Almondsbury Garden Centre in South Gloucestershire

Such a shame that first impression when entering is it’s a shop nothing initially makes me think I’ve entered a garden centre! Before the Covid lockdown it seemed to have a softer more comfortable look to it, especially the very popular cafe( was close to the toilets too) website isn’t very helpful.

The new garden centre that has upped its game and has become the best garden centre in and around Bristol.

I given it 2 stars because food was great but ruined by having to be sat amongst dogs. Why can't they have a dog section. One lady cleaning her dog's eyes then put the dirty wipes on the table. Her dog eating off the table which was disgusting then promptly filled the dogs water bottle (which the dog had drunk from ) from the jars of water that's put on the side for customers to drink. Not sure I would want to go back to eat which is a shame.

Nice garden centre and cafe BUT why block off the last available disabled parking spot with two of your bins. All the dedicated disabled ones were taken

We stopped here for an hour only, so difficult to say about all that the garden centre has to offer. But I have an example of customer service I'd like to share. At the café, I ordered a kid's meal for myself as I wasn't to hungry (the price for the adults meals cut right down my hunger, but it's everywhere nowadays, isn't it?) So, I was hoping no smart Alec till attendant would ask for my ID as I didn't have the time to argue that I only had a kids' appetite... well, to my relief, a very polite and engaging young man took my order without a fuss, and did everything he could to keep me chilled and happy, as for all his other customers. That was already enough for me to give a good rate. As waiting for my meal to be sent to my table, i suddenly realised that i had 10 min to go back to the coach to let our customers in... on one hand my lunch on its way and my hunger fully restored, on the other, duty and 50 people wanting to carry-on their journey back home! Duty came first but i thought id let know the smiley guy at the till. Well, before i could say anything he proactively offered to put the meal in nice litttle boxes (not a vulgar doggy-bag) and hand me over my nicely wrapped lunch! Proper customer service! I didn’t have time to get the name of that young man, it was last friday, the 21st i believe. Well done and thank you mate! You got the whole garden centre a cushty 4 stars just by doing your job properly and caring for your customers!

I bought a hellebore and it’s rotten at the base, I would like it replaced and I’m trying to phone them but it keeps cutting off. Can’t find any email address. Any advice?

Food is always good here, good range of gluten free. Can we busy, especially on a Sunday but would recommend a visit!!

Lovely garden centre. Fabulous collection of plants.

Giid selection of plants, and other items such as cards, bird feeders

Ok an update to what i previously put, everyone deserves another chance... Went with the kids on 18/1/25. The garden center is pretty good but the cafe is still bad. Cakes were dry, hot chocolates were warm and not great flavour, the cappucciono again was warm and didnt have a great taste, but the bottle of pepsi was just what was expected !! So unfortunately it doesn't seem like they have improved... .. Went to Almondsbury garden center today (14/1/24) to have a look around and have something to eat in the cafe there. The garden center is OK.. the cafe on the other hand is a different story ! What food we had was OK. Four of us went there so ordered 2 full breakfasts, a vegi bap and a gluten free breakfast, well the gluten free one wanted scrambled egg with it as she doesnt like fried egg, got told thats not possible as all food is cooked to order, so asked why its not possible in that case and got told it just isn't... then they didn't have the sausages for it so were going to give extra hash browns, after asking 3 members of staff for them and them still not turning up we couldn't be bothered. The rest of the breakfasts seemed OK until we were leaving and then realised the 2 full breakfasts should have had black pudding with them as well.. this was realised as we were leaving... So to be honest we won't be going back nope would I recommend the cafe there to anyone unless you just want a drink as they maybe able to get that correct !!

Fantastic choice of items, staff very helpful but very expensive

A lovely big garden centre with a great array of items inside and the outside is filled with all sorts of plants and trees. Worth a visit.

Well worth a trip out. Good selection and reasonably priced compared to other garden centres.

Restocking and taking Christmas decoration sales down.

