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CAFÉS & TEAROOMS

 

Shanklin, Sandown, Ventnor, Godshill & surrounding South Wight
Adventurers Cafe Summer Arcade

Shanklin, Tel. 01983 867585
With great views overlooking the beach, this café is a huge hit with families. A perfect place to recharge after enjoying the arcade’s many attractions, including go-karting, bowling and Jungle Gym’s play area.

Browns Clubhouse Café

Sandown, Tel. 01983 402447
The perfect setting for relaxing and watching the world go by as you enjoy fine refreshments. The Clubhouse Café is part of Browns Golf and is ideal for rounding off a great game. The café offers drinks and hot and cold snacks, ranging from baguettes to jacket potatoes, and ice creams to cream cakes.

The Heights Bistro & Bar

Sandown, Tel. 01983 405594
Housed in the Health and Leisure Centre, the Heights Bistro & Bar has great sandwiches and light meals.

Old Smithy Coffee Shop

Godshill, Tel. 01983 840364
This popular coffee shop has a very attractive conservatory and serves excellent snacks and light lunches, delicious salads and freshly prepare baguettes, along with a daily special and a roast on Sundays. It is also well-known for its patisseries, including strawberry meringues, tarts and pavlovas.

Palm Court Cafe

Ventnor, Tel. 01983 855570
You’ll find this very tempting eatery inside the stylish visitor centre at Ventnor Botanic
Gardens. It is open throughout the summer, serving good quality light refreshments, as
well as full meals. The café is fully licensed, has a large, suntrap patio and first-class
disabled facilities.

 
 
Cowes/Newport & Middle Wight
Arreton Manor Tea Room

Arreton, Tel. 01983 522604
A beautiful, licensed café providing tasty treats, hot and cold drinks and home-made cream teas.

The Arts Cafe

Newport, Tel. 01983 822490
A quality, fully licensed café in Quay Arts, serving hot and cold food. Some tables outside, overlooking the river.

Colemans Animal Farm Cafe

Porchfield, Tel. 01983 522831
Light meals and snacks in a café housed in a characterful 16th century barn at this popular attraction.

Granny Winter’s Pantry

Isle of Wight Steam Railway Havenstreet Tel. 01983 884343
Sit and watch steam trains go by in this newly enlarged, licensed café. Excellent food in
pleasant surroundings, with adjacent play area.

The Garlic Farm Cafe

Newchurch Tel. 01983 865378
Treat yourself to a Garlic Farm Lunch – quality fresh coffee and tea, home-made bread, local and provincial cheeses and a choice of more than 30 famous Garlic Farm pickles and relishes, including their new probiotic, lacto-fermented garlic, ginger, galangal and red cabbage.

 

Ryde, Bembridge & surrounding East Wight
Brading Roman Villa

Brading, Tel. 01983 406223
Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Forum Café at Brading Roman Villa offers spectacular views over the countryside and sea. Outside terrace and a menu with
something for everyone. The café is open every day both for visitors to the exhibition
and those who come just to appreciate the stunning views.

Brickfields Horse Country

Binstead, Tel. 01983 566801
The café and Horseshoe bar overlook the indoor arena where various equestrian events take place in this popular attraction. Everything from snacks to full meals available.

Caffe Oasis

Brading, Tel. 01983 613760
This atmospheric coffee house in this intriguing and everpopular shop has a large
collection of continental coffees and an exciting menu, featuring baguettes with a choice of fillings and home-made baked goods. Each day, there’s also a near-irresistible array of desserts and pastries.

Carousel Cafe

The Brading Experience Brading, Tel. 01983 407286
The clue is in the name – carousel horses abound at this fun, family café! Homemade
soups, snacks and meals can be enjoyed in this fairground fairyland with a super conservatory.

Cock-a-doodle Cafe

Fakenham Farm, St Helens Tel. 01983 872062
The Cock-a-doodle Café at Fakenham Farm is open to everyone and serves breakfasts,
lunches, coffee, tea and homemade cake.

The Vine Leaf Cafe

Rosemary Vineyard, Ryde Tel. 07815 529289
The café is ideally situated to enjoy the superb views overlooking the estate. A good
choice of freshly prepared light meals and lunchtime dishes. Cream teas, desserts and
pastries also available. Sunday Roasts from 1 March.

Wightlink's Coffee Quay Cafes

Fishbourne, Tel. 07733 300714
Ryde, Tel. 07887 628551
These cafés offer a large range of high quality snacks, freshly ground speciality coffees and a variety of teas. A takeaway service is available.



Yarmouth/Freshwater & surrounding West Wight
Calbourne Water Mill

Calbourne, Tel. 01983 531227
A beautiful setting – perfect for weddings and special occasions. The mill serves
fresh, home-cooked hot and cold food daily and uses its own stone-ground flour in its baking. Cream teas, home-made cakes and bread can be enjoyed on the pretty patio or to take away.

Farmhouse Cream Teas

Alum Bay, Tel. 01983 753200
Farmhouse Cream Teas was listed by the Guardian as one of the Top Ten Cream Tea
Destinations in the country. Serves Isle of Wight clotted cream teas, home-made cakes,
local farm-produced ice cream and light lunches. The farm gift shops sells local produce, arts and crafts.

The Needles Tea Room

The Needles Old Battery Tel. 01983 754772
With their home-made biscuits, cakes, cream teas, soups and famous Battery Pie, plus the best views on the Island of the Needles, this café is definitely well worth the walk! Admission charge applies. National Trust members free.