Bridge Tavern at Camber Dock old Portsmouth

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00:40 >> Hi, okay, I'm Dave Reed.

00:55 I own the Bridge Tavern in Old Hortsmouth.

00:59 Lovely little nestles away pub right on the Canberra dock.

01:03 We serve a lot of fresh fish, seafood, and other steaks,

01:07 grills, and everything else.

01:09 We've done really well over this Christmas period.

01:12 We're fully booked for Christmas Day.

01:15 We take our customers from all over Hortsmouth and the far.

01:22 They're all very nice people.

01:24 We don't have any problems here.

01:26 It's all a lot of locals that really enjoy their pint.

01:31 We serve full of zales.

01:33 We've always got three or four on, sometimes five.

01:37 So quite a big number of choices.

01:40 We've won ourselves into the Canberra Awards three years in a row.

01:47 We had the amazing Greg Wallace come and dine with us and

01:51 hold a function here as well.

01:54 Yeah, just a generally nice, good pub, a proper pub, no plastic.

02:02 >> And it's known for its good atmosphere as well, isn't it?

02:04 >> It's a great atmosphere, yeah, really good.

02:06 The locals just join in with everyone and very, very, very friendly.

02:12 My bar staff are very good.

02:13 They serve the table, all our food's served at the table.

02:18 We've got a nice function room upstairs that we're sat in at the moment,

02:21 just outside my kitchen.

02:23 We seat 70 people downstairs, 65 people upstairs.

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03:03 >> Obviously, lots of sailors used to come here.

03:16 >> Yeah, yeah, in the years, there's been many, many sailors that have come here.

03:20 Sir Robin Knox Johnson is one of our locals.

03:23 He comes regularly.

03:26 There's quite a few visiting sailors even now that come.

03:30 The Americans always find us when there's a boat in.

03:35 They come to see lots of things here, really.

03:38 We have a fantastic historic mural on the side of the pub,

03:43 which we only just had restored.

03:49 So it's in top condition at the moment.

03:51 Please come over and take pictures if you feel free.

03:54 >> Yeah, and what's on the mural?

03:57 >> It's a picture or it depicts a picture of, I think, of the 1500s.

04:07 So there is a young lady called Portsmouth Lil in it

04:11 and one or two spicy little things to look for.

04:15 And yeah, it's very famous.

04:17 Come and look.

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