Solent View Bar Kitchen in Isle of Wight

Ignore the review that referred to the location of this cafe resembling a scrapyard and an overgrown garden. In fact they are Fort View (tyre replacement) and The Coastal Gardener (plant nursery), both of which are long established and well regarded local businesses. As for The View, it has a superlative position overlooking the Solent and backed by a farm, a campsite and an antiques business. It’s a very nice spot, easy to miss from the road, but well worth seeking out. The cafe has been completely and tastefully refurbished, and the staff are extremely pleasant and helpful. The menu is varied with very fresh ingredients and a ‘Mediterranean’ feel. I am sure they deserve to succeed and wish them all the best.

We stopped for breakfast it was the best breakfast we had locally. The staff were very helpful and friendly above all dog friendly the dogs loved the doggie sausage will definitely recommend and return.

You turn into their drive, and immediately you are looking at old cars, caravans and an overgrown, uncared for garden. The cafe is tiny, but there is outside seating with good sea views, although the garden seating is extremely tatty. The whole place needs smarting up and money spent to improve the surroundings. The food was nice but tiny portions for the money, and small bottles of coke at £3 each. The cafe has changed hands recently, so let's hope they do well. Certainly there are better cafes in the area.

The View recently re opened under new ownership this month so was excited to pop along and try out the breakfast one Sunday as it's very local to where we live. Ignore any dodgy review prior to May 24. Amazing views, hence the name! A real suntrap to sit out side in the warmer months! Breakfast was decent and really friendly staff. We've been back several times and also had a lunch there which again, was very nice and decent portions sizes!! Definitely going to be back a lot more aswell as it's perfect location almost on my doorstep.

Great stop for coffee and cake with nice views across the Solent. Ideal stop for cyclist and look forward to returning again.