Drift

Monday: 16:00 - 02:30
Tuesday: 16:00 - 02:30
Wednesday: 16:00 - 02:30
Thursday: 16:00 - 03:30
Friday: 12:00 - 03:30
Saturday: 12:00 - 03:30
Sunday: 12:00 - 01:30

About Drift

Open till 3: 00am. Freshly made cocktails, award winning coffee, great beer garden, best tunes in town!

Drift Description

Drift Bar in Southsea, freshly homemade cocktails, Salsa Lessons and Palmerston Road's biggest and best beer garden, all this and more!

We are Southsea's late night venue and we have been welcoming customers for over 10 years, it has been the birthplace of many top name DJ's and events not to mention countless great nights for the party people of Portsmouth.

Reviews

User

Serial Killer quiz tomorrow night!

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Staff in on a Monday afternoon... that means one thing; New Cocktail menu soon.
We can't wait for you to try all our new delicious creations!

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Southseas best Halloween party open until 5am!
We thought about the most disturbing and scary theme possible for this years Drift Halloween extravaganza; We've Cancelled Christmas!
Full venue transformation
... Drift is open until 5am with 2 rooms of music Saturday 27th Oct
FREE entry before 11pm in fancy-dress
Limited edition Halloween Cocktails
Drift is also open until 1am on Thursday the 1st of Nov for a huge Day of the Dead BAILANDO party.
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Our October 'scary season' of quizzes is in full swing. On Tuesday we host a Serial Killers quiz night!
https://www.fatsoma.com/…/serial-killer s-quiz-night-at-drif…

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Sunday Sangria loaded with fresh fruit; 2 glasses for £7!

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Great South Runner remember to pop in after the race with your medal for an exclusive treat 🏅🍸🎽

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An hour left to get on the guest list for tonight! Drop us a message to gain free entry till 10pm. Join the biggest party in Southsea. Happy hour till 9pm and music all the way through till 3am.... see you soon!

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Best performers!

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Date for you diaries; 2nd December; we are overjoyed to welcome the Frank and Dean Christmas Party to Southsea.
Possibly the best crooners this side of Las Vegas will be belting out their feel good hits and festive classics. This is always an excellent night, make sure you arrive early or book a VIP booth now!
... Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/289370508 359646/?ti=ia
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Photos by Mat Rydzik instagram: @therydz

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Good luck to everyone running the Great South Run on Sunday. Come and see us afterwards for a treat!

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We're ready for another busy Friday night until 3am. Remember our Cocktail happy-hour runs until 9pm; 2 of our famous creations for only £10!
Take a look at what happened last Friday night: https://www.facebook.com/pg/driftbar/phot os/?tab=album&album_id=2290037937692 104

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Who is running the Great South Run this weekend? Pop in with your winners medal for a treat from us!

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Photos by Mat Rydzik instagram: @therydz

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Tonight: Dance classes from 8:30pm upstairs followed by BAILANDO until 3am over 2 rooms! 🔥💃🏻🔥

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New Wednesday night drinks deals start tonight!

User

Went last night for a family meal for my mum's birthday and everything was excellent. The service was great both by the bartender making our cocktails and our lovely server. The Sunday roasts were absolutely delicious and they even surprised my mum with a fantastic warm chocolate brownie with ice cream and a candle for her birthday too which was a very lovely and delicious suprise which we all dug in to!! Thanks all 🤗🍽🍹

User

We had a really amazing time yesterday for my friends hen do! We did a cocktail master class and the girl that ran it was so lovely and made sure all of us had plenty of fun with lots of laughs. All the staff were super nice and quick to clear up empties and bring over anything needed. Such good value for money too as you pay per person. It was really well organised and I’d defo recommend to anyone!

User

Top place to hear great Latin music and the ambience is just off the chart. :) great service and staff.

User

This was my first time here, I came for a gig. The music venue is nicely intimate. The downstairs bar has a great vibe and ambience. The music was great. The bar staff were friendly and welcoming. More choice of ales would be good but overall, a fantastic bar/ music venue.

