Foundry Plant Centre & Coffee Shop in South Norfolk

Super carvery lunch. Tender beef and accompaniments

Tasteless scones and tasteless coffee !! Came out stinking of fried food. We won't be returning !!

It has plants and all the other stuff a garden centre should have. Great place to observe the habits of the walking dead during mid week. Good bacon roll.

Fairly Standard experience, breakfasts looked good but I opted for a burger, it was fine, better bufers out there, service was good very polite.

We have eaten here for years. Mainly brunch ir for tea and cakes. Recently with the expansion of the cafe the service has deteriorated. Expect a 45min- 1 hour wait for food. Recently we had a bacon baguette, scone, cup of tea and cold drink. The baguette arrived after 30 minutes. Then we waited another 10 minutes for the drinks and scone. I did enquire as to how much longer it would be and was told we were in a queue for drinks. Today we visited for mothers day breakfast. Ordered at 10am. By 11am no food so enquired how much longer and were bluntly told they were very busy. Don't expand the seating if the kitchen facilities are inadequate to cope with demand. Love the garden centre and gift shop. Such a shame the service in the restaurant doesn't match that

Excellent quality plants and much more at good affordable price. Home cooked food in the restaurant , just enjoyed a tasty lunch,

Great selection of plants, trees and shrubs. Fair pricing and always good service .

Amazing selection of home grown flowers, plants, hedge bushes, vegetable starters, etc. with friendly and knowledgable staff. The café is a real hidden gem and has an amazing selection of vegan and gluten free options, including vegan breakfast, gluten free options on all breakfasts and toasties. They also have dairy free milk, and fresh cakes with lots of allergen options and clear labelling. One of the best places if you have dietary concerns but still want to enjoy delicious traditional food.

Went to the coffee shop and had a chocolate milkshake at £3.25 and it was hands down the worst milkshake I have ever had in my life, not only was it small but it had absolutely no flavour of chocolate to it at all, it was like drinking creamy milk. When you compare the quality of it to other places and the price point its really not acceptable, if the milkshake hadn't have been bought by a family friend I would have made my review known to the owner at the time. Definitely will not be returning.

Good selection of well priced plants and trees. Large premises, nice cafe doing a decent full English, good selection of fruit trees, especially fan trained of different types.

Excellent garden centre and cafe, friendly and helpful staff.

I always stop here for a coffee and something to eat on my way back from Norfolk. I did so as usual yesterday but only wanted something light so decided on scrambled eggs on toast. Sorry to say its the worst I've ever had! Cooked in the microwave for starters, toast had very little butter (or marge I suspect) so all in all, very dry and completely tasteless. Scrambled eggs should be creamy, lightly seasoned and are very quick to cook on a stove, but not these? I suppose I should have complained there and then but they were getting busy by the time I left. Fortunately the coffee was hot and the cake delicious and so the stars.

Everything was excellent except I have trouble walking very far, unless there was a short way in, we did not find it.

Popped in for a lovley slice of cake and coffee as we were passing. I do love this place. It's always so welcoming and the staff are always so pleasant. Also came away with a beautiful houseplant to add to my collection (to the dismay of my partner ❤️) 🪴🌿 Highly recommend a visit. It's always consistent in quality, quantity, atmosphere and price.

Great choice of plants and a very good restaurant. Staff were so nice and friendly.

Great place for plants and gardening needs. Friendly staff and lovely food in the cafe.

Looked round the garden centre, lovely plants then had lunch in the cafe which was very nice and friendly staff. Highly recommend.

NO DOGS allowed then nor is my custom. Extremely unusual to find a plants centre that is prejudice against our furry friends - get with the 21st century.

Should have left a review earlier. We came here for a late morning breakfast when visiting friends nearby just before New Year. The breakfast was excellent Served hot, very tasty with good quality ingredients served by friendly staff. Will definitely be coming back again

