The best restaurants serving Brasserie food in Isle of Wight South East

Great food we had our 14 year old sons birthday meal there with 2 of his best friends, Great night thanks will go back again soon.

Well what a fantastic service we went for. Yes it comes with the high price tag, but when you go for a treat date afternoon and make it a special occasion its worth the splurg. We were looked after from the minute we arrived. A cute placement card to our lovely presented table. We enjoyed the prawns bowl and taco starter with the lemon sole main washed down with some fizz and cocktails. Becs and rhys went out of their way to give us top notch hospitality. The dishes had a good wait between the courses and the cocktails james made were fab. Every part of the menu was described perfectly. We will be back, thankyou

Visited the Smoking Lobster with friends for out of season lunch (2 or 3 course). Very friendly and attentive waitress and fast service. Friends had the bream and I had the teriyaki steak burger. Bream was OK but dry, burger was ordinary. In all a bit disappointing for a lunch costing £75 a couple at a prestigious restaurant.

Average at best. £12.50 for 4 prawns on skewers as a sharing plate. The Moroccan chicken skewers with Cous Cous was below par and although presented relatively well it did not lend itself to the so called exciting dishes as advertised! The menu choices are not good and quite frankly sparse. The choice of desserts was disheartening, although reasonably priced. The drinks are expensive £3.50 for a half of Coke and £10 for a glass of wine is quite honestly too much. The Good friendly service from the front of house staff can’t be faulted. Average food at an above average price. Will definitely NOT be going back.

I put off writing a review as I thought my experience was a one off issue, however after speaking with others over Xmas about some good (and not so good) places to eat on the island, I found that apparently it wasn’t a one off issue. The waterfront is blessed to have one of the most beautiful locations to dine out at…that’s the last PRO comment. I went to TWF with my husband for a special occasion, we both enjoy fish dishes and being near the sea, so It made sense to go there. We ordered some fish dishes, when the food arrived, the presentation was impressive but the taste was meh. The meals all seemed as if they had been microwaved just before being sent out. Here was the final straw - since the food wasn’t amazing, we left a far bit, we waited over 30mins for a waitress to remove our plates, we asked 2 more times for someone to remove them and were always told “sure let me just do something” then seeing the same waitress cackling away with another waitress in the main room. Got to a point where I waved over to them and asked for the bill. SUDDENLY she was free… I’ve worked as a waitress and understand how busy and stressful it can be running around but the waiters at TWF are rubbish, they don’t care about good service and it shows. The gag was that even as we paid at the table, the plates were still there not being moved. I wanted to try a dessert but that feeling changed after waiting over 30mins. As I mentioned at the beginning, I’ve heard from others how the staff at TWF are shockingly bad, apparently the manager as well (not from my experience but from others) I love the island and can think of many amazing restaurants in the area that are doing a great job at offering beautiful atmosphere, delicious food AND great service. You won’t get all 3 of those at TWF.