Knowledgeable very friendly staff and a chef who knows how to buy, cook and serve local produce. As Island residents we are very familiar with the people from whom the chef sources the ingredients. The relaxed setting made for engaging conversation with other diners, (if so wanted)both local and visitors. Staff were also able to give information to locals and visitors about where to purchase produce and on up and coming produce i.e. latest Island cheeses.

The way that local produce is transformed deserves recognition and helps put the IOW alongside London's best in food terms. Always faultless, always excellent!

Lovely food using lots of fabulous local fruit & veg.

We have always enjoyed an excellent meal, with all courses living up to our expectations and it's really great to see local producers being supported, with so much of what is on the menu. Desserts are never a disappointment, save a little room for them.

The food was superb and whats even better is that it is all local produce which is used - FANTASTIC!!! - the best thing to try though is the loganberry panackes!!!!!

The meal that we enjoyed on Saturday evening was truly superb: fresh, hot and flavoursome without being in the slightest pretentious. The presentation was perfect, service friendly, tables clean and attractive, toilets pristeen. Highly recommended to one and all.

Resturante,using local produce whever possible Excellent and varied menu served by friendly and efficient staff.

I love St helens Restaurant, as it uses only local island produce, and i believe its good to know what your eating and where it comes from. I have eaten here a few times now and i can honestly say they have been the best meals i've ever had. sarah

Great food always good

St.Helens restaurant is a fantastic place. Definitely VERY glad we found this place as we go there everytime we're in the area. Mark and the rest of the staff are very welcoming and friendly and always remember their regulars! They're also more than accommodating when it comes to particular dietary requirements requested by their customers, even making something for one of our party that wasnt on the menu when we went there recently. Cant wait for our next visit!

We have been as a family to two delicious brunches at St. Helen's Restaurant and very much enjoyed both occasions, even with a lively 3 year old and a baby! The staff were most helpful in providing extra spoons, serviettes etc for us. NOthing was too much trouble. Can highly recommend to anyone.

St Helens is a lovely little restaurant with a great atmosphere, friendly staff and excellent food - it's lovely to see them supporting local food producers and to know exactly where what you're eating has come from. I always make a trip there when I'm on the Island.

Great freshly cooked food from the local area. We had a great meal there on Friday it was our first time but we will definatley be back.

I have eaten here many times and as yet never had a bad experience in fact I have never had a average meal the food has always been excellent

Definitely the culinary highlight of our recent 4 day stay on the island and reason enough to return for another visit. The focus is on great local fresh food, superbly prepared and presented in very pleasant surroundings. The menu selection is just right with something to suit everyone without sacrificing quality for quantity. Do yourself a favour and experience it first hand.

Excellent and original food, friendly and efficient service, relaxed atmosphere, and affordable. I'll be back!

Mark is a darling, relaxed atmosphere. Varied menu - of course it would be using fresh local seasonal food. Good effort all round.

Great food in a fantastic atmosphere. My only regret is that I don't visit the restaurant enough.

Cannot praise the St. Helens Restaurant highly enough. Local produce - freshly and beautifully cooked and such an imaginative menu. Nice touch that Mark the Chef, Owner, spends time with his customers. Recommending it to all my friends - a must visit.

A wonderful eating experience - fantastic food and great hosts.

Fantastic food, great atmosphere and friendly staff run by a chef clearly passionate about food. Highly recommended.

Great food sourced from local suppliers and helpful cheerful staff make eating here a pleasure.

Mark and his team make going to St Helens a happy occasion ALWAYS. We never had a bad meal there. I think the meat courses are excellent but fish is not far behind and my wife loves fish and is always pleased when I say 'let's go to St Helens!'.

Had a very good meal here to celebrate my mother's 80th birthday. The age of those attending our family party ranged from 10 to 80+. We ALL had the most delicious meal, superbly cooked, served in a most relaxing and hospitable atmosphere. Everyone had the most enjoyable evening and the youngest wants to know when we will be going back there again....... Very soon I am sure!!

We feel very lucky to live in a village which has such a wonderful restaurant. The food is always top quality, cooked to perfection by an amazing chef. The whole experience of dining at St. Helens restaurant is sublime.

Have visited this restaurant on a number of occasions during the past few years. Outstanding food, service and ambiance... quality fresh food and welcoming atmosphere. Highly recommended!

Great food. Lovely setting. Never disappoints. Easily best restaurant around. Keep it going!

Great location, superb food, wonderful ambiance. We are local residents and could not recommend it high enough.

Great food, beautifully prepared and using local produce. Excellent service and relaxing surroundings.

