Portsmouth Pub Listings T-Z

These pages feature details and photographs of all Portsmouth's public houses that are currently open for business.

Some pubs may also be listed with additional information on one or more of the following pages:
Pub Architecture, Pub Crawls, Pub Reviews, Best Ale Houses

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Tallulah's	City Quay, Gunwharf Quays, Portsea, PO1 3TW
023 9286 1222	www.tallulahs.co.uk
One of a number of bars that can be found in this part of the Gunwharf Quays development, Tallulah's is a wine bar and brasserie with a southern States lean to it. Featuring comprehensive, good value daytime and evening menus, there is live jazz or blues hosted each Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon. There is plenty of balcony seating available for those wishing to drink or dine al fresco whilst watching the world go by. A very cosmopolitan venue. Not a traditional pub by any stretch of the imagination, but certain to appeal to a number of visitors to this site.
Photographed 5th January 2005	Operator: unknown
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11:00 'til 23:00; Sun 11:00 'til 22:30

The Tangier	61-63 Tangier Road, Baffins, PO3 6QJ
023 9266 1985
Another architectural gem by A E Cogswell, the Tangier was built in 1912 for Portsmouth United Breweries and features large tiled murals on the frontage, including one of Tangiers Market at the entrance. The pub has thankfully retained its two distinctively seperate bars - a comfortable lounge to the left and a larger public bar on the right as you enter. A choice of real ales from independent brewers is served.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 4th February 2007 Far right-hand photograph 28th April 1991
Pub Operator: Baffins Inns	Grade II Listed
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 10:00 'til 00:30

The Tap	17 London Road, North End, PO2 0BQ
023 9261 4861
Starting life in the 19th century as the North Pole, this little pub had been converted to a shop by the 1950s. In 1985 it once again became a pub, known as the Brewery Tap, acting as an outlet for the Southsea Brewery which had began brewing three years earlier in adjacent Pitcroft Lane. Sadly, the brewery's life was short-lived and the pub was renamed simply the Tap. Its one-room bar has proved popular ever since, serving many real ales. The pub hosts regular live music events, including open mic nights. Formerly a genuine Free House, the Tap is now owned by national pubco Punch Taverns.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 14th August 1988 Far right-hand photograph July 2005
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed Sun 12:00 'til 00:30; Thu-Sat 11:00 'til 01:00

The Taswell Arms	42 Taswell Road, Southsea, PO5 2RG
023 9286 1824
This former Pike's Brewery pub has existed on this street corner for well over 100 years. Built originally as a hotel, the pub is now a modern, comfortable pub in a pleasant residential part of Southsea. Closed for most of the 1990s, the Taswell reopened at the end of the century and is now a thriving pub, popular with both locals and students.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 11th May 1989 Far right-hand photograph 6th August 2005
Pub Operator: Free House
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 00:30; Sun 10:00 'til 23:30

The Thatched House	95 London Road, North End, PO2 0BN
A pub by this name has existed on this site for around 150 years and was originally owned by the Miles Brewery. Originally a two bar local and in the hand of Whitbread for many years, the rear lounge bar contrasted strongly with the public bar at the front. In 2002 the house received a major refit, including a new frontage, with the new name Thatcher's Bar.
Photographed 11th May 1989	see also Thatcher's
Licenced Opening Hours: see Thatcher's

The Thatched House	Milton Locks, Locksway Road, Milton, PO4 9LT
023 9282 1527
Tucked away near the old Milton Locks at the far end of Locksway Road, a pub called the Thatched House has stood here for at least 150 years. Owned by Friary Meux for the latter part of the 20th century, the house is now in the hands of the Spirit Group. Good views across Milton Lake and Langstone Harbour can be had from the large garden. The pub is very popular in summer, with families and diners flocking here en mass, particularly during the evenings. On the down side, no real ale is sold.
Left-hand photograph 15th October 2007	Near right-hand photograph 4th February 2007 Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Spirit Group
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed Sun 09:00 'til 01:00; Thu Fri Sat 09:00 'til 02:00; Bank Holiday extensions