Only discovered this garden center in November. My new favourite place

One of the best garden centres I have visited. Some unusual plants. Cafe was nice to.

Went to look for v large pot for tree as memorial for my beloved Collie Meg 💜🐾💜 The garden centre seems to have a huge range of garden (and everything else) but sadly they only had 1 very large pot in stock. made of thick clay. £250. But it wasn't nice looking.imo. The pot I saw online that was lovely wasn't available also was £400. Think I would of paid for it had it been for sale there. We also went to cafe, lovely and warm on freezing day. Staff friendly and food not too bad. Coffee nice, but seemed quite expensive for what we had. Overall I would definitely return

it's a good place for all your gardening needs from plants to pots, all gardening tools to storage needs. plenty of parking spaces available. must visit for budding gardeners.

Nice Christmas goodies, good hot chocolate

Had a lovely time, my grandaughter was a bit young(18m) to interact with the elves but there were older children in our group & they had a brilliant time.

Good cafe. Quick service, reasonable priced quality food.

This year is the first time I went to their Santa experience and all I can say is I was thoroughly impressed. My son was engaged the whole way through as was all of the other children. The elves were fantastic and Santa was the most authentic I've seen. His persona, the way he spoke to my son, his outfit, his real beard. I felt I was on Miracle of 34th Street. Highly recommend and will definitely be going back next year! Thank you for making my son's Christmas and bringing me into the Christmas spirit ❤️

I went here with a friend to browse and have coffee. We enjoyed our visit.

Our favourite place to buy a Christmas tree and delivery is free. Always someone on hand to help, cafe lovely in the summer.

Visit here fairly often and can't say a bad word about it. The food is good and the service is excellent. People should remember that it isn't a full blown pub restaurant that can offer a vast menu.

Selection of things to buy in the garden center is amazing! We went to the cafe as well. It is very expensive for the food you get. I would advise trying to find some edible plants to chew on around the center instead.

Love this place. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a visit here!

Very nice place well laid out very good prices

Great garden centre with nice cafe

As a regular customer surprisingly I went to Almondsbury GC to buy plants not to a cafe! Purchased an item and had problems with it 10 days later. Contacted Anthony at Almondsbury who was really helpful and agreed to replace the item. On revisiting I was impressed with the staff's courtesy and professionalism and this confirmed this Garden Centre as my first choice for plants ongoing.

Fantastic place to visit, highly recommend.

Lovely few hours ! A few bargains and a few very expensive pieces too !

What an array of goods on offer. Certainly worth a visit and a garden centre that sells so much more. We ate in the cafe and had lunch , all the meals were delicious

Excellent Christmas display & good selection of items on the menu in the cafe

Used to love this garden centre resturant always had a good variety of food and drinks. Took out 3 yr old grandaughter to see the xmas display and have some lunch. Xmas Dec's were amazing. We then went to find the resturant which had been moved to an outbuilding and was a lot smaller than the On looking at the menu the variety was very poor and the children's menu was hot meals only. I went to the counter and asked if they did a cold choice such as a sandwiches ? Was told no they dont offer sandwhiches, so i asked if the could so a sandwich for me and thought I could share with my grandaughter( she did not want Pizza or chicken nuggets etc) told no they do panninis or ciabattas I find it really odd and a shame that the menu is so limited, especially for children. We had hot drinks ( my cappuccino was the worst I'd ever tasted) and left and unfortunately won't be returning again

After looking around and selecting the items I wished to purchase I was then told at the till that they do not accept cash. Sadly after wasting considerable time browsing, I had to leave empty handed.

Spent ages walking round picking up christmas gifts. Got to till, won't accept cash. How crap! Never mind, the girl on the till didn't look impressed when I told her that she would have to put it all back. If you don't accept cash, plain and simple, I will not purchase from you. If I want to pay by card, I will shop online and get it delivered to my door!

