This three star hotel offers ocean views from most of its rooms and has a good reputation for restaurant food. Most of the ingredients are sourced from the island and food has a French influence. There is restricted parking available, with the nearby public parking often a more a convenient alternative. Accommodation and dining deals are available that include the Red Funnel ferry crossing.

Starters include homemade seasonal soup, prawns and scallops cooked with mushrooms, tomatoes and tarragon in a creamy white wine sauce (£7.50), and oak-smoked New Forest meats marinated with juniper berries served with a sweet mustard sauce (£8.50).

Main courses in the restaurant average around £13. Guests speak very appreciatively of the quality of the food, the good wine list and the attentive friendly service of the staff.

Seven main courses include local sea bass in champagne and dill sauce (13.50), whole lemon sole on a bed of crevettes and fine spinach (£15.50), steak in Stilton brandy sauce (£14.50), and steak and ale pie. The prices include fresh vegetables. Hot and cold desserts are available, including delicious local ice cream and sorbets.