Mettricks Portswood

24/04/2026

Wow… what a day! 🤯

Our bakery launch couldn’t have gone better and it’s all thanks to you! We gave away 100 free pastries to celebrate - and they were gone before 9am! Then, unbelievably, we completely sold out by 4pm. Absolutely mind-blowing 🙌

A huge shoutout to the amazing team who made it all happen - Darren & Logan in the bakery, our Head of Food Andy, GM Theo and everyone who worked so hard on the day. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you!

We’re beyond grateful and so excited to do it all again tomorrow. Doors open at 9am—we’ll see you there! 🥐💛

18/02/2026

Arty-Stan Pizza kitchen takeover incoming evening of Friday 20th March at Mettricks Portswood - alongside the return of evening openings on Friday and Saturday nights.

Gather your mates and Meet at Mettricks with great pizza by Arty-Stan, craft b**r from Vibrant Forest, and cozy late night vibes 🍕🍺💛

🚨 SAVE THE DATES 🚨

Something seriously tasty is landing in Southampton…

Arty-Stan Pizza x Mettricks
Yeah… It’s happening.

We’re officially taking over the Mettricks kitchens and bringing that Near’apolitan heat to your favourite coffee spots ☕🔥🍕

📍 7th March – Woolston
📍 20th March – Portswood

Expect:
🔥 Fresh AF stone-baked flavour bombs
🔥 Proper dough. Proper toppings.
🔥 Coffee x Craft B**r x Pizza vibes

This one’s about community, great food, and filling seats with good people and even better pizza!!!

More details dropping soon… but for now, lock the dates in 🗓️

Southampton… you ready? 👀🍕

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from Mettricks Portswood 🎄💛

Merry Christmas Southampton, with love from Mettricks 🎄💛

As we sign off at Woolston, turn the ovens off at our Portswood bakery, and serve last minute shoppers at WestQuay, we’d like to thank you, our home city, for all of your support in what has been an incredibly challenging 2025.

Our teams are ready for a well earned Christmas break, with Guildhall, Woolston and Portswood now closed through to 2nd January. Mettricks in WestQuay will be open from Boxing Day to help caffeinate any post Christmas shopping right through to the New Year.

This year we’ve had to make some tough choices and stop doing things we could no longer support financially, as the tax increases and price rises have continued to hit our industry (unfairly) hard. We know we haven’t got everything right. And it’s certainly way tougher going when the tides turn and optimism is in short supply. But, we’ve worked tirelessly and tried our very best throughout.

Looking ahead to 2026, with huge business rates rises on the cards, things aren’t going to get easier. But our promise remains the same as it was 12 years ago: to work every day to Bring Better Coffee (roasted by us) and Fresh, Tasty brunch to our home city all the while creating coffee houses with a home from home feeling, described as Southampton’s Living Room by one of our very first customers, filled with friendly faces to create warm, welcoming spaces for everyone 💛

From our Mettricks family, to yours, Merry Christmas 🎅 🤶 With love from Grandma Mettrick, Spencer, Rodi, Kalo, Sean and the Guildhall team, Dom, Chris, Sam and the Woolston team, Theo, Soph, Sam, Lewis and the WestQuay team and Wilson, Vanessa, Angelica, Nick and the Portswood team 💛

13/12/2025

Join us this evening for our last late night opening at Mettricks Portswood (open until 10pm) for the foreseeable future.

Like many independent hospitality businesses, we’re facing an incredibly tough period. Rising costs across the board, alongside recent budget increases in taxes and employment expenses, have placed huge pressure on our industry and made it increasingly difficult to operate evenings sustainably.

As we work hard to secure the future of Mettricks, we’ve had to make some very difficult decisions. From tomorrow, we’ll be pausing all evening openings at Portswood until further notice, except for private hire events.

We want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who’s supported us during our evenings over the years especially our regulars. Your loyalty has meant more to us than we can ever properly express, and we truly hope to bring late nights back when circumstances allow.

If you value independent, locally owned businesses, please consider where you choose to spend your hard earned money. Your support makes a real impact and will be the difference between a multi billion US$ private equity owned (Trago Lounge) and tax dodging, Luxembourg and Isle of Man registered (Coffee #1) dominated Broadway - and one where fellow local independents can survive and thrive here in Southampton 💛

10/12/2025

Feast your eyes on our Xmas opening times! We've got quite a few changes due to event bookings so make sure to check before you travel!

- Will

20/10/2025

Vibrant Forest are back in town! Join us at the Ascapart Roastery in Mettricks Portswood for an evening with the Vibrant team. Taste some new b**r, meet some new people, have a good time!

This Friday Oct 24, starting at 1900.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vibrant-forest-x-mettricks-portswood-x-ascapart-b**r-tasting-tickets-1810869151379

11/09/2025

Tomorrow night til late we celebrate our reopening and refurb with a night of Vibrant Forest b**rs at Mettricks Portswood

It’s official - reopens tomorrow with our new b**r partnership live with brewery 💛

Join us at 7pm for a b**r tasting and conversation with the Vibrant Forest Team, and til late for the full lineup of Vibrant b**rs 🍻 on tap and in cans, 2-4-£10 cocktails 🍹 all night and sour dough pizza 🍕

29/08/2025

We're closing for a bit to give our site a much needed make over!

Be sure to drop by our family at Mettricks in Guildhall Square, Woolston Waterside, Lyndhurst Highstreet and West Quay for your Mettricks fix.

We'll see you on the 12th for a day of coffee and an evening of b**r! We're running an epic "Meet the Brewer" event with our friends at Vibrant Forest, book yourself a space in the guided tasting event at the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vibrant-forest-x-mettricks-portswood-meet-the-brewer-and-b**r-tasting-tickets-1638571865559?aff=oddtdtcreator

We're so excited to welcome you back to our site when we reopen.

See you soon!

Will
GM