Carvery - Isle of Wight

This place is to much up its own!!!!!!! we asked if they were participating in the eat out to help out scheme and apparently they don’t need to! why not help the public as it makes no difference to them? Appalling! will never go there again and hope they fail

Meat over cooked tough I really am considering going vegetarian after that experience staff lovely although food poor pudding a pound extra although came from Iceland where I could buy the whole cake not just a quarter feel really sad as I go out to have a good meal not a poor one the lively chap on the carvery really needs a lesson on cutting poor cuts of meat do it thinly and go across the grain I could leather my shoe with that joint

Arrived half an hour before the car very finished so we’re the only ones in the restaurant. The decor is basic, the staff friendly, the food choice limited but it filled a gap.The lounge is an odd mix of furniture and decor...it’s not for me.

We arrived rather dazed in the Old Village from a long afternoon walk, and immediately saw the blackboards outside advertising the carvery. In through the door and straight down to the dining room at the back, which was half full with a coach party, but not particularly noisy. I had the system explained to me by the lady serving meat: you pay at the neighbouring bar for a ticket, then go back to her and exchange the ticket for a plate on which she will carve you one or two of the three meats available, in our case beef, turkey and gammon, then you help yourself to veg. We had turkey and gammon, and gammon. The meat was good quality and plentiful. There was a good choice of veg, which was hot and fully-cooked. The gravy was rather sweet, clearly an onion gravy, but too sugary for me personally. The room was like most dining rooms in large hotels, but with few staff who often were passing by on the way to or from the kitchen or doubling at the bar. The neighbouring bar had an open fire, which was warm and cosy from where we sitting. Dinner was good; filling and very welcome in our tired state. Drinks were bought from the bar by the carvery, but some had to be served from the bar in the neighbouring room, so staff had to go and bring them to you, done fairly quickly. Puddings were at an extra charge: a choice of fruit cocktail, an egg custard, slices of lemon meringue pie, strawberry cheesecake, or a kind of caramel profiterole pie, taken from a refrigerated counter. Here the quality drops off: a very similar experience can be obtained from a trip to a supermarket freezer. Pouring cream was available in a jug. There may have been other options, as we were a little behind most of the coach party. If you want a carvery/roast dinner in Shanklin, this is the place to go, but we didn't go back during our week's stay,

Whilst on holiday in Shanklin we called in on speck at the Holliers having seen the carvery sign on a board outside.We could not have made a better choice for there was a good selection of both meats and vegetables available in the hotel restaurant,also a good choice of drinks all served by the friendly staff.As it is a hotel there are limited tables available for none residents so it would be advisable to book to avoid disappointment.There is limited parking at the hotel but it is only a short walk from the large carpark in the Old Village which is free after 6pm.