‘Better than Portsmouth’: the top TripAdvisor reviews of Southampton

However, those that visit the city aren’t necessarily always pleased with what they find, while others might be amazed by just how much they enjoyed their stay.

Here are seven of Southampton’s best TripAdvisor reviews.

‘Better than Portsmouth’

The city of Southampton has always had a long-standing rivalry with its Hampshire neighbours Portsmouth, not least when it comes to football.

So Sotonians might be pleased that one TripAdvisor reviewer took to the internet to share their delight at the city’s superiority.

Giving a four-star review of Southampton, the user wrote: “The shops were better than Portsmouth and the food in Nando’s was good.”

‘P*** filled stairwells’

If one visitor’s trip to Westquay was a delight, someone else was rather less enthusiastic about the shopping complex, complaining of a smelly stairwell in the car park.

They wrote: “Car park payment is like hell on earth.

“The shops are good,…