The Liquorist in Portsmouth

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

Nice place front of sea , good food

Stopped in to have breakfast which could of been hotter but it was edible service was ok .

It was a quiet lunchtime and yet we waited over 45 minutes for our food. When it then arrived we were very disappointed. Sadly staff were also unhelpful. We wished we had gone to one of the many other restaurants in Gunwarf. Don't make the same mistake!

Sam was extremely friendly and suggested very tasty drinks. Will definitely come back to Liquorist , very great atmosphere and music.

Sam was amazing great service and would definitely go again, good atmosphere!

Admittedly it was early in the morning but the woman serving us didn't even look up as we walked in. She kept on looking at something and it was only when we spoke she paid any notice. Grim.

We had the absolute pleasure of visiting this delightful establishment on Sunday 18th Aug at 9.30am and then we met the staff...they were rude and delivered terrible customer service. We ordered a breakfast and poached eggs, the breakfast took 50minutes and the poached eggs never arrived. When we asked for the poached eggs we were laughed at and when I asked for details to provide feedback lady behind the bar sarcastically asked me if I wanted the owners details as he would be the only one who would care. Only offering to refund the poached eggs which we politely declined. Avoid at all costs.

Ordered 2 breakfasts. 1 arrived after 50 minutes, only half of the second breakfast arrived. Avoid at all costs. Appalling.

Great place to chill in the sun. Lovely outdoor seating area.

I would love to review the food but right now I have been waiting over an hour for my 5 SIDES this is preposterous I would expect basic sides to be out within 20 minutes. WHAT THE SKIBIDI OHIO IS THIS, NOT ALPHA!!!!!!!!

Excellent service!! Shaye is amazing!!!!

Visiting family from the States and enjoying popping in here. Staff were great and drinks reasonably priced.

Lovely little place in Gunwharf Quays. Went there for lunch with my mum and the service was quick and the food tasted really good. I'm not gonna act like it was fine dining but it was good pub grub, and for the price your paying it's great. Seriously, each main comes with a drink and some are under £10! Had a really nice chicken club bagette with chips and a coke for £8.50 - bargain! Staff also really friendly.

Nice enough pub but in quite a soulless part of gunwharf, which is a shame.

Sat in their garden area... lovely atmosphere ... afternoon drinks

I don’t tend to write negative reviews and usually try to resolve any issues face-to-face, however I feel compelled to based on my experience today. My mum and I both ordered lunch (chicken club meal deal and chicken waffle meal deal). The food took a decent amount of time to arrive (probably 30 minutes or so) which was OK however when it arrived we were appalled by the quality. The chips were undercooked and barely tasted of anything, but much worse were the two cold baguettes. They were both dry and tasted a bit old, and served in them was cold, sparsely portioned meat. In my baguette there was one piece of cold fatty bacon and about 10 grams of chopped up cold chicken with a measly amount of lettuce. I could not see any cheese. My mum’s wasn’t much better and again completely cold. Whilst we weren’t expecting gourmet quality food for the price, it could have at least been cooked or of a semi-decent quality. After the food was served to the table no-one came to check on us and even after waiting around a while and using the toilets the food was still left there uneaten and no-one spoke to us so we just left. We didn’t have an opportunity to address the issue with the food as there was only 1 staff member serving, and to be honest we felt sorry for her. In short this was a complete waste of money and we would never come back, after leaving hungry and disappointed.

