Lakeside Restaurant at Rookley Country Park
15th March 2009 5
How often in films do you hear the phrase, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this“? If Star Wars is anything to go by, far too many. However, to exhaust the phrase one final time, these were the words that issued from Cat’s lips as she and Matt drove... Read more
Loaves and Fishes, Godshill: Archive review
Uncategorised 13th March 2009
The Loaves and Fishes is now closed. Matt and Cat have a good friend from the West Wight who’s a bit of a bon viveur, and who enjoys exchanging notes with them on the latest Island eateries, preferably over a glass of some appropriate quaffage. Over the years they’ve... Read more
The George, Newport
27th January 2009 14
Eeny meeny miny mo, to which venue will M and C go? Having visited nearly all of Newport’s eateries, Matt and Cat found themselves at the junction of South Street and St James Street where, side by side, were the two of the most prominent untried dining rooms of... Read more
Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Awards
25th January 2009 1
Not a restaurant review Matt and Cat are proud to support the Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Awards. The awards are to celebrate best policy and practice in healthy eating in a range of settings across the Island. Regular readers will know that they don’t limit themselves to the... Read more
Coffee Republic, Newport (Archive review)
Uncategorised 14th December 2008
Coffee republic has now closed, and reopened as Love Coffee. Despite the looming presence of the brutalist-style Somerfield and its multi-storey car park, Newport’s Pyle Street is extraordinarily historic. Many of the surrounding buildings date back centuries; the Wheatsheaf Hotel (allegedly 1693), God’s Providence House (at least 1701) and... Read more
Archive review: Volcanic Steakhouse, Newport
Uncategorised 4th December 2008
Update July 2011: the Volcanic Steakhouse has closed. The essence of eating out, it might seem, is to employ an expert to cook your food and present it to you. Indeed, it’s a well-established concept, exemplified in almost every other review Matt and Cat have undertaken – the sorry... Read more
Joyce’s Café, Newport
23rd September 2008 2
Matt and Cat love to find new places to eat and are regularly recommended pubs, restaurants and cafes by friends and colleagues. One suggested establishment is the elusive Greasy Lil’s – M and C have been unable to find this notorious greasy spoon café and the person who proposed... Read more
There’s a theory suggesting that if you sit and wait long enough, everything will come to you. If this principle has much currency, there have probably been a few gurus on mountaintops waiting for a very long time for a nice fresh fish supper to come along. What they... Read more
Bestival, 2008
5th September 2008 5
Special report by our roving festival reporter, Wendy Her updates will be added to this review, so keep checking back and read down to find out the latest! Bestival Friday update Well, I’m here posting from the SOS internet cafe, one of the few dry spots at Bestival this... Read more
Chequers, Rookley
2nd September 2008 14
Being seaside dwellers, Matt and Cat tend to cling to the edges of the Island – except when heading to the megalopolis that is Newport for their day jobs. However, they can be drawn to Vectis’ rural innards when necessary. One such voyage of discovery lead them to Rookley’s... Read more
