The Fishbourne in Isle of Wight

The Fishbourne is a super place for a nice relaxed meal. We always go there before getting back on the ferry to the mainland.

First visit and will visit again

Excellent pub and excellent staff. Thanks for a great long weekend.

So good we went 3 times in 4 days!

Popped in for breakfast whilst waiting for the ferry. Excellent quality, the sausage was the best tasting I've had for along time. Wished we'd have gone in sooner. Maybe next year.

Terrible food which is extremely overpriced. This is the third time I have come and each time I have been extremely disappointed yet given the pub another chance. Each time the food has been extremely low quality yet very expensive. This pub once used to be brilliant several years ago now it is just dreadful.

Had steak & kidney pie on menu, but when other was not any .

A very disappointing meal with muddled orders and lost booking despite evidencing it with email confirmation shown on phone. They “fitted us in” but at one point we were the only occupied table. On a Saturday evening this place used to be buzzing but it is now a sad low quality meal experience. It used to be a regular for family get togethers but I’d not recommend it now. What a shame

My in laws received a £100 parking fine for stopping here for a drink while waiting for their ferry I understand the need to have parking rules but this is catching out lots of genuine customers who don’t notice the signs. Especially older people

Popped in here for lunch before getting on the ferry back to Portsmouth. Fantastically close to the ferry port and a nice looking pub, however… the £10 jacket potato which came with a small salad looked like it had been reheated multiple times, it was beyond dry and the inside was brown not white. They did bring me another one which was fresher, but much smaller. When I paid there was no offer of reduction off my bill and I discovered the half pint of draught lemonade was £3.65!! Will not be going back.

The room had a bright green light directly over the bed and in the bathroom. Kept me awake most of the night. When I asked, told for “security.” Would not recommend.

The food was nice, and the staff very friendly.

Outstanding customer service at the Fishbourne and very very good food. Highly recommend the Fishbourne. It offers the traditional British pub feel. Menu caters for everyone and the portions are perfect. Always worth checking the specials board as well especially if the pork medallions are on........amazing. Good choice of drinks too. 5 star pub. Cheers everyone.

The food was brilliant, and the waiting staff very helpful. It's a shame that the man behind the bar, forgot his manners. He was only interested in the staying guests and the phone. This is the second time that I have found him less than welcoming.

We had a beautiful fish and chips lunch. But the most important and the BIGGEST THANK-YOU, to the lovely staff member that realised that we'd left our bag with all cards and keys in after we left, she came up to ferry terminal and found us. Thank you, thank you, thank you. There are really beautiful people out there still. Xxxx

BEWARE. Most expensive round of drinks on the island. Staff did not flag at any time during our visit that they have introduced parking fines if you don't register your car registration number. Parking fine adds £100 to whatever you spend there. Strongly recommend if you are looking for a stop on your way to the ferry you try The Sloop instead.

BEWARE. Most expensive round of drinks on the island. Staff did not flag at any time during our visit that they have introduced parking fines if you don't register your car registration number. Parking fine adds £100 to whatever you spend there. Strongly recommend if you are looking for a stop on your way to the ferry you try The Sloop instead.

We had lunch here a few weeks ago, parked in the pub car park, however, no one told me that I needed to enter my car registration in at the bar, as I would have done this, now I have a £60 parking fine, if not it will go up to £100. I just can’t believe it.

The service was very poor, just as an example we had to ask for table water about 5 times before having to go and get it ourselves. The food was ok - we would recommend the fish as that clearly is what they do best. The car park is advertised as free but as it has no lighting and you can’t read the signs with no light, they will charge you £100 fine whether you are a customer or not. Disappointing really when you spend over £200 on slow service. It is a shame as it’s a nice location near the boat. Cannot comment on rooms as didn’t stay.

Can’t praise the staff here enough. They were so accommodating after a bout of illness in the car. They provided a room at last minute and ensured I was looked after. We had been for Sunday lunch and another meal here on previous days which were both lovely.

