Beckworth Emporium in Wellingborough

We went to the Emporium, which is very impressive, for afternoon tea. The large restaurant is comfortable and the service excellent. The afternoon tea was flawed. the sandwiches were all white bread and sliced too thickly. the cakes looked appetising and we took some home. The scone was enormous, more suitable for a transport cafe. Wont go back for more!

Good place for food and garden, vast choice ,restaurant is very good

First class, great staff, very relaxing.

Meat session is my favourite. 🤩 Excellent quality.

Stunning place, Luxury Garden Centre if ever there was one. Plants indoor & outdoor, beautiful gifts, clothes etc. The restaurant is Great (No Bookings allowed, walk-ins only.) However, you get a buzzer to let you know when a table is free, so you can wander around the place, as it’s almost always full. No wonder, the food is delicious & plenty of it. Good choices too (I’m vegetarian) No room for cake sadly, however, on your way out, you go through the food hall/market. Fresh fruit & veg, with cakes & treats to take away. This place is well worth it. Staff are so friendly & a real credit to them. Well done Beckworth, well done ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon, if you time it right and the rest of the surrounding villages haven’t made the same choice. We got lucky with our visit and were seated straight away, whilst I don’t think how busy a place is, is their problem, they do need to work on a possible booking system. Food and refreshments were lovely as always, venue itself is clean & tidy and staff are friendly. Prices are a little steep for what you get, but worth it as an occasional treat.

Had nice lunch in the resturant and bought some groceries too. Staff always polite..

Well stock great variety of local foods great butchers area

We're mostly just interested in the farm shop, I could blow hundreds in there with ease, the produce they have on offer is good and they stock unusual things which are fun to try. If you visit, I recommend getting a sausage roll or two from the deli counter, they're something like £4 a pop, but they're easily worth it.

Alana served us lunch, she was very cheerful and accommodating. Lunch was delightful, then we went shopping for fresh fruit and veg, what a choice! Lovely emporium.

Clean tables, well mannered staff and good service. Food wasn’t so great. We had the Beef Bourguingnon which was incredibly salty and the French Beans greatly overcooked. The chef did oblige in swapping out the mash for new potatoes. One of us had the chicken burger without the bun and felt the chicken was bland so all in all not great food but great service. Worth knowing that this is no longer a private business but part of the Blue Diamond group and has been, in my opinion, over extended and spoiled. Even the shop stock is no longer special or different.

Great place for afternoon tea, lunch of just coffee and cake 🎂. Lovely staff and ladies clothing is very good!! Great afternoon out💕

Was lovely experience, food there was so so good, we had a lovely walks around the shops there.

Great food, reasonable prices and nice surroundings.

I had breakfast with friends this morning. I ordered eggs benedict,but unfortunately the muffins were so hard at the bottom I couldn't cut them. I was offered a replacement and that was very nice.

Didn't even make it into the restaurant as we were told it would be a 75 min wait so gave up and went home. When money has already been spent on a voucher (afternoon tea for 3) it's really disappointing that there's no way of booking in advance. Total waste of time and an hours drive for nothing. The response I got from staff was "come midweek" ..well obviously we would if we could.

It's a little hard to review as it's a destination of three quite different parts, so ive broken it down then averaged across the three. 1. Food Hall - This has a good selection of good quality independent food and drink. Can't really fault it. 5* 2. Garden Centre - as a garden centre its a bit meh, it's not the best but it's okay-ish. 2+* 3. Cafe/Restaurant - Quite a frustrating place, if you get there when its not too busy and when they have stocked up its pretty decent, the food is okay, a solid 4* I'd say. Often there's a queue for 45+ minutes just to get a table (no idea why, its decent for a garden centre but we aren't talking a fine Italian restaurant here). For me running out of menu items is their biggest issue and its not related to arriving after busy hours, you can go pre-rush on a mid-week morning, and they've still run out of your first three options! If you have a somewhat limited diet (i.e. don't eat meat, etc) then those three options are quite probably your only options, you are perilously close to being forced to drop into the dreaded cant-cook-wont-cook jacket potato menu section. If I see a queue know I just jump in my car and nip over the road to Manvell Tea Room who never disappoint. So, could be decent if the stock was managed better, but it isn't so a frustrating 2*

The place it self is interesting. We had a nice lunch and everyone is very friendly. Now for the two stars , we bought three slices of Victoria sponge cake £10 to take home from the fresh cake stall, so not cheap. It was the worst dryest cake I have ever had. Stale dry and the supposed butter cream tasted of the worst synthetic goo . Never again. It’s a shame because it’s a nice place.

