Gardeners Choice Coffee Shop in Scarborough

Have been here on 3 occasions love the garden centre but a female staff member has been rude and unhelpful on the main till area. We were in the queue and witnessed a her being rude to 3 elderly ladies then she was rude to us. It’s the same staff member who has been the same before . We will not be returning. Will go to tong garden in bradford when we visit relatives

Been using the cafe for many years with no issues. On our last visit we were kept waiting ovet 20 minutes for 2 small breakfasts despite the cafe being nearly empty only after i had gone to see what was happening was our breakfast brought out a few minutes later. No apologies given for the wait. This time my sons breakfast brought out and i was told yours will be out in a minute. 5 minutes later my breakfast of 'poached eggs' on toast brought out, again no apology that my food brought out so long after my sons. The eggs were solid and cold, and needless to say not eaten. i certainly wont be wasting my money here again, as in my experiances both the service and food seems to have deteriorated drastically.

Approached by a member of staff to tell me my dog wasn’t allowed in the garden centre. This was after we had walked in , looked round and a gaggle of staff around till area saw us and never said anything. We then went into coffee shop , had breakfast and our dog was fussed and patted by the lovely lady who served us but no mention that she wasn’t allowed. All staff should sing from same hymn sheet as it were. The guy who approached us had quite an attitude of self importance. I did not see any signs to say no dogs allowed: This is poor for a holiday area where dogs are allowed in nearly all shops and cafes. If you have a dog go to Irton garden centre where your dog will be made welcome , given treats and be allowed everywhere including a dog friendly cafe.

Comfortable beds , a good breakfast, good location, expensive parking.

Nice garden centre , would visit more often if my dogs were allowed like most in the area.

Good coffee and wonderful scones, including cherry scones. Lovely selection of other baked treats too.

Staff are always so pleased to help, chirpy and knowledgeable ! Colin has been particularly helpful with his advice on plants for my new garden and how to look after them. He has also assisted in carrying stuff as I have a bad back and took plants and other items purchased right to and into my car boot for me! The garden centre has a great selection of plants and trees! Thanks to you all. Dean's is now a regular stop-off point for me and I thoroughly recommend it! Maggie, a very satisfied customer!

Plenty of selection of plants/flowers and seeds for all your gardens needs. Friendly knowledgeable staff

A nice garden center, nice cafe if a bit pricey. Not dog friendly. Plenty of parking and easy access for wheelchairs x

I have to post this as a big thumbs up for the cafe, sorry I don’t have a picture of it; but I was there today. Now if you have a family and you are out and about and need a lunch option, avoid trashy high street fast food and head here if you’re in Scarborough. The food is decent home cooking / cafe style. The portions were generous, the food came within 10 minutes and to top it off it cost less than that popular burger chain that advertises everywhere. So do yourself and your kids a favour, don’t have a burger, come eat something decent here instead. Well done Deans Cafe!

Lovely garden centre will go again to this one and had a lovely cafe with home made cakes and tarts and delicious menu of other things too. Would recommend

Stopped for Breakfast, easy parking, spacious restaurant area and my mini breakfast was excellent & reasonably priced. O & the garden centre is pretty good too !

I have not been here for years. Had a lovely Coffee and the Cake selection is amazing. I will be returning for afternoon tea.

Great place for plants and garden makeover materials plus it has a very nice cafe.

Plenty of variety in relation to what I was looking for, helpful staff, not too expensive and plentiful parking. Very good.

Garden Centre good food very good

Good selection of food. Reasonably priced and friendly staff

Great place for garden and for the cafe. Staff are just lovely too.

What a lovely garden centre clean well set out good healthy assortment of plants and nice coffee shop on site

Nicely arranged garden centre , really enjoyed coming, will probably one for a cuppa in cafe next time I come

Well today was the first time in 30 years of having dogs that I’ve visited a garden centre that isn’t dog friendly! Totally missed the not so easy to read sign on the entrance door saying no dogs and I was looking for a sales assistant to help me with purchasing garden furniture when I see a sales assistant telling my wife to leave as no dogs allowed, we have visited last year with the dogs and nobody said no dogs allowed. We left and went to Irton Garden centre, we were quickly welcomed by a member of staff who is a dog lover and gave the dogs some treats, 30 minutes later I had spent £1800 on garden furniture! If you have a dog I would fully recommend you visit Irton Garden Centre.

Great garden centre for all sorts things you need worth a visit nice walk round also try cafe it's a little gem the staff are lovely always quite busy foods Great i recommend the breakfasts lots choice

Lovley place for garden enthusiastic.

Wowww Best 👌 place to fill your garden

Great garden centre just outside Scarborough brought some lovely lavender.

