The Dairyman's Daughter in Isle of Wight

Great place to go. There's loads of little shops to look in too. Beautiful pond to sit by and peaceful.

Popped in without booking. Ordered food at bar. Good selection of food. Seating indoors and out, all dog friendly. Toilets let the place down, for the size there were only two ladies loo's. One lady came out after a while and said don't go in unless your desperate. So I didn't and reported the toilet to staff to look into. Very wooden with lots of memorabilia,seemed a bit dark, small sun room area more light. Overall a nice place with a variety of local arts shops.

I haven't eaten here for years but it's a great location and really cosy inside. Yet the conservatory part is nice and bright. I didn't notice if the grape vine is still going strong. Fairly central on the Island and free parking, which makes it good for people meeting up.

Very traditional establishment. We only had coffee today but had some amazing food on a previous visit. Well worth visiting.

Great! Only one downside, everyone in our family party had to pay for food and drinks individually. I was treating my family on behalf of my recently deceased mother, but couldn't have one bill for the whole table which caused unnecessary frustration.

The restaurant is in a really nice setting. The food is generously portioned, and will definitely fill you up. Deserts are also recommended, especially the Banoffee boat. Staff are very welcoming and friendly. Also, check out the museum and selection of small handmade and craft shops that surround the restaurant.

Nice place. Really like the decor, the bar itself was a beautiful piece of wood. Good brews too.

Myself and three friends met there for coffee and a chat. The atmosphere was excellent, and we decided to stay for lunch the food was very good and the service very good. A lovely meet-up place to start from and venture if you wish from there.

Went today and had the chilli appetiser. It was lovely and definitely more than a snack. Great value. Highly recommend Revisited IOW again and this place did not disappoit. Fabulous ploughman's and bacon and brie baguette. Fab portions and very reasonably price.

Portion is massive. Had a lovely Sunday dinner here. Food was great and fairly priced for the portion size. 100% recommend. Three adults two Sunday dinners and cheesy streaker plus drinks for less than £65

Really great atmosphere. The menu was very good and so much better than the usual chains of pubs. Staff were friendly and efficient and the building is wheelchair friendly. Not so keen on the taxidermy but hey, that's life!

If the weather's good sit outside lovely

Can't fault the place, can't fault the staff ... EXCELLENT experience. We came along for breakfast on Sunday, the weather was nice, so sat outside with the dog. Best Breakfast ever, and the sausages were amazing. Fair price, quick service, wonderful food, a great way to start the day.

Not that friendly I for one won't return

Great place to eat and drink. Food is 😋 cous. Very cosy but in the winter.

What am absolutely wonderful experience. The food was well priced for the portions. And the taste was absolutely grand. Service was great also. I forgot to take pictures. Highly recommended. Visited from USA Dallas Texas area

Fantastic food and staff amazing fish and chips

I called in for lunch as part of my dog walk routine as I walk our 2 dogs in the nearby fields in Arreton. I went for the cottage pie with seasonal vegetables and, as always, the food was delicious. Also, as always, our dogs were well looked after and fussed over and this is one of their favourite places to visit as they know they will get a lot of attention as well as some of my dinner! The staff are always friendly, helpful and attentive which adds to the dining experience. There is plenty of parking as the pub is set in the Arreton Barns Arts and Crafts Centre which is well worh a visit as well. The Dairyman’s Daughter is a lovely place for breakfast, lunch or an evening meal and I would thoroughly recommend.

Nice traditional bar. It closes a little bit early if quiet.

Went for a meal 20/04/25 ordered a steak which was not edible I have never had one so tough and unchewable I would like to think that this was a one off so good luck to other patrons

What a great pub now, the owners who run this pub have totally changed the atmosphere, quality of food, and staff attitude. I will definitely be dining here again. My only concern is the taxidermy is not for everyone.

1st time visiting, the food was very generously portioned and tasted great, atmosphere was great proper old school style pub, highly recommended.