Thatcher's	95 London Road, North End, PO2 0BN
023 9266 2146
Formally the Thatched House, this is a good example of how a major refit can modernise a pub without destoying its previous appeal or character. Now one open-plan area, the pub is still seperated into three distinct drinking areas, with a floorboarded room at the front of house and a large lounge at the rear, which in turn is divided into a seating area opposite the bar counter and a raised area in the rear extension. A patio can be found to the side of the pub. The landlord is careful to ensure his ale is always in good condition. Food is served at lunchtimes. A very nice pub.
Photographed 23rd January 2005	see also The Thatched House
Pub Operator: unknown
Licenced Opening Hours: unknown

The Three Marines	110 Highland Road, Eastney, PO4 9NQ
023 9278 1719
This pub started life in the late 19th century as the Royal Oak - a Jewell's Brewery pub, which kept it's name for a number of decades. By 1958 it had been renamed the Three Marines and eventually became yet another Whitbread pub, as had most in Portsmouth by the 1970s. Frequented almost exclusively by a local clientele, the pub has, in recent years, been allowed to deteriorate, especially externally, as shown in the right-hand photo. Thankfully, as at June 2008, work was underway to rectify this.
Near right-hand photograph 11th May 1989	Far right-hand photograph 30th September 2006
Pub Operator: unknown
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00 'til 23:30; Fri Sat 11:00 'til 00:30; Sun 12:00 'til 23:30; Bank Holiday extensions
Visit the Pub Crawls page to read a detailed description of this pub (March 2007)

The Toby Carvery (Green Farm)	Copnor Road, Hilsea, PO3 5HS
023 9265 4645
Opened in 1992 as the Green Farm on the site of Portsea Island's last working farm, this pub/diner and adjacent hotel is typical of this brand of identikit pub. It underwent a further refurbishment in 1998 at which time it adopted its present name. Popular for its value-for-money fayre, the house is frequented almost exclusively by diners. Run by Birmingham pubco Mitchells & Butlers.
Photographed 14th August 2005	Pub Operator: Mitchells & Butlers
Licenced Opening Hours :Mon-Sun 10:00 'til 00:30

The Trafalgar	16 Edinburgh Road, Landport, PO1 1RL
023 9288 2910	www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk
This was J D Wetherspoon's most recent pub conversion on Portsea Island and the first to be included in their Lloyds No.1 chain, offering music and dancing. Housed within the deceptively large Trafalgar House, the premises is a grade II listed building and includes a fine mural in one of the first floor rooms, depicting various scenes of early 20th century Portsea Island life. The pub is a veritable rabbit warren, housed on two floors (plus a ground floor entrance lobby) and has two bar serveries. The upper floors are presently (Feb '07) derelict and planning permission is being sought to convert them into around 30 apartments and one studio flat, subject to the necessary soundproofing of the ceiling areas to protect future residents from the pub's sound system, which is brought to life each night.
Photographed 19th September 2004	Grade II Listed
Pub Operator: J D Wetherspoon
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 07:00 'til 03:00

The Trafalgar Arms	254 Fratton Road, Fratton, PO1 5HH
023 9282 8750
Built in 1926 for Brickwoods (who's livery can be seen in the bottom right-hand photograph), this pub was designed by prolific Portsmouth architect A E Cogwell. The Trafalgar Arms replaced another pub of the same name that was once owned by Portsmouth's Jewell Brewery. Once having a dubious reputation for troublesome football supporters (the pub was used as a base for the infamous 6.57 Crew), the Trafalgar has since become a popular local. In 1991 the pub was sold by Whitbead to Dorchester brewers Eldridge Pope. Following the cessation of brewing by Eldridge Pope later in the decade, the pub changed hands once again and is now part of the vast Enterprise Inns' portfolio.
Top left-hand photograph 18th March 2008 Bottom left-hand photograph 4th February 2007	Near top right-hand photograph 14th February 2005 Far top right-hand photograph 18th February 1990
Pub Operator: McCoy's Ltd (Enterprise Inns)
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50

