The best restaurants in St Jude Portsmouth South East

Fabulous food, friendly waiter and the owner really invested in serving top quality food also made us feel very welcome .

I came here a few years ago when I first moved to Southsea and it was probably the best tapas place I had been to. However, my visit on the 7 March, the place is not what it used to be. The calamari, a staple in tapas, it was cold and anaemic. The albondigas, incredibly fatty and tasted of nothing. The halloumi, burnt. The service was amazing and I enjoyed the wine. However, I'm disappointed in how they've let themselves go. I doubt I'd visit again. Not worth the £52 I paid.

Top Southsea venue. Deserves every accolade it gets. Consider ordering many mezzes and skipping the main. Since we did many many years ago we've never looked back. Cover the table in small dishes and go berserk for an hour. Suits grazers and troughers equally well. Staff are warm, chatty, efficient and just all-round wonderful. The smiling dad who used to sit behind the charcoals is semi-retired now but they've managed to keep the beating heart of the place unchanged. All round top place 🙏

Delicious food, hot and on time.

It was all average for what was a huge price tag. I enjoyed it but won’t be returning in a rush.

No better spot in Southsea for some sports and chats over a few high quality Guinness with your mates

Bustling pub next to the King's Theatre. Great atmosphere friendly service.

Booked here for Mother’s Day, having never visited before. I would highly recommend from the point of view of the food being delicious but unfortunately the service let it down and the lack of attention to detail with a relative (a child) who was Coeliac. The service was incredibly slow (albeit appreciate it was Mother’s Day) to the extent we had to follow up for our dessert as family members had to leave by the time the desserts finally came. My Mum’s dessert was also forgotten and we also had to follow up on this (granted they did take money off of the bill, as I requested, to account for this). The waitresses also changed throughout, meaning that there was a breakdown in communication as to who the Coeliac customer was when the waitresses were serving the table. This caused my family unnecessary stress on what was supposed to be a nice family meal out. We had pre-warned the restaurant of the only child in our booking being Coeliac and submitted pre-orders, as requested, but there was some confusion with one of the waitresses on the day itself. I would come here again for food (perhaps on a quieter day) but would not come again with the relative who was Coeliac as it unfortunately put doubts in our minds as to attention to detail. Given we paid nearly £200, we just expected a little more.

I love this restaurant! Would completely recommend very highly, have been going for years for lunches / dinner, wonderful atmosphere and have never been disappointed - and affordable :) Would give more than 5* if possible x

Great place, lovely food and staff.

Came for Sunday lunch. The food looked excellent, large portions, fluffy yorkshires, good selection of veg. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to expectations. Yorkshires and roast potatoes were both tasteless. Left most of it. The service was good and decor attractive but won’t be returning. The place was extremely busy though so maybe just wasn’t to our taste only.

What a treat! When you’re sick of chains owned by private equity firms squeezing the last bit of profit out of their establishments and you want real food made by real people then this little gem might well be the place for you. We went for dinner and enjoyed tasty salad, bruschetta, pizza and desert with good wine and proper coffee in a quaint setting with excellent service. We’ll be back.

Another tasty meal at Sopranos. Slick service, quality ingredients, cosy atmosphere, great wine and a Soprano’s Affogato to top it all off.

Very overpriced and tiny portions. Slow service and other tables served that had come in after us. Place was very clean and nice surroundings

Great night out was served by Lewis throughout the night and he was absolutely quality. Everyone drink he made was amazing, Great drinks and great prices