The best restaurants in Sandown South Isle of Wight South East

Sorry it has taken me so long to review. Visited a couple of times in October 2024. This is a hidden gem, as are all the lovely friendly staff. Booked for Sunday lunch and the restaurant was packed out, rightly so, the food was amazing and there was so much of it. Just when we thought we’d have to be airlifted out the crumble and custard arrived, wow!!! Such good value and tasty original food. Needless to say we didn’t need to eat again that day. As a vegan it’s a joy to visit such a wonderful restaurant. Even if you’re not vegan give it a go for the tasty food and friendly service.

What a tasty little gem in sandown. Popped in for lunch during the week and Viv's Jamaican cooking didn't dissapoint! We had jerk chicken and the stewed beef which were both packed full of flavour. Good portion sizes and the rest you can take home. They also do Jamaican patties and a selection of homemade cakes. Try the bread and butter pudding. It's heavily indulgent but you just can't stop eating it! Will definitely recommend and come again 🙂

An absolute delight tonight. Managed to get a last minute reservation and they kindly found space. Their pineapple dessert was out of this world, no idea what the sauce was but excellent.

Service was first rate and the food was the best we have had for a long time.

Excellent friendly service and great cocktails. Popped in again for a Valentine special. Meat /cheese platter and bottle of wine. Delicious

Vegan options limited but the Mediterranean Vegetable Bowl was very good

Very nice, friendly and cool decor

The best cafe on the island. Such a variety of food. All tasty and the service is brilliant. We went for breakfast every morning. Would definitely recommend.

Spectacular!!! My family and I love the fantastic service and great food here. Definitely highly recommend it to everyone.

We had a good night at Flanagan's to celebrate one of our friends birthdays. Kelly Burke was playing and he was fantastic as always and helped make the evening go with a swing. We all dined beforehand and, although I enjoyed my food, some of our party weren't so taken with theirs but we still all had a good time. In summary Flanagan's is a great music venue with great views of the pier and Sandown seafront and serves good reasonably priced food.

Food is great, the service is dreadful because we had to wait for around 40-50 minutes and no one warned us in this

Really beautiful coffee shop and a nice stop off whilst in Sandown. Nice decor and a good range of food on offer. Would definitely stop here again

This cafe was next to my hotel, so I dropped in for a coffee and baguette before setting off to hike round to Ryde. Wish I'd discovered it sooner, as it was the best cafe I came across during my stay in Sandown. I had an egg-and-tomato baguette, which they knocked up very quickly (they are not ready made), and it was lush. I love eggs and always have them in a baguette, and I rate this the best egg baguette I had all summer. They'd done the eggs to perfection--so instead of the flat pale look slices of boiled egg usually have, these had the granular golden surface of good-quality eggs cooked very recently. I had a chat to the jolly, friendly ladies in this cafe, including a lovely Welsh one who told me everything is fresh. You wouldn't get a slice of yesterday's boiled egg in Planet Janet, that's for sure. And with lovely bread and fresh tomato slices too, it was just the perfect baguette experience, which is not often come by. That and a good coffee in this charming sea-front corner cafe set me up for my hike with a smile on my face.

Has never encountered this horrible experience before. Staff where a tinny bit rude and food took way too long to arrive, Fish goujons looked over cooked and gressy and tasted like they been cooked in cheap oil that hasn't been changed in like 2 weeks. Never again.

When Im on the Isle of Wight, always take time to visit this wonderful cafe. Please try and make it too. Their fun is excellent value. Im coming back in April 2020.