Wildwood in Portsmouth

Had a lovely meal with family and friends. Food was lovely and the staff were great.

The meals were utterly tasteless! I can't remember the last time I ordered three different meals and couldn't eat much of any of them. There were three of us and no one enjoyed their meal or even ate half of it. The presentation wasn't inviting at all and let's just say I'll certainly never go back there!

Brilliant service I recommend booking early when they first open

Normally like wild wood but wouldn’t order there garlic beard pizzas because they have no onions on and minimal cheese

Popped in for a quick bite to eat between church and reception of a wedding. Not too busy and lovely inside. We chose the cobb salad with a portion of sweet potato fries. Really good sized portion and so tasty. Only grumble was that the older male member of staff was very loud. Other than that no grumbles at all and would highly recommend.

never came at all. I then spent a long while trying to figure out how to reach justvestd . have no idea how to get my money back

Excellent, especially suited for families. Open plan, varied menu, food served hot & relatively quickly. Good quality, reasonably priced.

Good food and service, and price quality. Very nice space for a lunch break in the middle of the week.

Went in for a nice meal but it was so noisy we walked out. Loud music even though it was nearly empty!

Lovely setting and the staff were wonderful. We had the lunch time special and it was tasty and plentiful. What’s not to like? Would I come here again? Yes!

Had a lovely meal and the service was super friendly. However the selection of desserts was a bit disappointing. Ended up ordering ice cream and there was absolutely no effort on the presentation. Aside from desserts, very happy with the meal I had. Well presented and tasty.

Opened for lunch at 12 , and we 3 chose nice varied creations to test the kitchen , haddock cakes ,fries on a pleasant garnish. Avocado salad & Beefburger & all lunches were polished off. Great family service. For us and the dog inside . Bottled beers washed it down nicely.

Food was good but not enough was still hungry when we left. Service could have been better

We were here by chance. We didn't know wildwood before. The food is excellent and the staff is very attentive and friendly. The price-performance ratio is outstanding!

Nice big venue (but that can rob it of atmosphere when quiet). Good friendly service. Good quality food and a good choice.

Good food and a wonderful french waitress. She makes the place !

Took the lunch time special menu which was good value for money. Had the mackerel patè starter followed by the lighter option of 1/2 pizza and salad for mains. There wasn’t enough toast with the paté, so asked for more. My daughter had the goats cheese penne for the main menu which was equally delicious to mine too. My granddaughter had bolognaise, milk shake and ice cream all for £1. Good value and tasty. I did see I was charged for the extra toast but advised I wasn’t told it was extra, it was obliged and removed from the bill.

Outside dining at it's best - tasty lunch and perfect portions.

Booked well in advance as had 2 dogs with us. Port Solent busy with great entertainment but Wildwood was struggling to keep up. So disappointed as it was a second visit and last one wasn't good either. Walked out and went somewhere else

Really enjoyable meal out. Service from the waitress who took the order was fab, what a lovely girl. Good food and atmosphere was noisy but managable.

Second visit in 2 days. Food great and reasonably priced. Dogs welcome on outside terrace. French waitress was lovely and attentive

There was a number of us 30+ so wasn’t expecting much. Staff were lovely tried the best with so many people. Everything took its time but our food arrived altogether which was amazing. Unfortunately my meal was really uneatable. I chose a Ceaser salad thinking with this many to cater for was a good choice. Salad was fresh but unfortunately the chicken was so hard I would have broken a tooth if I ate it. I would normally have sent it back, but I was with a crowd who I had not been with before. I live locally to the restaurant and have never been before but sorry won’t be back.

Food was pretty good as was the service. Nothing to write home about but nothing to complain about either.

Sunday lunch for four, the food and service were excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed and will return.

Really delicious food and reasonably priced. Staff were great, polite and good service. Unfortunately its also extremely noisy, the layout and building itself means that the noise is amplified. We struggled to have conversations and hear each other during our meal which was the only negative. Other than that its a great place to eat.

Nice family venue with good atmosphere,good food and service

the food never showed up ! tried to call the restaurant several times but no answer. absolute joke. £35 and no food arrived but they marked it as delivered !!!!!

Just returned from an excellent lunch at Wildwood. We were a party of six and had a sociable round table with a view of the marina. We chose from the 2 course lighter lunch menu and we were all pleased with our choices. We had an excellent server. She was so helpful, great sense of humour and efficient . Which made the whole experience more enjoyable. We think our server was Estelle. Thank you to Wildwood .

