The Reef Cafe

Wonderful place serving tasty food. I had a chicken burger and caramel iced latte - both delicious. Quick and friendly service and live music too! Highly recommend.

Our final cafe on SWCP. One of the best. Superb coffee. Excellent cake, try the apple cake or lemon and poppy seed. Friendly and efficient on a hot, busy day. Only reason it's 4 and not 5 is because we didn't try hot food, but as it appeared it looked excellent. I would go out of my way for this cafe next time.

Love this place - right next to Ringstead Bay beach - £6 for the car park all day - the cafe opens at 9.30am which is also when the toilets open. Lovely coffee and I can recommend the sausage bap!

There aren’t many facilities in the Bay so this place does well. They run the car park, hold the key to the toilet and serve coffee, cakes, rolls, chips and soft drinks. There are lots of outside tables and a small children’s play area. The staff are friendly. They take card payments. I had the bacon sandwich and it was good quality bacon.

Lovely cafe. Good selection of cooked meals, mostly locally sourced food. I was too late to sample the cooked food but the carrot cake was delicious. Staff are very friendly and there’s plenty of parking at the car park £6 for the day Ringstead bay is quaint and peaceful and the cafe just made it a perfect day out

July 2025 : Recently attended a Full Moon yoga event organised by the team at The Reef Cafe, Ringstead and have to say it was absolutely magical. My group of friends & I arrived to be met by Amelia of Mimi Movements Yoga and taken down to the beach where everything was set up ready for us to enjoy a perfect yoga session looking out onto the beautiful Ringstead Bay. The tone and pace of the yoga was so very well balanced for the setting. At the end of the session we had a sea swim and cme back to the beach to be greeted with an abundance of freshly made pizzas and an assortment of fries served by the staff from the cafe. We stayed on to chat together and enjoyed the most amazing full moon. Another fabulous low impact, wellbeing event organised by the Reef Cafe team. Thank you A warm welcome & fabulous tasting food awaits you at this glorious little cafe now managed by new owners, Michelle, Rory and Roger and their smiling hospitality team. Breakfast & lunchtime favourites sourced from local producers are great value for money being served throughout the day alongside a wide range of great tasting coffee and other hot & cold beverages. And their freshly made pizzas cooked up in a huge Pizza oven by their kitchen team are absolutely just the ticket! Sitting very conveniently at the 'node' of some of the best swimming and walking & cycling routes in this part of the south coast, the setting is simply stunning and otherworldly. Not to be missed.

Nice e little find on Google maps when searching for somewhere to eat. We were staying next door to Monkey World and wanted somewhere to go on a Sunday morning. It was 12 minutes away by car. Plenty of parking, £6. Had a nice lunch. All food looked great. Plenty of seating. Play area for kids while they wait for food to come out. Walked down the the people beach afterwards. Would visit again when in the area. Nice friendly staff.

So wonderful to see this new efforts and love being put into this magical little place. We have always loved Ringstead, and were regulars at the previous cafe on the same site. It’s great to see a new family come and make it their own. I’m sure both locals and visitors will embrace it. We had a lovely lunch together in the garden, lots of song birds and wild flowers, a sweet little play area, great bacon rolls, great coffee a really friendly vibe. What more is there to ask for in life. Best of luck for the holiday season. We will be regulars im sure! X Ps one star removed for lack of good condiments….Heinz ketchup please please!!! Xx