User

This place was awesome, food, cocktails and bar staff were fab. Thought south sea it self was a bit run down but will def return just to visit this pub again X x

User

Polite staff (DJ included @[687025141:Darren Crook] ) great music and amazing roast dinners however you guys sponsor the worst hangovers hehe plus a bit more space to move downstairs would be good �otherwise a really fun day / night ������

User

Lovely place for lunch or dinner with family and pets . Such friendly service,great atmosphere, great and very delicious food!Will be back again for sure.

User

I went there for food and coffee - it was very delicious and the customer service was very nice and attentive. I went there on Mondays for salsa classes upstairs - great, friendly amtosphere, very understanding for beginners like me. And I went there for a Bailando party on Thursday. I was very tired after the whole day in London, but the music, the people and drinks got me moving until 2 am. Great place for day&night, conveniently located in nice neighbourhood.

User

Had a cocktail making class and it was absolutely great, friendly and helpful staff, me and my friends really enjoyed it ��

User

Great place, staff friendly and food excellent, it is our weekly treat on Thursday and frequently on Sunday. The meals are all home cooked.

User

Drift has always been a great place to come on a night out, run by the best Management in the buisness in Sam!

User

Definitely one of best bars in Portsmouth (possibly the south coast!). Awesome cocktails, great food. Good weekend vibes, always packed (with lots of beautiful ladies too!) (Promise I'll try to keep my shirt on...)

User

Why do bouncers feel they are above the law. They are there to do a job, not use their fists. I have seen what you have to a person who would not harm a fly. I will avoid this place.

User

You don't even deserve one star. and don't even get me started on the door men. Last night me and my boyfriend came to your bar and my boyfriend was brutally attacked by 3 of your power trip bouncers. He now has two black eyes, puffy face and a huge gash on the right eyebrow. We were up the hospital until 6am this morning as he had to have it glued together! This all happened out the gate of the garden. We then went back round to the front to inform then what happened and they had no interest what so ever. We were pin pointed the minute we walked through those doors. Homophobic springs to mind. It was absolutely disgusting, you should ALL be ashamed of yourself firstly for hiring such wankers! I get you have to have some authority as you're dealing with people who are drinking. But unfortunately you have some uneducated police officer rejects on your doors and they feel the need to 'jump' people for no reason. My boyfriend has never had a fight in his life and probably wouldn't know how too. So please tell me why it takes 3 dick head bouncers to not only ask us to leave (which we did, and quietly) again... we still have no understanding to why we were kicked out. I have pictures to prove the damage to his face. This isn't the first bad review you've had about your door men. In fact all of the 1 star reviews you've got are towards them. So wake up and do something about it. Disgusting place and disgusting people running it. I hope you all get your comeuppance in the future�

User

Only go to this place if you want to be punched by 3 bouncers for no reason and end up at A&E!

User

Lazy doormans! i went there two weeks ago and they didnt let me in because the doorman said that the pub was about to cloose but it was 12 o`clock and people was dancing and having fun inside.I checked online and the website said that closing time was at 1a.m so i guess that this lazyman was looking fordward to go home and he doesnt give a sh** about your business .If you dont care about your staff you gonna loose more clients on top of the money that you already lost that night.

User

I was charged a 100 pounds instead of 10 for four jagerbombs. The situation was handled by a manager in an unapologetic and unhelpful manner.



I can understand that adding another zero on the card machine on a night out is an easy mistake to make, and when I came back next morning to rectify the situation Austin and the team were very helpful. I was told I had to wait a few days for the transaction to go through before I could get my money back. Since I dont live in the area, which I made very clear, I was assured several times that this could absolutely be done over the phone without a problem. When I rang several days later, I was bluntly told by another manager that I had to be there in person to receive my refund. This meant a cost of a 15 pounds and over 3 hours travel time for Drift's mistake. Reimbursment for this travel was completely refused on more than one occasion, meaning I actually lost money trying to get some back.



