The Canteen

You'll find The Canteen tucked into Point Battery & Barracks, that historic stretch of Broad Street where Portsmouth's maritime soul still beats. It's the kind of place where you're equally likely to spot retired Navy types nursing espressos as you are young professionals working on laptops by the window. The setting—overlooking the Solent with Georgian architecture closing in around you—feels less contrived than many Portsmouth spots, because it genuinely isn't trying. The menu keeps things straightforward: reliable breakfasts, lunchtime sandwiches that don't apologise for their simplicity, proper filter coffee. It's become the unofficial living room of Old Portsmouth, the café that actually knows its regulars by name and remembers how they take their tea.