The best restaurants in Cowes North Isle of Wight South East

Honestly some of the best food I have ever eaten. We had the set menu and there was so much food for 6. They even replaced every meat dish for the sole veggie in our party. I am still dreaming about the cheese and cider pot, and the meatballs and steak were just so delicious. I live on the mainland and was staying with friends, but the food is so good I would be tempted to come back just for a meal and get the ferry home! Also service is top notch - attentive but low - key at the same time - you didn't notice wine being topped up and dishes being cleared - fab fab fab!!

Admittedly we are coffee snobs and know when the drink doesn't cut it. I enjoyed a double espresso and have to say it was nutty, flamboyant and chocolaty. Truly a joy! Well done Mannys, keep it up 👆

6 of us enjoyed fabulous toasties, Sausage rolls and baguettes in the sun, outside this fantastic little street cafe. The coffee was top notch and my daughter loved her Ice tea. The team were very helpful which led to my Mum purchasing some of their local IOW goods from selection of jams, biscuits, alcohol and cheeses. Great value, nice people and perfect location.

We had three different things from the menu for lunch and all felt insubstantial for lunch and more like a light snack. Nice people and what we had was nice but personally I would not return for lunch. For example £12 for a salad which had a spoon of hummus, half a small avocado and some leafs and a few cherry tomatoes and croutons feels too insubstantial for the price and as lunch.

I had this flavour last year and so pleased they have kept the Sicilian Pistachio ice cream flavour and well worth the extra 50p. Excellent service with a genuine warmth.

Really lovely little cafe on the stretch to the red Jet terminal. Friendly and helpful staff. Perfect way to start the day with their Haven Breakfast, a full English with good portions and will keep you going for the day. A great little find and take away options available too. Will be back.

I have just this second put the phone down to Mark the proprietor of CIWYW. He handed back the keys to the temporary old shoe shop they had been usingsince last august in January. There are further plans both In Cowes and also on mainland going forward but there will be a Very comprehensive pop up restaurant taking place for 10 days over COWES week. If you have never eaten at CIWYW The food is amazing, no menu as such, but in my mind possibly the best food youll get in Cowes. I wish them great sucess and look forward to seeing them all in august

"Not been there since it changed hands" "It was really good but haven't been there since the old people left" was what we were told. Well, as a real fussy bugger about my food, let me tell you we're very pleased that we went to Mojacs tonight as it was fab! We had the scallops and the king prawns as starters, both were cooked to perfection. I was hesitate about the apple and parsnip puree that came with the scallops as thought it would be too sweet but not at all. We had the lamb chops and the pork belly (from the specials board) and again, they were both delicious and cooked fantastically well. Don't take my word for it, try it yourself as you will not be disappointed

Went there for my brother's birthday. The staff were brilliant done everything for you bringing your drinks to you and the food was excellent. Highly recommend going there

This was our first visit and it will not be our last. A lovely experience. We booked for dinner in the ‘bar’ with our dog. On arrival we were warmly greeted by a very professional and attentive young lady and the manager who showed us to a table next to the fire (perfect for the dog to stretch out) The bar area is extremely comfortable and roomy which meant we didn’t have to worry about our dog encroaching on other diners. The menu has a good choice of three courses and the food was beautifully presented and of excellent quality with plentiful vegetables and all piping hot. The wine list has reasonably priced options and the bar is well stocked with gins and whisky’s. We thoroughly enjoyed the evening an unhurried and very relaxed meal with our dog also being treated by staff, I wasn’t going to give much of my delicious steak away!!

We were looking for a nice restaurant in Cowes for lunch on Saturday and found this one through TA. We had the most delicious meal served by the two sons (owners). They told us the restaurant has been in the family for over 30 years and you can tell this is an owner-run restaurant. They put such care into everything. Will definitely visit again.

The food was fantastic, the cocktails were delicious, the staff were friendly and helpful. All round we had great evening and wouldn't hesitate to go back.

Delicious fillet of sea bass with soy and ginger sauce, washed down with a tasty Viognier was a Friday night treat. Extremely friendly service in a cosy restaurant. Highly recommended.

Average at best. £12.50 for 4 prawns on skewers as a sharing plate. The Moroccan chicken skewers with Cous Cous was below par and although presented relatively well it did not lend itself to the so called exciting dishes as advertised! The menu choices are not good and quite frankly sparse. The choice of desserts was disheartening, although reasonably priced. The drinks are expensive £3.50 for a half of Coke and £10 for a glass of wine is quite honestly too much. The Good friendly service from the front of house staff can’t be faulted. Average food at an above average price. Will definitely NOT be going back.

We ordered a pre-Christmas takeaway, first time visitors! It was delicious! The sag aloo is really good. The teen loved the korma and said it was the best they’d had for ages. We loved the paneer and the dupiaza. A lovely meal, we’ll definitely order again!