Tasting Menu Evenings · The Cellar
Thompson's.
Robert's tasting menu, served in the cellar dining rooms — on a handful of dates throughout the year.
An exclusive culinary experience
Thompson's, returned.
A decade since Robert opened his first Thompson's in Newport, the tasting menu returns — now served in the cellar dining rooms beneath RT Café Grill, across a handful of evenings each year. The menu is shaped by the season and changes each time. Refined, considered, never the same twice.
From £100pp
6, 7 or 8 courses
Limited
Selected dates · 2026
The Cellar
Private dining rooms
The evening
Six, seven or eight courses. One room. One service.
Each Thompson's evening is a single seating. The menu is shaped around what's in season and what Robert wants to cook that month — game in autumn, shellfish through spring, the garden's herbs in summer.
Choose six, seven or eight courses depending on your appetite for the evening. Wine pairings are available with each menu, drawn from the cellar list. A proper dinner, properly paced.
Choose your menu
Three lengths, one menu.
Each Thompson's evening offers the same seasonal menu, in three lengths. Choose the one that suits the evening.
Six courses
£100
per guest
Seven courses
£129
per guest
Eight courses
£150
per guest
Optional wine flight available with each menu. Vegetarian options available on request.
2026 Tasting Menu Dates
Choose your evening.
Each date is a Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Reservations are highly recommended — seating is limited and we typically sell out a month in advance.
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Once more Thompson has reinvented himself and his business, and once more he is onto a winner.
Isle of Wight County PressMatt & Cat, March 2025
The story
Robert Thompson MBE.
Two-time Michelin-starred chef — first at Winteringham Fields in 2007 as the youngest British chef to be awarded a star, then at The Hambrough in 2009, bringing the Isle of Wight its first.
In 2015 Robert opened Thompson's in Newport — his first solo restaurant, built on the idea of fine dining freed from formality. Over nine years it became one of the island's defining places to eat. Thompson's closed its Newport doors in 2024.
A decade after that first opening, Robert revives the Thompson's tasting menu — now served in The Cellar across a handful of evenings each year, in his own room, on his own terms.
Before you visit
Good to know.
Where we are
Royal Maritime House, 17 St. Thomas Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2DL.
Booking the menu
Reserve through the booking widget and select Thompson's as your experience. Tables of 2–8 can be booked online; larger parties, please call us.
Dietary needs
The menu is set. Let us know when you book about any allergies or dietary requirements — we need at least 72 hours' notice to adjust for the kitchen.