The George, Portsea, Portsmouth

Official site of the George, contains menus - www.thegeorgehotel.org.uk

Unlike many chain hotel / bars this seems to combine pub & hotel very well, no doubt because it is not a chain place. This is a grade 1 listed building so any "improvements" must be in keeping with the historic area Ideally located for the Dockyard, Ferries etc, not sure about parking if you wanted to stay here. For a casual visitor there is no free parking in the area On entering there is one long bar, with a dining room to the right, presumably used for hotel guests as well The decor is clean & fairly traditional, and certainly not scruffy or "tired" 3 hand pulls on my visit, Doombar, London Pride + Old Speckled Hen, from this I assume not a tied house. I had Doombar, no complaints there Food is available, set menu plus daily specials, for around £7 upwards, there are samples on the their web site, but the web site seems a bit duff, so you can't actually see what is on food offer, take it from me, it is varied and seemed reasonably priced Would I go back, not really, but I live locally and Queen Street for me is jumping off point, not a destination. For visitors / tourists this would be fine, but there are many other nice pubs in the area, perhaps try them all?

Official site of the George, contains menus - www.thegeorgehotel.org.uk