Harlestone Heath Garden Centre in Daventry

Watch where you stand there is dog piss everywhere. Utterly disgusting, all over the products.

Love this place esp the cafe and the dog friendlyness ideal for a long walk in the firs then there for coffee and cake... They even have a trolly for cleaning up any little accidents ur pets have make Sure U use it its not the staffs job

I know they're closing in two months but surely they are not running down the café food stocks already!?! Very limited menu, no scones, only chocolate cake, the worst I've ever known it! Still lovely staff and clean surroundings.

We booked a luxury afternoon tea at Harlestone Heath Dobbies. We walked in to find not many free table and no tables reserved. We asked a waitress who was cleaning a table where we go as we were booked in to which she replied they had no afternoon tea booked in as if they did they would have a table set out. I showed her my email confirmation and she went into the kitchen. She returned saying that yes we were on the list but they had forgotten. We were given a table but the experience didn't feel personal and very unpaired. We were told if we wanted more tea to go to the counter but each time we looked it was too busy. Food was very nice but as a whole not a great experience.

I enjoyed visiting this shop with very nice plants, toys and other things, and a nice café with very good sandwiches 🥪 and the staff was very nice too

Really nice garden centre with a cafe including soft play for under 8s. Perfect break on a long car journey.

Visited this morning and had a breakfast for the price the coffee was terrible the breakfast small the bacon was over cooked and the sausages were burnt. The staff were nice and friendly food terrible 😔😔

Nice displays. Food cafe small abd ver y expensive

alaia on the tills was very helpful and smiley

The cafe is hugely understaffed. The front of house staff are lovely, and work hard, just need more support. The sausages were cooked, but pale and cold, and the poached eggs tasted like vinegar. Fridges were bare, and tables uneared, so they definitely need more staff. Could potentially be half decent with more manpower

Surprise Traditional Tea for our mum's Birthday today Absolutely delicious, plenty of food, amazing service. Wonderful staff, Amazing chef. Highly recommend.

Surprise Traditional Tea for our mum's Birthday today Absolutely delicious, plenty of food, amazing service. Wonderful staff, Amazing chef. Highly recommend.

Well stocked garden centre. Friendly staff and reasonably priced. Highly recommend

Well stocked garden centre. Friendly staff and reasonably priced. Highly recommend

All the normal stuff you would expect from a garden centre does have a nice cafe which sells food and coffee as well as all the over drinks you would expect

Hi customer team. Don't bother offering to email me because you had an opportunity two months ago to help the same family and you did nothing. Kathleen in the cafe needs to be told that the world is not going to accommodate her and her attitude. She is incorrigibly rude and combative and my family will not be returning nor my colleagues from the Travis Perkins head office nearby.

Great Garden Centre with a large range of products (including a small Waitrose store) all supported by excellent customer service.

Terrible service having to queue there were 3 members of staff on. 2 staff on tills and serving and 1 standing about. The chairs on the tables in the restaurant all badlt stained. They need older more experienced staff or training given.

Great food in the cafe here, all home made. Highly recommend.

One of my favourite garden centres. I have a lovely Sunday roast from this Dobbies. Friendly staff.

Not as big as others but it was ok

Very large , excellent choice of plants.

They always have frabjous house plants here. Every time I come here I end up buying one!

Interesting to go round. Cafe lovely with lots of choice.

Lovely coffee and cake this morning and a mooch around. Bought a very reasonably priced hanging basket. Their plants are great.

A great place for a visit with plenty of plants, horticultural equipment, clothes and a cafe to visit too.

Celebrated a special birthday with afternoon tea. Arrived and table already set with table cloth. Staff really helpful and friendly. Afternoon tea was lovely, surpassed expectations. Highly recommended.

Just another coffee shop, sorry I mean garden centre 😕😔😕

I love visiting the garden centre but HATE the cafe. The staff attitudes are shocking!

A terrible experience. We visited on a bank holiday at about 1:30pm. Our intention was for a cafe visit and shop. Unfortunately, we were really underwhelmed by the garden centre and what it had on offer. It certainly wasn't a welcoming experience. We made our way to the cafe only to find nearly everything was sold out. Not only that, but the staff were really rude about it. They snapped at us when we asked for food items which they didn't have left, somehow making it feel like it was our fault. And got even more obnoxious when we mentioned an allergy in the group. We eventually settled for a small selection of items they did have left. Only for the food to, be presented in a disgusting way. We paid for nearly £7 for a toastie, extremely high for the slice of toast and drizzle of cheese that my wife got. We paid above the odds for a sandwich for my daughter, again for it to turn out to be 'half a sandwhich' - I can't believe we paid that much for so little. To top it off, the cafe looked like it hadn't been cleaned all day, the tables were covered in half eaten oranges and so was the floor. All the time we were there, not a single table was cleaned nor any of the floor swept. There is a small soft play area for children, I didn't let my daughter enter it due to the filth of the place.

