The Anchor

The weather is finally warming up!! ☀️☀️ The perfect excuse to come and enjoy one of our delicious summer salads 🥗 in our sunny beer garden 🍻

Who's ready for a 4 day weekend??? TONIGHT we have Alex Katsi 9pm Good Friday - Blonde Bombshell 9:30pm Saturday - Funkfoolery 9:30pm Sunday - Ollie from Lucid 9:30pm... Monday - The 5 Fifty Fives 2pm #cowesmusic #anchorcowes
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We love a good ol’ jam sesh! Start your long weekend celebrations early and join us tonight for a Black Daniels JAM! 😍👌🎼🍻

Bank Holiday Monday 😃🎼☀️🍹🍻

Two of today's delicious specials... Big bowl Whitebait served with brown bread, side salad and homemade tartare sauce. Chicken & Mushroom Linguine topped with rocket & parmesan shavings served with garlic ciabatta. #anchorcowes

Another fabulous afternoon for The Black Cat Blues Club yesterday 😍🎼🎷

We’re absolutely delighted to have been featured in Taste of the Wight’s ‘Vegan Island’ article 😍🥗🌯🌶🍝🥒🍵
Our new #vegan menu is available all day EVERY DAY! 🍃
... #anchorcowes #veganisland #plantlife #eatwell #veganfoodspot
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6 days of Live Music... Wednesday - Black Daniels Jam 9pm Thursday - Alex Katsi 9pm Friday - Blonde Bombshell 9:30pm Saturday - Funkfoolery 9:30pm ... Sunday - Oliver Ducie 9:30pm Monday - The 5 Fifty Fives 2pm #bankhoildayweekend #cowesmusic #anchorcowes ⚓🎶
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What a great night!! Huge thank you to the awesome Dirty Li'l Secret 😍🙌 We LOVE a PARTY!!

Our favourite Sunday of the month is here...

TONIGHT... Dirty Li'l Secret 9:30 - Midnight! Who is ready to rock??? 🤘🏼⚓🤘🏼 #anchorcowes #cowesmusic

We’re flying the flag for vintage vinyl! Get involved for your fill of vinyl, CDs, tapes, video games & memorabilia! The booze & vinyl tour is coming here on the TODAY 12-5pm #recordstoreday #anchorcowes ⚓💿⚓

Thank you so much to Rascals Raves last night it was amazing!!!! 🎧🎶⚓

It's almost here.... We have 3 DJ'S taking to the stage playing 90's R 'n' B Hip Hop and garage from 9:30-Midnight Friday!!!! Rascal Raves presents...Random raves DJ Jakey Chan #getcarter... #ab #jakeychan #dj #hiphop #garage #rnb #anchorcowes
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We couldn’t have picked a better evening for some chilled out reggae 😍👌❤️💚💛 Join us tonight for live music from The Ohmz’ Oli & Harv 🎼

Tonight we are kicking off our 5 days of Live Music with Penultimate Warriors (Bobbin & Seb) at 9pm 🤘🏼⚓ #cowesmusic #anchorcowes

Our favourite week of the year isn't far away eeekkk! #cowesweek #anchorcowes ⚓⛵

This Saturday 12- 5pm 💿💿💿

Live Music this week.... Wednesday - Penultimate Warriors 9pm Thursday - Oly & Harv 9pm Friday - Rascal Raves presents...Random raves Saturday - Dirty Li'l Secret 9:30pm ... Sunday - The Black Cat Blues Club 4pm
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We just happened to be passing and decided to give the Anchor a go... and we were really pleased we did.

All the staff were really friendly and happy to help and all the food (We ordered a selection from salad to curry to fish and chips) was excellent... really enjoyed by all.... and then there is dessert...very nice.

All in all a very nice place with a nice atmosphere.... Oh and a mention for the clean and tidy toilets... this is always something that sets a tone for me.

Well done guys, keep up the good work.

Very happy went to the Isle of Wight for the day and stumbled on this lovely pub.

The food was lovely better than some i have had in expensive restaurants.

Will definitely be going back next time we our there.

