Avant Gardens Cafe Gallery in South Ribble

Pleasant break in the journey to the Lake Distrct. Comfortable seating with paintings by local artists on display also quirky clothing items for sale.

A lovely cafe with friendly staff. The breakfast sandwiches were good and prices were reasonable. Service was quick and easy. We would definitely return.

Took friends for a first time visit, they were suitably impressed. Nice airy surroundings, friendly staff and good choice from breakfast and lunch menus. Orders taken at till then table served, we didn't have to wait too long and the servings were generous and tasty, of particular note were the 'homemade' chips. The prices were very reasonable and we'll definitely be visiting again.

Ordered a small and a regular breakfast . What a disappointment. Cold plates mean cold food and it was . Had to take the pot of beans back to be reheated . No apology of any kind . The bacon was tough and the sausage was undercooked and pale in colour . Egg cold, hash brown Luke warm What a waste of money . Will not return

You don't need to worry about shopping at the garden centre. All you need is a friend or two a cup of tea or coffee. You're need pushed to rush a very civilised place to be!

My wife and I used to have breakfast here every couple of weeks, but this is my first visit since Christmas. It feels like it is either under new management or they have a new chef. We ordered two regular breakfasts, one with blackpudding. Toast cold and soggy. Bacon cold Sausage cold Eggs luke warm Blackpudding raw. Plates cold Hash brown was hot. Won't be coming back

We come quite often and the staff are very welcoming and friendly. We often get the breakfast and every time it’s been lovely. It can get busy at times which just shows how good they are

Order at the counter don't forget your table number and the food is delivered to your table the food is very good and freshly cooked I've been a number of times always the same standard. Give it ago

Called in for a quick bite to eat. Tables weren’t cleared, or being cleared. Ordered 2 cheese and onion toasted, portion of chips and 2 lattes. Toasties arrived before drinks or cutlery, was told chips and drinks would be a few minutes, nearly 10 minutes later and asking a server, they finally arrived. Food was ok. Upon watching and listening, confusion seemed to be the main theme.

Eaten there before, usually very good, however my friend and I ordered Fish and Chips, the fish was definitely not"locally" sourced unless it came from the local freezer shop and my friends fish was not cooked properly. She was offered the chance to order something else but really couldn't face it.

Lovely cafe. We stopped by to have a look at the garden centre and noticed the cafe, so we decided to go in and have lunch. My husband had an English breakfast and I had a panini. I was surprised at how much food there was and how lovely it was. We will definitely be coming back. From what I saw in the garden centre, the plants are reasonably priced, uncommon for a lot of garden centres I have visited before.

A place of old world charm, friendly, and understanding of your garden problems, try them, you like!

Called in here for a lite lunch after a hospital visit with my daughter. The food was lovely as always and the staff were very pleasant as always and the usual smiley faces, The are always clean and the atmosphere always pleasant. A treat to visit.

Came for a spot of lunch with my daughter. Staff were very pleasant and helpful. Food was delicious. We will be back soon for another visit.

Not a lot to eat for someone on a plant based diet as when I asked even the Vegetable broth had butter in it. So the only thing on the menu that was 100% plant based was the good old Jacket Potato and beans which was a bit poor but it filled a gap. They did have Soy Milk though so I could have a white coffee which was nice. When she delivered the meal to our table the very polite lady did tell us that the other eating place on site is in the process of developing some vegan choices for its menu, but unfortunately it was closed on the day we were there.

Wanted to go somewhere different for a coffee and as we had never visited here thought we'd give it a try. The car park was very busy so to me that must be a good sign of popularity. When we got inside the cafe, tables nicely spaced apart and it was lovely and bright in there. We found a table, and as per the car park it was busy inside, there were even a couple of reserved tables so that's good to know they accept reservations. My son wanted a breakfast and i opted for a chocolate flapjack (which you could tell was not out of a packet), there were a good selection of cakes, and whilst i did not take a close look at the menu it did seem to have a decent selection. My latte was piping hot and my sons breakfast was cooked fresh and there was a nice full plate. Would definitely return some time, also the staff were very good

Lovely light bright cafe, was very busy on our visit. Menus could do with laminating as very creased and full off food splashes. A chicken and stuffing barm cake, no extras £4.50 I thought was a bit pricey, and £2.95 for a ramekin off about 12 chips extortionate!

