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
Village Inn
Old Village
01983 862514
Shanklin Old Village
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11
Sun 12 - 10.30 2
Real Ales - varies
Tastefully decorated pub in the
old village with much memorabilia. Good play area for children. Additional car
parking in the council park a short distance away.
Vernon Cottage Tavern
Eastcliffe
Gardens
01983 863588
Top side of the car park in the old village
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Ventnor Gold
Courage
Best
Very picturesque, heavily thatched building, at the entrance of
the Old Village. Two beautiful gardens to the front and side. The main garden
and outside eating area has a children's adventure playground surrounded by a
conveniently sized fence. Inside we will find, two cosy rooms, tables and a single
bar. The Tavern although without its own car park is continently placed for the
very large Old Village car and coach park.
The Bank
64
High Street
01983 868668
Top end of High Street by the traffic lights.
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11
- 11 Sun 12 - 10.30 4
Formerly Billy Bunters and at one time owned by Anthony Goddard. Recently underwent lavish refurbishment. More details soon.
Steamer Inn
Esplanade
01983 862641
www.steamers.inn
Near the end
of the Esplanade
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30 Special SUMMER
Badger Best
Badger Tanglefoot
Ventnor Gold
3 Guest
A newcomer to the Islands Pub scene and oasis to the erstwhile beer desert of
Shanklin. The 'Steamer', previously the Lincoln Hotel, is one of the chain, which
includes the 'Bargeman's' at Newport, Dairyman's Daughter at Arreton and 'Spyglass',
Ventnor. Already earning a high reputation for its hospitality, real ale and food,
it is a popular venue for locals and visitors looking for choice and quality.
There are daily food specials and sea food is a speciality. An ever changing and
interesting range of beers with the occasional beer festival runs in conjunction
with the other group pubs. Frequent live music to entertain, from some of the
Islands most popular groups. 2,3,4,5,6,7all day summer 9,10,11,16,
Plough and Barleycorn
4
North Road
01983 868393
Weekdays 10.30 - 11 Sat 10.30 - 11 Sun 12 -
10.30
Flowers IPA
Wadworth 6X
Large ivy clad two bar pub
and the main road. Pleasant terrace and children's play area at the back. Big
screen TV and no smoking dining room.
The Crab Inn
94 High
St
01983 862363
Centre of the Old Village
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat
11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Goddard's GSB
Flowers Original
Probably
the most photographed pub in the country and one, which has adorned many a chocolate
box, along with the surrounding Old Village. Although the exterior is largely
unspoilt, a major refurbishment robbed the interior of much of its character.
King Harry's Bar
Glenbrooke
Hotel, Old Village
01983 863119
In the Old Village towards Ventnor
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Fullers London Pride
4
Guest Ales
Charming 19th century thatched property with car parking at
front and rear. Having two established Tudor bars with decking, gardens and chine
walk. Accommodation and restaurant. Long established Henry VIII Kitchen specialises
in steaks and grills. Function facilities and entertainment. During the summer
months drinkers can enjoy the large garden (floodlit at night) with a stream,
wild flowers and ferns, and red squirrels. Well worth a visit for good beer and
food.
Daishes
81 High Street
01983 862274
Shanklin old village
Weekdays 12-2.30, 5-11 Fri -
Sat 12-2.30, 5-11 Sun 12 - 2.30, 5 -10.30
NO REAL ALE
Imposing
18C-coaching hotel. Music nightly; two bars, one of which is as a public bar with
pool table, darts and games machine. Alas, no real ale at the moment.
The Falcon
Regent
Street
01983 862893
At main cross roads in Regent Street
Weekdays
10.30 - 11 Sat 10.30 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Badger Tanglefoot
Flowers
Original
Friendly large street corner local with separate poolroom. Occasional
entertainment.
Clarendon
20 North
Road
01983 866252
Shanklin main road just past traffic lights at beach
crossroads
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
NO REAL ALE
Imposing corner pub and hotel with adjoining nightclub. Sports orientated
with large screen entertainment. Food served from Easter with seating for 300.
Longshoreman
11,
Esplanade
01983 866653
Far end of Esplanade
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat
11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30 Special SUMMER
Bass
Worthington Draught
Guest Ale
Pleasant seafront one bar pub under the same ownership as the
Chine Inn.
Holliers
Old Village
01983 862764
Times vary
NO REAL ALE
Very large Hotel at
the centre of the Old Village.
Chine Inn
Chine Hill
01983 865880
Far end of the esplanade and up the hill towards the Chine.
Weekdays 11 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30 Special SUMMER
Ventnor
Gold
Guest Beers
This pub is a gem. Destined for oblivion or worse
still to become a holiday home, this building, which has stood since 1621 must
have some claim to being one of the oldest buildings with a license on the Island.
After a succession of failed ventures, the present owner has put back plenty of
the original charm for which it was well known when part of the old Ventnor Burt's
empire. Gone are the snugs and small rooms removed by the previous incumbent,
but this has not spoilt the old world charm. On a rainy winters day it may just
be another cosy refuge from the elements, but on a summers day when the sky is
blue and the suns rays are dancing on Sandown Bay, there is no finer view in England
than from here. There is an interesting and varied menu and no better place to
rest before tackling the nearby Chine.
Fisherman's Cottage
3
Esplanade
01983 863882
At bottom of Shanklin Chine (at end of Esplanade)
Weekdays 11-3, 6.45 -11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Beers Vary
Picture postcard pub at the foot of Shanklin Chine. Single L shaped bar in former
fisherman's cottage of great character with flagstone floors and exposed beamed
ceiling. Patio onto the beach. Maybe recognised as the 'Whip and Kettle ' in the
TV show, 'Reach for the Moon'. Live music Friday.
Closed during the winter.
Shanklin
Sandown's
sister town is largely a pleasant Victorian seaside resort centered on some attractive
cliffs. The Old Village is of rather greater antiquity, and has adorned many a
chocolate box. The Chine, reached from the Old Village, is an attractive tree-lined
gorge, which leads down to the beach by Fisherman's Cottage, where still may be
seen remains of PLUTO, the "pipeline under the ocean" through which petrol was
supplied to the troops after the Normandy Landings. The well-maintained Rylestone
Gardens line one side of the Chine. Walkers might like to take the footpath, which
leads from Shanklin through the leafy Undercliff to that part of Luccombe Village,
which hasn't slipped into the sea, and on to Ventnor. A steep, narrow ravine,
the Devil's Chimney gives access to the Landslip Gardens.
