The best restaurants in Cowes North Isle of Wight South East

Excellent pub at the epicentre of the sailing world.

The guys here need a serious lesson in custom relations and need to learn some manners, amazingly rude. Claim not to have had access to their website for 7 or 8 years, although it was updated last year or to be able to get Google to update their times etc…. find somewhere else

Good food, limited menu. Flat iron steak a bit on the small side. Pork Mac and cheese a little too big. 2nd floor a good spot for view. Worth a shot.

Lovely breakfast, friendly staff, would visit again. Made to feel very welcome at this gem of a cafe. Nothing too much trouble. One of the best breakfasts on the island. Ask for the trains to be switched on and see them, it was lovely.

Called in 2 real ales to choose from didnt stay for another :(. Only seemed to be locals in dont think visitors got much of a welcome. Wont be back.

After reopening again in 2023 after its closure in 2022 everything seemed to be going well until late in 2023 when despite not having any information that it had closed, it shut one night never to reopen. No notices in the windows. No announcement like last time to tell their loyal customers that they'd decided to close down. And now it seems it HAS closed down & is being turned into flats! Well, there's a lot of unhappy people from over the last 30 years who would have liked to have been told 😔 Bad form Chip Ahoy....

Very disappointed with quality of the measures in shorts. Locals told me that they pour measures out of sight as they are watered down. They are not wrong. I visited here a couple of years back and wrote a review about this. The review was taken down after a few months stating that it was ‘under new management’ The same management is till running it and nothing has changed. Same bald guy running the place.

Usual Costa fayre. Nothing particularly wrong with it but whoever runs this concession needs to decorate it inside and especially out. Looks an embarrassing mess. Takes the piss out the customer. Not good

Only stopped for coffee but have to say it is the best I have had on our holiday so far. Highly recommend.

We absolutely loved our stay at Fountain Inn and they are thoroughly deserving of 5 stars! The staff were very friendly and couldn’t help enough. Food was absolutely amazing… breakfast was stunning (I had the Eggs Royale). Their Sunday lunch was honestly one of the best roasts we have ever eaten! Our bedroom was very clean, comfortable and homely. Thank you for making our stay so wonderful and we can’t wait to book again!

We had a poor dining experience, one meal in particular, the stir fry chicken was very strange with slices of raw tomato and bottled silverside onions. The other meals were indifferent, chips not really hot, a real bugbear with me as it's something that's so easy to get right. They close tomorrow until March so were obviously just not that bothered and keen to get off home. It's a shame as it's an attractive venue with live music and a real nautical vibe.

Pre packaged bacon or sausage baps warmed in the panini maker. Service with a scowl. This is somewhere you can get a drink or food if you are stuck whilst waiting for the ferry but it’s not somewhere I’d go by choice.

Probably the worst Chinese meal we've experienced. Egg fried rice looked to have been over cooked and no sign of egg. Mains were gelatinous and batter on chicken balls uncooked.

This is one of our favourite places in Cowes, and usually eat here once or twice a month, but on a recent visit we were disappointed with the new menu. It would appear they’ve gone for pice over quality with the new menu. They used to pride themselves on using local produce, but on the menu there is no mention of locally sourced produce. My wife had the breaded haddock, which was dry, and I had the steak and ale pie, both of which had obviously been mass produced and were definitely not homemade and not upto usual Anchor standards. We’ll still pop in for a dink but sadly we won’t eat her again unless the menu improves.

Second time trying this place and What is this meat great big chunks, I think it’s all off cuts burnt and all the meat that drops to the bottom absolutely appalled by this worst kebab ever! Looks like dog food