Appley Beach Cafe in Isle of Wight

Rubbish, boiling dishwater called coffee, not good at all .Fabulous place to stop nice freindly staff but need training on how to make coffee. Realy spoiled it for themselves .Coffee very weak just amounted to boiling milky water . Any barista would know you only put boiling water in tea .

How this place is not in the top 5 places to eat I do not know. We went for breakfast, 2 full English and a veggie version, both were very good , cooked very well and very tasty . You can look forward to sausage, egg, bacon, beans, and tomatoes, with toast.The only down side is the wooden knives and forks , but in these covid times an obvious choice .The staff are very helpful , and friendly , and do a mean cappuccino. Put all this together with fantastic views of the beach and across the Solent to Portsmouth , and you have a great place to eat.I would highly recommend giving this place a visit.

Lovely warm coffee shop right on the beach front with a log burner - coffee and cake for us and a treat for the dog - they have toys and books for kids and if you want to sit outside blankets too

Sit inside or outside right by the sandy beach and enjoy marvellous views across the Solent. Very relaxed with friendly and helpful staff. The breakfasts are freshly cooked and are very tasty. Great value-for-money and also dog friendly - one of the great things about the island.Lovely breakfast and latte today. Thank you

I hate the Isle of Wight. It’s a pain in the arse. However, one of the things that makes it a bearable visit is this place. The soups are to die for, the baguettes are fresh and tasty. The coffee is good. The view is perfect to relax and forget about the fact your stuck on the rock off the edge of England/humanity. Thank you Appley Beach Cafe for keeping me sane.

WE have been coming here for 20 years or more since my daughter was 3 she's now 26. Always take a photo of us sitting on the stone lions at the front even though she's now grown up. Food atmosphere always good and its got better over the years. I love the summer months on a Monday night when Derek Sandy sings and gets all the children to limbo on the beach. He's like the pied piper all the children follow him its brilliant. Its like a massive beach party and I just love it. Barbecue and pizza add on I hope they make a mint.

Had the home made soup, wow, quite possibly the best I have ever had. Lots of options and will take the kids back here.

We love visiting this cafe for weekend breakfast, extremely inviting, Carlene is so pleasant and makes all that visit feel special. We will continue to use this establishment for many years to come, it is our favourite Island retreat. 5* recommendation. Please pay a visit when holidaying on the Isle of Wight. Keith and Estelle.

We had lunch here yesterday sitting on the balcony overlooking Ryde sands. Both our lunches were great, well presented and extremely tasty. The coffee was so nice we had 2 cups each. The cost was very reasonable and the lady serving was so friendly. We will most certainly go here again when we next visit the Island.

Right at the end of Ryde esplanade, this little cafe is friendly and inviting. The prices are very good. The food hot and freshly cooked. Service is superb. A few tables indoors and plenty outside.

We went to the cafe for breakfast using our prices wight voucher, our breakfast arrived parts missing but soon rectified but the hash browns were sloppy and cold the black pudding cold the sausage was greasy so the breakfast was a bit of a let down for me ...shame really as the girl serving was very cheerful but that doesnt make up for a not so good breakfast

Visited for a quick lunch with a disabled family member and a Pomeranian. A potential for a struggle you might think. No they were exceptionally helpful, condiderate and the baguettes were delicious.. Would recommend.

My family and I visit Appley cafe on a regular basis, we have enjoyed everything from a quick cake and coffee to a lovely home cooked meal.

Lovely little cafe, only had coffee and cake as got caught in rain shower when out walking, would love to come back and sit with a cocktail and enjoy the view when next time on island.

Fab beach side cafe Had a wonderful breakfast very fairly priced .Staff were very cheerful and the cafe was nice and clean

We first came across this cafe on our holiday to ryde in may, was a perfect place to sit and have a natter over a coffee and a cake, especially being able to watch the kids on the beach from the tables outside.

We love this venue. Whether we’re walking the dogs and stop off for a quick bite to eat / cuppa and a cake during the winter, Or watching Derek sandy on a Monday or down the beach with the kids / friends and family In the summer and taking advantage of the side bar ( ask for a pimms jug) and amazing seating area. You really do feel like you’re abroad here. The staff are always helpful and polite and there’s an ice cream flavour for everyone ! Can’t fault it. Highly recommend

A little overpriced for cafe but the food was good. I would recommend sharing a baguette as they are quite big and maybe some chips. Service was good

We visited for a breakfast this morning and were very impressed. The location is great - our kids played on the beach whilst the food was cooking. We had a combo of vegetarian and normal breakfasts, and both were delicious. Not too greasy, cooked just right.

