The best restaurants in Mudeford and Friars Cliff Christchurch South West

Pre drinks view lovely Sunday lunch very plain very tasteless and lukewarm food dessert disappointing

I don’t think you can get better than this!

Lovely food and great service from Phil and the team for our dinner after our spa day. Would recommend the cherry Bellini!

This was a great find. A small independent cafe, just where you needed it after coming across on the ferry. A fantastic menu considering the size of the premises and run by a very pleasant team who seemed to be happy working there.

Always called in for coffee and sandwich but now changed hands so not been back this month, not able to review new ownership

We loved our stop over here. A few days spent relaxing. Excellent spa facilities, two great restaurant options, and some fantastic nearby walks along the coast and across to Mudeford. Will be back!

couldnt even get the order right, asked for chicken fried rice and i got some soggy shit noodles in return

Really outstanding meal and wonderful service.

Splendid surroundings to enjoy a beer and some food after a long day at work.

My daughter just fell over and hurt her hand. Charged me 20p for ice 🙄

We visited as a family of 4 midweek, staying in the local area, a bit more of a drinkers pub but the lad behind the bar was very pleasant and happy that we wanted to eat. Good food and drinks at reasonable prices. We would have stayed longer but the free wifi didn’t work or our data, we have one teen thats addicted to her phone!!

Visited Haven Cafe last Wednesday & what a disappointment…………………………Had arranged to meet other family members for crabbing at Mudeford. Thought would be authentic to have lunch that was likely sourced locally so went to the cafe. In total we were a party of 5 adults & 2 children. The large order included one child’s portion of fish chips (£8.95) and a fair portion was served but when the small adult scampi & chips (£11) arrived we couldn’t believe it, I so regret now not taking a photograph. Four pieces of scampi peas & less chips than on the child’s portion. We queried it with a member of staff who really wasn’t bothered and confirmed it was the correct size for the order. How the price can be justified I really don’t know. I spoke to a group of staff who throughout our time in the cafe had stood chatting at the till area, they appeared totally disinterested especially at my complaint. Asking to speak to someone about it, a different member of staff came to the table & was adamant that my portion size was a small adult portion of the 2 sizes - small/large on offer. Saying the adult would have had more chips. No way was there more chips, my portion was in general smaller than the child’s. How I wish I had taken that photo. I don’t know the position or seniority of the person who came to speak to me, there was no introduction. Just insistence that I’d been served the correct portion size. No apology or valid reason was offered for my disappointment. I regret now not ordering a child’s fish & chips I would definitely at least have felt I’d had a meal. I have to say two in our group had mussels which were amazing & thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately the whole experience was ruined by my “small”meal, eaten almost immediately before others’ meals had arrived. The others feeling guilty starting their’s as I had finished and not at all fulfilled. Our combined family group spent £100 in the cafe that lunchtime. Never again!!

We had a fairly disappointing haddock, scampi and white bait with chips. Chips were dry, overcooked, not fresh or all that hot, fish was greasy and tasted like it had been frozen. Already fairly expensive for what it was and then charged 40p per source 🤨.