Dobbies Garden Cafe in Dundee City

On a visit to this cafe I could not believe the prices of the cakes. Absolutely ridiculous . £3.99 for a small slice of cake, £1.10 for a small teacake. I used to love this cafe but don't think I will be back at these extortionate prices.

Arrived today at 4.20p.m to find all the counters empty - the cafe closes at 5.30p.m.- having stood waiting for service I had to attract the attention of a member of staff who frankly was studiously trying to avoid us. With much bad grace she arrived and we had to point out the cakes that had been removed to ask if we could have one. It has been my experience that the Dundee Dobbies is possibly the poorest of many Dobbies I have visited and eaten in. Usually the severy has minimal food and certainly no hot food much after lunchtime ie 2.30.

The cakes are getting smaller, the service is getting slower, couldn’t sit down as there were no clean tables. Other couples were having the same problem we had to ask for tables to be cleared, there were 7 tables with food, drinks and rubbish on.

Personal muy agradable, excelente servicio rápido y comida sabrosa. Lugar perfecto para el desayuno, el almuerzo o un café y un pastel.

We went into Dobbies in store restuarant in Dundee for breakfast, never again. The meal was very poor and cold. The black pudding was the smallest of end pieces and the one rasher? of bacon was unrecognizable. The haggis was cold and looked like the scraping of the pot. I took photos of it on my phone to explain to management or anyone else who should be concerned of the standards. When I took the plate to the serving assistant he said he would show the " chef", I doubt very much if there are anyone in the premises who could honestly admit to holding that position. We have used Dobbies at various garden facilities but would certainly not be returning to this one. When no one even came over to explain or apologise, we went to Tesco customer services to ask for some feedback forms. There were none, I can understand why? The assistant manager then came over to explain that is the way breakfast is served, when I showed the photo of the plate and its offerings,, she did apologise again. This was a £7.25 breakfast which should never have left the kitchen. A very poor example of unacceptable standards. Even a voucher or a free cup of coffee would have been a gesture.

Food was terrible I ordered a chicken burger and it was a dried pice of chicken fillet on a roll tastles chips were not cooked right my freind had lasagna it was burnt

We went in for coffee and bacon rolls. Rolls were ‘clatched’ with margarine, and cold. Coffee not much better than lukewarm. Youngish server was very abrupt to the point of being rude 😡 - will not be returning to this overpriced ‘cafe’!

Great little cafe in Tescos, tasty food for all times of day. Lots of tables and a nice atmosphere, the staff were lovely and very helpful.

I’m positive that I can say without hope of successful contradiction that this establishment has sold me the worst cup of coffee on the planet. We also bought two extortionally priced paninis which were barely edible needless to say we will not be returning if there were any minus ratings for this review I would be awarding them.

Nice coffee. Good selection of cakes. But ours were dry, not good to leave them open and uncovered, but at least we had a good coffee to wash them down, very overpriced, for a place that feels like a canteen that’s been spruced up.

Went here with my wife ten o’clock in the morning a coffee, tea bacon roll for me and wife doesn’t eat fried food so asked for a tuna sandwich was told can’t have that we only do breakfast items till 11.30 WHY? So wife had a piece of cake which isn’t a break fast item bill came to £10 and change. Now remember where we are this is Tesco not some fancy cafe in town. Bacon roll dripping on plate bacon fatty and lukewarm 2 rashers must have cost around 50p tops to make £3.85 cost and IT was not tasty in the slightest 2 bites I had. TIME THESE BANDITS WERE KICKED OUT OF YOUR SHOP DAYLIGHT ROBBERY TESCO. WILL NOT BE BACK STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS PLACE

Came for lunch today. Went to order one of the specials, Macaroni cheese, to be told there was none left. Changed order to Coronation chicken baguette and an egg mayo baguette to be told there was only one baguette left. Ordered a cheese panini instead of the egg mayo baguette. Then told there was no Coronation chicken left. Cancelled order and went elsewhere. Absolutely shocking example of a cafe and really puts the Dobbies name to shame. Its job is to serve food and they failed to do that. Won't be back!