Lovely friendly garden centre with great food 😀

Great place to visit.very good cafe and plant selection

Not much garden furniture just plants

Very expensive and more aimed at people looking for lunch and gifts, rather than plants. Apparently under new management, but no difference so far.

Nice cheap an cheerful Sausage sandwich.

A very nice garden centre has an excellent cafe very helpful assistant in the outside section I went for some pond fish and she was very helpful

Always a nice treat ....coffee and a scone...delicious....my go to cafe

Brilliant set up very friendly staff

OK place on outskirts of Scarborough with plenty of parking. Good range of gardening stuff and plants. Restaurant OK. Was there late on a Tuesday so perhaps not at it's best. Rather dry cake from small selection and OK Americano. Staff friendly.

Nicely set out. Plants all looked well looked after. Lovely cafe, homemade cakes and fresh sandwiches. Not the biggest garden centre but, well worth a look.

We are going today for coffee and cake it's a beautiful friendly staff

Looks empty. New ownership and empty shelves. Nothing to choose for bonsai. No pots no soil no fertilizer. Just few not good looking bonsai plants. Same outside no plants.

Very impressed with the excellent choices of meals for vegans. The main courses are delicious. However, disappointed with the distinct lack of vegan cakes and scones. An offering of a pre packed crumble bar at a very inflated price didn’t match the impressive array of of vegan savoury foods. Cakes can scones can EASILY be made with vegan alternatives with no compromise on texture or taste. Otherwise a recommended place to eat and enjoy good food.

The café is clean and well laid out. The food good, well presented and they give good portions. The staff are very pleasant and friendly. It’s a good place to eat out. Only one small complaint and that is the overpowering air “fresheners” in the toilets.

Great cafe, nice food and reasonable value

Lovely food again at Deans garden centre, staff very nice. I always look forward to going to Deans garden centre

We found it very dear and very expensive in the cafe, lots of parking area, but would be a lot more people there if it was cheaper.

Had an amazing lunch there and would definitely recommend

Love this place staff always friendly & helpful

Lovely meal and staff really nice

Absolutely brilliant Christmas department, all coordinated by colours. Amazing choice of Christmas decorations. Me and my Grandchildren loved it.

2nd visit here and my what a difference, I take back what I said last time, absolutely fantastic difference, from plants, garden furniture and the restaurant is still amazing value ....... Made ourselves a member of there loyalty scheme

Saw on Facebook, so in the area we visited and were not dissapo8nted, great Christmas stalls, we picked up some different items for the tree, would recommend and we will be back

Canteen serves some great food.

It takes a lot to impress me food wise, but I was today when I was served an absolutely delicious slice of cheese, onion and tomato quiche. A large slice with salad and coleslaw. The quiche had been made using a generous amount of cheese which was actually visible (unusual when eating out usually). I hate to have to admit it but it was even better than the ones I make. The cakes and desserts on display were very well made as well. Someone certainly know how to cook!!!!!

Lovely toastie and gorgeous chocolate cake and vanilla slice

Great place to stop off on the way out or into Scarborough. Lovely friendly staff and the coffee was 👌

It's a good centre with a good cafe that (in my opinion) do the best cherry scones in town. Cafe staff always have a smile for you but the rest don't seem that happy. A good choice of plants and ornaments. 03.02.2023. Still has the best cherry scones in town.

No dogs allowed... otherwise not a bad garden centre. Good advice available from the outdoor section.

very nice garden centre. also met a very helpful members of staff who gave us good advice on selecting correct pot size. thank you. Also paid a visit to the cafe. Very nice.

The Garden Centre is lovely, especially now as it's full of Christmas goodies. The staff are also lovely so my next comments are in no way a reflection on them. The cafe prices are jaw-droppingly expensive! A large cappuccino costs £3.75, easily as expensive as a city centre cafe and probably more, but at least in an up market coffee shop, it would be made barista-style, This was a push button machine. I did a double take when I looked at food prices. I will stand corrected, but where else would you pay £4.99 for a cheese scone? In times of a cost of living crisis, this really is too much. Other items were ridiculously expensive too and my friend and I were left very disappointed, We thought we'd go somewhere nice in the inclement weather but this cafe did nothing to lift our spirits.

Plenty to look round and nice cafe and food .

Very helpful and friendly, always ready to help 😀

Lots to see, clean and tidy and the staff are very friendly and helpful.