Good portion sizes, family of 6 all had different dinners, brought out all at the same time, even though pub was very busy. Staff very efficient and friendly. Daughter said the pasta dish and sauce is really good and would recomend, gammon was a bit dry, hence why 4 out 5 stars. Desserts,£8.00 ish but massive portions, so definitely worth it.

Nice pub, not too fancy, food was traditional pub grub with a few specials.

Wcellent food , reasonable prices

The food was great, a little pricy, but they do grandma plates. Had starter main couldn't eat it all. Lovely people we ate 2 times

A great quirky place with lots of atmosphere Food was really nice with good portions We went back almost every day for breakfasts Well worth a visit

We had a great meal and the plates were very big

Now this was a cute little find, dog friendly too! We had the breakfast burger (added cheese, naturally) for £15-18 and when I tell you that it was the best burger we've had, we ain't lying!! It was also accompanied by a huge portion of crispy chips and coleslaw!. I didn't get a photo of that but the burger.... I had to take a photo of it's innards like a crazy person. Just so good!

Wow what a great lunch, we ordered the pie of the day with some reservations often pub pies are a scant amount of meat in loads of gravy with a lid, this was definitely not the case today. The pie was huge stuffed full of meat and had a pastry bottom and top whhhhhoo proper pie 🥧 😋 also had not just one fresh vegetable but 4 different and all fresh. Definitely will be back

Managed to seat us even on a busy Sunday lunchtime, staff were friendly and efficient, food was tasty and hearty.

Sunsay roast is outstanding. I can't wait to return.

We've been to the Dairyman’s Daughter many times and the food has never disappointed and has always been great and is reasonably priced. The service is fantastic and, sorry I don't know any of your names, but the bar and waiting staff have always been brilliant and very helpful everytime we have visited. We normally take our 2 dogs with us and they are always well looked after and they are always happy with anticipation when we walk towards the entrance! Obviously the pub is dog friendly and you can sit anywhere in the pub with your dogs just keep them on the lead. I occasionally call in here for a light lunch, as I walk our dogs in the nearby fields, and the Dairyman’s Daighter offer a good range of sandwiches, baguettes and jacket potatoes. They also offer a 'deli' version of their main courses, which is a smaller and cheaper option, and I find its just the right size for lunch. I often choose the hand carved ham, egg & chips. The ham is lovely, the egg cooked to perfection and the tomato chutney is delicious - of course our 2 dogs always seem to end up with a little something off the plate as well! The interior has a lot of interesting ornaments and pictures but some may not be to everyone's taste! Also see if you can spot the accordian collection tucked away high up near the bar? There is plenty of free car parking nearby in the Arreton Barns car park so there are no issues with getting a parking place although in high season you may have to be a little patient. We would happily recommend a visit to the Dairyman’s Daughter for breakfast  brunch, lunch or an evening meal.

my 40th birthday was amazing due to these guys, the young lady set up all my napkins and runners etc. they all wished me happy birthday and the meal as always was amazing

Varied menu, lovely food, big portions, service was friendly and welcoming. Only downside was being watched by all the stuffed animals, and all the fox hunting paintings.

Good food warm cosy place reasonably priced will be back soon..back again today 22/02/25 another excellent meal..

Delicious meals, and amazingly generous sizing! Service was great, food service was quick, drinks selection extensive. Menu was good, lots of variety. Pricey food but for the quality and size, it's reasonably priced. £120 4 adults 1 child, with only 2 alcoholic drinks. Highly recommended, love a trip to the Dairyman's daughter when I'm on the IOW.

I had the tagliatelle with bacon etc....no cream no parmesan...n swimming in oil. Very sick a few hours later. Tummy didn't like over indulging in oil.

Delicious meals, and amazingly generous sizing! Service was great, food service was quick, drinks selection extensive. Menu was good, lots of variety. Pricey food but for the quality and size, it's reasonably priced. £120 4 adults 1 child, with only 2 alcoholic drinks. Highly recommended, love a trip to the Dairyman's daughter when I'm on the IOW.

Friendly service and delicious food. Highly recommended.

