What did he mean?

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I was talking to my friend in the pub last Friday about my aspergers.

He said to me "if you want to be honest a lot of people would think there is something off about you."

What does it mean in more depth if there is something off about you?

I think he means that people notice that you are different from the norm in some way(s).

For example, maybe you speak a little differently, or say things most people don't say (not necessarily bad or inappropriate things, it could just be things that other people don't think about), or your body language/movement is different from other people? Maybe you don't pick up jokes or read between the lines as much as other people?

It means he doesn't know how to put it and it might mean that he doesn't know himself what gives people that feeling.

Considering that you were at the pub, I wouldn't read into it too much.

It is not bad it's just another way of saying that something is 'different' about you compared to the norm or what your peers expect.

The fact that (seemingly, since you created this thread) you didn't ask him what he meant when he said that, suggests perhaps you conduct yourself in a different way to the "norm" in a social setting. A "normal" way of responding to someone saying something like that would be to ask more about it, find out what he meant, continue the conversation along the same path.

I've never met you so that's the only info I have to go on, otherwise it could be one or many other things that you do that are different to the norm.