By far the most impressive restaurant we have been to on the Island. 10/10

Fantastic meal at my local restaurant, the meals are always to a high standard with such attention to detail. The locally caught Seabass was divine. I had a fantastic birthday out with the girls and we'll be back again soon. 10/10

We are lucky enough to live within walking distance of this restaurant. We have eaten there many times for brunch, Sunday lunch and for dinner. Always great food with very friendly staff creating an atmosphere that makes you want to stay. All his suppliers are listed so you feel confident that they do as they say - cook the best of local. If you are on the island visit St Helens you will not be disappointed.

The Isle of Wight now boasts an increasing number of fine restaurants, but in my opinion, this one is up there with the best. The flavours of the dishes, all made with locally sourced Island produce are divine and so well seasoned that I challenge anyone to need a salt pot. Mark's passion for what he believes in shines like a beacon and to cap it all he's a thoroughly nice bloke too! Add a wine list that's got real thought at very good prices and you have one of the best places to eat superbly presented flavoursome food on, not only the Island, but the south coast

My husband and I have visited the St Helens several times; it has become a firm favourite which we regularly recommend to friends and family. In fact our entire family (all 10 of us) are visiting soon to enjoy some of Mark's festive fair. The food is always very tasty and well presented, the service friendly but efficient and the atmosphere very inviting. We love to read the menu to spot the local producers (including the local berry supplier who lives round the corner)and will definitely be returning again and again.

From a Sunday Brunch to a full evening meal this is a first rate Restaurant. The source of all ingredients is openly advertised. Ambience is superb and food is always of the highest quality. For a small village St Helens is blessed with two excellent restaurants.

Fantastic food with superb service. Warm and friendly atmosphere. All the staff were excellent. Will definitley recommend to others and will come back again

Great service, with a really inventive menu.

Excellent Sunday Roasts using produce from IOW Farms/Outlets

We have stayed in St Helen's three times and love this part of the Isle of Wight. Recently visited the refurbished St Helen’s restaurant and had a fantastic meal. As a veggie there was only one option but very good, with thought and imagination, cauliflower and sorrel soup to start and squash, goat’s cheese and pistachio tart for main. My husband had had the belly pork for starter and skate as main, thoroughly enjoyed them both and all locally sourced produce. Service and atmosphere was faultless, we could not ask for more. If visiting the IOW this should be on your places to eat out.

I have visited the Island many times and sampled many of the Island's restaurants. Since its refurbishment, however, the St Helens restaurant has become my firm favourite. Lovingly prepared food using the best of local ingredients, great service, a relaxed Bistro atmosphere - who could ask for more? A real hidden gem - thoroughly recommended to all food lovers visting the Island.

superb food!

What an incredable restaurant this is a oasis of pleasure in the dessert of the Isle of Wight. It does not disappoint. I would describe it as the perfect dining experience. We found this place after mooring in Bembridge harbour and walking up to the village on a cold and wet winter night. Only to be warmed up by the superb food and wine - try it you'll enjoy or I'll eat my hat.

Fabulous food, service that definitely out stands the rest. The passion for GREAT food, the personal touch and the attention to detail throughout should not go unnoticed!

wonderful atmosphere and excellent food

The quality and preparation of the meal was first class.

At this place the service is excellent with a high quality of food

This is one of the best restaurants on the island! Top marks

the food was excellent, you can tell the chef enjoys his job

The St Helens sources the highest quality and freshed local produce and this is displayed in the quality of the final dishes. The local producers are name giving providence to the produce and their quality and enable me to source the produce i have enjoyed. The finished dishes demonstate the high quality that can be achived when using local frsh seasonal produce and is an inspiration to any home cook.

At St helens restaurant we strongly believe that you are what you eat! We source as many ingredients locally as possible and my two chefs and I work within the seasons with our menus. We make our own ice cream using island cream, bake bread with island ground flour, and currently have various local farmers suppling us with lamb, pork, bacon,salad leaves sausages,chicken, duck, eggs to name but a few.We also source our seafood from two of the nominees on the island region: captain stan and the best dressed crab who both share our passion for great local food.

The atmosphere is superb and you are always made to feel special on every visit. The food is fantastic and it is reasurring to know that all of the produce used is of a high standard, from local producers. It is a real taste explosion to eat here!!

this restaurant sources local produce from most, if not all of the suppliers that have been nominated for this award! even as far as making bread from IOW flour, not only that the quality of presentation and relaxed surroundings makes this restaurant my favourite place to eat on the IOW.

There is an ever changing menu of Island-sourced ingredients where possible. Friendly professional service in a relaxed informal seting. Just the best really!!