Purchased four price is wight breakfasts for here ended up giving two away as the lady who served us was at best unhelpful and generally rude she made us feel we were inconvenince to her wont be going back food was not very good

We did parkrun yesterday and stopped for ice creams and coffees and had lovely service. The lady serving us was helpful

Having visited here today with my family I will not be returning.

Daughters (18 &14) bought an inflatable from here today the 27th of July, it cost £20 but ‘apparently’ no means to inflate it, rude and bad service here, plus over priced beach accessories.

Terrible service, incredbly rude manager who said loudly 'i can't wait for you all to leave so I can go home'

Been on holiday. Went to this place on 2 separate occasions. The first to get two coffees to takeaway priced st £1.20. Got charged £3.60. The reason being that the price of the paper cups had gone up. The second for two tubs of whippy ice cream. Didn't have proper tubs to use so used two half pint plastic cups. Charged £2.80 per ice cream.served. customer service needs to improve too.

Derek sandy performs most Mondays,foods great value and very good quality! Ready past reviews I was nervous but Appley cafe delivered with an amazing Brie & bacon toasted baguette and burgers & chips for the lads.Pims £4.50 a pint can’t go wrong :)

I have been on the receiving end many times of poor service and almost all times I just right it off but the service I received today was of such a disgraceful standard that I needed to take a few hours to write factually rather than emotionally. My girlfriend and I went to this cafe this afternoon and ordered fish and chips. Being the patient person I am, I waited forty minutes, noticed customers that were there before us had all left, customers coming after us receiving there food and eventually decided to go question the whereabouts of our lunch. The waitress apologised and said she would look in to it. Two waiting customers in the meantime had been served while we continued to wait. Eventually the manageress came out and by then my patience for waiting for what tasted like frozen fish had reached it’s ceiling. The manageress said they were very busy, a few empty tables, and that is the best you could do is to insult our intelligence, by saying it takes forty minutes to make frozen fish and chips. After a subtle bribe of a free drink that I ignored, we were then told not to come back. My girlfriend and I were both calm during the entire conversation and your manageress/owner, said we were rude and not to come back. Lol, no argument there my dear, will definitely not be coming back, decision made about half an hour before you brought our meal. I think it is disgraceful of you Miss manageress to tell your customers who were on the receiving end of your poor service not to return. You ought to have a career change or get a serious wake up to what good service not even excellent, just good actually is. To the owner, in a business where you have lots of competition, you should have a relook at the staff you employ or consider training them to a higher standard, if you wish to keep new customers, judging by quite a lot of previous customers reviews. Shame at least the coffee and views are good.

I live in the town and went to the Appley Cafe for a fish and chip lunch using a voucher from The Price is Wight. £10.95 for two instead of the usual £17.00. I know the cafe and the location is stunning especially on a summers day. Thinking we had a bargain on the food we ordered two lagers. I was surprised by the price of £4.00 for a 330ml bottle of Peroni served in a single use plastic glass. From the write up I had the impression that the venue had been upgraded to a cafe bar. The picture of the food shown bore no resemblance to the very sad small piece of frozen fish served with under cooked oven fries, wet soggy salad and cheap coleslaw. Looking at other meals being served I would say ours was up to the usual standards. The service was slow and disorganised. We won't be returning and the whole experience was unpleasant. What a shame when they have gone to the trouble of promoting the cafe. Oh and they really should make a point of clearing up the plastic glasses rolling around in the area outside the cafe, some of which must end up on our beautiful beach. Seems ironic when they won't serve drinks in glasses because of the beach (It's alright to serve coffee in glasses) instead the cheap light glasses will end up on the beach and in the sea.

This place needs to look up how to make a ploughman lunch , 100 % rubbish Nice part of beach plus we was forgotten and had to wait a long time , no plans to return

Terrible value for money and rude young man serving-most of the staff could do with learning to smile. Ice creams are £2.80 and can only be described as child sized-presented in a cheap cone that you would buy in the supermarket. I have really never been given such a small ice cream unless for a child, we even had a good giggle over it and sent pictures to our friends on the mainland. They are sure going to rake it in over the Summer unless you walk along to The Dell where the staff are lovely and food and ice creams are amazing.

