Dents of Hilgay Barn Cafe in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Seems now to be known as the Baytree restaurant within a garden centre and homestyle complex. There was quite a wide menu and we were happy with our choices (1 salad, 1 sandwich). Service was prompt on arrival and reasonable for food. We were there on a Monday lunch and there were a reasonable number of others there at the time though with space for many more. Handy lunch stop on the way home.

Good food made from fresh ingredients at affordable prices. Lovely staff and lovely clean surroundings.

Went for afternoon coffee and cake. Sadly for me, on my last two visits, some months apart, I have been given a stale hard piece of cake. Poor choice of cakes, only one choice and only brownie type alternatives. As the cake was all already sliced, It might be advisable not to slice cake rather than let it dry out before it is required.. Cappuccino was insipid looking making me query if there was any actual coffee in the cup. Staff did not query my complaint and imediately removed the rest of the cake from display. I wonder if I was unlucky or if it was a normal happening. I liked the restaurant but twice bitten, twice shy.

Not dog friendly, only outside which is useless in winter. The restaurant was large and empty so could easily have a dog friendly corner. Don’t serve food till 9.30 so could make that clearer too

Came here for breakfast whilst returning from holiday. Excellent covid systems in place. Had two very well cooked breakfasts washed down with americanos Garden Centre and food Hall also on site.

The food was great, however the method of ordering and collecting was a little complex and difficult if you are less than active as it took multiple trips to collect the food, find the cutlery and any sauces etc. I think the 1 available toilet for a large establishment to cope with every diner was a mistake.

Have been a few times recently for coffee at The Bay Tree (was Dents) and they have done extremely well coping with Covid-19. They have a one-way system going in and a good system of keeping track of everyone that goes. As soon as someone vacates a table, there is a person there clearing it and cleaning thoroughly. Very, very impressed with their sanitising. And the staff are so very friendly. Well Done.

Had a lovely lunch here at what is now the Baytree . Great food, well organised due to COVID and all around lovely lunch

We love this place and even though it has been taken over the new management have retained all the best bits. Really good food well served at a reasonable price. We love it

Very disappointed with our lunch we were told it was a 20 minute wait but we actually waited 1 hour for our food to come. When it arrived two of the meals were only warm and the scampi was over cooked and hard, however we were so hungry we ate it because it was 2:30 by then.

Stopped off at this 'garden centre' to have some refreshment. It has a large modern restaurant, and it was virtually full of people having their Sunday roast for lunch. All we wanted was tea and coffee and some scones while we were en-route on our journey. They had wonderful large scones and despite being busy, service was good, and staff friendly and helpful. If ever I am passing again, I shall pop in.

I’m a regular customer at the Baytree Garden Centre and have spent over £600 there in the past seven months. I arrived there st 11.15am last Sunday, expecting to have breakfast or something else to eat. I was told this wasn’t possible as breakfast ‘stops’ at 11am. Really? On a Sunday?? Breakfast is apparently only available for an hour on Sundays. A crazy system which seems to be in operation not for the benefit of customers, but for the convenience of staff. I was told I ‘could have cake’ For breakfast???? I drove back to Downham Market and had an excellent full English breakfast at Wetherspoons- without any bother or hassle.They serve a wide range of hot breakfasts until 12 noon. And for a lot less than I would have paid at Baytree. I had hoped that this restaurant would get its act together in regard to customer service under the new owners. Obviously that has not happened, and I’m therefore unlikely to attempt to eat there again

Lovely lunch, great service, reasonably price - definitely would return. A gem of a restaurant - many thanks.

I last reviewed this place about 3 years ago. At the time I described it as a wasted opportunity. Every so often we give it another go, but I think all hope has been lost! The menu has not changed for years, and the quality, which has always been somewhat erratic, has taken a sharp downward turn. Two of us had fish and chips. No peas or anything, which I am sure they used to have. The presentation was really poor. The chips were very pale, and unappealing. The plates didn't look very clean. I asked if someone could clean the table and a very sullen woman gave it a quick wipe over, leaving a great smear of ketchup from a previous customer, so we moved to another table. And I don't feel, on balance, that it offers good value. There seems a total lack of coordination with staff duties, and there is a rather chaotic feel to the till area.

A friend and I visited for a cuppa and a chat. We were both impressed and would definitely be back. They serve a variety of different teas, coffees etc and although we didn't eat on this occasion my friend reports that the sandwiches are generous and delicious; intend to have lunch next visit.

Nice venue for a spot of lunch, inside or out. Loads of snacks on offer but not the widest selection for a lunchtime meal. Quality food and great service although I would suggest priced a little over average for what's being offered. Happy to return here whenever I'm out this way.

