Coffee & Drift in New Forest

Stopped by for lunch. Had the soup but it was thick like baby food and not very nice. Lots of bready options on the menu. Staff were nice.

What a great find! Lovely flat white and a delicious bacon sandwich on sourdough. Delicious flat white this morning .

Popped in for coffee and breakfast whilst on a sailing trip. Friendly staff, great coffee and a fantastic brunch sandwich! Great location on the harbour front too.

Great little cafe very good service. Super food and coffee. Inside and takeaway eating. Bacon bap 🥓 great flavour. Right by the quey short stay carpark.

Stopped for a sandwich today. Friendly chatty staff. Had the chicken, cheese and pesto toasty, it was delicious. Ruby had a pupachino of the dog menu which she enjoyed. Finished it off with a brownie. Would have gone back for one of their lush looking hot chocolates after but I was stuffed.

Out on a cycle ride this morning, I stopped on Lymington Quay and and Coffee and Drift was convenient. Cakes didn't have prices on them which I should've queried but was surprised to pay £7.30 for a coffee and a cake. Also had to wait for 10 minutes outside for the coffee to arrive. Disappointing

Way too slow - 15 mina for 2 take out coffees that were just ok.

I think they were waiting for the cow to grow up then they had to milk the cow for my ice cream it took so long, almost fell asleep.

Had a day in Lymington. First stop coffee. Coffee was nice enough, average prices I guess. Order then wait outside for it to come out. I don’t know how that works in wet weather. We didn’t wait too long. Not sure if the seating across the road is for the coffee shop, but anyway it was full so we drank it on the harbour wall. The cakes seemed a little pricey. Nice location though.

I made a beeline here and managed to grab a flat white just before closing time. Had to have it take out, so it was probably not as good as it would have been with the open cup latte art and vibe of the place. Obviously well-brewed coffee from great beans, though. A tad expensive, but I'll be back.

Perfect place to pick up brunch and eat on the Quay in the sunshine. I had the Acai bowl which was beautiful as well as delicious and my son enjoyed the pancakes!

Great quayside location and a favorite with the locals even early on a Sunday morning.

They can walk across the street to deliver to their seating area, but you shall be a friend for that! Not busy at all when visiting, so that can’t be an excuse. Otherwise for standard customers, just wait outside and help yourself. On the top, prices are somewhat on the high end for the quayside.

Visited many times! We can’t not visit this area of the New Forest, without stopping by here. Great Iced coffees on a hot day. Gluten free & Vegan options, however if you are both of those, there’s only one option (BUT THE OPTION IS GREAT). My husband enjoyed a vegan sausage roll, which apparently tasted 👌🏻 Great food, ever better coffee 👏🏻

Lovely coffee. Will be going back for sure.

Great coffee and bacon baps. Super friendly

Very good selection of hot and cold drinks and cakes, and the girls working were lovely.

Lovely staff and drinks, but we had to wait over 20minutes for a coffee and the rocky road had 1% of marshmallows and biscuit. Coffee and milkshake were lovely.

Really nice take out food right by the quay. Quick, friendly service.

Unfortunately there's no space to sit inside.

We stopped here for a bite to eat and a drink. A great menu with a range of delicious cakes and bakes at the counter. We had the Chicken, Cheddar and Chilli Jam toastie, Avocado & Halloumi Bagel, and a Mango Lassi. The food was yummy and the Lassi was delicious. Service was fairly slow but due to high demand and staff were busy and apologetic for the wait. Outdoor seating ideal on a nice day and for us 🐕 walkers.

Had a really nice selection of food drinks .. very nice

Acai bowl was really good, thanks

Nice place good staff loved the cake parking difficult in during summer months see

Expensive take away coffee and not up to usual standard. The menu price needs to be updated. Disappointing

If you like sort of Danish or Sweden style cafe and various menu that is place is yours. Excellent breakfast and nice view to see how town wakes up.

Great food and excellent Hot Chocolate.

We had a toasted chicken cheese and chill jam sandwich and I must say it was absolutely delicious the best toastie I have ever eaten. Well done

Probably the best milkshake I’ve ever had, and the biscoff-ccino was delish

The staff is very friendly and they have a large choice of good cakes and beverages. I recommend this place :)

Poor service, you have to wait outside for your drink, but if you sit down somewhere, it just gets left on a table to go cold! Rubbish!