Overall, it was a stressful and negative experience and I do not advise anyone to pay by card in this bar, as it will only result in unpleasantness and a waste of time and money on someone else's mistake. I visit Portsmouth a few times a year bur I will not be going to this bar again.

User

Food was awful, just got back from ordering 2 burgers along with some sides. One of the burgers was stone cold, sent it bk to be given something I never even ordered and lacking the dressing it should of had on it. The chef came out to my table personally to give me my new burger, making a joke that the burger he was giving me was his own one. So put me off completely. The staff made.NO effort to come bk to the table to check everything was ok.

Just disappointed I've had a bad experience there as I was very hungry and looking forward to trying out there burgers. I will NOT be returning.

User

Embarrassing the way security staff treated us, they just pushed us away from the club with no reason, we had to leave our staff in there ( coat, scarf, . etc) and we asked to speak with the manager the answer was: NO. We asked for the staff name, the answer was: "NO, I DON'T HAVE TO FACILITY MY NAME", he just said "Paul, that's all im gonna say to you" so he is probably/obviously lying. I have been treated like rubbish with no option to speak with the manager or any other person in charge, they just declined the question and put us on the street, because they wanted to. Some of us had this kind of problem before with security staff, and we still having it.

User

Went last night for a family meal for my mum's birthday and everything was excellent. The service was great both by the bartender making our cocktails and our lovely server. The Sunday roasts were absolutely delicious and they even surprised my mum with a fantastic warm chocolate brownie with ice cream and a candle for her birthday too which was a very lovely and delicious suprise which we all dug in to!! Thanks all 🤗🍽🍹

User

We had a really amazing time yesterday for my friends hen do! We did a cocktail master class and the girl that ran it was so lovely and made sure all of us had plenty of fun with lots of laughs. All the staff were super nice and quick to clear up empties and bring over anything needed. Such good value for money too as you pay per person. It was really well organised and I’d defo recommend to anyone!

User

Top place to hear great Latin music and the ambience is just off the chart. :) great service and staff.

User

This was my first time here, I came for a gig. The music venue is nicely intimate. The downstairs bar has a great vibe and ambience. The music was great. The bar staff were friendly and welcoming. More choice of ales would be good but overall, a fantastic bar/ music venue.

User

This place was awesome, food, cocktails and bar staff were fab. Thought south sea it self was a bit run down but will def return just to visit this pub again X x

User

Polite staff (DJ included @[687025141:Darren Crook] ) great music and amazing roast dinners however you guys sponsor the worst hangovers hehe plus a bit more space to move downstairs would be good �otherwise a really fun day / night ������

User

Lovely place for lunch or dinner with family and pets . Such friendly service,great atmosphere, great and very delicious food!Will be back again for sure.

User

I went there for food and coffee - it was very delicious and the customer service was very nice and attentive. I went there on Mondays for salsa classes upstairs - great, friendly amtosphere, very understanding for beginners like me. And I went there for a Bailando party on Thursday. I was very tired after the whole day in London, but the music, the people and drinks got me moving until 2 am. Great place for day&night, conveniently located in nice neighbourhood.

User

Had a cocktail making class and it was absolutely great, friendly and helpful staff, me and my friends really enjoyed it ��

User

Great place, staff friendly and food excellent, it is our weekly treat on Thursday and frequently on Sunday. The meals are all home cooked.

User

Drift has always been a great place to come on a night out, run by the best Management in the buisness in Sam!

User

Definitely one of best bars in Portsmouth (possibly the south coast!). Awesome cocktails, great food. Good weekend vibes, always packed (with lots of beautiful ladies too!) (Promise I'll try to keep my shirt on...)

User

Why do bouncers feel they are above the law. They are there to do a job, not use their fists. I have seen what you have to a person who would not harm a fly. I will avoid this place.