I visited with family and had lovely coffee and cheesecake. Lovely outside seating area and a great selection of lovely food and drinks to choose from. Staff were very pleasant and helpful

Por desgracia, me siento obligada a escribir algo ahora, ya que esta no es la primera vez que he estado en marcas y recibimos un servicio horrible. Hay una larga espera casi siempre, con camareras prioridad limpiar las mesas, charlando y comiendo detrás del mostrador, antes de servir a los clientes. Y esto es cuando unos cinco mesas ocupadas y unos 5 personal pululando. Mencionamos al propietario a la salida, que parecía en gran medida desinteresado.Además, el desayuno estaba bien en calidad, aunque yo diría que el hash browns eran poco hecha, y las setas no eran planas, pero champiñones más barato de castaños. Son muy inflexible en términos de la sustitución de elementos en el menú de desayuno y aunque no hay costo para ellos si dejas algo, ellos quieren cobrar extra para intercambiar con algo más. Quizás una mejor idea sería los artículos usted puede elegir y crear su propio desayuno. Las cosas pequeñas, como pedir prosecco y dadas las copas de vino, no pasó inadvertida. La granja tienda no es mucho mejor, y eran bastante groseros a un miembro de la familia cuando estaban comprando un artículo que había sido infravalorado.No creo que volveré, hay una razón por la cual está en constante expansión. Arbuckles

Called in on the of chance for breakfast with my toddler. Wasn't disappointed, fast efficient service, friendly accommodating staff, lovely food. Will definitely make it a regular thing :-)

Quite superb farmers breakfast Fresh, local and a superb new barn to eat it in. Highly recommended and on the A10

Metimos en hoy para té y pasteles. Era obvio que la prioridad principal del personal de los clientes eran la comida de los domingos. Nos pidieron sentarse en la zona de sofás y dijeron que una camarera sería pronto. Después de 15 minutos y no hay señales de una camarera viene decidimos marcharnos. Clientes que llegaron después de nosotros y tener el almuerzo de domingo era visto casi de inmediato. También se dio prioridad a limpiar las mesas para nuevos clientes domingo, en lugar de tomar nuestro pedido.

Hemos bajado de antes para echar un vistazo y tenía la tarta y una copa. Así que pensamos pop de nuevo. Tenía un aspecto, entonces fuimos a la cafetería para una porción de tarta y una copa. Me alegra decir que la cuña de pastel que te dan no ha cambiado de tamaño como en tantos otros lugares. Sin embargo, realmente el director no debe leer toda la junta especial con los clientes. Simplemente señalar que esas son las ofertas especiales. La gente puede leer por sí mismos. Además, no asuma que todos los clientes están teniendo una comida cocinada. El servicio era amable, aunque las camareras se mira más inteligente, creo que jeans y tops sudor son un poco desaliñada por un encantador restaurante. Delantales también sería una ventaja añadida. Luego nos fuimos de vuelta a la parte comida y comprar desde allí. Preciosa chica sirve en esta zona. Visitaremos de nuevo si pasar.

Me and my family stopped here on the way home from a day out, planning to get something to eat and drink before continuing our journey, walked in and the place was empty, no farm shop stock like gifts, food or such things, the only thing for sale was bird food, 2 members of staff and the cafe didn't look too inviting. we didn't stay to get anything to eat

Llamado para té y pastel de té tostado con un amigo. Tenía la misma antes y era precioso, y té un generoso sorbo de pastel. Problema. Fue 11. 15 de la mañana y tanto a en el menú de desayuno, que termina en 11. 00. Sólo había 9 personas en el restaurante, así que no eran exactamente ocupado con almuerzos. Pedimos café, que estaba a nuestra mesa. La camarera nos preguntó si nos gustaría el menú a pesar de ligeras ya nos queda claro que lo único que queríamos era tanto a. El café estaba bien. Fuimos a pagar como salir, dieron el típico "era todo bien para ti". Me dijo que no, porque tanto a y encogieron los hombros. Sí bien, no era gran cosa, pero en mi opinión, mala atención al cliente. No sé si volveré.

A los ancianos, en las leyes y la esposa de nuevo para cenar y una vez más, la comida era muy buena.Al parecer hay algún grado de negatividad en este restaurante aquí con pero hemos comido aquí en varias ocasiones y siempre ha sido amable, acogedor con servicio activa y excelente comida de origen local.La cerveza es buena, hecho en cerca del Denver.Llame para la cena, estoy seguro que no te decepcionará.

He visitado este restaurante hoy Dents de granja no era mi primera visita. Pero como es habitual, la comida era muy buena, el personal muy agradable. Pero tengo que decir que había una escasez de personal bruto sólo tres Camarera de guardia el lugar estaba bastante concurrido a las niñas pobres estaba haciendo lo mejor para mantener el cuerpo, pero jamás fue feliz bajo tanta presión tenía que esperar al menos 25 minutos para conseguir una taza de café después de la comida la señora estaba haciendo su seiner muy mejores cosas funcionando correctamente. Pero me temo que si la solemne celebración eucarística con la gestión para todos nosotros volver deberán tomar un buen aspecto en que el personal y conseguir más números en el suelo

Viajando en un 10 entre Ely y Downham mercado cuando paramos para té y pasteles. El café es parte de un jardín y una tienda de granja. El pastel era excelente y obviamente casero. El personal era amable y servicial, a pesar de ser sólo una hora antes de la hora de cierre.

