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Barley Mow, Southsea
Southsea
PO5 3DE
Served areas
Barley Mow
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Reviews of Barley Mow (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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paulof horsham left this review about Barley Mow
I spent my time in the large saloon bar of this free house. There were 8 sticks behind the bar; HSB & Pride seem to be regulars with Twickenham & Salopian breweries providing a couple of the other offerings. It was pleasant enough and worth the visit, but did seem to be lacking atmosphere (and punters) on my early evening stop.
On 29th April 2022
- rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about Barley Mow
Back in Southsea for the weekend and staying close to the Barley Mow so looked this one up again. Visited on consecutive days and glad to find it largely unchanged from pre pandemic days and still offering a good range of ales with six of the pumps operating in the saloon when we visited and offering a good range of ale types.
Live music is now also back in the saloon and Sunday afternoon saw a three piece jazz band playing. This drew quite a mature crowd even making me feel reassuringly young.
Was very pleased to find this and the nearby Hole in the Wall functioning well post pandemic. No need to change my ratings on either.
On 29th October 2021
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Strongers . left this review about The Barley Mow
The Barley Mow is a pub of two halves with a spacious lounge bar to the left and a sports bar to the right. The traditionally decked out lounge bar houses a piano and bar billiards and during a recent Friday afternoon visit there was some low background music playing. The bar supports nine hand pumps and a standard keg range. The cask products available were Langham’s XXX Mild, Andwell’s Gold Muddler, St Austell’s Tribute, Fulllers London pride, George Gale’s HSB, Butcombe Gold, Longdog’s Kismet, Shepherd Neame’s Hop County and Westons Rosie’s Pig cider. I also noted the presence of a dog bowl, so our four-legged friends are more than welcome. The sports bar is more sparsely decorated and houses a pool table and dartboard. This bar is available for private hire. The toilets are found at the rear in an out-building. Adjacent to these toilets is a very well-tended enclosed patio area.
BT Sports is shown, but there was no television on during my visit. Live music is held here Thursdays and Sundays and there is a monthly open mic night for musicians, poets and comedians. I really liked it in here and it turned out to be my pub of the day after a crawl of some very good pubs in the area.
On 30th May 2019
- rating: 9
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Fratton, 1.12 miles, 21 min walk (show)
Portsmouth Harbour, 1.47 miles, 28 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes - August - last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Darts : Yes last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 26 August 2013 by Michael Wright
- Karaoke : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes - Thursday evenings, from 2100, see web site for monthly events - last updated 26 August 2013 by Michael Wright
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : Yes - Wednesday is Team time, new members welcome - last updated 26 August 2013 by Michael Wright
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 26 August 2013 by Michael Wright
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 26 August 2013 by Michael Wright
- WiFi : Yes - there is a mobile phone ban - last updated 07 August 2019 by Quinno _