An underrated pizzeria offering a vast range of Italian food. Great for authentic stone baked pizza, chips & brownies. Will be coming back!

Good service, freindly staff. Busy.

Spent a lovely evening here with friends.

Great food, great evening, and good company however restaurant was quite noisy to the extent the waitress struggled to hear us and struggled to get the order right. Perhaps look into the acoustics and sound absorbers. Took quite a while to get our order but the food was so good it actually was worth the wait. The toilets were clean but the engaged or vacant indication was lacking and not very efficient.

It's a pricy pizza restaurant with no real atmosphere. Food we ordered was OK but small in quantity.

Friendly helpful staff, good quality food

Four of us went into eat, my dish came out wrong, so by the time my food came out the three other family members had finished, so I sat there eating on my own, the food was bland with no taste, my mothering laws seat was sticky, was the fastest I think we’ve ever left a restaurant.

I ordered the chicken liver pate as my starter but as I do not like nuts I asked if I could have it without the hazelnuts. I told the waiter this and explained I was not allergic. He suggested I was lying about being allergic and if I was would not serve me. He eventually believed me. The pate itself was pretty tasty (3/5) but when I asked for butter, it was thrown down on the table rudely. My main was a chicken in white wine sauce that was overcooked and dry. The best part of the meal was the green beans.

Happy atmosphere, good food along with friendly helpful staff - a great night

Visited earlier today and would say this restaurant was ok. The food was fine and waiting staff also unremarkable'. Was surprised to find a 10% service charge added to our bill as mentioned by other recent reviews. The toilets however were not ok. No loo roll, ooo hand driers and generally not well looked after or maintained. I would not rush back to this place.

Friendly and attentive staff, who provided excellent service. Always our favourite when we are in Port Solent. Special mention to Cana.

Took our well behaved dog. They gave him a treat of doggie ice cream, bowl of water. Nothing was too much trouble. We had lunchtime menu and was great.

Atmosphere was nice, but service was slow and food was very average.

Had booked a table for 9 of us, clearly putting in the notes 6 Adults 2 children and a highchair would be required. When arriving at the restaurant, our table was not ready and no highchair. Service was very slow, drinks order was taken, Had to wait awhile for them to arrive before our food was ordered. At no point when we received our food did we get checked on?? Service charge was removed on our request as not warranted.

We were a party of 7 and we all really enjoyed the food and prices were fair. I knocked a bit off for atmosphere because was quite noisy. I think they need some noise absorbing walls or floor. Otherwise great place to eat.

Great location, good food and an enjoyable atmosphere

The chicken was tough - there was no avocado - the chips were cold and only half were edible - the bacon was undercooked - you enclosed a carton of orange drink and a chocolate brownie which I did not order and had to throw away as I am diabetic. Needless to say, I will not be ordering from Wildwood again.

Initially left standing at the entrance, it appeared that the staff were all just too busy to acknowledge us. That was put right by the manager after he directed one of his team to assist us. The food arrived promptly after we ordered it but we were surprised to learn that they had no vinegar. I can't recall ever eating in a British restaurant where they didn't have vinegar. The food was OK but no one checked up with us to make sure; a standard routine in most eateries. Unable to catch the attention of one of the waiting staff, we again eventually gained assistance from the manager. We asked for the bill and were surprised to see that it included an automatic 10% service charge. The manager asked if we were happy with this as I suspect he realised we hadn't had the best experience. Its unusual for me to leave no tip whatsoever but on this occasion I didn't feel one was warranted. Having said that, my thanks to the manager who appeared to be doing his best with the staff that he had. I should add that it was extremely quiet making our inability to attract the attention of the waiting staff even more frustrating.

Lovely food and service. Recommended highly

Look Wildwood ! Staff are friendly and helpful. Food good and reasonably priced.

I love it, especially the promotions

Lovely atmosphere the serves are very kind and helpful got our food and drinks in good time. The food is very nice. They have colouring sheets for kids and high chairs.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, and good food

Food was ok but overpriced for the quantity

Noisy atmosphere,food was OK but quite expensive as where the drinks the waitress was very pleasant. Service charge was added to the bill with without any mention beforehand. Should have been left to the customer to decide if a tip should be given, obviously with the noisy atmosphere and cost of food and drinks as well as the limited choice of menu, one may not have been given, so I assume that's why the service charge levied. Not an experience any of our families will be repeating.

