Creative Gardens in Ards

A hidden gem & an amazing place to visit. The cafe is amazing & such nice food. The staff are friendly. Easy to get to & packed full of stuff to see, well worth a visit

Had a lovely time at creative Gardens 2day. Tray bakes as always delicious. Worth a visit.

Great garden centre and smashing disays for Christmas

Great place for plants and lunch

A well stocked nursery with a good restaurant attached. Parking area has been extended making access easier.

Visited with my baby son for coffee and a sweet treat. Could not believe how busy the place is! The customers just kept piling through the door but this was no problem for the lovely Vicky and her team who seemed to get through them in no time at all and always with a smile. The staff I met were Vicky, Courtney and Michelle who were all so friendly and helpful towards someone who had never been before and found the place to be a bit like a maze, I couldn't see the sign for toilets so had to go up and ask where they were . I saw another lady clearing the tables and she was very quick and efficient. The scones are absolutely beautiful and so big and my son enjoyed his shortbread. Fantastic little place with lovely staff.

Brilliant garden centre and fantastic cafe, great coffee and even better tray-bakes and cakes!

Very much the spur of the moment and a google search whilst in the area and looking for a garden centre. We were very surprised and pleased with what we found. We had a snack and a wander, and whilst we bought several smaller items. Ended up leaving with a lovely new garden table and chairs.

A gardeners paradise in N Down. Probably the best garden centre in N Down. An excellent cafe on site.

I bought some cacti, soil and suitable bowl for them.

Great garden centre. Lots of choice. Lovely shop with lots of goodies inside. Also have a restaurant for great food.

Great fruit pies, crumbles and cakes. Friendly staff and tables cleared and cleaned quickly. Range of plants excellent and good quality. Loads of other garden products, cards & ornaments.

We really enjoyed our lunch here . Everyone was welcoming and friendly and the food was delicious . Lovely surroundings.

We had an early lunch on Sunday , our first visit and it definitely won't be our last . Staff were all pleasant and friendly . Food was delicious and all fresh . Don't mind paying for quality , thank you .

Friendly staff. Superb stock. Lovely food and beautifully presented with very pleasant surroundings

Lovely staff - great varied stock. Nice to wander around.

Very extensive range and so much bigger than you'd expect

Great place, friendly staff, food is very good, priced on the high side for a cafe , it was very busy so expect to que for a while but food comes out fairly quickly once you have placed your order.

Love this place,such good quality plants etc and great cafe. The gift shop is fab but expensive. Great load of spring bulbs potted not long for blooms,very good prices. Dog friendly and my 2 yorkies love it so always take them with me..

Garden centre was lovely but the staff in the restaurant could not have cared less. Visiting from Scotland asked what food was available and were pointed to menus on wall which flashed round so didn't have time to read. Settled on soup and wheaten bread, which was very nice, but on trying to then order a hot drink and traybakes were directed to end of long queue, even though there were no customers at the hot drink part of the counter and a lad there twiddling his thumbs. Very bad customer relations and poorly trained staff. We ended up walking out at such poor service.

Surprisingly basic menu in the restaurant, I opted for beef stew which consisted of overcooked beef, potatoes, carrots and far too much pepper. Felt funny afterwards. I have eaten there before and it was fine so I'm giving it a reasonable rating. They have a good selection of plants but are a bit pricey.

A very pleasant atmosphere here. When we were there it was very busy, but the staff coped admirably. Great selection of large expensive scones and traybakes.

Good food in the cafe in this well stocked and led out garden centre which has friendly and helpful staff.

Lovely food. Love the shop. Parking great. Pleasant staff. Will be back.

Had brunch here recently, classic fry. Gorgeous food. Place is so popular, you can have a wander around the beautiful shop and garden centre before or after eating. Can't wait to go back. :)

Beautiful coffee but on the expensive side

Lovely cafe with tasty food and nice traybakes. A lovely shop to browse around with a wide range of items. From BBQs to plants and bulbs to birds feeders and seeds, to books and traybakes. Plenty of free car parks space and dog friendly as well. Friendly staff and more than happy to help.

Here would be one of my favorite places. But like everything the prices have gone up. Coupons very dissapointing this time around and cafe coupons keep going up in price. Needless to say i haven't been over as often i normally would.

Lovely first time here! Spent a wee fortune on plants, housey stuff and a beautiful cake n coffee in the cafe! Will be back again soon

Good garden centre, lovely coffee shop.

