Needles Eye Cafe in New Forest

Only issue I had was there were no blinds for when it's a sunny day.

A jem loved it will back every time we visit

We ordered a burger and chips as they said on menu that they were burgers from local farm very tasteless and the bun was twice the size of the burger I counted 17 chips on my plate the other meal was scampi and chips and that had even less chips very over priced we will definitely not return so disappointed it's such a shame we also had to pay before we received our food DONT BOTHER EATING HERE

Lovely seafront cafe, inside and outside seating, play area for children attached. Pleasantly decorated, friendly staff and well cooked food. Will definitely visit again. 🥂🥘👍 treats provided for the dogs along with water 🐶

Great food and excellent service the staff very polite and could not do enough to help a little expensive for food but worth it deffo be back

Lovely dog friendly cafe. We really enjoyed our cooked breakfast today

Great views, good coffee. Clean and friendly

Dog friendly so popped in for a coffee and a bite to eat. Very friendly staff and good food and drinks

Always nice to eat here, friendly atmosphere

Lovely location with a big children’s park. Disabled parking is free with blue badge and parking charges are very cheap. Lovely sweet cafe with a beautiful view. Cod and chips are fresh. Table service in the cafe and garden. Cash and card available. Highly recommend

Disappointing to sit down for breakfast then spot the table dirty with food and hairs. We were moved to another table that was also dirty. Breakfast was luke warm. I won't be returning. No apology from the staff. On a plus note the staff started desperately cleaning the other tables.

Great staff and view, but lousy, lousy food. Ordered burger and chips and cod and chips. Who knew you could go wrong. Both rubbery and tasteless. Chips dry, peas undercooked.. For very poor quality food - very expensive.. Would not go back or recommend anyone else to. The waitress was absolutely fab though, friendly and helpful.

Good coffee and a very tasty bacon bap - what’s not to like towards the end of a seven mile walk. They weren’t that busy but it took a long while to take my order. In fact, I was about to leave when the waitress rushed over. To their credit, the food and drink arrived quite quickly after that.

Very disappointing experience here today, we booked a table a few weeks in advance as we had a large group. We then immediately called to move the booking back slightly but when we arrived were told we were half an hour late and they had given our table to someone else. Obviously the 2nd call to change the time didn’t result in the booking being changed and we would have been fine with that as these things happen sometimes but the staff member we were confronted with was very flippant about the whole thing and at one stage even laughed about it. It was clear that they weren’t interested and theres was no attempt to apologise. To make matters worse after we left the restaurant we tried to call someone to express our frustration and the person who answered just put the phone down! The 10 of us (including a hungry 4 year old) then ended up at the Lighthouse which is at the other end of the car park and with no prior booking sat all of us and we had a beautiful meal.

Fab seaside cafe, especially if you get a sea view table

Great place for a Englsh breakfast with a great view of the needles and the isle of wight

Good standard food. Friendly staff

Great place to stop and have a quick bite to eat and a drink with views looking out to the Isle of Wright

Very quick service scampi and chips where amazing

Lovely sandwich on our chilly walk.

Very plesent place and clean , price as £19:30for 2 big breakfast and toast +tea

Great cafe, nice view of the IOW, food was brilliant and staff were amazing.

A nice place for coffee and cake. Worth a visit.

Good clean cafe, gets very noisy at times. Food good, bit pricey.

Great place nice staff nice food.Great spot on sea front.

Always friendly service and wonderful food

Always nice ice cream even on a windy day

Lovely cafe, great location, fab hot chocolate and amazing loos!

Top quality grub booking advised

Family and helpful stuff. Fresh tasty food Stunning views

Unfriendly welcome, ordered and asked to pay for the food on ordering which should have been a warning sign! Despite the menu promises, the food was more akin to a dated Truck Cafe, frozen processed chips, no side salad or any in the burgers, made with plastic bread. Nice view, shame about the food and lack of welcome. Wouldn't go back.

After waiting at our table having been told to wait, we were ignored for 15 before our simple food order was taken. Our money was very quickly taken but our food had to be chased and arrived only after an hour, 3 of the meals were served with food we'd specifically asked to have removed and when we told the server, I was asked to "scrape it into a bowl". Food was average and arrived cold and the service was shockingly slow and rude.

Best priced Mr Whippy in the area and huge.

Brilliant place & lovely staff always worth a visit & especially good on sunny days, very dog friendly.