Lovely traditional garden center good disabled access throughout good choice of plants and the usual things , cafe very good but the coffee could do with more coffee couldn't tell the latte from the cappuccino but the food good and the scones great could do with flowers as you go in the door for a warmer welcome ps regarding previous persons rant about the disabled WC I found it very clean and comfortable but obviously didn't stay in there as long as they must of 🤣🤣

Well kept garden centre. It has a cafe, gifts, cards etc. The shrubs and plants are in very good health and lots of choice

Lovely friendly staff, nice food

A great place to eat. Went to till and ordered food and drink. Although it was busy the food came quickly and the staff were friendly and efficient. Really tasty cheese salad and cheese and tuna mayonnaise toastie. Would definitely return and recommend to others.

My Grandaughter and I love a visit to Dean's cafe but yesterday I was very disappointed when she was charged £1 to change the fried egg on a breakfast to scrambled. The price of the breakfast was high enough without that extra charge. She was also charged £1.20 for 1 extra hash brown which is exorbitant. We won't be doing breakfast again!

The extreme irony of not allowing dogs, but selling dog products. 🙄 (Translated by Google) La ironía extrema de no permitir perros, pero vender productos para perros. 🙄

Always in here looking at the plants. Nice range of plants and garden accessories. There is a cafe but i am yet to try it out. Staff always seem friendly and it has a nice big car park as it can get quite busy. (Translated by Google) Siempre aquí mirando las plantas. Buena variedad de plantas y accesorios de jardín. Hay un café, pero todavía tengo que probarlo. El personal siempre parece amable y tiene un aparcamiento grande y agradable, ya que puede estar bastante concurrido.

Called in for breakfast. Not been for a good while. Still good. Local butchers used for produce. Really nice atmosphere. Garden centre excellent too. (Translated by Google) Llamado para el desayuno. No ha sido por un buen tiempo. Sigue bien. Carnicerías locales utilizadas para producir. Muy buen ambiente. Centro de jardinería excelente también.

Just used the cafe today, was very good. (Translated by Google) Acabo de usar el café hoy, fue muy bueno.

Fabulous garden centre, lovely place to visit & have a coffee & a good range of plants. (Translated by Google) Fabuloso centro de jardinería, lugar encantador para visitar y tomar un café y una buena variedad de plantas.

Called in for lunch while nearby ,it's not fast food but delivered to your table very quickly very hot and exceptional taste I cannot recommend highly enough EXCELLENT deserve 5star (Translated by Google) Llamado para almorzar mientras está cerca, no es comida rápida, pero se entrega en su mesa muy rápidamente, muy caliente y con un sabor excepcional. No puedo recomendar lo suficiente EXCELENTE merece 5 estrellas

Visired Dean's Garden centre near York many times which is very good with a large collection of indoor plants which I'm interested in. We tried Scarborough branch for a change as we live mid-midway between the two but unfortunately indoor plant selection very small in comparison. Cafe menu also unfortunately not the same although it was still busy so presume its good just more limited. (Translated by Google) Visité el centro Dean's Garden cerca de York muchas veces, lo cual es muy bueno con una gran colección de plantas de interior que me interesan. Probamos la sucursal de Scarborough para variar, ya que vivimos a mitad de camino entre los dos, pero desafortunadamente la selección de plantas de interior es muy pequeña en comparación. Desafortunadamente, el menú del café tampoco es el mismo, aunque todavía estaba ocupado, así que suponga que es bueno, solo que más limitado.

Arrived at cafe before 4.10pm to buy quiche £9.45 and cuppa and cake x 2, so over £30 spend. Shop closes at 5pm… so 50 mins for a meal. Told no hot food after 4pm . Really? Not great 😌 (Translated by Google) Llegó a la cafetería antes de las 4:10 p. m. para comprar quiche £ 9. 45 y cuppa and cake x 2, por lo que gastó más de £ 30. La tienda cierra a las 5 p. m.... así que 50 minutos para una comida. Me dijeron que no había comida caliente después de las 4 p. m. ¿En serio? No genial 😌

Disappointed with the Christmas selection (Translated by Google) Decepcionado con la selección navideña.

Healthy plants and an excellent Cafe. (Translated by Google) Plantas sanas y un excelente Café.

Very helpful and knowledgeable staff. (Translated by Google) Personal muy servicial y bien informado.

Not customer or dog friendly even though they have a pet product section. Need to get out of the dark ages and change there no dog policy. I was told that they do not allow dogs as some people are scared of them, personally more scared of children and they allow them to come in....;) (Translated by Google) No admite clientes ni perros a pesar de que tienen una sección de productos para mascotas. Necesito salir de la edad oscura y cambiar la política de no perros. Me dijeron que no admiten perros ya que algunas personas les tienen miedo, personalmente le dan más miedo a los niños y les permiten entrar....;)

Welcoming and presentable store with a variety of different foliage and plants. (Translated by Google) Tienda acogedora y presentable con una variedad de diferentes follajes y plantas.