Enjoyed a wonderful lunch with family whilst visiting from Australia. Great variety of delicious dishes

Friendly staff, good gift shop, great selection of gardening stuff, variety of plants and a café

Great garden centre. Cafe first class.service first class.great parking spaces.

Was in cafe. Food very good. Plenty of choice in garden furniture and plants also.

Terrible slow service and far too expensive! Meal tasted ok but not worth anything near what they charge.

Heads up for any coach drivers, car park is a disaster in a coach, there's not enough space for you to park a coach without having to move back and forward so you don't block the place.

Marvellous garden centre and cafe/restaurant. Gets very busy though.

The food is absolutely delicious.The people what run the place are very friendly and polite and nothing is to much trouble. Highly recommend this place to anyone.Food is home made and 1st class

The place is good and suitable for relaxation

Love this place! Nicely laid out with clever displays and great variety of plants (bit £££ tho). The coffee shop is always very popular.

Beautiful garden centre fantastic selection, lovely staff

Good choice of tasty food for lunches or just a coffee and snack

£3.09 for a small German biscuit! Has got very expensive given how many great coffee shops there are in the area. Won't be rushing back

Excellent garden centre had a good play area for little ones. The food was amazing! The best rhubarb crumble I've ever had and massive portions. Everyone's food was great would definitely go back again! Loved it!

We called in for lunch at the garden centre. In fairness the food here is always good. The deserts are un real and definitely worth a try. The portion sizes are crazy. We had 2 of the panini's with bacon, chicken, brie and caramelized onion, it was nice. HOWEVER Their queuing system is possibly the worst queueing system in the entirety of Northern Ireland if not the northern hemisphere....if you want to call in for a coffee and bun, be prepared to queue behind everyone in the world ordering a 3 course meal, getting things warmed and so on. It just doesn't work at all, never has and never will. They really need 2 separate queueing systems, one for those just wanting a coffee and those wanting a sit down lunch. This is why you will wait in queue for around 20 minutes at times as its just so slow. If you are in the area the garden centre is alway an enjoyed place for a nosey about. It is pricey, very pricey but sure window shopping is fine.

Great choices, great cafe very reasonably priced, and has been for last 20 years, never any different, clean, fresh , full flavours and textures, always satisfied leaving the cafe. Just difficult to get myself to spend money in the main shops as some stuff is very expensive for what it is.

Traybakes and coffee excellent.

Great cafe and lovely garden centre and shop.

Excellent choice of many things.. and quality food in the cafe

Favourite place to go, everything about this place is nice, love the variety of plants, wish there was more houseplants even though there is loads already, great place for a coffee and food too!

Pot of tea for two and scones then bought some bulbs for the spring Garden x

Excellent variety of plants,shrubs and trees, etc all well laid out . Cafe first class.

Food brill always lovely staff but I think you need to have a separate counter for coffee and teas ,service is to slow if you call in for a coffee or tea.

A lovely garden centre. Great selection of plants. Restaurant very good. Enjoyed our visit.

Me and my mum had a lovely time visiting the garden centre. The staff are so lovely and friendly. We will definitely be popping in again 🥰 I purchased myself a funky little pot as well and I love her ❤️

Perfect as usual scrumptious food and lovely at atmosphere and of course very friendly staff A lovely treat!!!

Fantastic range of products and plants and advice available. And a lovely relaxing coffee shop with fair pricing. Great home baked confectionery available

A large garden center and cafe. There is a large selection of plants (Indoor and outdoor) as well as garden furniture and ornaments. They have a great selection of BBQs as well as fire pits and chiminea.

Many people go there just to spend the day, buy some plants, few delicatessen, lunch or a coffe.

Visited mid morning, coffee and apple and cinnamon cake, a firm favourite, queue moved quite quickly and seating was available inside but was such a warm sunny day able to eat outside, plenty of seating here also.members of gardening club vouchers used to purchase items on offer from gardening section, also good selection of greeting cards.

Went for breakfast unfortunately it was not hot nor was the plate soda bread hard .Yes they were busy staff pleasant as always. Expensive 😁

Pretty good value overall..good toilet facilities and restaurant

Lovely garden centre and great cafe. Staff very pleasant

Lovely garden centre, gift shop and cafe. Would definitely recommend a visit.

