The only 'quality dining establishment' is very rude to all those working hard to provide such a great food scene on the Island. Enjoy sitting outside the 'quality dining experience' on the cold steps hungry why we all go to the many fantastic places currently on the IW. The Hamborough showed how much they thought of you by letting you down with just days to go...real quality that! Best stay on the Mainland.

Update - It is most definitely NOT 'business as usual' at The Hambrough. We received a call today cancelling a long standing reservation at just 4 days notice, due to Robert Thompson having left and no replacement yet in situ. What a crying shame. I can see this putting the only true 'quality' dining establishment on the IOW out of business.

We spent the day on the island and while at Osborne House, asked one of the guides for a good Chippy. WOW, so pleased we asked as Corries was just FAB.

I have a large cod and chips and boy was it large, the batter was really crispy and really light. Chips are just brill and nothing was dripping in oil.

Lastly, great value for money, meal for 2 including drinks for £16.00. so glad we asked someone and him, many thanks.

Dan's Kitchen, St Helens.

Great staff, great food. Prices comparable to a pub but MUCH better quality. For something a little bit special. Try it.

I should know! I live here and use the Khrua Thai often. I've been further and fared worse. The food and service are always excellent, and food ordered for a party was delivered piping hot and spot on time.

I feel so sorry for the couple unfortunate enough to have been bothered by drunken idiots and during the August holiday season I make a point of ordering a meal to be delivered, as we do find that some of our visitors forget to bring their manners with them

Gordon

Wasn't it cold & soggy by the time you ate it at home?!

Matt responds: actually no. It was freshly cooked and very well-wrapped, with a polystyrene box, paper and a bag. So by the time it was eaten about 20 minutes later, it was still nice and warm.

Been going to the FC for many years' however the last couple of visits the food has definitely deteriorated on my previous visit I had the special pie, however pies are not pies anymore just pastry crust with the meat wallowing on the plate. The portions have shrunk but the price hasn't. This time I had the beef lasagne with cheese the outer layer was quite tasty but when I got to the beef mince it had no taste and looked like soya beef, my wife had the Hunters' Chicken which was very chewy, both meals arrived so very hot it took 10 minutes before you could take a bite to eat. Needless to say we shall not be going again and will make our way to the Pointers to enjoy local food.

Hi don't know about the above Doner but can recommend Dalyan Shanklin been going there for several years and never been disappointed with the takeaway food. I always collect fresh and the cheerful service is part of the reason to visit the shop in person. Great guys and wonderful tasty food at very low prices get there before 6.00pm and receive a discount.

Hello everyone after a year out at the dark horse I am now back running it after closing it for a good clean and freshen up. I am glad to say I am now open, hopefully see you all soon

My goodness ,how amusing our tablecloths are causing such a reaction !Our customers are loving our decor and love the fact we are making an effort .Our OAP lunches are going down well and again these customers love the fact they can sit in a warm and welcoming setting and enjoy good food at great prices and feel they are somewhere a little bit special .Our decor we feel has the look of a cosy country pub and the table cloths were inspired from french/Italian bistros .Our aim is to offer something slightly different from other pubs .To say booking is not essential is a strange remark as again this Sunday we sold out of roast dinners as we often do ,so the comment booking is often essential is relevant if you know you definitely want to dine with us on certain days .
To keep comparing us to past landlords is silly as we have certainly put our own mark on the Roadside and have given the community back it's village pub .

Rather than criticising the tablecloths, we should be celebrating the fact that a (mostly) young and enthusiastic team are making a good effort to revive a village pub that was in danger of being closed down and redeveloped. Three years ago this was a lively pub with a very cosmopolitan clientele, but the management at the time walked away because of the rent being charged by the pub company, and the next landlord (despite his comments to paul s) drove off most of the regulars through a combination of hideous "gothic" décor, harsh lighting and incredibly loud music: a combination guaranteed to drive away diners as well as killing the conversation that is a key feature of any village pub. The new team are providing good food in a proper pub atmosphere: a formula that I greatly prefer to those pubs where food is the only emphasis.

By the way, I like the tablecloths - they remind me of many Bavarian hostelries!

IHad a fantastic ,BLT sandwich and my wife had a fresh prawn and mayo ,sandwich And a great pot of tea,all made fresh to order. It deserves to be well supported . I would say when we are in Newport ,we will return .

Just re-read our previous comment. It was Monday evening when we went to eat at the Bugle so the staff had had all day to stock up if they really had had a busy Sunday. Can't tell us that they were busy all day on a Monday!

Sorry to say that the Bugle doesn't seem to have improved under it's new guise linked with two other Island pubs. My husband and I went there this evening to use our voucher purchased from the Price is Wight which stated that we could have anything off the main menu up to and including the most expensive item. Naturally, we ordered steak and were told that no steak was available as they had had a busy Sunday! Then we heard some other disappointed diners being told that there was no chicken available. When my curry came after a half an hour wait, the waitress plonked it down in front of me and said "Sorry, we haven't got any Naan bread" We had declined to use our voucher as wouldn't have got any value from it and paid for the food at the time - no reductions, just a half hearted apology from the young girls behind the bar. Surely, if this pub is trying to improve it's previous somewhat inferior reputation, the kitchen team should get their act together with regard to ordering. With nearly 30 years' hotel and restaurant proprietors' experience behind us, we feel that there was no excuse for someone not to have been out to purchase steak, chicken, naan bread and anything else they had run out of during the course of the day if they couldn't get it delivered in time. Brading is trying to improve it's reputation - this isn't the way to do it.

Thankyou Peter…love breakfast curds

sean.wilson's typo was amusing .... but look again, he came close to a second which would have made it even more amusing!

We had a super lunch there today (Sunday).

The food was excellent and we should go more often!

Although a Grockle, I have family connections to the Island, and make regular sailing trips and cycle tours.

On somevsailing forums, visitorsto the Newtown/Shalfleet areaI have recommended "The Dairy Deli", farm shop and cafe at Shalfleet, part of Calbiurne classics. I have not yet had an opportunity to visit there yet, but would like to know what our esteemed gastronomes make of it, their website is
http://www.calbourneclassics.co.uk/shop.php

Thanks

As I previously stated,Paul, the thought of sitting down for a meal with a bar full of pool players and drinkers chattering away about 6 feet from you is not ideal. I have eaten in several pubs and restaurants on the Island and never encountered red and white chequered tablecloths. I've seen them in Gossips at Yarmouth and the cafe in Monkton Street but there again, they are cafes.

With respect to clientele, when I go past during the week there is hardly anyone in. One guy told me it does better at weekends.

The Roadside - I did some work for the last owner a couple of years ago, he told me that despite getting positive feedback from the few diners he served, in general the pub wasn't supported locally so he moved on.
I found the pub to have a small but regular group of vocal 'wet led' customers who contrast starkly to what the new owners seem to aspire towards.
I would think that the suggestion "booking essential" is not used as this is obviously not the case, and will deter the casual diner when passing.