The Chef at Dents strives for locally produced food from local suppliers and their own farm. They always take on comments good and bad. Please bear with them. There are so many exciting things planned. At Dents they hope you enjoy your visit.And watch this space things are a changin as the beautiful Bob Dylan says x

Buena zona de comedor, personal muy amable y atento, excelente comida de domingo, con una buena selección de carnes, cocinadas a la perfección y a un precio razonable. Zona de comedor están en condiciones impecables todo el tiempo que estuvimos allí, y el personal afectado que habíamos disfrutado cada aspecto de nuestra visita. Altamente recomendado..

Esta fue nuestra primera visita por algunos meses. La comida era tan buena como en el pasado, y una vez que la orden llegó rápidamente se habían tomado. Pero tuvimos que esperar años para que se tomara el pedido. No nos ofrecieron una bebida mientras esperábamos. De hecho nuestras bebidas llegó después de la comida y sólo después de un par de recordatorios. Hay muchos otros lugares para comer cerca, así que no te prisa atrás.

I struggled to find a varied choice of chocolates and as for a packet of nice biscuits for cheese I was so disappointed several packets had very short shelf life dates (how long have they been in stock) In fairness this is is good shop for meat, bread, plants. Not for gifts of chocolate

Se detuvo para té/café y pastel. Tomó un tiempo bastante largo para tomar nuestra orden. Pedimos unas bebidas y pastel. Bebidas llegó después de una cantidad razonable de tiempo. Entonces esperamos nuestra tarta... y esperó. Después de unos 10 minutos me preguntó acerca de nuestra orden. Luego vinieron las tartas, ninguna disculpa o ofrecen para rellenar nuestras bebidas que teníamos casi terminado. Tarta de Limón que tuve era desagradable, típica fábrica producidos de mala calidad y sólo £2.95 Un trocito. El servicio en general era un poco desagradable e inflexible. Como servicio de almacén de cadena no sólo en una tienda de la cadena. Ambiente agradable, pero podría hacer mucho mejor

We have had a breakfast and Sunday dinner here, both great, good fresh cooked food, and Sunday dinners to die for. Lovely Dinner, Lovely staff and owners, Lovely building, and clean restaurant and not expensive, what more do you need !

We booked and paid in advance for a table for 9 plus a high chair. After arriving on time for our booking it then took 30 mins before we had received a menu, and another 20 mins before we received a drink and any food. The excuse was they were understaffed......they had a special event on and most people had prebooked and prepaid so they knew how many to expect! The food was very small portions and at £12.95 per person was not worth the money. One of our party didn't get the sandwiches ordered so we asked for them, we were told it would take another 30 mins to get them out of the kitchen! We certainly won't be visiting again and I don't recommend the venue

We booked and paid in advance for a table for 9 people for 14.30, arrived in plenty of time, by 15.20 we had most of our food and tea/coffee. Asked for the music to be turned down whilst we waited so at least we could talk amongst ourselves but, it continued at an ear-splitting volume so we just sat and waited and waited........... one of our party was left without any food only to be told that there was a "backlog in the kitchen and it will be another 30 minutes".................. The band would probably been enjoyable if it wasn't amplified to the point of being too loud to be pleasant. The missing sandwiches never turned up but, we received a £5 refund. The scones and various buns were about as small as an adult hand could make them and 2 slices of bread with a little filling for the sandwiches did nothing to redress the balance.If there was a positive side to the family afternoon out it has to be the relief of being happy to reach the car park on the way out so we could at least hear ourselves talk.Poor service, poor value, no apologies for the huge delays / missing food 1/10.

Totally rubbish from start to finish. Lots of staff doing nothing. Wrong sandwiches delivered, told over 30 minutes wait for kitchen to make more(30 minutes to makes tuna sandwich, ???) 40 minutes at least wait for just a cup of tea. Music too loud, couldn't talk to anyone. It was awful, manager never apologised,

Earlier today I went,along with family members for Afternoon Tea. We waited 45 minutes before being served. We had pre booked and pre paid. There was a band playing so loudly that we couldn.t have a conversation while we waited. The service was terrible and the food average.

Popped in for a light lunch on Saturday. Lots of free tables in large specious barn cafe. Were told to sit where we liked, so chose table by window. After 10 mins we hadn't been served, along with a couple of tables near us, but noticed other tables on the other side of barn who had arrived after us were being served. Took another 5 minutes to attract waitress's attention. She said as they were busy (there were still lots of free tables) our order would take about 15mins, over 20 minutes later it arrived. Our two ciabattas when turned up were actually baguettes. The baked beans on my daughter's meal were tomatoes, onions and beans, which she refused to eat. At no point did anyone check how the meal was, even when we paid. Overall disappointing and wouldn't bother again.

