The Beach House Restaurant

This is a gem of an Arts and Crafts building. Apparently the summer home of a wealthy family - how I'd like to go back in time and see it then. I had a glass of cider in the garden with my three dogs and took a quick walk through the small grounds to the seafront. The menu looked good - might eat here next time.

The beach house (formerly known as Westover Hall) is a glorious building with lots of history and quirks. The rooms are lovely, with some good sea views available in some of them. The staff are friendly and helpful. The food and drinks available are great. And the location is fabulous too - especially if you want to have a swim in the sea or a windy walk along the coast. We will be back.

Lovely pub which I've been to many times over last few decades. Has a fantastic terrace with views of sea and Isle of Wight and a lovely Art deco dining room. Went for dinner - it's a chain so food is a bit soulless, but menu is good if a little overpriced for what it is compared to local better quality options. Good pate, beef shin and goats cheese tart. Made the mistake of ordering a vegan cheesecake without realising (my bad, thought the V on the menu meant vegetarian as don't think there was a key on dessert menu or I missed it if there was) which was pretty bad. My biggest gripe was that none of the drinks menus in the restaurant or online had any prices on them (is that even legal?) which can only be as they want to scam you by charging more for them. The rather apologetic waitress said she could look prices up but she had to go away to do it so it wasn't easy to do. Of course a fairly bad merlot was nearly £10 for a large glass and a chardonnay was more than £10 reinforcing why they'd done this. Took a star off for this as felt like they were trying to trick you into spending more (what other reason would they do this?)