George Hotel
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

The George Hotel is a 17th Century town house in the heart of the bustling village and harbour of Yarmouth. A Traditional environment of warmth and atmosphere is found in each individually designed bedroom. Meticulous attention to detail perfects a marriage of comfort and relaxation, and caters for your every need. Kevin Mangeolles joined the George Hotel in September 1996 and the restaurant was awarded 3 Rosettes by the AA in that year and each year subsequently. He specialises in modern British cooking with French Influences and regularly visits France, California and other parts of the world for inspiration. Menus change frequently with the seasons, and where possible organic and local produce is used. The brasserie offers an alternative to the hotel restaurant, with its garden overlooking the sea. A very relaxed atmosphere, again the creations of Kevin Mangeolles in a simpler format, using where possible organic and local produce. Menus are seasonal, and the food, is contemporary brasserie style with a European influence. Fish features regularly on the menu. Relax in the restful surroundings of this wood panelled room, by the roaring log fire, and let the stress of every day life disappear, and enjoy afternoon tea or cocktails before dinner.

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Yarmouth has been a settlement for over a thousand years, and is one of the very earliest on the Isle of Wight. The first record of a settlement here was in King Ethelred the Unready's record of the Danegeld tax of 991. It was originally called Eremue, meaning "muddy estuary". The Normans laid out the streets of Yarmouth on the grid system, a plan which can still be seen in the layout today. It grew rapidly, being given its first Charter as a town in 1135. Until the building of the Castle regular raids on the Island by the French continued and in 1544 the town of Yarmouth was reputed to have been burned down. Legend has it that the church bells were carried off to Cherbourg or Boulogne.