Im very disappointed with the afternoon tea experience my family had today. We had pre-booked for 2:30 and arrived at exactly that time. We waited 50 minutes to even get a cup of tea. In that time we could barely have a conversation as the band was far too loud. We were actually looking forward to the band as we expected it to create an atmospheric background sound which would compliment the event but instead it was drowning. Several members of my family attempted to let the waiting staff know that we were unhappy with one saying 'it's not my problem you need to speak to ........ when you leave' after SHE asked us if everything was ok and we said 'NO'. The staff didn't seem to know what they were doing to the extent where one family member didn't even get her sandwiches and worse still they couldn't rectify it and she went without. The cakes/scones were minuscule and definitely not worth the £13 per head we payed (in advance).We requested a second round of tea and were told that we would have to wait 30 minutes because we were at the back of the queue. How long does it take to poor some boiling water into the tea pots we had. We didn't even want fresh pots or extra tea bags. Everyone knows you can use a teabag more than once. While the food wasn't anything special, we wouldn't have minded if we had received reasonable or even sympathetic service. The lady in charge just tried to make excuses for everything and showed no desire to put right the mistakes made by her staff. She blamed the long waiting times on her 'key waitress' calling in sick and other parties coming in before their time also needing to be served. Surely the parties who were early would expect to wait until their slotted time while you served those who were in the right time slot?We feel that there was a clear lack of customer service and regretted paying in advance. Had we not already paid, we wouldn't have stayed. We feel very let down as this could have been a great family afternoon as the barn itself was very pleasant.

We stopped off for a quick break on the way to Hunstanton for Coffee but thought this was going to be a normal garden centre cafe but & was very impressed with the impressive Barn setting, A bit like the revamped 'tourist attraction' Jordan mills restarant in Bedfordshire where we come from & where I originally used to work . So impressed we stopped off for Breakfast on the way back monday 20th June 2016. Freindly & prompt service fresh cooked breakfast, we had a reguar breakfast & scrambled eggs on toast. great value for money lovely food great choice , lovely setting & people. envy the Locals & will definately return when back in the area,

Nice settings and buildings. Waitress couldn't be less interested if she tried. Had to collect our own cutlery after several attempts to gain her attention.The chips were barely cooked and when we mentioned this the waitress said we could of told her earlier and she would of put them back in the frier! Desserts are very good. Disappointed that when we paid the lady in charge (possibly the owner) spent the entire time ignoring us at the till and talking to her colleague about who was on holiday and their days off during the coming week. Not very professional approach to customer service.

Very nice barn cafe with pleasant staff. The menu is quite boring and has not been changed in at least 9 months. Sandwiches are good but the chips are ghastly. On one occasion I sent them back to be cooked further but they came back the same, insipid, mushy and completely flavourless. Think a change of supplier would be an idea. Although it is very handy for meeting friends for a leisurely lunch, I don't really go there anymore due to the above menu issues.

We were quite excited when this opened, as the building is really stunning, but it has failed to live up to its early promise. The menu has stayed the same for ages, and it has quickly become tired. I have had some really awful food there. I keep hoping it will improve, but I've given up. We used to go regularly as it's such a great building, but we've not been for a while.It's all a bit strange, really. There is hardly any signage, and you have to go through a large empty room to get into it, having come through the most half hearted garden centre. Anyone would think they want to fail. I feel sorry for the staff, who are all so nice.

Popped in for breakfast, it was absolutely the best we have tasted in the area.Home made baked beans, plus bacon, eggs, sausage, and hot toast...under £4.00 ! ( childs) I would have struggled with a regular breakfast, they looked huge.We will definitely go back.

Visited with my hubby had a look in the farm shop bought some beautiful scones clotted cream and some jam also bought a nice wine glass there is a tea room in the complex had a nice hot chocolate loads of cakes to choose from nice little place to stop

I had booked Sunday lunch some weeks ago to take friends out to lunch. Our friends travelled from Kingston near Cambridge. I booked a table for 1 pm. Around 9 a.m on the Sunday morning we noticed a couple of messages on our answerphone. We had probably been in the garden. One message said "I can't hear you, I will try another line" the second message left simply said "can you come at 12". No name no number. Thankfully after dialling 1471 I called the number and it was Dents. The lady on the other end said "we are terribly busy today and we have no time booked for your visit". I know I booked 1 pm. I was then told they could offer me 12.45 or 1.30 pm. I went for 12.45. But why should I change my plans simply because they failed to note the time? We arrived around 12.35. Got shown to our table straight away and drinks ordered as well as a starter for one of our group. From entering the resteraunt to getting our main course took one hour. So they served us at 1.35 which was the time they preferred us to attend! I like leisurely but I also like attention and one hour before getting our main course is far too long. I cannot fault the food. The meat at Dents on a Sunday is probably the best in the area. But the service can be a tad lacking from time to time. It means we do not go as often as we might. The garden centre itself is not great. Much better very near by. The entrance and parking area is very sad. On a rainy day bring your wellies. And why is there a gaping empty shed leading to the resteraunt. Dents are producing some great food. The rest needs some careful attention. I would think they could make more from the garden centre if it was improved along with the entrance and parking.

I visited Dent's for the first time today with my mother and husband. What did I think? Well it is fantastic. Not only is the produce fresh and plentiful, the gardening section is lovely even for people like who do not garden. The shop is very tasteful and the prices are not to bad. We had a coffee in the barn restaurant it was immaculate and the coffee piping hot something quite rare these days in some restaurants. The chairs were comfortable and I could have sat there for longer but to keen to shop!The staff were lovely. They could not do enough for us and nothing was to much bother.Thank you I will be back again and again it's wonderful everything!

