Baywatch on the Beach Restaurant & Beach Shop in Isle of Wight

A nice beach side cafe, we've been twice for a full English / Bay watch Breakfast, good quality ingredients provided, generous portion size, very tasty, great views and setting on the beach front, dog friendly.

Nice walk along beach,stayed for coffee.

Walked in at 11:50, three members of staff behind the bar and no major queue. Asked if there was a lunch menu handy and was told lunch isn’t being served till 12. I’m local and this was my first and only visit this year went for lunch at the much friendlier Duver Cafe. The attitude of the staff is atrocious, they forget they are providing a service

Love the food here, however to work properly you really need FIRM opening hours rather than just "we open when we like if the wind is blowing in the right direction" etc.

Due to it being early, we were the only customers at the cafe. Ordered poached eggs on toast which came out half an hour later. The toast was cold, the poached eggs cold and hard and a very poor response from staff, who have very little training in customer service. What a shame, with a little effort could be so much better. Should of been a half decent meal for what we spent.

The bacon brioche was amazing. Well worth a visit.

Amazing food and friendly staff! Sausage brioche is a must!

Very disappointed as we planned a walk around arriving at 3.30 as FB stated the kitchen shut at 4. Sadly not today as apparently the kitchen shut at 3.30 :( Please could you give better instructions on your FB page. Guess, we will be spending our money at a different venue.

Lovely little place right on the beach, 2 bacon roll's and 2 coffee were £20 & worth every penny.

Great food and friendly service 👌

One of the best burgers I have ever had. Good place - great view. Pleasant staff. Enjoyed it!

Try the amazing Baywatch breakfast and prawn and avocado baguette; both delicious

Not as good as it was Crab wasn't even fresh... More likely tinned

Whilst it’s good the place is open inside again, some more thought needs to be given. For example, whilst there’s a children’s menu - there are no high chairs. Not particularly welcoming. Food - had to wait for a while, it wasn’t very busy. Perhaps it’s early season & things will iron out for the summer.

Great beach bar and restaurant down on the beach. Staff are friendly and it had a real buzz about it. Good space inside and outside and a really good local menu to boot.

Very pricey. But Bacon sandwich was good.

Great place to atop and have a cream tea or something a bit stronger. Great views and friendly staff.

Had a couple of drinks outside. Great Pimms. Dogs welcome inside. Lovely location by the beach.

Arrived 13.20 and food finished! And were somewhat rude.

Good coffee and they are using recycled cardboard containers for the brioche bacon rolls. Good call

Stunning place, beautiful beach. What's more to say.

Ok for a ice cream or coffee etc.

Nice cafe right on the beach. There’s a good menu selection of hot food and seafood and sandwiches. They do good coffee here too. There lots of outdoor seating on picnic beaches overlooking the beach. Good place to get a bite to eat and look at the sea. Public toilets next door.

We visited on a very busy sunny beach day! It was a bit of a wait and we were at first a bit surprised by the prices looking very steep ... but! ..... when the food came (understandably it was a long wait with so many lunch orders and them all being cooked freshly!) The portions were huge! One portion of chips easily satisfied 2 hungry 8 year olds! And the amount of Crab on the salad was extremely generous! I was impressed that in such a busy service all the food was so well presented and all piping hot and freshly made! We did have to wait and there is only outside seating but if you understand the operational challenges they must face and want freshly prepared fresh quality food well made then make sure you visit - can't recommend enough! My only feedback is that we wish the inside seating was reopened and an evening dinner service resumed this venue is unique and amazing :)

We popped in after a visit to the beautiful beach. There are 2 tills but it was a messy layout. There are freezers and items to buy in the doorway so it's hard to browse without standing in someone's way! We shared some chips which were way too heavily salted. I overheard another customer complaining about this, they were told that it's standard practice. Disposable paper wrapping and wooden disposable cutlery, unfortunately this seems to be a trend with places not wanting to clean up after their customers. Not great for the planet though! Too many staff but not enough service

Ridiculously over priced £6.50 for a bacon roll !! Enough said

Bad service through a ‘hole in the wall’, with unfriendly staff. Not recommended & will never return.

Couldn't eat inside, but they expect you to buy food and eat outside where there is thousands of ants and flies.

Poor service, ordered 4 ice creams that were handed to my young children (3 and 6) to then be told that the Wi-Fi was down and couldn’t take payment, 2 very upset and disappointed children having ice creams taken back from them :( went to the local premier shop in St Helens and got a pack of 4 for the same price as 1 from the cafe. I won’t risk buying from them again, I’ll stick to the local shop in future.