Lovely garden centre, good range and prices. Great little cafe with an extensive and inexpensive menu. Friendly staff. (Translated by Google) Encantador centro de jardinería, buena variedad y precios. Gran pequeña cafetería con un menú extenso y económico. Personal amigable.

Nice well stocked garden centre with a pleasant restaurant (Translated by Google) Bonito centro de jardinería bien abastecido con un agradable restaurante.

Lovely lunch and fab, friendly staff. (Translated by Google) Almuerzo encantador y fabuloso, personal amable.

No bike park sadly. Food was good, quiche was cold which was a shame, some staff a friendly. (Translated by Google) Lamentablemente, no hay parque para bicicletas. La comida era buena, el quiche estaba frío, lo cual fue una pena, algunos miembros del personal eran amables.

Helpful to gardening beginners like ourselves. Always approachable for assistance with gardening advice. (Translated by Google) Útil para los principiantes en jardinería como nosotros. Siempre disponible para recibir asistencia con consejos de jardinería.

Was very disappointed with the restaurant food. Good range of plants. (Translated by Google) Estaba muy decepcionado con la comida del restaurante. Buena variedad de plantas.

On holiday in Scarborough have been having lunch here, it's beautiful fresh home cooking great specials 1day had beef stew dumplings,roast on a Sunday and it was absolutely beautiful Fab staff served with a smile sandwiches for tea all excellent (Translated by Google) De vacaciones en Scarborough, he estado almorzando aquí, es hermoso, cocina casera fresca, excelentes especialidades, 1 día comí albóndigas de estofado de ternera, asado un domingo y fue absolutamente hermoso Personal fabuloso servido con una sonrisa. sándwiches para el té todo excelente

Cheese scones in the coffee shop to die for! (Translated by Google) bollos de queso en la cafetería para morirse!

Small independent garden centre which is surprisingly well stocked. Lovely cafe on site with nice meals and cakes. Well worth a visit. (Translated by Google) Pequeño centro de jardinería independiente sorprendentemente bien surtido. Encantadora cafetería en el lugar con buenas comidas y pasteles. Vale la pena una visita.

Jam and cream scones yum 😋 (Translated by Google) Bollos de mermelada y crema ñam 😋

A nice little garden centre with a good café. We really enjoyed the breakfast. (Translated by Google) Un bonito y pequeño centro de jardinería con una buena cafetería. Realmente disfrutamos el desayuno.

Great nursery and cafe. Sensible prices. (Translated by Google) Gran guardería y cafetería. Precios sensatos.

A garden centre that actually sells plants, trees, seeds ,in fact everything for your gardening needs and a great cafe too. (Translated by Google) Un centro de jardinería que en realidad vende plantas, árboles, semillas, de hecho, todo para sus necesidades de jardinería y también una gran cafetería.

Very kind staff (Translated by Google) personal muy amable

Nice cafe with good food and friendly service (Translated by Google) Agradable cafetería con buena comida y servicio amable.

Come here most saturdays (Translated by Google) Ven aquí la mayoría de los sábados.

Love the gardencentre. Have always used the cafe but at the moment the service in the cafe is terrible and nonevif thevoeople seem to care (Translated by Google) Me encanta el centro de jardinería. Siempre he usado el café, pero en este momento el servicio en el café es terrible y no parece importarle a la gente.

Stunning garden centre great collection of products. helpful staff nice caffe (Translated by Google) Impresionante centro de jardinería gran colección de productos. personal servicial buen café

Great selection of plants and trees. Well laid out and clearly labelled. (Translated by Google) Gran selección de plantas y árboles. Bien distribuido y claramente etiquetado.

Amazing we go every Sunday to the cafe here for lunch all are so friendly and helpful lovely food . (Translated by Google) Increíble, vamos todos los domingos a la cafetería aquí para almorzar, todos son muy amables y serviciales, comida encantadora.

Lovely place the cafe there is lovely. food brilliant well worth the money people working there great 👍 (Translated by Google) Encantador lugar, la cafetería allí es encantadora. comida brillante bien vale la pena la gente que trabaja allí genial 👍

WOW . The fresh cream scones are to die for. They are huge and packed with cream. Make sure your hungry. (Translated by Google) GUAU . Los bollos de crema fresca son para morirse. Son enormes y llenos de crema. Asegúrate de tener hambre.

Got some Gorilla Tape to mend the tent! (Translated by Google) ¡Conseguí un poco de Gorilla Tape para reparar la tienda!