Lovely experience with good friends. Especially enjoyed the banana muffin and strawberry cream vegan bun. Also interesting and different shopping experience

Just loved the experience and staff very helpful

Good garden centre, with a large range of items, but can be expensive. Excellent coffee shop. Sometimes hard to get parked as they can be very busy.

Purchased some garden furniture-table, chairs and parasol. Tammy who looked after us was brilliant. Nothing was too much trouble and her infectious enthusiasm and great sense of humour should make her employee of the month!! Soup & wheaten bread to follow was excellent. A grand day out!

Food was decent but overpriced.

Nice place to walk around, a bit pricy.

Out for the afternoon and called in for a coffee and a nice almond bun. Enjoyed it but rather expensive for what it was. Very expensive place to buy plants too.

Coffee and delicious Apple and cinnamon, heated scones, simply delicious, more like a huge slice of cake, so yummy.

Visited on Sunday and first went to cafe, though not very hungry. When you enter, the smell and the look of the food ALWAYS makes you want more than your really fit to eat. Had the absolutely delish potato and leek soup with chicken sandwich, and a raspberry cream tray bake, also a perfectly made 1 shot americano. My wife also had something that was lovely too ( cannot actually remember what she had!!! Price was just over £20+ which is very good for top quality food. Visited garden centre, was able to get everything I came to get. Extremely well looked after plants, which is not an easy feat with plants like cyclamen at this time of year. Decor of garden centre is very inviting and inspiring. Without reservation I would easily say that CG at Donaghadee, (also to be fair at Galgorm and Logwood) are one of the best garden centre groups in Ireland, if not THEE best.

24/09/22 for light lunch to be charged £28.34 for two paninis tea and two tray bakes, given the price you would expect restaurant quality this was not the case. Average panini with processed chicken. Very disappointed.

Agree with other reviews that the restaurant is becoming expensive but it doesn't appear to stop people going to it. Was there Sunday past and it was very busy. Ordered a sandwich, almost £7 (panini costs £9 and toastie £8) though have to say it was freshly made, well filled and presented with side salad, coleslaw and some crisps and actually substantial enough for two. I suppose like others will keep going back as it is a nice hour out to walk round centre and have a coffee or something. Staff who served us in restaurant on Sunday were very friendly.

Always been a favourite for morning scones and coffee. They’ve stopped doing the vouchers for this, but have also hiked up the prices for tea, coffees, scones etc. Coffee and scones for two now costs over £12, even with a regular cup. They have also stopped doing the Sunday hot food buffet and now have a limited choice of hot mains that you can order, which are brought to the table. It’s nice to visit the cafe as part of the experience, but disappointing that prices have been increased to the extent they have.

Always enjoyed the hot dinners here but the menu is limited now. Got lasagne and it was not nice and Im not hard to please. Very expensive too. Better garden centre cafes out there for less money and better food. Lemon meringue was good. Mum had sausage roll which was mostly pastry. Staff very nice. Won't be back for food but will call at the gift shop etc as its lovely

We are regulars to the Donaghadee Garden Centre. The staff are lovely, the scones and traybakes are good too, but the price has steadily increased and today we were shocked at our bill of £45. A latte at £3.89 really is overpriced. A scone of £3.29. The bagel with bacon and cream cheese is nothing better than what could be cooked at home - no garnish or side with it. Sorry Garden Centre - we have been loyal customers but now will rethink where to coffee.

If you like lasagne or bought in goujons that Iis all the menu consist of...I had a very bland and stringy potato and leek soup ... not good . 50 pounds for 4 of us .. Won't be back . Oh and the cafe was cold ..tthe door doesn't close properly.

Very disappointed.long queue which moved very slowly my disabled mother had to stand for around 20 minutes before getting a seat., And another 20 minutes before food arrived. I have to say the food was of poor value. I noticed a bit of a price hike in general eg a pot of tea at 2.49. soup over £5. I have previously enjoyed many meals there but the sausage rolls were not nice nor were the accompaniments . If I go back it will not be for a main course and not when it is busy.

Bought a coconut slice and coffee and when I was half way through it, I noticed it was mostly green mould!!! It had gone to powder!!!! I went back and was offered a replacement ( no thanks) or a refund! I took the refund but feel they should’ve offered to cover at the very least the coffee and given a voucher for a future visit!! I was actually retching knowing I’d eaten this!

