Restaurants in Portsmouth
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Lemon Sole
At Lemon Sole you get to pick your own piece of fish at a counter then choose how you want it cooked. Try the seafood chowder, devilled mackerel or stunning shellfish platters (£45 for two). It's all tucked away in a lemon-yellow interior with a whole wall full of wine bottles at the end.
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Agora Restaurant
This familial little Turkish hookah bar is tucked into an old beamed building and serves up tasty Greek and Turkish food, washed down with Ouzo and Raki. It's a favourite place to take the kids, and there's a children's menu at the ready.
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Sallyport Tea Rooms
Just as a traditional teashop should be: homely, civilised, filled with fussy collectibles and serving up loose-leaf speciality teas and other old-fashioned tearoom delights to the strains of 1940s jazz.
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Wanted Bar & Restaurant
This swish restaurant-bar boasts an inventive menu and a sleek minimalist vibe, featuring an illuminated wall of bottle bases and a light soundtrack of chill-out acoustics.
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Bistro Montparnasse
This classy but cosy bistro serves zesty French dishes with an English twist amid chic décor and polished wood floors.
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Still & West
Genius: two great British institutions in one – a fish and chip shop inside a pub. Your fried delights come wrapped in traditional chippy paper, so buy a pint, bag a window table and tuck in while watching the panorama of passing boats.
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Rosie's Vineyard
From the rickety cane bar stools to the vast list of vintages chalked up on the wall (from £2.70 a glass), this is the epitome of a snug little wine bar. Bistro classics include chicken and chorizo cassoulet and huge mounds of local sausages and mash.
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No 27
One of Portsmouth's newest classy eateries, 27 has been impressing local foodies with its creative cuisine. The decor is ultra-smart but discrete; the flavour combinations are surprising: look out for oxtail pudding, and warm rosemary and fig jelly.
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Truffles
The perfect marriage of Hampshire ingredients and continental gastronomy, this chic little bistro rustles up super-stylish food at bargain prices. British rump steak combines with truffle sauce, while seabass comes laced with vermouth. The painters' palettes, Eiffel Tower silhouettes and gendarme's uniform reinforce the Parisienne air.
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Somerset House
At this late-Victorian sister to Florence House opposite, the same team has created another achingly tasteful haven of designer calm. Here, stained glass, dark woods and polished floors cosy up to Balinese figurines and the very latest in luxury bathrooms.
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Montparnasse
The fine English ingredients here are given a gourmet Gallic twist. Creations include velvety scallop velouté with black pudding, and a rich maple-roasted pheasant with salted caramel walnuts.
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Kitsch'n d'or
Prepare to be transported to rural Provence. Rustic dishes are rich with hearty flavours, from duck with wild mushrooms and truffle cream, to a meltingly tender shin of beef with red wine sauce. Their fruits de mer platter is epic: the mounds of local lobster, scallops and steaming clams are so fresh it needs to be ordered a day in advance.
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Agora
Expect tasty Mediterranean food, ouzo and the occasional burst of belly-dancing at this hookah bar.
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A Bar
A place to sample local produce and soak up local life: the menu is strong on fish that's been landed just yards away – look out for cider-drinking fishermen from mid-afternoon. Food is served until 10.30pm. The 200-strong wine list includes local Stopham and sparkling Nyetimber, prices span £15 to £1000 a bottle.
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Custom House
The best of Gunwharf Quays' numerous eateries, this smart pub occupies an 18th-century former Royal Marine hospital. Now better-than-average bar food (think glazed ham, steak and ale pie and gourmet burgers) are served up amid its raspberry-red walls and gilt-framed mirrors.
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