We eat here regularly and can honesty say that the cafe is one of the best we have experienced at a garden centre/ nursery. We started with morning coffee with a freshly baked scone and coffee, with home made raspberry jam. No plastic packs of jam here! The filter coffee is always fresh and hot.Lunch follows with a good menu with my favourite beer battered fish and chips which never fails to disappoint. The salads are very good too, all freshly made and nicely presented. The restaurant is located in a large barn which is of recent construction with extensive use of oak pillars a beams, and very spacious. The staff are very friendly and provide and excellent service. Understandably when they are busy service is a bit slower but it's always worth the wait

Popped in for breakfast, we were not disappointed, lovely fresh and tasty.The service and the staff really friendly. We will definitely be back !

I had heard decent reviews from people who had been here so we tried it for a Valentines Day meal. They had a special menu for this event but it was far from special. There were 4 starters available but two of them were unavailable which meant my wife and daughter were stuck with a pea soup they would not have ordered by choice. The situation did not improve when the lamb we wanted for our main course was also unavailable. We all had the Duck with a balsamic reduction instead with the problem being that the balsamic vinegar was not reduced and left a very sharp, acidic taste that was unpleasant. It just didn't work on any level. The Strawberry Creme Brulee for dessert was fine.I had really wanted to like this place but it was a poor meal. The barn setting is very attractive, the staff were ftriendly and I think we may have been unlucky. I had expected better based on reviews from friends.

This amazing barn restaurant has an amazing wooden beamed ceiling which is so beautiful it is worth a visit just the look up at it; no nuts, bolts or screws to be seen. The food & the drinks were very good. The shop it really good too and has many items tempting one to open that wallet! Overall, well worth a visit.

Sunday lunch, very busy, went with my sister in law the young girl at the desk greeted us very polite and happy which was lovely, another lady served us ....... Yes....could have been slightly more polite l think she knew that she had over stepped the boundary as on her return she was slightly more polite, l know these ladies work very hard but it doesn't stop them from smiling, ask the lovely young girl who greeted us was, l normally have the haddock and chips as it's really wonderful but we where told very bluntly NO HADDOCK, We had a roast dinner, l really like dents Barn Cafe but Sunday was not quite up to normal which is a shame,

Great surroundings , excellent food and service, have been on several occasions and enjoyed our meals . Shame that on the last visit the food was served on cold plates so by the time you got through half of your meal it was cold. did inform the staff , will see if it has improved the next time.

Great service very well organized an afternoon tea would rival any 5 * hotel for 30 people and one cat.

we called in expecting the usual garden centre food, quality not great and overpriced for what you got, But instead we were very pleasently suprised, food wasnt the cheapest, but we were impressed with it, the service and the whole dining experience there,i wanted to try one of the many large deserts we saw being served to other diners, but i was too full from eating my main course, we will definatly go back again

Popped in one Friday afternoon for lunch. the food was served quickly and staff were friendly and attentive. And the food not bad. the building itself was very comfortable to sit in.

Decided to give Dents a second try for Sunday lunch,won't be a third.Had booked a table,this was not ready and left standing at entrance whilst they cleared table.15-20 minutes later!taken to table, not been wiped.Waited another 15-20 minutes to order,and asked lady if she would wipe table.The wait for food was fine,approximately 20 minutes.Hadn't got drinks by then,came with meal-these were wrong!Staff pleasant,no where near enough of them front of house to deal with the sheer volume of customers.Food was lovely,but service was abysmal,not acceptable when paying good money-not a cheap cafe.

On our trip to Norfolk today my wife noticed Dents garden centre. I asked the helpful lady on the till if they had any grass seed, or tree spirals for the bare root saplings that I want to get planted in on my return to North Yorkshire. I felt a tad dismayed that Dents hadn't anything of what I wanted in stock, but the helpful lady by the till recommended us having a meal before we went on to Ely.Now not wanting to sound like Victor Meldrew our baked potato and side salad left a lot to be desired and we both thought that the cucumber seemed tasted bitter. Now glad we are both home.

We have visited the Barn Cafe on numerous ocassions and have never had any complaints, the service and food have always been excellent. The Cafe is a delight in cleanliness and decor.I note that "James" (the only complaint) was not happy re the service, surely it is a Parents responsibility to ensure that their children are "safe", if The Barn did not reach his expectations I would love to know where he normally dines as I find this establishment a delight having eaten in top restaurants in the UK & USA!!!

The barn restaurant is light, airy and spacious. Food is very good and the service very friendly and efficient.

