Morgans Restaurant, Shanklin
Uncategorised 22nd February 2007 19
Shanklin can’t quite decide whether it is a traditional seaside town like its neighbour Sandown, or a slightly more sophisticated venue, with its smattering of aspirational restaurants. Strolling along Shanklin High Street after a moonlit visit to the Old Village, Matt and Cat eyed the various attractive-looking restaurants that... Read more
Farringford, Freshwater
2nd January 2007 5
So, Matt and Cat boast reviews of “the most modest of burger vans to the grandest hotel restaurants”. Burger vans have been covered, but what of those grand hotels? Farringford, Freshwater Cat and Matt had some money for Christmas which they decided to invest at the Poshest Location Yet... Read more
St Helens Restaurant
3rd December 2006 41
St Helen’s Restaurant has closed and is now reopened as Dan’s Kitchen. The reviews and comments below refer to the previous owners. M&C will be reviewing the new venue in due course! St Helen’s Restaurant was first visited by Matt and Cat in 2006, shortly before it was awarded... Read more
The Sportsman’s Rest, Porchfield
1st December 2006 18
Following a flurry of contrasting comments from their readers, Matt and Cat decided to revisit the Sportsman’s Rest to see if they’d made a mistake. The original review from December 2006 is at the bottom of the page. February 2009 review Could it be possible that Matt and Cat... Read more
Matt and Cat aficionados might imagine that these reviews are only of sit-down eateries, although the presence of various chip shops and takeaways on these pages should have dispelled that preconception. Now, dear readers, Matt and Cat take a step even further with this, their first review of a... Read more
The Smart Fox, Brading: archive review
Uncategorised 31st August 2006
Note: the Smart Fox is now closed and was replaced by the Dark Horse, which itself closed and was replaced by Kynges Well. Brading is one of the Island’s quaint tourist towns, where, in the daytime, the coaches disgorge bemused oldsters to totter from tea shop to toilet and... Read more
Afton Park Nursery / the Apple Tree Café
27th August 2006 9
Update May 2009. Matt and Cat revisited the Apple Tree café at the suggestion of a fellow Tweeter. Read M and C’s comments below, with earlier efforts below that. Having waxed lyrical about the café at Afton Nursery, Matt and Cat were surprised but pleased to get a request... Read more