Such friendly and patient service . We sat outside for our fruit tea and soft drink. Wonderful views over the Channel

During an autumn walk along Milford cliff top, we stopped at The Needles Eye cafe and enjoyed a coffee ☕️ and flapjack!

Lovely location and good looking cafe

I have managed to get to the seaside 5 times this 'summer'. Normally a very healthy eater, when at the seaside I treat myself to a fish/sausage & chips. Each time (except yesterday) I have been very disappointed in the standard of the food. (Soggy / limp / cold chips mainly). The Needles Eye Cafe, however, provided me with a bag of excellent chips which were the best I can ever remember having eaten (in my life and I'm not young!). My only disappointment was that there weren't more of them and that my order took so long to arrive, although worth waiting for.

Had a nice breakfast and coffee Dog friendly too and nice view

First time here. Lovely position and views. Will definitely visit again.

A really nice ( good) Cafe and sensible prices . all costs have gone up in this industry, but this is fair, You will be very happy with the value you receive , The staff are friendly and helpful I went for the BIG BREAKFAST ,! Piggy bacon very good flavour, but all very good ! Will be back soon RF ^^^

I was quite surprised to be refused chocolate sauce on my ice ceam because apparently, according to the staff, the manager doesn't like the mess !

Nice sea front cafe, with outside tables. We had a bacon roll and a coffee before starting the walk to Hurst Castle. Recommended, good value.

Only a brief stop for ice-creams, but really friendly staff and really good portions of ice-cream, if you're in the area for a visit would recommend

Always good food and friendly staff

dog friendly indoors and out with lovely grub.

My husband ordered a chicken burger. It was a burger bun with no butter or margarine on, just a cooked frozen chicken patty which didn't even fit in the bun with a piece of lettuce and mayonnaise. Exceptionally disappointing. Bland to say the least. My chicken salad did have a fair amount of chicken but my goodness so much lettuce. They make their sandwiches as boring as a school lunch box sandwich too. Lovely location but I will definitely not eat there again.

Popped in for a coffee from the takeaway hatch but sat on the bench outside,good value

Unfortunately waited 40minsfor a veggie breakfast mine lukewarm Husbands stone cold which he sent back . Staff very friendly but food not so good . Very disappointed. Quite expensive too

Visited today - 4 adults, 4 children. Delicious and plentiful food, excellent quality, and friendly, efficient service. Highly recommended

Right on the seafront at Milford on Sea. Great views of The Isle of Wight and The Needles. Two large seafront car parks (pay) cash, card or Apps. Gets very busy. Queuing system for takeaway drinks and icecreams, seating inside and out fir meals. Children's play area near by. Dogs welcome. Clean toilets. Also public conveniences in nearby car park near the bowling green. Lovely staff, good meals, reasonably priced. Love it there!

Perfectly situated for ice creams on the beach with a range of New Forest flavours. Good selection of light bites for lunch too, and nice cakes for afternoon tea

Nice Cafe / Diner with a wide range of food options from meals to a snack, Ice cream, coffee and drinks. Alcohol served with meals when seated inside. View is outstanding from this place.

Food good service good . A little more butter for my toast would have been nice but everything else was great, like the new layout and toilets.

Popped in to get a quick cup of tea and admire the view before setting off home. Now we know it's there, and we can take our dog in, we will certainly visit again.

Arrived on a very wet busy Saturday lunchtime with a group of 4 adults and 8 children. Staff bent over backwards to seat us and gave us a lovely large table. Not one complaint about our noisy rabble. Food was delicious and everyone left happy. Thank you very much to all the lovely staff :)

Expensive! Ordered a sausage baguette and the sausages were cheap and nasty. You'd expect decent sausages at their prices. Plus you have to pay for the car park. The window was all dirty and you couldn't see the lovely view outside. It's not hard to buy a glass cleaning wiper and quickly wash it off. Go somewhere else if you can.

Lovely grub well presented lovely service everyone was polite and courteous well worth visiting

Nice food at reasonable prices.The cafe is right on the seafront .

Good breakfast, nice friendly staff

The pasties are excellent both in quality (plenty of beef) and price. As good as any from Cornwall. Good portions for other food selection as well.

A lovely friendly cafe with great food and views over the sea.

We recently visited the cafe after a long walk on the beach with our three dogs. The offering was all that’s needed, including a gluten free menu, the food was good and the location was superb. The service was efficient, from taking the orders to delivering the drinks before the meal (something many establishments forget). We enjoyed our stop off at this cafe and would recommend it for any dog walkers.

