Bowood Treehouse Cafe in Wiltshire

Spacious cafe at the entrance to Bowood, near the car park. So in practise you do not need to pay to enter the estate, to use it. Fair range of drinks and food, but relatively expensive.

Nice country vibe. Clean including toilets. A little warm inside but it is a hot day.

Great place to eat. Though, it might've been just today (Friday, 31st May 2024) but service was really slow. There was barely anyone in the café but it took 25 minutes to heat 2 panini. There were even some staff members doing nothing behind the counter!

Great place to meet with friends

Very nice. We only had a pre-packed sandwich That was very full, if a bit dry. The coffee was quite nice although the cups are very small for the price of the coffee.

Attractive cafe/restaurant with inside and outside seating. Good range of food including vegan and gluten free etc. Panini and baked potatoes are the hot food. The restaurant inside Bowood House does a wider range of hot food at lunchtime. It's just outside the pay gate, so it can be accessed for free!

Great coffee and sandwiches made smaller for the little ones .....how sensible no waste

Good range of light snacks. Shame they don't do cream tea's.

A lovely cafe right at the entrance of Bowood, with lots of seating, a good variety of sandwiches, cakes, children’s lunch boxes and snacks. There are also toilets and baby changing facilities available in the cafe.

Comfortable spacious, light-filled place to refuel before (or after) you enjoy the delights of Bowood House. Great coffee, tea and New York salt beef, cheese and relish sandwiches. They also do sausage rolls.

The treehouse cafe has a limited menu for lunch, rolls, sandwiches & salads. A childrens lunch box. Coffee, teas, cakes and soft drinks. Friendly staff. We chose a salad, disappointed that there was no mayonnaise, salad cream or salad dressings though, only vinegar. There is outside seating and indoor seating. Good for a light snack.

This is a cafeteria but clean, tidy and well presented. Limited options but fine for lunch, and plenty for children. Coffee was really nice. Had a good deal on sausage roll (hot, tasty) and hot drink. Located on entrance to park with indoor and outdoor seating. Friendly service. Toilets.

On one of the hottest day of the year so far, over Easter, we were in need of refreshments to enliven us in the sunshine. Located at the entrance to the garden, coffee/soft drink and cake was just what we needed. There are indoor and pitdoor tables - we chose the relative cool of inside. It was a nice and relaxing way to recover from the heat.

We went to Bowood house as we werebstaying at Bowood Hotel. Lovely new cafe with helpful staff and good foood

We spent the day at Bowood house with our two children recently, and our lunch at the treetop cafe was awful. My son chose a lunchbox which was 5 items for £5 but the choice was limited. He chose a sausage roll which was dry and old, and when we opened the jelly it had mould on it! Returned it to the staff member who took it and then only removed the other pots with mould, rather than the whole batch. No refund or alternative was offered. I had a jacket potato with brown slushy salad leaves, and a lemon drizzle cake which was powdery....a very strange unappealing texture. Everything is really overpriced for what they offer. Very disappointing as I was considering a yearly membership to Bowood house and gardens (which is great, by the way, just bring a picnic!)

Cafe was clean but not a great selection of food. Ended up with just tea. Small pot with just enough for 1 cup, no hot water. If we ever come back will bring flask and sandwiches.

Nice and clean , lovely food. Choice of drinks and hot and cold food. Toys for children available for sale. Pleasant setting, nice views.

The café looks OK and had more to offer than I thought they might. We had on this occasion taken our own picnic sandwiches which we'd ate in the grounds. Therefore we only bought pots of tea.

Excellent choices available. The jacket potatoes were really good value with plenty of topping, really delicious.

Good selection of hot/cold meals and sandwiches, also cold and hot drinks. I was going to opt for the salad until I noticed a couple of flys had descended on the cucumber and cheese and thought better of it. I do think more care and attention needs to be paid in relation to covering food in this hot weather!! There was also food debris on the floor that had not been cleared and there was only a dozen people in the cafe !!

You can visit the treehouse cafe without paying to enter bowood, albeit there’s not a lot to look around without paying to get in. However the drive down the lane to the estate is stunning and the carpark is free and vast (grass). Had coffee and cake and sat outside. The mocha was delicious and as good as barista led coffee chains - however £3 for coffees does seem expensive. I was a bit underwhelmed by the cake selection but my cupcake was delicious. It has quite a canteen feel but if you go on a nice day and sit outside it’s lovely. Baby changing facilities etc. Service nice (think her name was Helen ?).

