A Food-Led Village Pub in One of the Isle of Wight’s Most Popular Destinations
The Pub
The Taverners is a well-established food-focused pub located in the heart of Godshill, one of the Isle of Wight’s best-known and most visited villages.
Food plays a central role in the business, with the pub building a strong reputation for quality pub food and award-winning Sunday roasts. The existing offer provides a solid foundation for an operator looking to build on an already successful food business while maintaining consistently high standards.
Full of character, the pub benefits from a variety of trading spaces, including two restaurant areas, a comfortable snug and a spacious main bar and dining room. Original features, including open fireplaces, help create a setting that works equally well for everyday dining and special occasions.
Outside, the pub benefits from an attractive garden, providing additional covers and helping to make the most of seasonal trade.
Location
The Taverners occupies a prominent position within Godshill, a picturesque village renowned for its traditional character, independent businesses and year-round visitor appeal.
Located close to the popular Model Village and surrounded by countryside, the area attracts both local residents and visitors exploring the Isle of Wight, creating a broad customer base and a strong platform for a destination food business.
Ideal Publican
This opportunity will suit an experienced food-focused publican, chef-publican or hospitality partnership looking to run a successful village pub with an established reputation.
Someone who can continue to deliver a quality food offer, maintain strong standards and create reasons for customers to visit throughout the year will do well here. An understanding of seasonal trading, local produce and community engagement will be beneficial.
A hands-on operator with a passion for hospitality and attention to detail will be well placed to build on the pub’s existing success.
Accommodation
The pub includes private on-site accommodation comprising of three bedrooms, a kitchen and a lounge.
About the Agreement
At Punch, we support talented, ambitious entrepreneurs who want to run brilliant pubs at the heart of their communities. That’s why our agreements are designed to be flexible, supportive and built around your vision.
Our Flexible Tenancy gives you the freedom to run your own pub with confidence. A tied agreement of up to five years, where you’ll benefit from the drink products available to Punch which also offers flexible notice periods. We offer flexible deposits, tie‑release options, and pricing structures to help you shape your business in a way that works for you.
Where living accommodation is included with the pub, a £1,500 accommodation deposit will be required, together with a £300 pet cleaning fee where applicable. Options to build up the accommodation deposit may be available and will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
Why Choose Punch?
When you partner with Punch, you’ll have an entire support system behind you, including:
- A forward thinking pub company, recognised nationally with multiple industry awards including winners of the Publican Awards 2022 & 2024!
- Potential investment to unlock your pub’s full potential
- Industry leading training through our award winning Academy, complete with state of the art kitchens, bars and our immersive Progress with Punch training programme.
- Access to our powerful online platform, the Punch Buying Club, where you can order stock and find resources to help you run your pub successfully.
- Ongoing coaching from expert Operations Managers and specialist support teams.
- Innovative digital learning through THIRST, our gamified online training app, offering compliance training through to driving sales training.
- A commitment to “Doing Well, By Doing Good” by championing communities, wellbeing and sustainability at every step.
Curious about how this agreement could work for you? You will find our Partnering with Punch guide in the ‘Relevant Downloads’ section below.
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