We ate at your restaurant in port Solent today.The waitress was great but my husband had a steak,it was awful no taste very bland I had a spaghetti bolognaise that was taste less it said rich ragu sauce. Mine was watery not great. We did tell the waitress about the steak nothing my husband did even it it all a few mouthfuls wouldn't race back there

Good, plain food. A lot of food with chips. Fairly quick, efficient service. Very helpful staff. Quite a noisy venue when full.

Really lovely restaurant great food and service the French waitress was friendly and funny kept us all laughing throughout. I would recommend this place 100%

Set lunch menu is very good, pricing is adequate, and food itself is very tasty. However when asking for our meal choices the waitress asked whether we wanted fries or salad WITHOUT mentioning it was an extra charge on top of the set menu. Both of these aren't mentioned within the set menu page, and therefore was misleading as to whether it was included or not because of the way it was mentioned. Fries and salad are each ~£4.50 - which is quite expensive for the portion size, at least for the fries (the salad however is admittedly pretty darn good). Atmosphere: Large Hall like setting so even with a few customers your voice projects across and at busier periods it will be hard to hear across a table from noise, and speaker music is American rock throwbacks which is pretty fun and fits the wildwood theme; if a bit 'tin-ny' sounding, quality wise. All in all the service was fairly polite, fast, and food was delicious so I wouldn't fault them for this. Just do be aware that when being asked about sides WITH the set menu they have additional EXTRA charges. I simply would have appreciated more transparency. That being said the set menu is good and worthwhile so I would still reccomend this place.

Ordered via uber eats, order was completely wrong missing to whole pizzas somehow, avoid ordering online here

Disappointing over cooked food (which we were refunded) and long waits in between courses although the place was pretty quiet. Even had to wait for ages to pay the bill. Won't be returning to this branch but will continue to visit the Wildwood at Whiteley which is always lovely.

review for just-eat. wrong item delivered and the customer services refused to help, claiming internal policies. wouldn't provide the policies and ultimately ended the support ticket unsatisfactory.

little disappointed ordered brownie but came with no chocolate sauce :(

The food was hot and delicious lots of things on the menu to try. My first order from them had a pizza and sweet potato fries was just what I needed. Can’t wait to try different dishes.

‘Optional’ 10% service charge automatically added to the bill. Check your bill before paying. One thing I can’t stand are companies who add a service charge, especially when it’s two people eating. I was too busy chatting to study the bill which came to £35.50, service was Ok, but not great, £40 was left - 12% tip. Disappointed when I found out after leaving that a 10% tip was automatically added to the bill, so I ended up leaving a 22% tip. I’ve left bigger tips in the past so it’s not about the money, it’s the principle. Food was good, but won’t be returning to any Wildwood restaurant. Let customers decide if they want to tip, having to ask for it to be removed is a very bad business model and will make people who can’t afford to tip feel obligated to pay it.

‘Optional’ 10% service charge automatically added to the bill. Check your bill before paying. One thing I can’t stand are companies who add a service charge, especially when it’s two people eating. I was too busy chatting to study the bill which came to £35.50, service was Ok, but not great, £40 was left - 12% tip. Disappointed when I found out after leaving that a 10% tip was automatically added to the bill, so I ended up leaving a 22% tip. I’ve left bigger tips in the past so it’s not about the money, it’s the principle. Food was good, but won’t be returning to any Wildwood restaurant. Let customers decide if they want to tip, having to ask for it to be removed is a very bad business model and will make people who can’t afford to tip feel obligated to pay it.

Staff were friendly and welcoming. Food was delicious.

my fav restaurant at port solent. we had dinner on a friday night and we were served drinks and food so quick! love that you can customise the pizza :)

We had a good experience here. The service was excellent and the food was great too. I had the Chicken Romana which was crisp and tasty and not too dry which it could easily have been. My partner had a burger which was not overcooked and everything with it was perfect including some really nice crispy chips. We will try here again.

I had a lovely meal. There were 2 children in our party of 8, but the children's play area wasn't open.

Open front kitchen playing loud music which makes it hard with separate different restaurant music.