Tastefully decorated inside this is a must if you like freshly prepared food. Limited menu but our party of 4 had a homemade vegetable quiche and salad, prawn sandwich and salt and pepper chicken sandwich and a child's tuna sandwich. Beautifully presented and so tasty. Friendly staff too. Highly recommend.

Lovely place with good food. Let down by the lady on the till and serving food chewing gum which put us off

Went to visit the garden centre and popped into the cafe for a quick lunch. Didn’t have to wait long for our food which was lovely and the service was just as good.

Spent lunch time, once again, in mum’s and my favourite Avant cafe.This place is faultless - excellent food, great service and so relaxing.Usually we have bacon barmcakes but this time I tried the sausages - Wow, delicious. We will visit this cafe again and again and I must mention the very sweet waitress, Lorna.As usual, Lorna was kind and welcoming and always brings a smile to my elderly mum’s face.Thank you.

Arrived quite late on Mothering Sunday. Had a lovely tea and almond slice. Good to get such a tasty almond slice, yum. Busily eyed up what other folk were having and have decided will have to go back and sample the meat pie. Friendly helpful staff and although almost on closing served with smiles.

Called in for lunch, very good choice not overly expensive.

This café is excellent. Spacious and light, with interesting items to look at on the shelves and local artists' work on the walls. The staff are friendly and efficient. You make a note of your table number and place your order at the till, then it is brought to you. Main meals are home made and plentiful. Smaller portions are available. A good choice of cakes on display. My favourite has to be their freshly made scones, served with butter, jam and beautiful whipped cream. Delicious with a pot of tea, for under a fiver ! The garden centre has some lovely, unusual items on display and their plants are great.

Went for lunch - all a bit hit and miss, couldn't have this with that, or that with this; orfered a portion of chips instead of crisps with soup and sandwich. No chips arrived, lot of checking up, turns out they hadn't gone through the system. "So that's an extra 95p please"! They duly arrived - a ramekin of frozen chips deep fried. Hey ho.

Called in yesterday to have a look at the Hutton Art Society's display of artworks which are on the walls of the cafe. Quick service and nice food served by pleasant staff.

Visited with my parents to pick up a pond filter then popped into the cafe, very spacious and lots of selection. Very friendly staff. My only criticism of the whole place was the wheelchair access in the aquatic and fish area. It’s possible to get round but very tight. That said the staff in there where more than helpful so that made up for it. The young lass we bought the filter off was over and above helpful and knowledgeable. Thank you.

Lovely little cafe in a fantastic garden centre. We’ve been a couple of times now and it is always busy and everything we’ve had has been good.

Great food, very tasty and good variety to choose from. Only negative is size of coffee cups - tiny half size cup and saucers, I felt let down for the price.... please offer more generous standard cups

I adore this cafe, visit quite often and the food is consistently good.

Food ok but lady who runs kitchen not customer friendly as even wanted to charge for a spoonful of gravy! Asked for gravy on a slice of pie (although the serving 'jug' comes on the side there was only a dribble in it even though had asked at the till before ordering if it came with plenty of gravy and asked if it could! I had been told it did and would be no problem) When food came there was a tiny amount in the jug so explained to waitress what I had been told at the till. The waitress looked nervous and said the kitchen charged for more than was in the jug but she could go and ask her if I really wanted. Felt sorry for her so ate the food as dry as it was. Really! Charge extra for such a minuscule thing! Not good customer service on the part of the kitchen. I could understand if it was something relatively expensive, but gravy! This is not the first time there has been dealings with the 'kitchen' as she once argued she was right even when she had sent out a wrong order to me. It took a till receipt to prove it to her. So rude! Customer service training required in my opinion. Waitresses at the front of shop are lovely and friendly though. Would give them five stars!

We call here very often and always enjoy the food especially the breakfasts. The food is always hot and tasty and unlike a lot of places we visit they do the most perfect poached eggs. The staff are always lovely and friendly. Just the last 3 times we have visited the waiting time for food has been a very long time even though the cafe has not been very busy. Don’t know what’s happened there as it wasn’t like that before. We call in at least 2/3 times a week. Just thought it was a problem the first time it happened but it seems to be each time we go now. We get our drinks straight away but they are long gone by the time the food arrives.