Popped along to the foundry's cafe yesterday with my partner and Mother for brunch and a drink. Great service, very quick and the food was lovely. We had a look around outside as there were some lovely plants out there. My mother had a few questions regarding a couple of plants which the staff were more than happy to help with and were very knowledgeable and informative. Near the entrance they had some lovely Primroses which we decided to get a couple of. My partner carried the Primroses around while we looked to see if we could find a pot that was a suitable size for them. They had some pots on sale which were outside the shop window which is between the entrance and the exit. We started to have a look at the pots when a lady came out from the exit doors wondering what we were doing, we said that we were looking for a couple of pots for the plants but she continued to watch us for bit longer, we soon realized she was keeping and eye on us making sure we didn’t wonder off with the plants. The lady said we could come in through the side exit door to pay for them. We had another look inside to see if there were any more pots that would be suitable, the whole time being watched as if not to be trusted. We decided to leave getting any pots as by this point we just felt so uncomfortable looking around. When my partner was paying for the plants, the lady at the till spoke with such a bad attitude and just looked at us with such a judgmental and serious face. We left feeling very shocked and disappointed by the whole experience. I appreciate that staff need to be aware of customers as sadly there are shop lifters out there but, there was absolutely no need for how we were treated as all we wanted was to find a couple of pots for our plants. I strongly recommend that in future you move your on sale pots far away from the exit as it is such a silly place to put them if there is such a fear of people shoplifting. Sadly I don’t think we will be returning to this place which Is a shame as my Mother has been a returning customer here several times and has spent a lot of money on plants over the years.

Only living 12 miles away I was amazed to find this cafe was so close and I had never heard of it. The ‘Big Breakfast’ was amazing as were the meals of my fellow diners. The surroundings are clean and inviting and a place to which I will definitely return.

Fantastic breakfast every time we come. Consistently excellent produce freshly prepared and served in a beautiful clean and relaxing environment. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Faultless :-)

Had a carvery on a Wednesday meat was tender and plenty of veg

Got a great deal on a fire bowl kit, along with the usual fab lunch (cheese scones and cake) in the cafe. Great to see the place thriving!

Feeling too lazy to cook we drove 8 miles. Ordered a couple of"foundry breakfasts". They were absolutely superb, and very well priced. The extra size breakfast is even better value, but I couldn't have eaten it all. Judging by the full car park we were the last to find out about this place. Definitely coming again.

Nice little garden centre the food nice to all day breakfast plus they do Roast twice week to

Me .Alan and his went to foundry plant centre What a surprise having driven past Hundreds of times went in to buy Plants and discovered a restaurant Which had a exection added which Double the size and they were nearly full when we arrived All the favourites.are on the menu Cottage pie ,steak And ale pie all day breakfast Me and Alan had the lasagna two pieces of garlic bread i had chips alan had salad Rachel had a vegetable tart which she said was lovely the food was hot and so were the plates the lasagna was Very tasty chips were good We all had soft drinks were more than s £1.00 cheeper than most other places I have been to i n the last two weeks year. There is Ample parking Disable blue badge-parking There is a disable toilet .staff 9-10 food9-10 the room 9-10j Very good bill 36

We come to the Foundry Garden Center quite often. Normally every Sunday. But also during the week sometimes. The food is amazing. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff. They are all lovely. Like an extended family. We have just had a Xmas dinner there. It was excellent. And SO much of it. Looking forward to visiting next year. The Garden center always have beautiful, healthy plants. And such a variety too. The gift shop sells allsorts. Everything for everybody's taste. Thankyou to Paul and all your staff. Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. From Liz and Baz Cartwright.xxx

Booked Wednesday carvery for a family get together, very disappointed food was almost cold, beef inedible and yorkshires rock hard, would not go again or recommend to anyone.

Good quality food in the cafe as well as really high quality plants available.

Nice plants good cafe plants goid calue and quality plenty parking

Lunch with friends. Service & food excellent as always.

So disappointed, we have been coming here for a few years, Ordered our food and drinks ,waited and waited, a member of staff came and confirmed our order, knew straight away that they had forgotten our order, my breakfast baguette was cut completely in half, the fried egg was hard ,We had 2 Lattes ,and a pot of tea for one before our food arrived. Took at least 30 - 40 minutes from ordering to arrive and why no sugar free drinks any more, what about diabetics? Will not be returning

The coffee shop/restaurant is lovely and the staff are very friendly and a great laugh. The shop is very extensive and well priced. Meaning affordable. Thanks all of you x Royston.

Cracking full English breakfast

Good food, good prices and great service

Very helpful experienced staff.

Just coffee for me and mine, the breakfasts here are famed,and, certainly looked very good. Maybe next time, the coffees were just fine and dandy. This is also a very good garden center, well worth a visit.

Lovely garden centre, cafe does home cooked fresh food which is delicious

Disappointed with the service and their customer service. Ordered food, but they had obviously mixed orders up, as tables came in way after us served their meals( same breakfasts) and left before we even complained. When we mentioned this, they were not apologetic, and refused that this could not happen. We are not telling untruths. If they had just admitted we had to wait due to error, we would not have minded. As would have given us reason why we had to wait longer. That being said, the quality of the food is good, but we won't be going again, as felt we were poorly treated.

Great choice of plants and a superb cafe. Very helpful and friendly staff.

