Archive review: Brawn’s has now closed. The Royal Family’s junior members have always courted controversy. Who can forget Princess Diana and her lively chum Sarah Ferguson dressing up as policewomen and partying in Annabel’s nightclub back in the 1980s. More recently some of you may have clicked onto TMZ... Read more
Archive review: Marchesa Bar, Ryde
ReviewsUncategorised 5th April 2012
This is an archive review. Marchesa Bar has now closed (and reopened as House of Zabre Cafe Bar) Have you noticed how Ryde’s Union Street is a street of two halves? Slice it lengthwise and you will find that on the western side the eateries are mostly chain-style fast food... Read more
Archive review: House of Legends
ReviewsUncategorised 4th April 2012
House of Legends is now closed. A legend used to be an unverifiable but historical tale, handed down the generations in a tradition of story-telling. When it opened, Newport’s House of Legends was a themed eatery focussed on showbiz ‘legends’, such as film stars, musicians and the like –... Read more
Archive review: Windmill Inn, Bembridge
ReviewsUncategorised 10th March 2012
The Windmill Inn is now closed. This is an archive review. Back in 2007, Matt and Cat had an unforgettable meal at The Windmill Inn in Bembridge. It was memorable for all the wrong reasons, and it has taken them five years to venture back into the wide doors... Read more
This is an archive review. Dan’s Kitchen closed in 2019. Back in the day it was pro-celebrity golf and Superstars that satiated our desire to see famous people undertaking feats of endurance. These days the TV spews out task-based fodder such as I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of... Read more
Archive review: Barefoot on the Beach, Colwell
ReviewsUncategorised 21st November 2011
This is an archive review. Barefoot on the Beach closed in December 2012. ‘I can’t see anything down this slipway, it’s pitch black tonight.’ ‘Well, let’s go down there anyway.’ ‘Look out, we’re walking into the sea. I’m not gonna do a Reggie Perrin!’ ‘No, we’re not – look... Read more
Archive review: Tuscan Hills
ReviewsUncategorised 1st October 2011
Archive review: Tuscan Hills is now closed. Some partnerships seem destined to endure longer than most marriages: variety stalwarts Morecombe and Wise’s relationship was only curtailed by the untimely death of Eric. Other seemingly inseparable double-acts, such as the legendary Lennon and McCartney, are torn asunder through creative differences,... Read more
ARCHIVE REVIEW: The Boathouse is now closed There are few places that are truly off the beaten track. The Boathouse seafood restaurant at Steephill Cove is not one of them. It’s one of the Island’s worst-kept secrets, a place that all the travel writers love to imagine they discovered.... Read more
Archive review: The Dark Horse, Brading
ReviewsUncategorised 11th June 2011
Archive review: the Dark Horse closed in February 2014. A while ago, Brading’s former Red Lion Inn looked as though it was going to follow so many small rural pubs, and turn into housing. But it didn’t – quite the contrary. After a sojourn as the Smart Fox, the... Read more
This is an archive review. Little Gloster is now closed. There’s definitely some kind of social pecking order out in Cowes, but being from Ryde, Matt and Cat really don’t get it. Take Gurnard, for example. Is it a wannabe suburb of the cosmopolitan hub that is Cowes; or... Read more