It’s a nice place to wonder round and we had a nice lunch. The staff were friendly and did ask if we enjoyed our food. Now for the two stars. We bought three slices of Victoria Sponge Cake at £10 so not cheap to take home. It was the worst cake I’ve ever bought. Dry as anything with supposedly butter cream that tasted like synthetic goo. Needless to say it got thrown out . Never again.

This place used to be fantastic. Now the food is on par with wetherspoons and I'm not a snob (far from it) but I'm not eating here anymore.

Visited at 4.30 pm and was told no hot food, just hot drinks and cakes. Was shown to a table and then left for 15 minutes before our order was taken. We felt like we shouldn't have been there........ drinks arrived, and then we were given the bill and asked to pay straight away a little after 5 pm. Not a very good experience this time. We then left and about 5 staff watched us leave and not ONE of them said thank you or good bye! Very disappointing

Good selection of fruit and veg good selection of meat (fresh and frozen) Well layed out garden center Plants and accessories Very good and busy restaurant (need to book) Well worth a visit I will visit again

Great shop, great produce, shame they way over charge for some of it. You defiantly get ripped of for some things so be vigilant, check prices. The cafe has great service and food, always very busy

Great for food, gifts, garden supplies & clothes. Want a lovely too this is the place to eat, great food, great service!

Staff are lovely. The food is lovely. The surroundings are even better. The only thing that can be quite frustrating is that you can not book, so therefore, can be waiting around for up to an hour to be seated

I used to love going there. Food was good and a nice environment to eat. However, I believe it's now in the hands of a group. The food was poor and it wasn't reflected in the over inflated prices. I ordered a panini which looked like it had been sat on. I ventured around the outdoor garden area and the condition of the plants was bad. Pots and plants lying in the walkways and no obvious attention given to the health of the plants. The second star was only given because the staff are pleasant.

Family Breakfast lovely food friendly staff good menu

Love our visits to Beckworth Emporium when we visit our friends who live close buy. The place has recently been taken over by Blue Diamond but it has hardly changed. The food hall is amazing, the house plant section is great, the garden centre is really good and the gift shop is full of beautiful things.

Service so very slow! Sat for 10 mins before order was taken. Draughty chilly environment

It has a great pager system for the restaurant so no long waits. Beautiful place to shop with a large variety of quality goods. Highly recommend.

Great place to find a gift east parking and easy to get to. Great coffee shop but a bit pricey well worth a visit.

If you want to while away some time and get lost in an almost magical world, then pay a visit here! Loads of free parking. Everything here from gardening to home interiors. Presents for family and friends. Greeting cards, meat, food shopping and a café to relax in when you're done. Great place.

Disappointing lunch at Beckworth with my friend today. (31st December). Turkey dinner was not available, so I had the cheese and ham quiche. The ham was inedible, tough, grey and with an unpleasant taste. I had to pick it out. The potatoes were also quite unpleasant tasting. The quiche was dry and there was only a tiny amount of dressing on the salad. The lady who served us was nothing short of miserable, bordering on rude. She ignored us initially, taking orders from the neighbouring table who were seated after us. When we asked to order, she turned and just stared at us. We gave the order. My friend asked for no salad dressing. I saw she had written ‘no salad’ on her order pad, so pointed this out. The look she gave me could make hell freeze over. Still she said nothing. After the meal, we asked for the bill, again to be greeted with silence. The bill never came, so we went to the desk to ask to pay. I told the person seating people how unpleasant and unhelpful the server had been and she apologised. This is not my usual experience of Beckworth and is extremely disappointing. I won’t be going back in a hurry. With hindsight, I wish I hadn’t have paid.

