The Fishbourne in Isle of Wight

Rolled off the ferry and turned left. The place is great. Great atmosphere. We only came in for the food... which was excellent. Good portions and reasonable price. The staff were friendly and welcoming. We'll worth a visit!

Great pub. Great food and very friendly. I'm a lovely location

Lovely place, been here before and still as good as I remember. Good was very good, service was great, definitely come back again

Lovely grub, been here before. Service was good and suck a nice place

Great evening. Lovely staff Well priced hot food served quickly. Beautiful position if a little out of the way. Often forgotten about but a must go to place.

We came here because last year the food was lovely and it is next door to the car ferry. We ate earlier this week and my husband's meal was okay, I had barely edible mashed potato, really hard, not fluffy. Today we arrived just after noon, gave our order for jacket potatoes and waited over half an hour for a luke warm spud with barely any filling. I wanted to send it back, but we are just about to get on the ferry back to Portsmouth so it was eat or go hungry. Will not be coming again.

Lovely friendly service and excellent food. Hope to return one day soon!

Had a really nice quality breakfast, staff were really nice and helfully

I visited this pub with friends at teatime on 13th February for a drink. Having been to the pub for a meal a few days earlier, I was well aware of the need to log in on the car parking system. On this occasion, however, the log in device was not working and a member of staff was trying to rectify it. We were told that this was OK and were not told of any alternative arrangement or need to take any further action. On leaving the pub the device was turned around and still not working. My friends will attest to this. I have now received a parking charge for £100. I am aware that this pub suffers from excessive parking due to ferry customers awaiting their sailing times. However, this visit was not associated with my ferry crossing times as can be demonstrated by reference to my Wightlink booking. I can also show that I bought drinks in the pub on my credit card.

My first stay at the fishbourne,lovely bright airy room which was spotless.I was welcomed by charlotte who showed me to my room and also served me at dinner.Food was amazing staff are really friendly and cant do enough for you.Breakfast was great lots of choice and dave was also a great host.Cant thankyou both enough.I will definitley be returning!!

I can't comment on the rooms as we only went for coffee, but good coffee, reasonably priced and good service, the little chocolates were a bonus

Never actually took order after waiting for 45mins. Turned up early to catch ferry , as planned to eat before sailing.. place was not busy either.. lake of effort

Had breakfast, and it was delicious 😋 staff friendly, and helpful

Lovely pup, great place to visit whilst waiting for boat to Portsmouth, or just a great meal, friendly staff

Stayed in this Hotel in November. I can only suspect parking system Malfunctioned as I received a ticket for 1 hours parking even though I stayed multiple hours. Spoke to manager who said they get 3 cancellations amounts and will cancel said pcn. Since then I have struggled to reach said manager and have continued to receive pcn notices. Not worth the Aggravation and should make you think twice about utilising this hotel.

Beautiful spot, and a lovely venue, really thoughtfully decorated. However, what is important is the food, which is over priced and not of good quality. I never mind spending £19:00 on a roast, but I expect the meat to be more meat than fat ( I had lamb) and for it to not be too chewy, and I expect to be be full and my lamb was very fatty. I guess you could argue we should have complained, at the time. However, at these prices, you shouldn’t have to. For £19:00 I expect to be full and satisfied. This was not the case. We won’t be back, which is a shame. My husbands beef was good, however, he asked for horse radish and got mayonnaise. Attention to detail is crucial when charging these prices, people are often too embarrassed to complain

Great local pub. Rooms are nice but quite basic

Great cosy pub. Friendly staff. Pop in for a bite to eat before the ferry. Food was good.

Extremely disappointing lunch, table of 14, 2 meals incorrect and came once everyone else had virtually finished. 2 undercooked roast pots each, terrible pre prepared meat slices. More like school dinners, would expect much better quality food for the price.

Visited today for lunch.I had the croque monsieur? I thought it would be toasted but not mine, cold sandwich with melted cheese on top also cold....weird.

It's an incredibly pleasant pub / restaurant related to The Boathouse in Seaview. The premise is located about a 5 minute drive from the main road in a quite semi private area. I'd suggest becoming a member to get discounts on the bill/free drinks and offers.

We only came here for a drink while we waited for the for the ferry, it was really lovely. Then we left my daughter’s coat behind! When I rang to see if they would help us out the manager kindly offered to post it for us, and did it the very same day I rang. Service that went above and beyond! Thankyou!

Only stopped here for food. Fish and chips, soggy batter, even soggier tasteless fish. Not good.