We only went into the Treehouse for tea and a slice of cake after a walk in the area. Pleasantly surprised. Staff friendly and helpful, and the coffee and walnut cake was wonderful, and made on the premises.

We found the place absolutely awful. Very limited menu, not enough staff, dirty tables and overpriced,. Seemed to be in chaos, avoid if you have the misfortune to visit

Unfortunately the food was disappointing on our recent visit, pre cooked and luke warm. Very disappointing and pricey. Such a shame.

My family and I love Bowood and are season ticket holders, but this café never fails to disappoint time after time.

Please please please next season can we have at least on soup option without cream. Why spoil a perfectly nutritious soup unhealthy by adding cream.

Had panini's & teacakes for an early lunch before visiting the house & grounds. Very nice food & friendly staff.

£5.39 for a burnt panini, uncomfortable seating. Not much else to say except wait until you get home

Good range of food at reasonable prices. Selection of sandwiches plus hot food. We had Wraps and Jacket potatoes - all served with a good salad garnish, and very tasty.

We stopped in here before touring the house and gardens for a refuel stop. We had a bacon and brie Panini and a hummus and red pepper sandwich with a ginger beer and an apple and pear juice. all were fresh and tasty with a nice open area to sit.

Kids meals are good value but they had no sandwiches so we couldn't choose this option.

Very nice food at reasonable prices! Great kids meal deal for £5. Loved the mixed been wrap and the coffee and ginger cake

This is a good little cafe if the weather is bad but a picnic in the grounds is the food is slightly limited but not massively overpriced for this sort of venue. The coffee is good and there is free drinking water out for people if they require it.

Nos detuvimos aquí en el comienzo de nuestra visita a Bowood y al final del día. Aunque no almorzar allí, tuvimos bebidas calientes y un helado lolly y podíamos ver hay mucha variedad de comidas ligeras y aperitivos.

Sólo tenía algo de comer y beber algo antes de continuar en nuestro paseo por los jardines y césped maravilloso alrededor de un maravilloso lago lleno de gansos, cisnes, etc.

We stopped in for refreshments on our way out of Bowood around 4pm on a Saturday afternoon on a bank holiday, so I presume we missed the main lunch rush, but were happy to find empty, cleaned tables available. The queue was short and we were served swiftly.

Had a lovely coffee in here the staff were friendly not to expensive took our own food for a picnic never been before well worth a visit it didnt open till 11

Need more staff in busy periods. And please can we have more healthy options. Chips are covered in salt and in the house all the soup has cream in.

Really enjoyed our visit to Treehouse Cafe - excellent coffee and good range of snack meals available

It wasn't busy, there were plenty of staff, yet the wait was so long. 4 people serving one person, skip out people in the queue and then hot drinks left to go cold while the previous people are served. There's no systems and it's so frustrating for customers.

Lovely setting with well kept grounds. Decent café food but somewhat slow service.However, why is the WIFI so appallingly poor...nowhere do you get any workable reception...????

Bowood tree house café have a drink before your walk around the park about a mile. Start at the café and walk to your left down to the lake around the rear of the Doric temple then along the lake side to the boat house up the bank and along the terrace through the play ground back to the Tree house café for a drink and a meal. This will take about 1 hour.

Lovely place...took our dogs for a run thought we would grab a bite to eat wow expensive chips were cold and service slow asked for my receipt that was hard work in the end gave up... next time we visit will take a pinic...

Slow, but friendly service. Food was good quality for the money. £2.50 for a large sausage roll. Enough space to wheel a large buggy. Good clean toliet

We visited here later in the afternoon on the Monday after an awful breakfast experience, staff here very helpful, polite and went out of their way to open doors etc

Il ne s'agit pas là d'un restaurant mais d'un lieu de restauration rapide.Pas de service à table mais Self service

The service was so slow and the girls in there didn't.seem to know what they were about. The coffee was just about thinkable.

While one doesn't go to places like Bowood House for the food, one hopes for a reasonable offering well served, at a fair price (perhaps slightly higher than the high street). To be fair, it was at the end of the day when we visited, but based on our experience, improvements could be made

A great freshly made set of cakes and good coffee. It was a bit of a queue as it was nearly lunchtime but the staff were pleasant and well organised.

