Beach Gardens cafe in Isle of Wight

Has never encountered this horrible experience before. Staff where a tinny bit rude and food took way too long to arrive, Fish goujons looked over cooked and gressy and tasted like they been cooked in cheap oil that hasn't been changed in like 2 weeks. Never again.

We had a day on the beach and used this cafe for donuts, jacket potatoes for lunch and ice-creams! We went back because the people were really friendly and food was lovely. Would recommend!

Love this little cafe, the chips are the best you will ever have, they're thick and crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle. Their sausage and chips meal is great value at £4.50 when you consider the sausage is 12 inches long! They're burgers are huge and tasty, guaranteed to fill you up on their own. You can put your own salt and vinegar on which i like because they never put enough on. The young lady was lovely, friendly and chatty and very down to earth. Would definately recommend.

On the Island visiting relatives and after a long morning walking it was time to eat. My cousin fancied chips and asked me to recommend so I suggested the Beach Gardens as I have been going there for many years. So I introduced my cousin to this wonderful gem on Sandown seafront. The good news is that she is spreading the word on where to get the best chips in Sandown on the seafront. Also I would highly recommend the doughnuts!

I went there with 2 elderly relatives we sat in the sun overlooking the beach and had snacks and ice cream the chips were especially delicious, the ice cream great the service fast. no complaints just what was needed in the right location

Ordered 3 portions of chips but when they were ready, another customer took them by mistake thinking they were part of the meal they had ordered !. Complaint very well handled by the staff and the chips were definitely worth the wait when we did get them!

Good fish and chips, proper crunchy chips with fluffy middles. Great lunch on the beach. Not keen on the ketchup, but can't have it all. Lovely hot fresh chips and kids meal had decent nuggets too. Also takes cards now!

I had a full English breakfast but I wasn't impressed. Portion quite small, sausages low quality and coffee not good at all.

Great value lunch 🍴 my husband had liver and onion my dad had full English I had jacket my mum had a sandwiche all really nice and we all had a drink and under £20 highly recommend

We stopped here to have a snack on Boxing Day. There were three of us and we ordered lattes and a portion of chips each. My husband also had the 12" hot dog. I have to say that the chips were some of the tastiest I've had in a long time! The food was cooked to order and was piping hot, as were the lattes. Highly recommended.

As a regular visitor to the island outside of the usual holiday seasons it's nice to have a place that you can rely on to be open all day and that serves great food and drinks at reasonable prices. The chunky, crispy, lightly battered chips are highly recommended and the use of the cafes wifi is an added bonus. The staff are friendly and cheerful and will go the extra mile. I look forward to visiting when I'm next over in November.

Had a midday snack with dog under the bench. Well cooked food and good views great if dry weather, also good to take away to a drier location if wet

We went to watch the illuminated carnival - needed tea - great place, lots of choice, great view of the sea front, best chips I have had for ages!

Good service. Great fish and chips. Value for money. Great view of the sea whilst eating the fish and chips.

Chips - amazing Service - amazing Location - amazing Best chips on the Island or on the South Coast. We went just as they were closing up but they still cooked freshly and we enjoyed it hugely. In the words of my 5 year old 'best chips ever'. Thank you!!

Probably the best chips I've had! The portions were very well sized. The fish was also fresh although the batter could've been a bit softer.

Every time we went to the front at Sandown we went to a cafe for Coffee, The Beach Garden Cafe was ideal, nice position not expensive, give it a try.

Good service all round. Hot donuts are delicious, we all had to have a second visit for more. Lots of spaces for parking. Beach Gardens CafeFish & Chips Shop and Café42A-44A Esplanade, Sandown, Isle of Wight

We were looking forward to a seaside fish and chips. We were so disappointed in what we got. The fish was not fresh in any way and was tasteless and incredibly greasy. The chips might have looked nice but were so full of grease they were horrible. We ended up throwing most of it out. We also had a portion of tasteless prawns and cockles.

great meals at affordable prices. chips are to die for.service very friendly and welcoming. always smiling and chirpy.its a must to go there for lunch if visiting sandown. you wont be dissapointed.

We stayed in Sandown for a week and made many visits to Beach Gardens.My family have been asking me to find out how to make the batter-dusted chips. They are absolutely divine: fluffy in the middle and crisp on the outside. Also, the girl who served us was mesmerisingly beautiful.

Absolutely love this cafe. Didnt manage to visit last year as we never came on holiday but over for a day trip this year and had to visit. Food as always is amazing the chips are devine and the staff went out of their way to cater for us very friendly and chatty. Look forward to going back next year

We decided to go and have fish and chips by the beach and we saw this little shop that suited our budget. The woman who served us may have been the owner, but none the less was lovely. The food was superb and tasted lovely. It is a good place to go if you need a bit of British seaside. Definitely recommend it.

Well what can i say , this has to be the best little cafe on the Sea Front by far in sandown. Friendly staff , good wifi , even has a tv inside for them chilled mornings. Fresh seafood ( i have to point out that ive not come acrosss anywhere better yet.) Will deffinatly be going back , and would recommend this to anyone in the hotels along the front , just to stop at and have a cuppa and a bite to eat.

