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Golden Sands

➤ The Esplanade, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Cafés • Vegan • Breakfast • Vegetarian

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"After we read reviews, we thought this was the place for fish and chips. it's not. the warning signs were there – you could not even see the friteer or the fish and chip counter. essentially this is a caffe with cafe-style eating - not right. fish and chips. we ordered fish and chips x2 and sat on a bank to look over the sea, in the ground eating over boiled broken fish - clearly not caught locally and of chips deep fat broken- non-traditional chips. very disappointing lunch with a view of the sea."

Lady Scarletts Tea Parlour

➤ The Esplanade, PO38 1JT, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Cafe • Vegan • British • Vegetarian

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"We had been hunting around for a alternative location for a superb cream tea after reading that Chessel Pottery has gone very much downhill and no longer makes the cream teas it was famous for. Lady Scarlett’s has an incredible record of top scores, which we’re now extremely suspicious of. We phoned ahead to check for availability and although the person on the phone wasn’t rude, they made us feel we’d possibly made a bad choice with their attitude on the phone. You can’t judge a book by its cover, but when we arrived at the place, we wondered if it was really the right place. Sadly it was. Not very inviting and seemed a bit too rough around the edges, despite the ‘World War period’ theme. When we entered, a grumpy man (possibly the owner) was there observing people coming in, although very few people were coming in (a big sign of bad things). When we mentioned issues parking, he told us that there’s lots of parking in Newport. This location is nowhere near that, so we assume we were being told to go elsewhere if we didn’t like it! Lovely! The place was empty whilst others were full, so there’s a hint! We left without ordering anything. An unpleasant experience."

Laburnum Cottage Tea Room

➤ 2 Eastcliff Road, Shanklin PO37 6AA, United Kingdom, Isle of Wight

Cafe • Grill • Coffee • Seafood

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"Today was our first visit and we highly recommend for any couples friends who are going out for lunch!! Donna and John were both so warming and welcoming on arrival and they have a wide variety of panini’s, sandwiches, jacket potato’s and beautiful cakes sweet treats on their menu! We had the best pulled pork paninis and fruit scones!! We haven’t stopped telling everyone about it! We definitely will be returning and highly recommend a visit for anyone visiting Shanklin!"

Pavarottis

➤ 105 High St, Shanklin, United Kingdom, Esplanade, Shanklin

Kebab • Cafés • Pizza • Mexican

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"I always wondered what the ambulances were for when they were driving through Shanklin, it's for people having a heart attack when receive the bill, noone mentions in reviews about the prices on menu are before vat, we didn't notice this on menu but were told by lovely couple sat next to us that this is the case but food good and Italian wine good, it'll be just special occasions when we go back Service: Dine in"

Cantina

➤ 20 High Street, PO38 1RZ, Ventnor, United Kingdom

Pizza • Mexican • Asiatic • European

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"I have had the pleasure of enjoying a delicious vegetarian breakfast for the past two days, as well as trying my first BLT and enjoying unlimited coffee at this charming cafe. The staff here are friendly and the food is freshly prepared and served all at once. I highly recommend this cafe to anyone in the heart of Ventnor - it will definitely be my go-to spot whenever I visit the island. I am already looking forward to trying out the rest of the menu. Thank you so much!"