Was amazing, my first time there my grandkids loved it . Much to see great day. 🎄🎅

Nice garden centre with great Christmas decorations

Staff at the Plant Information desk were exceptionally helpful. Gave what (to me) has seemed to be really good advice and held onto a plant for me so I could come and collect with a car it would fit in. Really appreciate their help.

You would think a prawn marie ciabatta was something any decent cafe could produce, but no, this place failed dismally. The prawns looked like tiny Atlantic shrimps and the sauce was so thin it was like pink water that soaked into the bread and made it soggy. The americano coffees came with milk so cold it instantly made the coffee almost undrinkable. The cafe was moved recently to a new building at the furthest point from the entrance. Shame they didn't take on some new kitchen staff. I would not recommend going to anyone.

Amazing Christmas decorations this year - best seen so far. Always clean abd tidy abd helpful staff. Dog friendly throughout. Lovely restaurant for snacks abd main meals.

What a wonderful place to visit and have a fantastic Christmas display was out of this world. The staff are so friendly and approachable and are will to help

Great little garden centre. Good cafe and a good variety of products

We thought it would be nice to walk over today with the children and dog to get some decorations for the tree and a coffee and a snack went to the cafe then realised card only,my partners phone had died on the way we had cash but couldn't use it,it was really annoying but carried on picking out decorations finally went to till card only!!so had to leave everything what a waste of time and surely there missing out on money makes no sense such a shame aswel because we were hoping to do that alot but don't like to support card only venues

Amazing independent garden centre offering great seasonal selections, a good quality cafe and fantastic customer service. We also found their prices and selection were noticeably lower than larger ‘chain’ type locations nearby. Well worth a journey to take a look around.

Good, clean plenty of room to move about, colourful with lots of flowers 💐and good coffee ☕

This is a lovely garden centre However after not being able to visit for a long time we were very disappointed to find the coffee shop had been moved a long way from main building and up a slope. We couldn't manage the walk and climb.

Great cafe with a lumch menu, but cake and croissant were available too.

Overpriced Understaffed Nobody knows what there doing Avoid it's gone right downhill in the last twelve months maybe taken over by some foreign investor who knows

Arrived shortly before 1pm on a journey to South Wales and called in for lunch. Was easy to find a table and then headed to the counter to order. Chips, panini and soup all arrived within about 10 minutes

A brilliant Christmas shop, easily the best I've ever been to

Such an amazing garden centre. Food was fabulous

Do not accept cash since covid this is not well advertised and as cash is legal tender didn't even know you were legally allowed to reject cash.

Lovely Christmas display, could have spent loads. Bought a few items and had some lunch, very nice toasted panini's.

Best display of Xmas decorations & cafe is great

Beautiful there at moment as Christmas wonderland is stunning

Lovely garden centre with a range of Christmas decorations and an amazing cafe. The staff were all so friendly and welcoming, will definitely return soon!

Beautiful garden centre with a very nice Christmas display

Very good large garden centre. Good selection of everything. Restaurant not as good as it used to be and pets not allowed except on patio part. Nice family owned. Big car park. Very good selection of Xmas stuff at that time of year

We get our plants and home and garden items from here. Nice and beautiful place it is.

Well stocked and in readiness for Christmas and Halloween… Good restaurant and ample parking.

Love this place! Highly recommended!

Very easy to get to, loads of plants, gardening tools and the shop is more like a supermarket, with such a wide range of things to buy including festive decorations. The staff are friendly and helpful. There's also a restaurant. Really impressive.

We all opted for the margarita pizza & chips. Service was excellent. Pizza was awful, very little of what you'd call cheeses & the tomato topping was a thin line of ketchup! That said, the chips were very good! Won't be ordering their pizzas again. Their sandwiches were well overpriced for a sandwich!

Lovely garden centre and coffee shop

Great Christmas selection, well worth a vist

Bought a shed from Almondsbury garden centre. The builder who erected the shed said that it was really good and very easy to put up. The finished product is impressive. The customer service from Almondsbury was first class.