Food is excellent and good value for your money and dog friendly too

We went for Valentines day dinner. Not overly busy but enough for a buzz of conversation. Quickly seated and menus presented. We ordered drinks and dinner. A hunters chicken and a mean and meaty burger. Within 15 minutes we were eating. Everything was piping hot and very good quality. The chili on the burger was spicy hot but not too hot. The hunters chicken tender, covered in bbq and topped with melted cheese. Sadly no room for dessert. We saw the baked cheesecake which looked amazing. Maybe next time, starter and dessert.

Food was lovely, happy a pie and chips and my wife had the sausage and mash. Very generous portions. The pie was at least twice as good as I expected. It was absolutely lovely until a group sat next to us with a dog that barked and whined constantly for the rest of the meal, to the point that we couldn't talk to each other. Really disappointed that staff didn't intervene at all. Ended up leaving with a bad taste in our mouth, despite the delicious food.

Finding this place in the dark was a little tricky but once found what a fantastic evening we had! We weren’t greeted upon arrival but that was due to a large table of ten being served. We found the bar and we placed our drinks order and were told the rules so to speak about finding a table and ordering food. The menu despite Boeing part of a three pub chain was different to the Steamship we had visited and enjoyed before. A specials board was mentioned on the menu but was blank, but that was not an issue as there was plenty of delicious items to chose from. We both selected the garlic butterflied chicken breast with chips petit point peas and a salad. We accompanied our meal with a nice Australian Chardonnay with as luck would have it accompanied the chicken superbly. The chicken was cooked to perfection the chips were crunchy on the outside and nice and fluffy in the middle and did a great job of soaking up the garlicky juices from the chicken. I find I can’t eat many chips as I find them dry, but these were just perfect soaked as they were not soggy as they were so well cooked. The chicken was tender and beautifully flavoured with the garlic the peas just soft enough to be welded onto a piece of chicken or a chip so all in all quite superb. The servers were a joy, happy helpful and attentive and made such a fuss of my friends dog Arthur who was equally well attended Chris bringing him a little bowl of water and some dog biscuits! Other diners also made a fuss of Arthur which of course he enjoyed tremendously. All I’m all to use my friends words “this was the best meal out we have had by far” we had dined at the Syeamship inn in Shanklin and that was going to take some beating but these Dairyman’s took the crown. If you want excellent food at good prices with top notch service look at this and the steamship inn and you won’t go far wrong!

Good friendly pub with good portions of fresh food at reasonable prices.

We only went in for coffee but what a superb place! Staff were friendly and helpful, lots of artefacts around the walls and shelves. The menu looked great and lots of tables were booked. Even the Ladies loo was nice and clean. Would definitely visit again and have a meal next time

The room is lovely and clean the food and chips are very moorish

Lovely food but tiny portions for the cost... Shame as it is a lovely place to eat.

Often come here to eat. Good choices of food on the menu I had the ham & chutney baguette comes with chips & salad. Always good portions. Fair price. Rice pudding was good. Someone else had the butterscotch bread pudding it was really good! Served hot. I've also had the lasagne here a few times it's one of my favourites very tasty. Definitely recommend.

4 of us went here after exploring the Barns which were really cute there are some really talented artists on site, the pub is really lucky to have such a location Our meals were fine, nothing extra ordinary which is what I was expecting after reading recent articles The pie was cool inside and had to be sent back, my daughters baguette looked impressive but really was something of nothing, cheese over melted to the point of being crispy. There in such a prime spot and have such a good reputation that we felt that no effort was spared, no personal welcome we felt it was all a little auto pilot

The food was arty on the plate. My mashed potato was at the bottom of the mound and therefore watery. I had pork and the crackling was first rate but the pork, well, the first slice was lean and tender but the rest looked more like belly pork and was fatty and not tender. Veg was well cooked and tasty but not enough in the bowl for two people. My husband had beef. The huge Yorkshire pudding was very dry he said and the beef was tough and not much of it. We loved the ambience and the service was quick and very polite.

