Joe's Cafe in Purbeck

This has fast become our favourite spot for a morning coffee and cake. Whether we are sea swimming, kayaking or out on the jetskis, Joe’s Cafe is our go to spot! Welcoming staff, prompt service and incredible view. They offer vegan and gluten free options and are very accommodating of dietary requirements. Be sure to check this beach cafe out. They also do a banging paella night 🍲

Called by after a walk to old Harry rocks, very busy which is always a good sign. Ordered 2 pasties, one tea and a coffee. The girl serving was polite and helpful and said there were a “couple” of coffee orders in front of ours but to pop back. Whilst the pasties were very nice, we had finished these and I had finished my tea before the coffee arrived which kind of spoilt it. The double ice cream cones looked fab!

Use this spot to sit & have a coffee whether starting or turn around point walking in the area Its a little gem of a location slightly off the usual route but well worth the effort

Such a fantastic cafe. We always go here when we’re in the area. Very friendly staff. One of the really special things about this beach

Cute little shack had just what we needed on a hot sunny Monday in May. Yes service is a little slow at busy times, it’s not designed for big numbers of people. The pasty I had was warm, fresh and tasty. Sandwiches were fresh prepared but packaged. Coffee is small cups. Friendly service. Convenient location.

Lovely food and friendly staff. Fabulous location next to the beach and the owner even lends out wind breaks, buckets and spades etc free of charge.

Joe’s café is a fabulous outdoor café in a beautiful location. We had warm halloumi rolls and excellent coffee today - and even a deckchair to relax in afterwards.

South Beach is my most favourite beach in Dorset & Joe’s Cafe is the perfect location for a beach cafe. Joe’s Cafe is nothing much to look at, a bit of a shed on a beach with a few tables to sit at, the location however is just perfect & makes up for any “glitz” that may be missing from the premises. The cafe is rustic with basic food options. On my most recent visit I had a bacon bap & coffee. Both were ok, although perhaps a little more finesse to the bacon bap & it would be a 5 ⭐️ review. It really is a charming beach cafe.

Terrible food and incredible delays. Waiting over an hour for a sandwich with bread, ham, and cheese only was a travesty. It wasn’t toasted, or including the promised pickle or salad. Just bread and a slice of ham with cheese. Dry and plain and this took an hour. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday in October and the staff were lovely but just couldn’t manage more than 1 coffee every 5 minutes. We waited and watched several orders abandoned as it took so long. The staff said that 5 orders of drinks were abandoned, which makes sense as they all took over 30 minutes. Let my experience save you from disappointment. Just don’t bother. Not cheap, not tasty, and very very slow. The worst lunch I have had in years.

Back tracked to this cafe when the pub up the road was heaving, and so pleased we did so. We found the service efficient and food very tasty. Views were great and deckchairs available to borrow. Would recommend.

Staying in the area for 3 nights we quickly found Joe's Café on South Beach. Starting with coffee, we returned for tea and one day for lunch. While it appears a simple café they actually have a wide range of drinks and quality food. Perfect for snacks and drinks with shaded seating.

We diverted to Joe’s on the return walk from Old Harry Rocks. We received a very friendly welcome (from Joe’s mum we presumed), great tea / coffee / homemade lemonade ‘ snacks and good food too. Some nice touches like use of crockery / reusable glass jars (even if you take onto beach - minimal plastic) & strength of tea how you like it. Tables with shade / cover if inclement. Stunning view. Toilets are a short walk back up the access track. Make the effort to visit this beachside cafe, you won’t be disappointed.

We stopped here for a coffee while on a walk. The coffee was expensive and in a tiny cup. We were asked ,when ordering, whether we wanted sugar and we both said yes. However, I was not expecting sugar to be put into the cup before being brought over to us. The coffee was much too sweet for me. We won’t be returning.