Just had a fantastic 3 day stay, great food nice inn .Staff are just incredible, polite, friendly and superb at their jobs come and stay

Terrible service. Brought three hot chocolates with cream and marshmallows, no cream or marshmallows so served a regular hot chocolate and staff seemed annoyed I asked for the price difference back. Asked for some toilet bits to be stocked up and said they couldn’t do this. No smiles, not friendly. Stick with the ferry cafe for a better coffee and service

I was a little disappointed in that I sat down with the menu and looked under Mains and did not see any fish dish. I called a passing waiter over and said I can’t find a fish dish and he showed me it was over the other side under Pub Classics and it was battered fish and chips. Not something I wanted and asked him what kind of fish it was. He went away and came back saying it was haddock. Not something again I wanted. So I looked at the Starters and order 2 fish dishes as my main meal. As I was waiting, the same waiter came past with plates of Sea Bream he announced as he put the plates down at the guests next to me. THATS WHAT I LIKE and prefer. So I asked him how come they found the sea bream. It’s on the Specials Board!! Ok you could say I should’ve asked if there was a specials board but if the establishment is wanting to sell more meals off their menu, I would expect the waiter to have told me, especially as I was enquiring about what fish they serve. However, the size of the 2 starter dishes were a large portion, which is a nice surprise, each a meal in itself. Other than not being fully informed the restaurant is well patronised and the plates of other guests looked well presented too. Nice decor inside and there is outside seating. I arrived at 2:45pm for lunch and the restaurant still had a few tables busy. Tables were already booked for the evening meals.

Enjoyed my stay very much nice room and food Lee and his staff where very friendly ..Hope Newcastle win the prem.

Yeah, yeah, I read all the reviews and the comments from the manager and no, you cannot see signs that you need to register parking. If there are so many people no seeing any signs, then they are not good enough. Got a £100 parking fine as a patron to the pub. No signs visible, no staff mentioned anything. I reckon, it’s a good little side business for the pub. Absolutely shocking. Avoid!

Like other reviewers I was stung for a £60 parking fine, it is not made clear that you need to pay for parking and no staff mentioned it when I purchased lunch, it's OK to charge for parking but it needs to be a LOT clearer.

Mr Big “I’ve worked here 12 weeks” Either needs an attitude check or the sack! Very rude and unhelpful on the phone! I was so appalled that I told him forget Ill spend my money elsewhere! Such a shame the perfect location and food has to be ruined by a staff members poor etiquette! Would be nice to see some respectful and friendly out front staff!…

Popped in for last meal on Isle of Wight before boarding ferry. Great selection, fantastic meal for 4 adults and 2 children, nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Also; best apple pie Ive eaten in years!!!!

Stopped of to have Lunch before getting the Ferry back to Portsmouth. We chose the Liver & Bacon with Mash and Garden Peas and Gravy. The meal was advertised as “Gluten Free” and as I am Gluten intolerant it was an obvious choice. Well what can I say…. Everything tasted fantastic, and the Liver was cooked perfectly and the Mash was just as tasty. My Wife then decided on a pudding… I had the Sticky Toffee pudding with Salted Caramel Ice Cream, Gluten Free again…and she had the Apple Pie and Custard, both of which were a WOW to the taste. I would recommend “The Fishbourne” to anyone visiting the Island, and I will certainly make a return visit next time I’m over.

Bad experience unfortunately - hope they improve as customer was not put first in this instance. Location is good however

I was desperate for a roast dinner. Have to say I was quite underwhelmed by the experience. Meat was dried up and tough. Vegetables were ok. Lovely apple pie.

Popped into here while waiting to catch the ferry. Staff were very friendly, even if we were only there for coffee and to kill time. Lovely, cosy pub. Even though we didn't eat here personally, what I could see being served to other customers did look really good. Will definitely make a point of stopping here again when next in Isle of Wight.

Pub has convenient car park,(especially if you travelling by ferry&have to wait before they can let you in), it’s a very good place to have a tea and something to eat.

£60 parking fine for using a pub car park?! Signposts need to be clearer/let people know as most pub car parks are free so people don’t expect.

The only down side to my drink and snack was the sticky table. Everyone was very friendly, the food delicious.

