Abarbistro Review

Always a nice place to sit outside when the sun is out. Good food & good choice of wine and beers. Happy days

Nice drinks, noise damping foam on ceiling makes for easy conversation even when busy.

Excellent food and service, gluten free also excellent

Great atmosphere very friendly staff went for a Sunday lunch which was superb fresh veg lovely tender meat very good selection of wine. A must if you re in Portsmouth

Well cooked and presented dishes. Good service. Real food. Thank you for a lovely lunch abarbistro!

Great place, well run by helpful and organised staff and the kitchen must be great based on the quality of the food served. Can t recommend it highly enough. Seafood box was outstanding and the bavette was succulent and delicious, just as it should be

Big wine list but menu is limited, quality of the food and service is very good.

OK selection on bar. A bit too sanitised and pretentious for the average Joe.

Nice place with great food, if quite pricey. Not much space if you just want a drink though.

First time here as not local on honeymoon and had been recommended to eat here. On approaching didn't look like what we thought as loads of people out the front drinking. Guessing you could eat out as tables outside. Once inside a different story, restaurant is lovely not overly big well the part we were in on the left as you come through the door. Amazing selection of wines. Limited menu but something for everyone, the wait is worth it beautiful food and well presented. They do have a specials board. There was a fairly long wait between courses but we don't mind this though one table near us were not so happy. Personal preference I guess we like to make an evening of it if eating out. Highly recommend and the desserts to die for. We will return when in the area again. Gets busy so booking in advance is recommended

Fantastoc menu, always great seating available and lovely wines

about a dozen of us went there for lunch a couple of sundays ago - a birthday celebration

staff were wonderfully friendly and provided a great service, we loved the food, the drinks and the atmosphere. brilliant!

Good quality food and bear, with excellent service.

Lovely meal, good service, plenty of space for these pestilential times. Recommended.

Great food, well presented. Not the cheapest by good value for what you get.

A fantastic bar/restaurant with really friendly staff!

Fun and friendly bistro type environment serving good quality food and wine.

The A Bar is a jewel of Old Portsmouth made by its amazing team. Great food and cheer.

The ambience was nice and the staff were pleasant, the food was fairly priced. However, I was not massively impressed with the food. I had garlic bread which was ok but nothing special, not really that garlicky and quite oily, charred but not crisp. The burger was really good texture and tasted good except slightly too salty for my taste. Chips were ok but not particularly crisp. Happy enough overall but fell short of 5* worthy in my opinion.

Intimate and welcoming place, friendly staff, good food, I recommend chicken tandoori, average prices. The only flaw of the wine, apart from the exaggerated cost but being a wine restaurant you can't have wines with vinegar-like corkscrews and then bring it to the table already open it's a mistake, the wine opens in front of the diner

Such tasty food, fantastic service and good value for money. We love this place and will be back soon

Great! Friendly and attentive staff, lovely food, decent children's menu and extensive wine selection.

Great place for fish and chips while you wait for the ferry - amazingly fast service

A casual finding. I stopped there going to the isle of wight. I was impressed, so I stopped again on my way back.
We were 3 adults and a kid and we took a wide spectrum of things. I don't remember a single glitch in any of those. The steak with polenta stick is very good, but everything we took was very good.

The Caesar salad was a bit bland. But the rest was fantastic. I loved the arancini. We try meat, fish and vegetables so I cannot say about the pasta dishes.

In summary an enjoyable experience.