Absolutely lovely food and above and beyond service. Really catered to allergies. Had lunch here with family on a Sunday. As I need to avoid milk, I asked for the allergens menu. The chef actually came out and talked through which meals were suitable and offered to adapt other meals if preferred. I had mussels with an adapted pancetta sauce and they were delicious. The waitress was also amazing. My partner and I have a five month old and the waitress noticed that my partner was looking after her and his meal was sitting so she kept it warm for him. Truly above and beyond service and really lovely food. Highly recommended.

Just to reiterate what others have said - we were issued a £100 parking fine after years of stopping off at The Fishbourne while waiting for a ferry. There may be signs, but clearly many people miss them, being in a relaxed mood at the end of a pleasant holiday. Please display the warning in giant neon letters at the entrance to the car park. We won't be back.

We stayed two nights in The Fishbourne Hotel. Our room was clean and comfortable with a good selection of teas, coffee and lovely biscuits which is a nice touch. We really enjoyed breakfast, had a lovely evening meal and the staff were very friendly and helpful. A lovely stay and we would definitely come back.

Called here before setting off back on the ferry for tea. Dogs allowed inside which is always a bonus, food was lovely and catered for all our needs. Dog chews on the bar to buy. Can’t fault it and if we come back to Isle of Wight, we will be coming back here.

Really delicious food, monkfish was particularly great, highly recommend

Great food, great service and great parking space!

Ordered 16 fish and chips to takeaway - 10 for adults (£16 each) and 6 children (£10 each). Crazy prices, with very little actual fish and chips in there. Children's portions were an adult fish cut 3 ways and with 3 or 4 chips literally. Adult portions had very few chips. Daylight robbery. As in a rush to catch ferry, couldn't check the portions before we had left. In any case they take the money upfront.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff. We didn't stay in the rooms but visit the bar/restaurant

We visited for breakfast having not been before and I was impressed! Good quality ingredients and well presented. Also a really nice interior of the building. The lady who served us provided good customer service and wished us a nice day when we left.

I live on the Isle of Wight have eaten done social family gatherings for 30 years?? l was there for a coffee light lunch this week as l do often put my car Reg in at Bar ? Turned up today after being at a charity get together at Binstead Arm Ryde for a young child amazing avent 😊 Drove to Fishbourne inn with Friends to eat drink how much would we of Spend ?? told we couldn’t leave my car over Night ? Really you will go bust ? We are island people won’t come back?? Won’t Drink and Drive ? To Far to Walk there and Back Really??? You need to sort out Parking you only have 5 rooms Car Park will fit 10 Coaches?

Convenient spot for getting off the ferry, however very disappointed with the lunchtime meal in general. Having ordered the poke bowl (a main), the dish was certainly more of a starter size and was nothing particularly fantastic. The pizza - the bbq pork and chilli jam - was laughable. The meat was hardly edible - chewy and grissley, and the dough was basic. There was far too much cheese too. The prawn sandwich was unfortunately very watery - though generous with the portions. We assumed defrosted. The rarebit was also disappointing. The pork however, was slightly redeeming - the only enjoyed meal at the table. Didn't use the hotel facilities.

We had lunch at the Fishbourne before catching our ferry, the food was average and the bread on the sandwich was stale and the fries were cold, the banoffee pie was just a pie base with squirted cream and banana slices all rather disappointing, paid £118 for 3 adult and a child, they seemed understaffed as well. wouldn't recommend it at all.

It's expensive and nothing special, just convenient when waiting for the car ferry.

Excellent service, but food disappointing. Had Sunday roasts, and two out of the three ordered were not very warm, and returned to the kitchen. Roast potatoes were poor - overcooked and needed a steak knife to cut through the skins. Food and wine relatively expensive.

The places on this island are beautiful for mooring boats. However, what the maps show where you can moor are not true. The tide is bigger and big waves with passing large ships push small sailboats to the shore.

Great choice of largers,IPA & cider's

Nice pub very convenient for Fishbourne ferry. Fantastic views. Lovely outside patio and garden. Generous food portions

The staff were friendly, however the food was very disappointing. The pizzas and garlic bread looked as of they had been purchased from Iceland and were very poor quality, certainly not artisan as described on the menu. The Caesar salad was also poor. Definitely not worth the money.

Lovely atmosphere with great service Ordered food which arrived promptly , really good quality ingredients and it tasted fab!! We will be back !!