User

You don't even deserve one star. and don't even get me started on the door men. Last night me and my boyfriend came to your bar and my boyfriend was brutally attacked by 3 of your power trip bouncers. He now has two black eyes, puffy face and a huge gash on the right eyebrow. We were up the hospital until 6am this morning as he had to have it glued together! This all happened out the gate of the garden. We then went back round to the front to inform then what happened and they had no interest what so ever. We were pin pointed the minute we walked through those doors. Homophobic springs to mind. It was absolutely disgusting, you should ALL be ashamed of yourself firstly for hiring such wankers! I get you have to have some authority as you're dealing with people who are drinking. But unfortunately you have some uneducated police officer rejects on your doors and they feel the need to 'jump' people for no reason. My boyfriend has never had a fight in his life and probably wouldn't know how too. So please tell me why it takes 3 dick head bouncers to not only ask us to leave (which we did, and quietly) again... we still have no understanding to why we were kicked out. I have pictures to prove the damage to his face. This isn't the first bad review you've had about your door men. In fact all of the 1 star reviews you've got are towards them. So wake up and do something about it. Disgusting place and disgusting people running it. I hope you all get your comeuppance in the future�

User

Only go to this place if you want to be punched by 3 bouncers for no reason and end up at A&E!

User

Lazy doormans! i went there two weeks ago and they didnt let me in because the doorman said that the pub was about to cloose but it was 12 o`clock and people was dancing and having fun inside.I checked online and the website said that closing time was at 1a.m so i guess that this lazyman was looking fordward to go home and he doesnt give a sh** about your business .If you dont care about your staff you gonna loose more clients on top of the money that you already lost that night.

User

I was charged a 100 pounds instead of 10 for four jagerbombs. The situation was handled by a manager in an unapologetic and unhelpful manner.



I can understand that adding another zero on the card machine on a night out is an easy mistake to make, and when I came back next morning to rectify the situation Austin and the team were very helpful. I was told I had to wait a few days for the transaction to go through before I could get my money back. Since I dont live in the area, which I made very clear, I was assured several times that this could absolutely be done over the phone without a problem. When I rang several days later, I was bluntly told by another manager that I had to be there in person to receive my refund. This meant a cost of a 15 pounds and over 3 hours travel time for Drift's mistake. Reimbursment for this travel was completely refused on more than one occasion, meaning I actually lost money trying to get some back.



Overall, it was a stressful and negative experience and I do not advise anyone to pay by card in this bar, as it will only result in unpleasantness and a waste of time and money on someone else's mistake. I visit Portsmouth a few times a year bur I will not be going to this bar again.

User

Food was awful, just got back from ordering 2 burgers along with some sides. One of the burgers was stone cold, sent it bk to be given something I never even ordered and lacking the dressing it should of had on it. The chef came out to my table personally to give me my new burger, making a joke that the burger he was giving me was his own one. So put me off completely. The staff made.NO effort to come bk to the table to check everything was ok.

Just disappointed I've had a bad experience there as I was very hungry and looking forward to trying out there burgers. I will NOT be returning.

User

Embarrassing the way security staff treated us, they just pushed us away from the club with no reason, we had to leave our staff in there ( coat, scarf, . etc) and we asked to speak with the manager the answer was: NO. We asked for the staff name, the answer was: "NO, I DON'T HAVE TO FACILITY MY NAME", he just said "Paul, that's all im gonna say to you" so he is probably/obviously lying. I have been treated like rubbish with no option to speak with the manager or any other person in charge, they just declined the question and put us on the street, because they wanted to. Some of us had this kind of problem before with security staff, and we still having it.

User

Went last night for a family meal for my mum's birthday and everything was excellent. The service was great both by the bartender making our cocktails and our lovely server. The Sunday roasts were absolutely delicious and they even surprised my mum with a fantastic warm chocolate brownie with ice cream and a candle for her birthday too which was a very lovely and delicious suprise which we all dug in to!! Thanks all 🤗🍽🍹

User

We had a really amazing time yesterday for my friends hen do! We did a cocktail master class and the girl that ran it was so lovely and made sure all of us had plenty of fun with lots of laughs. All the staff were super nice and quick to clear up empties and bring over anything needed. Such good value for money too as you pay per person. It was really well organised and I’d defo recommend to anyone!