Lovely cafe by the sea. The staff are very nice and friendly.

Great little cafe right on sea front

Great place to stop for a coffee, after a good walk to Keyhaven and back.

Nice enough place to to and a bite to eat or like me a nice cup of tea. Very pleasant.

Very nice coffee and the whippy Sunday was lovely. Friendly staff

Excellent food & friendly staff.

So I am normally wary of places that sell their amazing view in their name as the food and service usually lacks what the view offers. In this case, I was very pleasantly surprised. Amazing food and service at very reasonably prices for our age of hyper-inflation.

Great place and food had a cream tea great value for money

Great breakfast customer service is very good with friendly staff

Only had light lunch partner had sausage and egg bap I just had chips thankfully! As enough for 2 people can honestly say best chips ever Lovely staff over looking beach Plenty indoor and outdoor seating dog friendly pleasant garden reasonable price too Will definitely be returning for meal

Slow service and not transparent

Excellent food and friendly staff.

Love their special Hot Chocolate!!!

Great ice cream....Great flavours and prices

Visited on 31 may 2023 and i must say it was excellent service from the staff. And dogs are also allowed inside which is a great added bonus

Really good cake, lovely people working here and super view of the sea

Delightful staff, super location on the beach edge. Food is typical small café/diner and reasonable.

We came here for breakfast, which was great. Staff very attentive too. Would highly recommend 👍😊

Absolutely loved this place. The food was really good I only ordered chips as I wasn't too hungry but they were still really good and fresh hot. I also got my dog some ice cream which she absolutely loved (strawberry banana flavour) but she didn't eat it all as she is a little dog. The view from the cafe is absolutely gorgeous and amazing to eat at on a very hot sunny day. It was very busy so the food took a little bit to be made and huge queues were made apart from that a really nice place!!

Great views, great coffee and ice cream

Nice cafe, nice food and cakes, ice creams, play area next door, right by the sea, great for a nice snack.

Lovely place where is located , but they shut on 5pm on Sunday and can't use the facilities I.e. closed on the basis they are closed in the main shop but open on the side for the same services. Upon this the crafted beer definitely not on my taste , no acidity or foam , tasteless and really bitter at the end and they charge you 2£ for a plastic glass and they will give you money back ????? That's a first sit at a cafe and they serve in plastic cups instead of glass and they charge you extra 2£ ..... No way for me , otherwise lovely

Nice cafe good service friendly staff

Anything from cakes, sandwiches or hot food served for takeaway or stay in. Can get busy around peak time. Value for money

Always friendly and polite. Lovely place with great food and icecream!!!

On a cold chilly day it is good to pop into a café for a hot drink and something to eat. However the cost for this service is staggering. The price these days for a sausage bap and a coffee is unreal.

Lovely breakfast on the seafront 😁😁

Convenient little cafe, with all day breakfast and stunning views. Two slight moans: 1) can only get a pot of tea as part of scone afternoon tea, and 2) no black pudding available as an add-on with the breakfast

Went for lunch. Hubby had jacket potato, cheese and beans. I had wild mushroom soup. Food was tasty. Arrived quickly.

Kind caring staff who helped us when my daughter fell at the play park next door

I had a very nice brunch, overlooking the Needles (as the name would suggest!).

It was very busy, which was a good advertisement in itself, so we had to sit outside. The food was good, the service was excellent and the price was fair.

Food was okay, nicely decorated inside but it really is a beach cafe nothing more. Ran by friendly but unfortunately incompetent staff. We must have been there when they had lots of trainee's. Rude how we were interrupted at the table for payment. Waitresses seamed confused by what was on the menu. The que at the door to be seated clashes with people leaving so that's a further unpleasantness. It was clean and food was okay but unfortunately our time was spoilt by the paying issue and some other staffing thinga that happened at the table

What a fabulous place for breakfast. The view on a sunny day is worth the cost of the breakfast. The breakfast is freshly cooked and you can have fried bread which is a bonus for me. All the staff are happy and attentive. They also take reservations which is a plus point. This is my go to place for breakfast!!

We visited the cafe 3 times during our stay in Milford and can't praise them enough. Staff are so friendly & welcoming, food & drink absolutely delicious 😋. Prices very fair & cafe spotlessly clean. Certainly go again on our next stay.

Only had a Cappuccino & cup of tea to take away and sit in the car with a nice view of the Isle of Wight, nice enough.

Food was good maybe a tad pricey but sign of the times I guess.