Reviews in Portsmouth

This was my first time of going. Atmosphere was great, food was all lovely and the service was fantastic. We will be back

We were pleasantly surprised -the food was delicious. Unfortunately we were almost put off by the curt, borderline rude, "greeting" we received from front of house. This was overturned by the friendly staff inside the restaurant. A bit pricey, and the 10% discount for teachers and NHS staff was not enjoyed as it was a Saturday.

This was a visit with my wife and sister in law on her birthday. From the time we arrived, we were treated by the staff in a polite, professional and considerate way. The food was amazing, all fresh and hot. This was an excellent evening, please continue what you are doing and I look forward to visiting again soon

Had a lovely time for my birthday. The food was great and the staff removed empty plates quickly and were polite. I do think it is quite pricey.

Amazing atmosphere with hard working workers . Your empty plate or not used plate is collected quickly , the cleanliness levels are pristine the food is glorious and overall it’s an amazing experience . The only thing I would say the price is a tiny bit too high especially when there could be a big family I feel you could maybe do a deal for the more people you bring other than that it’s perfect.

I was a little disappointed if I’m honest. I have been here several times to eat and always enjoyed it, but on this occasion it was really lacking in quality and choice. Crispy shredded duck was pork, there was no steak available due to something not working! There was no refills of the chips (despite being told they are cooking for 45 min!) and the pizza was burnt so my children wouldn’t eat it. I felt there was far less choice than normal and just generally not worth the money. Music played the same 4 songs on repeat and very loudly making it hard to talk at the table. Sadly I don’t feel I will be returning with my family.

I have booked yesterday for 6 people at Portsmouth Spoon World Buffet, 26th December at 5: 30pm. I have received a booking confirmation by email. When we went there we found it was closed! That was shocking.

Brilliant food, lovely place nice staff 100% going again

Really disappointed which is a shame as brought a few friends this time. After I told them my visit earlier in the year was great. The first 45 minutes of service wasn't too bad but the food options were duplicated several times or unavailable and not labelled, the food we did have was barely warm! We were told we had 90 minutes at our table but just before 60 minutes were up we were ushered to go and get dessert..what dessert? Barely any left..nothing labelled and with 1 vegetarian and another person with a nut allergy in our group this wasn't OK! Staff were barely to be seen, apart from when we went to get a crepe to be told sorry! The price we paid for the food and service we received was not acceptable and we all left feeling disappointed after an end to a great day! We couldn't speak to anyone on the way out about our visit because they were all at the back of the room eating!! Quite ironic really. Really dislike to write a bad review, but unfortunately this time it is definitely needed.

Food was delicious and great price .

Love this place. Lived here for 6 years and only discovered it last month. Been there twice now. So much choice and really tasty. High turnover so food always fresh.

Went out for a meal as four, booked it for 7:30pm arrived about 15 minutes early which we would have happily waited till 7:30. The man asked us what time we were booked in for and scoffed as we were slightly early and I mentioned we were happy to wait. He then signalled us to move across to pay. Confused as to what the price was as they have no pricing, and students apparently also don’t get it cheaper on saturdays she rudely pushed the card reader onto my phone. I was very confused and mentioned how it was abrupt and very rude to just tap it on my phone without me checking first. Food was ok, lots of it! Service as we walked up was quick and straightforward which was fine we got told the drinks are 1.50 for refillables which we later found out was 3.50. £21.99 for food and then an extra £3.50 for drinks? surely not. Staff were not very friendly, rudely collecting plates which we hadn’t even finished when told we were still eating they said sorry there is more up there ? the italian section was completely empty and the chocolate fountain was broken apparently when we asked and the lady doing our pancake looked like she’d seen a ghost when we asked if we could have more than one topping? probably won’t be coming back here for a while

Could not fault this restaurant. Me and my family had a excellent experience. The food was delicious and we were spoilt for choice. Our 3 children of 12, 12 and 9 years old described it as ' being in a dream'. Fantastic service, used plates were quickly collected and nothing was too much trouble, very polite waiters/waitresses. We will definitely be back! Just could do with a little music in the air for atmosphere. Superb though.

Good food but cold. As soon as we got to the table the whole plate of food was cold which meant that it wasn't hot enough when we picked it up from the trays. Otherwise all was good

Great food and amazing service