Arrived Thursday evening went to the bar and booked in. There is no Inn parking and the best I found was on West Cowes promenade which is only a minute from the Inn. Tip - while you have to pay a surcharge to use the PaybyPhone app, if you buy parking on it before 6pm and it expires after 6pm, you AUTOMATICALLY get overnight parking until 10am added on. Nice! The barmaid wasn’t busy and happily took us up to our room and answered questions we had. We asked if they were serving food and yes they were however we didn’t end up eating there during our stay. The room was really nice and quiet. Most rooms have a second door off the landing further ensuring noise is at a minimum (was in room 1). Clean and well decorated with the odd signs of use you would expect. The bed was enormous and took up most of the room, but was comfortable to sleep on with clean linen, double pillows and additional al cushions. The draws and other furniture were ‘vintage’ but worked well and did what it was supposed to. The bathroom was clean with plenty of hot water. In the room was a small fridge with milk in, juices and bottled water. Tea and coffee were available along with a small kettle and some chocolate wafers. There were all topped up daily, free of charge. Large tv on the wall. We did have problems with the TV but managed to sort it by turning it off at the plug (above and behind the TV) for a few minutes. WiFi was available however we were not able to get it in our too. But was available on the landing and in the bar itself so no big deal. The room was serviced to a high standard every day by the due sly housekeeper. I don’t know why people complained about breakfast on here, yes it’s all laid out on the landing table, but there were at least 5 types of cereal, fresh bread, crumpets, and poptarts (if they’re your thing) for toasting, various breakfast bars, jam, fruit etc. more than enough for a filling breakfast and you can help yourself to as much or as little as you’d like. There was also a tassimo machine with a range of coffees, just may have to fill it up at times. No big deal. For the price of the room and a continental breakfast I was more than happy to stay and would return again if staying on the IoW.
