Garden Kitchen in Havant

We decided to have a bite of lunch here while looking for plants. Really disappointing and won't eat here again. The young girl at the counter was polite but didn't seem interested in the customers or her job. My husband went back to the counter to ask for butter and because she didn't bother to look at him instead of putting them in his hand they dropped on the counter. They had run out of napkins so customers had to take sheets off a roll of kitchen towel. Tables were slowly being cleared by another young girl but not one table was wiped clean. They weren't overly busy so there was no excuse other than poor hygiene. This could be a goldmine but there was just apathy from the staff.

Oh dear. I haven't been here for a while but was so amazed at how the service has dropped off. Only one young girl serving, she looked very unhappy. I had a 25min wait for scrambled egg on toast..was given an apology and told they only had one chef. Tables were untidy with dirty plates, cups etc .The whole cafe is so different now and quite frankly the whole garden centre is so different to what it used to be...lots of empty spaces and lack of stock. Sad

A few changes needed here….the sauces and vinegar were in a box with dried crumbs in. Long wait to order as initially only one person was taking orders, and people had taken menus to their table, so we in the queue shared one…..we arrived early, 12 noon, so went to the queue to order food. They wanted to know what number table we were sitting at, so a quick run to the table to put a coat on a chair and find the number, which was on the dirty boxes. A 2 slice sandwich ( egg mayonnaise) was pleasant enough, cost £8.29 and a can of coke £2.25. Standard packet of crisps £1.35. The cheesy chips at £3.49 were disappointing - microwaved cheese on overcooked chips, some of which defied the fork. The coffee at £3.15 was at best lukewarm and most would have said cold. A replacement arrived without a saucer…., Not impressed for the prices charged. For these prices you should get quality, and organised service. You just get the impression that the place is profit centred not customer oriented.

Visited here this morning. We ordered breakfast one traditional and one gluten free paid for both. Then told no gluten free bread. Was offered a vegan stack. Not good. Vegan is an option. Gluten free is a necessity. Asked for a refund but the supervisor has no clue what he is doing. He has taken 15 min to try and do a refund. Sorry bad experience

called in Tuesday 2nd - really great treatment and attention from gentleman serving; very attentive and helpful ! Fresh made sandwiches were REALLY FRESH & Scrummy. Such excellent service throughout

Visited for the build a summer planter workshop with afternoon tea. The afternoon tea was fantastic, plenty of food both savory and sweet and the planting course with Sandie a real treat. Sandie has an exceptional knowledge of plants and is very helpful when describing the better plants to put together. It is well worth doing this event if you want a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon, Matt and his team will make you feel most welcome and you will take home a lovely planter for your garden.

Some areas looked filthy. Tables not cleared, a lot of cakes run out. Offer on cream scone, no cream. Asked for just scone with butter and jam, they did have plain scones but can’t do the offer because no cream. Looked really run down . Met family for coffee and scone but I won’t be returning.

We popped into the garden centre cafe at 1.50pm on the 15th September 2023. So not late in the afternoon. You would think they would still have most normal things in stock. But not scones at all! Okay let’s go for a cake and a drink then. Coffee was good, but OMG the size of the cake for £3.95! Ridiculous! Nearly as thin as a wafer! Now some cafes buy in catering cakes, as is the case here. How sad that they cut the cakes into so many slices to make extra money. A waste of any body’s money! The state of the whole place was poor. Yes they do have a children’s area, and you can also sit with your dogs. All of the seating areas the tables had not been cleaned. The chairs… Filthy! Black round stains on them! All of them. And the door to the kitchen was filthy black. We should of asked for our money back. Our mistake, we would not go back. The whole place needs a refurb. In fact the chairs need taking out & burning! Sorry to say that, but it was disgusting! Here are pictures…

friendly staff & very clean and tidy! Must visit ! Nothing was too much trouble. Food excellent - served hot & propt

Since changing to Dobbies, a lot of atmosphere has been lost in this regularly visited Restaurant situated in Dobbies Garden Centre. In my opinion something has been lost in the transition.

This is a local garden centre to us and we use the restaurant from time to time. It has to be the slowest and most disorganised place I’ve ever been to. One person manning the checkout and coffee machine. Frequently queue for over 20 minutes when the place is half empty. Tables not cleaned away frequently. Not an enjoyable experience.

Cold half cooked food... Long wait.. tea / coffee long gone before the food appears... Theres clearly staffing issues... but to still charge extortionate prices for sub standard services & food really isn't acceptable.... The staff are all really nice... just nowhere near enough of them ... you really need to up your game..