Useful to have on the beach but not the most inviting cafe or menu. I had an iced coffee which was decent

Sadly disappointing nowadays. Used to be lovely when they did evening meals, it's in a great location. Pay and display car parking and council public toilets available. Can get very busy. Only doing takeaways now from the hatch and serving in paper cups, bags and boxes etc. Shame when so many places have " got back to normal" following Covid. Not the cheepest or most helpful of servers either. Considering their continued success I think there is room for improvement.

Brief stop for refreshments and very pleasant it was to, will be returning later this week to try the food.

Fantastic breakfast. Really good value for money

Right on the beach. Grab a coffee. Recommended

Lovely location, good food at good price. Good service. 👍

Excellent food crab salad excessive , cod and fries equally so but both delicious. Will come again!

We are regular visitors to the Duver and usually take a picnic. We wanted chips to augment our picnic - bought TWO bags at a cost of £8, but were refused access to the tables and benches as they are for 'customers only'. People who only purchased cups of tea (presumably at a cost somewhat lower than £8), WERE allowed to use the tables & benches. When is a customer NOT a customer? Is one only a customer if one buys tea or coffee? We are not tourists who will accept being ripped off; we are I O W residents, who visit the Duver come rain or shine. It can be taken as read that we WILL NOT spend so much as a penny at this establishment in future. My family has been on the island for more than 800 years and I detest with a passion this rip off attitude which is prevalent today and gives the island a very bad name. Incidentally the chips were barely edible and most ended in the bin.

Great spot for a pint on the beach🍻

Had a meal here with my parents. All agreed that the food was not nice as it was tasteless. Outside seating only, nothing inside. I did see people go in, and them come out after a minute complaining about how rude the staff were but I did not witness anything occur.

Really disappointing service. Very unhelpful.

What a lovely spot we found. On the beach, we had the breakfast brioche and it was excellent - thoroughly recommended

The food tasted amazing, I would certainly go again in the near future. especially the crab

A great beach cafe (outside seating only) a short walk from the NT car park (free for members). Swift and friendly service, and good food (great soup!).

Overpriced, but that is due to the fact it's the perfect holiday maker trap, the only beach front option for this stretch of beach. Food is OK, a nice enough place to stop off.

The crab over chips with chilli is to die for as was the cod and chips. Very busy on a lovely day and so it should be. We will be back yet again asap

Lovely place to stop after a walk

Good price, lots opportunities to buying food or drink. Very easy communication with staff, cash or bank card.

Its ok nice place only had a brew

Lovely quiet beach side cafe. Well organised. Watch out for the ravens crows and gulls who will try for your food.

You're in an English seaside place, yes? You want greasy spoon cheap sausages and deep fried everything, right? Well, no, this is 2022. These folks know that and have come up with a clever menu. Clever because sausage, bacon etc is there for you - but top quality, loads of it and not greasy. Clever because there is also avo and poached egg available for the new generation and - excellent innovation- 3 times clever because served without cutlery in a brown recyclable brown box. ( and a brioche bun, you didn't think we ate poached egg with our fingers, did ya?)

Pared down service for outdoor eating. Really good mid-walk brunch with great sea view. Lovely sunny day. Not sure how this would work on a wet day. Observed two matching silver range rovers with 'BAY' number plates parked outside. They seem to be doing well!

A little disappointed that there were no indoor tables on our last visit. Will now need to limit our visits to fair weather days.

The food was good apart from two crab sandwiches and two lattes 32 pounds. My friend said the crab was canned. Great weather tho.

Best crab sandwiches on the island. Absolutely delicious.

Just stopped for a drink bit pricey but a great view

Great little cafe, do all sorts of food, and drinks, plenty of seating outside,

A nice peaceful place. The shop and restaurant has all the essentials you'll need for a days sunbathing. They do some lovely food there. Better than you'd expect. Lovely beach there as well with some nice views.

Excellent burger and fries. Closes at 6pm. No local beers or ciders. Still no inside seating. Still closes earlier than advertised. Cutlery is wooden, plates are cardboard boxes so all. in theory recycled (rather than reused).