Getting ready for Christmas with lots of decorations already out

Stopped here with family and mum who is 88. Disabled parking available and mum managed to walk to the cafe okay with her rollator. Had coffees, walkabout and i had lunch (ham egg and chips) which was delicious. Staff were friendly and we had an enjoyable visit. We don’t carry cash so paying with card is fine.

Cafe only review. Visited the garden centre on Saturday thought we would have lunch as it just turned noon. Cafe was clean, staff were pleasant food was well presented and I had Ham, egg and chips which were very nice. However my wife had Cod, Chips & Peas the Fish was either from the previous day and had just been warmed up or it had been cooked hours before Cod is always white this fish was dark white and the batter was like a brick & burnt. Not good at all. Sorry will not be eating here again which I feel very sad about.

Nice garden centre. Good selection of pots with some stock in the various styles

Terrific full English breakfast, best I've had for a while

Really nice garden centre with a lovely cafe. Recommend the Bacon Brie and Cranberry panini.

WHY IS OUR HARD EARNED CASH NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!! I took my father who’s 85yrs old to Almondsbury garden centre and he wanted to treat me to a cup of tea and cake, he gave me £10 to go and purchase the treat. After placing my order I went to hand over the cash when the cafe assistant told me they don’t take cash! I asked why not and the response was “we just don’t” I said my father doesn’t have a card on him and only uses cash, I asked how would he pay for this treat? The response was “I don’t know but we don’t take cash” Unfortunately I hadn’t a means on me to pay for it so we had to leave the cafe. We then walked around the garden centre and my father chose a number of plants and peat free compost (this was the reason I took him in the first place ) we didn’t think when we got to the check out that his cash would be refused there too! The products he chose added up to £54, we couldn’t believe his cash was refused again! Unfortunately we had to leave the trolly of plants and leave. My father was embarrassed and upset so I took him to another garden centre where they were happy to take his cash. My father only deals with cash, Almondsbury Garden Centre was a favourite place of his (and mine) for my father it’s an enjoyable day out. Thats been taken away from him. He and I are very disappointed and my father is quite upset. M. Welsman

WHY IS OUR HARD EARNED CASH NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!! I took my father who’s 85yrs old to Almondsbury garden centre and he wanted to treat me to a cup of tea and cake, he gave me £10 to go and purchase the treat. After placing my order I went to hand over the cash when the cafe assistant told me they don’t take cash! I asked why not and the response was “we just don’t” I said my father doesn’t have a card on him and only uses cash, I asked how would he pay for this treat? The response was “I don’t know but we don’t take cash” Unfortunately I hadn’t a means on me to pay for it so we had to leave the cafe. We then walked around the garden centre and my father chose a number of plants and peat free compost (this was the reason I took him in the first place ) we didn’t think when we got to the check out that his cash would be refused there too! The products he chose added up to £54, we couldn’t believe his cash was refused again! Unfortunately we had to leave the trolly of plants and leave. My father was embarrassed and upset so I took him to another garden centre where they were happy to take his cash. My father only deals with cash, Almondsbury Garden Centre was a favourite place of his (and mine) for my father it’s an enjoyable day out. Thats been taken away from him. He and I are very disappointed and my father is quite upset. M. Welsman

Has everything one may need, though prices are generally on the high side compared to online retailers. Have always found their live plants to be of very good quality and at a fair price. Overall a nice place with friendly staff and a cafe if you fancy it.

A lovely garden center with great eatery on site.