Long queue, long wait for food, nasty lukewarm chips. The woman doing at least two people's jobs behind the counter deserves double pay and a medal - heroic individual. Get some staff Dobbies - you just might have to pay more than minimum wage though. One more thing - £3.75 for a thin slice of Victoria sponge is daylight robbery.

Main meal nearly £10 and next to nothing to it. Toastie tastless with the smallest filling Expensive and not worth it. Wouldn't recommend at all. Afternoon tea stands looked more appetising and worth it

We were there for 9 o'clock opening and had a veggie breakfast (other options available) for £6 each...very good value.It was cooked very much to our liking and served by friendly,helpful staff who were very welcoming too.Good coffee and tea also.The restaurant is large and bright with a very relaxing atmosphere especially at that time of the morning.We spent about 90 minutes there including a browse around the garden centre.Great!

Met here several times recently with different friends. Easy to remain socially distanced, Table service, would have liked to have seen a list of cakes to be given the opportunity to choose at leisure but the staff did a good job and thoroughly enjoyable visits.

We have visited this cafe several times since it opened, including during the current pandemic. We can guarantee a problem 95% of the time we visit. Just today we tried to visit for coffees, to be told there is a 20 minute wait - even though the cafe was barely half full and most tables had already been served. Not a huge problem you would think, so we decided to wait. We were told we could then take a seat after approx 5 minutes - only then to be ignored by staff for over 10 minutes (even though people behind us in the queue were being served first). We eventually gave up and left. Time after time Dobbies seem to get it wrong here - it certainly is chaos, whether they are busy or not. We are even membersof their loyalty scheme - which seems pointless if you can't actually make use of the benefits of being a member.

This is a great place to eat. They are obeying the government rules to the letter, staff friendly and efficient, food brought to our table quickly and it was all delicious.

Never visit here if you would like to eat and drink what you ordered within a reasonable time. We waited over an hour, they hadn't even served our drinks, then they got the order wrong and didn't have enough chips or red wine to correct it??? They blamed technical issues and untrained staff. serious Management issues I'd say. My husband even had to ask for a reduction in the bill! Oh and the table next to us, waited 2 hours for their food. Also Covid19 related, 3 different staff visited our table and each handled either crockery, cutlery or condiments, before we ate, didn't exactly feel comfortable about that.

Nice garden centre one of the smaller Dobbies but has had improvements. We had cake and coffee but was suprised that they never asked for contact details at all in the restaurant. This was the only thing that let them down as outside the plants were very healthy and cared for.

I checked the website before coming which clearly said in the covid update section that dogs were welcomed again at this location. I drive 40 mins there to be turned away.

Hadn't eaten here since it changed from Wyvales, as that cafés food & service had declined. Needed some bits for the garden so decided to grab a quick sandwich here & have to report that the food has improved. I opted for a nice,soft & fresh coronation chicken baguette which was 100% better than the last time I ate here a year ago. Some nice cake choices too. Service was a little lacklustre from the younger staff but that seems to be the norm these days, there was a "grown up" who seemed to be in charge of things tho who was a bit more with it. Good coffee.Garden Centre much improved with eco-friendly products & recycled/recyclable pots for their plants. 3/5 for the Café / 5/5 for the store.

This restaurant used to be nice but it has gone down hill since. Came in here with my family for lunch during a weekday. What I ordered was supposed to be a panini filled with chicken, bacon and cheddar, but instead it was served in a stale bagette and the presentation was abysmal! I was charged for the panini even though I was served a bagette! Almost all of my family's orders were wrong, and there was hardly any ingredients available for the lunch service. A very disorganised service. Not pleased.

We had to be in Havant early for an appointment and we looked for a good breakfast stop with easy parking. Food was good and plentiful and service was friendly and quick. Cost was very reasonable and we were happy with our choice.

A much improved cafe. Very popular. Plenty of food choices and options - staff very helpful indeed. Good value

A large garden centre with ample free parking that has a great range of everything you could possibly need to look after your garden as well as a great range of plants & trees, a food hall including limited electrical goods, several clothing departments, a range of books, a pet store plus a very relaxing cafe that has the toddlers area separate to the main area, where they sell a wide range of hot & cold food, tasty cakes as well as hot & cold beverages (including alcohol), friendly staff to serve you but unfortunately my flat white was barely warm & mostly foam, which was such a shame as I was freezing cold & wanted something hot to drink, maybe i'll have better luck next time??