After reading a review in the telegraph recommending 'Joe's cafe' I thought I would give it a go, supporting local businesses etc...etc.. unfortunately however I don't think I must have got the location correct as the Joe's cafe I visited on South Beach studland was an absolute nightmare. Disorganised, Poor service and not a please or thankyou in the vocabulary of the girls taking orders. The ordering and service system needs a serious rethinking. Staff should be trained sufficiently and competent.i have owned bars and restaurants and have never known anything like it. The lost revenue is frightening....

Outstanding service - great views - thank you so much we will certainly be back when we come down south again! Great coffee too

Visited South Beach on a solo bike ride after finding Knoll Beach a bit too crowded for an enjoyable lunch and swim stop. Like a previous reviewer, I did have to wait a surprisingly long time for my food after finishing my fantastic mug of tea, and it was more expensive than similar choices on the National Trust beach, BUT… it was amazing to be able to get served without any queue and sit at an empty table despite it being Bank Holiday Saturday, and the food is clearly quality and home-made with interesting choices available (I had Jamaica Patty). The beach has a very laid-back “locals” homely feel so I don’t mind being patient and paying for the privilege of visiting this idyllic spot.

Ordered a tea for my partner and a coffee for myself. The tea was made instantly and the coffee was placed in a que with an order number given...10 minutes later the cup of coffee was ready. My order number snatched from my hand and half a cup of luke warm coffee, given in return. A nice location doubt I will return to the cafe..

What a pity - lovely location by the sea (although rather tatty marquee and bench tables) friendly staff, great music, etc but for £42 for two plates of paella, we felt it was overpriced. Luckily we had brought our own drinks and next time will bring our own plates and a rug for the beach, which we were advised, would make the evening slightly cheaper!

Blown away by cafe location, hidden away on small but idilic, natural beach. Rough around the edges as only small place with limited menu, but that adds to charm and what they have on offer is excellent. Bacon and halloumi roll is delicious. Staff friendly and helpful and happy to tell you all about this beautiful Little Beach if you ask. Highly recommended to beach lovers everywhere..Also, great spot for a swim too.

This cafe has a relaxed vibe that perfectly matches the beachside setting. Several vegan options - my partner went for the vegan rhubarb ice cream - and a great coffee to sip while watching the sea and the quiet beach. Lovely!

A charming little beach cafe with a lovely view out across the sea to Bournemouth in the distance. The burger was delicious and the iced coffee and milkshakes excellent. Well worth a visit

We stopped by this place to get a bacon roll, me & my husband went for small, well when it arrived it was small that was for sure & it was served in a granary bread which I do like but it said roll , we never got asked if we wanted white or brown .Bacon was over cooked & very hard thank god I had a cup of tea to wash it down with. Will not be going bk. The only nice thing was the view

What a joke ! The place has a fantastic location on studland beach but the cafe is dirty, with garbage laying around, filthy gazebo's, and garden bench tables in urgent need of renovation. When I asked if there was a bin for the remnants of my ice cream cone the staff said to put the rubbish on a table ! The coffees were Luke warm, and on the pricey side. Staff were up themselves and unconcerned with customers.

Lovely to have quality tea served in a proper mug to take down to the beach, with deckchairs provided by the cafe. Good ice cream too, but the real standout was the bacon and halloumi roll which was outstanding (and great value). Excellent service too.

Fantastic cup of tea, awesome honey flapjack and all situated on a great little beach with a brilliant view. Peaceful and relaxing. Please don’t come here- I want to keep it all to myself!

I’ve had breakfast here twice now and both times it was excellent. Halloumi roll and bacon roll both delicious, generous portions of halloumi and bacon in each. The homemade lemonade is fantastic. Hardly fine dining but with a view across Studland Bay to Old Harry,...

Unexpected but therefore doubly appreciated, an absolute gem of a place serving a very simple but delicious range of home-prepared snacks, local ice cream and extremely good coffee. We visited on a lovely late spring afternoon, and will be back to enjoy the place in...

Stopped here after a walk from Swanage to Old Harry Rocks very basic cafe. Had cheese and potato pasty. For the price, it was the smallest pasty ever. It was just a little bigger than a samosa and it actually looked like a samosa. Shame...