PRICEY on everything, however the restaurant food is reasonably priced with some of the best deserts in Northamptonshire. The Beckworth burger appears to have shrunk within the last 12 months and seems to lack flavour.

Extensive farm market with good variety of products and dining. Service was good. Clean toilet facilities.

Very beautiful place especially around Christmas time. The restaurant, food and service were excellent. One can spend a few hours easily.

Bit pricey, but you get what you pay for.

Super helpful staff, good food to eat in and to takeaway to prepare yourself.

Very festive. Lots of hard work had gone into it

Love Beckworth emporium and try to go and few times a year. Christmas setup with decorations are always amazing. Had afternoon tea which was good but very expensive.

Booked and took granddaughter to see santa Experience was very gòd and gift was excellent Santa and elves were really authentic and were excellent with children The Christmas decorations at emporium was wonderful a real treat for all ages You could spend hours walking round

Lovely place. Gets very busy. If you plan on eating, get there earlier as there is normally a wait.

Must be one of the best garden centres for many a mile, always a pleasure and doesn’t disappoint. It has a large food hall with loads of wonderful bits and pieces , a showpiece very large glasshouse restaurant which serves a superb range of things to eat and drink from an extensive menu- difficult to choose but it’s all very yummy. Has a large outdoor garden section, inside is a sizeable range of home bits, gifts and toiletries etc , one thing that is more minimalist is indoor plants- this is something they are not hot on . Considering it’s out of the way , it seems very popular, has a following which is easy to see why. Along with a large free car park makes for a lovely trip out.

Emporium was good but the food wasn’t had a turkey panini the turkey was dry, tough and tasteless would not recommend

What a disappointment the winter garden cafe was today. We only wanted coffee and cake so made the decision to go here rather than the restaurant, big mistake. We asked for a plate for our cake but was informed that as it was only a "take away"" we needed to use a cardboard box and our coffee was to be served in paper cups. They have tables and chairs so don't understand that statement!! We wished we'd waited at the main restaurant and received cups and plates. It felt as if this was just a money making exercise. Some people were having afternoon tea, which again was served in cardboard boxes, although the tea pot etc appeared to be pottery. We personally will never use that facility again, and would advise others not to use it either. Would rather wait for the restaurant. Beckworth used to be one of our favourite places but not sure that it will be in future.

Went for Christmas afternoon tea and loved the idea of the lunch boxes but take up a lot of space on the table and small portion sizes

Very very busy. Some nice things but expensive and very disappointing quality of food in the cafe. I’ve been before and it was much better than this time.I've given it an extra star as all the staff were really friendly and helpful.

Great ambience, great food (and choice) and a friendly team! It's busy (very popular), so at busy times you'll have to wait, but there's lots of shopping and browsing to be done - enjoy!

Nice place to visit. Good range in all departments especially Christmas. Cafe does nice meals.

I have been a regular visitor to Beckworth for many years and I have always found it fabulous. However the last few times I have found it no where near as good. The last 2 times there have been many empty tables yet a member of staff has been stood there with the buzzer and a list to add your name and both times a 45 minute wait! Today I arrived at 10.55am yet they couldn’t accommodate myself and a friend for 45 minutes even though like I said there were many empty tables. I asked why and apparently there was a lead time in the kitchen of 45 minutes . I explained this never used to be the case. The woman said yes it has I’ve been here 10 years! In fact it never was like this in the past, it used to be much more efficient with all the tables filled.You can’t book either. In my opinion the buzzer is to get customers trailing around the shop hoping they will spend money. Not great for the elderly, disabled or people with babies and children. Beckworth is not the place it used to be and there’s plenty of amazing places I would visit before here in the future. Apart from the abrupt woman dishing out buzzers the staff were lovely.

Did some carol singing with Northampton Sings and bought a last minute Christmas present for my oldest son A vast array of gifts,food,drink,Christmas paraphernalia etc. The café has a great selection of festive food and drink as well - I recommend the spiced apple

Lovely looking foods, large and plenty to see. Lovely blasphemous xmas decorations. Great time with kids

Very nice garden centre with lovely restaurant

amazing food, very professionally presented, I loved every mouthful.

Well worth a vist but very busy.