A large garden centre with ample free parking that has a great range of everything you could possibly need to look after your garden as well as a great range of plants & trees, a food hall including limited electrical goods, several clothing departments, a range of books, a pet store plus a very relaxing restaurant that has the toddlers area separate to the main area, where they sell a wide range of hot & cold food, tasty cakes as well as hot & cold beverages (including alcohol), friendly staff to serve you but unfortunately my flat white was barely warm & mostly foam, which was such a shame as I was freezing cold & wanted something hot to drink, maybe i'll have better luck next time??

Tend to nip out for a quick chocolate & cheese scone on a Wednesday as have a busy morning but going here - yet again (never go by first time), was a mistake. Long queues, one staff member who had to call for help, slow staff coming to help & then vanished. Cheese scones (marked up as such were dry & turned out to be ordinary scones with fruit peel). Not good. No butter available & request for such seemed like that would be hard work - which the butter was when it arrived. Nice chap serving but he would keep calling me "luvvy". Tables not being cleared at all while we were there. Not a great experience especially for their high prices. Cake prices out of this world.

Our sandwiches were really poor, the bread was dry and no butter, my cheddar ploughman's had enough pickle in it to do about 5 sandwiches and didn't even hold together as a sandwich due to the volume of salad leaves in it. My partner's ham and cheese sandwich was missing is piccalilli mayonnaise and the Victoria sponge cake was dry. Only good point is the salad the sandwiches came with appeared to be fresh. We'll come back to use the soft play area but will just stick to buying a drink in future.

My friend and i went in here for breakfast ,the menu was very confusing we had poached eggs on toast with bacon mushrooms and I had an extra of black pudding which was disgusting it was like charcoal which I left my bacon was cold as was my plate my friends plate was hot ,the service was slow We will not be going back to eat ,The garden centre was delightful

I have been here a couple of times since the new year. Once for lunch and once for breakfast. The menu had changed since my last visit and instead of the fish finger sandwich I was looking forward to, I had to hunt around for a menu and find another dairy free option. Not much choice and ended up with tomato soup which was fine but not my favourite meal.I’m now here for breakfast and it’s chaotic. No trays, no menu until you get to the counter and again, limited choice. Cheese in the vegetarian sausages, so I can’t eat them. I have ended up having toast with marmalade, no butter.Actually, I’ve been waiting for 10 minutes now for the toast!Dirty knives in the cutlery section too. All of them are grubby, some still have the previous diner’s food on them. Yuk!Coffee is nice though. Strong but smooth tasting.No idea where my toast is!

This time of year with a lot of eateries vying for custom you would be had pushed to beat this for value for money. Presentation was good and the food better than some more expensive venues, add to this the service of an extremely pleasant member of staff. Did I also mention this was table service which was set in a festive style, all in all a most enjoyable lunch.

I really enjoyed my visit when I came for a meeting over breakfast. First off- the free WiFi and large tables made it easy for me to look at paperwork and use internet during my meeting. The cafe manager was helpful and friendly, delicious good quality coffee, my breakfast was superb and excellent value for money. The restaurant was clean and spacious. All in all a fabulous visit I will most definitely be returning.

I went to this restaurant for lunch on Bank holiday Monday Got there about 12-30 pm and found most of the food was not available as they had sold out the day before I am a vegetarian and do not eat shell fish so there wasn't anything on the menu for me to eat I ended up having a cheese scone and a cup of tea I could have a plain scone as the only spear available was Marmalade or Honey there wasn't any jam available.I was not at all impressed with the service or the availability of food I don't think I will be visiting this restaurant again at the weekend

My partner and I have visited quite a few garden centres in the area and have tried a few of their restaurants and this is the first one where we have been thoroughly disappointed with the quality and service.

The bacon that came with the meal was either heated up from the previous day or had been keeping warm for a few hours; tough with an attractive black edging. The bubble and squeak consisted of a flat disc of mainly potato dotted with flecks of green and orange, a forensic scientist would have been hard pushed to identify the green flecks as savoy cabbage. I only realised the bubble and squeak contained red onion on reading the menu again on the way out - a glutton for punishment. The fried egg was okay, so that at least is a positive note to end on.