May bank holiday, it's sunny and obviously Bowood will be busy. The queues at the treehouse cafe are awful and tables are full of dirty crockery and cutlery. This needs sorting out. Is there an option to serve ice creams and soft drinks at a separate part of the treehouse cafe eg the hut opposite the payment kiosk, as its unmanageable at the moment at busy times.

Popped in due to the change in weather making it impossible for me to relax in the gardens. However, I only bought a hot chocolate and a slice of cake (not that fresh to the taste) and was charged in excess of £5! The staff were very polite and friendly.

Reasonably good selection of food available at lunchtime and reasonably priced as well. Coffee's are a little on the pricey side I felt. Overall reasonably good value for money.

Normal expected variety of lunch on offer - children's sandwich boxes; pan inis jacket potatoes etc slow service but food was fresh & tasty! colouring available for little children whilst you wait and jugs of tap water available to help yourself to with glasses which is a nice touch and helps with final bill etc!

The cafe meets the basic needs for coffees, teas, soft drinks and snacks for visitors to Bowwod House and Gardens. There is plenty of parking and you don't need to pay to go into the House and Gardens to use the cafe and its toilets. The coffees were of a good standard and the spacious cafe has good amenities.When a coach party arrived there was quite a wait for the self service staff to cope with the demand.

Often visit this cafe with children to entertain. The food and service are good, for a cafe that at times gets very full.

Popped in for takeaway coffee only. Coffee was a bit weak - not much flavour and no aroma. Price was high for what it was. Cafe looked clean.

In such a glorious setting, this could be fabulous. However it's just a basic cafe. I suppose if you just need a cuppa, a quick snack or an ice cream, its ok for most people.

Our grandchildren had the Tractor Ted lunch box which was very generous for just under £5 - you could have had up to 7 items in it! Our ham and cheese panini were good and we thoroughly enjoyed our lunch in the sunshine.

Return visit from last year. Called for afternoon tea at 3 pm. No improvement. I had a flat latte in a very small cup ! My husband had a cup of tea. No incentive to buy anything else. Lots of prepared sandwiches and rolls left in the chill cabinet. People were buying ice lollies but there was nothing else for children to eat. Where is the lovely food cooked in the hotel. Couldn't some of this be brought here ?The place itself was bare and not inviting . Just lots of kids rubbish pocket money toys left over from last year and tourism leaflets. Managers please go and visit the cafe at Lowden garden centre and see for yourself how busy it is and get a few ideas of afternoon tea,hot and cold lunches and just as important how to create an atmosphere where people feel comfortable and want to stay and spend money.

Whilst I appreciate the day we visited was the opening day for the year. I would of thought there would of been a little more organisation to the place when you think of the amount of advertising there was for the place. Queues stretched well into the car park and you would of been stood there for close to 2 hours is you had arrived after we did.Nice day and plenty for the kids to do but please learn from our rookie mistake. There are way too few food outlets at the place. The main restaurant ran out of food by 13:00 and we shot up to the tree house cafe and queued again. After 40 minutes we were told that there was no food left. Bugger. 2 hungry kids and a dad needing his hourly caffeine fix. We asked for a full refund which they did and then drove down to the Water Meadow in Melksham for food.

Nice Cafè into the Bowood House. The business is run by the family I suppose. Not a wide range of meal, but everything is good.

My partner and I dropped by the Bowood Treehouse Café last week looking for an lovely autumnal lunch out, we were delighted to be greeted with a warm atmosphere and an array of delish freshly cooked food!Having worked up an appetite walking around the beautiful grounds of Bowood, we opted for the filling seasonal soup of the day and warm homemade sausage roll to share, quickly followed by a generous slice of the delicious lemon curd drizzle cakes – one of my favourites, and we managed to eat every last crumb. Stumbling upon the Treehouse café was the highlight of our rambles around Bowood, the food was absolutely lovely and could not be faulted and best of all, reasonably priced. We loved the food and the grounds to Bowood, well worth a visit and we will be back.

I have always enjoyed walking around such beautiful grounds, and have ventured into the cafe for a quick refill and recharge with my small family on numerous occasions.On our recent trip to the gardens, tracing our usual steps resulting in ending up at "The Tree House"I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by incredibly cheery, polite staff who were all too willing to tempt myself and my family with the homemade delights now available on the menu.I was sold on the sausage rolls, and can confidently say the taste (as with anything homemade) was delightful!.On past visits I will inform you that I had felt the pricing was too high-for mediocre foods.Based upon my latest visit I can say that I have no qualms in paying slightly more for fresh produce served by incredibly attentive staff.Thank you, and well done for the much needed changes to a cafe that was desperate for a little TLC.I look forward to bringing my family to visit next year.Keep up the good work!.

