The Haven

Average food, at top dollar, nice view though.

Kindly redirected here by the owner of The Ship when they were fully booked and although a little hidden away, its an absolute gem of a find that we’ve now been to a few times. The restaurant is upstairs above the Yacht Club and has stunning views over moored yachts, The Solent and out to The Isle of Wight from both inside window seating and the outside decking when the sun is out.
Regular and specials menus have both been fabulous each time we’ve been, with plenty of fresh seafood cooked in different ways to choose from. Portion sizes seem to vary, the crabs were huge but the individual starter platters were better portioned than the same ordered as shared. Wine list is good and the bar looks as though it can produce a decent array of cocktails when its party time — which it looks as though there might be plenty of.
The atmosphere is great; the Owner is very present and seems a little brusque sometimes but pleasant when you speak to him directly. One of the young ladies serving displayed way too much grumpy attitude, but otherwise everyone has been generally pleasant on each vist.