Food was ok, service was ok, price was ok

Terrible. Won't be going there ever staff not very friendly sighed as we walked in. chose from the menu to be then told half of the menu was unavailable.

It was a little cold but the food was good and the service was friendly.

Food was really nice. A few down sids 20min from order till we received drinks considering they only just opened.. and the guy bringing beer barrels 10 of them...though restaurant while 14 tables in use. Was very off putting. ** this should have been done before opening **

There were no fries with the burger.

Went out for a catch-up with my family, we were quick to be seated, left with a good amount of time to choose our drinks and food. We enjoyed the picante pizza and Chorizo risotto! The food was really lovely! Would definitely come again!

Food arrived pizza cold and undercooked - dough still white - prawns were tipped over so all sauce ran out into bag - inedible and I want refund - come and get the food - ruined Xmas eve

Great place staff were funny and even though really busy service was still great

Very overpriced for very average food

Good service, good food, the lemon tart was actually warmed up and very tasty.. Our waiter Joel was fantastic, so nice to see a genuine and warm smile..

Usually had a good experience at this restaurant but today’s visit was disappointing. We booked because we had a lovely Christmas dinner last year but today were told we couldn’t have it because we hadn’t pre-booked it so had to choose from the ordinary lunch menu. I had the chicken burger which was dry and tough. We had a desert which was ok but not for £7.15. We charged the full price but realised after we could have made quite a saving if we had realised that meal & desert would have been less than half the price if we had specifically requested as a ‘2 course lunch’ would have been nice to have been advised. The table staff kept hassling us as if they wanted us to hurry up despite it being less than half full. Then had the cheek to ask if we were happy to pay a 10% service charge. Don’t think we will bother going back after today, expensive and disappointing!

Good experience here. Place was busy but staff were well organised. Recommending to book table ahead of time to be sure to have a table for weekend time. Food was delicious, coming back in few months 😊

Ordered from the fixed price lunch menu and then found I was charged the full rate. I took this up with the staff to no avail, this strikes me as misleading and a con. I'm very dissatisfied and angry at what was a misleading offer. Also the food itself was not very hot when it arrived. We wont be returning to Wildwood.

Friendly staff and they look after the locals.

I visited with a large family group of adults and children, the food was good but slightly more expensive than other other restaurants nearby, the staff were competent enough but the shock came when the bill came and we found out that the company policy was to add a 15% service charge.

Good menu choices and not too busy midweek. Went for Christmas lunch and it was very busy but staff coped well with no delays. However the ambience was very noisy making conversation slightly difficult ⁷

Took almost two hours to arrive, got someone else’s order (whoever got mine will be disappointed!) and food was cold. Not the normal standard I usually get!

Very poor service, arrived for Christmas party only 7 people, No Christmas crackers for table, No cranberry sauce (with Christmas meal) no Tiramisu. Our meal was booked over 1 month in advance and menu order placed over 1 week before we arrived. Also took over 3 hours for a meals to come out. Very Poor and slow service.

Very good service. Excellent food delivered by pleasant engaging staff . Recommended.

Roomy restaurant . Food was very good. Just a little slow in serving. Could be because they cooked it fresh? Staff were very smiley and happy. Good service.

High quality food at reasonable prices esp. the lunch menu, pizzas are as good as in Italy, service is friendly and quick. Big restaurant with plenty of tables.

It is taking ages to get my food. I am flabbergastingly hungry and I am very mad that it takes ages. This food better be one of the best meals in my life or I am not gonna be happy.

Got a free desert 100% recommend

you changed brownies not as nice as previous

Simple menu with quite basic western dishes. Service was slow.

Great food and delivery service

Great place for a family dinner. As always! It's a family favourite. Everyone always comes away happy and full!

Went during the week and it was very quiet. Had a gluten free pizza which was OK. Service was good.

Great food, enjoyed by all. Good range of gluten-free available.

Terrible service, food bland and overpriced, staff uninterested. Didn't even get asked if we wanted another drink whilst eating. The bolognese was so shy of any meat and sauce that a vegetarian wouldn't have noticed. I also did a Google review, and Wildwood replied, asking if they could be given the chance to turn it around by emailing their customer service team. So I did, but over 2 weeks on and no response or acknowledgement to my email. Therefore, I get the impression that they don't care either. Safe to say that I won't ever eat here again, and would not recommend it to anyone either.

Always really good quality and tastes great!