Welcome
Welcome to the Old Village Inn, where every visitor is a local and every local is our guest.
Nestled in the heart of Bembridge’s old high street, this quirky traditional styled building is reputed to have been serving pints since 1787. These days, Landlord Jay Chapman (a Fellow Associate of the BII) is continuing this fine tradition and sources real ales form across the country to ensure there are always four on the pump and an ever-changing selection.
It’s not just excellent ales and wines that the Village offers. Home cooked food is served all day, every day. Our main pub menus are complemented with an extensive specials board using locally sourced produce.
The Old Village Inn remains faithful to the community and sources produce locally wherever possible. The Farm Shop typically provides fruit and vegetables along with other ‘secret’ ingredients. Over the road is Woodfords the Butchers who are an institution in Bembridge. Our chefs work closely with them to source the best cuts of meat available throughout the year.
The Old Village Inn really is a pub with the community at the forefront of everything it does, we look forward to welcoming you…
YOVI Company Statement as per UK Government Press Statement 2nd March
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Quiz Night tonight Questions fire from 1900. We have some tables free if you up fort or fancy a drink or some food. Free Fun Quiz
#day387 happy Monday people it’s quiz night tonight from 1900 bring your blankets & extra layers. Yesterday’s ☀️’y Sunday ☀️ was a great shift. They only put me on thr bar 😱. So it’s been almost a year since I’ve done this solo and I think 🤔 I smashed it. Working up to Piña colada’s 🍹 and smashing those mojitos baby. We had a few first over the weekend as Ben Evans was working in with Emma Goss who christened his first official legal pint pouring, then he had to drink it 😂. Just the one as obviously 🙄 he’s a responsible teenager, he’s never had one before so gently did it. Vinyl DJ’s back where they belong spinning away on thr decks Al Henchman & Kathy Lockwood here all summer smashing out some classics. We have had a great 1st week complete with visits from the C-19 team measuring up our 50% marquee at a ratio 7:6 panels open to shut so ✅ we’re in a much 😃’er place. So great to see so many locals, new and old to the village, with some fantastic birthday 🥳 celebrations 🎊 too. So with half term over we’ll be settling down this week, analysis the week and look at what was popular Stig@OVI Currys were fantastic, home made 🍔 & hand cut chips too. I don’t think we had anything not fly out this week on the menu. So we’ll be looking to expand it up with our kitchen team 👨🍳 Danny, Troy & Alison were like kids at Christmas 🎄 to know that Kenny has now joined our team of merry girls & boys meaning that we are ready to rumble. Later on watching the football ⚽️ with nail biting shoots with Mark Champken & KC we were joined by Max & Fred for Maths 🧮 homework 📄. It’s when you realise your skills as a group abs use your local Microsoft Genius to complete. But I was honestly lost with Andrew Summers 🚂 🚂 when Max Chapman presented us with a fraction pyramid 😱 it was like saduko on crack. With 🍺 👓 on I think we were beat, green limos to get people 🏡 and a few more for the road and 🛌 was calling. Great afternoon. We’re all like 👍 so happy to be open again and thanks to everyone for their amazing support. So until May we’ll be open Monday 3-10pm Tuesday closed due to licence restrictions Wednesday 3-10pm Thursday 3-10pm Friday & Saturday 12-11pm Sunday 12-9pm. In good 📰 one of our Monkey 🐒 was returned. We are’s till missing 🙉 Kikazaru, who hears no evil, covering hiswars. Mizaru 🙈& Iwazaru 🙊 as sad until you return. Thank you to the people who returned Kikazaru he’s happy to be back. Let’s hope that our last one can be found & returned. 🤞. See you later on for quiz people. Have a good one the ☀️ is shining 🧚♀️ nice indeed 💋
To who ever it is please just return them. It’s funny to you but we have been though so much and honestly we just want to make the place look 👀 great. It’s basically theft not funny at all as these actual mean something to us. So if you have it please just return them to us. Thanks. Jay OVI💜OftheVillage
