The Boardwalk Cafe — Restaurant in England

If you want to get food poisoning, by all means give this cafe a visit. I visited here with my mum as part of our holiday to the Isle of Wight when staying in Sandown. From the moment we walked in, this place spewed disappointment but, like the fair individuals we are, gave it a chance.

My order consisted of battered plaice & chips with a vanilla “milkshake” costing a total of £16.10 which was so extortionately priced for what it was. The milkshake was literally a pint of milk with about half a teaspoon of vanilla flavouring in it which, in turn, made it worse than it sounds. The plaice on the other hand, that is a completely different story: when it arrived, it gave off such a fishy smell straight away & as I hadn’t eaten plaice before, thought this was normal & a sign it had been caught that day. It was only the next morning when I was violently ill & did a Google search that I realised that the fish I was given was off & should not have been eaten.

On another hand, my mum ordered a coffee for £1.90 which in her words, was “rank & tasteless” alongside “one of the worst coffees she has ever had”. It’s clear that the owner has bumped up the prices to fool customers into thinking they have high quality food there.

All in all, do NOT visit Boardwalk Cafe, based on my own experience, it is a health hazard & how it has a five star rating with the Food Standard Agency baffles me. I will not be returning when I holiday again in the Isle of Wight, I value my insides too much & I am sure leftovers in one of the bins by the beach would have had more appealing...

I cycled the Red Squirrel Trail and was looking for a double espresso so gave this place a go. Unfortunately, though it's called a cafe it's more a diner and has no espresso machine. I ordered a cappuccino which was a bit strange as it tasted like coffee flavouring or instant. There was some manual stirring involved. The milk frother machine had zero chill and produced some big bubble hot milk with no texture. It was very similar to what you get out of those machines at a Japanese starbucks. The food that came out looked really good but it's obvious from just watching how the whole thing operated that there's a huge disconnect between the kitchen and the customer facing side which explains a lot of the other reviews on here. It needs someone professional to come in and sort out their SOP logistics and training, and maybe a bit of a firm hand in breaking some old habits. It's a bit of a shame because the decor and...

Ordered 2 large portions of cheesy chips here today, waited about 20 minutes for them and honestly was the smallest portion of chips I've ever had. Smaller than the old cone of chips, barely any cheese. I was warned to be fair but I thought cant be that bad. Came to £12 for 2 extra small portions in the end and when I asked if that was truly the size of a large (obviously thinking must be a mistake), the lady just shrugged and said yer afraid so 😆 wow if I could have put half star review I would and they still wouldn't deserve that. Daylight robbery. Last time any of our local friends and family out down there today will ever use them again. Only reason im actually putting this up is because they done us on milk shakes the...