I’m not a particular fan of garden centre cafes as they often have the ambience of a grubby school canteen but to be honest I couldn’t fault this one. Ok, it was a weekday and not busy but even so, service was prompt and friendly. Ordered hot drinks, snacks and Jacket potato. Potato came fully loaded (see my pic) and so very good value in my opinion. Sat next to the fish tank to keep our young grand daughter amused but she soon got bored with that :-( There’s a tots ball play area attached to the cafe - think it costs £1.75 for unlimited play? Made a couple of purchases from the shop and receipt came with an afternoon tea discount voucher for two - bingo!

We often come to this garden centre cafe for tea and cake and we really like it so it was the perfect location for Granny's birthday. There were 10 of us that turned up without booking and we all chose afternoon tea and it was beautiful. Great service and value and speedily made considering the amount of people. They even gave us free refills of our drinks which included lattes and Pepsi! We all had an excellent time. Thank you!

Have just had an amazing afternoon tea for 10. We came in on the off chance that there was room (after the rude staff at Stansted house were unhelpful ) the staff were helpful.and polite, nothing was too much trouble. The food was delicious and there was plenty of it, great value.

A delicious afternoon tea for 10 was no trouble for the staff. We took the heavenly and lovely opportunity to visit here instead of the much busier and unhelpful Stansted house pavilion. Food was Devine and plentiful and extra drinks were free. A delightful afternnoon interlude.

It’s a real shame as this place has so much to offer but sadly didn’t deliver at all for me.It was very quiet for a Sunday which should have told its own story. The service received was very abrupt and to the point. I ordered a ham hock and cheese sandwich and a salmon and egg mayonnaise sandwich both just under £6 each. Frankly I would have been embarrassed to serve anyone portion sizes like this. You expect sandwiches to have filling but both these were sadly lacking. I find it disgusting that you are charged good money and expect some value for this but when you are served 4 quartered sandwiches and only the front corner has filling and 3/4 of it is empty I think it is very poor value for money. Would never go here again.

The staff were miserable. Ordered a breakfast and with only four people in the restaurant we had to wait 20 minutes for our food most of which was barely warm, the bacon had obviously been cooked hours previously and was as hard and over cooked as anything as was the fried egg. None of the meal was hot. I recommend avoiding this restaurant.

Had a voucher so decided to eat lunch here. Apart from jacket potatoes the vegetarian choice on the board was...

Very clean and spacious. Friendly atmosphere and the fish and chips were good too. The staff were smart wore hats and hair tied back . Makes all the difference. My client (I am a care worker) enjoyed the visit. Thankyou

Fuimos a por un café, pero cuando vimos el menú del desayuno decidimos en el desayuno. Elegimos el jardinero de desayuno, que era la opción vegetariana y muy buena también. En £4. 95 valió la pena y bien presentada. No entiendo por qué supone wyvale's el mismo precio por su café americano y el filtro como en la mayoría de los cafés, etc. café de filtro es hasta 50 p más barato. . . ah. Debemos felicitar al personal por ser agradable y amable a pesar del calor. Fue muy cálido. Había una buena variedad de comidas principales y tablas especiales (alrededor de 8 libras), pero que podían hacer con un par de opciones más vegetariano, ya que sólo había uno, como mucho, ya que pudimos ver.

Faltos de un banco y el personal no sabía lo que estaban haciendo (nuestro pedido comida estaba equivocado). Muy poca variedad de pasteles a las 12 del mediodía. El lugar estaba sucio, pero no se aclararon las mesas y destruidos podía decir cuando la planta última barrido! Cuando la comida no llega (correctamente), estaba bien, pero no vale la pena el importe pagado. Es una pena que este lugar ha sido abandonado a deslizarse tan mal como lo que solía ser adorable.

La última vez que fuimos, no sin suministro de agua 'así que no hay comida disponible excepto artículos empaquetados y sin bebidas. Esta vez, entre las 11:00 y 12:30 no había comida caliente porque estaba siendo atendido por un grupo grande. Por suerte llegamos justo...

Fuimos un sábado por la tarde alrededor de las 2 de la tarde para el té de la tarde. Estaba muy concurrido y tenían dos mujeres en la cajas pedidos y hacer café y despejar las mesas y chico de entregar la comida. Eran extremadamente...

Muy concurrida cafetería/restaurante. Normalmente llamada para un café aquí, pero tuvimos un té por la tarde. Decepcionó un poco en tamaño, pero todos de sándwiches, comida comestible y agradable.

Booked Wyevale Havant soft play for my Son's 4th Birthday Party. Small deposit up front and £8.95 a head for...