Oh Dents, you could do SO much better! We attended on 15/09 for breakfast following the nursery run, 2 adults, a 7 month old and 18 month old. We ordered drinks to begin with. The coffees were brought out, food ordered and I had to remind them to bring out the drink for the toddler. We ordered a side of toast for the toddler which came out plain - no butter. We ordered scrambled eggs which were quite soft/runny. They were brought out to us and left. We had to ask for cutlery several minutes later when they brought out some ketchup, by which time the food was going cold. Another point to add - its always wise to place a tray and serve hot food and drinks away from children. Seems a very simple, common sense point to make but apparently not as the coffees were placed in reach of the toddler who promptly tried to touch them. Service generally slow and disorganised. Finally, we ended up having to wait at the till to pay for several minutes. People came out of the kitchen and ignored us and it just so happened that someone walked through and saw us. Not impressed

Been to the farm shop side many times in the past, but this time we went only for a light lunch.Lovely welcome on arrival. Coffee arrived very quickly, it was a good-sized cup and HOT, unlike several other establishments we have visited.We chose tuna & cheese and spicy crayfish sarnies on brown. Can see the food being prepared, and we received them within another 5 mins, all with a smile and friendly chat. Lots of filling with a little side salad.Room very open and spacious, the only slight drawback being the acoustics. Although there were about 20 people present, the room seemed to amplify all noise just enough to make it difficult to have a quiet conversation. But don't let that put you off dining here as the food and welcome more than made up for it.Forgot the prices - much the same as many other restaurants, less than a fiver for the sarnie.We'll definitely be back.

Had a lovely 3 course Sunday lunch, lovely fresh local ingredients cooked to perfection and very good value for money, see you next time.

The staff are lovely, and the restaurant is nice looking - but this is what it is: a cafe attached to a garden centre. The cakes are nice, and the rest of the food is average so don't be put off. it's all very much ok - I would just only visit if also going to the garden centre...

We have eaten here for luncheon,morning coffees and afternoon tea and all have been the same high standard .Apparently Sunday lunch is so good you need to book in advance. So if you want all round great food,customer service in a large airy timber framed barn restaurant in the country I recommend this. Plus you get the added attraction of a garden centre and workshop too.

Food excellent plenty of it,good value for money restaurant very clean and staff really pleasant highly recommend

Never been before, was recommend and I'm so glad I listened. Lovely staff, beautiful looking restaurant.Highly recommend the cream tea and home made scones (yes I did check and made sure!)Enjoy!

I visited here for the first time with my wife and her parents and was pleasantly surprised. The cafe has a spacious modern feel, whilst maintaining a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. The menu was very good, with a nice range of locally sourced produce. Portions were a good size, plentiful without being overly large. Prices was also very reasonable. Definitely one of the better cafes attached to a garden centre that I have been to.

My wife and I have enjoyed coffee here 4 times on our way to the Norfolk coast. The barn is spacious and clean. Could possibly do with a bigger and better car park.Have not eaten as food prices seem rather expensive.

On our way to Thornham for the weekend in need of stop for the dogs and much needed Latte when we passed Barn Cafe was pleasantly surprised when we went inside it has lovely inside and outside area to have bite to eat and drink. Dogs allowed outside but there is undercover area as well. Recommend the cheese scones yummy... have them heated up melt in your mouth. Had mooch round the shop and purchased a nice weekend bag lots of nice things to buy the staff was nice and friendly to will make this regular stop from now on..........

Really lovely Interior once you have found the café through a room of 'nothing'. Menu good with local ingredients used and cooked to order...great...however - on my last visit was put off by staff blowing noses, rubbing eyes and generally 'preening' with no hand washing afterwards....really off-putting to receive your plate from someone has just put a dirty hankie back in their pocket! The washroom facilities are good but the cleaner really needs to start to pay attention to detail - for a nearly new premises some parts already looking decidedly 'grubby'. I really enjoy the food but fear this has pushed me back to 'Arbuckles' just up the road.

It was nice to have a full English gluten free breakfast and not have to tell them what gluten is. It was cooked fresh and came out at the same time as the non g.free eaters ten out of ten foe Dents at hilgay.

We saw the sign for a Café at this garden centre and popped in for a break while driving. It's a very new and impressive modern building with pleasant service, good and reasonably priced food and clean toilets. Recommended.

This is a wonderful cafe in an amazing new building.We have been here twice now for Sunday lunch and once for breakfast.The food is incredibly tasty although the Sunday lunch meat is probably a touch over done. Be nice if they offered the chance of their meat a little rearer.However the service is seriously poor. You have to remind them to take orders after sitting there for twenty minutes, with a 2 year old with us you can imagine the problems. They don't come and offer more drinks and when you remind them they leave your old glasses on the table and they have no idea how to layout cutlery on the table.In their defence this is a cafe/restaurant attached to a garden centre.I think they want to be a very nice restaurant but are struggling to find the line between garden centre cafe and restaurant.What I would say is much, much nicer food than the nearby American restaurant and much much better value.Live with poor service and have a nice breakfast or Sunday lunch. Maybe one day they will find their niche and sort themselves out.

First visit to Dents barn cafe for lunch and I was very impressed. Beautiful surroundings and a relaxed atmosphere.Service excellent and food delicious. The home made baked beans very scrummy!Mid week lunchtime in the winter, cafe a bit quiet which is to be expected. Might benefit from better advertising/hoarding as it is certainly worth the visit!

I've lost count of how many times we've been to Dents for breakfast now and we have never been disappointed. The staff are fantastic, very friendly and attentive and the breakfast is always extremely good. The barn is a great venue and I heartily recommend it!