Nice small coffee shop overlooking the harbour, good selection of cakes.

Lovely service and amazing food!

Wow, so glad we got in here for breakfast. The best coffee I’ve had in Lymington. Would highly recommended the Açai bowl and breakfast melt. Superb friendly team too, pop in, you won’t be disappointed

Yet again going to Coffee & Drift, we were greeted by noticeably arrogant and impatient staff. The food was provided to us with a completely expressionless and unhappy demeanor which for the price is laughable. If you are dissatisfied with your job, it may be advisable to seek employment elsewhere. Despite the aforementioned issues, a nice sandwich though.

Really lovely cafe with delicious food and very tasty food - lots of vegetarian options too.

Wow….this place is insanely good. Visited Sunday morning on opening…literally 5 people waiting for their coffee fix! Had Avo toast, chocolate banana bread and a lovely latte! Staff are cool and friendly….Sunday playlist is spot on. Prices are fair for the quality of the food…portions are super generous. Kids of Vegan/ GF options. Oh…and there are views over the water. What is there not to love! Well done 👏

Fantastic coffee and delicious toasties available for takeaway so you can sit on the dock side. Gluten free cabinet food and gluten free toasties!

We stopped by for lunch and were very impressed with the delicious food, smoothies and coffee. Highly recommended!

What a fantastic spot for a coffee and lunch. Staff were super accommodating and friendly and the food and coffee was outstanding. Highly recommend for any occasion.

A lovely experience. Not many tables but we got one in less than 10 mins. Lots of people were getting takeaway and eating by the harbour. Good quality coffee, and the sunrise juice was delicious! As for the food; portions were HUGE. Highly recommend the Nutella pancakes. Will definitely be back, this was our first visit.

Great little cafe with lots of veggie options. Good coffee, soup and budda bowels and take away option too. Dine in is snug. A useful upgrade though: that the menu online and instore reflected the 2pm-3pm reduced, toasties only menu. Having checked before travelling it only became apparent as we tried to order from the advertised menu. In that respect, it was disappointing.

Nice place for a earlymorning coffee, watching the sunrise and the seaguls.

Coffee & Drift Lymington make a profound life-altering intense mango smoothie!! There are several flavours which look amazing!!

Great coffee, amazing carrot cake and a great atmosphere. A real gem of a place

Lovely little place on the waterfront, serving delicious food made to order.

Came to lymington for a day. Saw this cute coffee shop by the shore, the location is perfect, can sit by the window watching the swans. The quality of coffee and taste of the cake is ok standard I think. Could be better definately. Also, there is no Wifi here. Saying that I would still recommend it if you want to rest your feet.

Absolutely the BEST Brunch I have ever eaten! Granola bowl was a work of art and the Chocolate Banana bread incredible! If we didn't live 5hrs away, I'd be in every week...

Simple Americano done well. Very friendly and helpful service. The cakes looked really good but I couldn't upset my doctor so I didn't have one.

This is an amazing place with the best friendly team and views in Lymington. Service with a smile and amazing coffee. Our fave choice for breakfast is the overnight oats which onlookers do comment on it when they see this huge montage of healthy oats and not so healthy biscotti. Eat in during bad weather and winter and Al fresco chilled out vibes watching the swans, boats and world go by in the summer. Unique cafe and always welcomed by a fab and happy team.

Great sandwiches here, especially the toasties. Loved it so much we went twice in one weekend. Nice spot outdoors although seating can be a premium!

Excellent little spot, with tables outside. Quantities are huge for the price, and great taste. The pancakes portion is like for 3 kids.

Menu online not updated, creating a disappointing visit as expected to get something else. Speed of order was quick to order but quite a wait for the food. Food was nice tho.

Good coffee and tea options including iced versions for those hot balmy summer days (remember those?). Food is freshly cooked and uses high quality breads and produce. Lots of inventive but much options along with plenty of cakes. And what about an ice cream for afters?

The best coffee in Lymington. Everyone helpful and lovely. With any small space, it is unfortunate that there is no indoor seating in the summer months as the weather has been particularly rubbish during July. But nothing away from how good the coffee and food is.

Highly recommend the acai smoothie bowl!

This place is so great, all the food is wonderful. Staff super friendly and knocked me up a keto special breakfast which I'm extremely grateful for. Thanks guys keep being awesome

Had 2 coffees one caffeinated and one decaffeinated - charged extra for decaf, charged extra for oatmilk - makes a coffee suddenly very expensive, not been charged extra before, shame because coffee was actually quite nice!