My wife and I stopped in for a bite to eat and a coffee whilst on way to somewhere else. It Wasn’t that busy but the service was still slow ! We ordered the same things ie latte coffee and 2sub rolls with ‘coronation chicken’ we both love coronation chicken and eaten it many times , HOWEVER when our rolls turned up , firstly the sub rolls were stale and hard , and god knows what was in the rolls as it tasted absolutely nothing like coronation chicken, in fact both my wife and I said it tasted of liquorice 😳 The rolls were horrible and we didn’t finish them , the coffee was the same , so we left those as well , we left the coffee shop totally unimpressed , and won’t be going back again , awful place to dine

Just had the most revolting plate of scrambled egg. Black and lumpy in places, undercooked in other places. Swimming in water. Had to return it but the replacement wasn't much better. Toast was adequate. To be fair i have had the same meal before and it was very good. Don't know what happened this time but the chef today should be ashamed for serving food like that and thinking it was edible.

Their baked good are good but any other food is awful. Today I ordered a ploughman’s sandwich. Got a baguette instead with cheap grated cheese and probably Tesco’s value chutney. Tasted awful had to leave it. The garden centre have much better food than the cafes in Tesco’s.

I was in today and bought a 'childs' ham sandwich, which consisted of 1 slice of bread and I take it a slice of ham. Charged £2.45 !!!!!!!!!!!!! When I asked assistant about the price, she shrugged her shoulders, by that time I had almost...

Eventually got to the front of the queue after 25 minutes ordered coffee, bacon rolls and a couple of cakes this cost £18. The coffee was ok, bacon roll was overpriced and bacon was mostly all fat and was smoked (no mention of it on...

My friend and I got to cafe 5pm noticed it was open till 6pm, tried to order hot food to be told they only had coffee and cake, poor show and expensive £11.85 for two coffee and 2 scones and server on till clearly didn’t...

Return visit here for lunch, ordered a tuna mayo baguette and a pot of tea, total 7.70, 5.65 for baguette is a bit expensive, albeit it was filled with the filling a bit of salad and a few crisps, but it was handy for parking,...

I ordered baked potato and beans. It came. It wasn’t warm so I took it back. They put it in the pizza oven to heat up as I stood and watched they brought it over a few minutes later. It was still Luke warm. £5.65...

Was looking forward to a nice lunch inbetween shopping. The cafe doesn't really have an atmosphere, food was OK but hugely expensive. Sorry Dobbies, won't be back

Decided to stop here for a bite to eat during our journey to an event in Glasgow. We ordered two wraps, two sides of chips, a water and a can of juice, which came to a surprising £20. Rude and unhelpful customer service, on top...

Stopped here for a coffee on the way to Edinburgh. It’s easy to get to just off the dual carriageway. We both had coffee and a cake which was fine. Good selection of cakes and scones to choose from.

I do not expect to go to Tesco for breakfast and pay extortionate garden centre prices, even Costa is cheaper than these rip off merchants. Plus the quality is astoundingly poor. Bread that is so thin a cream cracker is thicker, plus the bread tasted...

Popped in for a quick lunch today before doing a bit of shopping in the retail park. We bought 2 baguettes, 2 sides of chips and 2 drinks and we were £18.95 - absolutely ridiculous. The baguettes were both disgusting. The staff need training on...

Went for a quick coffee here recently to discuss some work . Very expensive for what it is . Don’t know why they think because they put dobbies on the sign they can charge what they want .

Fantastic cafe/restaurant for good value food and drinks. Ideal when you're in a rush. Friendly staff and very clean.

Terrible. Two adult sandwiches and drinks and a box lunch meal for toddler was over £20. Chips were barely luke warm (so clearly not being stored correctly). Baguettes were going to take a while so I had a cold panini instead of a baguette. This...

Husband and myself had sandwich light lunch on plates that were only fit for the bin.When I complained the waitress said they were waiting for new ones.The bread fillings and salad was of very poor quality .Will not be back.