Very disappointing food. Do not be fooled by the skilfully written menu which suggested the kitchen has skill & sophistication. The food that arrived bore almost no resemblance to the quality suggested in the menu. Very basic fare, unimpressive & disappointing. Service was very friendly if slow but the problem here is the food.

Expensive drinks and terrible food! The ‘artisan’ pizzas are fresh out of an Iceland freezer and about as authentic as my left foot! Wouldn’t feed it to my dog.

Unfortunately not a good place for food. Disappointed in 12 inch pizza costing £15 claiming to be artisan. Driest pizza with hardly any topping. Had better dominoes. Waiter was lovely though.

Early for ferry , perfect location next to ferry port.. ordered drinks at bar .. was told told food , table service .. waiting waited 45 mins , never came to take order. Every place been on island wonderful ..

Beautiful location, this is the only positive point of this evening experience...we ordered the Aubergine and it was the worse plate I ever received so far in a restaurant. We paid 17£ for a tiny piece of aubergine that was dry, few bits of corn here and there, a very spciy sauce under the aubergine and some fried noodles on the top...I am pretty disappointed with this place and will never return...we had to order some extra food on the ferry...

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We visited today, after previously visiting before, I have to say I was a little disappointed that the menu was majority fish especially with the starters Im not a big fish eater! There was very little option for non fish lovers as a starter except gazpacho soup. Before we even were seated we were kept waiting for 10 minutes to be sat down as a table was making 4 different payments in front of us. When we did eventually sit down the table was incredibly sticky, and despite being asked to be cleaned it needed a deeper clean than that. Food was fairly good, bit disappointed with the chicken burger and the roast the staff were helpful though. You could definitely tell they were short staffed.

Didnt get served for at least 15 mins

If you want a burnt pizza this is the place to go,2 of us sent our pizzas back because they were burnt and when we were given another one they were exactly the same so I ended up not eating anything, would not recommend

Truly beautiful pub, went with Wife and 2 year old, twice in 3 days. Staff were so friendly and accommodating. Food was really really good, even when on the first visit we went very basic. Would definitely go again when next in IOW. Also really useful being so close to the Wightlink.

Stopped for a while before catching the ferry back to Portsmouth very quiet as it was late at night.

The food was nice and customer service was amazing

It's a restaurant with a car park that you have to note down your registration details so you don't get fined. You can only eat their. I wanted to sit with my family and have a few coffees ☕️ whilst waiting for the ferry. We weren't allowed. Prices are rather expensive for what we got. The bowl of chips 🍟 nearly £4 for not enough to feed a toddler. Would I visit again if I had a choice. No The male members of staff acted like they were above us and we weren't worthy of their time.

Only went for a meal but it was lovely, friendly staff and good food.

Food terrible, one staff member Surly very expensive, we did get money off as we complained but I will not be going back!

I'm changing my review. As others have mentioned too. Came home from our visit 10 days later and received a parking notice fine of £100. After the lady behind the bar told us the cameras were off today and we didn't need to enter our Registration details. Really disappointed.

Excellent evening meal in a very nice restaurant and pub.👍

Our recent visit to the iow we decided to book this restaurant and we was not disappointed! The food was great, service was great, lovely atmosphere would definitely go again! Check out our YouTube channel adventureswithshjc

Nice pub. Decent beer. Nice food, slightly limited menu.

Really good chocolate and peanut butter cheesecake

The Fishbourne has always been consistent food wise over the years. The new chefs though have taken the food to whole new level. The brisket beef burger with mozzarella is absolutely amazing. If you have not visited in a while or 1st visit I would really recommend the Fishbourne.

Did not stay popped in for drink before ferry was due very welcoming hot drinks served quickly. Lovely relaxing inn.

On our arrival we checked in quite quickly and we settled into the room, it was comfortable and clean but in need of some modernisation and a good make over that it lacked . Food quality and the lack of imagination was an utter disappointment, it seems that no care over presentation and freshness of any of the food and not asked if we had any allergies. Overall the Fishbourne is a good pub and has a good vibe in the bar area with locals, but on the food and hospitality front I didn't feel the professionalism that it lacked.

We live a few hundred metres away from this pub and have been countless times, spending £1000s over this time. However, we will never ever go again. The reason being is that I visited two weeks ago to pick up takeaway pizzas. This time I drove, as I didn't want the pizzas to get cold on the 5 min walk back home. Two weeks later I get a parking fine from them for £100. Thinking I could just call them up and they would cancel the fine (as I can prove that I was parking as a customer at the time) and I was amazed to be told that there was no way of cancelling the fine. It doesn't matter that I was a paying customer, only that I didn't register my car on there system. I was not told about this and did not see any signs. If you have such a heavy handed approach to parking, you need to make this cystal clear (as in tell each customer when then arrive and remind them when then leave as a minimum). To me it is such a short sighted approach to make £100 in the short term but loose 10s of thousands in the long term.

