Lymington & coast
Needles Eye Cafe
Hurst Road, Milford-on-Sea, SO41 0PY
At a glance
A beachfront cafe on Hurst Road with views across to the Needles, serving all-day breakfasts, lunches, cream teas and ice cream seven days a week. Coeliac visitors consistently rate it one of the better bets on this stretch of coast.
Gluten-free options
Diners report a separate gluten free menu in the sit-down cafe taking in sandwiches on gluten free bread, jacket potatoes, soup, burgers and chips, plus gluten free cakes including a well-liked carrot cake and even crumble with custard. None of this appears on the cafe's own website, so the picture rests on those reports.
Before you order
Diners describe a kitchen that is told about coeliac orders, cake tongs kept separate and chips from their own fryer, though one visitor advises confirming the fryer is genuinely dedicated on the day. The takeaway hatch is reported to have no gluten free options, so order inside.
Worth asking?
Is the fryer used for gluten free chips fully separate from anything battered or breaded? Is the gluten free menu still current, and is the carrot cake made away from wheat flour?
Source links
- Venue website · checked 2026-08-09
- findmeglutenfree.com · checked 2026-08-09
- visitmilfordonsea.co.uk · checked 2026-08-09
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This information is researched but not guaranteed — menus and kitchen practices change. Always tell staff you are coeliac.