On Sunday 3rd August I recommend the liquorsist to my family for lunch. Unfortunately this turned out to be a mistake. We ordered our food online and after 50 minutes it was served. I had ordered cheese and bean toastie with dirty fries. When it arrived there were a handful of chips with BBQ sauce drizzled over them. I mentioned to the waitress and she said she would return to the kitchen. I waited another 10 minutes and my meal was returned, the toastie was now cold and the same chips were returned with some grated cheese unmelted and spring onion on them. I asked to speak to the manager. I explained my issue and I cannot believe how rude Grace ( the manager was) she informed me that the kitchen were only told I wanted dirty chips ( which is what the dish comes with) and that they hadn’t been told I would like a hot toastie! When I said it was over an hour since I ordered her reply was ‘ well it’s an hour wait for food!’ I explained that I ordered online and that it didn’t say anything about the wait, her reply was ‘ well if you ordered at the bar you would have known’ She then rolled her eyes and said did I want a refund. At no point did I receive an apology. What made matters worse was that my husband should have had gherkin with his burger, when he asked for them the waitress took his plate ( my husband had started the burger) when it came back the gherkins had been stuffed into the half eaten burger and returned!! Terrible service!

Love the pub always start our trips to Portsmouth there

Had burger and chips. Tasted awful. Really processed. Chips tasted rubbery and re heated. Didn't finish the meal. Wine came out in a dirty glass. I wouldn't eat here again.

2 for 1 cocktails a bargain, but limited list.

Nice place for drinks outside in the sun. However the app ordering system is borderline ridiculous - a 26 minute and then later a 32 minute wait for a 2pt jug of beer and a 2pt cider? The app orders are time stamped, so no hiding there! Not even complex cocktails. C'mon guys! Ended up going in to order the next drinks after that.

Visit this pub / restaurant today. I can highly recommend the katsu curry...amazing. Bar staff very friendly and helpful. Great location.

It's fine. Nothing special, just fine.

Large bar/restaurant over 2 floors, seating indoors and out. Nicely decorated with friendly staff. Food was delicious, the Rump Steak did not have one bit of chewy rind as you can see in the photo.

The place was empty, and closing early due to maintenance....

Ella was on top form Great service always made sure we were on top

Ella is lush, on top of getting our drinks, such a good bottomless brunch at the gunwharf branch.

Food cold so we returned it but came back luke warm. Chips seemed like they had been warmed up from previous days. Wrap & baguette filling pretty tasteless so lots of wastage at the end. Service OK so no complaints on that. Won't.be going back to Liquorist in Portsmouth.😟

Worst toastie I've ever had. This was allegedly a cheese and bacon toastie, which was so dry you could build a wall with it. With so many places around to eat, why is god's name you'd come back here for food is a mystery. At least the server was polite, genuinely seemed mortified and promptly gave a refund.

Delicious drinks and reasonably priced food. Steven made all of our dreams come true with his brilliant cocktails!

Drinks not cheap but where is now? Music was banging.

What a disorganised place this is. I’ve rated the food a one simply because we didn’t actually get any food! We only ordered a portion of chips & a sandwich, waited at least 40 mins, asked at the bar told be told we were next, waited a bit longer and the table that arrived half an hour after us had their food delivered. At this point we were fed up waiting and had to leave so I asked for refund to be told I have to wait 3-5 days for a refund! The woman that served us looked half asleep, and clearly had no idea what was going on. Staff useless, table dirty, toilets dirty and our food order disappeared so won’t be rushing back there in a hurry.

Order the food wich came afte 30 min and wasn’t busy at all, my egg came like uncooked (see picture), they apologised and bring another egg after i finish my meal:)…very very poor service….

The whole lunchtime experience was really good, friendly staff. A highly recommended place if visiting Gunwarf Quay's.

If you're hungry, go somewhere else! They take absolutely forever to cook food. It was basically empty today and it took 45mins for 2 burgers and chips. The chips were either overcooked or saturated in grease (see photo) and handful of them. The chicken burger was very nice although the coating was a little overdone. Have had a bad experience here before again with timings of food though did give benefit of the doubt before reviewing.

Great place, great atmosphere and great cocktails! The staff were really helpful, served us really quickly and make great recommendations. Katie especially really made sure we were happy with everything and nothing was too much trouble for her. We ordered food, it came out really fast and was so tasty. I had my son with me and the staff were amazing with him and made sure we had a high chair.