Had an afternoon tea today at Dobbies in Harlestone Northampton and it was lovely. A great choice of sandwiches, sausage rolls, quiche, beautiful scones, cakes of many varieties and hot drinks. The ladies in the cafe are so good, really friendly and we felt very well looked after. Thank you for a lovely afternoon.

Staff are so friendly and helpful.

Harlestone Heath was as beautiful as ever, our dog Tom loved it. Dobbies Garden Centre now has a Waitrose inside which proved useful today

I went to the aquatic area for bits for a shrimp tank. The guy was really knowledgeable and helped me a lot. An asset to Maidenhead Aquatics.

Decent little place with a bit of everything, and very good prices compared to other garden centres around. Car park could do with better signage but that's it.

Took my mother in law (86) for something to eat in the cafe. She chose an Egg Mayo sandwich with a coleslaw salad and a side of chips. She received the sandwich but with a couscous salad and 7 small chips and what looked like the dregs of the chip bag on the side of her plate. £2.75 for 7 chips! Get real! Side orders should come in a separate container. Suggest whoever's in charge should try The Bell Plantation at Towcester to see how it should be done.

Not a good experience today. Went for breakfast for the first and last time. Full breakfast was overcooked, sausage and toast burnt, butter was liquid, tiny piece of bacon, no brown sauce on offer. Looking for runner bean plants, asked a staff member who displayed quite the attitude! A long time before we return!

Had food at dobbies im afraid this was the worst food ever had there 10 chips fish definitely wasnt cooked fresh no fish in side just chewy batter

Great garden centre, prices are a little bit high for some of their products but still bargains to be found. Cafe has a good range on the breakfast menu which is what we were having, long wait but understandable as they were short staffed. Staff friendly and helpful. Updated review, May 2024, short on small trolleys and the ones they did have were outside in the rain. Toilets 1 out of action, 1 had no lock and the other 2 no toilet paper and rubbish on floor. Not good! ! Menu in cafe doesn't seem to have changed so nothing new . Would be nice if there was more variation as menus online for some branches look much better.

Nice little garden centre, good parking and accessibility. Cafe, pets corner, and cotton traders outlet.

A definite for that plant you have been thinking about growing.

It's a Dobbies, so totally generic, and expected. Lighting was very "eco" so totally gloomy and uninviting. Everything was ok, nothing special. Got no reason to return.

I'll begin by saying all the trees shrubs climbing plants & hanging baskets were strong large & beautiful as was anything else green. As a physically challenged person it was difficult as there's not enough blue badge spaces, I had to be dropped off outside main entrance then the car was parked far away. There's was only one trolley that attatches to the wheelchair, it was unavailable so I tried to push a normal trolley but it was impossible Sadly left with nothing, feeling upset & so frustrated as there was much we'd wanted to buy. On a better day it would be a lovely place to visit.

Service at till was a little slow but it was busy, we would visit again when in the area

They had a cat and nice outdoor flowers. Cafe was a normal temperature.

Gone downhill since last visit. Restaurant very poor. Lots of dirty tables and seating didn't look too c!ean either. Prices too high for standard of food. Very poor sandwiches, thrown together. Chips good though but will not be returning. Shame because when it was Wyevale, it was !ove!y.

Not cheap but quality good... Staff not the brightest - asked if I had a loyalty card but when I said that I hadn't offered no further information.......

More people in the cafeteria than the centre bit of a queue

Awful place so expensive no stock and no interesting concessions, only went in to use Pets Corner.

The worst food I have eaten and prices menu was rubbish. I had the sausages were full of thick grease cold were from left overs from morning breakfast the veg was of colour the mash was brown only wish I had taken a photo I would not of feed my dog this the out front staff worked very hard how this place is so busy is beyond me and the prices

Your local garden centre stocked to the gunnels with plants, compost, gardening hand tools tools, outdoor clothing, garden ornaments and so much more. There also concessions of popular brands within the complex and add extra variety to the rigmarole of a trip to the garden centre.

Excellent staff. Gold stars to Bradley in the cafe and Laura in the garden centre. The plants aren’t cheap but represent good value for money.

What a discussing mess, not even fit for animals. Came for an afternoon tea and the state of chairs was. absolutely disgusting, the tables were not fit to eat from and needed to clean my shoes Once I left, not to mention the smell. I am sorry to be so negative but it.was a dump to waste my time and overpriced as these places are, well and truly gone down hill. I asked for the table to be cleaned and the attitude was indignant.