This was my 2nd visit to Dents and was looking forward to nice meal. My mum had ploughmans which looked delicious and was a huge meal.. I choose the fish & Chips which was well presented and a good size. Fish was nice but the chips were awful & inedible. The lovely waitress took them back and made some fresh ones but the 2nd lot was just as bad. I noticed that I wasn't the only one that couldn't eat my chips, others was leaving theirs. The barn is a lovely venue, staff are most helpful but I seriously advice management to look at the potatoes they use for chips.

Been for a few times. Great value The smaller beak fast is plenty big enough and staff are friendly. And nice to have a look round he shop . You do need to book a table if mothers day etc ad the tables fill up

My wife and I stopped at this garden nursery for brunch. Have been to the nursery previously, but as this restaurant was a new addition (about 1 year old), thought we would try it. As it is called a café was anticipating a small outbuilding. Imagine shock horror to be confronted by a huge barn conversion type building. We were gobsmacked, it is absolutely fantastic. Great tables and chairs, extremely pleasant staff, and the food was great too. Would highly recommend this for locals or people travelling on the A 10. It is situated north of Ely and just south of Downham Market. We will definitely return when we visit family in Ely. Finally must say extremely good value for money.

We have passes by hundreds of times. Today we stopped, So pleased we did. The restaurant/café is fantastic, modern, spotlessly clean,so spacious. I loved it. Our waitress Katrina was so friendly, politeand helpful. Our coffee was boiling hot. Our food was hot and tasty,it was well presented. It was a good price.The garden centre shop was well stocked with lots of Christmasfair.The car park was massive.They sold sack of potatoes (6 different kind).if like us you have driven past hundreds of times, stop go in, you willbe surprised. We will go back.They serve roast dinners on a sunday lunch.Forgot to say it was more than I could eat.Thank you .Dents Farm, Barn Restaurant.

We've had lunch in Dents several times since it opened and it's always been good. Even on a Sunday we've never failed to find a table. If they're busy the staff seem to cope and the atmosphere remains relaxed. It's spacious so you're not crammed up against other diners. The staff have always been efficient, charming and friendly when we've visited. Service is quick. The food has been excellent too - we've usually eaten from the snack menu. We've not found anywhere in the area that's better for a quick lunch.

Watched this place being built , but this was our first visit for a meal, very impressed, modern old oak barn, very light, clean and attractive, Helpful cheerful staff. Lunch menu just about right something for everybody, All food appears to be freshly cooked and is great.

Beautifully built new barn. Had a very nice ham, egg and chip at good price. Will definitely drop in when passing again.

went with my friends for a belated birthday lunch. service was quick, ordered 2 lasagne and salad and 1 Norfolk ham, 2 eggs and jacket potato. salads arrived with a balsamic dressing already on it. I hate balsamic salad so it was sent back and replaced (maybe ask customers if they would like a dressing?) unfortunately we found the lasagne very dry - lacked sauce and although we ate this we wouldn't order again. dessert was lovely - berry pavlova. both asked for extra cream, which was served in a gravy boat.... maybe some small glass jugs would be useful ?? all in all we would probably return and try another meal. staff friendly and café itself was gorgeous with the wooden roof beams.

We have been a couple of times for breakfast now. Great food, good value and friendly staff. Happy days :) I suggest checking serving times before you visit so as not to be disappointed though

I had been looking forward to this lunch out. I had watched the construction of the barn with interest, it is a lovely building. We went for a lunch. Quite a few people in side. A young waitress rushing about. We ordered fish and chips. This came in a metal basket on a wooden board. Very trendy, fish was nice enough but the potatoes were Inedible. I left them, when asked by another waitress who was clearing away if everything was alright I said "well actually no, I couldn't eat the potatoes". There is no point me telling the chef, that's how he likes to do them. Was the reply. She added if you want a refund you will have to ask at the till. I wasn't looking for a refund and actually I hadn't complained but when she saw I left the potatoes she had asked me about the meal. We were going to order a desert and coffee but her attitude upset me and we asked for the bill. At the counter I was again asked if everything was ok, the waitress came over and stood next to him to listen, this felt confrontational so I paid and replied actually no, he said I hope it won't prevent you from returning and I replied it will.

Finally got round to popping in our local Garden Centre cafe. The Cafe building itself is beautiful - all wood and glass.We went hoping to get a late breakfast, but that finishes at 11am, so opted for the lunch menu.We hadn't booked, the weather was bad, and were offered either a 15 minute wait or be seated immediately to eat outside on the large patio area - which was very good considering it was peak lunchtime. We opted for the patio under the eaves of a stunning building.There is a sandwich option, or a main course. Today we were offered a roast, with a choice of chicken, beef, or lamb, with its source stated on the menu (this pleased me as I like to know where my meat is coming from). The cost of a roast is £9.50, bit pricey for a cafe, but it was excellent. Large portion of chicken, fresh veg served separately. I had a ploughman's lunch - also excellent - served on a wooden platter with superb ham, scotch egg, cheese, a well made and seasoned salad, pickles, coleslaw, onion, apple and 2 huge ciabatta type rolls @ £7.95. The hot chocolate is packed with marshmallows, cream, and a flake. I made a joke of asking for a flake for my latte and was brought 3! I then tried a hot chocolate - superb.The service is friendly, the food good, and you get to browse the plants, gift shop, and well stocked food hall after.An excellent place to spend a couple of hours.

