The Woodvale

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Staff really friendly and helpful, room looked newly refurbished, modern, lovely bathroom and shower powerful and plenty of hot water. Breakfast was good, plenty of choice. The location of the Woodvale was excellent, overlooking the water at Gurnard so beautiful sunset and sunrise. It was literally a few minutes to the water edge.
  : They do state there are stairs to climb but it is 2 flights so be prepared!

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Staff were exceptional - very helpful, friendly and accommodating. Food was really good and the full English was wonderful. The room was spacious and its lovely to have a proper sofa to sit on too! Something often lacking in much more expensive places weve stayed.
  : The stairs!

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : A great place to stay. Very friendly staff and a fantastic pub with great facilities

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Breakfast was really very good, everything you need to set you up for the day ahead. Choice of cereals, juice and a full cooked breakfast or just toast, whatever you want is no trouble to the these guys. We had our evening meals at the Woodvale and the food is great, a good selection to chose from on the menu and prepared to a really good standard. Our room was lovely, fantastic views out over the sea, great to wake up to. It was a quite big room so no issues with being cramped up and falling over cases etc as can be the case sometimes. The bathroom was also quite big, the shower was great, powerful jet of lovely hot water, just as I like it. Everything was spotlessly clean, and we got clean towels each morning when the lovely cleaning lady serviced the room. The bar area is busy with a mixture of tourists and locals, and there are various entertainments at times, on our first night there was a great fun quiz night, and on the 1st Wednesday of each month theres an open Mic night. The weather was very good during our stay and there is a huge outdoor area where you can sit out and enjoy the panaramic views, and I believe that when the boat racing is happening then its the perfect viewing place. No doubt we'll be back on our next visit to the IOW.
  : The only issue we had, and its a very minor one, is that there were a lot of steps to reach the rooms which are on the top floor of the building, it could prove to be a problem for anyone who has health issues as there is no lift. Getting our cases up and down, but I'm pretty sure that one of the staff would have assisted with this had we asked. The Woodvale is situated a little way out of Cowes and is in a great setting, but if you are not up to walking then it means either driving or getting taxis's. We like the walk, but something to bear in mind. Certainly wouldnt put us off going there again in the future.