Firstly, ordered out of shop to wait outside until called inside. ordered decaf americano with hot oat milk and a tea with a little milk. 10p extra for decaf and 50p for a little oat milk. Tea with a little milk was so milky I sent it back. The replacement wasn’t much better. Then£3.80 for a small lemon cake. Never again

Great coffee and the overnight oats were amazing!

Stumbled across this lovely little gem after walking out of one coffee shop due to poor quality and service and so glad we did. Service was lovely, food was outstanding and the coffee was amazing! All in all a delicious brunch. 😋 We would have loved to have tried more of there menu choices but was so full from what we had and just visiting for the day. Will definitely return if in the area again. Keep doing what you do 😊

Nice coffees and milkshakes, a bit on the pricey side and not the quickest to come out.

Used to be amazing, lovely menu with top teir bagels, was disappointed to find they have now reduced their menu to just toasties with average fillings, greasy mess of a toasty. Won’t be going back again Owner replied explaining I came during toasty hour which is fair enough. Staff told me they were just running on a different menu, didn’t explain the toasty hour part so just presumed they had change the menu. I have changed my rating.

Really great food and drinks, especially drinks. I love that there's a wide range of options and a lot of non-caffeine based drinks. The decaf is also really good, which is nice :) There aren't many places to sit (except outside on the quay) so just bear that in mind.

Called in here a couple of times while we were on holiday. So glad we did. There was no inside seating in the summer but we were lucky with the weather so we’re able to sit outside on the tables provided. I tried he homemade granola the husband had the pancakes with bacon. Another time I had the pancakes with the fruit. All were very good. Also very good coffee. A little more expensive then some places but so worth it.

Incredibly tasty and high quality bacon bap, fresh croissants and lovely coffee. Gluten free options available. Pricey but worth it!

Always tasty coffee and great service. Choice is great and they keep up to the demand of the area that they are in. Get your coffee here.

This has to be one of the best bacon rolls. They certainly don't skimp on portions. Thank you

The coffee at this small takeaway on the quayside is second to none. The cakes are delicious and the ice-cream creations are incredible.

We popped in for a coffee and cake. We found a lovely table overlooking the Quay and enjoyed a coffee with banana cake, both the coffee and cake were good quality

Would be a lot better service if they served your coffees to the outside tables rather than leaving them on a side table on the pavement. Plenty of staff who all looked to have perfectly functioning legs!

Great coffee, friendly staff and competitive prices, so it’s become my ‘go to’ place in Lymington, for takeaway coffee.

We stopped at Coffee & Drift for lunch and a coffee. All the food is takeaway, which is no problem as there are loads of places to sit and enjoy the view of the harbor. Had a rather greasy but still tasty toastie and an iced coffee. I would stop in again for sure.

Very friendly service and lovely food. I had a gluten free, vegan cheese and tomato toastie with dairy free coleslaw. My husband had a chicken, bacon and cheese toastie with coleslaw. It was as all very tasty and beautifully presented

I’d rate higher if it was just for the coffee which tasted very nice. Just a very odd arrangement of asking us to wait outside round the corner for our drinks to be served. I could understand if they were busy, but I walked into an empty shop to order and there were no other customers behind me. Perhaps this is a policy left over from Covid distancing times. I felt like I was in the way!

Not a great experience. Ordered 2 ice creams . And waited at table outside for ice-creams. They were delivered , but we were abruptly told we could only sit at table for 10 min then would have to leave as the tables needed to be stacked .

Dreadful service, rude staff to the point we got up and left! So many good coffee shops to visit in Lymington (The Larder)!so this coffee shop is trading in its location only! Very poor. There were no clear instructions that this is a take away only during the summer, if only the staff had been friendly enough to explain this then that would have been clear. The people gathered outside were also confused and unhappy at waiting. Customers service was definitely lacking!

Superb food, fantastic drinks, some really personal service. All round a great place to go! Cannot recommend enough.