User

Top place to hear great Latin music and the ambience is just off the chart. :) great service and staff.

User

This was my first time here, I came for a gig. The music venue is nicely intimate. The downstairs bar has a great vibe and ambience. The music was great. The bar staff were friendly and welcoming. More choice of ales would be good but overall, a fantastic bar/ music venue.

User

This place was awesome, food, cocktails and bar staff were fab. Thought south sea it self was a bit run down but will def return just to visit this pub again X x

User

Polite staff (DJ included @[687025141:Darren Crook] ) great music and amazing roast dinners however you guys sponsor the worst hangovers hehe plus a bit more space to move downstairs would be good �otherwise a really fun day / night ������

User

Lovely place for lunch or dinner with family and pets . Such friendly service,great atmosphere, great and very delicious food!Will be back again for sure.

User

I went there for food and coffee - it was very delicious and the customer service was very nice and attentive. I went there on Mondays for salsa classes upstairs - great, friendly amtosphere, very understanding for beginners like me. And I went there for a Bailando party on Thursday. I was very tired after the whole day in London, but the music, the people and drinks got me moving until 2 am. Great place for day&night, conveniently located in nice neighbourhood.

User

Had a cocktail making class and it was absolutely great, friendly and helpful staff, me and my friends really enjoyed it ��

User

Great place, staff friendly and food excellent, it is our weekly treat on Thursday and frequently on Sunday. The meals are all home cooked.

User

Drift has always been a great place to come on a night out, run by the best Management in the buisness in Sam!

User

Definitely one of best bars in Portsmouth (possibly the south coast!). Awesome cocktails, great food. Good weekend vibes, always packed (with lots of beautiful ladies too!) (Promise I'll try to keep my shirt on...)

User

Why do bouncers feel they are above the law. They are there to do a job, not use their fists. I have seen what you have to a person who would not harm a fly. I will avoid this place.

User

You don't even deserve one star. and don't even get me started on the door men. Last night me and my boyfriend came to your bar and my boyfriend was brutally attacked by 3 of your power trip bouncers. He now has two black eyes, puffy face and a huge gash on the right eyebrow. We were up the hospital until 6am this morning as he had to have it glued together! This all happened out the gate of the garden. We then went back round to the front to inform then what happened and they had no interest what so ever. We were pin pointed the minute we walked through those doors. Homophobic springs to mind. It was absolutely disgusting, you should ALL be ashamed of yourself firstly for hiring such wankers! I get you have to have some authority as you're dealing with people who are drinking. But unfortunately you have some uneducated police officer rejects on your doors and they feel the need to 'jump' people for no reason. My boyfriend has never had a fight in his life and probably wouldn't know how too. So please tell me why it takes 3 dick head bouncers to not only ask us to leave (which we did, and quietly) again... we still have no understanding to why we were kicked out. I have pictures to prove the damage to his face. This isn't the first bad review you've had about your door men. In fact all of the 1 star reviews you've got are towards them. So wake up and do something about it. Disgusting place and disgusting people running it. I hope you all get your comeuppance in the future�

User

Only go to this place if you want to be punched by 3 bouncers for no reason and end up at A&E!

User

Lazy doormans! i went there two weeks ago and they didnt let me in because the doorman said that the pub was about to cloose but it was 12 o`clock and people was dancing and having fun inside.I checked online and the website said that closing time was at 1a.m so i guess that this lazyman was looking fordward to go home and he doesnt give a sh** about your business .If you dont care about your staff you gonna loose more clients on top of the money that you already lost that night.

User

I was charged a 100 pounds instead of 10 for four jagerbombs. The situation was handled by a manager in an unapologetic and unhelpful manner.



I can understand that adding another zero on the card machine on a night out is an easy mistake to make, and when I came back next morning to rectify the situation Austin and the team were very helpful. I was told I had to wait a few days for the transaction to go through before I could get my money back. Since I dont live in the area, which I made very clear, I was assured several times that this could absolutely be done over the phone without a problem. When I rang several days later, I was bluntly told by another manager that I had to be there in person to receive my refund. This meant a cost of a 15 pounds and over 3 hours travel time for Drift's mistake. Reimbursment for this travel was completely refused on more than one occasion, meaning I actually lost money trying to get some back.