Scones were very dry, coffee tasted very odd, the cookies tasted awful too. The good thing was the diet Coke which came from a can, when we eventually got served.

Just visited the Appley Beach Cafe and I feel I must write a review.

Step straight off the beach for a great breakfast at the Appley Beach Cafe after a walk on the beach with the dog. You can sit inside or outside with great views across the Solent to Portsmouuth. The food was freshly cooked and with generous portions and the service was friendly and welcoming. Great value and very refreshing after a good stroll. The Solent is always busy with a variety of ships, boats and yachts so there is always someting to watch while you relax.

I don't live on the Isle of Wight but visit at least twice a month. Each time I come to the Appley Beach Cafe. The food is always fresh and well cooked, breakfast is excellent value for money. Today I decided to come for lunch and a very fresh plateful of scampi, fries, coleslaw and salad arrived in under 10 minutes. My friend order an omelette which was cooked to the usual perfection. I've used this cafe in busy and out of season and have always had a good experience.

We had a voucher for cake and coffee and the lady serving kindly offered to swap the coffee for a hot choc for my little girl. Delicious homemade cake with lovely views of the beach. Dog friendly with a great looking menu. We will be back for lunch!

Popped in for a hot drink after watching a charity swim. Only to be treated like a something unmentionable on my shoe by a very rude, arrogant man serving behind the counter. I suggest that he goes on a customer care course!

The views and location are great and there is good parking nearby.

I found this cafe a couple of years ago.

had breakfast this morning, which was very nice, BUT the person taking the orders & serving had a lack of personality, as the breakfast had come with beans I ask if I could not have them but an extra egg, he replied can't do that this is the breakfast so what do you want, so I had the beans but just left them, has got no idea how to talk or just be helpful, I will never go back nor will the 6 others I was with shame good location

Having read the reviews for this place we decided to give it a go.

Brilliant for £3 breakfasts. Dog sausages if you have animals for 50p. Mine is elderly and blind and deaf but she knows her way to this cafe..she knows a good sausage when she finds it. Excellent tasty cakes, many made in house. Obviously when the season ends and school starts staffing reduces - so expect that. It's the same across the beach. There's paid parking nearby and easy access to the beach. This is popular with families that enjoy the Punch and Judy shows and Derek Sandy singing on Mondays. A new seating area has just been created which I personally enjoy. It's very comfortable. I'm not sure that anybody should be putting their feet on the cushions! Not very nice for others. I've found the staff a great bunch. Obviously at busy times they can get stretched. This is a good value cafe with good food. Other establishments on the beach and above offer more up Market selections. But at the west end of Appley Park this offers a friendly stopping off spot to rest your bones if you've been walking.

We went to this beach as it was recommended to us for being a great place for dogs so we stopped here for a coffee and the coffee was lavazza and tasted great.

me and my friend came here to watch derek sandy perform on Monday 13/08/2018 we had spent over £10 in the café we sat outside with are cans like many people do each week didn't believe this was issue as people do this most weeks

We really enjoy our meals here and so did our grandchildren. Great location with a lovely view. Food was well presented and the staff were very helpful. And yes we would visit again.

We visited Appley Beach Cafe on Wednesday 1st August 2018. We go every year when we are on holiday to see their Free Magic and Punch and Judy show performed by the Island's great David Randini. The Breakfast we had was excellent followed by very tasty cake and lattes. Found the staff nice to chat to also. The view of the beach is a bonus and large pay and display car park at the rear is handy. Look forward to visiting them next year. Cheryl, Dave and Jessica.

For a cafe so close to the beach, this is very good. We had a great cooked breakfast and the coffee was boiling hot. Prices were fair, service was ok, but toilet was a bit messy.

My friend and I visited here this morning for a breakfast. Was not disappointed the service was good- polite friendly staff and the food lived up to it reputation- was lovely. There was only 1 thing that spoilt it for us and that was the sound of a young lady sat in the “over 18s only” section, she was shouting and swearing loudly. Ok I appreciate she was in that area BUT there were quite a few children there and personally don’t think that is acceptable behaviour, we would have continued sitting there and had another coffee but just didn’t want to listen to that noise.

We have been twice now for a lovely reasonably priced breakfast.cooked perfectly.but agree with behind counter service.you need two people taking orders when busy.especially when the person taking orders is also having to make them.much better to let the person sit down and bring drinks out as in the food..waited a long time in the queue...wait person polite but lacks personality for this kind of job.

