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The Froddington Arms, Fratton, Portsmouth
Fratton
Portsmouth
PO1 5AB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Steve C left this review about The Froddington Arms
It was heaving in the Froddington Arms with a boisterous karaoke crowd when I visit on a recent Friday evening. The karaoke was set up around to the left of the bar where a dartboard and pool table are located. I didn’t venture over this side of the bar, which is why I missed the bank of five hand pumps. No problem though as I was on the Amber Nectar! Plasma screens for showing live sport are located throughout the pub. Out the back is a beer garden. I’m not a fan of karaoke so wouldn’t return on a Friday night, but I would pop in to have another look if passing at another time.
On 10th May 2019
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5251 recommendations about 5219 pubs]
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azza england left this review about The Froddington Arms
Top notch pub in Fratton Portsmouth, Great Pub for all Pompey Fans and Pompeys only Ska bar! Great atmosphere and always plenty of drinks offers on!! Lovely traditional boozer
On 28th July 2015
- rating: 10
[User has posted 4 recommendations about 4 pubs]
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Malden man left this review about The Froddington Arms
On entering from the street corner door I saw no handpumps along the length of the bar however perseverance pays and around the far corner was a welcome sight of a bank of five, Doom Bar, Spitfire, Bishop's Finger, Whitstable Bay Pale Ale plus Old Rosie cider. The WB was a good value £3.00 which compared rather well with the £5.10 I was mugged for in The Wave Maiden earlier, albeit for a different beer. The pub wraps around in a kind of U shape with the bar the central feature. One return had a pool table, the other a dartboard. Carpeted apart from the pool area, banquette and chair seating with a couple of booths in front of the bar divided by modern coloured glass screens. The TV had just finished showing the Tyne/Wear derby and rather loud rock music was blaring out, much to the entertainment of a small group of 60something blokes who had clearly been on the sauce all day. The pub was rather boisterous but good humoured. Décor included an old "Public Bar" etched glass panel, framed, a few PFC team pictures and pennants and the bar front is partly painted a particularly garish shade of purple. The presence of lighting and speakers indicate that live music must be on the menu. No indications of food, talking of menus, but it was Easter Sunday tea time.
Not a bad spot overall, if a bit loud, a reasonable ale range well priced, even more so if you use the loyalty scheme, buy 9 get the 10th free.
On 6th April 2015
- rating: 5
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E TA left this review about The Froddington Arms
A traditional Victorian corner pub in a dense residential area, very much a thriving, welcoming local. The ground floor has been converted into a single L-shaped bar with separate bar counters at each leg. There is a pool table at one end accompanied by a dart board and gaming machines. There are tv screens which were showing live football with no sound, but even if there was sound, it would have been drowned out by the truly awful racket coming from the jukebox. The bar staff were very welcoming, maybe because we were several decades younger than most of the coffin-dodging regulars who may have been responsible for the strange smell which we originally thought was a faulty toilet. There were 5 handpumps, two of which had reversed clips, 2 appeared redundant and the last of which was dispensing Brains's Bread of Heaven. The beer was in very good condition, and the barmaid seemed to know what she was doing with her ales. They run a meat raffle and karaoke – an odd combination – every Friday. I would include on a crawl for its beer quality alone
On 4th March 2015
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3285 recommendations about 3250 pubs]