Bring back Half Chicken & chips , good food & great restaurant!

Love this place. Brilliant staff and service. Delicious food. Great plants and gifts shop.

Lovely carvery, good selection of plants

Great value carvery. Choose a table the garden room.

Cafeteria was superb. Service good and cake divine.

Always a friendly and warm welcome here. A great example of good customer service.

A little gem on the A140! Second visit, and tried the carvery which was superb.

Great plant centre with lots of plants as well as great coffee shop with Carvery on Wednesday and Sunday .

A hidden gem of a cafe/restaurant. Varied and interesting menu, excellent veggie options, delicious and very ‘cheffy’. Definitely a surprise find given the picture of the full English on the way in!

Took my mum to the Foundry plant centre and coffee shop for the first time today. The plant centre is well-laid out and has lots of choice of plants and shrubs. We had the carvery in the garden room, and the food was wonderful, and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. We can't wait to come back again, and we will make sure it's a Wednesday so we can have the lovely carvery again! Thank you for making my mum's day! David.

Took my mum to the Foundry plant centre and coffee shop for the first time today. The plant centre is well-laid out and has lots of choice of plants and shrubs. We had the carvery in the garden room, and the food was wonderful, and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. We can't wait to come back again, and we will make sure it's a Wednesday so we can have the lovely carvery again! Thank you for making my mum's day! David.

Stopped for breakfast, the service and latte were fine, unfortunately the Foundry breakfasts were swimming in fat-oil that spoiled the enjoyment of the food

Stopped for breakfast, the service and latte were fine, unfortunately the Foundry breakfasts were swimming in fat-oil that spoiled the enjoyment of the food

Meeting relatives for lunch today, we were lucky they were trialling a new carvery. We all decided to give it a try. Choice of 3 meats, Turkey, beef and pork and a good selection of veggies, yummy yorkie puds, roast potatoes, and a delicious gravy. We all cleared our plates with no complaints. Comfy seating in the conservatory, impeccable service. Really was very good. Oh, I forgot to say, all this for the princely sum of £9.95 a head. Not sure when they will do it again so best to phone yo check up its a carvery day, but it was certainly worth a try. BTW the rest of the good going out looked yummy especially the breakfasts and there were some delicious looking scones, sausage rolls and cakes too.

Quick stop for a coffee, snack, and refill of my water bottle. Good selection of plants and nice location of the café outside seating area. Relaxed vibe. Friendly service and very nice scone. There are plenty of parking spaces on tarmac and unmade car park.

Great garden centre Wonderfull coffee and restaurant

The food was great quality, the staff were very nice. Quality and price of plants were excellent. Only downside was the gift shop was on the small side a

What a great find! Beautiful well cared for plants trees etc. Great cafe with inside & outside seating. We had a breakfast & it was one of the best we've had! Freshly made local ingredients & lovely & hot. Reasonable prices too & lovely staff. Well worth a visit, we will definitely be going back. Thank you. Fabulous big carpark which looked like it was soon to be resurfaced. A little more signage on the road leading to it may be an advantage.

Nice little garden centre. Very nice food

Comfy and friendly. Excellent mocha. Update - breakfast awesome in new restaurant section, great experience.

Breakfast was marvellous, sat outside in the sunshine.

Lovely cafe and a superb full English!

Went for Sunday lunch for my mums birthday. The restaurant food was fantastic with generous portions and the staff couldn't be more helpful. I had thr vegetarian sunday roast which was delicious and everything was fresh. Absolutely first class. We will definitely be back. Thank you!

I had a cappuccino and a cheese and chive scone, my partner had a hame a cheese toasty and a pot of tea. 30% through my cheese and chive scone I found a human hair all the way the rest of my scone. I immediately took my scone back pointed out the beginning of the hair and the end with the middle still in the scone. I got an apology and was ask if I would like something else or a refund. I requested a refund as my stomach was still churning from this delightful hair in my scone. Sadly it also put my partner off her sandwich and stopped eating her sandwich. The most annoying part is that senior management never came over to give a full apology and could at least offer complementary drinks. It's if they get a lot of complaints and is the norm! Very disappointed as I am sure this is a very nice café but in our case very poor after sale service. Also noted the management/owners don't even reply to reviews regardless good or bad, maybe they don't care!!!!

We travelled from Hingham, having seen the Garden centre advertised. Unfortunately, we got to the door, with our 2 well behaved dogs, to find a big notice saying they were not allowed anywhere. Such a shame, we had a long shopping list, and were intending to stop for lunch. Please make clear on advertising literature that dogs are not allowed anywhere in the centre.

