Cafe Monet in West Dorset - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Superb gardens and wonderful tea 🍵

Spent £13 on quiche and salad. Got a tiny triangle of quiche, which was mostly pastry and bang average salad. Thank God the gardens were better

Beautiful day for a walk around lilly ponds

Closed Saturdays which was a surprise, but when open does a good job alongside the garden. Good menu and fair prices served by happy staff. Could make more of the views IMO.

Very nice jacket potato and coffee.Staff very efficient and accommodating to ,y dietary needs and I apologise for not asking for the salad to e omitted. As not allowed to eat. The cafe 9s very clean and spacious with indoor and pitdoor seating and would definitely return if I was in the area

Came here with a gardening group and as we arrived at lunchtime we decided to eat before we explored these beautiful gardens. I ordered a jacket potato with beans which wasn’t too bad apart from the very limp salad with no dressing. My friend ordered quiche with salad and had to ask for dressing. For almost £13 I would have expected a huge slice of home made quiche and the freshest of salads. If I were going here again I’d take a picnic…Come on Bennett’s, you can do better than that. If not, get a quality cook or chef in

Nice clean cafe situated in Bennetts Water Gardens friendly staff only thing food and drink rather on the expensive side.

Me and my mum decided to pop into Cafe Monet earlier this afternoon as part of our first visit to the Water Gardens...and what a mistake it was. We ordered the quiche and side salad, one with half a jacket potato. We were told there was a bit of a wait, which we appreciated as the cafe was very busy. The photos below show what was delivered some 20-30 minutes later. Each cost between £12 - £13. A quarter slice of quiche that could well have been bought from M&S. A half jacket potato that was burnt and dry. And a side salad that had probably come out of a packet. Absolutely outrageous. Shame on you Cafe Monet. After this, we then had to pay £12 each to visit the Water Gardens - which were beautiful but the experience was tainted by our pathetic lunch beforehand! Not to be repeated. Do better Cafe Monet.

Lovely clean cafe, didn't have a meal, but the tea and cake we had was really nice

Excellent mocha, but they took 20mins to arrive!

Enjoyed a very nice cup of Coffee and a delicious fresh scone.

Prompt efficient service. Delicious cakes and prices in line with other venues.

Only cakes available until midday.

Lovely cafe. Good choice of food. Nice and clean.

Small cafe attached to water garden. You don't need to pay for a garden ticket to use the cafe. The staff were friendly and the cafe very clean. Some interesting local artwork on the walls. A very nice lunchtime menu. I had a prawn sandwich that was served with a side salad and crisps. The cheese platter looked fabulous, served to the table next to us.

Friendly staff, nice atmosphere clean and tidy

Visited the water gardens and decided to stop for lunch What a lovely place to eat Food was excellent service was very good and the atmosphere was excellent Will be back

Not really a cafe. More a tea room.

Delicious food, cooked to order. Friendly and efficient staff Very clean. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating

Nice place to visit for food and a drink

Popped in for lunch before heading into the water gardens and so glad we did. We had jacket potatoes with cheese and chutney, with a side of coleslaw and salad, and a coffee and walnut cake too. The food was delicious and perfect for a light lunch to keep us going until dinnertime. Service was quick and the lady serving was lovely although due to an unavoidable incident one the other staff members had to rush off for an emergency meaning she was overworked. My partner being kind helped clear just a few of the tables and this lovely lady rewarded us with cream tea. Couldn't praise her highly enough as she made our day.

Nice setting overlooking water gardens.

A little cafe situated by bennetts water garden, tad expensive but worth the little extra after a fantastic walk around the garden.

Lovely place, but the prices in the coffeeshop is far to much

Excellent food, in a lovely relaxed atmosphere

Lovely a little place and lovely food and service

We had an excellent cream tea here.

Food delicious, vegan options aplenty, surroundings paradise, staff delightful, cheerful and helpful even in the face of a table full of Karens who, quite frankly, needed to end up in a lake.

