The Witch's Brew Micro Pub in Southampton

Lovely friendly garden to sit out in some undercover

Superb, unique micropub with interesting and well-kept gravity fed real ale.

Quirky and fun with great beers to choose from

Awful place! If you are female and chat to males you will (Eventually after receiving a nasty email get barred). The beer is good.

Very helpful and friendly staff and great ale. Thank you

If you ever need a place to relax and unwind, look no further... an interesting selection of local brews.... and a nice place to catch up with friends.

Haven't been there for ages. So thought I'ld try different pint .Asked for a small taster. Decided on the pint and was given ... 4/5 of a pint! Asked to have it topped off and was told by the barman that I've already had the taster! Didn't bother with a second pint:(real shame.)

Great little micro with cosy beer garden. Cask beer was nice and cool. Landlady is a character.

Great place for a few nice beers! A must go on Shirley

Fabulous small venue with nooks and cranny to sit in and a small garden ,very very clean and cosy. The landlady is brilliant

My favourite bit of Southampton apart from home!

Very warm welcome from Mary the landlady, great pint of gravity dispensed real ale.

Love this place. Love that there's not blaring music, there's games, there's a DOG, always a brilliant choice of beers. Walking in, even if it's a bunch of people I've not talked to (yet), feels a bit like coming home.. A nice sense of community.

Driven past so many times, am glad I took a stroll down for a beer. Great real ale place.

Absolutly lovely little pub. Really well kept ales, always a great selection. Also a fantastic selection of ciders. Very reasonable prices, really good value. A load of nice looking craft beers in the fridge too. They've also added a new range of crisps which are well worth trying! The landlady is always welcoming and friendly and the locals are lovely too. Bonus is Giz the friendly pub dog! We sat in the outdoor area for the first time. It's a sheltered gazebo with a heater so still cosy in November! Really recommend a visit if you're in Southampton.

What can I say, the finest ales always in tip top condition. A warm welcome in the regions most eclectic micro pub. This place is a must to visit and should be held up as a example to others.

They know a good drop of real ale 🍻 Long live the local

Love this place! Amazing owner and dog - both hilarious - and unique little pub with great beer for a decent price

Really good beer. Both staff and customers friendly and welcoming

Just visiting Southampton from San Antonio, TX USA. Stumbled upon this place whilst at BrewDog and searching for the next place to drink. Hands down, this is my favorite pub that I have ever been to. Feels like drinking at home with friends. This would 100% be my neighborhood drinking spot if I were local. Less than 1mi from Southampton Central Station, so really no excuse not to pop in for at least one pint if visiting.

Good range of beers, cask and cans. Nice layout, every room is comfy snug and good outside space.

Pretty much the best kept ale in Southampton. Mary is delightful. What was really interesting is the fact that every customer that walked through the door said hello to me. Great pubs attract nice people. Cheers! 🍻

Great proper Micropub. Engaging customers, great ales lovely garden area and the ever wonderful Mary at the helm.

Fantastic micropub. The beer is always fantastic and a varied choice on offer. Mary runs a very tidy shop. Six stars from me.

Love this cute friendly bar. Beer selection is excellent and the host Mary is awesome.

Great little bar and friendly staff and great prices

A lovely little craft ale bar. Friendly and hospitable. Excellent beer.

Real pub with real ale straight out of the barrel!

Tiny pub, but a great selection of ciders. Great for small gatherings.

Not a bad little pub. Feels more like someone's house.

Such a great little gem loved it, looking forward to many summer drinks in the garden.

Good beer, warm welcome love it 🍺🍺

Great Micropub with 5 beers excellent choice. Highly recommended

Nice friendly micropub with good choice of 5 beers served straight from the barrel.

Always well kept beer reasonably priced. Friendly staff

Real nice atmosphere. NO WIFI, NO TV, its brilliant. You can sit down, enjoy some real nice real ale and have a chat with who ever! Sod crappyspoons!

Wonderful micro pub, warm and welcoming, excellent beer.

Good outside space. Attentive staff and lovely atmosphere.

Lovely quirky mini pub currently serving carry out real ales. Generally having a porter / stout in the mix.

Really nice micro pub! Friendly atmosphere!

One of the beat micro pubs in Southampton (well overdue CAMRA Pub of the Year!). Landlady Mary goes to great pains to keep her cask ale and cider in perfect condition, prices them affordably and has created a cosy and welcoming local haunt. Why go anywhere else?!

Cosy friendly community pub which emphasise the quality of their beer above all else. 'Quiet' (no music/slot machines/games/etc.) with a focus on getting to know other patrons. Takeaway containers also available, and operated an order-and-collect service in lockdown.

Great little place, well worth a visit!

Great selection of beers, and a nice courtyard garden out the back in which to enjoy a drink. Definitely worth a visit?

Great micro brewery, very friendly staff and the tastiest of brews

Great hostess, great beer and cider

Lovely place with a friendly owner and nice patrons.

