The Dell Cafe - Isle of Wight

Almost missed this little gem. A friend told us about a great cafe on puckpool beach and after dropping into a near by cafe and not being inspired we decided to stroll along the beach and that’s when we found the Dell tucked away at the end of the bay with great views of the Solent. Very impressed by the menu, Original and imaginative with a couple of vegan options for me and vegitarian options for my partner, which were obviously as well thought out as there other item and not just some baught in afterthought and I greatly appreciate it! I had a mushroom and cashew cheese Ruben which was delicious and my partner had the halloumi and mushroom burger with chips which she thoroughly enjoyed. Service was fast coffee and good. I noticed they also have a licence for a small bar. Also dog friendly and considering there location is a no brainer. My only very minor gripe would be the music was slightly to loud. And if I brought my parents here they may find it an issue but all in all we’ll definitely be back. Went way above what you’d expect from a small seaside cafe

Lovely views good coffee but expensive. Pumpkin latte cappuccino. Drive into Puckpool park to park as far as you can drive.

Stopped off for lunch as we live in Ryde and our first choice was closed unfortunately. Wasn 't overly keen as found the service lacking in the past, but my partner and son both like it here and to be fair the breakfast 's are good. Whilst my partner was in conversation with our waiter the owners interrupted her to bark orders at the waiter. Didn 't say 'excuse me ' or any kind of apology for cutting her off. I would of walked them but my partner didn 't want to make a fuss so we took the table on offer, which was still dirty from the previous customers by the way, My partner had the moules which looked fabulous and she said they were delicious and my son had a chicken burger which he said was decent. I tried a dish from the daily specials which think was supposed to be a courgette and sweetcorn type of rosti or fritter. Mine was lukewarm and underdone in my opinion. Didn 't finish it and none of the staff bothered to ask if there was anything wrong with the dish. When we came to pay the owner stood over my partner and told her service wasn 't included and gave his thoughts on how much she should tip! Unbelievable. Then to top it off started to clear the table whilst my son was still eating. Noticed that his attitude is very different to regular customers whom he fawns over and obviously thought we were tourists who wouldn 't be return customers. Well he did get that right at least! Would avoid if you want to be treated with any sense of civility.

Very underwhelmed by the welcome chap writing out the specials board as we entered didn’t even acknowledge us so we went and sat down at a vacant table. After waiting nearly 10 mins we were asked if we’d like to order at which stage we hadn’t even been offered a menu! Chap flung a drinks menu at us and we resorted to going to look in the cabinet to find out what cakes were on offer. Order finally given and another 10 mins passed before the coffee cake x 4 arrived. Our order was placed on a tray on the counter, right under the noses of customers waiting to pay, where it stayed for a good three/four minutes before being brought to us. Unhygienic?? Wont be going back.

A really great location on the beach, with helpful staff, however, food pricing was found to be at the top end of the market i.e. for fairly average food quality quantity Full English Breakfast). Since my visit, I have.checked out nearby competition x2) and found their pricing to be much more competitive realistic 35% less) Sadly, this will be my first and last visit to the Dell Cafe for now : Foot Note: The Dell Cake's website has not been updated since 2020 and the prices shown are some 40% lower than current actual charges, also, the single male female customer toilet facility is very tiny and could do with some TLC...