Brilliant food with a great view. Affordable prices and lovely staff. Have visited multiple times before and will do again. A good place to dine before your ferry too! Would definitely recommend.

BEWARE We stopped here as our last meal before catching the ferry home. We parked, tight manoeuvring but successful. We entered and were seated by a lovely waitress. A light lunch, pizza, very tasty, followed. We paid, at the table and went on our way. Our much needed break to the IOW had been lovely. Move on 10 days and we receive a nasty reminder of our visit to The Fishbourne in the form of a parking fine, £100. We hadn't displayed a permit. What permit? We contacted The Fishbourne, short shrift, we are one of many, they can't do anything. Then we read reviews, OMG, we are not alone. They said there are signs. We didn't see them. Not one. We never went to the bar where they say the iPad is, it was waitress service. I give The Fishbourne 4 for food. It was okay. Although we thought the waitresses were lovely, at the time, we now realise they hold the key. All they needed to say, to 2 pensioners, was ' have you registered? 3 words would have meant that a light lunch wouldn't have cost us £60, if we pay without appealing, or £100 if we say, please look at how wrong this is to a company employed by The Fishbourne. My thoughts. This pub know that they don't have to rely on repeat custom from locals. Their income is from customers, like us, who are just leaving the IOW, possibly never to return. I'm surprised the Tourist Board don't highlight this issue and place a sign as you approach the pub. Where 3 hours before catching the ferry I was so happy, had enjoyed our visit so much, and in my mind the Island was wonderful, 10 days later I have a nasty final impression. Just 3 words from the waitress would have made so much difference. To make it worse, we have her a generous tip ☹️

We went here for a light lunch. Parked in the car park and were shown to our table, inside, by a waitress. Our order for drinks was take, then the food order. A different waitress served our food. At the end of lunch, pizza. Well cooked, tasty. We left happy with our short break to the Isle of Wight and our farewell last, light, meal. Then 10 days later a parking fine. £100, or £60 if paid immediately. Apparently we had missed seeing signs in the carpark and a tablet in the restaurant. Not one of the 3 staff we had encountered mentioned the need to register our car registration. We have spoken to the assistant manager, Gary Miles, who said that there is nothing they can do and they believe that the signage, which we didn't see, is enough. We have also seen several reviews which refer to being caught out when visiting the Fishbourne. What a sour taste this has left in our mouths. What an expensive lunch. What a final memory of the Isle of Wight.

Advertised they serve breakfast, on arrival told they are not serving unless booked - very disappointed

£100 car park ticket, as a customer who did not see a sign mentioning parking at all, queued up for several minutes, bought a drink, stayed for a total of 34 minutes and left.

Absolutely good location, but a little bit rude staff. Just be careful with car parking. There is no staff noticed us that we should obtain a permit to park the car on site to have the lunch. As a result, we have been charged £100 for failed to obtain the parking permit . This is absolutely non-sense.

If the chef (and I use that term very loosely) thinks it’s ok to serve sausages like this, then I dread to think what else they find acceptable. I don’t recommend ordering the full English from here, everything was very overdone but the sausages were something else, I think they had been cooking since last week and I can’t believe they even got out of the kitchen never mind past the waiting staff too. The standards are obviously low here, thank goodness we didn’t stay too!

Nice little place to visit but very expensive.

Pub is nice, very country pub feel inside. Beer was good but couldn’t say the same for the food, the focaccia on the charcuterie board was semi defrosted, the meat dubious and the seabass luke warm - overpriced to say the least! Would come again but only for a quick drink.

Called in for lunch before getting the ferry. Ordered drinks from the bar. "Where are you sitting? We'll come and take your food order". Half an hour later, when no-one had even come close, we left. Never again.

lovely location and great staff, who could not do enough for you, but the lunch was "very average". Shame as it could be real goldmine as its on its own, nothing nearby, so with some marketing and kitchen staff, got potential

I have given this two stars for the service only. The staff were pleasant but the food was not. It was festival Monday so food options were reduced, which was fine. I ordered the chicken burger for £10 thinking I would get chicken. What turned...

Very friendly atmosphere, and staff were also top notch. A lovely pit stop before getting on the ferry.