Best. Sausage. Ever. Couldn't get enough of the sausage. More sausage. Best tasting sausage. #sausageislife

Visited for lunch today and chose off the excellent Christmas menu. It was very busy but did not have to wait too long for our food. The meal was so good, plenty of it, so tasty and all piping hot.

Having visited the cafe at least a dozen times over the past three years or so for lunch or morning coffee/snack and having generally enjoyed the food and found the service good with friendly staff, my opinion changed on the last Sunday in November. The garden centre and cafe advertise, open until 4.00pm. We arrived in the cafe at 3.25pm and ordered tea and coffee and asked for two ham sandwiches (after bacon batches were refused). The kitchen staff could not be bothered to make the sandwiches claiming 'too close to closing time'. Most other cafes are more accommodating. This is poor service indeed and although I was polite to the serving staff, it made me feel quite angry.

From reading the reviews on here, gave this place a go for breakfast. It was very run of the mill and the sausage were far too large and over facing, I saw on most plates that were left on tables that the sausages were left/hardly touched. I don't know if this was the normal sausage or not, but I wouldn't visit for breakfast again in a hurry, there are much more pleasant places to grab a full English nearby, sorry.

Went with family at lunch time had salmon sandwich served with salad and crisps which was very nice. Service was good. It is not cheap but very nicely presented. We all enjoyed the meal.

Good cafe! Visited yesterday, went in for breakfast. Reasonably priced and good quality and big portion sizes. The cafe was reasonably busy as you would expect with most Garden Centres. Good selection of cakes and drinks.

Me and the family went. Ordered chicken and bacon panini, grey coloured bacon to start off with. Overly expensive chicken barm at £4.30.. just for a barm, no salad or chips on the side and a few measly pieces of chicken. Table service was awful, asked a waiter to clean the table as there was still crumbs and stains on from previous people sat there. The guy just came with a wet cloth and did a one second wipe, hardly cleaning any of the mess! Waitress had forgotten my mother in laws coffee so we had to ask for it to be brought over after she had finished her meal. Over all service was bad and I would 100% not recommend this establishment to anybody.

If you can get in the food is good but need to book a table staff friendly and willing to please nice and clean tables

Had to wait a few mins for the breakfast but as always this cooked to order. There is a set...

Me and the wife go there every sat and sun for either lunch or a scone or both we have been doing for a few years and as the food and service is impeccable the scones are amazing. The are without doubt the best scones we have ever tasted. The lightness and crumbliness of them make for a fantastic taste. I wouldn't change anything about the actual scones. The cream would be better if it was clotted cream but that is just a minor observation. I cant go without saying that the staff are remarkable very efficient and always ready to help and offer any assistance to enable the visit to be anything other than great.

Call for coffee and a cake and sometimes take the grandchildren for tea after school. Very clean and tables cleared and cleaned. You tend to get what you pat for at these establishments and therefore rate as 5. Staff very pleasant and no rushing. Food very good.

lovely cafe. Good atmosphere and polite staff. Delicious meals. The only issue u had was they had forgotten to change the soup on the board so when It came out it was a different one. But easily sorted and the waitress was very helpful

We recently visited the cafe at Avant Garden Centre and decided to have a spot of lunch there.The staff were extremely polite and helpful.The food we had was very nice and the atmosphere of the cafe was very pleasant.We will probably call again when we are in the area.

we visit once a week and usually have toasted tuna sandwiches with salad a cup of tea and a latte.the food is always fresh and well presented.buy 5 drinks and your 6th is free the ladies that serve the food are always polite and helpful.it gets busy at lunchtime so get in early

Friendly staff, good menu and quality food. For a cafe I think k it's very good plus we are regular customers .

I regular visit Avant for a cake and a coffee as I always feel welcomed by the staff and was surprised to read a recent review on their quality of scones. I have ordered these on various occasions and think they are really tasty and give my mum's homemade ones a run for there money.

Went with my friend to have a catch up. ...ordered a coffee and scones. ....had to take both scones back as they completely broke up.....they were replaced but the next one exactly the same. ....just refunded money without offering anything else. ...disappointed and won't go again...

