Whippingham
Isle of Wight
PO32 6NB

Tel 01983 297171

Website: www.thefollyinn.com

Vegetarian: Yes

Parking: Most people arrive by boat, moorings but very busy!

Wheelchairs: OK

Loos: Average

The Folly was typically heaving as we arrived by boat.  Having pre-ordered the 3 course Christmas lunch special we were shown to our suitably decorated table - quite close to a roaring log burner to dry our wet sailing clothes!

Most of us chose the King Prawn Cocktail whilst one had the Chicken Liver Parfait.  These were well presented and there was plenty to eat.  For our main course again most of us chose to stick with the traditional Hand Carved Roast Turkey and all the trimmings.  There was lashings of turkey and we were heartily stuffed by the time we finished!  One of the group had Barbary Duck Breast with Morello cherry sauce.  All I can say is that it must have been a much bigger duck than I normally see on our local pond - the breast was over an inch thick!  For desert we ranged from the traditional Christmas pub,to a Cherry and White Chocolate Torte whilst I had Vanilla Cream profiteroles with dark Belgian chocolate sauce - very nice!
 
Before the meal we each had a pint of beer/cider, and with the meal had two bottles of the house Merlot.  Our 3 course set menu was £15.95 and after adding the alcohol we each paid just under £25 which we all agreed was terrific value.

Ladies Who Lunch Scoring:

Quality of food
Variety of menu
Staff and service
Ambience, setting and decor
Value for Money

Total Yummy Factor

5/5 = Cannot be improved upon, 4/5 = Very good, 3/5 = Good,
2/5 = Satisfactory, 1/5 = Poor, 0/5 = Terrible

The higher the "Yummy" factor, the better the food & service. The higher the number of £ signs the more expensive. (Roughly one £ sign = £5 per head)