Monday night, reggae night! Really enjoyed the music, atmosphere and the view. Food good and reasonably priced for beach front setting... Upstairs restaurant comes highly recommended so will try next time! Didn't see any member of staff who was rude (previous review I read) so don't be put off-it's worth a visit if you're in the area..

We were staying on the Isle of Wight & took the Train to Ryde Esplanade. We walked along the front to Appley Park to find the Appley Beach Café. Why did we bother ? We only had a Coffee, but it was a case of " Oh no, not somebody that want;s serving " When we finished, we took the tray with the Mugs on inside, where we were told " Just leave it there " We will Not be going back. Don't waste your time.

I visited this cafe today, I previously had a bad experience a few weeks ago, when the skinny grey haired possibly northern man that worked here was shouting at the younger female members of staff for everyone to hear, however I thought today I would give the cafe another chance due to its great location.

Having arrived in Appley only one hour earlier it was nice to wander down to the beach, walk along the front and find the Appley Beach Café where we enjoyed tuna & sweetcorn in ciabatta and two cappuccinos. A nice start to our holiday.

A great location for lunch. Despite the large portions omelette was under cooked. Calamari was overcooked. Service was ok.

Ordered some food, told it would be 35 minutes. It took 1 hour 15 minutes! This is the second time this has happened, the last time there was only one person working there that day. NEVER AGAIN! There are plenty of better places in Ryde that value their customer's time.

Popped for lunch/brunch with our 20 month old! They do a £3 mini breakfast (available for all) which was perfect for our son! The friendly staff even got us plastic cutlery for him! The adult brunch was spot on and my egg cress baguette came with a garnish and crisps on the side which I didn’t expect at a beach cafe so exceeded my exceptions! Great job!

Wonderful cafe on the sea front Beautiful views, friendly staff and great coffee and cake selection :)

Visited here with some colleagues. The cafe was nicely busy, with a few seats available.

We popped in for some lunch after a walk along the beach. There was no one else eating and yet it took half an hour for two baguettes to arrive. When they did arrive the food was really poor quality, the baguette was from frozen that had been heated to Luke warm, the sausage was a very cheap poor quality sausage that had been cooked from frozen in a deep fat fryer and was inedible. We asked for our money back for one of the two baguettes and I can honestly say the response we got from the member of staff was so rude we were taken aback. We did eventually get our money back but after the same member of staff had continued to be rude even in front of her manager and also raising her voice to the point of shouting! We were absolutely horrified by her attitude and will NEVER be returning to this place. For them to allow their staff to talk to customers in such a way and for them to think it's ok to charge people for cheap nasty food is a disgrace. Every thing in the cafe is straight out of a packet, you'd be better off popping to the corner shop and grabbing a sandwich.

We purchased food for 5 people at lunchtime and were given a receipt with the order listed on it. After waiting at a table for 40 minutes we went back in to the person who served us and we asked how much longer would we be waiting for ?

Called in here as we had been here many years before. There is an upstairs which is quite expensive but we had a decent meal for 2 for under £17 Service was OK and the staff very pleasant

My husband and I had just had a walk along the sea front and just fancied a bacon buttie and we thought we'd try for the first time this lovely little cafe and it was lovely, i had asked for the bacon to be crispy and it was perfect, the bacon was quality and very tasty and the lady who served us had wonderful customer service, yes granted it took about 10 mins to get them but we found it was worth it in the end, we'll be back to try the sausage butties next.

Another fantastic breakfast. Staff as always very friendly and helpful. About a 10 minute wait for our food but it came out hot and cooked perfectly. Enough on the smallest one for a 9 year old, the middle one enough for an average adult but...

I am sorry to put a low rating. I would expect the Appley Beach Cafe would be busy, but no indication when we ordered that it would take 32 minutes to produce a coronation chicken sandwich and small breakfast. And then when we eventually were served, no apologies for the delay. Others on table had been served and eaten their sandwiches. Tardy service spoilt the visit I'm afraid.

Stopped here for lunch with family, Great cafe at a great location, right on the beach. Good selection of drinks and snacks. Did have a long wait (50 mins!!) just for cold snack, not sure exactly why but they were busy. Food was really good, plenty and really fresh, couldn't fault apart from the wait.