Great garden centre with lovely restaurant. Now in full swing for Christmas with both high end and cheaper options. Fram shop counter and cake heaven a must visit.

Xmas Cream Tea - VERY disappointed! Some basics that you'd expect are just not there. You get a boxed set of sandwich fingers (which were drying on edges), miniature sponge and rock hard scone. All on a picnic table (which x4 boxes don't fit on) alongside a small teapot for 2 people to share (literally 1 cup each) - oh and milk is apparently self serve as after waiting we went to ask and were told - "there's milk on the side, I'll get you a jug". Honestly - you'd be better get the £8 take away cream tea and not getting robbed with the £20.95 Xmas Cream Tea.

We had an absolutely amazing time at Beckworth emporium. Well worth a visit. Left feeling extremely festive 😁

We absolutely love to visit the emporium we have only ever had great food and fantastic service when we have visited never disappointed. Lovely fresh fruit and veg with so much more to buy.

Service in cafe is awful and prices are well over the top.....rip off

Too expensive for the quality and smaller portions.

Lovely food. Great place to ha e a wander round. Expensive generally but garden centres tend to be

I've visited here a handful of times. Lots of variety with regards to homemade foods and home items. I noted a florist doing Christmas wreath lessons as well. It's a great place to visit, especially now it's coming up to Christmas

We were immediately put off by the fact that we couldn't take the pupster in with us and had to leave her in the car when other garden centres etc welcome dogs. Because of this we only had a quick look around where we had initially gone for lunch too. The food in the food court looked really good, although very expensive. We took a look at the restaurant but on heading that way we were met by a gentleman coming out who said "I wouldn't bother, 45 minutes to wait for food and when it came it was only luke warm" not the best on the spot review. We don't mind waiting for food as long as it's good when it arrives, but hearing people (and there were more than one) saying that really put us off going back another time. The ornaments and gifty things were pretty, but again, the seemed a bit on the expensive side. We didn't go outside because of the rain, but we weren't really looking for any plants. Not sure we'll go back again as it all seems a bit out of our price range. Vera & Jim.

Very good shop, loads of Christmas decorations

Great shop, lovely plants, and superb food.

Great place to relax, good restaurant, you can eat, shop, a large selection of food and industrial products! You can eat it warm, drink coffee and eat a cake! I highly recommend it! Toilet on site

My family and I have been visiting Emporium for the past 3 years and have enjoyed the variety and quality of products and services they have to offer. Unfortunately, off lately the service at the restaurant is below usual standard. On many occasion the hot drinks we have ordered were served lukewarm or even cold. The excuses we had is the lack of staff, so that the drinks can’t be delivered to the tables in time before the are no longer hot. On our last visit, as a form of apology the restaurant manageress offered us 20% staff discount of the cold coffee which I found very insulting and off putting. I sincerely hope that they will improve the efficiency of service in the restaurant, as off now I have no desire to go back.

Awful service, and the roast dinner definitely did not make up for it! Avoid. Plenty of options across Northants for a decent roast. This place is overrated.

Went today and as usual delightful and helpful staff. Went for the Christmas Market and it was bigger and better than last year. Had to drag the wife away. We'll be going back.

Second time over the two weeks told 45 min wait for table so left. Good for Beckworths though not so good for others.

Nice food and environment. Pre book is required.

Unusually very poor performance in service. It did not appear very busy when we arrived, yet we waited over 25 minutes for delivery of coffee. And despite placing a lunch order early, this was also so very late in delivery. A second order of coffee was also very slow and we were on the point of deciding to leave when it arrived. This not what we have previously experienced, but was seemingly very disorganised.

Had heard about this, so went for a look. Very busy for lunch but well organised. Good value food. Enjoyed the meal. Super service. Great selection of different goods in the various depts.

Excellent afternoon tea! Good selection of sandwiches and cakes. Comfortable surroundings too. Our waiter Connor was great. Recommended.

We booked in and given an electric buzzer to say when our table was ready, while we went shopping found everything we came for. Never heard communication re table, quite noisy but evidently buzzed. This is when things slowed down, ordered our hot drinks and afternoon tea. Coffees arrived the young waitress was very busy on her entering till, our hot drinks getting cold. Still we waited another 45 minutes for our food!!evidently the staff are either to busy taking other orders from the tables then entering on a computer till, a bit inefficient time wise, not a great service food had better value. We love a tea shop in Brampton smaller but quality and service very good.