In fairness, the two staff tried hard to fill in for the lack of staff there at the time, despite being about 5% full of customers.. The food was average

we ordered two cheese and bacon toasties , which after 45 mins we had to ask how long it was going to be and then we received a toastie with a very little slice of under cooked bacon and the cheese was barely visible

Wanting for lunch and was looked after by Dan. Food was great and a huge selection of cocktails

Decent chain owned bar. There is nothing to get excited about. Staff and service adequate. Didn't try food, but it looked okay.

Had a really nice blue cheese burger . Been a few times now. Be careful sitting under the stairs though (all though not everyone as clumsy as me .) I forgot stood up and had this as a parting souvenir pic attached.

The two of us went here and ordered a bigger breakfast and a small breakfast, costing £18.98, price was fine. Service and no food was absolutely diabolical. We had such a bad experience when not being delivered any food within a 44-minute window and then another 15 minutes discussing a refund that we have to wait 10 to 14 days to get after having to take personal details from us. We order food then having to wait 27 minutes, we ask one of the staffs how much longer is our food going to be and they said "ours was next up, so about 5 minutes". at 34 mins after 6 minutes later we then went to the bar staff to put in a complaint and they said "definitely another 5 minutes", they looked at their monitor and so did we of all of the table orders that were there and there was 6 left and ours was second in the queue with another order 3 minutes longer than ours. At 44 minutes, we gave up waiting and went back to the bar to ask for a refund. They could not give us a straight refund like most places can, after this discussion, the manager didn’t even come out, the bar staff had to deal with us and didn’t really seem interested and after another 15 minutes of taking our details and telling us we won’t get our refund for 10 to 14 days, was so embarrassing. Conclusion: 44 minutes wait with 2 excuses, no food, £18.98 taken, another 15 minutes of discussion on refund, made us miss on other things to do in the day, and no proof that they can actually refund us. The most poor and shocking experience I have ever had when out for eating food.

Fabulous breakfast . The service was excellent.

Fantastic all day menu.. breakfast brunch dinner plus all side orders the bar is of a real good size.. SEATING outside and in..and upstairs another bar with big screen TVs also a balcony to enjoy the splendid atmosphere and views across the Solent

Food took ages to arrive, was cold and bacon was half a slice and burnt almost beyond recognition. Ordered tea no milk but it arrived with milk in a small jug which was inside the cup which spilled out and got attitude when I asked for a clean cup. WOULD NOT RECOMEND

Amazing experience, the bar staff are just wonderful, they have made us feel at home xxxxx

Lovely place with a nice ambience to it, friendly helpful staff. Nice food x

Baguette and burger took 30 mins to deliver, arrived on the cooler side of warm, disappointing- burger was pleasant

Went there only for a drink it was a comfy place to stay, recommended.

Had a couple of beers here yesterday and some share plates. Very average food to say the least. I had to go and get 2 plates to put our food on. Small details that could be improved. Bar lady was friendly and nice. Summary: I'd drink here, but not eat.....

Lucy brilliant bottomless brunch was amazing so quick with drinks and so friendly

we’ve had an amazing sevrver lucy has been so attentive she’s brought drinks over quicker than we could of asked for she’s amazing

Microwaved food. Not great. Drinks menu had loads of offers but was told they weren't available when trying to order. A couple of the staff were really lovely though.

Had a great time here, would of been even better if people were up dancing considering the clubbing music that was being played. Our cocktails were around £5 and £7. They tasted great and I would definitely come back again. Lots of places to sit inside and out. Staff were toilet and friendly.

It was a good day out had fun by all good for a get together

Great atmosphere and the largest veraity of spirits I've ever seen lots of options. Friendly staff. Great prices, too.

Love the food delicious will visit again when I return to Portsmouth for another holiday

Havibg never been here before, i found the 2 members of barstaff abrupt, unhelpful and unwelcoming, to the extent I wouldn't come here again. There seemed to be no apparent reason for their lack of customer service skills and rude manner. As there are plenty of other bars in Gunwarf Quays with obviously far better customer training for their teams, I certainly won't be recommending The Liquorist. Poor show!!!!