Went here with parents whilst on holiday for lunch. Very busy cafe with panoramic views on seafront. Staff were the most unhelpful unresponsive people. We were overcharged on our bill then The omelette I ordered was greasy and cold. My partner ordered chicken( which when came was no bigger than your thumb) burger. They advertised pimms but the staff hadn't a clue how to make it. The view was the best thing about this cafe. Wouldn't recommend it and won't be going back!

La ubicación es estupenda, especialmente si es un día soleado. lamentablemente fue el único comentario positivo. Mi novia y yo pedimos dos desayunos caseros. El lugar era ocupado, concedido a otras personas había pedido desayunos cocinados pero esperamos toda una media de 45 minutos para su comida de cuchara grasienta. La única persona que vi poner cualquier esfuerzo en su trabajo era el chico pobre llevando la comida a quien sospecho también estaba cocinando. Este es mientras que el propietario estaba faffing sobre y poner el servicio lento en "el nuevo chico". En verdad, llegar con ella, ya que tienen una ubicación envidiable para un café.

Lovely views from this sea front cafe over the extensive beach and out to sea.We found the choice of soft drinks very limited though.

We stopped for lunch after a walk along the front. As usual we enjoyed the stop. The food arrived quickly and was good. The little touches were nice like the fresh watermelon on the salad. The view was as good as ever. It is well worth a stop.

Had a voucher for a full english breakfast for two, WOW what a breakfast would certinally go back again, nice place to stop off when walking along the seafront.

lovely food, super location. reasonably priced (family of 6 all had hot drinks aswell as food approx. £35)

Upstairs was fully booked so we decided to have lunch downstairs in the cafe. We ordered some calamari, but please, dont order It, the worst Calamari I've ever taste and we ordered some sandwiches as well. one bad, one normal. I asked them yo add an ingredient in my sandwich, egg and they didnt know if I wanted boiled or fried so they just decided without asking just un case.

Visited this wonderful cafe with our dog for brekkie warm welcome lots of smiles very good value for money very cosy atmosphere. Toilet very clean. Love this cafe they warmly welcome you and your dog.

It's so nice to find a seafront cafe on the Island that is actually open over winter and furthermore is dog friendly. The service was fast and friendly even though they were busy. The food was great and the missus has developed a penchant for their hot chocolate. The prices are reasonable and you're not made to feel like you are being pressurised for a fast patron turnover. This is our third visit to the cafe and look forward to many more in the future

We stopped for a drink and a cake after a walk on the beach. The team were so accommodatingand very friendly. Our little dog was made very welcome. She thoroughly enjoyed her "doggy sausage!" There were homemade cakes on offer and a great selection of other sweet treats, but it was the hot chocolate that stole the show. Marshmallows, cream and a flake... Delicious! We'll definitely be visiting again.

Located next to the beach at Appley. Car park available but you have to pay. Customer service and goodwill is frankly non-existent, food average at best. Should be fantastic; unfortunately isn't and we won't be returning.

theyre not exactly on the ball - its ok and at the summer £5 full english offer its ok but coffee service was a challenge on the day of our meal

good on things even after a while of not going there an a warm welcome from staff would tell peop how good all the time

I have been here a few times and it's a kind of average place but it does have a great view and a great location however. There is a sign on the till that 1 pound will be charged when using a card for a transaction of less than 10 pounds. You can't miss it but that doesn't mean it can't be challenged as I did and a lady in front of me did. I understand that small businesses have to pick up the cost of these card services but the cost is usually hidden in the price of some or all of the sales but what aggravated the lady in front and myself is the staffs poor attitude of 'take it or leave it, next please' Cashless payments are becoming the norm and they clearly know this and are ripping customers off. People will stop going there, the bad attitude staff will be out of a job and so the circle goes around These are challenging times for everyone, I have no objection to a small charge but a pound!? The lady in front of me was so angry at the staff that she made them put the order together then left.Yes you are told about the charge but that does not make it right it. The staff need to moderate their attitude, grow up and find a better way to explain the managements position on a rather amateurish way of making money. Challenge them on this policy.Other than that the tea was rather nice...

Visited for a late breakfast at £5.95 including what turned out to be instant coffee. Greasy taste, cheap sausages, cold beans, nice bacon and hot mushrooms...cheap white bread.Disappointing; don't waste your money.Walk 200yards further for a superior alternative.Oh and the toilet... :(

We called in here for lunch while walking along the sea front and were pleased with the selection on the menu. We ordered lunch and drinks and after about 15 mins our food came. The food was really tasty...my husband said it was as good as my cooking which was high praise as he never usually says that when we eat out! The chef/waiter was friendly and helpful.