Third visit here for lunch with a friend, fish and chips and a tuna Baguette ordered along with tea and a coffee, you order and pay at the desk, then the food is delivered to your table, freshly made and tasty, ideal place to meet...

Visited today for breakfast cafe nice and clean and not too busy so first impression was all good.BUT due to the open cooking area i witnessed staff moving peoples food around the plate with their fingers sometimes with gloves on sometimes no glives on!!!!YUCK! use...

Worst toastie ever. Cheese dried up and bacon was so hard could hardly chew it. Not a lot of filling. Salad was limp and old. Won’t be back.

£3.95 for tattie scone, lorne sausage, Egg,beans & toast. Which was lovely. Bargain. And staff were nice and friendly.

Nice space good coffee nice staff Lovely scones and pastries In the Tesco on Kingsway East Plenty of nice snacks too including toasties ,chips and freshly prepared rolls or sandwiches

Popped in here today for a catch up with friends, coffee and scone. The queues were long, hardly any staff on, tables stacked with dirty dishes, no clean plates or cutlery. Thankfully, the coffee n cakes were tasty...that's only reason you got a 3!

Nice clean place to eat, expensive for what it is at lunchtime but do a great breakfast. Staff very pleasant and helpful

My wife and I decided to have lunch here today but I can assure you it will be the last time . We chose to have a baked potato each my wife wanted cheese with coleslaw while I wanted something with chicken I was told...

This was the worst lunch I have ever had. Roast potatoes were hard, veg was cold, tomato tart was burnt - my daughters macaroni cheese had undercooked pasta and lumps in the sauce - and the staff were arguing !

Stopped here for a quick coffee and bacon roll. It has to be the worst bacon roll I have ever had. The bacon was thick fatty and rubbery and was barely warm. The roll tasted like it was a few days old. If you cooked...

This café/restaurant is part of the Tesco Extra store ,it was a bit noisy when I visited, the staff are friendly and helpful, good choice of food.

Well this is the first time I’ve eaten in here in a long time. Nothing too taxing but we both had cheese and onion toasties. It came with coleslaw and salad leaves. No tomato or cucumber in sight . At £4.50 I was expecting something...

I recently visited this restaurant with my 2 children for lunch. It was a busy Saturday afternoon. The staff were so helpful. I work in customer service and was very impressed at how great the service was. The young girls who served us were excellent....

Wouldn’t bother visiting unless it’s just coffee!3/5 choices unavailable on the kids menu,no fruit shoots for kids!hubby had the burger,he said it was ok but for the price expected a bit more that ok!i had the cheese savoury baguette,it represented an artisan baguette,it looked rustic...

We have been here many times in the past couple of years, there was a good choice on the menu, meals were always good and freshly cooked with roasted mixed veg and the café always busy. We went for lunch last week and the café...

I picked up two "clean" plates that had dried on food on them first of all , sat at table which had food on it too then went to get something out the box where the cutlery etc is kept on the table and there...

So dirty this should be closed down.Stopped here on the way to Aberdeen. The service was dreadful and the food not any better. The baguettes were tough and the fillings looked like they'd been sitting out uncovered for ages. We left most of them as...

What an awful experience. We visited at 2pm and despite plenty staff being on the place was filthy. Only one clean table in the whole place, with tables obviously having had other tables' dirty dishes piled on them by customers looking for seats. Our first...

We stopped in past on our way down to Stirling in July. It was around 11.45pm and we asked for baked potatoes but were told quite abruptly they weren't ready yet. We opted for cheese and ham toasties as there wasn't a great deal of...

This place will not stay open for much longer if they carry on the way they are going. We had an awful lunch there today and will certainly not be back whilst it is under the current management. Having been here plenty of times before,...

Having previously visited and enjoyed quality and service in this resturant thought we would go back what a mistake the resturant was very busy tables were not cleared the whole place looked grubby while standing waiting to order told they were busy and there would...

