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Arrived Thursday evening went to the bar and booked in. There is no Inn parking and the best I found was on West Cowes promenade which is only a minute from the Inn. Tip - while you have to pay a surcharge to use the PaybyPhone app, if you buy parking on it before 6pm and it expires after 6pm, you AUTOMATICALLY get overnight parking until 10am added on. Nice! The barmaid wasn’t busy and happily took us up to our room and answered questions we had. We asked if they were serving food and yes they were however we didn’t end up eating there during our stay. The room was really nice and quiet. Most rooms have a second door off the landing further ensuring noise is at a minimum (was in room 1). Clean and well decorated with the odd signs of use you would expect. The bed was enormous and took up most of the room, but was comfortable to sleep on with clean linen, double pillows and additional al cushions. The draws and other furniture were ‘vintage’ but worked well and did what it was supposed to. The bathroom was clean with plenty of hot water. In the room was a small fridge with milk in, juices and bottled water. Tea and coffee were available along with a small kettle and some chocolate wafers. There were all topped up daily, free of charge. Large tv on the wall. We did have problems with the TV but managed to sort it by turning it off at the plug (above and behind the TV) for a few minutes. WiFi was available however we were not able to get it in our too. But was available on the landing and in the bar itself so no big deal. The room was serviced to a high standard every day by the due sly housekeeper. I don’t know why people complained about breakfast on here, yes it’s all laid out on the landing table, but there were at least 5 types of cereal, fresh bread, crumpets, and poptarts (if they’re your thing) for toasting, various breakfast bars, jam, fruit etc. more than enough for a filling breakfast and you can help yourself to as much or as little as you’d like. There was also a tassimo machine with a range of coffees, just may have to fill it up at times. No big deal. For the price of the room and a continental breakfast I was more than happy to stay and would return again if staying on the IoW.

The breakfast was really good, our room whilst small was comfortable enough and most importantly clean. I was pleased that the shower had decent power and warm water. The room was quiet, although on a Saturday night you have to accept that a pub with entertainment is going to have some noise and the drag queen was very good and finished at a reasonable time). Location is great, we got the No.5 bus from Newport (15mins and literally stops at the pub door!) and literally cross the road to Osborne House. Evening food is not available but they recommended the Victoria Tavern which did tasty food with friendly service about 15mins walk away. A few things we would suggest for improving is teaspoons in the room and it to be clear that the pub is actually closed until 3pm in the week, rather than just this being the check in time. This is totally on us for not getting in touch, but we did try to leave our bags around 1130 before going to Carisbrooke Castle (understanding we wouldnt get to go to our room) but it was locked up. Not their fault, but something to be aware of if you want to do the same.