Creative Gardens Bushmills in Coleraine

Plants selection terrific. Lunch wonderful. Ideal adventure for wet day on north coast.

A very good centre with a vast stock ... and very friendly, knowledgeable staff.

Always a lovely place to visit as there is a vast garden centre, 2 cafes, play area for children inside. Plenty of free parking space for parking, also disabled parking. There is also an inside shop with lots to browse through. Homemade goodies on sale here too. Only issue I have is the prices are really expensive 😢 a person could spend a good couple of hours here + ☺️ At the moment on my last visit on Thursday 26th September I noticed that Creative Gardens are prepared for Autumn with some beautiful displays and also a large space blocked off in preparation I think for their Christmas display, which is always awesome.

Brilliant garden centre with restaurant and children's soft play area.

We were extremely disappointed with our food and drink today. I have coeliac disease and I ordered a gluten free raspberry and coconut slice £3.35. it was so crumbly I had to use a spoon to eat it. It was very dry and hard and it simply collapsed. My pot of tea tasted like germoline cream. The taste of the wwater up here is just awful!! My husband had lemon meringue which looks amazing but doesn't taste amazing. The lemon filling hardly tastes of lemon just like gelatine to be honest and his coffee had that germoline taste from the water. Very small cup! Not happy with our experience today 😕

Great food and great play area for kids

Poor service, unreasonable waiting times, overpriced food

I absolutely love this garden centre. I come here daily for all of my plants and treatment products. The range of plants and products are fantastic and you will find exactly what you’re looking for, and if you can’t then the staff will do their best to help, they are all very knowledgeable and helpful. You could easily spend all day here among the beautiful plants and flowers. The cafe is fantastic and I would say without a doubt that they have the best coffee and scones I’ve ever tasted. Highly recommend this garden centre to everyone.

There is so much to see and buy in this garden centre. I liked the way the flowers were displayed in groups of colours. There were also some fantastic gift ideas in the shop, but a tad pricey, maybe for something special. The cafe was extremely busy, but it is peak holiday season. Hubby had a tasty toasted sandwich, but my panini was pretty tasteless, and the filling was very sparse. As for the tea, most of it was left in the pot.

Great place sadly not the coffee. It used to do great coffee but no more

Quite possibly the best garden I’ve ever been in. From the moment you arrive the blissful feeling is evident around you, beautiful blooms everywhere. They have a section for absolutely all you can think of, they have a great indoor shop and a BBQ sales shop. To finish off your visit you can then stop in at the cafe for some beautiful food. The Coffee and scones here are amazing. All of the staff are friendly and very helpful. They also have a great rewards system with lots of discount vouchers for members and all accessed easily via the creative gardens phone app. 100% well worth a visit.

Love coming to this place. It has a well presented garden centre and dedicated area selling smokers, barbecues, and pizza ovens. The gentleman in there really knows his stuff. Super friendly and helpful. The shop has a lovely array of ornaments , pots, chutneys and jams etc. The coffee shop is lovely. A lovely team of youth and experience all really friendly. The food and coffee are fresh and tasty. There's also a lovely play area where parents , grandparents, or childminders can sit and enjoy the food and coffee while the kids play. The kids' meals are great. This place offers everything for a lovely morning or afternoon out.

Absolutely amazing love this place, friendly staff and a lot of different plants, herbs and trees and the gifts available had a lot of selection

A great place to have lunch, find unique, beautiful plants, and get inspiration for interior and exterior design ideas.

Breakfast was so expensive, 1 poached egg was £1:35 & it wasn’t poached in water as it should be but cooked in one of those poachers. All food was extremely expensive. Shop was nice to browse but nothing that would call me back again.

Knowledgeable staff good assortment of plants and garden accessories well set out very good parking great restaurant.

A great garden centre. Good selection of plants etc. Quality restaurant serving delicious food and soft drinks. Great parking. One down fall it could do with a few signs.

Great place, excellent food, good quality garden accessories, priced a little on the high side.

Great garden centre with everything you need for the garden and home, and so much more. Have visited the cafe a couple of times and the food is excellent, be aware though the cherry pie and lemon meringue are definitely for sharing and absolutely delicious, staff are great too.

