Table Talk

What better outlook from your dining table could you wish for? This is the enviable view across the marina from the restaurant at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club in Ocean Village in the city.

OK, it is a private members’ club, but facilities like this at both the Ocean Village clubhouse, and its clubhouse on the Beaulieu River at Gins, are available for hire for corporate and private events as well.

If you are a member, then you can enjoy the facilities at any time the club is open. The Club emphasises that there is a lot more to being a member than just plain sailing — it hoists its flag as a fun, friendly, highly social club, offering a great range of events.

The restaurants offer varied menus, prepared to high standards, each clubhouse with its own head chef and team, providing a wide range of dining options. And an enviable view like this.

Maybe, as a member and editor of the Club’s magazine and website, I am biased. But where else in the city or around can you enjoy a magnificent outlook quite like this?