Dandelion Cafe - Isle of Wight

Had lunch here and quality and service were great. Lovely clean place and very high quality. Blink and you will miss it, walked past it lots of times as access is via a drivewY set back off the road. Great sea views and outdoor play area within manicured lawns. Highly recommended.

Was looking forwards to our visit back here as a previous visit for snacks was really enjoyable. Lovely sunny Sunday, so we planned to sit outside. However, all the tables on the grass were taken (only about 6 I think) and the tables poolside were for Hotel Residents only. So we sat inside in the restaurant, which was fine, but we wanted to sit outside and we were too hungry to drive off somewhere else! Hope you enjoy my photo of poolside tables . . . as you can see they were packed the whole time we were there. . . . So my advice if you want to guarantee eating al fresco, this is not the place to go. On the plus side our food was good, hubbie had ham, egg and chips, which when it was served was ham, eggs, chips and salad. He doesn't eat salad so a bit of a waste. He was pleased with his meal though, all very fresh and tasty. I ordered cajun chicken with salad and coleslaw, again all well cooked and fresh salad, but it turned up in a bowl and I am a clumsy person, so nearly lost the lot in my lap when trying to cut chicken piece in half. I should've asked for a plate I suppose. But really if they are serving food which needs to be cut up, they should be serving it on a plate. Table was laid up with proper linen which makes a nice change these days, shame our view out of the window was of all the empty tables by the pool. So lovely food, but won't go back as when its a nice day we want to sit outside, you get precious little enough chance of that in this country, especially when working full time and keeping fingers crossed weather might be nice on your weekend!

Walk to the far right of the prom at Freshwater bay and follow the signs up the path to this clifftop gem. It's part of A hotel that does walking holidays, so it's only open when the guests are all out walking but they still wouldnt let us sit on the terrace! We only had tea and scones but these came up on a slate with much ceremony. No complaints on quality or price. Good toilets.

While visiting a friend, she took me to lunch here. She had tried to book a table, but was told they don't take bookings. Imagine her annoyance when we arrived to find 2 tables reserved. The only table free had not been cleared and we had to request that it was cleared. This took 10 minutes to happen. We then had to request a clean table cloth and I had to sweep crumbs off my chair. We ordered food and drinks easily enough. Our drinks never arrived. The food was okay, nothing special. When I went to order desert, I waited 12 minutes as the till was being slow and there was a large queue of people waiting. I also pointed out that our drinks hadn't arrived. My friend thought I had left the country, it took so long!Drinks then arrived twice. Desert arrived no cutlery. We had to request some. They were not full, but obviously the staff couldn't cope with the people they had.Stunning location, not sure I would have lunch there again.

Fabulous find. The cafe has a lovely varied menu for Everyone, including coeliacs and lactose intolerant diets. Lovely outside seating and view of The Bay. Good prices and choices and smiley staff. Dog friendly in some rooms of the hotel, which is lovely on a wet or cool day, although not in the actual cafe, which is understandable.(Not everyone wants dogs around when they eat! Water and doggy snack supplied which is a lovely touch! Will definitely be returning here.