The Best Cafes in East Meon, Hampshire, United Kingdom (2025)

The Beech Cafe is a total delight and well worth the 1 hour drive we do to get there! As a vegetarian I was so grateful to find a cafe that serves really delicious veggie food; but I was more thrilled that my meat-loving wider family love this cafe as much as i do! We have been for many years and have only ever enjoyed top quality, fresh and super tasty food. Today we had vegetarian Mexican burritos, mozzarella and cheese panini, sausage(ve)and sweet potato casserole, avocado, olive and sundried tomato salad and soups; all followed by a selection of awesome cakes and coffees. I forgot to take pictures as we ate everything so quickly, but I’m gutted as my words may not do as much justice as the pictures would! The value is almost too great, I think the lovely team deserve to up their prices, as they deliver more than most for their prices. A gem of a find, surrounded by beautiful forests and fantastic walks available. The staff are all super hard working and, in my opinion, exemplars of their industry!

Wonderful #Dog friendly place to go if you want a menu that is largely vegan or vegetarian. From the (regularly changing) specials board we chose Burger with Wedges, Macaroni Cheese and Burritos with Sour Cream and Corn Chips. OMG all the food was completely delicious and completely surpassed my expectations. We also had a large pot of tea which was MASSIVE and vegan chocolate cake. The specials board changes every 2 weeks so looking forward to future visits. There's parking nearby, and a flat path to the entrance.

Lovely home-cooked food in a beautiful setting

Stopped here for lunch today after walking around Old Winchester Hill nearby. I'm so glad we did! Despite being busy, we managed to grab a table and food arrived within 10 minutes or so. We had the mozzarella, tomato and basil pesto panini and the goats cheese, avocado and salad sandwich. Both were really fresh and delicious. Two small improvements would have been the panini being a bit hotter and more avocado in the sandwich as it was very thinly sliced but, we will definitely be back to try some of the other delicious food we saw coming out of the kitchen. Really reasonable prices too.