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Just had lunch at a wild catering van on the industrial estate outside Newport opposite jewson builders
Had sausage bap £2 50. Proper sausages no cheap ones tomatoes brown sauce gorgeous ingredients and a mug of tea whilst waiting in a real mug!
My hubby had a breakfast baguette £5.stuffed with everything.lovely couple lovely food and brilliant prices.
With a visit.
Regards Mrs Carole foster ventnor.

Totland Bay Pier Cafe.

The meals are amazing and always freshly cooked rather than pre-prepared and re-heated products so you may have to wait a couple of minutes, but when you have views like they have from the Pier Cafe overlooking the Solent towards Bournemouth, Pool, Hurst Castle, The Needles Light house etc waiting for your freshly cooked meal is a pleasure.

Cath and Mike do the usual cafe style meals (Fish and Chips are to die for) they more than not have some daily specials on as well. One of my personal favourites is their “Sunday Roast” (Re-starting October 6th 2019) It consists of all locally produced fresh and as much as possible free range meats etc. ALL peeled real Roast Potatoes (No Aunty Bessie Roast Spuds found here) and a variety of fresh vegetables too. The gravy is made from fresh stock. Your roast dinner is incredibly delicious. Due to its popularity you will need to make a booking, do not just turn up, you won’t get a seat due to the locals filling the place for their roasts.

Totland Bay Pier Cafe is open seven days a week 365 days a year (usually)

Enjoy your meals.

Well, well – I heard that Scarrots Lane Bakery in Neport once upon a time used to back the fabled Isle of Wight Doughnut, but when I swung by a while back and asked, I was met with blank looks! Now then, yesterday wandered into their Ryde shop in Union Street and…. lo and behold…. there they were ready for the eating! Beloved by a small but loyal band of followers, I followed suit and tucked in!

Why more is not made of these by the business I cannot think – isn’t that the classic marketting opportunity…. especially during events like Pride or the Scooter Rally…?

Maybe the revival can start here – please visit and review dear M&C 🙂

I do strongly recommend doing a review of Coffee Nut of Ryde.

In perpetual search for a decent soup venue I had more or less given up hope – Ryde may do Pride very well, but “hot dinners” have long remained the territory of another place down the road. Last week’s trip to a nearby place of a similar name had nearly led me to give up my quest, but as ever the darkest hour preceded a glowing soup dawn in Union Street.

The venue has an unpretentiious but smart and mellow air – even by 2.30 p..m. there was a choice of two home-made soups. And what a soup I had! Clearly made with nurturing attention, it exuded delight and nourishment in equal measure. And unbelievable value for the delicious concoction, so far removed from my experience round the corner, as to be scarcely credible,

So please hasten there – it deserves to be better-known!

Hi all, this is more of a question /challenge to cat&matt and the community rather than a review recommendation but it maybe worth a try … We are coming to visit our friend on Isle of Wight en famille, there’s 7 of us ranging in age from 5 to 75 and we’d like to take our friend and his family for dinner that’s as impressive as his hospitality, but casual enough to deal with the children and elderly. We’d love great food, served simply, nice decor, a view would be a bonus and hopefully friendly service – so quite a tall order really. I think everyone loves fish, local produce and perhaps pasta/gastro pubs as children back-up plan. Can anyone help??? Thank you so much in advance and hope I am not ruining the theme of this forum.

Haven’t tried it yet, but The Lime Tree Cafe in Shanklin looks very interesting. Everything home-made. Gluten-free options. All 5-star reviews on Tripadvisor so far…

Please try the tea room at Isle of Wight Lavender, Staplers, near Newport. I just had a ham and cheese ploughman’s (“The Veteran Ploughman’s”) which was wonderful; proper thick ham, plenty of bread, cheese and butter, and lovely fresh salad and apples.

It is probably time to revisit The Old Village Inn in Bembridge, it has been a while since you last visited and they have a pizza oven and their homemade pizzas are awesome. This along with the full menu makes it a great destination. Just ensure you check that the oven is being fired up on the evening of your visit.

We highly recommend trying the Bandstand in Sandown. The food, staff and atmosphere are all fantastic, it’s one of our favourite places to eat.

Fantastic Portuguses coffee and cake shop in Monkton Village in Ryde, on the corner of Simeon Street! An inviting atmosphere amidst the curios and old-time photos of Funchal….