The Traveller's Joy	253 Milton Road, Milton, PO4 8PQ
023 9273 8006
This pub name has existed on this site since at least the early 19th century and was once owned by the Peters Brewery. The present house has a public bar at the front, with a larger lounge at the rear (which may not be open at all times). Owned by Friary Meux (Allied Brewers) until the 1990s, the house is now part of Punch Taverns. It is now sadly run down and in much need of a refurbishment. Popular when Portsmouth FC are playing at home.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 15th July 2007 Far right-hand photograph 28th April 1991
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00 'til 00:30; Fri Sat 10:00 'til 01:30; Sun 12:00 'til 00:00; Bank Holiday extensions

The Traveller's Rest	117 Somers Road, Somerstown, PO5 4PT
023 9235 9104
This traditional local includes an unusual single storey area at the front of house - presumably a later extension to compliment the original Cogswell design. The pub has a two bar interior and for many years was owned by Burton brewers Bass - one of only six such pubs in the city in the 1980s.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 18th February 1990 Far right-hand photograph 14th August 2005
Pub Operator: Admiral Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50

V Bar	25 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2RY
023 9282 2010
This ornate Victorian pub survived quite happily in its original guise as the Yorkshire Grey until the marketing men at Bass Taverns decided in 1995 that it would be good for profit to rip out the internal fittings and cover up the interesting old tiled murals in the pub, turning it into yet another of their fake Irish theme pubs, O'Neill's. Not surprisingly, this guise only lasted a mere five years and by 2000 the pub was rebranded as the Walk Inn - another ridiculous name! After another few years it had metamorphosed into its present identity, the V Bar. As with all the pubs on Guildhall Walk, they cater mostly for young crowds each night, with each bar's sound system competing with the others from across the street. One single bar can be found inside, with the usual overpriced lagers and bottled cocktails on sale.
Photographed 19th September 2004	see also The Yorkshire Grey
Pub Operator: Net Bar Services
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed Sun 10:30 'til 02:00; Thu Fri Sat 10:30 'til 03:00

Vanilla	21/23 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2RY
Directly across the street from the V Bar (see above), this psuedo-pub has also seen a number of name changes in recent years. Trading as Hong Kong Charlie's during the 1990s, it later became the Dôme Café Bar, lasting only a few years before Whitbread lost interest and the venue was renamed Vanilla (for reasons only the marketing men know!) It has since changed again and is now known as the Roast Bar.
Photographed 19th September 2004	see also Roast Bar
Licenced Opening Hours: see Roast Bar

The Victory	32 The Hard, Portsea, PO1 3DT
023 9283 0723
This corner pub was built in 1976 and has tended to be the poorer relation to the other pubs that can be found on The Hard. Originally a Whitbread house, the pub was purchased by Ushers Brewery in the mid 1990s and given a much needed refurbishment. The pub is now used mainly by locals and includes a pool table and jukebox. After a prolonged period of closure, the pub reopened again in June 2008. No cask ale is presently served.
Near right-hand photograph 30th September 2006	Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: unknown
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50
Visit the Pub Crawls page to read a detailed description of this pub (October 2004)

The Villiers Inn	69 Palmerston Road, Southsea SO5 3PP
023 9287 6678
Modern bar and eaterie on Southsea's main shopping street. Further information to follow soon.
Photographed 14th November 2008 (courtesy of Rob Hall)
Pub Operator: M R A Hughes
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 09:00 'til 01:00; Fri Sat 09:00 'til 02:00; Sun 09:00 'til 01:00; Bank Holiday extensions

Walkabout	5/7 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2RY
023 9283 7077	www.walkabout.eu.com
Opened around the beginning of the 21st century, Regent Inns' chain of fake Australian pubs finally arrived in Portsmouth, on what had already become a street saturated with drinking establishments. Located in the former office block of Hippodrome House (named after the theatre that once occupied the site), the bar is obviously aimed at the younger drinker, showing sport on TV and having various theme nights to pull in the punters. The bar stays open 'til late each night. There is one large room selling overpriced drinks. A reasonably-priced bar menu is available.
Photographed 19th September 2004	Pub Operator: Regent Inns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 02:30; Sun 12:00 'til 01:00; Bank Holiday Sundays 12:00 'til 02:30

