Bar + Block Steakhouse Portsmouth Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food were great especially compared to the price and the size of it."
• "The steaks are always delicious! I always order medium-rare with the hope that it isn’t too bloody and Bar+Block never disappoint!"
• "Great tasting, good quality food."
• "My 12 oz fillet steak was really tender and cooked perfectly."
• "We both had the 8oz rump steak and they were cooked perfectly."
• "The food here was excellent. One friend said it was the best steak he has ever had."
• "Absolutely beautiful food, a ribeye 8oz and a rump 8oz topped with triple cooked chips and beer battered onion rings and a chocolate dome for pudding."
• "The food here was delicious and perfectly cooked."

Cons:

• "I went for a fillet steak, medium rare, it was more medium and the outside was a bit crispy."
• "Fillet steak was blackened and dry on the outside."
• "One meal was lovely. The other was awful."
• "The overpriced food took over an hour to arrive and although was of a fair quality didn't live up to the price."
• "The interior had a nice steakhouse feel to it... My girlfriend had the Ribeye steak, and for £24, it came out quite undercooked."
• "Unfortunately after visiting the Whitely restaurant which we've always enjoyed, we booked out Christmas meal at the Portsmouth restaurant... It was very disappointing and ruined our experience and meal."
• "The steak was undersize and undercooked."
• "I had the sirloin steak cut to order, oldest son had the ribeye. The steaks were cooked to perfection. Father in law enjoyed the mixed grill. Other 3 guests went for various fish and were very happy."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "Staff were very very attentive and spot on!"
• "Very attentive staff (but also not too much)."
• "Really lovely friendly staff and nothing was too much trouble."
• "We were served by a lovely lady and she did gave 100% service in looking after us."
• "Staff were so friendly and welcoming."
• "Our waiter was lovely believe his name was William, watched him with other customers very good service and technique very friendly."
• "Great service and the best steaks I've had in a long time. Highly recommend!"
• "My wife and I have been a few times over the last 6 months and recently took a client there for lunch. Can't express how great it is to get great service from a restaurant which is very rare these days."

Cons:

• "Great food let down by slow service."
• "Service has definitely lacked this visit and I would hope this would of been a one off but because of this visit, it may be a while until I visit here again."
• "Give how EXPENSIVE the food is, they should be sufficiently equipped to provide suitable quality."
• "We had one hiccup and that was that my partners food was done and ready to be served 20 minutes before mine…."
• "Despite having made a reservation in advance, our experience began on a disappointing note. We arrived at the restaurant, which was not busy at the time, and stood outside for an extended period, waiting for any staff member to acknowledge our presence."
• "The experience was not that great. As per the price the taste is disappointing. I've had far better steak in Cambridge in a varsity restaurant."
• "Seating very uncomfortable and restaurant cold and hilariously understaffed (barman told us so)."
• "Had to send my steak back twice first time it wad well done, second time it was raw. Server was nice but tried to convince me this was 'medium rare' over an hour of my time wasted and they still handed me the bill 🙃"