The Sundial — Restaurant in England

Wife and I arrived for breakfast at 10.15. This is the IOW Garlic Farm! Popular attraction. People tend to judge people/events/environments within 60 seconds or very much less than that in most cases. I arrived in the restaurant and very nearly immediately walked out. Why? The immediate initial welcome. There wasn't one. Two lady members of staff, + a guide(??) fanning guide books taking to these two waiting staff .... meanwhile for 38 seconds we were ignored whilst they carried on chatting. They saw us. We were three feet away......but they carried on chatting. Bloody infuriating. Eventually we were sat, ordered, the food was quite brilliant. Presentation, quality, taste. Wow. The kitchen performed superbly. Accent on garlic but the mushrooms, tomatoes, are a combination to die for. Crikey they were good. We spent £46 on breakfast and £63 in the gift shop, the latter after we'd walked round the garlic farm itself. Perhaps the "management" up the stairs in the corner holding court in a seemingly authoritarian manner of self importance might ponder my spend per head? You were lucky to get it, you nearly got nothing at all. Never forget the basics, people buy people first, if that happens, they might just buy your product. Tony Perrin,...

Delicious food and drinks, had a milkshake made with ice-cream which was so good! Even though there were alot of people in the queue, they served everybody so quickly and efficiently the wait was nothing. Food was great too, cheesy chips, two sandwiches and a IOW sausage roll. Everything we ordered was perfect. The location of this little gem is on the beach, grab your drink and walk less than 10seconds and your feet are in the sand. Would highly recommend...

I've been coming here for 39 years, since I was a young lad with my grandparents. The people running it have always been great. The food is also very nice, much better than the other cafes along Sandown beach. On this trip, I ordered some food and drink but forgot my wallet. They allowed me to keep the food and pay later (which I did the same day and gave a large tip as a thank you for trusting me). Will keep coming back as long as I keep...