Dear Sir/Madam I am writing this email to highlight a member of staff that works in your Bushmills Garden Centre. Myself and my husband have shopped regularly in your garden centre and every time we go we get greeted by a lady called Mandy. Firstly as a customers we have been to many garden centres and we keep going back because of your staff in this centre. Mandy is a real credit to your staff team from her warm welcome and friendly personality to her extreme knowledge and understanding of the products that she sells. I really hope this email is passed on or flagged to the regional manager of your centres because this lady deserves a lot of credit on how she handles customers. We first went to your centre last year to purchase many things for our new holiday home and I can honestly say this is the reason we come back and back to get the service this lady deserves. Mandy goes the extra mile every time she serves us and takes her time to explain what were buying, how it should be looked after and up sells anything she fells compliments or will enhance the products we are buying. As I have stated above this is the reason we come back time after time as she goes the extra mile for her customers. Please if there is a staff recognition award that you may have in place I as a customer would love this to be accounted in to making Mandy receive this award. Please can I ask that this also be forwarded to the centre manager in Bushmills to thank her for all the great work she has done for Creative Gardens. Well done Mandy and we will continue to make this our first choice for all our plants and garden needs just because of you !! Best Regards Jensen

Appallingly slow service in the cafe.

Great food. Plants a bit expensive

Great venue for young families. The indoor play area is everything when the weather is wet. Big portion sizes for food. Weak Earl grey tea.

A great place to visit, especially on a rainy day. Great selection of plants, well stocked cafe, kid's play area, clay pots

This is a great spot. We visit it regularly and it is always busy and the food is lovely. OH had the rhubarb crumble which he loves and the portions are huge which he also loves. I am always pleased to visit somewhere which has dairy free options, This café has a variety of plant milk and also offers dairy free treats which is great and usually not an option for me in cafes. I usually have the raspberry cream which is really good.

Over priced, smaller portions, limited menu. I wonder if anything is made on site anymore as 90% are tray bakes or pies that are look like they’re bought wholesale- nothing special, the pear and almond scone had so much almond essence added that it was inedible. Huge price increases on pots and plants as well making this an expensive and disappointing day out.

Class service and very accommodating

Could spend a few hours in the shop alone love all the artisan goods they sell and the cafe serves beautiful food sizes of the desserts are enormous and tasty well worth the money and it's not dear

Let's stop at 4 stars. On one side I didn't spot anything wrong but on other side I had feeling like I can only effort to look on all those items not to buy anything. Quite expensive and definitely not for my budget. The coffeeshop great, food really good, there is always a queue but everything is going quite smoothly. We had a Festive sandwich it was delicious!

Great place, beautiful items and the food is amazing

Love the creative flair used to showcase products. Fantastic

A lovely cafe, a good variety of gluten-free options. A nice atmosphere and lovely staff

Only stopped in for the cafe, but the cafe manager (Quincy) was great. Really friendly and helpful. The food and drinks were also excellent and portion sizes were monstrously big! Brilliant. Would recommend to all!

Some very nice garden and bbq stuff

Visited for first time today fabulous food and surroundings. Great gifts too. Will definitely return

Great restaurant and garden centre and better still dog friendly 🐕🐕

Such a relaxing way to spend your day, beautiful plants, very helpful staff, great selection of products and the cafe is a great way to finish your visit, the apple pie is the best, huge portions can easily be shared between two

Nearly 40 quid for 2 paninis and 1 cheese toastie, fillings sparce to say the least, half a slice of ham and cheese and very bland, this with 1 small fries 1 coffee and 2 soft drinks is one of the most expensive lite bites I have ever purchased.

Best Espresso based coffee around!! And I'm fussy 😁 (Got a nice rose too)

Beautiful garden centre ruined by the terrible cafe service. I was in here with my family for lunch. Ordered food and then was ushered on down to another till for coffees and payment. I requested an oat milk latte with an extra shot which was made and then just shoved towards my tray by the barista who according to her name badge was the “supervisor”. The other girl on the till was surly and impolite when my elderly mother struggled with the getting the cash from her purse. We chose a table inside the cafe as the weather was not playing ball that day. The table was sticky and we asked twice for it to be cleaned by a young girl whose sole mission in life seemed to be to wander around as slowly as possible chewing gum. We waited a considerable time for our lukewarm food to be brought out. To give credit where it’s due the girl who brought it out was very pleasant natured and apologized for the wait profusely. From our vantage point in the cafe we could see multiple staff stood around in both the cafe and kitchen area but only this one poor girl seemed to be responsible for taking out the mounting trays of food. I would not return to the cafe if I bring my family plant shopping here again.

