The Anchor Inn in Isle of Wight

Great atmosphere and brilliant live bands,and good food

Ok as pubs go staff ok food nice

Rooms wer clean Loved the Anchor inn alway a good atmosphere

Decent food and atmosphere. Service from the bar staff was great. Bouncers are a bit ott!

We wanted food on a monday evening in November and a lot of the restaurants inbcowes where closed. We found this great pub, that did food on the cowes High Street. The burgers are delicious, so is the beer. When the fire place is lit the pub is cosy and warm.

Great place to visit for an inexpensive pub meal, watch a live band on a Saturday night - centrally located, opposite Cowes Yacht Haven pedestrian entry / exit gate

Clean, warm, comfortable with friendly staff and good food. Excellent value and a pleasure to stay.

Disappointing food. Very bland fish and chips and batter was oily. Staff nice and friendly. Portion was big and we save on the drink special offer of the day but surely not worth almast 16£. See picture. Wine was very nice

Amazing food! Lovely atmosphere. Staff were very polite. Definitely recommend!!

Always good. Normally a couple of local real ales. Fast service. Helpful staff.

Visited today to attend a blues jam and it was brilliant. I found it to be a very friendly place and my husband said that the beer was very good

Stopped in to eat on Monday evening having already booked a table. Good food, drinks and service. However very disappointed not to be able to set up a tab and sort the bill out in one visit to the bar. Bit of a faf paying individually with every visit to the bar for drinks and food

Good pub meal, nice menu, fair prices and quick service. Got quite busy before we left as it was Friday evening, but not a rowdy crowd. I'm not sure what was planned for later but as we exited, there were a couple private security people outside the door.

Very busy even though COVID restrictions were in place, We waited a short time for a table and were quite near the Stables area with a live band so it was very noisy and boisterous but we were happy with that! Interesting menu but felt a bit rushed as were told the kitchen closed at 9pm but the staff couldn't have been more helpful. I had poached salmon with prawns, very tasty. My friend's pie and chips looked a bit stodgy to me but maybe what you would want after a hard day sailing! Malteser cake with salted caramel ice cream was heavenly! Don't come here on a Friday night for a quiet romantic dinner. it is full on noisy, hectic and hyperactive but we really enjoyed it.

Me and my family popped over on the 24th May. From Dorset tried our luck at the Anchor in the lovely girl on the front desk Rachel help squeeze us in for a hour or so. The food was to die for even my 4 year old son who is fussy ate all of it.

Brilliant pub that managed to squeeze us in last minute. Lovely polite staff, quick service, and tasty food.

Used this pub on our last visit to the I O W, so we popped in this trip for a fish and chip super, which was lovely , we like this place as it got a great atmosphere, really good value food, and some great beers, the staff are really excellent make you feel very welcome when you walk in. My partener was a landlady for 10yrs recently retired, she always says it's a lovely place as she puts it, " a proper pub" We popped in for lunch the next day , and had a lovely lunch, and great value for your money.

We came here tired and hungry.The fish and chips were delicious.I liked the pub and bar counter.....

Visited with group of friends, we were served drinks quickly! Charming pub in middle of high street with lots of character!

Found this pub in Cowes when over there for the night. There were lots of pubs which were quiet but this one was full of customers. We had a good meal here and I was impressed by the selection of beers and ales. Also there was live music but this was in a seperate bar so would not be an issue if you just wanted a quiet time. Overall just what a pub should be, service was very quick and the beer great. recommended

Lovely reasonably priced lunch and great music outside afterwards. Defiantly to be recommend for food and atmosphere

Great pub food and quickly served, we were able to sit in the open area to watch the soccer on a big screen.

popped in for a quick drink but stayed all afternoon as we had a great time, this is a very large pub with a large beer garden, good background music added to the feel of the pub,a nice variety of beers and ales on offer and the food was really good at a good price this is well worth a visit if you are in cowes

This is a pub that does fair food at a sensible price, The service comes with a smile and a laugh and the atmosphere is good.A good choice of well prepared food and just opposite the marina....bargain.