Chessell Cafe — Local services in Calbourne

I never write reviews but feel passionately about revieiwing Chessell Pottery Cafe. I have been visiting the Isle of Wight every year and after several years found some great cream teas including Chessell Pottery. However, my family and I made our annual visit a few weeks ago and were highly disappointed with the service and the quality of the food under the new management. Both myself and my mother were so excited for our cream teas yet when they arrived I received a 'scone' which tasted like it had been drowned in vanilla and it had sugar crystals on the top. I would not call it a scone at all and I actually could not eat it. My father and brother who don't drink tea usually have the delicious cheese scone with local cheese and pickle however they had none of these available when we visited. I gave my remaining scone to my father who felt ill after eating the sickly raw 'scone' which I couldn't eat. Unfortunately we shall not be returning and will look elsewhere...

Took our grandsons 9 & 10years to Chessell Pottery Barns to try their hands at decorating pots WOW what a great experience even I had to have a pot to decorate. Chose your pot, a wide range to choose from little milk jugs butter dishes, bowls and plenty more Penguins, Owls and dragons. Then select your paints and get creative. We chose 2 mugs and a dragon then there are the sponges to pick with various templates cut out then start to be creative... When the painting of the design is complete take to the desk, your details are taken and a collection date given. We collected ours on Saturday am on route to our ferry and the difference was amazing the colours had be come more vibrant Looked Fantastic If you have timer to spare PLEASE PLEASE visit the pottery you will enjoy There is even a little café adjoining where the cakes and scones are...

Happened to spot this place in passing with plans and intensions of heading to a different place but decided to stop here on the off chance.

What a fantastic place it's beautiful. The food was amazing and much bigger than expected, everyone in our group 7 of us enjoyed everything we had dished up.

They also have a large pottery section where you can paint ornaments and such and there were a few people there eating cakes whilst doing pottery decorating. Reasonably priced aswell depending on which pieces you choose obviously but our 3 lads did a piece each and it cost about £39 just over £10 each which I felt was very reasonable.

The staff were all very nice and helpful and all seemed genuinely happy and interested in their...