BITE user comments - buzzfan
Comments by buzzfan
May 2008 visit - Our 1st visit, picturesque/historic olde worlde type pub, dogs allowed, no wifi. Fairly empty the wednesday eve we visited so lacked atmosphere. Manager/host seemed absent, very young staff were helpful. Sadly the reputation for great food wasn't upheld, the fancy menu looks inviting but perhaps too complex for basic pub kitchen staff. I'd go back, but not to eat.
4 May 2008 18:00
May 2008 visit - dogs allowed again it seems. Our 1st visit, picturesque/historic olde worlde type pub, fairly empty the wednesday eve we visited so lacked atmosphere. Manager/host seemed absent, very young staff were helpful. Sadly the reputation for great food wasn't upheld, the fancy menu looks inviting but perhaps too complex for basic pub kitchen staff.
4 May 2008 17:52
A few years ago, before this pub chnaged hands, it had a good reputation for well-cooked simple food. Sadly, in 2008, it's declined to that redolent of school food ib the 70's. Yesterday a Sunday traditional roast beef course arrived grey & overcooked, with an assortment of roast & boiled potatoes, packet-flavour gravy & dried out yorkshire pudding. A beefburger course was equally dismal - cold, in non-too fresh baps. The chips & beer were ok, but nothing special.
7 Jan 2008 10:48
The Pier View, Cowes
Enlarged last year, best yachtie pub in Cowes, but can be too lively. Decent food, good pub.
4 May 2008 18:03