Overall, it was a stressful and negative experience and I do not advise anyone to pay by card in this bar, as it will only result in unpleasantness and a waste of time and money on someone else's mistake. I visit Portsmouth a few times a year bur I will not be going to this bar again.

User

Food was awful, just got back from ordering 2 burgers along with some sides. One of the burgers was stone cold, sent it bk to be given something I never even ordered and lacking the dressing it should of had on it. The chef came out to my table personally to give me my new burger, making a joke that the burger he was giving me was his own one. So put me off completely. The staff made.NO effort to come bk to the table to check everything was ok.

Just disappointed I've had a bad experience there as I was very hungry and looking forward to trying out there burgers. I will NOT be returning.

User

Embarrassing the way security staff treated us, they just pushed us away from the club with no reason, we had to leave our staff in there ( coat, scarf, . etc) and we asked to speak with the manager the answer was: NO. We asked for the staff name, the answer was: "NO, I DON'T HAVE TO FACILITY MY NAME", he just said "Paul, that's all im gonna say to you" so he is probably/obviously lying. I have been treated like rubbish with no option to speak with the manager or any other person in charge, they just declined the question and put us on the street, because they wanted to. Some of us had this kind of problem before with security staff, and we still having it.

User

Went last night for a family meal for my mum's birthday and everything was excellent. The service was great both by the bartender making our cocktails and our lovely server. The Sunday roasts were absolutely delicious and they even surprised my mum with a fantastic warm chocolate brownie with ice cream and a candle for her birthday too which was a very lovely and delicious suprise which we all dug in to!! Thanks all 🤗🍽🍹

User

We had a really amazing time yesterday for my friends hen do! We did a cocktail master class and the girl that ran it was so lovely and made sure all of us had plenty of fun with lots of laughs. All the staff were super nice and quick to clear up empties and bring over anything needed. Such good value for money too as you pay per person. It was really well organised and I’d defo recommend to anyone!

User

Top place to hear great Latin music and the ambience is just off the chart. :) great service and staff.

User

This was my first time here, I came for a gig. The music venue is nicely intimate. The downstairs bar has a great vibe and ambience. The music was great. The bar staff were friendly and welcoming. More choice of ales would be good but overall, a fantastic bar/ music venue.

User

This place was awesome, food, cocktails and bar staff were fab. Thought south sea it self was a bit run down but will def return just to visit this pub again X x

User

Polite staff (DJ included @[687025141:Darren Crook] ) great music and amazing roast dinners however you guys sponsor the worst hangovers hehe plus a bit more space to move downstairs would be good �otherwise a really fun day / night ������

User

Lovely place for lunch or dinner with family and pets . Such friendly service,great atmosphere, great and very delicious food!Will be back again for sure.

User

I went there for food and coffee - it was very delicious and the customer service was very nice and attentive. I went there on Mondays for salsa classes upstairs - great, friendly amtosphere, very understanding for beginners like me. And I went there for a Bailando party on Thursday. I was very tired after the whole day in London, but the music, the people and drinks got me moving until 2 am. Great place for day&night, conveniently located in nice neighbourhood.

User

Had a cocktail making class and it was absolutely great, friendly and helpful staff, me and my friends really enjoyed it ��

User

Great place, staff friendly and food excellent, it is our weekly treat on Thursday and frequently on Sunday. The meals are all home cooked.

User

Drift has always been a great place to come on a night out, run by the best Management in the buisness in Sam!

User

Definitely one of best bars in Portsmouth (possibly the south coast!). Awesome cocktails, great food. Good weekend vibes, always packed (with lots of beautiful ladies too!) (Promise I'll try to keep my shirt on...)

User

Why do bouncers feel they are above the law. They are there to do a job, not use their fists. I have seen what you have to a person who would not harm a fly. I will avoid this place.

