Merchants Bar & Restaurant in Southampton

I stumbled across Smugglers while in S'hampton for a night and they squeezed me in. The place had an incredible vibe, friendly staff and the food (and wine) was sublime. Great value and not your average city bar. Keep it up guys!

Roast was average. Flavours were there but the chicken was very dry chicken and pork belly was not crispy on top or succulent! Roast potatoes could have been a lot crisper too. Not worth the money and wouldn't have one here again, sorry.

Lots of meat options on the menu and seeing as its that inbetweeny bit after Christmas and New Year, we carried on the bird meat trend. Chicken burgers and wings to be precise.

A hidden gem. Slightly off the beaten track but worth the 2 minute walk. A trendy style bar, serving good quality food at non extortionate prices.Beer collection was decent - lagers.Good range of spirits.Would recommend for small groups or couples.Bar staff very friendly with table service.

Fantastic place great food welcoming feeling with all staff there good value for the food great atmosphere

We held our wedding reception here, the food was delicious and the staff were amazing!! We had a wonderful day. A big thank you to all the staff. We will definitely visit again ☺️

Looked in line for recommendations of a nice roast in Southampton come across smugglers and we were not disappointed. Came with out 2 children. Staff were lovely and had a great atmosphere will definitely be back x

We had to wait 25 minutes for a drink when we first got here. After asking the waitress 4 times I finally got my simple CiderApart from that, it was a good night out with the food winning the remaining stars

Amazing restaurant with equally amazing staff (shoutout to Gideon for being so lovely and attentive. As someone who was a bartender and FoH for many years I couldn't commend him more!) and top quality food. Will happily be back to have a drinking night with friends. Incredible atmosphere and even a nice area to have a smoke/vape should you need it. Would rate 10 out of 5 if I could.

Food was better than expected. It is dog friendly yaaay! Lovely service.