Portsmouth Recommended Eats: The Captain's Table serves delectable Japanese and traditional cuisine

The Captain's Table, located within the Keppel's Head Hotel, truly has proved that it is undefeatable following its wild history during the war. The restaurant, which is tucked within in the Georgian hotel, has been the victim of two bombings during the war and has been the witness to centuries of changes in the city.

Despite being damaged during the war, the foundations of the hotel and the restaurant remained strong - and to this day, it continues to be an iconic and traditional venue.

The Captain's Table has earned its right to be featured in The News' recommended eats feature due to the unconventional dining experience on offer.

This restaurant does not only serve up traditional cuisine, but it also dishes up delicately rolled sushi, carefully prepared noodles and sublime rice dishes, all of which are featured on its Japanese menu.

Mandy Magee, communications and marketing manager for The Keppel's Head Hotel, said: "The restaurant is a hidden gem. It's dated from 1879, it has been bombed twice in the war and was rebuilt, and part of the rebuild was by the money given by the ratings and the officers because at one stage they loved the hotel so much.

"What's really fantastic is that as a family you can come along and enjoy Japanese and traditional food - so somebody could have fish and chips and someone else could come and have a traditional bento box or sushi or katsu curry. You can mix and match and I think that's what makes us unique. There's nowhere else in Portsmouth, I believe, that offers that dining.

"From the Japanese menu, I would say the most popular dishes are the set menus where you can have miso soup, you have rice, you have tempura prawns or other tempura vegetables. You can have spicy noodles, you can have a real mixture. Then we have our sushi sets which are beautiful beautiful different sushi dishes - there's a real mixture with the Japanese menu and I think that's what takes people by surprise.

"At the moment we have scallops on the menu, we have a gorgeous duck dish which is delicious with blackcurrant. For desert, we have wonderful panna cotta, or we have white chocolate puddings. Those combined work really well with the Japanese menu."

The restaurant is open all week between 12pm and 3pm and then from 6pm and 9pm. Sunday is the only day that these timings differ as the restaurant is open from 12pm to 9pm.

For more information about the hotel and the restaurant, click here.