Enjoy a delicious afternoon cream tea, or a freshly cooked lunch looking at this beautiful scenery. A calming atmosphere with great service. Dogs are welcome at Cafe Monèt 🐕‍🦺🦮🐩

very good very nice... veryyyy gooood verryyyy nice

A lovely space, friends staff. Great food/drinks. Clean with ample parking, WiFi. Indoor/outside seating. Thank you!

Okay if its raining. A bit pricey.

Nice clean eatery with inside & outside tables. Cream teas, cakes and lunch menu. Nice way to round off the trip to the gardens although you can use this wihtout entry to the gardens

We had the great pleasure of having our wedding reception here. We can't thank Laura & team enough for such a wonderful service, absolutely brilliant. Highly recommend them 100% ❤️

Small cafe affiliated to the Water Gardens. Seats outside overlooking the gardens. Worth stopping for coffee.

good food great service and staff just cold sat outside

visited today.had cream tea.the scone was realy nice unfortunatly had to wait over half an hr to recieve a pot of tea and the scone .the order was messed up and they put the 3 teas in 1 pot even though it says a pot of tea for one .i think if you pay the price you should get what it says

Nice menu with lovely, friendly staff. The café is clean and light, with a lovely fresh ambience even in dreary weather, and there's a good selection of cake choices. We stayed for a drink and a cream tea after walking around the beautiful gardens, of which the café has a lovely view, and the staff were very friendly. There was a gluten free option for cream tea (useful for one particular member of our party) and the luxury hot chocolate was decadent without being overpowering. Would definitely go back here.

Beautiful location next to the Monet inspired lake especially in August when the water lilies are in full bloom

Lovely place and great setting.

Friendly and efficient service the sandwiches were great.

Expensive sandwich and nasty ingredients. Shocking in this day and age. Not sure how they managed to get it so wrong.

It was a little bit expensive for what you got and the Dorset apple cake was a little dry, luckily we had it warmed up plus the cream on the side helped. The place was tidy and the service was pleasant, of the weather is fine you can sit outside and take in the view of not there's plenty of seating inside.

The cafe was a beautiful scenery lovely staff amazingly laid out but needs more food options for kids.

Good menu and very clean with friendly service. Would recommend here if your in the area and want a place to have lunch

Great food, beautiful location. Ample parking.

This small but lovely modern cafe is ideally situated at the entrance to the Waterlily Gardens, enabling the visitor to have something to eat or drink before setting off around the gardens, and or returning to finish a nice tour around before setting off again. Staff are very friendly and helpful and there is indoor and outdoor seating. The toilets are adjoined to the cafe and shop as well as being close to the museum.

Nestled on the same site as Bennett’s Water Park, Cafe Monet is an ideal spot for a pre or post water park visit for a drink and or something to eat. A good selection of tea’s, coffees and everything from a slice of cake to cooked options, all very appealing. We chose the ham ploughman’s and the baked potato with beans and cheese. Both of us were suitably impressed. We will be back to sample some of those cakes next time!

Clean and tidy but prices are rather high. £12.75 for a tea for 2 and 2 hits of cake!

Had tea and cake. Lovely. Was able to take our dog to shop and cafe.

Beautiful tranquil gardens. Excellent cream teas in Cafe Monet.

Had the Dorset Cream Tea. Very good value, surroundings lovely.

Light and airy building serving nice cold drinks and freshly cooked meals

Lovely position at lovely water gardens. Good food and friendly staff

Nice venue; clean restaurant with good snacks reasonably priced. When we had lunch (Monday at 13:00) there was no soup available, although it was on the menu. We were surprised to be turned away at 15:00 when we wanted a coffee before departure - told it had closed (even though reception said that it should be open until the 16:00 closing time for the Gardens).

This is a very nice place to have a snack, I would recommend the prawn sandwiches which were packed with prawns. Also the Dorset Applecake was wonderful.

Just had small snack here, food very good, well cooked and reasonably priced. Coffee excellent. Excellent prelude to visiting Bennetts Watergardens on the same site.

You'll find this cafe at the right of the Gardens entrance. The staff were friendly and helpful. They have a good range of homemade cakes and an assortment of herbal and normal teas and a list of coffees. Nice way to end your walk round the gardens. Free car parking.