The Sloop Inn

Overall excellent, friendly staff ,carvery,cleanliness, and value for money! BUT! We booked our table online for 2pm-3 thinking that's plenty of time to have our meal. When we went up for our carvery the que was moving so slow I nearly walked out. The poor chap carving had to keep stopping because he kept running out of meat an veg an had to go an chase it up.we had to stand there 30 minutes, which only left us 30 minutes to eat it an leave the table by 3.we made a point of going to the sloop in every time we visit isle of white but this time it has put me off!

A wonderful buffet breakfast. Very nice and well cooked food, great selection and loved the tea and coffee refill station. Staff very helpful and knowledgeable. Would have liked to see some gluten free sausages but other than that it was lovely. Elaine who took our plates was very polite and friendly.

Very Good Gastropub on the Isle of Wight, The Sloop is nicely located by the Estuary near Fishbourne and has lovely views up the river. The all day Carvery was very tasty and the Staff were very polite. The only slight criticism is that they could do with a few more staff to ease the wait time but this is a minor issue. The puddings were also very tasty too. Excellent and would go again if returning to the Island!

It's funny going back to your old haunts on the island . Memory's I have of this place made this a disappointing experience. Not keen on the idea of it now being a chain and this was reflected in my dad's desert which was not worth the money . Having said this I can't help but praise the staff and the food was what you would expect from a chain of pubs . A okay roast experience but when a place with such memories only competes with other major chains it's disappointing at best.