Wow!!! Yummy and very affordable. We had the smoked salmon sandwich and it was so good, and the chips were incredible, I don't normally like chunky chips but these were crispy and fluffy. It's right next to the ferry port so great location.

We had lunch here today, well worth the money, enjoyed the food and the setting is lovely, going back for an evening meal very soon.

Perfect Pub. Lovely Location, cosy, Friendly staff, Perfect Beer and Delicious food. Highly recommend.

2nd visit this year and pleased to find the food was exactly the same standard, perfect! Sunday roast was pork belly, cooked just right. Great staff, welcoming atmosphere. Go visit!

BEWARE ⚠️ PARKING YOU NEED TO PUT REG IN OR YOU WILL GET A FINE & STAFF DON'T TELL YOU TO REGISTER. NO WELCOME WITH A SMILE, FOOD NOT GREAT, BAD EXPERIENCE ALL ROUND.. THANKS FOR THE £100 FINE FOR VISITING YOUR PUB!! SCAMMERS.

We stopped here for a drink and meal and we have to say it was pretty amazing, and we eat out quite a lot. We shared a mackerel scotch egg with horseradish dip starter and it was amazing! What a fantastic idea to change the meat to fish - a really delicious, light combination for a starter! Followed by cod & triple cooked chips. The fish was super fresh, light & flaky and the chips were perfectly cooked. Well done to the Chef!

To be fair.. we didnt use the rooms, so it would be unfair to comment on them Fishbourne Inn menu is dire, dull, over priced and lacks variety or imagination, they'vetried to be clever and its backfired.. My better half is a veggie.. the menu for veggies was poor and unimaginative...

Dropped in for a meal and already planning to come back. Fantastic food and lovely staff. Add in the location and it’s a winner

The food was good and the staff were polite and friendly

We decided early in the morning to book breakfast here before catching our ferry back to Portsmouth, purely for its location being so close to the ferry terminal, and what a gem of a find it was! The setting is beautiful and the waitress very friendly and attentive. Most of us had the full English which was delicious and all so fresh! My grandad said he hadn’t had fried slice that good in years! Thank you for a lovely meal to end our fantastic weekend on the Isle of Wight. We can’t wait to return next year and hopefully come for dinner.

Ordered 3 meals and had to send 2 back. Which I would never do but this was shocking. Poor quality, and some food not even cooked through properly. Vegan Moussaka was terrible and the kids lasagne was extremely poor. Partner had burger which looked pleasant but chips had not been cooked through properly. Couldn’t have coffee as no alternative to dairy milk either as they were out of stock. Staff were busy and friendly enough but seemed stressed - place wasn’t too busy so maybe something else was going on. Not a pleasant experience.

Port convenient, well appointed, professionally operated pub. Reasonable selection of beers and wines. Food plentiful with pub classics and daily specials. Well prepared with local influencers. We stayed here for 2 nights in one of the 5 rooms. Excellent.

Saw this place advertised when we got off the ferry so on day 2 we dedcided we would go for a meal. The service was excellent from the start, food was delicious. Would highly recommend and if we have time we will be back before we leave

I ate here today and wasn't impressed. My first experience was standing next to the bar and hearing the barman get impatient with an elderly client when they couldn't answer straight away if they wanted ice with a drink. I mean come on pal, you'll get there one day and might appreciate a bit more care yourself. Then I had some lunch and it didn't get better. The people I was with ordered jacket potatoes which came out OK. No one was blown away. I had a beef lasagne and it was awful. I had 5 or 6 layers of pasta and barely any meat at all. The whole thing tasted like tinned ravioli and was just dreadful. The barman didn't seem curious about why most of it was left when he took the fairly full plate away. Fortunately or unfortunately this is the kind of place you may or may not visit before you get on the ferry and therefore may well not go back to again. I certainly won't.

Here for a lunch. Good service and top pub food!

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

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.

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

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

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!!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Great food, great service and great parking space!

Really delicious food, monkfish was particularly great, highly recommend

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.

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.

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

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 ..

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.

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