Always have a great meal from here but decided to have a roast this time. Roast Beef slices were fatty/chewy and cut way too thick, my knife couldn’t even cut through it. Vegetables were definitely frozen and bland, some strange reason there were courgettes and mange tout included? Never heard of that on a roast. Only part I did enjoy were the potatoes and Yorkshire pudding. Couldn’t believe it cost £16.95 definitely not worth the price. Think I’ll just stick to the burgers as I know they’re delicious.

Two meals and 2 drinks £37 more food than we could eat asked for some extras the staff help with that said hello and goodbye. Car park was busy but plenty of spaces and free to park. Afterwards had a nice walk around the many small businesses that are base around the the pub all together a nice lunch with afternoon walk

First time visiting The Dairymans Daughter, recommendation from a friend. Very warm welcome from the second we walked in the door. Food was served 10-15 minutes after ordering, generous portions and good quality, exactly what you'd expect. What did stand out was the warm feeling of the place, very homely and comfortable. Special mention to the lady wearing glasses, apologies for not catching her name, her hospitality was faultless. Most importantly for us is how dog friendly the place was, there's no areas specifically for them which is great, this staff made lots of fuss of our pup, all the little things that make a big impact. We will definitely be returning again. Thank you.

Lovely quirky pub. Great service and food.

We visited for breakfast a couple of days ago. We have had evening meals at the Dairyman’s Daughter many times but this was the first time for breakfast. The food came out really quick and was cooked perfectly! Highly recommend.

Delicious food and staff were very polite thank you very much!

Have eaten here loads and always delicious.

Great food, truly enormous portions, excellent value for money and friendly staff.

Fabulous lunch. Good service. Good value. We will be back! Pet friendly.

We visited yourselves twice whilst being on holiday. The 1st night (Monday), the food was awesome and could not fault anything. It tasted so nice it was moreish. Then, on the 2nd night, we visited (Thursday), the Daily Specials board was the same as Monday, and the food was not up to the standard we'd experienced on the Monday. We felt disappointed. However, we would recommend others to yourselves, though, based on the 1st night.

A must when visiting the island ... the centre of a lovely, interesting craft village ... my family and i have been coming here for years, and have always enjoyed good food, drink and atmosphere when visiting, with the added bonus of evening entertainment on occasions and a game of petanque on a well kept terrain ... a delightful place and environment ...

Love this place...definitely a favourite..typical pub atmosphere..good food, decent prices and interesting shops in the adjoining informal complex.

Wonderful meals. Unlike a lot of places like this on the mainland where we live, it was real value for money. I liked the way that allergens are listed very comprehensively and that smaller portions are available of some of the main meals on offer. Very dog friendly throughout.

Went here for my 5th time and it was perfect as always can’t fault it, food was lovely and portion sizes were huge would highly recommended the tagliatelle, drinks were good too, highly recommend for good food taste and cost wise

This is a typical food pub, proper portions, and a reasonable price service was swift definitely one of those places when you don't want to cook but want the feel of a home cooked meal

Friendly and relaxed pub. All of us (adults, kids and dog) made to feel very welcome. Lovely food (big portions!!), served promptly and with super service. Recommend!

Good food. Great atmosphere and accessible for wheelchair users

Really nice place and lovely atmosphere. Good friendly service, nice food and large portions. Can't fault it and will definitely visit again.

We had a lovely meal as always and have just booked our family pre Christmas get together meal.

Very saddened today as we have used this establishment many times over many years but today we couldn't even get through the door. 4 of us fancied a few drinks after visiting the barns and on previous visits have always gone in for a drink. When we opened the door there was a wait to be seated sign and a lady just bluntly said "name booking is under*? No hello or welcome. We said we hadn't booked to then be told we haven't got any tables which left us no option than to just leave. We only wanted a drink or 2 but weren't even asked if we wanted food or not. We could of sat outside as it was dry. A real shame as we have always enjoyed our times here . Lucky for us there is a pub 50 yards down the road. After a £24 taxi from Sandown, then a lovely visit to the barns we left disappointed we couldn't enjoy a drink. Should we return I hope maybe a more friendly staff member will be there to greet us.