Last Sunday I visited with my daughter and family, I have been before and never had a problem so It was on my recommendation we went there. It was extremely busy so when we went to the counter to put our order in the staff said we were looking at over 40 minutes wait for hot food. As we had my young grandson there we knew he would get unsettled waiting so we opted for all of us to have a coffee and scone. This came after about 10 minutes, which was fine. However, we all made comment to how the the scones were not as they should be, and I have had them many times before, my daughter, who I might add is a restaurant manager, said there wasn't enough fat in them and thus they had a biscuit texture, so as soon as they were cut they just crumbled, it was very very difficult to put the butter on. My daughter mentioned this to one of the staff as she was passing, and we all said they were not of the usual standard. The staff member said she would go and see the person who had made them. This she did, and returned and said they had been made with the same recipe as before and no one else had complained. The staff member said she was sorry but she could not do anything about it. I think she could have done something about it. If a customer complains, the first thing that should have been done, was a) ask if the customer would like something else instead, and b) if not they should have been given the money back for the scone. It is totally unsatisfactory to say there is nothing that could be done. I won't go back there or recommend it now and it is a shame because the food and staff are usually ok. I don't know if there was a manager in or the manager was the one who said the scones were the same. Customer Service course might be a good idea.

I regularly go to this café for lunch with friends or with my disabled husband. The staff are always friendly and helpful. I find the sandwiches, toasties and paninis all good value for money and substantial. The prawn and marie rose sandwich is my favourite and is generously filled with prawns. There is also all day breakfast etc. I have not tried the main meals but they always look nice. Have got a good selection of tea and coffee and very reasonably priced £1.50 for filter coffee.

wanted some lunch on our recent visit so ventured into the cafe. We are pleased as it is a super find. Nice menu with lots of selection. The soup and sandwich option was very satisfying and the other diners seemed pleased with their selection too.

Always good food, home baked, good service , clean, tidy,great Vale for money, staff always pleasant.

I meet a couple of friends here on a fairly regular basis for lunch; I usually have the soup, it's always been good. The baked potatoes look good too. The drawback is that it often feels quite cold in here, last time we moved to another table because we were next to the opening doors at the back and it was really cold there. Prices reasonable, but not cheap.

The food here is not bad but it's expensive for what it is. £30 for two adults and two children is a little much, more so the chicken and chorizo burger was a clear frozen thawed cheap item. The pies in this cade are really good and in general when I have been in the past the food has always been nice, it just a shame it's expensive

Had lunch alfresco here, card machine wasn't working so didn't have to pay upfront. Food was pleasant and much better value for money than at the Lakeside in the garden centre almost next door.Happy to return, maybe when the weather is better!

Went in here for cake and hot chocolate with my friend it was our first visit. I was very clean but it was cold and drafty. Our cakes and drinks were very nice and the staff were pleasant.

An exceptionally lovely garden centre staff are always at hand to help. Today our visit was to the cafe. Lovely staff, but my problem is why do they need to put a dressing on a very small salad with your toastie. Please could they ask would you like dressing on your salad or offer it a small pot as it is not everyone's taste.

Been in past but was exceptionally busy and waited 15min to get an order in. Then 30min wait we dident bother

We took the grandchildren here as there is a small soft play area and found that the prices in the café very over the top. £3.25 for a scone with jam and cream is a tad too high. The children wanted Wotsits at £1 a packet, Dairy Lea Dunkers at £2,35 each and £2 for a "giant" custard cream biscuit. The small bottles of childrens drinks were also over priced. The staff however are very nice. I think a change of tables would be advisable bearing in mind that lots of children visit here to ones with rounded edges rather than the sharp cornered ones that are just at eye level for toddlers.

This is a lovely cafe within a well presented and varied garden centre. The food is freshly prepared and is of high quality. A varied menu there is something for everyone. The art on display adds interest to the experience and is also affordable.