When we were retail park shopping on Sunday 17th July 2017 we thought we would pop into Tesco cafe for a quick coffee. We were pleased and surprised to find it was a Dobbies cafe. Whilst standing in queue to order our coffee I noticed...

short of staff, queue was out the door only one girl on till, myself and mum and son placed order, 2 baked tatties with cheese and coleslaw my son, a burger, the potato was uncooked and cold, very little salad, sons burger was cold too,...

We decided to eat here for breakfast before we went golfing for the day. Nice, clean and airy looking we ordered the normal breakfast and a couple of the guys ordered the bigger breakfast. Good sized portions and well presented. Paid a couple of visits...

This was our 3rd visit here, the 1st time was excellent so we were looking forward to going back nut our 2nd visit wasn't good. They were open but weren't doing any food, they'd run out of everything but were happy for everyone to stand...

Had a late lunch in the Dobbies Cafe in the Tesco at Kingsway today and will not be going back. I understand that it's a Saturday and that the cafe would be busy but they had plenty of staff. Went for lunch about 2.15 and...

Rude staff member at till. Rolling her eyes as we requested items we did not want on our breakfast. Waited a long time for the wrong breakfasts to arrive. When the did arrive they were stone cold and the egg white was not even cooked....

As a regular visitor this cafe used to be fairly good with food quality and large cakes, scones and food. Recently it has gone downhill with service poor, it's dirty and the scones and cakes have all got much smaller. It is also common to...

Three of us called in after shopping. Chaos from the start. Had to look around for the plates to put our scones on. No strawberry jam in container. Had to find someone to ask and just "told" it's in there"! of course t wasn't ,...

Return visit with friends, tuna mayo bloomer, cheese and mushroom toastie, with tea, you order and pay at cashpoint, then delivered to your table, food was fresh and tasty, will visit again :)

Don't be fooled by this place, a good quality, good selection of hot & cold food located within Tesco's. When we went, I thought Tesco's? Really? I was pleasantly surprised and have been back since.

Visited here yesterday and thought we'd have a coffee and a spot of breakfast before shopping. Food looks fantastic but after waiting about 10 mins in a queue for 2 coffees we gave up on the idea of breakfast. When I returned to our table...

Dobbies cafe is great good coffee huge selection of cakes nice soup and I've heard afternoon teas are superb. Only complaint seems to be high turnover of staff?

I like dobbies and had high expectatioms fornthe dobbies garden cafe Was disappointed the coffee was avarage but the tray bake we had did not taste fresh and the scones were to hard will not be back

Went today for lunch and very impressed with price and quality of food and service will def return. Staff very helpful and good service.

Really bad coffee and everything needed cleaned. My mother had hot chocolate and she wasn't that impressed either. Won't be going back. It's also quite expensive for the awful quality.

Love a good fry up, and this one didn't disappoint. We were told to meet our friends here and thought it would be in an actual Dobbies? Made for an interesting discovery when we found it was in Tesco!

First time I had been since it became Dobbies Garden Cafe replacing Tesco's caff, with Tesco caff you knew what you were getting, go to the counter, ask for your food, get your coffee (or tea) put it on the tray, pay for it, sit...

This is a busy resturant food cooked to order brought to your table quality and quantity very good value good menu to choose from scones are very good value for money as they are so large. A good place to go before or after your...

I came here to work on my laptop and have a cup of tea whilst doing it. The tea, you can't really get wrong - it was good value for money and tasted like tea. However - the cleanliness of the place is disgusting. I've...

On Sunday 16th October, I stopped for a roll and sausage and tea at this café adjoined to Tesco Extra in Dundee. The food was satisfactory, but I was concerned about a safety condition in the kitchen which is on view to customers. I observed...

Really nice layout in the cafe. Very generous portions. Lots of options and even has a pizza oven. Nice tea and different coffee options available

Dropped in here for lunch. It was busy but the empty tables had not been cleared and were cluttered with dirty dishes. It took a few moments to understand the serving arrangements (you browsed the selection, ordered and paid at the till, then someone brought...

Dropped into this "cafe/restaurant", which is attached to the Tesco store, for lunch. The place was busy (God knows why after experiencing it) but the majority of empty tables had not been cleared or cleaned, although there were plenty of staff milling around. A strange...