the exterior gives no hint of this little gem, healthy well cared for plants for sale, interesting and quirky items, well stocked food hall and then the unexpected jewel in the crown , the barn cafe, a beautifully crafted oak building, a pleasure to dine in, lovely food, polite staff, would recommend

would just like to say what a fantastic evening we had on Saturday 26th july . The 3 courses we had were excellent , deep fried camembert with onion relish for starters , beef wellington and summer vegetables for main , and baileys cheesecake for afters , all of the food was delicious and there was lots of it !! And a coffee to finish off , it was all served at just the right times with breaks in between and couldn't fault it in any way .We had drinks from the bar and I was surprised at the price (very reasonable!!!) All the staff were really friendly and the entertainment was brilliant , All in all it was an excellent night and I will defernitely be looking out for the next one. Perfect !!!!

Don't like posting negative reviews, probably haven't done one before, but this was a total disaster. A lot of money has been spent on this place but someything appears to have gone wrong. We went to their first evening event which was on Valentines Night in February and it was very good. That is why we took a chance on this one. We intended making it a regular venue.The initial idea of paying upfront and pre-selecting your menu did not sound good but we gave them the benefit of the doubt, even though it seemed overpriced. (£25 a head) . The same menu would have cost you £30 a head on the night. Unfortunately we were not sent the menu , as promised, , so on the day of the meal , I received a phonecall asking what we wanted to eat that night. This meant that I had to have the menu read to me over the phone whilst myself and partner selected what we wanted that night. .Anyway, benefit of the doubt, we turned up .Sorry we did. Photocopied cards on each table containing individual's menu choices (Who thought of that one?) . Served no purpose as waitresses did not refer to them and it looked a little like a children's tea party. . Another table we talked to the next day said that they were forgotten about and had to wait an hour for their meal. Food was not good. Obviously it was cooked in bulk but it was not of good quality. I had issues with the main course which was a lump of fat with a meat insert. Starters and desserts were left by ourselves and other diners in our vicinity.When I mentioned my discontent with my meal to our waitress it was met with a shrug, but ,too be fair, she was young , and it is the fault of the management in not training their staff. Otherwise they did their job as expected.I originally posted this review and took it off as I felt I may have been too harsh but having talked to fellow diners the next day I feel that it was fair as there were other unhappy customers there that night with other issues.We do our utmost to support local businesses ,shops and reataurants but this debacle has put us off returning to this venue. They may be able to offer a sandwich in the afternoon but an evening meal needs a little more organising.

I discovered this little jewel by accident several weeks ago and decided to take my partner her for her birthday breakfast. We went disappointed, service excellent, food well cooked. Lovely atmosphere. Excellent value.

We had eaten at The Barn a few months ago and were so pleased that we called in again last Saturday. As before the food was excellent but the real bargain was the Jug of Pimms from the Pimms girls , Nicky and Debbie . £ 7.50 for a jug full !!!!Worth calling in for just the drink and the excellent banter from the girls which put us off so much when paying that my wife left her sun glasses behind.Now on the way back to us.Will definitely be calling again when we are visiting our daughter and son in law in ElyWell Done all the staffMo + Tony

We went for Sunday lunch - the new barn cafe was a nice airy place to eat, the food was good and reasonably priced and the staff were excellent. Easy access and free parking - give it a try.

Great fish and chips in a lovely building. The owners have obviously spent a lot of money on the building and it shows. I think you get better value for money if you have a meal rather than a snack. The cakes and scones were expensive compared to other places. The staff were very attentive and friendly.

I first visited the Barn Cafe on 3rd April with a girlfriend for morning coffee and a scone, it was lovely. In fact, we liked it so much that we popped in again on our return journey for tea. The staff are friendly and obviously proud of their new cafe. On our first visit, we did ask to sit in the armchairs/sofas by the far window but were told they were all booked! There was still no-one sitting there when we left almost an hour later. The following day I took my husband for lunch. It was excellent. I have a perfect Ploughmans lunch complete with delicious home made Scotch egg and my husband haddock and chips and had no complaints! We are hoping to go back on Easter Sunday and so it will be interesting to see if the overall experience is different on a busy Bank Holiday weekend. We are delighted to have the Barn Cafe as a local ammenity.

The food was OK but you could not call the portions generous.The coke I had was served in a very small glass and cost a lot for what it was. I doubt I will go back there.

Dents Garden Centre has been open for many years. But now they have built The Barn Cafe and what an addition. Green Oak beams, Huge windows, under floor heating and lots of space. We had the fish and chips which was of generous proportions, no bones and skin removed. Tasted lovely. All the cakes are laid out on the front counter and are home-made, delicious.The staff are very friendly and professional. It's really worth a visit.I believe they serve an excellent Sunday Roast, but booking a table is advised