We love The Duver but as long as we've lived on the IOW this restaurant. with its beautiful position, has always been let down by its service. In the past I have had to tell a member of staff not to sit on the counter where food was served. I have also seen a family of 6 (who had moored their boat), turned away because they wouldn't take an order for another 20 minutes! Today we had a couple of hours at our favourite place, had a hot drink, talking into an intercom to an invisible person behind perspex, moved up to another window to collect our drinks, waited for our bleepy thing to vibrate, to be served toast in a paper bag with NO PLATE. I can understand when Covid was rife but not now. In fairness my husband had a bacon roll which was full of bacon, but at £6.50 a shot it should be. Having been in hospirality I would have loved to have owned it and show them what hospitality should be like but it appears the owners are happy to rely on the beautiful place the restaurant is based, rather than care about their customers.

2 whippy which were small.. very small and 2 small manufactured tray bake slices .. £11.60.. whhippys were 2.70 each.. ¿?

Ill after mussels last night. Other comments about profit over service, to see owner outside counting cash was a little distasteful.

Poor business & environment ethics.

Would give zero stars if I could. After spending £48 on lunch (for 4 people!) I asked if we could possibly have an extra cardboard container to be able to split the childrens food up as they were sharing a baguette which came in a little sleeve. They probably cost all of about 4pence to provide but I was taken back when I was told very arrogantly over a phone which he refused to look up from that they do not give out ‘freebies’. When I questioned why he told he very rudely that “he had already explained and what don’t I understand”. I wish we had looked at Google reviews before coming as it seems we are not the only ones by far who had had such awful service. Will not be returning. Their business model seems to be profit over customer experience.

The food here was not worth the price. It was over priced for the smallest portion of crab and chips. Having eaten crab and chips in various places we were absolutely shocked at what we got and would not recommend the crab and chips at all. It was certainly not fresh. The service was OK. Over priced. Spent over £60 with out drinks. Not trying to ruin there business in any way. But the owners should take a look at this and starting looking after there customers

Awesome food in an amazing setting. My favourite beach on the Island

Seems very expensive for what you get. £51 for 2 baguettes a fish finger roll and a sandwich plus drinks. The baguettes were made with take and bake bread and pre-packed (I assume made in the morning) which seems a lazy option when there are various local bakeries in the area. There is limited options for food on the duver so its a captive audience for them. They could do a lot better.

Restaurant has not been fully open since COVID. Pretty basic- order at window, collect from window. Could be stunning in such a wonderful location. A wasted opportunity to not make this a wonderful beach side place.

Exceptional, a must visit! Great food and superb view.

Nice spot, little breezy but welcome. Doggy friendly beach. Cafe, toilets. National Trust car park (St Helens Duver). Paddle boards to hire with kit.

Was last at Baywatch 10-15 years ago, and enjoyed the view and food. But have they since fixed the constantly banging kitchen door? Drove me crazy. Probably why I've not returned.

Nice place to sit and watch the world go by

Pathetic example of a business run for the convenience of the owner rather than the paying customers. Served through a glass hatch where in the sun difficult to see server!! . Food in boxes and expensive. Only sit outside. Please sell the business to someone who actually wants to utilize the great location and huge potential….

So, after spending £48 on lunch for 2 adults and 3 children (no drinks by the way) I asked if we could have an additional container to divide my autistic sons food as he has issues with different textures touching. Anyway to my astonishment was bluntly told that our request was not possible. When I challenged as to why was then informed it was not 'policy' to give away free containers. When I suggested that spending nearly £50 on lunch was hardly asking for a freebie the staff member then blanked me and carried on serving the next customer. I live in London and have to say that charging £17 for a prawn salad is pretty punchy! Would just anyone visiting St. Helens to avoid this tourist rip off trap. Was genuinely lost for words. Disgraceful.

Great coffee, food all looks good too.

The place was doing outdoor seating only when we visited, but thankfully the rain stayed away for our meal. Surprisingly delicious & high quality food for what is essentially a beach side cafe. Would definitely visit again

Pretty good unless it's raining. Fantastic location, and fabulous in the sunshine. However, currently they have closed off the inside completely to 'stay safe' during Covid (this written in May 2022 when we are all 'open' again elsewhere across the country). So people were sitting in rain coats on the outside table, in the drizzle, hoods up, with unused (unusable) tables on the inside.

Terrible unhelpful service - my son can't eat eggs so we asked them to make his breakfast sandwich with no egg, and they refused. We have been going to the Baywatch for years and recently prices have rocketed - they had two matching Range Rovers outside with custom number plates so I can see the money isn't going anywhere worthwhile :( Also no opening times. I would support the nearby Duver Cafe instead who were very accommodating and kind.