Very friendly staff and the food was very good, definately go there again when next visit I. O. W

Very best place to be in cowes for a night out + amazing food and friendly staff �

There are no words - it's The Anchor - staff, service, quality, friendly, welcoming... I can't recommend the place enough!

The Anchor serve the best roast and beers in Cowes bar none and deserve their accolades! A credit and example to all local businesses that strive for success through reinvention but at the same time keep hold of that majestic charm which draws you back with every visit! The Anchor isn't about a popularity contest or about current trends, it does what it does best and that is all in the welcome it gives every customer, whether new or regular, old or young. I am proud to call it my 'local' and proud to say the staff are my friends! The Anchor is more than a pub, it's a heritage and way of life. The Anchor is Cowes and without it the town would die.

So here I am in the Isle of Wight ready to start my Super Yacht deck crew course. Arrived in yesterday and stayed the night in The Anchor Bar. Enjoyed the rest after my flight to Southampton✈️ and ferry to Cowes, would highly recommend it to anyone. Great bar, great beer and friendly staff. Will definitely come back while I'm here for a pint or two ☀️

Really looking forward to coming to this great pub in August for cowes week. I worked here during cowes week a few years ago & had the best time ever!! Great atmosphere with fantastic food. Best pub in cowes with great staff!!

Really friendly and welcoming staff even after dropping a pint of lemonade all over the floor. Food was amazing. Definitely recommend the chilli nachos.

Outstanding service and meals delivered within 10 minutes of ordering and there were 19 of us . Celebrated my daughters 18th , staff amazing , service so quick and very professional . We booked late on Friday 1st of may(bank holiday) but this was no problem . Couldn't fault the food it was delicious . Thanks for a wonderful experience .

I do close up Magic at The Anchor and both the staff and the customers are a pleasure to be with. The staff are polite, professional and very welcoming and the customers as a result are very happy! Great food and drink too! Highly recommended!

Great pub with friendly staff, good music and banging food. Has some sort of wimbledon style rain cover in the beer garden that made me feel safe like i was in a plastic cocoon. Recommended for all including dogs. Not sure about kids after hours but then again i was a pub kid. Give them a lemonade and a packet of pretzels and youre away.

Came here with friends for food over Cowes week. Had a great time! Food was very good and not over priced. My starter was very big :) drinks were also cheaper than any of the other places we visited that night.



The bar staff are really friendly and go out of their way to accommodate you. You can see they really enjoy their job and take it seriously.



The live music was also great and you can see from their line up of events that they really try hard to keep it currant with lots of events on. Keep up the good job!

A great Sunday afternoon as usual listening to the music . My friends and I usually try to keep the 2nd Sunday in the month free to go there . �

A Superb meal was had by a ' weary 4 ' after a long day sight seeing @ the Needles etc . . . . Over by ' ferry ' not sailing this time �the ' scampi ' was the ' favourite . . . A slight ' criticism ' was when we ' just landed ' + desperate for the ' ladies ' got ' strange looks ' from bar staff �what they don't realise is the ' higher % ' that do this WILL end up ' spending serious money ' ! ! ����! ! But we will DEF be returning 1day �����

We were at the anchor for dinner last night for a close friend's hen do. I being a difficult vegetarian ordered a vegetable burger and instead got a beef burger, due to miscommunication. The manager very kindly got this rectified and I was fully refunded, thank you very much to the manager.

We booked 2 rooms very pleasant . hot water tap didnt work on our sink .no breakfast available. We came back had sunday lunch was good. food reasonably priced nice pub great live music both saturday and sunday.

Staff great especially Ben very helpful and funny

Great pub for live bands and music. Cowes meeting place for the lively & lovely Island crowd in the winter. Before the Maritime lovies ship in. Drinks top price, but I suppose the bands have to be funded.

Never noticed and real hassle or problems. They have mature sensible security staff on the doors at weekends.

Food was ok although they didn't listen to my request re no pickle in the burger. Also told tomato pickle came on the side and it was in the sandwich and to top it all charged over £8 for a pint of 1664