The Artillery Arms — Restaurant in Portsmouth

Proper community boozer, nice ales, locals and friendly service with a smile worth seeking out and it looks good too. Has two bars and child friendly garden. Front bar is small but intimate easy to get talking to the locals, back bar is bigger and good for larger groups. 2021... Update, went back recently, friendly barman so I went for a stout it was ok a slight hint it was going off, so next tried a different ale and that was on the way out too, it was busy due to football otherwise I would have taken the beer back as there was sedement and looked cloudy. I drank it just. Shame. Pictured is the stout, my wife had a gin...

Popped in on Christmas day but we won't be going back in a hurry. I know it's one of the few remaining local pubs left in Portsmouth but the damp and mold in the darts area was horrendous. It must be a health hazard as the wall was completely covered in black mold. Not sure why the landlord/landlady thought it was acceptable for paying customers to see the state of this area. It may be something that is soon to be rectified, but cover it up until...

About 20 minutes walk from Fratton Park and 2 minutes from the Brewers Tap. An old fashioned pub down a back street. Very popular on match day. Beer reasonably priced. Altons Pride for me at £3.60 a pint. A proper drinkers pub. Outside drinking area at the back....