Real fire during winter months At least one quiet bar
Family friendly Garden or outdoor drinking area Accommodation
Lunchtime menu Evening Menu Food all day
Public Bar Facilities for the disabled Camping nearby
Ferry port or railwaystaion nearby Traditional Games
Real draught cider Car Park No Smoking area Local Ales Member of local branch scheme to promote good real ale at the point of sale

Swan's Nest

Player Street
01983 565324
High Street Lights Turn Left
Weekdays 11 - 3, 6-11 Fri - Sat 11 - 3, 6-11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Bass
Adnams Bitter
Guest
Family run friendly, local with separate restaurant, specialising in home cooked Italian food. Interesting historic building with a distinctive frontage, and said to have been an orphanage and monastic house in earlier times.

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Star Inn

40 High Street
01983 562292
Upper High Street, just past Woolworth's
Weekdays 10.30 - 11 Sat 10.30 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
NO REAL ALE
Well supported town centre local with strong pub games teams. Victorian character building dating back to 1873

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The Simeon Arms

Simeon Street
01983 614954
Two streets over from the children's funfair on the Esplanade
Weekdays 11 - 3, 6-11 Fri - Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Courage Directors
Goddard's GSB
Guest Beers
A thriving yet unlikely gem tucked away in the oblivion of Ryde's back streets, with a Tardis like interior and separate annexed function hall, the first impression is of wonder. The pub is immensely popular with the local community, participating in all the various winter and summer indoor leagues like darts, crib, pool etc., and petanque on the enormous floodlit rink during the summer. With so many male and female teams participating, nearly all divisions can expect to see themselves up against a team from the Simeon. With such a throughput of customers, as you would expect the beer is always in pristine condition.

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The Solent Inn
Monkton Street
01983 563546
www.solentinn.com
Seaward end of Monkton Street
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Beer Range varies but
always includes one from Yates

Excellent street corner local. A recent change of ownership does not seem to have effected the warm and welcoming atmosphere.

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Wishing Well

Pondwell Hill
01983 613222
Main Ryde to Seaview road
Weekdays 11-3, 5.30-11 Fri - Sat 11-3, 5.30-11 Sun 12-3, 5.30-10.30
Greene King IPA
Goddard's Fuggle de Dum
Greene King Abbot
Comfortable, large roadhouse type pub with chalets and camping facilities adjacent. Regular live entertainment.

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Yelfs Hotel

Union Street
01983 564062
www.yelphshotel.com
Halfway down Union Street
Weekdays 10.30 - 11 Sat 10.30 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Bass
Greene King IPA
Guest Ale
Originally built as a coaching inn in 1806 by Robert Yelf whose parents owned the wine and spirits store on the other side of Yelfs Road. The hotel has thirty bedrooms, a restaurant, and a very comfortable lounge. Recently it has undergone major refurbishment to retain much of its charm and atmosphere. A secluded patio provided a pleasant spot for a pint of the excellent Bass or a bar meal during warm days or evenings. Excellent facilities for conference, seminars, private meetings and functions.

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Ryde Castle Hotel

Esplanade
01983 563755
Esplanade towards Canoe Lake
Weekdays 10.30 - 11 Sat 10.30 - 12 Sun 12 - 10.30
Goddard's GSB
Overlooking Ryde Esplanade and Harbour with views across the Solent. This majestic castellated building claimed to have been commissioned by Henry VII c. 1540 to defend the Spithead, Southampton Water and the Solent from invasion by the Spanish. The building has served the Country well, being a hospital during the first war and army headquarters during the second. With its five ghosts, it is reckoned to be the most haunted hotel on the Island. Near the beach, Hovercraft, Railway and Ferry, the pub was used to relaunch the local CAMRA branch in 1991. The present incumbents have brought new life to the building and have gained many awards in a short time, including Green King area 'Pub of the Year 2002', 'Food Pub of the Year 2002' and the 'Ryde in Bloom 2002' award. There are conference facilities, a small meeting room and a banqueting room seating up to 200 people. Facilities for children include mini beach and a patio overlooking the facility for the mums and dads.

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Royal Squadron

Union Street
01983 563391
Lower end of Union Street
Weekdays 10.30 - 2am Sat 10.30 - 2am Sun 12 - midnight
NO REAL ALE
Very large darts and pool pub with regular live music. Once a class hotel until the upper floors were converted to flats during the eighties. Late hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Thatchers Inn

Closed
Now a Chinese Restaurant
A very good one apparently!

Kasbah
formally The Redan

Lower end of Union Street

This establishment which was closed for a period has now reopened as a "Moroccan cafe/bar with boutique style accommodation"

Bar 53

53 Union Street
01983 811006
www.yelfshotel.com
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
NO REAL ALE
New bar for the young cliental, nightclub attached with a late option Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Very pleasant décor.