The Wellington	62 High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2LY
023 9281 8965
This old tavern in historic Sallyport was sporadically known as the Duke of Wellington until the 1850s, by which time it had settled simply for the Wellington. Once part of the Peters Brewery estate, by the 1980s it was owned by Allied Breweries of Burton and branded as a Friary Meux pub. Now owned by Punch Taverns, the inn has remained a pleasantly quiet place in which to enjoy a meal or one of the two or three cask ales that are on offer. The pub gets busy during the summer months when many tourists decend on this part of the city.
Left-hand photograph 27th January 2008	Near right-hand photograph 30th September 2006 Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00 'til 00:30; Fri Sat 11:00 'til 01:30; Sun 11:00 'ti 00:00; Bank Holiday extensions
Visit the Pub Crawls page to read a detailed description of this pub (January 2008)

The Wheelbarrow	1 Kent Road, Southsea, PO5 3EG
023 9282 1693
This 18th century inn is one of the oldest in Portsmouth and was once known as Wheelbarrow Cottage. Later the Castle Hotel, it was around the turn of the 20th century that the pub received the extension at the front of the building. Known for a brief spell as Wheelies in the 1980s, the pub thankfully regained its proper name later that decade. However, another name change courtesy of Whitbread's marketing department came in the mid '90s when the house reopened as part of the short-lived Tut 'n' Shive chain before once again reverting to its proper name. A popular pub with both locals and visitors alike.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 14th August 2005 Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 00:30; Sun 12:00 'til 00:30; Bank Holiday and Occasional Day extensions

The White Horse	51 Southsea Terrace, Southsea, PO5 3AU
023 9281 8979	www.gales.co.uk
The White Horse regained its old name in 2005 after spending around fifteen years as Langtry's. Bought by George Gale & Co, it was given a facelift and boasts possibly the prettiest beer garden in Portsmouth - which soon becomes full on summer days. The archive photograph to the right shows the pub as it looked until the mid 1980s, after which it was expanded and was even provided with indoor toilets! Now owned by independent company Merlin Inns, the pub spent a short time under the ownership of Fuller's following their takeover of Gale'e. The pub looks to have a rosey future ahead and is one of nineteen Portsmouth pubs to have made it into the 2008 CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Recommended.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Far right-hand photograph 14th August 2005
Pub Operator: Merlin Inns	see also Langtry's
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed Thu Sun 01:00 'til 01:00; Sat Sun 07:00 'til 02:00

The White House	Eastney Road, Milton, PO4 8EA
023 9282 5607
This prominent Victorian tavern sited at a busy road junction has retained its name for around 150 years. The pub once stood on the abandoned Portsmouth and Arundel Canal. This two bar pub is frequented mostly by locals, though its car park ensures that it also takes advantage of passing trade.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 3rd January 2005 Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: unknown
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00 'til 00:30; Fri Sat 10:00 'til 01:30; Sun 12:00 'til 00:00; Bank Holiday extensions

The White Swan	26 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2DD
023 9282 4792
This ornate Edwardian pub, designed by A H Bone in 1906, includes six ornately carved caryatids flanking the entrance doors and is of similar design to the former Air Balloon at Mile End. Being located on Guildhall Walk, the pub caters for clubbers most nights, with high volume music being the general rule. After a short spell as a pseudo-American-style sports bar called Pitchers around the late 1990s it has since thankfully regained its old identity. However, the White Swan remains a pub that is best appreciated from the outside!
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 15th July 2007 Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Laurel Pub Company	Grade II Listed
Licenced Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 01:30; Sun 12:00 'til 01:30; Bank Holiday extensions