Intimate, friendly pub - good beer, reasonable prices.

It was a lovely space and you felt very welcome and the bar person was very helpful

Such a unique and nolstagic place. I feel like there would have been a lot more places like this a long time ago. It feels like there's a bit of magic in the house, and the cask ales were kept beautifully.

Fantastic pub. Best Landlady in Shirley

Nice beer, small and friendly, bit like popping round to someone's house for a beer.

Great place to taste some fine examples of craft ales, very friendly atmosphere xxx

Great beer, no piped music, tv or flashing lights. Wonderful drinking oasis for those who like to talk and think.

Exceptional beer, very friendly.

Lovely little gem, soooo not what you would expect.. go, have a look, a golden little micro brewery

Brilliant place. A local feel where everyone is friendly. Mary is amazing

Fantastic place.Well worth a visit. Discover it you will probably be pleasantly surprised .

Great selection of beer- ever changing, friendly great for chatting, and a wonderful landlady!

Lovely place. Homely, cafe feel, good beer and good party food. Thanks guys!

Smashing, quirky micro pub. Owner is a gem and the drinks are good and reasonably priced. Its very small so expect to share a table.

Great curated range of beer, including breweries I'd not heard of but was delighted to discover. Fab atmosphere only wish we could have stayed longer!

Something very different!!! The Witch is an amazing host!!

Excellent ale bar. Unpretentious and wonderful.

Great pub. Looks small when you go in bit like the Tardis.

Superb micro pub. Highly recommended

Terrific little place. A true gem. Always service with a smile.

Excellent. Lovely place, excellent friendly service, gorgeous beer and nice local honey if you fancy

Brilliant, welcoming little pub with great beer and cider

Our Running Club had a fantastic evening here. Mary opened up on the Monday night especially for us. Lovely, welcoming atmosphere and the drinks are reasonably priced too!! Give it a try.

Always a delightful experience.

Great little pub, the landlady Mary is so great and welcoming :-)

The place is so small I never even noticed it the first times I walked by. But I did go in eventually and was pleasantly suprised. Cozy little place, with a very kind and welcoming person behind the counter. The drinks were quite good too and reasonably priced!

It's ok. Nice pints but the interior lacks character and is rather on the shabby side.

Truly an excellent micro. Cracking beers and atmosphere.

Contender for the best beer in town and a very friendly, laid back vibe.

Great litte pub. Have a visit say hello to Mary and Giz

Watch the opening hours but a brilliant little micropub serving excellent cask beers with a lovely, pleasant and friendly owner/landlady. A very nice seating area outside at the front.

Yet another great addition to Southampton's thriving real ale and micro pub scene. There's a small outside drinking area at the front then two rooms through to the bar, both rooms have a slightly different feel but both comfortable and a bit quirky. The bar has stillages behind it from where the excellent ales and ciders are served by the pleasant owner Mary. A nice starting or finishing point if you're visiting the three micropubs along Shirley High Street.

Awesome, great beer and feels like a front room with your mates.

Great host, Gizzy. Perfect micropub.

Quality cask beer - the freshest I've tasted in Shirley. Always crystal clear and delicious. Interesting changing selection on every week. Friendly owner - always welcomed with a smile.

The Witch's Brew is probably the most grass roots micro pub in Southampton. There's no music and it was breathed into life by Mary the owner who originally started with a bare plywood aesthetic, but which has now morphed into a cozy little real ale pub with an esoteric and occult interior design. Easily the best thing about the Witch's Brew are the frequently changing tasty ales (and Porters), and the ease with which it's possible to enjoy other people's conversations and/or join in. Lot's of elderly Shirley gents come here and they are all just golden geezers with a wealth of information both local and historical.

Very nice place to have a comfy talk with your friends.

Interesting and friendly and just a bit different sort of pub

This is a sweet, little place with a few good beers on tap. It is definitely not your archetypal pub and for that it is all the better. Offers something unusual to the local area.

Great if you like no music no kids no mobile phones and craft ales!

Fantastic place and a really unique owner!!!

Good place for beer.... Will definitely visit again..

Great little pub, a true free house with a ever varying range of beers.

It's like drinking in someone's living room. Weird and wonderful with craft ales.

How a bar should be. Friendly atmosphere and great range of beers and ciders

Very friendly. Unusually for micro pub it has a few different areas to sit in.

Nice little micro pub , good choice of Beers,

Brilliant Ale lovely relaxing place to drink it in

Lovely little micro pub! Great selection of Ales and really friendly staff! Will definitely be going back!

Great little pub. Small cosy excellent ales and great landlady. Oh not forgetting the 2 Dogs. Who give you a nice welcome.

A popular addition to Southampton's growing number of micro-pubs. Always a good selection of ales, in the peak of condition and invariably something on the dark-side: Stout or porter. Keep it a secret from all but you best chums.

Excellent ale, landlady who knows real ale and keeps a fine pint allways a dark ale on.