The Best Cafes in Emsworth 2026: 10 Ranked on Real Google Ratings

A small independent coffee shop right on South Street, and the only cafe on this list with a perfect 5.0 average — unusual for any business with a real spread of reviews. Friendly staff get 15 mentions, alongside pastries (7) and a cortado that comes up specifically (5 mentions), which says something about the coffee itself rather than just the room.

One quirk worth knowing before you go: “no dogs policy” is mentioned in 3 reviews — it’s a small space, so leave the dog at home for this one.

Good to know: open every day, mornings only (8am–2pm weekdays, 8am–1pm Sunday). Food hygiene rating 5, inspected April 2025. No phone number listed — website southstreetcoffee.com.

With 426 reviews at 4.9, Ethos has the biggest, most consistent crowd of any cafe in this guide. Coffee itself is mentioned in 175 reviews and friendly staff in 208 — both remarkable numbers for a cafe of this size.

The food side is just as strong: hash browns (54 mentions), eggs benedict (22), smashed avocado (13) and cakes (40) are the standout dishes, with pulled ham hock and maple mushrooms both getting a specific mention as less obvious brunch options.

Good to know: food hygiene rating 5, inspected March 2024. Phone 023 9435 2330.

A Greek coffee house rather than a standard British cafe, and the review topics make that clear: feta pie (7 mentions), spinach pie (6), bougatsa (5) and Greek coffee itself (4) all feature, alongside “pastries” generally (30 mentions) and Greece as a topic in its own right (11). Friendly staff get the most mentions overall (62).

Good to know: open every day, mornings (7am/8am until 3pm/4pm). We couldn’t find a food hygiene match for this address on the FSA register. Find them on Instagram @ilfoxo.uk.

Reviewers keep coming back to the view: “sea view” gets 3 mentions and “view across the bay” 2 more, alongside toasties (15 mentions, the single most-talked-about item), homemade cakes (6) and carrot cake specifically (6).

Good to know: open Wednesday to Sunday, 8am–3pm (until 4pm Saturday), closed Monday and Tuesday. We couldn’t find a food hygiene match for this address on the FSA register. Phone 07743 901930.

Right on the Hayling Billy Trail with the beach a few steps away — “beach location” shows up explicitly in the review topics (2 mentions), and it’s clearly the draw alongside the food itself. Burgers are the standout (25 mentions), with bacon baps (8), smoothies (4) and vegan options (2) also featuring.

A flag on hygiene: the automated match against the Food Standards Agency register for this address returned a nearby petrol-station Greggs, which is clearly the wrong premises for a trail-side kiosk — so rather than publish a rating we can’t stand behind, we’re marking this one as not confirmed. We’ll fix the match by hand on the next refresh.

Good to know: open Thursday to Sunday only (closed Monday to Wednesday), 8am until 3–5pm. Phone 07783 084780.

“Traditional cafe” is a review topic in its own right here (5 mentions), and it fits — this is a proper full-English kind of cafe, with friendly staff the standout at 78 mentions and value for money mentioned 11 times. Freshly cooked food (10) and a full English specifically (4) back that up.

Good to know: open every day, mornings into early afternoon (7:30am–2pm weekdays, 9am–1pm Sunday). Food hygiene rating 5, inspected May 2025. Phone 07834 688023.

558 reviews is the largest review count of any cafe in this guide, and the 4.7 average holds up under that volume. Cleanliness gets 39 mentions, an unusually high number for a cafe topic, alongside friendly staff (147) and value for money (13).

Worth knowing: “cash only” is mentioned in 2 reviews — we couldn’t confirm that directly with the cafe, so it’s worth having cash on you just in case.

Good to know: open every day, early starts (7am weekdays, 8am weekends) into the afternoon. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected November 2024. Phone 023 9247 0999.

Emsworth’s own long-standing tea room, in the Flint Barn just off South Street, and the highest-reviewed cafe actually IN Emsworth on this list (496 reviews). Harbour view gets 13 mentions, and the outdoor seating (21) and indoor seating (19) are both called out separately — reviewers clearly rate having the choice.

Friendly staff (136) and pleasant staff (14) between them are the most-mentioned thing here, with cream tea (8), scones (8) and bacon baps (10) covering the food side.

Good to know: food hygiene rating 5, inspected July 2024. Phone 01243 377577.

On the seafront at Hayling Island, and notably strong on dietary options: gluten free menu gets 23 mentions and vegan menu 25 — both unusually high numbers, and worth knowing if that’s normally a limiting factor when choosing a tea room. “Tea room” itself is mentioned 34 times, cream tea 7, and friendly staff leads everything at 124 mentions.

Good to know: open Wednesday to Sunday, 9am–4pm, closed Monday and Tuesday. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected July 2024. Phone 07784 944455.

A proper themed tea room — “1940s theme” is mentioned in 10 reviews and “memorabilia” in 19, with reviewers explicitly describing it as “stepping back in time” (4 mentions). Scones (16), sandwiches (23) and loose leaf tea (3) cover the actual menu.

It moved to new premises recently, which 6 reviewers mention by name — worth double-checking you’ve got the current West Street address before you go.

Good to know: open Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30am–3pm, closed Sunday and Monday. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected March 2026, the most recent inspection of any cafe in this guide. Phone 023 9247 6333.