Great spot for lunch if in the Bushmills/Portballintrae area- stunning views; nice shop to look around and good play area for kids!

I think possibly the best garden centre group in NI. Usual range of products that you would expect to find including garden furniture large dedicated Weber BBQ area and great cafe/ restaurant with lots of seating😎

Such a great place. Full of ideas for the garden, play area for children and the best of food served in the cafe at a very reasonable price. We've been back twice and will definitely be visiting again. Also great for gifts.

Top quality service but tends to be on the expensive side

There one thing I have to say , Fiona the manager of this garden centre will be missed very much , Fiona goes out of her way to help you at all times, welcomes customers in a pleasant way , this place won't be the same without , as it's very hard to find good staff these days , good luck in the future Fiona u will be definitely missed 😘xo

Surprisingly massive. So much on offer and an excellent Cafe.

Great place to have lunch. Nice outside area to eat. Can take your dog too.

Went to buy a webber BQ it has its own webber showroom brilliant also class garden centre, garden furniture books,jam,gift clothing , you could spend a couple of hours here easy also very good cafe with terrace. It's also dog friendly and plenty of doggy accessories

A well laid out garden centre with good range of plants and garden equipment. Good place to relax and food was very good with equally good service.

Large selection of trees, potted plants and garden furniture...+ Excellent cafe

Best of the group with a Weber showroom and very knowledgeable staff.

Always love getting here for coffee n cake! Was great to Be able to sit and enjoy this whilst my grandson got to enjoy the play area - especially the slide. Staff always helpful n food always a winner

The cafe does the best lemon meringue pie I have ever tasted!

First time here, bit of a chaotic layout. Loads on offer tho and a decent cafe

We were visiting with BLESMA and found this Garden Centre amazing. The sales area is massive and the staff are very friendly and helpful. We also had lunch, which was very nice. We will be back. 👍

We visited the garden centre during the Easter holidays to meet up with friends with children. This place was perfect we could peacefully eat breakfast while the kids played away in the wooden play area. I don’t think the prices are any dearer than other surrounding cafes. The food was really beautiful. I had the pancakes and bacon maple syrup it was soo good. My husband had scone & chili sausage roll which he highly recommends. The staff where all very nice and helpful. There was plenty of seating to choose from. The toilets where clean. Really can’t complain. We will defiantly be back to visit. A Perfect spot for mum catch ups. The kids loved it.

The food has diminished in value for money in my view. When you consider you have to queue then find your own table so less staffing costs i think the costs are too high.

Love the cafe - excellent service, great food. Garden centre amazing

The meal we had was excellent and the staff were very friendly and efficient. I had a cheese toasties with tomato and red pepper soup which was lovely. I followed that with home made apple pie and enjoyed it very much. I'll certainly return the next time I'm up in the North West.

Decent garden centre, good choice and kept in a good and tidy condition. Cafe with good facilities for children. However we had to wait half an hour for lunch, bowl of soup and stew. Finally when asked what was talking so long were told they had ran out of soup. Would have still been waiting If we hadn't asked.

Lovely spot, dog friendly and generally a nice place to visit

We called in for a coffee and found it friendly and welcoming we will be back.

Great food and friendly efficient service.

Good food, excellent scones, sweet pies and coffee. Some gluten free stuff is always available. Oh and they do all sorts of plants as well.

Awesome selection of quality products and helpful staff.

Lovely place to visit but like most places prices have gone up, not as expensive as some off the other bigger garden centres

Love having a walk around here. Great Christmas shop!

Beautiful Christmas shop. Had a lovely lunch . Great you can bring your dog 🐕 ours loved walking around 😊

Just stopped for a quick coffee. Good coffee and selection of cakes.

Stopped at centre for coffee break.Wife enjoyed looking around.Cafe very good with food of a good standard.

Great variety of plants and other goods...

