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Old House at Home, Milton, Southsea
Southsea
PO4 8JR
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Graham Coombs left this review about Old House at Home
A community local, very much a Pompey supporters' pub with the interior decorated accordingly. The pub is architecturally interesting but looks as though one side has been converted to residential use at some point. The single large remaining bar extends off through a games area, where are no fewer than three dartboards, to a big garden beyond. The only draught ale available at time of visit was TT Landlord but it was in good condition. Apparently others do appear. A good solid pub, with a convenient bus stop right outside.
On 14th August 2022
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about Old House at Home
A large good looking building,inside a large L shaped room with laminate flooring leads round to a rear area with a pool table, there also a dartboard , jukebox and TV on the walls, other than that I found the pub to be rather characterless much as I did the sole cask ale on despite the six handpumps, the beer was Marstons Serving Time,there was a turned London Pride clip leaving four vacant handles. All in all rather disappointing.
On 13th October 2019
- rating: 5
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E TA left this review about Old House at Home
An impressive Edwardian townhouse with a good sized garden at the back and a paved area at the front which tends to be used as a car park and smoking terrace. Inside are two large bars, though the one at the back was closed when we visited. The front bar has a pool table, tv screens showing football, gaming machines and a dartboard, all squeezed into the conjoined rooms which comprise the bar and to some extent ruin the original building's character. The young female bar staff were very helpful, while some of the locals were a bit weird. There is a jukebox which was playing fairly acceptable music, and the atmosphere was agreeable. Six handpumps on the bar, with 3 ales on – Ubu Purity, Longham's xXx Dark Mild and something called Overhang which wasn't to my taste but seemed to be in good condition. Worth including in a crawl.
On 22nd March 2018
- rating: 6
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Michael Wright left this review about Old House at Home
All change, closed, then reopened
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On 16th April 2016
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azza england left this review about Old House at Home
Great Pub situated in Milton giving us fantastic live music on Friday and Saturday Nights.. BBQs most summer sundays in their fantastic gardens and great food!! Loving this place and brilliant for all the family.. oh! and with their multi-screen set up you will not miss any sporting action
On 28th July 2015
- rating: 10
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Quinno _ left this review about The Old House At Home
Set back from the road and shaded by a couple of trees, this one promises something a bit more sumptuous from the outside than the inside actually delivers. The unusual fireplace/chimney breast aside, there’s not a huge amount to look at beyond the TV (which was showing football and not the advertised rugby). Family-friendly, mainly younger working class, a number of whom were taking advantage of the large grassed side garden (access to which takes you past three (yes three!) dart boards) and the atmosphere was certainly boisterous, with a large number of kids zooming around left right and centre. My reason for visiting was its entry in the 2014 GBG; a massive let-down on this front as over the six pumps sat but a single ale, a flatlining Courage Directors with a Doom Bar clip turned. Two Weston's ciders at least made things look a little more respectable but on Saturday afternoon you’d be expecting near-capacity on the pumps, surely? Most of my Directors ended up as grass fertilizer. Not one I can imagine returning to, perhaps there’s been a change of management here in the last few months?
On 18th March 2014
- rating: 5
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Malden man left this review about The Old House At Home
The pub looks quite attractive from the outside, set back from the road with a couple of mature trees in the frontage. Inside is a sort of dog leg or elongated Z-shaped space, the bar opposite the entrance. Bright blue painted lower wainscoted walls and bar front, a tad garish, mostly carpeted but with a wood floor at the far left end where there are three dartboards in a line, suggesting that the arrows are rather important here. A few trophies on a shelf add to this assumption. There is even a further dartboard in the main bar area, perhaps for the less serious chuckers. There is a pool table with a no under twelves' rule, clearly flouted when I was in, a couple of TVs and live music is advertised. Beyond the dartboard area is a large grassy garden with a covered barbeque/food serving area and a few swings for the kids.
The bar has three mouse themed murals painted over the gantry, with a tongue in cheek reference to the pub name, The Old Mouse at Home...cheesy but a bit of fun.
The welcome at the bar was friendly from the young barmaid, four beers and a cider on alongside the usual keg offerings, Courage Directors, Doom Bar, Tim Taylor's Landlord, Triple fff Pressed Rat and Warthog (£2.40)plus Old Rosie cider. I went for the fff beer and was offered a taster as the regulars aren't "used to it", which made me smile.
A surprisingly good pub with a surprisingly good beer choice in a backwater of Milton, I quite liked it here.
On 31st May 2013
- rating: 6
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Kate Elliott left this review about The Old House At Home
You *have* to see this one to believe it. Beer's passable, tables not *too* sticky, but the decor is something else.
On 15th June 2004
- rating: 6
[User has posted 27 recommendations about 27 pubs]