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The Railway

68 St Johns Road
01983 615405
Opposite Ryde St Johns railway station
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Range varies, at least 6 Including 2 local ales
Tastily refurbished to a standard that enhances the drinking experience, it has recently had a name change back to the original "Railway", and an overall paint job in yellow and green, the original Southern Railway livery, and although sounding bizarre, looks very good. This pub has a following for its range and standard of beer despite the present Ushers badge. Having travelled from being a very ordinary town pub to its first major refurbishment under the Burt's Brewery banner and then through lean years to be now a major player under the guidance of the latest tenants. Friday and Saturdays sees live music most weeks and a karaoke night is good for those with a good voice. There is now food every lunch time and evening, roast on Sundays with free Pool on Wednesdays. For the horticultural minded, note the Ginko Biloba tree in the garden, a species whose ancestry can be traced back over 200 million years.

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Ponda Rosa

Ashey Road
01983 616598

Please note that this pub has recently changed hands (again!) and we do not, as yet, have the new details.

Wight Rock Bar
The Colonade

This new bar is proving very popular and stocks real ale on stillage.
More details soon

The Castle

High Street
01983 811138
Mid high street location just before Woolworth's
Weekdays 10.30 - 11 Sat 10.30 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Gales Best
Gales HSB
Gales Butser
1850 saw the opening of this large public house by Thomas Vanner who operated the Ryde to Newport stagecoach. Fine building that stands proud at the junction with the High Street, and owing to its fine etched window is a Grade 2 listed building, which may have saved it from demolition or conversion in the mid 80's. Busy town centre local pub that has enjoyed a long-standing reputation for its Gales Ales.

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Crown Hotel

St Thomas Square
01983 562080
Top end of Union Street at beginning of High Street
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Courage Best
Theakston XB
Lively, bustling town centre pub with single bar and regular live music. There is a carvery every day and upstairs is a non-smoking area. Attractive bay windows at the front enhance the hanging baskets, which are a blaze of colour throughout the summer.

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Lake Huron

Upton Road
01983 563512
Haylands, on the Ryde to Havenstreet road
Weekdays 12 - 11 Sat 12 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Badger Tanglefoot
Badger Best
Only surviving Pub from the Lake families small Ryde Pub Empire. Previously a wine and spirits shop called the "Eclipse", it was taken over by the Lake family in 1878 and became a staging post for the Newport-Ryde coach. Unique with its many rooms, it remains a back street local with a friendly lively atmosphere. Although keeping only a small range of beers it will always be well kept. Live music Friday and Saturday.

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The Falcon

Swanmore Road
01983 563900
100 yards past the end of Ryde high street
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
John Smiths Bitter
Adnams Broadside
Goddard's Fuggle de Dum
Guest Ale
Stone built Mid Victorian (1859) local with two bars situated in quiet residential area. Once a near neighbour of the Royal County Hospital, which has since been centralised in Newport and the site, turned over to housing. Petanque, darts, pool and shove h'apenny played regularly. Football big screen, free pool on Fridays and live music Saturdays. Home of Island petanque since 1978. Street parking only.

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King Lud

2 Esplanade
01983 562942
Opposite pier entrance
Weekdays 11.30 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Ventnor Gold
Tudor style seafront single bar opposite the station and pier, busy for food during the season. Tremendous atmosphere and big on shove-halfpenny, not a game you will see in many pubs outside Ryde.

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Jo Dafloes

Union Street
01983 567047
www.joedaflos.com
Left hand side Union Street, halfway up.
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
NO REAL ALE
Continental style café bar popular with younger set, started by local lad Mark King of Level 42. Now with a similar outlet in Newport

Liquid Lounge
formerly "The Bow Bars"

Union Street
01983 611652
Weds, Thursday 6 - 11 Fri - Sat 6 - 2am Sun 6 - 12
NO REAL ALE

Esplanade Bars

The Esplanade
01983 562549
Opposite hovercraft terminal
Weekdays 10.30-2.30, 6 - 11 Sat 10.30-2.30, 6 - 11 Sun 12 - 2, 6 - 11
NO REAL ALE
Part of the Esplanade Hotel owned by Shearings the holiday company. The hotel is an imposing building dominating part of the front immediately coming off the pier. To one side is the bar, open to the public but selling no real ale

Marine

15 Esplanade
01983 562413
Seafront, opposite hovercraft terminal
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Courage Directors (Summer Only)
Comfortable Victorian bar central to sea front. Upstairs restaurant. Ladies night Thursdays with 70's music on Saturdays. You can sit outside on a sunny day and see the world go by or sit in the window on a wet day and watch the same world go by - only wetter.

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High Park Tavern

84 Marlborough Road
01983 562841
Main Ryde to Brading Road
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Fullers London Pride
Badger Tanglefoot
Corner pub on busy main road. Recently gone through a total re-modernisation programme.

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