Beachcomber Café
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About Beachcomber Café
Beachcomber Café sits on a cliff top on Marine Drive in New Milton, with views toward the Needles on the Isle of Wight from both its indoor and outdoor seating. The menu of 14 dishes runs from a full English breakfast served with a choice of beans or tomato to homemade haddock fishcakes and Thatchers cider fresh fish and chips, alongside chicken wings, chicken skewers, and a Mediterranean vegetable pasta. Lighter options include hot chocolate, an almond twist, and a chocolate chip muffin, and tea is served with a bag and hot water rather than freshly boiled. The café is walk-in, with no reservations taken. Dogs are allowed inside, and toilets are on site.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- AccessibilityHas wheelchair-accessible car park · Has wheelchair-accessible entrance · Has wheelchair-accessible seating
Menu & Prices
14 dishes · mains £8–18- Chicken Wings£7.50
- Thatchers Cider Fresh Fish And Chips£17.50
- Homemade Vegetable Cakes£8.50
- Homemade Haddock Fishcakes£9.00
- Chicken Skewers£15.00
- Homemade Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta£15.00
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention full english breakfast, cliff top views, overcooked sausage and almond twist.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention full english breakfast, cliff top views, overcooked sausage and almond twist.
Customer Review Summary
Full English breakfast draws most visitors, with friendly, prompt service and spectacular cliff top views toward the Needles praised repeatedly. The recurring complaint is breakfast quality for the price: overcooked sausage and hash browns, hard fried eggs, stingy butter, and tea from a bag rather than freshly boiled, with reviewers questioning value at twelve pounds. Others simply enjoyed coffee, cake, and an almond twist.
Customer Review Summary
Full English breakfast draws most visitors, with friendly, prompt service and spectacular cliff top views toward the Needles praised repeatedly. The recurring complaint is breakfast quality for the price: overcooked sausage and hash browns, hard fried eggs, stingy butter, and tea from a bag rather than freshly boiled, with reviewers questioning value at twelve pounds. Others simply enjoyed coffee, cake, and an almond twist.
Featured reviews
- Mr. Guinea Pig
“We visited on Saturday 4th July 2026. Quick coffee and cake. Plenty of space in the garden. Superb views, friendly service and very well organised ordering system. This Cafe is on a cliff top and there were circling seabirds. These pests were kept at bay by the mere presence of Rocco the Pere-Saker Falcon. The falconer brought the bird to a table and let the Seabirds see him alert and ready to go. It made my day.”
- Timothy Fry
“Stopped in for a full English breakfast. Wonderful prompt and friendly service. Good quality ingredients and apparently clean. The sausage and bread/toast in particular was of high quality. Now the not-so-good bits. Bacon, good quality, sausage were overcooked or re-cooked. A piece of stray onion from a burger dish was hidden under the hash brown. The amount of butter was stingy and tea served with a bag and hot water. Not freshly boiled. I suspect the establishment trades on it's cliff top position and summer popularity as, while acceptable, I don't feel the food was good value. Edible, certainly and flavoursome, but not good value. Go inland a couple of miles and get the same food for 2/3 the price.”
- Steve James
“Lovely spot found today Saturday for a catch up with the family wide choice on the menu seating inside snd out toilets on site friendly staff nothing too much trouble definitely recommend it with lovely views to be had coastal walking.”
- Katherine Tyrrell
“First time of going there. Dogs allowed inside the cafe. Great selection of food. We had hot chocolate as a drink, an almond twist and a chocolate chip muffin. Great prices. Would recommend.”
- Paula
“We visited twice once in the evening for tea and cake, then again the following morning for breakfast. The staff were friendly, the view is spectacular, and you can look out towards the Needles on the Isle of Wight. There is indoor and outdoor seating. We sat inside, it's nicely decorated with a fun vibe. The breakfast we had the following morning let it down slightly. Fried eggs were hard, hash brown overcooked, and I didn't like the sausage, but that's just my taste. To be fair, they were extremely busy, but breakfast cost £12 without a drink, and you could choose either beans or tomato. For this price we expected better and maybe beans and tomatoes should come as standard. Seems a strange thing to scrimp on, and small things mean a lot.”
Amenities
- Has wheelchair-accessible car park
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- Accessibility· 3
- Has wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Has wheelchair-accessible seating
- Has wheelchair-accessible toilet
Location
Cafes near Beachcomber Café
- The Beach Hut Cafe4.61,1392.8 miOutdoor seatingVegetarian optionsVegan options
beach location, friendly staff, freshly cooked food
- Hungry Husky4.83496.7 mi awayOutdoor seatingVegetarian options
breakfast sandwiches, breakfast wraps, customizable toppings
- Mary's Delicatessen4.21137.6 mi away
custard tarts, cappuccino, espresso
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beachcomber Café | 4.42,212 | — | full english breakfast, cliff top views, overcooked sausage |
| The Beach Hut CafeOutdoor seating · Vegetarian options · Vegan options | 4.61,139 | 2.8 mi | beach location, friendly staff, freshly cooked food |
| Hungry HuskyOutdoor seating · Vegetarian options | 4.8349 | 6.7 mi away | breakfast sandwiches, breakfast wraps, customizable toppings |
| Mary's Delicatessen | 4.2113 | 7.6 mi away | custard tarts, cappuccino, espresso |
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