User

You don't even deserve one star. and don't even get me started on the door men. Last night me and my boyfriend came to your bar and my boyfriend was brutally attacked by 3 of your power trip bouncers. He now has two black eyes, puffy face and a huge gash on the right eyebrow. We were up the hospital until 6am this morning as he had to have it glued together! This all happened out the gate of the garden. We then went back round to the front to inform then what happened and they had no interest what so ever. We were pin pointed the minute we walked through those doors. Homophobic springs to mind. It was absolutely disgusting, you should ALL be ashamed of yourself firstly for hiring such wankers! I get you have to have some authority as you're dealing with people who are drinking. But unfortunately you have some uneducated police officer rejects on your doors and they feel the need to 'jump' people for no reason. My boyfriend has never had a fight in his life and probably wouldn't know how too. So please tell me why it takes 3 dick head bouncers to not only ask us to leave (which we did, and quietly) again... we still have no understanding to why we were kicked out. I have pictures to prove the damage to his face. This isn't the first bad review you've had about your door men. In fact all of the 1 star reviews you've got are towards them. So wake up and do something about it. Disgusting place and disgusting people running it. I hope you all get your comeuppance in the future�

User

Only go to this place if you want to be punched by 3 bouncers for no reason and end up at A&E!

User

Lazy doormans! i went there two weeks ago and they didnt let me in because the doorman said that the pub was about to cloose but it was 12 o`clock and people was dancing and having fun inside.I checked online and the website said that closing time was at 1a.m so i guess that this lazyman was looking fordward to go home and he doesnt give a sh** about your business .If you dont care about your staff you gonna loose more clients on top of the money that you already lost that night.

User

I was charged a 100 pounds instead of 10 for four jagerbombs. The situation was handled by a manager in an unapologetic and unhelpful manner.



I can understand that adding another zero on the card machine on a night out is an easy mistake to make, and when I came back next morning to rectify the situation Austin and the team were very helpful. I was told I had to wait a few days for the transaction to go through before I could get my money back. Since I dont live in the area, which I made very clear, I was assured several times that this could absolutely be done over the phone without a problem. When I rang several days later, I was bluntly told by another manager that I had to be there in person to receive my refund. This meant a cost of a 15 pounds and over 3 hours travel time for Drift's mistake. Reimbursment for this travel was completely refused on more than one occasion, meaning I actually lost money trying to get some back.



Overall, it was a stressful and negative experience and I do not advise anyone to pay by card in this bar, as it will only result in unpleasantness and a waste of time and money on someone else's mistake. I visit Portsmouth a few times a year bur I will not be going to this bar again.

User

Food was awful, just got back from ordering 2 burgers along with some sides. One of the burgers was stone cold, sent it bk to be given something I never even ordered and lacking the dressing it should of had on it. The chef came out to my table personally to give me my new burger, making a joke that the burger he was giving me was his own one. So put me off completely. The staff made.NO effort to come bk to the table to check everything was ok.

Just disappointed I've had a bad experience there as I was very hungry and looking forward to trying out there burgers. I will NOT be returning.

User

Embarrassing the way security staff treated us, they just pushed us away from the club with no reason, we had to leave our staff in there ( coat, scarf, . etc) and we asked to speak with the manager the answer was: NO. We asked for the staff name, the answer was: "NO, I DON'T HAVE TO FACILITY MY NAME", he just said "Paul, that's all im gonna say to you" so he is probably/obviously lying. I have been treated like rubbish with no option to speak with the manager or any other person in charge, they just declined the question and put us on the street, because they wanted to. Some of us had this kind of problem before with security staff, and we still having it.

More about Drift

Drift is located at 78 Palmerston Road, PO5 3PT Southsea
+442392779839
Monday: 16:00 - 02:30
Tuesday: 16:00 - 02:30
Wednesday: 16:00 - 02:30
Thursday: 16:00 - 03:30
Friday: 12:00 - 03:30
Saturday: 12:00 - 03:30
Sunday: 12:00 - 01:30