Massive shout out to Almondsbury Garden Centre cafe for its gluten free cake selection. It makes such a welcome change from the token offering of a plastic wrapped mass produced chocolate brownie or polenta cake. I was spoilt for choice here and really appreciated it. The staff were really friendly and helpful too. Thanks guys🙏

Years ago when I was a fairly regular visitor to this garden centre and cafe, back then the cafe was in the main building, easy to get to, a gentle walk through the shop. We wanted a light bite lunch, but now, in order to get to the cafe, you have to walk through the "department store", outdoors through the garden centre display area, and then up a fairly steep slope to find the cafe, my friend has severe mobility issues and not knowing about the walk to the cafe, we proceeded! How fair is it to the frail and less able bodied to make them walk that distance, with no clear offer of help, like a wheelchair or buggy. Please, do not say that wheel chairs/buggies are available, you have to know they are there, and at the exit area! The entrance area gives no clearly visible signage to show that help is available! Also, there were no clearly available members of staff to seek help. Will I want to go back, to be honest no.

Absolutely an amazing breakfast. It wasn't cheap but it was worth every penny and that's what counts. The service was excellent too, can't recommend it enough and I'd do it again in a heartbeat ❤️

Firstly there were no staff on the tills. There was one person on the customer service desk. Secondly, they only accept card transactions and refused to take cash. I think the fact they refused my coin of the realm is disgusting.

Lots of lovely plants and bulbs. And the furniture is of good quality too

We noticed a distinct lack of care when we visited! Lots of young staff hanging around, plants fallen over and left laying down! We visited on a sunny day with no wind! Carnivorous plants left on a dry plate and no water! You felt that staff were not happy and it showed! A garden centre with no soul and unhappy plants!! I'll stick to my lovely little local centres who take pride in and care for their plants and staff!!

It's like a day out going there, so much to look at.

Amazing selection of fresh looking plants, despite the recent very hot weather. Great place to stop for lunch or a coffee

Very overpriced. Tuna sandwich was flavourless on poor quality bread with limp salad. £8.99 ridiculous amount to charge for this.

Nice selection of plants and things for gardens/backyards/patios.

Lovely garden centre with lots of local produce and plants.

I was really looking forward to my halloumi skewer on Saturday lunchtime, anticipating hit, melting halloumi, chargrilled peppers and onion on a flat bread. What arrived could not have been more different. It was raw, the onion inedible and, the hallumi just really salty. It's a cooking cheese for goodness sake I should have sent it back but I suspect I wouldn't have got far and I was having a nice day out. My Mum did have a lovely cheese and pickle sarnie though, and the cups of tea were nice, so not a total disaster. And my water intake for the day was admirable after all that salt....

Brilliant garden centre tad expensive though

Great place to look for garden furniture and tools etc

Have purchased a number of large soil/bark orders from here over the years. Always deliver so thoughtfully and always a fab range of different types of soils. Always recommend 👍

Nicely set out, clean with plenty of table space. However, this may be because it is a long walk from the entrance for those that are elderly. Very polite staff but when I commented that my cheese scone was in fact a sweet scone with cheese on top I was told chef would be told. A waste of money & very unpleasant sadly. Savoury scones should contain a small amount of salt & certainly not sugar!

Garden centre itself was lovely. A little over priced for the sandwiches we had, but still worth a visit. The recycle your old, plastic flower pots too

The big yellow thing in the sky was out for a change so I needed an excuse to have my head go red and peel during the week, so off to the garden center we went. Bought a nice shrub, I'd love to give more detail but I was just the ride along for payment purposes. Nicely laid out garden centre. Plants looked in good condition, the bits that looked like they should be green were green, and the bits that looked like they should be colourful came in a nice variety of colours, shades and sizes. All in all a very enjoyable experience.

Love the place, just a shame they don't take any vouchers or cash, so best to plan ahead.

Nice but doesn't except cash. So make sure you have plastic.

The cafe in Almondsbury Garden Centre is easy to miss, tucked away as it is at the far, top corner of the site. Worth a visit. Their breakfast, lunch and cakes are all good quality. Service is polite and delivery of food is commendably snappy, even when busy. The back-room chefs turn out good quality food presented to restaurant quality, so they deserve credit for a good job. Costs are quite reasonable. Tables are consistently clean and the whole place looks like it's being run by a professional team.

Fantastic selection of plants, pots, furniture and more. Nice little day out.