Yesterday Saturday 24th July 2021, my wife and I visited the restaurant at Creative gardens, Donaghadee. We ordered one panini and asked for a sausage roll to be heated. After 30 mins waiting I had to ask where the food was. I was told that...

Overall a very tasty coffee and veggie sausage roll, and fantastic Christmas goods. Had one of the tastiest Americanos from here in a long time - it had good flavour, and was perfect (for me) in strength (not too strong, not too weak). I had...

We called in here recently and paid £10.50, yes TEN POUNDS AND FIFTY PENCE, for 2 americanos and 2 scones. Whenever average prices in the area are nearly £2.00 lower, we firmly hold the view that they are charging too much. But, then whilst people...

It was so nice to be able to pick up an activity that my wife and I have enjoyed, but have been prevented from doing for five months due to lockdown and the slow and difficult process of opening up society again. That is going...

Visited this garden centre and felt that it was of a very good standard and had various 'branded' concessions. Daniel in the garden furniture section was more than helpful in spite of me disturbing him putting together some BBQ products. Called into the restaurant and...

Called for lunch Friday 6/2. Had tasteless fish pie. Very little fish in it and vegetables cold. Should have taken it back. Said some time ago that we wouldnt use the restaurant again but will stick to that this time

I agree with the other contributor, two fry’s ordered, came out hard and deep fried!! So disappointed, my dog wouldn’t even eat that!!!

The garde centre is beautiful for a walk around. The cafe is nice enough, always busy, so a bit noisy, service is fine. The food has always been very good in my experience and good coffee.

If there are more than three people ahead of you in the queue, my advice is to abandon hope and go somewhere else. I'm really not sure how it's possible to be so slow. The staff are very pleasant and the food is reasonably good,...

We recently returned and, once again, availed of the breakfast offer and scone/ cuppa voucher and ejoyed it all😊 The only small niggle was the hard bacon (again!)?

Waited 20 mins for a panini which came out undercooked - how is that even possible? The place used to be lovely but it's so over priced. 2.50 for a filter coffee is scandalous. I wouldn't mind if they offered one free refill like other...

The gardening club voucher tea/coffee for £6 now include scones if available, appreciate this as prefer savoury. The cheese scones were fresh and full of cheese flavour, really delicious. Great variety of plants in garden centre as usual.

So...over £20 for a panini, a prawn salad and two coffees, a bit on the pricey side I thought but that’s what it cost. Were it not for the fact that my friend had paid I would have complained. I ordered the prawn salad which...

Went for breakfast last Saturday morning and ordered two frys These were brought to our table after being "cooked". The potato bread, soda, sausage and even the bacon had all been deep fried. While the standard of other food served here has been very good,...

The scones were beautiful as usual, would recommend raspberry and white chocolate. The service has become very poor, staff were more interested in their own conversations which put me off waiting in the long queue. However, I did wait in the queue and I'm glad...

As a regular visitor to the coffee shop, I must admit the vouchers to creative gardens members are becoming less appealing! In the beginning when the vouchers were introduced, there were always two sets of free tea / coffee. This was a great mutual incentive - brings more custom to the garden centre and also the majority of folk will buy something to eat along with the complimentary hot drink. Then the ‘vouchers ‘ became 2 drinks and 2 traybakes £4.50, then £5, and have now increased even more. Gone are the complimentary hot drinks. No breakfast offer vouchers either, only 2 meals for £16. And sadly, there are better value early bird meals in venues close by. My mum and daughter tried the dinners recently and were disappointed. In saying that, morning coffee and scones are always enjoyed, but must admit, disappointment at the vouchers.. always nice to feel custom is appreciated.

Invited an English friend today for lunch. There were many empty tables but a long queue through the door and outside along the path. Hot food was served quickly but it was almost cold by the time we reached the till as there were not enough staff to serve desserts and drinks. There is one queue to cover all and tables are not to be occupied until food is paid for.

The salmon was dry and inedible. The carrots were OK. The potatoes were 'off' and not edible. When we said it wasn't edible we were given a token for a cup of tea the next day. It is unlikely we would return certainly not for food and definitely not for a free cup of tea. Poor staff poor service. Expensive

Recently visited this coffee shop with family. Very disappointed with the service. Long queue with not enough staff to deal with same. Very little food left including desserts. Travel a lot, but found it expensive.