PO30 3AA, Tel: 01983 539 361; website
A pub with a rustic feel set in a folk museum with plenty of interesting artefacts and shops to browse. The pub has an interesting menu and a good selection of real ales, usually based around Ringwood's beers, and so from the Marston's portfolio and often with an ale allegedly brewed for the pub.
Beer:
Usually about 4 ales, mainly from Ringwood brewery plus one labelled as
brewed for the pub. Well-kept and tasty.
Food: Good menu and blackboards specials and succulent sweets!
In the summer, I receommend the "sharing ploughmans", (£16 in 2017).
Visited: July 2017
PO30 3AA, Tel: 01983 528 479; website
An attractive, comfortable and friendly pub on the main road, very near Arreton Barns (see above). A new and enthusiastic owner in 2014 has improved the quality, choice and standard of the food; The beer jas always been excellent and varied
Beer: 2 or 3
real ales, kept very well. 2
July
2017 - Included the ever popular Sharp's Doom Bar
Food: Excellent home-cooked food,
with interesting specials board. Very busy on Sundays - booking
recommended at times.
Visited: July 2017
PO36 0AA, Tel: 01983 406 212; website
Attractive pub by the crossroads.Very popular especially on Sunday lunchtimes, when they do an excellent sunday Roast. Excellent quality home-cooked food is served all day.
Beer:
Formerly used to serve a large (too large) choice, but now has reduced
the choice and improved the quality!
Food: Excellent home-cooked food. Selection of roasts on Sundays.
Visited: July 2016
The railway-themed room, since refurbished and now slightly lacking in its former character
PO30 4JA, Tel: 01983 531 231; website
Friendly and comfortable inn. A model railway runs round the picture-rail shelf. The picturesque Winkle Street is but a short distance and is worth visiting - take your camera!
Beer: 1 or 2 ales varying,
e.g. Goddard's, Wadworths. Kept very well.
Food: Very good home-cooked food including roast dinners every
day and tasty sweets.
Visited: June 19th, 2009
PO33 4EU , Tel: 01983 882 823; website
Large attractive pub just by the car ferry terminus. Instead of following the other cars towards Ryde, turn left out of the terminal and have a quiet drink and some good food. Plenty of space inside and outside. After a change of ownershiop in 2012, the food choice was hugely reduced.
Beer:
Goddards plus at least one other ale. Kept very well.
Food: Limited menu, food quite expensive with a rather
pretentious menu.
Visited: June 2011
PO30 4EH; Tel: 10983 741 124; website
Ancient thatched inn with nice garden. The location on the south west of the island means that it is invariable ratehr windy int he garden, so keep a tight hold on the parasoles!
Beer: 3 or 4 ales, e.g.
Archers, Taylors, Ringwood, Greene King.
Food: Good and tasty
Visited: July 2014
PO38 2NE; Tel: 01983 730 243; website
Ancient picture-postcard former smugglers' inn set out of the village near the cliff top. Friendly and comfortable pub with attractive outdoor area at the front. The owners are enthusiatic about their ales and generally keep an interesting choice, including one badged for the pub by a local brewery.
Live music outside on Sunday lunchtimes int he summer.
Beer: Usually 4 or 5 ales,
very well-kept, and a varied choice. e.g. Yates, Goddards, Adnams.
Food: Good
home-cooked food, though not a big choice. Served all day in the Summer.
Visited: July 2017
PO38 3NZ; Tel: 01983 840 314; website
Very old pub, though extensively modernised. Out of the village and not easy to find. Pleasant inside and with a nice child-friendly garden. Caters more for eating than drinking. Used to have an excellent daily carvery, but that ceased in 2016 with a changed in ownership. Similarly the extensive and interesting food menu is now a shadow of its former glory!
Beer: Ringwood ales
(Marston's portfolio); 2 or three on offer.
Food: Sadly
no longer does a daily carvery, though still has a carvery on Sundays.
Visited: July 2017
PO30 3JZ; Tel: 01983 740 293; website
Very attractive pub with a trout stream in the garden; also a duck pond and dovecot. The large garden includes a children's play area as well, which doesn't impinge on the adults enjoyment of the pond and the outside paved and tabled patio area.
Beer: Usually 2 ales on tap.
I've had excellent Sharps Doom Bar, Goddards, Wadworths 6X, Badger
Tanglefoot over the last few years.
Food:
Excellent food, not cheap, but of a high quality.
Visited: July 2017
PO38 2PY; Tel: 01983 730 375; website
Ancient large village inn, comfortable but unpretentious.
Beer: about 4 ales on tap;
varying regularly, kept very well. e.g. Ventnor Golden ale; Greene King
Abbott ale, Fuller's London Pride; Badger First Gold; Ringwood bitter.
Food: Huge menu. Quality is excellent and seems to be
home-cooked. Good Sunday roast lunches, but worth booking at busy
periods.
Visited: July 2016