Amazing breakfast poached eggs highly recommended

Such a great place, amazing quality, lovely staff. The choice of produce is second to none. The restaurant is fantastic with great locally sourced produce. Well worth a visit!

Lovely place, amazing locally sourced food cooked to a high standard. Beautiful decor and friendly staff with return for sure.

Great place. Garden centre with excellent restaurant. Also sells fruit, veg, bread, cakes, groceries, christmas decorations, cards, clothing etc

Absolutely brilliant, the Christmas items this year are truly amazing, good work Beckworth. 👍

Lovely afternoon tea, just a shame on the waiting time to get seated

Very pleasant staff good food little on the expense but worth it very busy always a good sign

If you want to buy something a little special, this is a fabulous place to do it. They've also got their Christmas stuff out and it's just gorgeous.

Very good experience. Well worth a visit. Just visited again (October 2024) and Beckworths gets more fabulous. There's something for everybody!!

It's no surprise the restaurant is busy, it's fantastic! We visited on a Saturday morning, and it was busy, but the staff were really attentive and service was quick. Breakfast was served hot and fresh with everything well cooked. They use good quality ingredients and cook them well, hash browns were crispy, black pudding had a crunch on the outside and soft though the middle, really tasty sausages. Very happy and will return.

Fantastic breakfast, interesting menu. Staff were lovely, friendly and very professional. Sad that we were surrounded by plastic plants, when they could have used real ones, but otherwise couldn't fault the place. Wonderful experience.

Nice centre, garden centre is excellent. The restaurant serves food made from fresh produce sold in their on site shop . I ordered soup in the restaurant good service. But soup could have been hotter and bread was basic . Not the usual crusty tasty bread. But maybe a bad day in the kitchen it happens. We enjoyed our visit to Backworth

So disappointing. I have loved coming here for years but the standard of the food in the restaurant has dropped significantly. I would say many parts of dishes now bought in preprepared else where. Missing that fresh element of quality ingredients. I do understand costs have to rise, happy to pay the new prices for the previous quality but fear I will be taking my business else where. Changes on menu also disappointing, Sunday Roasts, hardly a traditional roast on the list, used to offer a small plate, roast pork etc. Chicken Caesar Salad, chicken dry, dressing not a Caesar dressing and throwing on pre cut Parmesan not good enough at that price. Bacon obviously pre cooked else where, guessing eggs too. At least they had the correct lettuce. Coleslaw looked dolloped out of bought box, I loved the kitchen prepped stuff they did before. As for the shop, still interstesting selection but too much on the shop floor, the clothes range just hideous. So surprised to find my self dissatisfied with Beckworth. 🥲

Gone down in quality since being took over,too much crammed into the halls can't shop or look properly. Had 4 afternoon teas ,price £20.00 each !! Not worth money ,2 small bowls of crisps ,between 4, 2 slices bread cut into 4 strips , 4 cakes size of petit four and scone.(each) I had veggie option cakes were dry ,no veggie butter or cream offered for scone. Supposed to be unlimited filter coffee , where you would think either someone comes around offering it or better still put pots on table , no you had to get 1 of the servers and they then had to order it , took quite a while appreciate they were busy but... Been before take over few times and enjoyed, not so this time , probably better to pop down road to Aldi get all the ingredients yourself and do your own afternoon tea , would definitely work out a lot cheaper 😥

This morning I took my wife to the restaurant for a birthday breakfast. Having been to other garden centres and not very impressed with the food I was a bit apprehensive. On arrival it was a bright, warm open area with comfortable furnishings. We were welcomed and seated quickly. Table was clean and had fully stocked condiments. My wife ordered the eggs benedicts. I ordered the full breakfast. Food came quickly and was hot. All parts of the breakfast tasted freshly cooked. Sausages were cooked well with a lovely peppered after taste. Eggs runny, but just the right amount. Bacon had a great smoked flavour. There was also two hash browns, beans, mushrooms and side order of two toast. I particularly liked the salted butter. Honestly I struggled to finish the meal. My wife said her meal was cooked perfectly. I could'nt fault it. Excellent meal. If you want high quality food in a warm vibrant setting then this is the place to go. Thank you.