Compré un cupón groupon para el té de la tarde para probarlo, y fue el peor de la tarde que he tenido. Yo y mi pareja tenía dos canapés cada una, un bollo cada fruta, no (sólo opción de fruta o simple) mi bollo tenía...

Very nice food, lots of colouring, eggsellent Bunny hunt. Met the Easter Bunny, lovely toys and egg. Biscuit icing as well. The staff were helpful, kind and polite. Would recommend future events for families..

Excellent afternoon with my daughters and granddaughter we booked the Easter bunny experience for daisy my granddaughter (we had previously done the Father Christmas breakfast) it was great we had the afternoon tea with drinks, sandwiches,cakes and a scrummy scone with jam and cream, daisy had chicken nuggets chips and peas and carrots.

Waited far too long! Not busy but for toast and mushrooms it took over half an hour to get bought to us

My granddaughter had her 3rd birthday party here. The staff were friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble. The food was originally presented, tasty, plentiful and healthy. We had the soft play booked from 3-5 but arrived at 2.30 to decorate and left at 5.45 didn't feel rushed. Two of the children didn't turn up but they didn't charge us. All in all a very pleasant experience and great value for money. Thank you to all the staff of garden kitchen.

We booked my daughters 3rd birthday party at the garden kitchen, it was fantastic and would highly recommend. One of the child attending was dairy intollarant which was not a problem at all food was presented beautifully and very yummy! Staff were more than helpful and even gave us our cupcakes to take home as the children were too busy playing to decorate them. Everyone who came had a fab time and my daughter told me it was the best party ever! Thank you we will be back to visit soon

I thought I would treat my friend to an afternoon tea, saw a Groupon offer for this place, bought the coupon. No booking required so we went on Saturday just after 2.10pm.Never been in the cafe before, so approached member of staff at counter, they were not sure how it worked, so asked a colleague.....no one seemed to know how to do coupon. Asked what we get exactly, no answer at first, then asked again and got told no fruit scones or plain but you have a piece of cake. Do I not get cake anyway? Yes they replied...... Or you can have cheese scone or lemon and almond. Cheese scone and clotted cream and jam.....yuk! No thanks. So we ended up with lemon and almond. On tasting scones they only had the taste of almond where the flakes were on the top of scone. Sandwiches were freshly made but not exactly exciting, ham and tomato or cheese and cucumber.Would we go there again for afternoon tea.....No.Staff even though vague were fairly pleasant.

Went here with the grandchildren. Had a lovely hot chocolate whilst they played in the play zone., the only negative was I had to leave and they didn't want to go. Lots of thing in the main shop to browse around at.

Would not recommend Rowlands Castle Harvester. We were all very disappointed. Food was terrible. The manager needs to get his act together

This is part of the Havant Wyevale Garden Centre, and our daughter, Kate, had booked a table for five of us for an early ‘Christmas Lunch’.We arrived early and spent an hour or so browsing and buying at the Garden Centre.Our table was reserved and prepared for us, in a nice location, and staff were ready to serve us, on time.Andy was particularly good. Pleasant, professional and attentive, but not fussy.Meals were delivered quickly, and the table cleared efficiently between our three courses.A tasty well-cooked roast chicken meal, with individual dishes of vegetables, gravy and cranberry sauce.After the meal, we all spent a little time browsing (and buying) again.Thank You !

Popped in on the way to Asda as we didn't want to eat there.My daughter had a toasted sandwich. Nicely presented with veg crisps. Also, a good choice of fillings which were a bit more unusual than the standard.I had a smoked salmon, orange & beetroot salad.The portion size was very generous with loads of oak smoked salmon. All fresh and tasty too!

Not the first time Iv'e been here.. queque was so long the last time we left. We had poached egg on toast.. took so long to get there .. we'd already finished our pots of tea. The small eggs looked totally lost on huge pieces of toast... a tad over priced for what it was.... Poor.

Always busy at lunch time. Good menu for breakfast and lunch. Had the fish and chips on Monday it was brilliant. Best fish and chips I've had in years. Lovely attentive service too. Recommend.

We've been before to the Garden Kitchen Restaurant for snacks and coffee and have observed that it does a very good trade at lunchtimes with hot meals.We went for coffee and had to stand for ages in a long queue whilst the only lady serving that we could see was run off her feet. We left because she was touching her face and hair, handling credit cards and money and touching food (preparing sandwiches) without washing her hands. A few minutes convinced us that we did not want her to handle our coffee cups, so we left.