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Cafe/restaurant attached to the sanctuary that is open to the public. On the menu are pizzas, Buddha bowl, cauliflower baguette and more, all freshly made-in-house. Reported fully vegan July 2025. Open Mon-Sun 10:00-17:00. Sanctuary hours. Please contact to see if same as cafe.
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Yaverland Rd (at /Southeast side of island), Sandown, Isle Of Wight, England, PO36 8QB
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- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 02 Jul 2025 by JoannaWalter
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Added by Annie29 on 26 May 2023
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13 Reviews
First Review by Annie29
vegotanuki
Points +1610
Cafe is now fully vegan - Edit
We avoided this place for years as it used to be a zoo, but it seems that they are now a charitable organisation with a no-breeding policy. We didn’t visit the animals (though could see monkeys from the window) but popped into the cafe as we were in the area and were pleased to hear that they’d semi-recently made it fully vegan. Cakes were decent but I would’ve liked if they could label them with the flavours etc. Savoury options mostly seemed to be pizzas
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-02-16
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Ms_Moonbeam
Points +33
Great mushroom truffle pizza! - Edit
Best vegan pizza I've had for some time. Garlicky, truffle-y and cheesy.
Read moreStaff could have been more attentive at the counter whilst one was waiting to be served. Whilst busy making coffee, a nod of acknowledgement, and/or a "be with you soon" would have been nice.
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tessellation
Points +38
Great spot for lunch - Edit
Not only is the sanctuary committed to its animals, and not just breeding, the cafe was great! Loads of vegan options. Non vegan boyfriend loved the cheeze toastie and I had a lovely sandwich.
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VictoriaBridger
Points +960
Great plant based cafe - Edit
The Wildheart Sanctuary is now 100% plant based again.
Read moreThe home made cakes and soup were delicious. It's a nice cozy cafe and they all sell Slab vegan fudge (which is made on the Isle of Wight).
Pros: Delicious home made snacks and cakes, Friendly staff, Cozy
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MattThwaite
Points +18
Almost totally plant based! - Edit
Great selection of sandwiches, cakes, kids mains and a couple of hot options. Some non-vegan ice-cream and maybe Bailey's (if you were hoping to get sloppy at a zoo cafe).
Read morePros: Sandwich , Cakes, Kids Menu
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MikeyM42
Points +72
Disappointing - Edit
Upon seeing other reviews I was quite excited to try out the cafe. Unfortunately there was very limited choice, a single option for hot food and limited cold food options - including a meat chicken wrap. Very disappointing considering I was under the impression until recently this place was fully vegan.
Read moreI'd still reccomend the sanctuary on your itinerary but perhaps bring a packed lunch.
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ottilieW
Points +13
Disappointing - Edit
Very limited menu, they’ve only got sandwiches and a salad in the fridge and the cheeseburger is the only hot food available. No longer fully vegan/vegetarian as they had a chicken wrap and extremely overpriced for what it is.
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Agdolus
Points +24
Nice Cafe - Edit
The sanctuary has a cafe with a limited, but delicious plant based menu.
Read moreThey have the best chips I've ever had and the plant burger was great.
Food is delivered quite fast and the staff seem nice.
Pros: Good quality food, Clean, Lots of space
Cons: Crazy expensive, Can get long queues
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macdxdddy
Points +61
Not fully vegan - Edit
Disappointed to see that they had non-vegan treats available as well as cows milk available to buy for your coffee. Bit ironic for a sanctuary.
Read moreStill plenty of vegan options and the food menu is fully vegan. Had a chickpea ‘tuna’ baguette which was tasty but expensive.
Pros: Fully vegan food menu, Tasty
Cons: Expensive, Served cow milk despite being marked fully vegan
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Vegan_Tina
Points +663
Lovely sanctuary with fully vegan cafe - Edit
A really nice place to visit, and for a very good cause. The cafe is fully vegan with plenty of options. It can get very busy though
Read morePros: Fully vegan , Plenty of options
Cons: Can get extremely busy
JoTaylor
They have cow's milk so technically it isn't fully vegan.
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Zestyzoe
Points +188
Wild heart sanctuary cafe - Edit
Sweet little vegan cafe part of sanctuary, great home cooked food and good value. They have a great children’s play area as part of cafe and lots of high chairs too. Need to pay for parking
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ILoveLego
Points +138
Delightfully vegan - Edit
Really pleased to see that the options were all vegan. Only wanted chips for a light lunch but really enjoyed them. Nice to see the animals enjoying themselves through the window too!
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Annie29
Points +33
Lovely food and staff - Edit
We made a family visit to see the rescue animals at tge Sanctuary. It was a happy surprise that the cafe has the same ethics. They said they had become fully vegan in the past couple of weeks and that visitors were loving it.
Read morePros: Great tasting food , Spacious setting with views across to the beach , Friendly and helpful staff
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