It does say that there is seating inside when we arrived there wasnt indoor seating coffee made with milk tasted creamy

Birthday morning breakfast for Phil and Jo’s treating me to breakfast downstairs (we’re staying a week in an apartment above this cafe) I opted for a breakfast melt (sausage, streaky bacon, cheese on toasted sourdough) and a side of hash browns. OMG really good, top notch quality. I often worry about streaky bacon being too fatty but t this really wasn’t - best streaky bacon ever and one of the best brekkie butties ever. Jo went for a banana bread option with bananas, maple, cream etc, which was nice but she was too busy salivating over my sarnie to appreciate it. It was good but a tad heavy perhaps? Also fresh OJ was lovely. Jo said that the staff were very friendly. I must admit the staff down in New Forest places have all been really great and friendly

Amazing coffee and an outstanding smoked salmon bagel, topped with a great Lymington Quay. Some average places in town. Give them all a miss

Best location on the quayside but I thought my decaf latte was over priced in a small takeaway cup. I didn't appreciate waiting so long outside the cafe for my drink. Took 10 minutes to make 1 drink. The breakfast menu looks interesting.

Delicious food, a good location and friendly staff. A great place to stop on a cycle ride

Rubbish. They use shop brought pancakes and charge over £8. Surely they could make the pancakes themselves. Wouldn’t recommend at all

Friendly greating as always and found the little sofa at the back which was very cosy. Lots of amazing looking cakes but asked which was best and definitely got the right one (carrot cake), along with an amazing coffee, really food flavour and ordered another to take out after. I chose a chicken, cheddar and chilli jam toasted sourdough. Great flavour and they provided extra chilli jam which really heightened the flavour! Good size and definitely worth the money. Would say its the top cafe of Lymington and can't recommend enough.

Wonderful food! Dog friendly too. I would definitely recommend 😁

Found this amazing little place in an impromptu day out to Lymington today. Excellent coffee, and the sourdough toasties were simply delish. Very pleasant staff and food was cooked and delivered really quickly. Would definitely recommend 😁👍

Second visit here, brilliant coffee and we had the brunch menu. Perfect portion sizes for a large appetite. They had home made baked beans on the specials, they were amazing!!! Helpful and friendly staff

Lovely location & good food with beautiful presentations

Friendly staff and good coffee and cakes

Visited mid morning, v busy and the 2 members of staff looked harassed so service v slow, coffee was tasty, limited cakes but enjoyed our swirl/Danish pastry. Would revisit

The breakfast melt was an absolute taste sensation! The drift club sandwich was more than we would have expected. Lovely coffee and lovely staff.

Had a coffee and giant choc chip cookie. Friendly service, cosy.

We have been coming to this absolute jewel of a coffee shop since its opening in 2018 and plan on keeping coming back for as long as they'll have us ;) The food selection will definitely have you salivating, everything from breakfasts, such as bacon...

Went in for a cup of tea and to escape the rain. Lovely place. The food looked stunning. So beautifully prepared.

We visited here on a wet Saturday in January it's located right on the quayside by the short stay car park. When we arrived it was fairly busy It didn't have a vast amount of seating anyway. We sat down and the lady came over...

We’ve been to C&D realistically.. about 40 times. Mostly because of the convenient location it has linked to my personal life. The food is usually good, really does hinge on who’s making it! We haven’t had a very pleasant experience at coffee and drift recently...

Lovely staff. Good quality coffee. Cakes now very expensive and frequently no price on them at all. Due to its location this venue will always succeed and be busy as the majority of visotris to Lymington go to,Town Quay. Residents who wish to frequent it...

Such a lovely place. The deco is great and the breakfast is amazing. The Açai bow is so fresh and beautifully presented. A real seaside vibe.

Went to the Coffee and Drift this morning, the opening times on the door said it opens at 8.30am, it was 8.53am when we entered the cafe only to be told they didn’t open till 9.00am. It was pouring with rain so we asked if we could sit inside and wait, we were told no because they needed to set the tables, so we stood outside in a doorway until 9.00am before going in. The table’s didn’t look any different. We then ordered two bowls of granola and a hot breakfast sandwich and asked if the hot sandwich could be served after we had eaten the granola, but the girl serving seem to make a big issue about it stating that they don’t normally operate that way and it depended how busy they were but she was quite rude to the point that we nearly didn’t bother. Because we had been before and enjoyed the food we decided to stay. The girl who brought the breakfast over was nice and helpful and the food was excellent, but it was just the attitude of the girl serving us and the fact that we had to stand outside in the rain that has really annoyed us to the point of writing this review. Good food but could have been more accommodating.