About Us

Here at murrays we search hard to source the very best and freshest local and regional ingredients to compile our ever changing menus. Choose from the set price lunch and dinner menus or our Catch of the day board featuring freshly caught whole fish for example Dover and Lemon sole Plaice seabass Bream and Skate or try our Bembridge Local lobster and Crab.
We know that our menu offers such a great selection of seasonal dishes that it can be hard to make a choice. Just take your time to study all the dishes we offer. If you have any questions about individual dishes, just give us a call, e mail , or even better, just ask our waiting staff directly at the table.

We specialise in seafood and shellfish ,sourcing as much as possible from local and regional suppliers

Our Food!

Seafood dishes depend on the season. We offer only the freshest products and adjust our menu according to the season.

Our wine list is comprehensive and, of course, we have chosen perfect wines to accompany our seafood dishes. With a selection of Champagne, Reds, Rosés, and Whites with Dessert wines and Port from selected indipendant wine Growers from around the world

Our History

The present building was completed in 1720 and built on the site of a previous inn dating back to the late 1660's.

In more recent times from the early 50's until 1976 it was a public house called the commercial inn, but it also had another name locally, acquired by the more seedy clientele who used to frequent this harbour and dockside inn. It was nicknamed" the birdcage "where the local ladies would await the many sailors and merchant seamen visiting the port of Cowes.

In early 1976 Murray Dixon the nephew of the famous boat designer, boat builder, sailor, and all around wag Uffa Fox bought the commercial inn. He then set about converting the empty pub, using his skills as a boat builder learnt in his uncles boatyard into a restaurant. When it was finished he decided on Murrays as the name.

Murray along with his wife and daughters set about establishing a reputation for excellent seafood simply cooked. When Brian and Fran Bracken came along in 1990 they were determined to carry on with the same ideals of the Dixon's. They still adhere to that simple statement of "the best seafood simply cooked"

The restaurant continues to flourish and has many valued and distinguished customers among the local and yachting fraternity.