Typical cafe for a large park, the food and drink were much as to be expected, busy on sunny days or when raining. Food and drinks were fine and the staff pleasant

Visit to the House and grounds take a picknick as lots did, walk in a quite sttting away from everything very relaxing

Our first visit to Bowood was more than 25 years ago and we were delighted with our return visit. The treehouse cafe is a wonderful addition to the Bowood property. The service was friendly and quick and the food satisfying.

Thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Bowood and had a super lunch here!we can thoroughly recommend the whole trip to Bowood

It was very busy the Sunday we visited though there was a dog show on in the parklands at the time. Food offered was nothing special and honestly we felt was over priced and mainly self service counter style unless it had to be made up for you. If we visited again would seriously consider the restaurant within Bowood House

We tried the homemade sausage rolls and they were delish! All local ingredients. And the chap who served us was so friendly.

Situated just outside the entrance to Bowood this recently refurbished cafe makes an ideal refreshment point before (or after!) visiting Bowood. Being outside the entrance you could simply visit for lunch or afternoon tea without paying to go into the estate!.Light and airy with a nice terrace to sit and watch visitors arriving.There are also toilets at the back of the cafe for a welcome stop after a journey to Bowood.Salads are enormous, you might want to tell themn to stop filling the plate!

both my husband and I are frequent visitors to Bowood as we live nearby. We usually go to the golf club house restaurant of which the food is always excellent,but thought we would give this place a go instead as we had read things had been updated and improved. Our first visit on Monday for a late cup of afternoon tea and scones was very enjoyable and being open until after 4 pm was convenient as well. We thought that a return visit for lunch would be a good idea,especially as I wanted to bring some work colleagues here In a couple of weeks time.We were so disappointed. Plenty of very helpful staff and plenty of room to sit in a lovely venue. The food was dreadful and so over priced. My husband decided on just a sandwich as there was not much choice of food.I ordered a jacket potato at £4.95 and a posh filling of coronation chicken at an extra £1.95. This was served on a tiny plate with what looked like a bit of shredded cabbage and carrot. Plenty of chicken,but the presentation was dreadful.After I had a scone with jam and butter which was stale and a cup of coffee. Very poor value and we won't be returning. I hope things improve next week when the Antiques road show arrives. Honestly I can't see the staff coping as the service is so slow. What a shame. The food could be so good with much more choice of salads,quiche etc.

We spent a very pleasant day and had some great food at the Treehouse cafe. Staff were friendly and service was good along with the food which was nice and fresh.

The grounds and house are pleasant enough but not worth the entrance fee. It seems that no time or investment has been put into training the staff in the eateries who are young and disorientated. The food in the cafe and the stable restaurant, that we visited was overpriced, dated and tasteless . There was not enough staff employed in either and although pleasant they really did not seem to know what was happening. The dining areas were messy and just looked dirty. I feel sorry for the staff that work there as obviously profit is more important than quality. If I return then it will be with a picnic!

Stopped here for a coffee and cake before going into Bowood. Spacious seating area which meant we comfortably fit in despite 6 adults and 3 babies in tow! All thoroughly enjoyed our coffees and cakes. Staff offered us a refund for two lattes which were late to arrive to the table due to an issue with the milk - this was great customer service! Would recommend.

the sandwiches were overpriced and stale although she did make me a fresh one the saus roll was £4 really for a saus roll

Very nice Cafe very friendly staff. Not a bad place for a snack. lollies cheaper from cafe than play area :)

Since being revamped and taken over this season, the treehouse restaurant is so much better. The menu is really simple and the food displayed looks so tempting, particularly the salads that are fresh and vibrant. The service is vastly improved and the atmosphere a lot more sociable than previously.

