The Deco, Southsea

I visited this pub on a Tuesday evening and found it very quiet apart from a few regulars and a womens darts match taking place. Only one bar, a pool table and no ‘Real Ales’. The landlord explained that he had served ‘real ales’ in the past but stopped due to lack of demand. A friendly pub but only open in the evenings.

Update 5 Dec 2009. Went inside at last at lunch time 4 hand pulls featuring Sharp's Cornish brewed ales & Directors. I had Cornish for first pint of the day, found it a bit too sharp / bitter for my taste, but I did have a cold so possibly an unfair judgement If you can ignore the somewhat garish exterior the inside is more subdued, but follows the theme of art deco, chrome bar stools, tables around walls of one long, but wide, bar area 20% discount for students & services [odd mixture there?] Never saw food mentioned, but tables are numbered so maybe they do food. Free wifi sign The bar area has a step down halfway [never spotted that, nearly broke my neck], pool area has three steps up, which means the ladies loo has three down to it as it is reached via the pool area, the steps could be a problem for some Generally clean, tidy, polite, low volume muzak, 2, but silent, tvs If in area worth popping in Only 2 stars because of food & steps issues, could be 3 really so do not let my paltry 2 stars put you off 24 May 2009 - No longer "The Elms", now "The Deco"