Our homely Guest House, Brasserie and Bar is situated in a superb location right on the seafront on Shanklin's Esplanade, with panoramic sea views and just a stone's throw from the sandy, Blue Flag 2011 beach. This is a perfect place for a family beach holiday with the children or a peaceful weekend break away from the hustle and bustle of the mainland.
The Waterfront Inn is family-run Guest House / B&B / Hotel with 8 bedrooms, all en-suite, 5 of which have sea views and all offer bed and breakfast. We appreciate that our guests' enjoyment is the key to our success and we endeavour to offer high standards in customer service together with a personal touch. We welcome dogs, and pets in general, throughout the hotel.
We are a free house and offer a wide selection of Isle of Wight ales, lagers, wines & spirits, together with a straightforward, homely menu that features local steaks and seafood in addition to the usual seaside favourites.
Why not come and unwind with us – enjoy a leisurely meal or just a long cool drink in our bar or outside on our sun terrace – all giving panoramic sea views from Shanklin across Sandown bay towards the white cliffs of Culver Down.
We offer live music most weekends during the summer season. There is free Wi-Fi available throughout.
The Isle of Wight is blessed with Britain's best weather and Shanklin, also known as the 'jewel' of the isle, offers a lovely climate since it is on the south-eastern corner, attracting the warm winds that allow the natural growth of tropical flowers and vegetation.
From the start of the new year 2012 we will be featuring two special dishes as follows:
Come along for lunch or dinner every Friday to be treated to our light & crispy beer-battered Fish (it could be Cod or Haddock) with Hand-cut Chips and Peas (garden or mushy) and Chef's special Tartare Sauce. All for just £8.95.
Every Monday, from 5.30pm, our chefs will be cooking up a mix of curry dishes. Starters will include Papadums with dips and a home-made Bhajee whilst the mains will be Chef's meat and vegeterian curry of the day, with Pilau rice and Naan bread. £8.95 for 1 course, £11.95 for 2 courses.
Why not spoil your loved one this Valentines' Day with a fabulous meal at a table by the sea? We are offering excellent value 2- and 3-course Valentines Dinners in our seafront restaurant from just £14.95 each, with two free glasses of bubbly! See our menu by clicking here.
Please contact us if you would like to complete a perfect evening in one of our sea view rooms - special rates are available for this one night only.
The next Waterfront Inn Quiz is on Thursday 2 February 2012. The charities supported will be Canine Partners and the Sandown & Shanklin Lifeboat.
Our popular, informal and interactive pub quiz is held on the 1st Thursday of each month, all the way through Autumn, Winter and Spring.
The quiz kicks off at 8.45pm and costs £2 per person (a maximum of 4 people per team please) with the pot split between the supported charities and the winners. We will donate a second-place prize plus refreshments on the night.
The quiz is followed by our Bingo Card game which always proves extremely popular.
We look forward to seeing you …
The origins (sorry!) of the Waterfront Inn date back to 1800 when it was known as Norfolk House – in 1858, whilst he was finishing off The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin stayed here for a few weeks and remarked in a letter "We think this the nicest seaside place we have ever seen".
As we now know, Darwin was a most intelligent and perceptive man! You can read more about his stay at The Norfolk House Hotel here.