Guide To Bubble Inn

We drove up to the Bubble In from Portsmouth to be close to our daughter for a weekend.

Our room was beautiful, the bathroom was even better. Roll top bath and walk in huge shower too.

The food in the evening was absolutely gorgeous and very good value too, for 4 people eating a 3 course meal each, was just over £100 including drinks. Breakfast was perfect and really tasty, good size too,, all cooked by the lovely friendly Tracey, thanks Tracey, remember Tracey, we are from Portsmouth, NOT London hahahahaha.

The area too was stunning, we spent ages watching the lock fill up with a barge in it, amazing.

We will definitely stay at the Bubble Inn again, every time we visit our daughter.

A lovely lunch with family. We all had Greek kebabs and they were delicious. They looked after my gluten free needs too.

At the door, we noticed the board which said Tuesday night is “Pie Night”, with many different pies. Unusually for pub grub, plenty of veg too.

We were shown to our table by a young and friendly waitress, though she showed us to the noisiest seat in the entire restaurant. Right underneath the speaker playing music, and right next to a really loud table of 6 foreign men.

I asked if we could sit somewhere quieter, and wondered if she would show us to somewhere in the deserted bar area. But we were only given the choice of somewhere in the much smaller and noisier restaurant. So we chose what we considered the table furthest away from the noise, and the waitress said she would turn down the music. Meanwhile, the 6 foreign men continued making more noise than was necessary in such an empty establishment.

We both ordered our pies, and another waitress brought them over to us. She held up the steak and ale pie, which I gestured towards my wife, as that’s what she had ordered. And then she said “Steak and stilton?” and I gestured that this was mine.

The food looked delicious. Nice looking pie, plenty of broccoli, peas, carrots, and even kale too. And the icing on the cake? Triple cooked chips. Fantastic.

Only trouble was, the waitress had got the pies mixed up, as my wife had been given the steak & stilton pie by mistake. We simply swapped our plates over and continued to tuck in, and the meal was really delicious.

We would highly recommend The Bubble Inn to our friends, especially on Tuesday’s Pie Night. We also recommend some more training for the table staff, to ensure they put the correct meal on the table in the correct place.

Also, the table top felt unpleasantly sticky. A common problem in pubs, I know, but tables in the restaurant should be given a higher priority for resurfacing, such that this doesn’t become sticky.

Very quiet on a Thursday early evening but what a find! The Greek slant on the smash burger was so tasty and I had a selection of grilled meats and kebabs with triple cooked chips. The food was really excellent, served promptly and staff were nice

Recently had my daughters surprise 30th birthday meal..even though the bar staff let it slip to my daughter when she arrived it was a lovely evening