We live in Ryde and often walk along the esplanade with our dogs and stop to enjoy a glass of wine and enjoy the sea views. We had an Australian friend staying with us for the weekend and decided to go to Appley Beach cafe for breakfast. We parked the car and realised we had no change - so walked around to the cafe and took a table outside. We went in and ordered three breakfasts, two coffee's and a mug of tea. The bill came to £30 and we paid - I then asked the girl serving if she could change a £5 note so that I could pay the parking charge. She politely told me that they had a policy not to give change for parking. I didn't make any fuss - returned to the table and told my partner and friend that I needed to go and get some change. I weren't back to the car and was just about to drive off - when my partner came running back and told me she had got change - after going back in and saying we have just paid £30 for food and you won't give us change - and made a fuss (so was given the change). This was after the girl suggested that we have our £30 back...!!Our drinks arrived and the mug was sat on a saucer that was too small - on lifting the mug - it was filthy. A waiter then brought the three breakfasts - which were all very nice, however - he just left all the dirty dishes that had been left my the previous people sitting there, so we picked everything up and put them in a chair so that we had room to eat our food.I can honestly say that I have never experienced such incredibly poor customer service in a restaurant/cafe setting - neither have I felt so compelled to leave negative feedback before, but there was no way I could leave this experience unchallenged. Absolutely disgusting service and we will never patronise this establishment again - neither would I recommend it to others...POOR POOR POOR..!!

waiting 50 minutes so far on a reasonably busy day, there are still tables free. if we ever get the food I'll update the review...

We decided to have breakfast before going on the beach for the day. We all had the £3 breakfast with a cup of tea and orange for the kids. The teas came in a proper size mug not a small cup as we would say from Yorkshire. We had a 15 minute wait for our breakfast but who cares with a view like the one you get of the beach outside the café. The breakfast came out piping hot and freshly cooked well worth the wait. We will be revisiting this café on our next visit to Appley Beach

Perfectly placed for Ryde beach and the car park just behind it. Typical cafe food most of which is reasonably priced. However, two things to mention. Canned drinks are £1.40 ouch! Chips took an hour (felt like forever but they did arrive). You have to sit outside and just wait for your number to be called...

Visited after a lovely day on Ryde beach. Sat outside as we had dogs with us, location was lovely. We were only intending to have drinks but saw potato skins on the chalk menu inside, my husband asked how many came in a portion and we had a reply of a bowl full! ordered three bowls to share as didn't know how big they would be. Didn't take too long to arrive but when they did they were just a bowl of plain dry potato skins! Not knowing what to say my husband started to eat but we were pretty sure they should have some kind of cheese on them? We called over the waiter and asked if there was anything missing off them. He had no idea! About 5 minutes later he returned with three bowls of melted cheese and bacon pieces and told us that the chef was new and didn't know that they should come with it on! Only problem was we had eaten nearly all of the dry skins! Not sure if service will be improved but a real shame if it doesn't as location is lovely!

Best fish chowder and baguette Ever....lovely experience on this kind of a day. We ate outside at one of the tables. What a great spot to go have a bowl of soup on that sort of day. Coffee is good as well.

We stopped there for lunch on a sunny and busy day.The location is really good at the side of the beach. The food was good. I had a ploughman's. We sat outside and some smokers sat next to us. I really wish there was a non smoking area outside!

The Appley Cafe is one of our regular Ryde haunts. There is a reasonably wide selection of food available which we have always enjoyed. Menus with prices are on the tables and you order at the tills inside. The outside tables are slightly elevated above the beach so give an amazing view over the Solent to Portsmouth. It is largey used by holiday makers so if you time it badly there can be quite a wait - go before you are starving and enjoy the view with an aperitif from the bar :)My cheese and pickle sandwich did have a little more pickle than I would have used myself but if you like a good helping of pickle this is the place for you - really!

Came here today. As soon as we walked in we found the staff to be very rude and unhelpful. I ordered a cheese burger, I couldn't see any menus laying around so thought I'd settle with just a burger. Burger came out with onion on it. I went back to the counter and politely asked to have no onion to which the staff got very rude and in the end they told me to scrape it off myself. I agreed and said "the service here is dreadful. Really shocking". An older man then came over and said "I'll scrape it off". I said "no it's fine, I'm doing it" to which he then snatched it out of my hand. Won't ever be going there again and from what I've heard many people agree with me. Can't get over how rude they were over a simple mistake that could of been easily sorted!

