Visited recently and the first thing was lack of disabled parking three spaces. Inside very badly laid out for wheelchair access some sections not accessible at all. e.g. seed display. This store is on two levels with only stairs to access lower section. The alternative is to exit and go right around the perimeter and re enter from the rear. Very poor selection of seeds and a few bags of seed potatoes. The lower floor consists mainly of garden chemicals and barbecue related items. A limited selection of shrubs/flowers in the outer yard. So as I said it is not a Garden Centre but a clothes come fancy goods shop. Did purchase a few items and I have to say the staff were friendly and very helpf...
went with a friend for sunday lunch which we have done a couple of times,my firend got a roast beef dinner,and was told that they were waiting on cream potatoes coming I ordered a lasagne/vegtables and they said they would bring our dinners over.,and as usual when we went to pay there was a customer that was there the last time we were there and she is standing talking to the staff and a big line forming with people waiting to pay,and the staff wasn't rushing.they brought my friends dinner but mine didn't arrive three times I had to go and look for it,by the time mine come my friend was finished hers.we haven't been back since and no intention of going back either.
Garden centre is fines, cafe on a is overpriced and not a very pleasant experience. You're asked what you want to eat before you've seen the menu or are aware of your options. You then have to take out a second mortgage to pay for it, which in our case was a quiche, mince pie and chips. Quality was ok, but not good enough to bring us back. Hotel prices for school dinner experience. Don't forget to clear yourself a table before you sit down. If they do discounts for pensioners I might be back for lunch in 10 years.
Shop has good selection of clothes, gifts, plants etc. Cafe is a nice area but it’s a cafe and food prices are too expensive for food served/quality of food eg shepherds pie and veg £9.95, chicken dinner £10.95. I could have gone to a lovely bar or restaurant and had similar from a lunch menu served to me in better surroundings for same price, maybe even less. Whole shop lacks atmosphere and could be great with some improvements.
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Called into this cafe for lunch, we had been staying nearby for the weekend. We both had soup wheaten bread, the soup was hot delicious, the wheaten lovely. Staff friendly helpful.Had a walk around the garden centre, good variety of gifts plants fresh looking. My husband bought some grass seed grass feed. The assistant very kindly offered to carry these items to our car.
I purchased two Lavender plants from this store and both were root-bound. It seems likely that they were bought in large quantities from overseas and have been sitting in pots in the shop for a long time. In the future, I will stick to smaller local nurseries that prioritize the health of their plants over other items like restaurant and garden furniture.
My family of fifteen, including grandchildren, went to this restaurant for hot chocolate and tray bakes. The lady who served us was incredibly kind and considerate. The hot chocolate was delicious, but unfortunately, the Christmas mulled drink (non-alcoholic) was very weak and tasteless.
The restaurant has gone downhill. Prices have gone up, the staff is rude, and there are unsupervised children running around. The toasted sandwich was tasty and there is plenty of parking space, but overall there is nothing to make us want to come back.
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An excellent lunch choice of plain but tasty food. Self service but pleasant friendly staff. The food was hot and faultless and the price fair. Like all cafes in garden centres I believe the food to be virtually a ‘loss leader’ but well worth the visit.
This is is a super venue for picking up shrubs and flowers and all the essentials for garden care. But in addition there are many more little gifts available for purchase for friends on special occasions.