What a wonderful place! They grew so massively. Only disadvantage is waiting time for cooked food. Everything else is perfect.

Lovery small plant centre and the icing on the cake is the updated eating place

The quality is just so much better than anywhere else and the price of the plants was shocking...in a really good way, just go and have a look and see for yourself!!!

Visited many times to cafe and shop before the cafe extension. Lovely place. However last time waited a long time for food and this time didn't even get my breakfast after watching the owner and other customers get served around us. Maybe getting too big and busy to keep up with orders. Had to leave due to time, was refunded but not even a refunded my cuppa out of good will gesture. Real shame..hope this review helps to improve service but will give it a while before trying again.

Absolutely brilliant. All the plants on sale looks so wonderfully healthy and well looked after. The café is excellent too reasonably priced and the staff throughout the centre are friendly and so helpful.

Nice garden centre, always something different on display and the prices are always reasonable. The expanded cafe space is nice, well worth a visit. 🤓 💖

Great selection of well cared for plants. Knowledgeable and helpful staff. Haven't tried the cafe but it looks good

Brilliant plants, very reasonable prices, and great food. One of our favourite nurseries. Always a friendly welcome.

Such a lovely garden centre with a great restaurant too! The prices for both are very reasonable. Photos are of plants we bought today!

Visited with a friend for coffee. Lovely garden centre with an enormous variety of plants. Lots of colour. Although the coffee shop has been relocated since my last visit the food is still a bit dated. Lovely area to eat and very new. My opinion is just that the menu could do we with a revamp

Came for lunch and am so impressed with the customer service in the cafe. Great choice of food which was excellent. Cafe clean and bright. Will be back.

Great selection of plants and seemed to be well maintained. The shop also have excellent choices, whether for yourself or as gifts.

A huge selection of plants for the weekend gardener to choose from. It'd be helpful if they were arranged by the garden conditions in which they thrive, eg. Sunny, well drained soil; partly shady, wet soil; shady, clay. But the owner is on hand to help customers with inspiration - and for specialist advice on specific types of plants, he's quick to brief one of his gardeners to help. The newly extended cafe/restaurant is great for a quick coffee, breakfast or lunch and offers a beautiful view over the nursery. The range in the gift shop isn't my cup of tea and the outdoor/BBQ range has reduced gradually over the past months. Also, due to past bad behaviour, dogs are not allowed. But The Foundry is a good outing - and an invaluable resource for all our nearby neighbourhoods.

Popped in for lunch with the family and had a really nice lunch totally enjoyed it.

Hidden gem for Garden enthusiasts, definitely one of the very best for Suffolk/Norfolk folk alike. Fabulous layout of plants and good stock of each.

Excellent, most plants are grown there and not imported, so more hardy and healthy.

We visited this garden centre for the first time and found the plant shop side of the business well laid out, the plants of good quality and reasonably priced. The restaurant on the other hand was very busy with the staff struggling to handle the volume of customers. Our table was sticky, the cutlery was not washed adequately, my all day breakfast was very greasy and we had to wait for 45 mins for it to be served. We will more than likely revisit to purchase some plants, but not use the restaurant.

Great price for plants Food very nice

Didn't use the coffee shop but the garden centre is amazing. Wonderful selection of plants and very friendly and knowledgeable staff.

This is one of the best garden centres I’ve been to. So much choice. A lovely restaurant also.

Beautiful garden centre. Delightful staff and smart coffee shop. It's definitely worth a visit!

Lovely cafe and garden centre well worth a visit

Great garden centre with excellent cafe with lovely grub

Great place for plants also good for a quick snack still very good

Absolutely stunning garden centre! Popped up on Facebook as a place to visit and headed there the next day. The cafe is wonderful with a great selection of food from breakfasts, light lunches and light bites. First class plants, first class service and first class food. Thank you!

Over priced & poorly looked after plants and till staff who were disinterested in helping ....just in how quickly they could cash up to get away

Good breakfast and excellent choice of plants my favourite garden centre

Great value plants and a lovely cafe. Well worth a visit if you have never been

Very well stocked ,staff very helpful and knowledgeable. Very impressive Restaurant with a good range on the menu. Overall Very impressed

Great place, everything you need

Lovely breakfast - but a bit of a Faff getting into Cafe

This place is extremely well stocked with healthy plants. The shop also has an amazing array of beautiful gifts.

As always a great selection of plants and everything needed to go with them. Very competitively priced and lots of advice on hand if required. Great place and well worth a visit (even if just for coffee & cake!)

Lovely selection of plants at reasonable prices and a beautiful breakfast as well. Love this place, I will be a frequent visitor.