Your Local Guide to Food and Drink on the Isle of Wight

Cafés & Tearooms

Afternoon and cream teas as well as freshly baked cakes and biscuits are the speciality of many of the independent cafés and tearooms across the Isle of Wight.

From quirky beachfront cafes to traditional tea rooms, enjoy watching the world go by while getting your caffeine alongside a slab of cake.

The Piano Cafe
Cafés & Tearooms
The Piano Café is located just a short stroll from Freshwater Bay, right opposite the famous thatched church of St.Agnes. Serving quality house blend barista made coffee, loose leaf teas, wine, beer, homemade cakes, nibbles and delicious sharing mezze boards, plus daily specials making full use of seasonal and local produce. On Friday and Saturday...
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The Beach Shack Steephill Cove
Cafés & Tearooms
The Beach Shack is a beautiful eatery right by the sea in the stunning Steephill Cove. Overlooking the English Channel from its picturesque terrace. The café serves a wide selection of freshly prepared sandwiches and salads, together, with pints of juicy prawns and homemade crabcakes. Speciality dishes include the warm homemade crab tart or crab...
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Grace's Bakery Yarmouth
Cafés & Tearooms
Grace’s Bakery has grown over the years with shops in Yarmouth, Newport High Street, Newport Pyle Street, Shanklin, and Ryde. You can also enjoy a whole range of products in shops, restaurants, and pubs across the Island. Grace’s Bakery – voted ‘The Island’s best bakery’ – is named after the owner’s grandmother. Priding itself on...
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Grace's Bakery Newport Pyle Street
Cafés & Tearooms
Grace’s Bakery has grown over the years with shops in Newport Pyle Street, Newport High Street, Shanklin, Ryde, and Yarmouth. You can also enjoy a whole range of products in shops, restaurants, and pubs across the Island. Grace’s Bakery – voted ‘The Island’s best bakery’ – is named after the owner’s grandmother. Priding itself on...
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Muzza's Kitchen
Cafés & Tearooms
Muzza’s Kitchen is a small, friendly, local cafe and ice cream parlour set right in the heart of Sandown High Street. Specialising in home cooked food, Italian coffee and artisan gelato made on the premises. They offer all-day breakfasts, cooked lunches, afternoon tea and of course, the exotic ice cream flavours they are well known...
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Restaurants
Named after one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo’s Restaurant is located at the west end of Ryde seafront. Serving authentic Italian food, prepared by genuine Italian chefs. Specialities include classic pasta, pizza, veal, lamb, chicken, fish, seafood, as well as vegetarian dishes and homemade desserts. With a homely, relaxed, truly Italian...
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Skintrade Coffee Room
Cafés & Tearooms
Tucked away above the Skintrade shop is the Coffee Room. Serving toasties, jacket potatoes, omelettes and more, this quirky little coffee shop is described as a “secret club for coffee lovers”. The coffee used, Jasper’s, is hand-lovingly made in small batches in Brading. This means it’s always fresh and of high quality – and, boy,...
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