#day386 HRH we salute you sir. Thank you for your service. Celebrating 🥳 the weekend ☀️ shine and taking in the best of what we have to over great 🍺 & 🥘. When your asked for water 💦 for a play fish 🐟, watching HRH funeral, minutes silence. Enjoying the frinedships we have all missed so very much. New team member Ollie super star 🌟 it was his first day but fantastic to see young people strive for the best. Covid inspection 🧐 on Sat night, as expected. Would seem so far so good 😊 just need to check their numbers some rule about walkways so hope I don’t have to move the marquee 250mm as that would defiantly be a virus 🦠 will get you joke. I’m sure common sense will prevail 🤯. Have a fantastic day abs enjoy being alive. See you all very soon x
#day385 great to be open ☀️ shining. Full again tonight. Cooking 🍳 up a storm with the Stig@Curries thr wow factor, great fun to be back in with the team, breaking away as it was great to see all the locals for Friday 4 O’clock club, always a favourite 🤩 looking forward to welcoming you all this evening. Sunday lunch is starting to fill up but we have some Tables available if fancy a full on OVI Sunday Roast with all the choice of meat, roast potatoes 🥔 parsnips, carrots 🥕 broccoli 🥦 winter cabbage 🥬 cauliflower with cheese sauce individual stock gravy & Yorkshire Puddings. Kath-Tan is spinning the Decks tonight in our all Vinyl Weekend. Al’s supersonic set was visited with ‘Just Dave’ & Mr. Tim Boogaloo the legend himself. 🍺 🍷 🍹 🥂. From thr OvI💜OftheVillage family.
As promised - Jay![]()
Well impressed with what you have done with the place-amazing-congratulations ![]()
And nice to see DJs!
Going Out tonight? 🚕 01983 874132 Bembridge Harbour Taxi 🚕 fully operational. Your driver tonight is Bill.
#day384 Phones are ringing bookings being taken and it’s great to be up abs running again. This weekends magic comes from the sound of vinyl magic with Al Henchman super sonic & The one and only Kath-Tan on the decks Thank you all see you over the coming weeks
#day383 So nice to be operational again. Feel like a really useful engine, said Thomas 😂 got Ringo 🌟 in my head now. Eldest Leon Chapman was massively into a Thomas the tank engine 🚂 when he was a kids Andrew Summers would have massively approved. We were ploughing though some old videos last night after service of Troy Hebden stag do where I hired a pirate 🏴☠️ ship 🛳 to take us to Portsmouth on the ‘crawl’ these tasks still![]()
Seem so very far away. Like it’s weird that yoy say to someone that we are full abs would they like another day, no we’re going home on Sunday. The Island 🏝 is busy abs I think will only get busier so a good safe season ahead we think 🤔 😷. We have guests for 5 weeks taking down the whole South wall incase you are wondering. Good thing is that at least by doing this they have to admit the problem that caused the inside to go, and therefore actually pay me, maybe. Let’s be ever hopeful. So we’ll see you all over the the weekend and have a blast. OVi💜OftheVillage
“Beer and buses weekend
Stopped off here for beer and buses weekend and loved the choice of ales on offer and the atmosphere. garden was packed and there was a barber shop quartet singing too. highly recommended.”
“Busy Monday Night in October
My wife and I chose to eat here based on their online reviews. On arrival the place without a booking and a very busy night with a quiz night about to start. However we were very quickly shown to a choise of tables. The service was excelent, really friendly and attentive despite being busy. There was a great atmosphere and the two pizzas we ordered were large and very tasty. we were unable to finish them however when we came to leave we were offered a box to take them with us. This helps show their attention to customer service. I wish this was my local pub.”
“Great welcome & fabulous food
Had a lovely evening meal where the staff could not have been more welcoming, the service & food was excellent. There was a lovely friendly atmosphere with exceptional attention to detail & cleanliness.
I would highly recommend & you’ll probably need to book well in advance in the peak summer periods.”
“This is a proper pub with a good atmosphere
I came in and was immediately chatting to various locals and had a very warm welcome. Very dog friendly and a bowl of water was brought out without my asking for it !!! The food is very good but I regret not trying it sooner. Well worth a visit A real village pub. Just ignore the few bad reviews, they are obviously from someone with a grudge. Far better than the other pubs in the area.
Only complaint was no Guinness :(“