables and serve food. We didn’t bother complaining just walked out. Was such a let down as last time I went here for food it was lovely.

My duck was reasonable but mynhusband's meal was supposed to be served with nachos when, in fact, they served prawn crackers! Obviously these were soggy when the beef with sauce was served over them! Very odd!

Not worth the price. Food came before drinks. Had to tell waitress we didn't get them

God awful steak, 10oz Steak was hard and tough, steak knife just about cuts through it. To hungry to mess about so chewed on what i could. If they are sending out food like this its not worth eating here. Drinks are fine but avoid the food.

Good for sport and drinks. Food was tough to eat

Terrible service, pub was empty, ordered n the app, sat for twenty minutes waiting for drinks. Spoke to the bar staff totally disinterested too busy talking to some students at the bar. No urgency at all. It's a shame as it's a good place for a bite to eat. Used regularly before won't use again.

Inaccurate opening hours and poorly trained staff

If your thinking of eating here don't bother. We waited nearly 40 minutes for two jacket potatoes and a chicken and bacon baguette. Put blunly it was bloody awful. The baguette was dry, they couldn't even be bothered to put a spread of butter on it. The filling consisted of a bit of lettuce, a bit of mashed up chicken, well I think it was chicken, couple of tiny bits of bacon and that was it. The potatoes where obviously warmed up in the microwave little or no filling. Worst lunch I've ever had. Never again!!!

Lovely staff glad they’re able to handle a big group and where respectable about it ☺️

Nice place to hangout and they are opened for longer hours with 2 DJs upstairs and downstairs.