Absolutely amazing! Me and my work colleague came here on a whim because we were early for our ferry. For the quality of food I cannot grumble at the prices, quite reasonable for what you get. Lovely staff, very helpful, table service and great food, what more can you ask for? Considering the food is made fresh to order, there wasn't a long wait at all. Overall very impressed. My colleague being a trained chef was extremely happy with everything, and that is a rough task. I will definitely be back.

Awful experience!!! Plastic drinks vessels, food served in polystyrene boxes with plastic cutlery even sitting inside in the restaurant area. Paid £12 for fish and chips, I have seen bigger fish fingers, cheap frozen French fries which were supposed to be chips, no peas. Asked for Condiments and was pointed towards a table by staff and told to help myself. Will never go there again. 0 out of ten 😕

Service has improved but new menu needs a lot of work.

Really nice place, I enjoyed it

Usually OK here. Got a table outside -(not busy) they have a table call system where you call for service- nothing happened, one server bringing drinks out for tables - ignored us. after 7 mins went in and got drinks - gave up on ordering...

Immaculate. Lovely airy rooms with beach theme decor. The food looked nice but we didn't eat there as it was a bit pricey.

Took my friend who was over from America here as thought we would get a good value for money meal. We both chose fish and chips from the menu - I knew I wanted the big one, my friend was wondering whether she might be...

Its a shame The Chef Decided to stop cooking and close the Kitchen, this could possibly be why hospitality has an issue.

Such a disappointing lunch. Mediocre and expensive food and poor service. We went for an early alfresco lunch after arriving onto the Island. Despite lots of staff present, we were not greeted, shown to a table and received no help moving two tables together for...

Nice pub in a quiet location staff very pleasant and helpful On the down side was the food. firstly ordered a burger .. sorry sold out .. secondly crab soufflé sorry no on a Wednesday .. so opted for fish and chips bland and tasteless.. mussel in a weak watery sauce .. sorry guys didn't live up to expectations and tell people whats NOT available on the menu when ordering food

Amazing place the food was great 👍

Lovely pub....just had a wonderful lunch of perfectly cooked Sea Bass. Delicious dessert...sun and considerate service.

New menu very limited. Staff not aware of what's not available. Has really dropped their standard over the years

This pub needs a defibrillator like the same as all the other restaurants have done

My partner and I went for dinner and the staff were lovely, great location and the food was really nice so decided to bring my friend when she visited the following weekend. When we arrived there was a sign saying the kitchen was closed despite us having a booking. I was advised they'd tried to call but had missed it as was travelling there but they didn't leave a message. The booking was 4pm and they advised the kitchen would open again at 5.30pm, we decided to wait as we'd walked there and there weren't any other options nearby. Come 5.30 we tried to order and were then told actually it wouldn't be open until 6. So we'd waited 2 hours to order our food and we weren't even offered any apologies. Couldn't recommend after that.

Recently took friends here as it was next to the wightlink ferry to Portsmouth the young waitress was amazing I cannot remember her name but we were talking about Ruby Shoes, she was very apologetic however this was out of her control. The systems went down and we were unable to pay, my friends who were paying had to catch a ferry and the lady in charge was rude and basically saying you can’t leave until you have paid! Having only a credit card they were unable to pay cash, my friends said they would call to make payment the following day, I said I can assure this as I live on the island, but she was continuing to be rude as if it was us not paying, this was out of our hands, so someone else I knew that happened to be there made the payment, thus made my friends feel like they were at fault and very uncomfortable and luckily made their ferry! It felt like we were being help hostage We will Never go there again….

Food was nice. But not only had to ask for a menu for the meal but then had to ask for a dessert menu. Upon asking for said menus I had blank stares from the waitress. It's not too much to expect to be offered a menu when you're paying £20 a head. Retraining required.

Tolles Restaurant und Cafè auch zum Frühstücken mit schöner Terasse mitten im Blumengarten, voller bunter Akeleien und Zistrosen. 💚 Ich habe das vegane English Breakfast probiert und war sehr zufrieden damit. Sehr zu empfehlen!!!

Upmarket pub, not cheap but coffee is cheaper than the wightlink terminal, and free parking for customer as long as you enter your registration number in the computer

The previous review about the risotto was bang o ! Was delicious cx

Not great, it was highly recommended for gluten free and there wasn't many options at all and the pizza option was very likely to be cross contaninated. Felt very disappointed and my sister found the staff weren't very helpful (when she is very allergic to gluten) we ended up going elsewhere for dinner. The waiter was nice and it was close to the ferry port.