Love this place and Christmas decorations will be on display soon my favourite time off the year staff so friendly always on hand to help with your questions

Beautiful healthy plants all colour blocked.Loads of planters on display just in case you need inspiration . Did I mention the marvellous food ... Loads of choice to suit any need .Good vegetarian options and of course i need to praise the home baked apple or rhubarb .Hard to choose one as both are to die for ...🥧🍰🍮⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great place to go no matter what you want for your garden you'll definitely get it there

I would like to thank Jeffery for helping me in your gardening centre today , his knowledge of plants is incredible and his Service was impeccable , he is definitely an asset to your Business .

We had an excellent lunch in the cafe. The panini sandwiches were light with a generous delicious filling. The rhubarb pie was incredible.

Sorry to review two stars but this is the second visit within a few months and notice the cafe service is slow to be asked to wait 40 mins for a cold sandwich or hot food is a bit much especially at the prices they ask the coffee and tea was cold . Definitely lacking in the warm hospitality and good food they once had

Excellent layout. Fantastic selection of plants and many many more wonderful things to buy. Loved it. ❤️

Excellent quality and tremendous range of plants, garden equipment etc. Well laid out and plenty of space. Very good range of giftware. Cafe/restaurant is excellent too. Lovely freshly cooked breakfast, served with a smile and with attention to detail. Staff throughout make you feel welcome and valued

Great place to visit, especially with kids. Decent food. Dessert portions were huge!

Great garden centre selection is excellent

A really well set up place and much more than a garden centre. But a little on the expensive side.

The cafe here hugely overpriced and the cakes/ tray bakes taste like they are made with cheap ingredients. Avoid

Waited 30 mins for panini x2, not the warmest on arrival, had coffee drunk n half bun while waiting, Had to take half paying each home as wait too long hunger gone Place only open 30 mins so service should be quicker £27 wasted

Must visit, plants are nicely displayed, plenty of choice, BBQ display was excellent, great grub too

I usually visit the café at the garden centre but was really shocked at the price when I visited on the 10.08.22. I ordered 1 x cheese and ham toastie, 1 x cheese and onion toastie and 2 x pink lemonade, they describe this as dressed sandwiches and all that was with it was a pinch full of green leaves and 2 x cherry tomatoes, (no coleslaw and no crisps). This was £21.98. I know prices have gone up but this is outrageous and a total rip off. There was no please or thankyou by any of the girls that served me at any point. I also had to clean my own table before I sat down and the restaurant was extremely quiet, so there was no excuse as to why the tables were not clean. Very disappointed and will definitely NOT be back.

Good range of garden things and restaurant

We like this place. Good to visit particularly on a wet day. Food in cafe also good. However organisation needs to be reviewed. My wife and I visited on Tuesday 2nd August. We decided to have lunch. The cafe was quite busy so we had to wait quite a long time for our meal to arrive. Not a problem. However when I returned to the till- there was a gap in the long queue- I was told that if I wanted coffee I would have to rejoin that queue. We didn’t and left.

I visited Creative Gardens Bushmills today and had a snack lunch. Ordered a cheese and tomato toast on white bread for my sister and a Tikka panini for myself. The toast was on a very bland white bread but worst of all was the Panini which had the smallest amount of chicken you could imagine and was totally tasteless. I reckon they make about 10 paninis out of 1 breast of chicken. Very poor product and terrible value. The time we had to wait for the food to arrive is all the more mystifying (20 mins) as little effort was required to produce. Top prices are charged and the quality really needs to be improved to justify such costs.

Great place for food, brilliant facilities for kids👍👍

If you're looking to spend a good bit of money then this is the place. I would say it's overpriced in a lot of things.

Beautiful garden centre to wander around. We had lunch and it was lovely well worth a visit.

One of the best garden centres. Scones are amazing.

Very tasty and well presented. Recommended.

We have been going here for years and the service is very good and the food is of a good quality. Staff are all very friendly and can't do enough to help. Still on a reduced meals menu after Covid but I think they are short on Chefs and probably this is why the meal offerings are short of what was available pre pandemic.

Lovely garden centre, was only there for a snack, however it was very good. It's a nice flat area to manouvere.

Great place for some nice plants, all gardening needs covered here under one roof.👍

Would recommend the pear and almond scones in the cafe.

Was a lovely place. Want to take my mother here.

Super spot. Brilliant friendly staff & lovely food in cafe.