Visited Beckworths on many occasions. I can't fault the food at all. Always well presented and top quality. I visited for a Sunday breakfast with friends. My friends were there before me and went to get a table. My friends wife is disabled and decided to walk but struggled. They arrived in plenty of time to be seated and order from the breakfast menu. They were asked to sit and wait despite 80% of the tables being empty. We were seated after the breakfast menu was taken off, forcing us to order from the lunchtime menu. We were a little put out as we couldn't see anywhere of time slots for arriving/ordering breakfast. Of course, had it been past 11am, we knew breakfast would be finished.

This is a most incredible place with a garden centre, massive gift shop with unusual and good quality merchandise, an incredible food section and a wonderful restaurant, not forgetting the large car park. The restaurant does get busy around lunch time but they do have a pager system whereby you can go shopping and it will beep to let you know your table is available, so waiting shouldn't be a big issue. I have been here quite often since my first visit earlier this year. Today the weather was so horribly cold, wet and miserable my husband and I went for coffee & cake. Our waitress was the lovely Carys who remembered us from last time which surprised us as they get so many people pass through but the really surprising thing was that I realised they must have Angels in their kitchen! I had the Honey cake and I believe it was the most wonderful cake I have ever tasted (which is something from someone who has travelled extensively with cake always on the 'Oooh! Must try' list). I am now forever spoiled because I don't believe anything will ever stand up to it's perfection. Something tells me I will be soon back for my Christmas shopping (several times) which will entail more coffee & cake.

Very nice place. Food great big portions worth the visit. Went again today 29.9.24. Food was fantastic all staff were very nice and friendly. Always worth going here. A+ place

Breakfast, excellent and great service.

Visited for afternoon tea. So so disappointing. Beckworths afternoon tea used to be excellent. Previously there were quality sandwich fillings (salmon, brie etc) and quality cakes. Now they have increased the price and changed the presentation but decreased the quality. fillings whilst some traditional are extremely low budget (e.g. egg mayo, thin cucumber, cheese). The previous presentation was quite unique to beckworths (slate with sandwiches in middle, cakes down the side and crisps on top) but now they’ve conformed to what everyone else does (tiered stands). Essentially what they’ve done is tried to make it look ‘posher’ but actually delivering a basic and budget afternoon tea. Previously approx £25 for 2 and now it’s £20 pp. the cakes / desserts used to be really lovely quality. I couldn’t quite believe one of them was literally a meringue with squirty cream and a blackberry on top. Sad to see a once quality establishment has now changed their business model to basically ripping people off.

First off, it’s a great garden centre/farm shop with lots of different varieties of plants, gifts, sweet & savoury food options. However, the afternoon tea experience wasn’t what we expected. The food was lovely, but we were there for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours. We got seated and no one came over for a good 20 minutes. We ordered the afternoon tea for two & 2 smoothies. Another 45 mins passed before we received our drinks, and then again about another 10 before the afternoon tea came over. The smoothies were no where to be seen. I asked a waiter who said he will check but nothing. Another 15-20 mins or so we asked again to be told they weren’t even on the order so we decided to leave them. When we were finished we asked for a box (so we could take the remainder home) & the bill. The boxes came but no bill. I had to ask another waitress for it again. I understand it is busy however, there just didn’t seem to be any urgency to order peoples foods and it seemed a bit slack on service. Food was great and I would return in hope of better/quicker service.

Always a great time. Good local food

Wonderful range of fresh produce, incredible choice of items from food and drink to gardening equipment, toiletries, and homewares. Everything and anything you could want and more!

Was a plesent breakfast, staff were plesent, but didn't seem the same high quality produce and service as we had previously experienced, especially for what it cost.. As for the Fruit and Veg department, mouldy fruit, soft courgettes, and Brussels that should be in the bin.. Brought some Mighty Mini walkie talkie set for my nephew, which don't work.. will be returning them.. C'mon Beckworth, I used to rave about this place..