The Wig & Pen	1 Landport Terrace, Southsea, PO1 2RG
023 9277 9870	www.thewigandpen.co.uk
One of Portsmouth's most attractive pubs, this house was originally known as the Balmoral, as shown in the black and white photographs below. This name survived for well over one hundred years. In 1982 it became the Wig & Pen (its name reflecting the large number of solicitors' offices nearby) and was successfully run by local beer champion Tony Mitchell and his wife, Wendy. Sadly, the pub company that owned the Wig & Pen at that time did not share the Mitchells' interest in quality real ales and continually tried to prevent Tony from serving beers that he had sourced himself. This led to the inn sign being removed by the Mitchells and replaced with one depicting a white elephant, to symbolise what Tony and his regulars believed (prophetically) what the house would become if it lost its interesting ales. Soon after, the Mitchells departed to run their own free house nearby and the Wig & Pen was subsequently ruined by the pubco, who renamed it Seamus O'Donnell's - a fake Irish theme bar. Thankfully, as predicted by Tony and his customers, this guise lasted only a few years due to a lack of custom and the pub thankfully reverted to the Wig & Pen. The house has once again become a popular venue and is gaining a reputation for its quality home cooked food.
Top left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near top right-hand photograph 11th May 1989 Far top right-hand photograph 4th February 2007
Pub Operator: Innspired
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50

The Winchester Arms	99 Winchester Road, Buckland, PO2 7PS
023 9266 2443
The Winchester Arms is one of the great success stories of the Portsmouth pub scene in recent years. Built around 1887, the pub had, by the 1990s, fallen into decline and seemed to be a prime candidate for closure. Its fortunes changed when the pub was bought by Jeff Hartridge of Winchester Ale Houses and it reopened in 1999 after a major refurbishment, complete with its own microbrewery. It has since ceased brewing and is now in the hands of Punch Taverns, but remains an excellent ale house, with a good selection of cask beers. The pub is a regular entry in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide and is well worth a visit.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 2003 Far right-hand photograph 18th February 1990
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00 'til 23:30; Fri Sat 11:00 'til 00:30; Sun 12:00 'til 00:30; Bank Holiday extensions
see also Best Ale Houses

The Wine Vaults	41-47 Albert Road, Southsea, PO5 2SF
023 9286 4712
Opened in the 1980s in a converted shop, the Wine Vaults' name was deceiving, as it was actually a first class ale house, with around a dozen cask beers (and no lagers) on tap. Since expanded into three more shop units (and including a seperate café) the house also opened its own microbrewery in the mid 1990s. This has since folded and the pub was sold on to London brewer Fullers. It still remains a quality ale house and stocks a good selection of guest beers in addition to Fullers' standard cask ale range.
Left-hand photograph 11th May 1989	Right-hand photograph 19th September 2004
Pub Operator: Fuller Smith & Turner
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed Sun 10:00 'til 23:30; Thu Fri Sat 10:00 'til 00:30

Yates's	13-19 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2SF
023 9286 3341
Typical Yates's [Wine Lodge] establishment, opened in 1998 at a time when Guildhall Walk was becoming a mass of drinking venues. Catering mainly for the younger crowd, the pub is spacious and gets extremely busy by night, especially at weekends. Expect music at high volume during the evening. May appeal more to office workers by day, when meals are served.
Photographed 19th September 2004	Pub Operator: Bay Restaurant Group
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed 10:00 'til 01:00; Thu Fri Sat 10:00 'til 02:30; Sun 12:00 'til 01:30

The Yorkshire Grey	25 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2RY
This grand old Victorian pub has been much abused by the pub companies in recent years. It sadly lost its proper identity in 1995 after having survived 98 years as the Yorkshire Grey. The pub once sported a fine glazed tiled mural at the rear of the bar, as well as other ornate bar fittings. These have since been either covered up or removed as the pub has undergone three name changes and refits in the last dozen years. It's sincerely hoped that the Yorkshire Grey shall one day return.
Photographed 11th May 1989	see also V Bar
Licenced Opening Hours: see V Bar	Grade II Listed

Please note that the Licenced Opening Hours stated are the hours for which each premises has a licence to open its doors to the public. The hours for sale of alcoholic liquor may well be shorter than the Licenced opening hours. Some pubs may choose to open for shorter hours than their licence allows. Therefore it is always adviseable to check ahead to ensure that the premises shall be open at the time of your planned visit.