Very over-priced for the amount received!! The bacon on the breakfast was obviously very cheap & salty & I left half of it as it was also very fatty!! My daughter paid £2.95 for a portion of chips & only received about 10 chips on the side of her plate. We were told that this was a full portion!! Would not return as our meal cost us £30 just for 3 small, disappointing breakfasts, 1 tiny portion of chips & drinks

Pleasant surroundings and a decent enough menu. I've never eaten a main meal here so can't really comment on portion size for those, but having ordered a chicken wrap with chips and salad I would say the emphasis was on the salad. There wasn't a very substantial filling in the wrap and the portion of chips was on the small side albeit being a good flavour. It was advertised on their specials board and I would say there wasn't anything particularly 'special' about it. The roast beef offering was already unavailable at 12:15 which was also a bit of a surprise. Maybe they should look at providing a bit more value for money.

Called in here for lunch as I was in the area with work, great place all round. Had the Chicken, Cheese and Bacon Panini and I would definitely recommend it!! I then found out there was free wifi so ended up staying and working most of the afternoon from there....... which meant I also ended up having a few of their lovely latte's!Will certainly be in again soon!!

We decided to go for lunch. My husband ordered scotch broth and Chips, i had a cheeses sandwich. After a very long wait, mine arrived 5 minutes earlier than my husbands and I was given his chips which were cold by the time the worst chicken soup he had ever tasted arrived. What happened to the scotch broth? Husband not a complainer so came home. Polite staff, great atmosphere. They just need to get the basics right...oh and it's not very clean in the conservatory, cobwebs, dirty window sills. Sorry guys you needs an action plan

What a lovely surprise this cafe is. There really is a gallery & lots of craft/jewellery on display. It is bright and airy, when you get inside (even an outside area) but you wouldn't know it was there if you weren't looking. Lovely sandwiches, lunches and large cakes. A great place to meet friends and enjoy good food served to your table.

I was expecting better. Went on a Sunday, Sunday lunch was on the specials board. Ordered. Run out. Wipe it off the board then!Fish cakes it was then. No way home made. Sticky table.Won't go again.

My friend & I had lunch there yesterday. The café is bright & airy with art work on the wall to view and to buy. It was surprisingly full and trade was constant. Service was friendly & efficient with food & drinks arriving promptly. Karen prefers a weak latte & when it arrived it also came with the remaining coffee shot in a separate jug so she could add it if she wanted her drink to be stronger. This was a very thoughtful gesture! Our sandwiches were freshly prepared & came with salad & coleslaw. Prices are similar to those of similar establishments. We lingered & chatted over our meal & drinks & it was good that we weren't made to feel rushed. Overall, it was a very good experience & we will definitely return. The garden centre is also well worth looking at.

We called in here for a quick bite to eat.It wasn't overly busy, but the food seemed to take an age to arrive.My OH ordered the food, he asked for a sausage barm and a ham toastie.His sausage barm was bitterly disappointing; the skinniest, most feeble looking sausages, cut in half and slapped on a barm.We had both assumed when ordering the toastie, that cheese came as standard, isn't that what a toastie is about? Apparently not when you order here. I got ham on toast.A further inspection of the menu said that you have to choose TWO items off the menu, one of which being cheese. As I'd only asked for a ham toastie, that was all I got. I was just glad it was served with coleslaw and salad to add a bit of moisture to it.We debated what I would have got if I'd asked for the red onion toastie....onions on toast? Surely kitchen staff know that toasties need cheese? Whilst I accept that they made me what I asked for, I think maybe the staff should confirm at the till whether or not people want cheese.For what we got, it was expensive and we wished we'd gone somewhere else.

Regularly visit this cafe for lunch with my elderly mother. Extensive menu but we invariably choose the soup and sandwich combo which offers good value for money. If we have room, the good selection of cakes, scones and biscuits fill the spot! Large room is bright and airy with plenty of room between the tables which my mother appreciates.

Daughter bought us afternoon tea, it was delicious! Cafe could not do enough for my husband who could not eat ordinary bread or anything chocolate. There was a fabulous selection of sandwiches (on wraps) and cakes/pastries. Would highly recommend. Staff very friendly and accomadating.

A bit pricey. Food OK quite a long wait. The place was quite busy and it was a hot day so maybe staff were feeling the heat.

I have been here several times with my parents who are both in their mid nineties and we have bacon barm cakes every visit.We love your bacon barm cakes!!We ate there once more yesterday and guess what we had?Yep - bacon barm cakes.Cafe Gallery is immaculately clean and is cosy too.The service is superb and the staff are very friendly.Highly recommend a visit here.

