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 large selection of real ales from near and far, usually from small breweries.
Beer:
About 6 usually available including the likes of Goddard's, Yates and
Badger.
Food: Good menu and blackboards specials and succulent sweets!
Visited: June 16th, 2009
PO30 3AA, Tel: 01983 528 479; website
An attractive, comfortable and friendly pub on the main road, very near Arreton Barns (see above).
Beer: 2 or 3
real ales, kept very well, e.g. Badger bitter; Fuller's London Pride;
Hook Norton Old Hookey.
Food: Excellent home-cooked food. Choice a bit limited, but the
quality more than makes up for that. Sunday roasts a speciality.
Visited: June 17th, 2007
PO36 0AA, Tel: 01983 406 212; website
Attractive pub by the crossroads. Inside there is a strong railway theme. The pub specialises in stocking a large selection of obscure beers, making every day a beer festival. The food is excellent, with roasts meals every Sunday.
Beer: Huge choice of
ales from around the country, mainly from small breweries. Quality varies a
little.
Food: Excellent home-cooked food. Selection of roasts on Sundays.
Visited: June 18th, 2009
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.
Beer:
Goddards plus at least one other ale. Kept very well.
Food: Good choice plus specials board. Food very tasty and good
service provided.
Visited: June 13th, 2009
PO30 4EH; Tel: 10983 741 124; website
Ancient thatched inn with nice garden.
Beer: 3 or 4 ales, e.g.
Archers, Taylors, Ringwood, Greene King.
Food: Good and tasty
Visited: July 21st, 2006
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.
Beer: Usually 4 or 5 ales,
very well-kept. e.g. Yates, Goddards, Adnams.
Food: Good food, though not a big choice. The roast lunches are
especially recommended.
Visited: June 14th, 2009
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.
Beer: Ringwood ales
(Marston's portfolio); 2 or three on offer. Generally the beers
are rather bland and characterless.
Food: Sunday carverys very good and quite cheap.
Visited: June 17th, 2009
PO30 3JZ; Tel: 01983 740 293; website
Very attractive pub with a trout stream in the garden; also a duck pond and dovecot. Children's play area as well.
Beer: Usually 2 ales on tap.
I've had excellent Sharps Doom Bar, Goddards, Wadworths 6X, Badger
Tanglefoot over the last few years.
Food: Very good and a reasonable choice.
Visited: June 15th, 2009
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.
Visited: June 21st, 2007
NOTE: The pub has since
changed hands but the food and beer are still excellent, judging by
independent reviews.