Visited this gorgeous little place for a cheeky ice-cream after our meal out! Was open late and even made us some fresh donuts! My husband had the BEST rum and raisin ice cream he'd ever had! I'm partial to a good old-fashioned '99' which was equally delicious (and a generous portion too!) The donuts were a wonderful treat - hot, sugary (with an option for cinnamon! Oooh!) and scrummy! Not only were the treats delicious but the service was outstanding! Happy, cheery and chatty - even though I'm sure they must have been exhausted after being there all day - they were about to be locking up, nothing seemed too much trouble and all was delivered with a friendly smile!Diamond of a place!

Beautiful little hidden Gem! Fantastic staff , very friendly, gorgeous view and lovely quality food! A lovely afternoon had by all our group!

Lovely cafe, right opposite beach. Chips are lush, cheap too. They do tea coffee ice creams...all sorts. Very funny friendly staff. Highly recommend.

My husband and I had fish and chips here this evening with our two daughters. The food was freshly cooked to order, simple, but delicious. Rather entertaining slightly-collapsed umbrella threatened to take off part-way through our meal, but otherwise brilliant!

The staff are fantastic - friendly and helpful. We got our ice cold drinks straight away and our well-priced food promptly after, which was nicely presented, and tasted absolutely great! We sat inside, in a very clean, nicely decorated area, although we noted a number of tables outside with a great garden area. Ice cream after was delicious, and like our dinner, were of a decent size portion wise. Overall, we had a great meal, and will definitely be revisiting.

Lovely friendly place to come and eat and drink. Helpful staff and lovely fresh food. Nice and clean and in a prime location for the beach. Also the free WiFi is an added bonus. Plenty of seating with a nice garden area also :)

The best chips I've had from a fish and chips place :D crispy and fluffy another reason to come back to sandown lol

Stopped here for dinner - it's just a beach kiosk, opposite the beach but serves big portions of excellent fish and chips, with the bonus of salad . There are also picnic benches sit on which are great for our smallest child - much as we wanted to eat it on the beach, she would have dropped her tea in the sand before it was half gone and so we stuck with the table Good value meal, on a sunny day , sitting on a bench outside the kiosk eating dinner - it doesn't get much better!

Our 2 families were the last on the beach and had completely lost track of time...noticed the owner putting the shutters up on the cafe and just caught him in time! Despite getting ready to go home, he gladly cooked fish and chips for 8 of us. Thankyou for saving us from a late evening tea time disaster! Everything freshly cooked and yummy : )

Lovely food and really nice people! Being the idiot I am I left my bag in the cafe but the owner went out of his way and came looking for us to return it! Bless him, I will defo come back here! Love the continental music, nice touch it felt like being in the Mediterranean. ☺️

I have always found best value and service is with seafront cafes which are clean smart and unpretentious. Right again. The fish and chips was excellent , and not expensive. This would give The Magpie in Whitby a run for its money. Was very naughty and finished off with three giant scoops of New Forest ice cream

Friendly staff, albeit what the place looks like on the outside, we had some nice food and warm drinks in this place. Would recommend coming in here for a quick lunch or something, most recommended is their chips.

Such a lovely little place with really great staff, highly recommend the tiramisu ice cream. I visited with my family, my brother had the chips as we'd heard they were the best on the island and they didn't disappoint. The rest of us had ice cream, great choice. The new owners have done a great job.

Nice place to stop for a cuppa. Chips abit greasy though. Staff helpful and water for dogs. Great view.

We came across this delightful place whilst looking for fish and chips on a chilly August evening. Despite the owner just about to close the cafe he kindly agreed to cook our family of 5 fish and chips. The food was delicious and the seated area we ate them in was lovely. The owner was very chatty and gave my 3 daughters free ice cream, a real bonus. We really enjoyed our visit and look forward returning on our next trip to the Isle of Wight.

We found this little place while searching for some decent fish and chips on our holiday. We sat in a lovely little area which was extremely clean ( we are fussy :) ) and had THE most amazing chips and lovely fish. We all loved the curry sauce as well. One of us had scampi which was really good. The people running the cafe were really friendly and created a relaxed atmosphere which we enjoyed. Highly recommended! We will definitely be returning!

Loved this place! A little cafe which also serves as a Take away just by the beach in Sandown!Perfect place for lunch or snack or take away fish & chips, burger, sandwiches etc if you spend the day on the beach. It was perfect for us with little ones as the children could either just have a little break from the beach and a sit down lunch or I would just go up and get the food and bring it to the beach. We had dinner at both Reef & Legends restaurant and were not that impressed. Food here is great! I recommend, if going for dinner and you want to be outside, just take a blanket, a bottle of wine, get your fish and chips or whatever you fancy from the Beach Garden cafe and then have a lovely picnic on the beach. Value is great as kids food is about £1.50-£2.00. As previous reviewer, I had the crab which was very fresh and tasty. Service is fabulous as everything is done with a smile! Love it!

One doesn't expect much of a beach cafe. However it's nice to be pleasantly surprised. We ordered a beef burger, vegeburger, prawn and crab baguette and crab sandwich. Also some chips, which by the way are among the best I've had anywhere. The prawns and crab were lovely and fresh, even the bread was fresh tasting. The burgers were obviously from frozen but they were well cooked and tasted fine. All pretty good value. I didn't try the fish but having been impressed I think I might go back for more! Also, friendly staff and ideal beach location.