The Shanty Family Tavern

115 Mirona Rd, Portsmouth
(603) 294-0111

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Dennis Berube

Banging shrimp awesome. Burger delayed. Overcooked by the time I got it. Food runner new? Bartender nice. We will be back. One of my favorites hangouts, prices ok.

Candice Alizio

Walked in at 5:30 on a Monday night. There were people seated. We stood there for 5mins the bar tender saw us as did a younger employee but neither said anything. We finally just left.

Paul Anthony

Excellent food and selection. Service very good..

Ken Mitchell

Nice sports pub with kitchen that stays open late (10 pm).

Dan L

Great spot for a drink and some food!.

Ronald C. Belcher

The Best in town!!!

Joseph Locascio

The food and service were great. Great time watching sports with friends.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hand Cut Fries, Chicken Sandwich, Firehouse Burger

Nina McGinnis

Crystal makes the best Bloody Mary ever and has a great attitude and personality. We split the cheesesteak sandwich and it was perfect. Loved the onion rings too. Thanks for the perfect lunch break.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

P Sully

Love this place I'm there every Wednesday night for family feud trivia atmosphere & food excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Beverley Stevens

I wasn’t expecting much because it’s a local tavern. Sat down at bar by myself. Bartender (long light brown hair) didn’t approach me for about 15min, when she did show up, I told her I was going to order food. She said she didn’t have any more menus, she’d have to go look.
I sat there and waited, during which time I looked the menu up online. When she was walking down my side of the bar, 20min later, I just called her over and said I’d like to order some food & a beer (told her I found the menu online) She then indicated that she would give me a beer, but she needed to take care of a couple of people first (who had just gotten there!)
A regular customer just happened to sit by me and she was right there for him and said do you want your regular white Russian? He said sure. She threw a menu on the bar, (didn’t hand it to me or say anything, like; Hey I found you a menu, or SOMETHING!) She walked away, got the regular his white Russian within seconds!…I had to stop her & ask her again if I could order my food!
It was quite disheartening. Because I was nothing but kind and extremely patient!
After another server gave me my food, she never returned to see if I needed anything or even asked me how I was doing. YET, she proceeded to ask-then give the “regular” two more drinks (white Russians) & hoped he liked them and hoped she was making them better for him.
When I was finally done eating, I flagged someone else down to get my check and a box for my leftovers. The other dark haired waitress was happy to help me. In fact, she was the only one that asked while I was sitting there how I was doing. She quickly got me what I needed.
The other server/Bartender sighed and said she needed a break. never saw again and finally called the other Bartender to take my check for me.
Kind of disappointed because the situation was totally avoidable. All I wanted was a simple order and a beer. I didn’t dare ask for water. Or even think of a dessert (not sure if they even have any)
The “regular” person came in 45 minutes after me, got three drinks, an order to go, paid his bill, and was out a half hour before me. I mean, what the heck?!
Wish I could leave a better review, but my experience was not very good. The food was OK.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Alfredo

Cailey White

We absolutely love The Shanty! Highly recommend - The food is delicious! We accidentally ordered online and showed up at the rollinsford location to pick it up only to realize we had ordered it in Portsmouth. 12/10 for customer service - they let us cancel and refunded us. Hate to do that but didn’t have time to drive to Portsmouth to pick up after already going to Rollinsford! Will continue to dine here + get takeout here (just will pay attention which location we are ordering from haha)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Meghan Higgins

Food is always delicious and there's a good variety in the menu. Super laid back atmosphere and great staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Glenn Nesbitt

Visited the Shanty Family Tavern this afternoon for lunch and cocktails and we were very impressed. Drinks, food and service were all excellent. Plenty of tv’s to watch with all your favorite sports! Check them out, you’ll be happy you did.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jeff Waterhouse

Good food, good variety of bar food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Debbie Mae Kershaw

Love , Love, Love the Shanty - a favorite for a local place for great food and happy people. The Bartenders (we always sit at the bar) are engaging, the clientele are mostly locals and newcomers. My favorite! Seriously, pretty much anything on their menu is good. But the Thunderbird is really my favorite. Seriously just look at their menu and enjoy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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