We found this place after a walk. Gorgeous homemade pasties and excellent friendly service. Seating outside and a magnificent view and walk on the beach. We'll be back

After a long walk we stopped at this place. Home made food, not much choice but all home made and of quality. Unique place, tables in front of the sea in a remote and quiet place. I do not answer the stupid below questions: "Were...

Stopped off half way through our walk from Swanage to Studland. Nice friendly service and great view. Great to have china mugs instead of paper cups.

Lovely spot for lunch and ice cream. Puppy also enjoyed the vanilla bean ice cream. Extremely friendly and super food😊 Will return on our next stay in the area

Disappointing Paella & band evening . Very expensive (£17 pp) for plate of paella with a sausage and chicken thigh on the side . No band as advertised. Beautiful South Beach & friendly staff but wouldn’t recommend or return .

This little beachside cafe serves tea, coffee, brownies, flapjacks, pasties etc. Lovely big mug of tea and delicious brownie at a very good price. Perfect. Vegan options in pasties I noticed.

Pit stop for coffee and snack….. Home made flapjack was very poor, never had Rice Krispies in flapjack before, I suspect a cheaper ingredient than porridge oats. Piece was tiny and fell to pieces.

Love this cafe, basic menu although meat and vegan one of my favourite places to stop for some nourishment or after a swim, try the homemade lemonade, delicious!

Visited here today with my friend! It was great to see Joes cafe open again🙏 We had halloumi and bacon rolls that were soooo yummy!! & Ocean’s lemonade which is my favourite drink ever haha! It’s always a happy friendly vibe at Joes 🌞it’s great...

Only wanted take away coffee. Was rudely told I was not to sit at their outside tables. Well, I did ask for take away, I do understand what that means. Then told no card payments, thought everyone wanted cards these days. Coffee was awful and...

This is a small wooden shack cafe which serves great limited menu vegeatrai and vagen food. Do not let that put you off. My meat eating husband loved the cheeses and potato pasty.The home made lemonade was delicious and the ice cream (honeycomb flavour we had) was the best.

Offers several vegan options, including home made jamaican patties. Nice stop off on our walk to Old Harry Rocks. Good prices and a small but nice range of food and drinks.

This is a super snack bar and with outside seating. Always helpful and polite staff Hot and cold snacks, cakes, coffee and teas, carbonated drinks and ice cream. This a real gem. The snack bar has been there many years under the same management. Outside of Covid -19, beach toys and deckchairs are free by request.

This place has continually been tatty with litter on the ground. The plastic screen for Covid is no more than cling film with a hole cut in it. The washing up facilities appalling. We qeued for ice cream tubs only to be told they were only selling cones as more environmentally friendly. As I don’t consider cones Covid friendly we ended up with lollies. This is let under the umbrella of the National Trust whose standards are high. It’s about time they made them pull their socks up. There is the potential for a smart little business in the lovely location.

Visited this nice beach today 8/9/2020, decided to have two small bacon rolls from Joes Cafe, what a rip off. They consisted of a small baguette cut in two with a small amount of bacon ends, the cost of these were £2-50 each. I felt as though someone had put their hand in my pocket and stolen my wallet.

The location is nice and the staff sweet but the food was incredibly poor value and so slow another ice age could have occurred. Beach cafes can be so much more, this was so much less.

Very expensive, which ok fine you’re on a good location of the beach. But when we got our ice creams they were SO small and stingy. The flavour of the ice cream was good though.

There are places where you go to because they warm your heart and make you feel at home, this is one of them. It was a windy but beautiful day, the view from the tables was stunning. The lovely owner made us giant sandwiches for £5, added tomatoes and lettuce just because she is nice. She told me the story of her dad who used to run the cafe and now has a bench in his name, how the that cafe has been in the same spot 40 years. If I lived closer this would definitely be my regular spot.

Never disappoints with hot drinks (in the winter, cold in the summer!) and snacks. The location can't be beaten. Just lovely!

Tiny shack right on South Beach which does a mean spicy beanburger, crisp, hot and unctious. Might just book an overnight stay if only for sunset and paella night.

