Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner from 5.45 pm
Open for dinner on Bank Holiday Sundays
"That 60's Place' journey started with a search for the best bacon baguette on the Isle of Wight leading to the then Octopus Garden café. Unfortunately business took a turn for the worse and the café disappeared, the baguette was lost, a piece of Cowes history sunk without a trace or perhaps not. A seed of an idea continued my journey through time and relative dimension in space. What if The Beetles were the centre of planet earth in the 60's? How many degrees of separation could there be? How were memories created and where is that bacon baguette? 'So where to go, what to do?,' I asked. The...
The Anchor is situated at the very heart of the Cowes Yachting scene. Opposite the Cowes Yacht Haven and only a short walk from the Red Jet terminal it is the ideal place to relax after a hard day on the waves. The Anchor offers you good food, good ale and a warm welcome throughout the year.
In 1704 the Debourne Estate in Cowes leased the land called St Mary's mead on which the Anchor now stands, for 99 years to one Ladowyke Brandenburg, a victualler. Called the 'House of the Three Trumpeters' it became the principle coaching inn of Cowes. The name changed to the 'Anchor Inn' in the 1820's. T...
What's your favourite bar like?
A mish mash of old tables and chairs, slurping on a large glass of merlot. Serious home cooked food...but in an unserious way. Carefully selecting the perfect pint from a fabulous range of brews. Chatting and laughing about nothing important...
