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Red Lounge, Cowplain
Enjoyable eating out experiences have been found wanting in recent weeks, as regular readers will testify.

The Wheelwright Arms, Havant,
Vintage at Goodwood took place last weekend, celebrating music, culture, design and other aspects of British culture from the past five decades.

Grosvenor Casino, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
An email pops up suggesting I eat in a casino, the Grosvenor, in Gunwharf Quays.

Lemongrass, Chichester
Lemongrass is the third Thai restaurant to open in Chichester in just over a year.

The Horse & Jockey, Denmead
The Horse and Jockey is in an area where getting lost is easy thanks to a general lack of road signs.

Rosita's, Southsea
Rosita's, an Italian restaurant of long standing in Southsea, underwent a change a while back from cramped and cosy to rather startlingly smart.

Chimichanga, Port Solent
Chimichanga is the latest restaurant chain to emerge, this time with a Mexican theme.

The Castle in the Air, 49 Old Gosport Road, Fareham
I asked a restaurateur recently what kind of fresh orange juice she had. She offered a carton of concentrated OJ.

Spings Café, Havant
The Havant Arts Centre has morphed into the Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, named after the 20 freshwater springs in Havant.

Rosie's Tearooms, Westbourne
Westbourne is one of the area's gems, the ancient village dating back more than a thousand years to the Norman Conquest.

Relentless, Southsea
Scott Matthews is a chef in a hurry. After working as head chef of one of the area's better fish restaurants, the 23-year-old decided to open his own place.

Fire and Stone, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
Ah, pizza. That perennial favourite junk food, either eaten at home, in a restaurant or fast food joint.

Bay Tree Tearoom and Restaurant, Wickham
Tucked away down a Wickham mini arcade is a restaurant so retro it's fashionable.

The Village Inn, Park Gate
Ember Inns, part of the Mitchells & Butler stable that includes O'Neill's, All Bar One, Harvester, Toby Carvery and many other well-known high street chains, runs

Wagamama, Gunwharf Quays
Wagamama, the pan-Asian restaurant in the style of a modern Japanese ramen (noodle) bar, opened its latest light and bright branch at Gunwharf Quays back in March.

Lauro's Brasserie, Fareham
Lauro's Brasserie has been a fixture on Fareham's High Street for many years.

King Cobra, Southsea
Indian restaurateurs have long cottoned on to our love affair with their type of food and spicing.

The Seahorse pub and restaurant, Gosport
Finding good pubs or restaurants in Lee-on-the-Solent and Gosport that specialise in local ingredients is like hunting for that proverbial needle in the haystack.

Istanbul, Southsea
Turkish-Kurdish restaurants are well-established in Portsmouth, their warm hospitality part of their attraction, as is the simple food of their homeland.

Stranded Bar and Restaurant, Southsea
Where the Stranded Bar and Restaurant now operates has had a number of reincarnations.

Spicy Tan @ Suffolk House Hotel, Chichester
Suffolk House Hotel, one of two hotels in Chichester's city centre, is a somewhat tired Georgian building in need of an uplift.

Shenanigans Irish Café, Southsea
Osborne Road, aka Southsea's Restaurant Alley, is a graveyard of well-intentioned restaurateurs.

Big Ernie's Diner, Southsea
The American diner is pure nostalgia, its revival due to Americans, mainly, looking back to the values of yesteryear in times of uncertainty.

Giraffe, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
Giraffe has just opened a new branch in Portsmouth - but why did owners of this 36-strong 'family-friendly' restaurant chain call it giraffe?

The Harrow Inn, Steep, near Petersfield
Britishness is alive and well and living in Steep. The Harrow Inn, one of Hampshire's mercifully time-has-been-forgotten pubs (it's been in the same family for ove

The Jerk Pan, Southsea
Fawcett Road has bags of character and is lined with small, family-run businesses veering from the quirky to the sublime. Ethnic food, bric-a-brac, clothing, secondhand books:

South Fork, Portsmouth
If your menu is mainly cow in many cuts, it's understandable to name your restaurant after a fictitious Texan ranch.

Brasserie@no.68, Fareham
Name changes and revamps can do wonders for a restaurant - if those changes have been thoroughly thought through.

Real Burger Kitchen, Chichester
The Absolutely Ridiculous Burger, the largest burger in the world, was created by a Michigan fast-food place in 2009 and tipped the scales at an astonishing 185lbs.

The Brasserie, Hayling
Langstone Hotel's restaurant has changed its name from Harbour Lights to The Brasserie and has an AA rosette for 'serving food prepared with care, understanding and sk

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