After a long walk we decided to go for quick coffee and chocolate brownie it fitted the bill, friendly young man served us.

Great little cafe with friendly staff. We only had teas and ice creams so cannot comment on other food, however they should be commended on the effort they make to enhance the beach experience by lending out deckchairs and beach toys. Well done and keep it up!

After a lovely walk to Harry’s Rocks we stopped here for a break on the beach. The boards advertising the cafe promised much but our experience was very disappointing. The service was very casual and the rolls we ordered were totally underwhelming. No garnish, or sauces that were offered to other customers and on discussion with the staff no response was forthcoming . Quote “you didn’t want salad with these rolls? “ when I said we hadn’t been asked that but yes we would no reply was given. This could be such a lovely spot for a snack.

My daughter and I came down to Joe's Cafe for a snack after our walk. Mother and son. Had a really good burger and liked the choice. Home cooked, good quality food. Highly recommend a visit. Sat on a bench close to the beach. Bliss!

Studland Bay is beautiful, south beach is a small beach with cafe facilities. Great for swimming, paddle boarding and relaxing. Joes cafe has a seating area. When we visoted therewere some young lads holding the fort. Heloful amd friendly but could be more effecient woth their customer skills. Food is ok wouldnt say great value but ice creams and Halloumi rolls are our faves. Handy to have but they dont stay open later in the evening most days so if you arrive later bring a supply of your own refreshments.Toilets ...none on the beach or at cafe so you have to walk back up hill and walk to the public toilet block at the start of walk to Old Harry rocks. Bit of a pain when you have someone with mobility issues.

Stopped here for ice cream on a warm sunny afternoon, a nice little spot with big parasols for shade and seating with benches. Felt they could probably broaden their ice cream selection as they only offered pots with little spoons and not ideal for young children and with the part of the beach they have, they could make it a tonne better. But nice spot.

Took my mother in law and her dogs to this beach. She had a bean burger which she thoroughly enjoyed. Can get busy and at about 1pm the wait was over 30mins, but it's a unique place and the food is good.

A tiny beach side kitchen and hatch with outdoor tables right on the beach, some covered. Excellent burgers (organic), baguettes, Greek salad. Vegan options. Coffee and cold drinks, cheap decent lollies for the kids and Purbeck ice cream (the best)... so much more than I was expecting. We had a long wait but were sitting looking at Studland beach so no hardship. They even lend out beach equipment...

A very welcome find after a trek to Old Harry Rocks and back. Brilliant friendly service and lovely food. I had a homemade vegan spicy Jamaican pattie, which I worked down, it was so nice. My wife had a lovely cheese salad roll. Topped off with flap Jack and brownies. Don't miss this place...

A short walk from the road, nice people, food/drinks were fine with the extra benefit of loaners in terms of children's toys (buckets spades etc) and loungers if you are lucky. Worth the trek as it was a little muddy

Stopped for a bite to eat here after a walk and was left quite disappointed. We ordered 2 coffees a bacon roll and a cheese and potato pasty. This came to £17 for what I’m not sure. A very pathetic looking pasty with very little filling or flavour and a single piece of bacon in half a roll. This coupled with a 45 minutes wait, considering there were very few other customers led to a very disappointing experience.

This small cafe on the edge of the beach really disappointed us. We ordered veg soup which was basically inedible, neither my husband or I could eat it. I ordered cheese and potato pie and whilst I ate it, it was bland and as far as I could tell cheese less! Walk around the corner and try middle beach cafe, much nicer!