I visted this cafe last season and found it soul-less - but this time it looked welcoming and inviting and, once inside we were not disappointed. Being of the older generation, I enjoyed seeing the children playing and I thought the layout was very thoughtful and made best use of space. It's not a restaurant and so I felt the food choices were good for the type of eating place it is. I wouldn't expect a huge menu and the Coronation chicken jacket potato I had was delicious - really delicious. There were some tables with the remains the previous customers had left but what I noticed was that hardly any food was left on those plates so clearly the standard of all the food was as good as my choice. There were places where you could clear dirty crockery to with rolls of kitchen towel and spray provided and i thought that was a brilliant idea so that, if necessary you can clear and clean a place for yourself. As soon as the food queue died down, someone came straight over to deal with the tables. It was lunchtime on a lovely sunny day at a popular tourist attraction but it could have been dull and rainy with hardly anyone there so how do you staff for that?. What I saw was calm, efficient and smiley staff dealing with the queues in the best way they could.As an 'oldie' who has been around a long time and seen a lot of changes in the food we eat I'm always suspicious of cheap food - it has to mean poor quality ingredients and staff who are not paid enough so think about it when you moan about the cost of food when you eat out, please.

After a long walk around the Bowood grounds we decided to regain some energy and have some lunch at the Treehouse Cafe. I was keen to try it as I haven't been there since it's been under Peter Vaughan. I was impressed with the wide variety of meals and snacks on offer. After deliberating between the homemade sausage rolls and fresh salads we both chose the special of the day which was a chicken and butternut squash Thai curry served with pilau rice. It tasted delicious with a great blend of spices and wasn't too hot so would suit all palettes. We finished off with a slice of chocolate cake and coffee which were both excellent too. I was impressed with the level of service as the staff were all so helpful and cheerful and you could tell that they all worked well together as a team and had been trained well. Will we be back? Absolutely!

I am a season ticket holder and have been for some years, so I was looking forward to trying Peter Vaughans new TreeHouse Cafe as I'm a fan of The Bistro in Devizes and thought that the cafe was in need of BIG change, but I was disappointed.I think the table layout is far better than before and the children's play area a great idea, with a separated areas for those not so keen on small children.Being a Saturday lunch time of course it was busy and lots of tables were piled high with crockery, perhaps at busy times a staff member should just be clearing and also making sure that the free tap water is kept topped up if they are going to offer the service of helping yourself to water.The children's box had lots of choices to offer, my daughter chose a cheese sandwich which looked lovely however the taste was very poor, I would go as far to say that the bread had been previously frozen as it was soggy and stale at the same time, I tried some of the cheese which was tasty, but maybe a little too tasty for the younger palate.My choice a bacon, Brie and cranberry panini, looked great but the comment my 9 year old gave me was why did I have a jam sandwich and she was right it was full of cranberry jelly, the Brie was just at the front for the show factor and the bacon the very thin streaky type which although can be very tasty was also in short supply....2 rashers and to top it off half of the panini was cold and it was 5p short of £6 so would have expected more filling, I was not inspired by the salad offered in fact I think the cafes old salad offered far better value for money.I know you expect to pay a premium in this kind of setting....but with Peter putting his name to "The Treehouse" I expected better quality.Apart from the disgraceful cheese sandwich and the appalling panini the rest of the day was fantastic as always (from my 9 year old)Looks like we will stick to our picnics.....

We fell into the cafe after waiting for over 40 minutes to pay to enter the House / Gardens (Tip - pay in advance On Line and walk through the entrance to the Left of cafe. Tired and frustrated we were met by a lack lustre café with little choice, limited seating, overpriced food and drink served in paper cups! If we decide to brave the queues again we WONT be using the cafe! Picnic will be tge order of the day to enjoy the adventure play grounds, house, lake and cascade.

Could have eaten just about everything on the menu (and I'm quite picky!) Delicious, healthy and so reasonably priced. Staff were helpful and friendly.

Nice place, but the restaurant offered limited choice - lasagne or quiche... with an 8yo in tow, that doesn't work. So, maybe ok for the grey brigade, but for families with young un's eat somewhere else! Shame as they have fantastic adventure play area, so children should be catered for imho.

We're big fans of Peter Vaughan who runs The Bistro in Devizes, so as soon as we heard he was taking over the café at Bowood House we knew we must visit to see his take on a café. We weren't disappointed. We arrived after the lunchtime rush and all had a delicious chilli with saffron rice and the best ever wedges with sour cream. Peter also gave us some samples of his hot cross buns, carrot cake and brownies. I was already full but couldn't resist. :-) This place is going to become very popular, I'm sure, with families visiting the adventure playground and walkers as well as visitors to Bowood House & gardens. It's outside Bowood itself so anyone can visit for a meal or drink without committing to visiting the estate. Treehouse is light and airy and the food is great, our chilli was not at all like an average chilli. It looked better (very colourful) and tasted better. As expected, the ingredients were as local as possible.