Spoiled lunch. Visited today for quick lunch my choice for birthday as going for meal tonight just fancied sausage barm. I don't know why I looked underneath it but really glad I did the bread bun was mouldy. I promptly returned it to counter without a fuss handed it to staff she did apologise. Took it into kitchen I sat down she did come over and apologise again and offered another but I declined and my money was returned. The explanation was it was next to heat?? I still feel a bit sickly when I think about it. Sorry but won't be returning

Had lunch here on a Sunday afternoon. Pretty grim surroundings, nothing to look at, cheap garden furniture as sofas & pretty dull décor. Service left a lot to be desired, whilst no one was rude, no one seemed to know what they were doing & there didn't appear to be a manager. Place was quiet and yet basic stuff was not done, no one informed us certain things has sold out so upon ordering people had to change their minds, no cutlery was brought over despite us ordering food, when we asked cutlery came but no spoons even though 2 of us had soup so had to ask again.Mixed reviews about the food, full breakfast & soup very nice, sandwiches poorly presented on cheap bread, pie of the day was awful, very dry, no filling & no flavour.Cakes were all very good though.

We visited the Avant Cafe this morning for the first time. I ordered a bacon butty and asked if they could cut the fat from the bacon, to which the very friendly waitress at the counter replied that it wouldn't be a problem. The reason I asked is because my husband is disabled, he's had his fingers partially amputated, he finds it difficult to remove the fat from bacon and doesn't like me to cut the fat off for him in public, because he finds it embarrassing. I didn't explain the reason why to the waitress, I didn't feel it was an imposition to ask for something so trivial. A different waitress bought our food to us and as she did so, she whispered in my ear that they cut the fat off this time, because the restaurant wasn't busy, but it's not something they usually do and I shouldn't expect it again. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! What an absolutely terrible terrible attitude! It takes all of 20 seconds to cut the fat off bacon. I would have challenged the waitress there and then, but my husband didn't want a scene, he was embarrassed by what she'd said. I couldn't eat up fast enough and couldn't get out quick enough. They obviously don't want our custom and they won't be getting it again.

Café as always been full when we have used the garden centre, so decided to try. Sandwiches and soup delicious as were the home made cakes for afters. The coffee is also excellent!

Delicious baking and lovely coffee - followed by a browse round the very well stocked gift shop.Lovely garden items too, just no space in the car to bring them home!

yes we go ther when we can, food all freshly cooked,good quality very nice service,nicw atmosphere, recomended

Love this place to eat whether breakfast or lunch its always good food. Visit regularly, immaculately clean always worth a visit.

Went with family. We all enjoyed looking at the art displayed on the walls whilst waiting for our meals. Pleased to see mature, experienced staff who were delightful...

Very disappointing. We called in for coffee and a cake; the coffee was hot and brown, but completely without flavour. My scone was completely inedible - dry, again without taste and so crumbly that it was impossible to butter. My wife had a slice of carrot cake that was so sweet as to be inedible, and we ended up leaving the whole lot. All a matter of taste? - there was either too much taste or not enough! Although we have visited on a number of previous occasions, we won't be going back again. Toilets were good though!

Absolutely LOVE this place. I love coming here with relatives or friends - a great place to natter over scrummy cakes and then pick up a few things for the garden and home. If you haven't been, do go - it is a gem of a place where the food and service are first class.

Used to come here twice a week when working full time for working lunch,now for pleasure as have more time.Even though cafe was full service was swift and pleasant. They make v good jackets with prawns,portion of prawns could do to be bigger( as they used to be!!) but well presented and tasted as it should. Friend had panini and chips and stated all good. Excellent cappochinos here to. Nice garden centre with very healthy plants and excellent gift shop

This is my second visit in a couple of weeks. First time I had soup and sandwich which was what I expected. This time had cheese and onion pie and chips. Now it did say small pie but it was tiny with 7 chips!!!! My mum however enjoyed her prawn sandwich. They do do the best mochas though.

On arriving here with my friend today we went in the cafe for lunch and there was a reasonable choice in the menu, our drinks were served straight away and our food was very nice, staff were very friendly and it was lovely to browse round the garden centre after lunch, will definitely visit again!!!!

