Boathouse 4 Restaurant — Restaurant in Portsmouth

Just "Ok".

Stopped here for lunch as part of the Historic Dockyards. Restaurant is very clean and our server was very welcoming.

Boathouse 4 is, obviously, in a Boathouse so it is rather 'echoy' and with no background music it all felt rather like sitting in a library.

Drinks came quickly but our server tried to remember our order as opposed to writing it down or using a tablet. On the third attempt they remembered everything.

Food was overall average. The skin on fries and pigs in blankets were excellent however the mains, less so. The bacon bap was dry but that didn't matter as the grease running off the bacon softened the roll. The eggs benedict were over cooked with hardy any hollandaise sauce on some dry shredded ham.

When asked how the food was, we said "OK, I suppose" and off they went. So clearly then "OK I suppose" is the standard they are aiming for.

Would not return. Overpriced...

We booked lunch here and the food was very good. However we didn’t realise that anyone wanting to get in to the dockyard has to then queue at the main ticket hall for a free entry ticket to access the restaurant, which was a long queue that took 20 mins. Having been to the No.6 cinema on site without having to do this, this wasn’t made clear. We wouldn’t have minded this too much but it’s a bit misleading on the restaurant website where they just tell you that you can enter without paying. It would be useful if they forewarned people so that they can add extra time to get there before...

We had our lunch here and it was really good. Literally had the whole place to ourselves (some other tables were just having coffee). Nice view of the harbour.

Staff were friendly and very efficient. Although the menu selection was quite small, the food was superb. We had the risotto, the market fish, the lamb rump, south coast cod, ginger cake and chocolate panna cotta. Every dish was delicious but a special mention for the market fish of the day.

The restaurant was a little bit tricky to find. Up the stairs of boathouse 4, and around the platforms and past...