Amazing service Chris who was our server was so chatty and lovely 10/10, the food there is really well made and alot to choose from, puddings aswell are really good,

Lovely place, great food and friendly staff

Wow! Blown away by the food and service! My lad had a whole sack of chips with a whale on top for his dinner ("just"fish and chips!). Awesome experience!

Another great little pub on the Isle of Wight. We came around 12 o'clock midday and it was just starting to get really busy. The food was delicious, try the Chicken Flatbread with Katsu. Staff were very friendly and they have an app to make it even easier to order. The decor inside is great, with some nice vintage boat memorabilia and some funny pictures on the walls.

Good meal and pleasant atmosphere

Great fried breakfast, saw us through the day, recommended

While on a mini break to the Isle of Wight i went to the Arreton Barns and came into the Dairymans daughter for some lunch and had a jacket potato with cheese and was very pleased with the food and and service

Really didn't have the best experiance here, the bar man was a little grumpy when I was questioning about a couple of my I guess I would say unusual allergies. He really didn't seem to want to go and check the ingredients in a couple of dishes for me. To the point where I didn't feel safe to eat there, we found another little local pub who went above and beyond, even bringing out a purple folder and they were able to tell.me the exact ingredients in any dish within seconds so it's not difficult. We have been several times to the dairymans before and always enjoyed it and will try again, I just feel it's gone a little downhill and more understanding of specifically more not so common allergies would be greatly appreciated

Dined here three times while visiting the Island. An excellent pub serving huge portions of excellent food, all at reasonable prices. The Sunday roast was amazing. Very quick and friendly service. Would have loved to try one or two of the beers but, sadly, I was driving. We will certainly be back next time we are on the island.

Great breakfast, but it was far too expensive £35 for 2 people! We wanted toast, but that was extra.

We love this place! We live locally and have visited several times and each time the standard of the food and service is always top notch! A friendly place to visit with a great selection of food and drinks, safe to say that it’s definitely our favourite place in Arreton

Great place to visit, well worth the money, i asked if the food had onions in, they checked before i ordered to make sure. Thank you for caring

Had a very nice roast beef lunch. Beef was very tender and a huge Yorkshire pudding.

Good pub food, twinned with Bargeman's rest and similarly appointed but set in Ariton barns with it's many craft and shops.

Great staff but let down by the food. Quiet Monday night not busy but food quality was very poor and unappitising. Very dimly lit and slippery stone floors. Sorry to be negative but it's just not for me.

A very busy pub, good selection of beers and good food.

Great place to stop as loads of craft shops to see and browse

Really older worlde pub lovely people food good to

Large portions of food, and it was great

I used the car to go to a sale next-door thanks

Very busy place, food looked good we only stopped for coffee. Staff friendly.

We’ve eaten here plenty of times here & it’s been lovely but today it wasn’t half as good, I had the jacket potato with cheese & my husband had the tagliatelle Alfredo, neither meal was as good as normal, I don’t know if this was because we ate at 4pm so the main chef wasn’t in, also the choice of music was very depressing it sounded like 40’s music, I’m sure they must have something a bit more upbeat.

Well worth going there for drink/food whilst visiting craft centre.

The food was decent, but the portioning felt off. There were way too many chips on the plate, almost as if they were trying to bulk up the meal to justify the price. It would have been better if they focused more on balancing the main dish rather than overwhelming it with sides. Not bad, but definitely room for improvement in terms of portioning.

Very pleasant evening meal. Friendly helpful staff

Nice pub grub. Friendly staff, nice atmoshere

Teas & coffees at sensible prices.

We shared one meal between 2 for a lunch & that was enough. The chips were lovely but cheese tuna melt was totally closed. The man I told couldnt seem to understand what i meant when i told him and walked off shaking his head at me. Weird service therefore.

Great food, better service. Dog friendly. Couldn't ask for more.