Prince of Wales

Short car journey(5 Mins) from the ferry port, warm welcome from Samantha (new owner). Accommodation warm, clean and ideal for our stay. Staff very friendly, polite and helpful with information of the Island. Food: Breakfast was exceptional and varied choice. Evening meals in the restaurant were excellent and a menu with something to everyone's liking and perfectly presented and very tasty. A very good base to explore the island with Osborne a short walk away. This hotel has gone through a major refurb and rebranding in the last few months, and we wish them well with their new venture. David & Jayne H

Great pub with super rooms and a tasty breakfast. Read a few earlier reviews, and things are now even better. The pub has been taken over by a local couple who have made things excellent all round. Friendly bar staff and new management, offering a smile and a cold beer (or something more to your taste), a full range of food was due to be introduced, so limited menu at my time of visiting, but had a great burger and chips and one or two lovely refreshments, excellent prices and good service is a winner for me. Bed was super comfy, bathroom spotless and great shower to start the day. Breakfast was spot on too, so had a great time. Hope to visit again soon.

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.

Read reviews before booking, The pub / Hotel is not worth booking in our opinion (although the staff are lovely the owners have strict rules for them to follow). Check In is @ 3pm if your lucky & the bar closes if there are 3 customers in so times vary considerably 8pm on a Friday night 9pm on a Saturday... They have no chef currently so no food available & the breakfast is inedible all deep fat fried & hard. Rooms are very small we booked a superior double & at best was a large single. Pub looks run down which is a shame as it is in a great location. The owner needs to look at investment in all areas of this business

Mixed Reviews................. Stayed here 3 nights as it was my Birthday and I had always wanted to visit Osborne House. The Hotel /Pub is opposite the gates to the house so a perfect location, We arrived 2pm ish and all was closed and locked up (it did say 3pm check in) so wasnt out of our ay to visit nearby Whippingham Checking in. Theres a car park at the front but as its an Old building there are lots of steps so with luggage that's a mammoth effort!!! and required 2 trips. Firstly we couldnt find a remote control for the TV (very small TV at that!) so member of staff took one from another room. We later discovered it was hiddenunder the bed throw! so had to go again to the bar to return it. Complimentary Tea (;loose tea bags!) and coffee, milk sachets and some biscuits were there and fresh towels and soap etc So we hoped for a lovely stay The breakfast was lovely - home cooked and hot (l;ovely lady who cooked it) A hard worker! You could choose cereals or a full english breakfast. juice, tea coffee etc. Only downside I would dsayt is toast is not served seperate but balanced on the brealkfast plate! Then the mishaps happened that made the stay less than enjoyable. Came back to room after first day out. Bed was made. We had left towels in shower to be replaced (one towel gad a stain on it we noticed on arriva;!) these were NOT replaced and no tea / milks etc replaced either so had to go down to reception AGAIN. Then the landlady? and barman came up with new towels and tea coffee to apologise. I had also noticed ONE pillow had NO pillowcase - TWO days on purpose I left that on the top of the bed so it would be seen., It was ignored. The pillow was stained too! NO working air conditioning so had to have window open, Fan orovided was useless - sounded like a rocket taking off (thankfully we had our own as my partner needs a fan for medical reasons)_ On the last day we were packing, we put their DO NOT DISTIURB sign on the door and locked it. Then heard a key turning and the room cleaner walked in - then said sorry and left. Well I laughted it off BUT thats really poor/ VERY POOR This has the makings of a great business but these small mishaps do and WILL put custpners off, You have to be made feel welcome, We paid £315 for three nights and thats a lot for what it is, The location swung it for us but even so these errors................. The rooms are themed with royal names and are small. I imagine its a listed building so they are limited what they can do and the renovations are lovely. The bathroom water / Loo operate on a water pump. So it occassionally rumbles for a few seconds. Breakfast area needs refreshing. I am amazed they are not marketing the royal side of the Pub Hotel more as it has cvnnections to Osbornes histrory. Pub seems much quieter. We had a room at the back so as its on main road didnt have traffic passing by Would we stay again.............. mmmmmmmmmmmm Not sure

Five minute drive from the ferry terminal, opposite entrance to Osborne House. Its a pub with rooms, interesting historic building. Staff were all friendly, room was really nice, spotlessly clean. We were on the top floor in a bit of a heatwave so it was quite hot but they had opened all the windows and set a fan going. Breakfast was nice. Car park to the side. Would stay again