Parked up in NT car park for walk to Old Harrys Rocks and shortly after start saw signs for Joe’s . Decided to call in on way back. - glad we did

little tiny hut right on a quiet beach lots of seating ,when the sun is out you could be in Jamaica good food not expensive

We were out on a jet ski and stopped off for a drink and snack. The potential for it is huge but it’s overpriced. We ordered 2 bacon rolls, 1 hot drink and 1 cold drink -£16! After ordering and paying the girl told us the food would be 20 minutes. Bit puzzling for a bacon sandwich but we were ok with that. 25 minutes passed and no sign. We waited 45 minutes for 2 bacon rolls!! They were ok but nothing special for £5 each. They were in a bag not on a plate and no condiments offered as other tables had. Felt disappointed and ripped off. Place could be a goldmine but not as it currently is

A lovely friendly place excellent for lunch, very reasonable and a good variety of food available. Beach side location beautiful xx

After a pleasant end enjoyable walk from Swanage we enjoyed a lovely cup of tea and couple of freshly brewed coffees at this very pleasant cafe which is situated on the edge of Studland beach

Not sure about this place... although it seems to be very popular I’m not 100% sure why? Hot drinks are not nice, food is pathetic (I had a bacon baguette with only 2 bits of bacon and that was more fat than meat) cold drinks over priced... if your desperate as in extremely desperate I wouldn’t recommend this place...

Great little cafe. Excellent burger - locally sourced meat, brioche bun, salad and a fabulous cup of hot tea on a cold January afternoon. Just perfect. Thank you

Such a lovely little cafe selling lovely food and drinks on a lovely beach not far from the banks arms also you can take dogs

Lovely location right on the beach. The positives end here.

Went here to re-heat after very cold kayaking trip. Basic beach hut cafe .... but halloumi bagette was and hot chocolate were really good. Manned by young guys who did a good job, better food than the pub up the road!

Nach einer ausgedehnten Wanderung lädt dieses Cafe zum Verweilen ein. Freundliche Bedienung und einfache Infrastruktur am Meer.

Imagine watching the sun set, the sea gently lapping the beach only 15ft away, no cars, no loud music just peace and tranquillity and you can get all that and excellent food at Joe's Café. This café is situated on South Beach and offers a good choice of light bites, snacks and homemade delicious brownies during the day and on certain evenings during the summer a lovely single sitting evening meal. The excellent paella night on a Friday offers delicious paella and really good portions.

We were starved and in need of some tea with cake or anything sweet and perhaps stodgy - but nothing, zilch. So basically, it's a potential gold mine that's in need of some TLC and a bit fo a spruce up, give it some character. Have some stock, that usually helps the takings.

Café just by the small beach with lovely clean water but the café is a shed with scruffy land around it and not at all inviting. An instant coffee costs in excess of £2 and a filter coffee 2.50 - really expensive given there are no refinements here!! Food expensive and limited and depending on staffing the experience can be good or bad. Won't be returning as this place really just relies on its location and doesn't try

Hidden away just a 5 mins walk from the Bankes arms, Joe's cafe is a great place to sit relax and enjoy a coffee admiring the awesome sight of old Harry Rocks.

For years locals, beach-hut owners and visitors bave enjoyed Joe's Café. It has burgers, with a little cheese and a lettuce leaf for about £4.50: good value. Excellent local tubs of ice-cream: ginger; salted caramel; strawberry; chocolate; rum & raisin; etc. Lemonade; tea; etc. Sit outside next the sea but under a sun-awning. 5 mins walk from The Old Bankes Arms pub; 25 mins walk from Old Harry Rocks; 20 seconds from the sea!

Popped down to my absolute favourite south beach expecting to be able to get breakfast at Joes cafe when they opened at their advertised time of 10am. Eventually opened by teenagers at 10:30 who then couldn’t provide bacon sandwiches until 11am as they had to cook the fresh rolls and prep the other food first (salad items)??? The small bacon sandwich at £2.50 consists of a single piece of bacon in half a petit pain with no butter. No sign of any sauces and too upset to ask (see below) My hands are tiny so you can see how small they are!

Cup of tea n a chocolate brownie pretty basic stuff really. Few ice lollies n soft drinks. Lovely location, stuff friendly but not really a cafe, rather somewhere to grab a drink whilst on the beach nd a sea side concession. So much potential but not really worth a special trip.

Lovely evening last night for Paella Night, beautiful setting, excellent paella and lovely accommodating staff will definitely be returning.

What a disappointing meal. The location is amazing with a superb view of Old Harry but the food was mediocre at best .