This place, lets remember is a cafe within a garden centre, and can be a busy one at that. - family owned and run, and has come a long way from where it was 10 or so years ago.the cafe is a great addition, it sometimes depending whom is on and whom is serving can be a slightly clunky expereince, but most times its great, friendly, warm and just cosy. granted as a 35 year old i may well have been the youngest in there, but it didnt matter as i wasnt going in their to pull.all staff in the garden centre are really good as well by the way, this is just a nice way for you to have a wander and a coffee before or going or for you to think about whether you should buy all those plants or not.. i liked it... - everything seemed either fresh or home/local made

I have visited this cafe on many occasions with family and always thought it was quite nice with good food. However on recent visits we have noticed the food quality has become poor. I visited today with my mum and grandma and was so disappointed and felt very uncomfortable. The cafe had a new a employee a young man with dark hair who was polite and trying his best. We witnessed staff out the kitchen and on the front being very rude to him it was awful to watch. Every body has to learn and bullying someone who is doing there best to learn is a disgrace!!!! The food was awful and my panni was left it was burnt! Not impressed atal and would not reccomend to others!!

we dine at avant garden often,excellent food and service. The staff are 100% and that goes for the garden centre as well

Good idea to have a restaurant and art gallery combined in a very good garden centre.We have had a decent reasonably priced lunch here in the past but on this occasion called in to have morning coffee and toast and take a look at the art work before buying new plants for the garden.We ordered coffee and a pot of tea with toast but had to wait whilst orders for breakfast were served. The toast was delivered first and then a wait for the drinks to be made. Not bad service really just a lack of coordination which can easily be corrected.The layout of having the dining tables alongside the art work is most disconcerting it being difficult to study the paintings looking through people eating their meals, without appearing rude.

We visit Cafe Gallery regularly, it's always excellent food, but this was the first time one of us had a breakfast and it was cooked absolutely perfect. Lovely staff, spotlessly clean cafe and kitchen as you can see inside it. Scones which my partner had, gorgeous. A must to visit.

Called at Avant garden centre on way to Blackpool it is fantastic there is lots&lots of fancy goods and everything you need for the garden. We then went in the Cafe Gallery for breakfast it was spotlessly clean and the food was perfect .All the staff were polite and helpful thank you all very much we will be be back H&D

I visited the Avant Cafe for the first time today, with two other family members. I ordered the roast beef dinner - with all the trimmings (so it claimed) at £7.99. When it arrived there were boiled carrots, roast potatoes, tinned garden peas, a soggy Yorkshire pud and what looked like unifomly sliced beef of the 'boil in a bag' variety, topped off with gravy. This was all presented on a medium sized oval plate. The so called roast potatoes were totally soggy as though they had been left to soak in water and heated several times. So too were the carrots which just mushed up and were tasteless. The consistency was of the boil in a bag variety that had been warmed up several times. I complained to the waitress who came to collect the plates, as this was the only contact with us. She said nothing! No one came out from the kitchen to apologise for such a poor excuse for a Sunday meal. What made things worse was that my mother seemed to have freshly boiled potatoes with her quiche meal and salad, none of which were to be seen on my plate.The prices here do not reflect good value as there are many better venues to dine at within the locality and far better food. Sadly I will never return to this place as it was the worst excuse for a meal that I have come across. There was no customer facing representation from anyone. Avoid this place unless you like terrible meals prepared by incompetent kitchen staff.

We popped in for a quick look around and decided to get some tea and cake. The service was good and the girls are friendly and efficient. The cakes were ok, nothing spectacular, mine was a little dry and my daughters "look better than it tasted" but for a quick refreshing break whilst shopping its acceptable I wouldn't go out of my way to visit though.

We've been visiting here for around 10 years now and feel it was better before the new build a few years back. The breakfasts used to be awesome and the children used to be well catered for, but amazingly now they don't even have a children's menu - yet I always see plenty of kids when I'm in. The young staff were not particularly helpful when we visited last Sunday, we asked for a child's portion of 2 different menu items but were told 'No, we can't do that....' Bring back those lovely ladies, who were friendly and chatty on a Sunday morning, oh and the children's menu of course!