Had the all day brekkie. Really good quality bacon and sausages and a really good price. They forgot to add the fried eggs, the girl who brought us our meal was brilliant, and called the kitchen and within 5 mins we had our eggs. Did not pay a tip as was asked to pay at the bar when ordering, but I will next time. Staff really good here

Went for cocktails and they did not disappoint. Good value for money.

Went to The Liquorist for cocktails which were very poor and apparent pre mixed. I didn’t see him add any white rum or vodka which was listed in the recipe in the menu so asked him about it. His reply was “it’s already premixed in the bottle with the blue curacao, there’s nothing I can do about it”. Drinks tasted like we were drinking a soda. Had the one drink and left. Walked about 10 metres to The Alchemist and had the best experience. We stayed at The Alchemist all evening and were mesmerised by the theatre and artistry by Frank conjuring up our cocktails. We also had dinner there and spent about £260 ( the prices were reasonable but we had many cocktails ). Shame on The Liquorist…. Well done to The Alchemist and Frank…. We will be back.

We always have a great time here. Staff friendly, atmosphere great and the food 😋😋 delicious.

Excellent service and lovely food

Lucy is absolutely fantastic. We come here just for her service..

Beautiful beef brisket chilli, this was our second time as we had it as a taster on a 3 deal tapas.

Shows all sports and very loud at night....Great atmosphere

Popped in for brunch, very tasty food

Popped in with my family Monday just gone. Quality of food was absolutely delicious! Came out promptly, even though it was busy. The staff were super friendly, and had a coffee whilst waiting for our food. Would definitely recommend and will be coming back in the future.

Had a family catch up, some of us haven’t seen each other in months. We decided to go for breakfast before wandering around the shops…. And we weren’t disappointed. Yummy food. Great price point for the amount of food you get. It came out to us quickly, even though it was busy. The staff were very helpful, and friendly. Couldn’t recommend enough, will be coming back!

Went there for breakfast The speed of service was absolutely fantastic, as well as the customer experience our servers name was Vans and he was exceptionally kind. The food was great and his attitude was even better. He’s even a bit of a looker will definitely come back.

I had a pint of Neck Oil with the father in law. Fantastic pub with a good atmosphere.... £7 A PINT! Fair play, the father in law paid.

Great bar with around average Gunwharf prices. Very friendly staff and nice decor. Can get a bit busy but never had a problem sitting. Would recommend.

Not a great experience. Went for the Sunday roast. Apart from the meat everything else was cold, potatoes were overcooked on the outside and the gravy way too thick. The way it was served looked like a mess on a plate. Asked for it to be warmed up but came back the same. Our other meals in our party also cold.

Amazing brunch, Lucy was lovely! Great service, quick drink refills and really nice food. Tristan is a lovely manger and the team went above and beyond to make our trip pleasant. Well done to all staff. Prosecco and cocktails at all times! Plus a Polaroid picture to top it off! 10/10 recommend!!

Amazing brunch, Lucy was lovely! Great service, quick drink refills and really nice food. Tristan is a lovely manger and the team went above and beyond to make our trip pleasant. Well done to all staff. Prosecco and cocktails at all times! Plus a Polaroid picture to top it off! 10/10 recommend!!

I popped in with my partner yesterday. A first time visit that really impressed! We were tended by Andy who could not have been more helpful. The BBQ Burger with ‘burnt ends’ was recommended and it was simply fantastic! Washed down with a pint of Moretti, our day was made. There’s an approachable, unpretentious feel at The Liquorist. We’ll definitely be back:)

Lucy was such a good host with the new bottomless brunch menu was amazing 😊

Lucy was gave amazing service very attentive and nothing was too much!

Excellent service. Lucy was a brilliant waitress and very helpful and kind. The service was excellent and brilliant xx

Lucy was really good. Really helpful! We said this is one of the best bottomless brunch’s we’ve been too!