Arrived on the beach by boat and decided to have coffee & bacon roll. The order taking was brisk but service was very slow. There was 1 person taking orders, money, cooking and serving. The beach was extremely busy and cafe overrun, result average food poor service.

The novel and beautifully located Joe's cafe on the shore of South Beach in Studland is at first the ideal venue for an atmospheric dining experience. Our first visit had only been marred by slow service and small portions for a not so small bill. We were invited by friends to join them for a second visit for Josey's Friday Paella night at £17.50 per head. Diners have to take their own drinks as there is no licence on this beach front collection of wooden benches. We had a booking for 6.30 and by 7pm all the tables were full. Thankfully we'd taken some nibbles to while away the time as dinner didn't arrive until 9pm! By this time, some diners on adjacent tables were past the ability to eat! The paella was delivered on paper plates and was an amorphous solid stodge, with my own containing one small prawn, one mussel and a small piece of chicken glued within a solid 'risotto'.. Most of our party left more than half of their meal and the final insult came when we were charged 'corkage' (a new introduction) for bringing our own drink to a non-licenced public beach. Josey could have taken the opportunity to make a real long-term attraction out of her permission to trade here but instead appears to be trying to make a year's income out of a few short summer months irrespective of future years - at the expense of her customers enjoyment. She is taking excessive advantage of both the location and her customers. We will not be returning.

Despite the amazing location our experience of the paella night was disappointing. Basically we arrived at 6.30 for 7 as instructed but the food was not served until almost 9. We had exactly the same experience last year. Why don't Joe's cafe start cooking the paella 90 minutes earlier?? When the food did eventually arrived it was pretty average paella. At £17 per head this was definitely overpriced. Sorry but despite the beautiful location we simply cannot give a good review for the paella night and we will not be returning in future.

We stopped for lunch after making the coastal walk from Swanage to Old Harry’s Rocks. The location by the beach was perfect as we wanted to swim as well. The order was taken promptly but they then had issues with card payments as they were reliant on a flaky mobile signal. There was then quite a long wait and I could hear them warning new customers that there could be a 30 minute wait for food.There were two staff so I’m not sure whether the issue was the volume of orders or something else. When the food did arrive it was all of higher quality than we expected. This included bacon rolls, halloumi rolls, a burger and very impressive salads (both the volume and the presentation so maybe we were responsible for the 30 minute wait). We’d definitely go back if we were in the area.

Lo mejor en esta pequeña playa casi a los pies de las Old Harry Rocks que hemos descubierto este verano es el café de Joe. Te deja las hamacas, y los juguetes de playa para los niños, así como sombrillas o lo que necesites, lo que hace el día en la playa cómodo y divertido para toda la familia. El camino de entrada a la playa tan exhuberante de vegetación es en sí precioso, y la terraza del café está en la misma playa y tiene unas vistas espectaculares.

Great cafe, cold water for the dog and we forgot to bring buckets for the children but you could borrow buckets from the cafe great, great day out with the dog and children

Shame about the service. Sunny Sunday in summer and only one member of staff there simultaneously trying to take orders and cook the food - madness. Ordered some food (before it was apparent there was only one member of staff there). Waited. Went back to the counter and asked if the order was on the way, told it was. Waited. Waited. Long queue. Someone ordered food, I said they might want to know they could be waiting half an hour for it. Was berated by the person in the cafe. A couple of people in the queue chipped in and said I had not been rude. I had literally been standing there waiting. Yes it is difficult for one person to be taking orders and cooking the food. But usually a person in that situation tells people when they order food they may be waiting more than 20 minutes for it. (Which you would know as you know how many orders are waiting to be cooked). I've not been anywhere where it took 30 minutes for butties. Please either provide adequate staffing, or at least encourage staff to tell people when an order they are placing will take more than 20 minutes to prepare. It is a great location but if your staff are stressed and berating customers people can go to the other places by that beach.

Went for the Paella night for a family meal following a recommendation however bar the amazing surroundings the Paella was very disappointing. At £17 per head you expect a lot more and we all left feeling short changed.

