The Florence Southsea — Restaurant in Portsmouth

Update - April 2023

The Florence has become my second home pretty much. The menu keeps getting better and better, it changes every couple of months adding new and different options whist keeping the classic options. More and more options are Gluten free which is amazing. You can't beat the burger, its one of the best I've tried.

Still a great range of drinks, not just alcoholic as there are many tea and coffee options including dairy free lattes too.

Staff are all awesome, service is second to non. My go to place for a drink, snack, meal, burger or. Sunday roast

Original review

I really like The Florence, the food is really great here, even better with the new menu as there are a lot more Gluten free options and some great vegan options too!

Oh and the best thing is they have a separate chip fryer now! Gluten free chips!! I'm easily pleased lol

There is a good drinks selection too, with more being added each time I go in. Plenty of Spiced rum for me to choose from

I've used The Florence for a few work meetings too, it's a good place to go for the more casual meetings with clients.

Always clean and the staff are awesome and always nice. It's a really great place to come, I can't...

31/5/23 update: I'm very happy to report that The Florence is still serving excellent food and drink 😀. We had three small plates (calamari, fish goujons and cauliflower wings w/ sriracha) and the twelve hour pork belly. The small plates were decent portions and nicely done, too. The pork belly was lovely, with melt-in-the-mouth fat and sautéed new potatoes with rosemary. Mmmm.

1st review (2018); As one of only a handful of dog-friendly pubs in Portsmouth/Southsea, we'd have been happy just to have a drink out of the rain the first time we went, but it turns out that this place does really good food as well. The staff are friendly and helpful. Dogs are only allowed in the bar area, not the restaurant, but there's plenty of space in there. [Update: I've been back a few times since this review, and it's always been good. Planning to...

Very enjoyable Sunday afternoon, that was mostly down to the company. Nice tasting roast dinner. Not really warm enough when placed on the table, which was a shame. Might of been down to how late our booking was. Shouldn't be excuses though. It's not hard to serve hot food. Plates could of been warmed. I could of said something but I don't like my food warmed up in a microwave, I like it given to me hot. Couldn't fault the service and not quite value for money. I've had better roast dinners locally for less money. The sweet was a ridiculous price for what it was. Wouldn't take much for everything to be as excellent as the young waiter but unfortunately I won't be going back or even recommending family and friends. Not that it will concern them any. Over 120 covers on Sunday so I shouldn't think they will be making any...