The best restaurants in Charles Dickens Portsmouth South East

We tend to arrive at the train station earlier so that there will be time for tea and coffee before departure. Nice staff and service, coffee is excellent. I understand they have moved to another location!

Second oldest pub in Portsmouth and it is the highlight of the place. Breakfast was good and plentiful. The room is small with wonky electricity and plumbing,but I guess one must expect that in a 300 year old building. The wifi works well. Staff are businesslike. I wouldnt stay here again,but I'm glad I had the experience.

I loved this restaurant on a first visit some 2 years ago, and if anything it is even better now. Great, delicious vegan food without any lazy faux meat substitutes. Service was attentive and efficient but not overbearing. I'm only ever in the area when travelling home to France on the ferry, but I will try to visit more often as restaurants like this are well worth supporting.

Fantastic and very fresh, super nice man 🙏👍👍👍

I ordered the quick breakfast 2, 15mins later the waitress came out with set 2 2 meal on the menu, amother 10-15mins later out quick breakfast 2 waited another 5mins later the brown toast which which was so underdone it was like brown bread & butter not toast lol.

In a word, awful. The service was shocking, they were out of quite a few of the menu items and the server seemed very disinterested and indifferent. What we did order was fairly bland, and tasted as if it had been made in advance - it didn't feel fresh, it came out cold and the tostados were oily and inedible. The guacomole was decent but overpowered by the tajine on the tortillas. We went on a Sunday lunch time, and the entire restaurant was dead so no excuse for the slow, poor service and dreadful food.

Went to have a bite to eat here for lunch. Lovely, friendly staff. Food was good; all 3 of us enjoyed what we had. We had a Tea which was nice, the Missus had a Latte, which she thoroughly enjoyed because it was very creamy.

Sunday lunch time, we turned up & git a table. It’s a small place so booking would be advisable. Ordered from the meal deal, selection of pizzas and a drink for £11:95. It was sooo scrummy. We both really enjoyed it. It was so tasty & just like the pizzas you get in Italy. There’s also a shop there selling lots of Italian products at really good prices.

The sweet an sour chicken balls had thin soft batter. The house special fried rice, had hard under cooked vegetables, tuff in edible beef, bland and tasteless. The Chicken chow main was tasteless. Sorry to say, the best was the complimentary prawn crackers. Needless to say I won't be returning.

Lovely cafe with great atmosphere and nice decor and furnishings. The coffee is delicious and they have a nice variety of food including vegan options. Always seems to be buzzing with customers which is sign that’s it’s very lovely place. Staff are friendly and welcoming which is always a bonus. Fast becoming my regular coffee place!

Visited with a friend based on a recommendation for lunch and was very happy with the loaded tater tots, absolutely delicious. Great price for a good amount of food and lovely customer service, will order again soon!

This is a very casual restaurant serving authentic Italian food, good quality starters, and fresh dough pizzas, prices are very reasonable & staff are friendly, we will return.

A quiet place to enjoy coffee and a snack while browsing books. The coffee is good and not overpriced, and the mini red velvet cake is delicious - not too filling or too expensive. Service is very friendly and efficient. I'm sure I will be back soon.

The food tastes good. The service is friendly. The price is moderate, not expensive compared to other restaurants in this area. I would like to improve the odor absorption system in the kitchen will be perfect. I love this restaurant. The best in thus area.

Simple, unpretentious decor, unobtrusive service, and plenty of Asian clientele- all good signs. However, if you have food allergies, be VERY CAREFUL here; my dining companion ordered pork and radish dumplings which were mostly full of peanuts, with a strong fish taste too. I'm not sure if he even got the right order, given the ingredients. If not, this was an error that could have potentially landed someone in hospital or worse. If so, then there's a huge discrepancy between the item on the menu, and the reality. I'd strongly recommend all allergy sufferers to make their allergies known BEFORE ordering, and double check the ingredients, which are not listed on the menu. We couldn't help feeling a little let down by expectation v reality, but with such an extensive menu, we'll maybe steer clear of the dim sum next time just in case.