As a local I stop here most days while out walking my dog.The food is excellent not just in quality but in quantity too.The prices are reasonable after all, where can you purchase a perfectly cooked breakfast for three pounds?The staff are mostly pleasant and give service with a smile.When they are busy during the holidays they don't have time to chat and exchange pleasantries the way they normally do but discerning customers will recognise that efficient service must come first.I have plenty of cafes to choose from. This is one of those I choose to return to time and time again.

Stopped on our walk along the promenade from Ryde to Seaview for an ice cream. staff could have been friendlier, I said thank you and goodbye but got no response!

Me and my family attended here after a 4 mile morning walk, as we approached the building (9.30) we asked if it was open. All the young kids outside where laughing and looking at each other and then one of the younger males said 'ask inside.' Which we did, and they said yes biting their tongues - we should of gone somewhere else at this point. We ordered some drinks and some toast and the girl at the till was very pleasant. Our toast took a ridiculously long time, it was embarrassing. Then when I asked for some marmalade the man huffed and brought out a pot from the kitchen which had bits of butter and crumbs in. Overall wouldn't be returning.

£1.40 for a can of coke???Won't be coming back. Disgraceful. Pirate Festival on the beach is pretty cool though, will be back for that next year but will go to the cafe next door!

Turned up for a sandwich and a coffee. Three members of staff but only one actually serving. She was pretty useless and considering it is a food establishment she was working with very long hair NOT tied up.I waited in the queue and was pretty annoyed at the fact that one of the three staff had decided to take his break got his drink and an ice cream and although joining the queue after me, was then served by a member of staff who appeared out of the kitchen and then promptly disappeared after he served the member of staff, leaving me still waiting! The three members of staff working were all young and seemed more interested in turning up the music and pretty much ignoring the customers!Services was slow and by the time I received my sandwich I had long since finished my coffee.The only positive thing to say is the sandwich was very nice but then again you cant really go too wrong with a sandwich.Will not be revisiting, unless they get some better staff!

Visited several times last year with a friend who lives nearby and always liked calling in for a nice latte and a piece of cake. There used to be plenty of tables inside but now the place seems to be dominated by many cold drinks machines and there only seemed to be about six small tables inside. When I visited last Sunday 29th One of the tables for four was occupied by a single person who was waiting for his takeaway meal. An awful lot of business was lost as people were walking out as there was nowhere to sit inside. Such a shame

Stopped off here during a walk from Ryde enjoying the sunshine. Just wanting. Welcome drink, we sat outside on one of the tables.The cafe is shared with a more up market restaurant on the upper floor and the forecourt is shared. During our stay, a guy who we assume is the owner turned up in his Range Rover and went in. The next ten minutes or so were spent listening to his staff and himself loudly discussing how the restaurant was encroaching on the forecourt, how they couldn't get or keep good staff and how he had to get to the wholesaler. Not very professional really.

This beach cafe has a great location just off the beach. It has a few tables inside and many more outside. They have a good menu and all you wouId expect do from a beach cafe. The toilets were in a bit of a state and only one was working when I visited so would be a queue on a busy day. The senior staff were not very friendly but the young man working in the kitchen who brought us the food was very good, helpful and friendly they need more like him.

Stopped while on a walk to Seaview. Lovely to gaze out to sea whilst sitting outside. We were lucky to get a table as it was very busy. However they should be quicker at clearing the tables. We also had to pile up the previous people's plates to make space for our drinks before our food came. The prawn banquette was nice and so was the pasta salad. Handy for popping into when going for a walk. Would not go there just to eat. The young man who served us was very polite and friendly.

Worst cafe i have ever been to.. me and my friend orderd soup, it was cold and watery and bread was stale, i really couldnt eat it, manager refused to give a full refund said he couldnt afford to chuck money away , started poking at the bread and stirring the soup saying there is nothing wrong with, trying to argue with me about it! All the staff were miserable not one had a smile on their face .. dirty cultery and tables... it does not even deserve one star.. do not waste your time and money

We visited here whilst doing a day trip to Ryde from Southsea. Great little cafe with a good selection on the menu. We all had something different and no complaints from anyone, they even catered for our 8 month old puppy with 2 chopped up hot dogs..fitting really! Would recommend