Visited with friends for mugs of tea and was astounded at all the 'crap' around the wooden hut. The tables were not cleared and most had dried up remains of food on the plates. The girl in the hut was on her phone and did not acknowledge us - as for the scruffy guy who looks like he is 'away with the fairies'! - well he simply needs to clean his teeth and have a shower! ..he had been sitting on a table smoking and then went in the hut (without washing his hands) and picked up tea bags and put them in customer's cups! ! - total skank. This place is an absolute dump...don't touch it with a bargepole and certainly don't try eating any food there...

Popped in for breakfast - limited choice but decided on a small bacon sandwich. Small indeed it was - half a small baguette with one rasher of bacon. That said, it was nice (as long as you’re not really hungry or you’d better pay another £2.50 for the other half!). Great views, lovely bay.

Slap on the beach with amazing views to Old Harry and the other direction to Shell Bay, this simple wooden shed is a great place for a drink and a cake. Easy to walk to from the coast path this is well worth a brief detour. Simple fare but it is more about the position.

when you get a little more adventurous, you will come accross little cafes just catering for those more out go the way beaches in studland.

This is a very basic cafe at the furthest point of Studland Beach from the ferry. It’s very peaceful on a calm warm day. I had a wonderful bacon roll and drink while walking on the coastal path. Menu is limited but during the summer it opens at 7.30am which is a bonus for this part of the world

cool cafe with free deck chairs to take on the beach.good alternative feel.keeping it real in an upmarket location.kept us both going during the course of some long sunny days.

Away from the better known Knoll and Shell bay, at the end of a little hidden away track is South beach. A beautiful, secluded little curve of sand and shingle, backed by cliffs and weathered old well loved beach huts. Safe, warm shallow water for paddling and bathing, sometimes the beach is a bit shingly, sometimes its seaweedy, according to what the tides offer or take away. There are boats upturned along the way, old lobster pots, a heap of donated buckets and spades and peace. On this beach is perched Joe's cafe. A smallish, weathered wooden hut selling ice cream, drinks and hot and cold snacks and, in season, does evening meals and paella evenings. If you're looking for all sorts of all singing, all dancing menu variations, slick service, instant gratification and service for the allergy and intolerance stricken, you may be better off going elsewhere, it is a tiny place and couldn't possibly be expected to carry the full range of specialist goods demanded. For those who want a most beautiful little place that brings back timeless memories of a less rushed and demanding way of life, this is for you. For those who insist on a high level of service, to be treated like visiting Royalty, who want "authentic" experiences with Disney effects, sod off elsewhere and go to Benidorm, this is a place for connoisseurs of a timeless beauty of a bygone age. Joe's Cafe is a gem, leave it as such. Its run by real people, leave them be, theyre doing a fantastic job. Bought my fifteen year old gloomy goth granddaughter here. Shes had problems and is strictly one syllable at a time. By her first visit, she was addicted to Joe's hot chocolate and honeycomb ice cream, but still tightly Wrapped in layers of black. By the end of the holiday, she was running up and down in her swimsuit, pretending to be a lobster and singing "Dolphin Boy" at the top of her lungs....

If you are looking for a simple range of sandwiches/snacks, a drink or ice cream while on the beach, this is perfect. Reasonably priced for what you get too.

We stopped off for a coffee and hot chocolate whilst the kids played on the beach. The free to borrow toys were a great hit with the kids to make sandcastles. Lots of seating, fresh clean water for the dog. Only disappointment was they had run out of cake but that goes to show how busy they are and what a great place it is! Perfect place to chill out with gorgeous views across Studland Bay.

The views are really lovely, the cafe is on the beach! It was busy when we visited as it was a nice hot day, staff were all friendly and the food was good

Having just opened for the season. Staff were friendly and efficient, limited choice on menu. Buckets and spades available for children and deck chairs for adults. Dog friendly beach at this time of year.

we went with my kids and it was a great experience! amazing views to my fav beach! would love to come back very soon