Nice friendly restaurant. Great roast dinner with roast potatoes to die for. Good price too

Shame that you can't sit inside and shame their menu is now limited

Great ice cream but they seem to close whenever they feel so you may find yourself disappointed one evening

Great location however the staff are rude and the place is rarely actually open.

I was a bit sceptical of the hole in the wall ordering and seemingly high prices but absolutely shouldn't have been. The Louisiana burger was the best burger I've had on the IOW so far!

The food here is incredible. Such fantastic choice. They are super busy and can make mistakes occasionally but very quick to help and worth waiting as was very yummy.

OMG, one of my wife's favourite hidden gems of the IoW set over looking the Solent. the food is truly amazing, with friendly staff.

Really nice cafe on the promenade, with table seating and car parking. Very well organised ordering and bleeper to tell you when food ready. Great menu to suit all. I had crab baguette which was excellent!

Amazing views for quick bite and drink

Stopped here for ice creams after a long walk. Just the job.

Ok so the beach is wonderful but £12.50 for a lager shandy and rose wine is taking the Michael.....like I say beach great for kids and dog walking but definitely wont eat or drink here again, were all obviously funding his Maserati and Land Rover 😆😆

Well we ordered 2 sandwiches with salad 1 no cucumber and 1 no tomatoes not a hard order, but when they arrived not impressed at all. The sandwiches came out in the tinniest box you have ever seen, no salad the crab one had so much mayo on it it just dripped every where. We come here a lot but you have lost our custom not very nice

Great food and really good value for money. Such a lovely view as well. Just a shame that some of the staff are so miserable.

Had dropped in for breakfast on a busy Bank Holiday Monday and to be fair we were not expecting much. We were blown away by the quality of the food! My husband and 2 sons had the full English breakfast brioche which had egg, sausage, bacon, hash brown, mushrooms and tomato. They declared it the best breakfast they had ever eaten and were extra appreciative of the runny yolk. Myself and my daughter had toast. You'd think toast was just toast? But the bread was absolutely delicious. Like bread used to be. Full of flavour and great texture. The coffee was one of the best I've had too. I can't recommend the food highly enough. And as for the view.. Wow! Where else are you going to get to eat your breakfast while watching horses playing in the sea? The view is to die for!

Needs to wear gloves when touching food and money .

Had a lovely lunch here. Sitting in the sun overlooking the sea.

Nice food. A bit pricey but worth it. We visited during covid and they weren't serving inside but we were staying nearby and got hooked on their crab over chips with chopped chilli - a revelation.

Came back to this treasure on the island, and yet again not disappointed, the family run business have gone out of they're way to keep providing great food / drink in these difficult times, the food is great quality, the service goes above and beyond, and reasonably priced, and most importantly the cleanliness and hygiene is top hole, providing food in a takeaway style to eat at they're tables, been on the island for two weeks and have eaten here most every day. Keep up the good work guys and girls, will be back in the spring. Thank you for great food.

Bay watch cafe has the benefit of being in a lovely spot. The food is also good, very delicious chips and well seasoned chicken strips, scampi, garlic prawns, and fried fish (which were all the dishes i either had, or sampled from a friends plate). However, the queue was ridiculously long, and the servers only remembered to mention that it would take 40 minutes for our food to come AFTER we had paid! A bit frustrating as we were already in a rush. There’s also a sign for the ice cream queue which is misleading, as there is no ice cream queue, all the queues are the same (and incredibly long, as i mentioned before).

Great little cafe and bar, open and serving takeaway. Lots of nice tables with umbrellas. Good choice of food and ice creams

This is a super cafe and evening restruant situated right by the beach. Paid parking is right next to the cafe. An excellent choice of varied menu including seafood. Booking is advisable for larger parties and to check evening openings. I have added the opening times but at the time of writing, staff say they could close earlier if they are not busy so it is advisable to phone ahead and check. Drinks etc are currently by takeaway (at the time of writing).

Delicious and varied food, quick service! Perfect to eat at during at day at the beach. Lovely ice creams too.

Stayed at nodes point holiday camp in July 2019. Walk down to the beach and booked a table. Best thing I did the food and the sea view was one of the best moments of the holiday we all went for the seafood 10 out of 10, excellent value for money service was very good .