Our complaint is in the cafe, yesterday, there was only one person working, behind the counter, so the queue was long, so it took ages to get our coffee’s, then we decided to have soup, again queue was long, then it took ages to arrive and when it did, it was Luke warm, so we had to return it, to be heated. My I make a suggestion you have a system like the one near the Queen Eleanor, they have a queue for just coffees and the other queue is for having something to eat and works very well. Just another thing, it’s far too cold in your premises and has been for quite a long time now, I feel sorry for your staff to work in these conditions, please get it fixed.

Since Christmas it's gone very much downhill. My son had a small breakfast which was cold. The sausage looked disgusting. Not planning on coming back here till they turn the whole place around.

The Garden Centre was empty of stock and the fish section was empty and closed. My children loved seeing the fish and we got supplies for out own tank from here. Not sure how the store is surviving, it can't be making any money there is nothing to buy other than hyper inflated waitrose food and cotton traders clothes. Cafe was OK, scone was nice but asking for cream was poor, it should just be given. Also kitchen staff scratching their heads and arms whilst serving seems very unhygienic, not sure an inspector would approve.. lots of standing around talking too whilst there was a line of customers! Finally, in the cafe seating area a disciplinary/absence review was taking place for a member of staff, their manager and HR rep ( I assume) were very loud and you could hear the conversation and issues being discussed. Very unprofessional, should be in an office or via teams etc. This is a review for Dobbies Northampton (Harlestone)

IMPORTANT!! The branch of Maidenhead Aquatics in this store is closed as of 10th Feb 2024 - nearest is at Dobbies on the Newport Pagnell Road or better still at Two Seasons at Burton Latimer. A very quick visit to use the facilities. Google Maps says this is open until 5.00pm on a Sunday, but they close at 4.30pm. I suspect in an effort to cut their electric bill, the lighting in the store is abysmal.

Pretty good garden center where you can feed the Koi carp. Restaurant very good but why have music playing constantly, and fairly loud, is beyond me. All this does is make everyone talk loudly. No one goes there to listen to the music surely.

We were welcomed by a pile of rubbish at the front of the shop: leaves and general trash brought by the wind but which had been there a few days. We then had to return our coffee as it was like a cup of watery milk with a tiny bit of coffee. And the queue at the cafe is unacceptable for a week day. We shan’t be returning there - or to any Dobbies.

What with getting rid of all franchise and very high prices it's now very disappointing 😞

its OK if overpriced, not much reason to visit now the aquairium shop has closed

Used Pet's Corner, super friendly service and very helpful. Hettie says thanks for the biscuit

Coffee from the cafe is awful!! Not worth the £3.15 at all or the 1 star

Nice garden centre but was the heating broken? It was so cold there.

Good all round garden centre with helpful staff

I went for a coffee and the play area for my grandson. It was very disappointing due to poor behaviour by unaccompanied children. No idea where the adults who should have been watching over them were, they didn't make an appearance once even though their bandless (payment acknowledgement) delinquent wards were causing mayhem.

The place is drab and very expensive. Shopping here is nothing like it used to be.

I purchased a bottle of pesticide. I was whelmed

well-equipped shop in a quiet location, close to the park, you can take coffee from the restaurant to the shop and go for a walk to the park, which is located on the other side of the street. The store is expensive, I like to go there to see what's new in the season, a small soft play for children and a restaurant are a break from the center

Do the staff ever sweep or clean this restaurant? Furniture is always covered in crumbs and stains, staff are slow clearing tables, the floor doesn't look as though it has been swept in weeks! Service is slow . Would be interesting to know what their hygiene rating is - if the customers area is dirty,what does the kitchen look like!!

Good layout. Some things were pricey but expected from a garden centre.

Dobbies rewards. Two free hot drinks and cakes for your Birthday 🎂

My parents go regularly and they love the fish and chips! The cake was delicious but a bit pricey

I'm sorry to say the cafe is awful. We had a coffee and bacon roll. There was no eye contact. We weren't told we had to wait at the counter for our coffee and when the bacon roll came we could have broken a window with the dried up bacon. Won't be returning.

Very nice garden centre with helpfully staff

First time visiting the cafe here for years. When it was Wyevale it seemed welcoming with a good selection of food and drinks. Now a very clinical feel with extremely overpriced food and cakes.

Looking at the other reviews. It doesn't surprise me. Harlestone Dobbies restaurant has gone downhill. Staff issues, training, poor management whatever the reason....remember customer service is paramount . It's not cheap to eat in the cafe ..... standards regarding food and communication is at the forefront . I had cake recently and it was child sized, dry and unappealing. I mentioned it to staff while waiting for tea.Borh shrugged their shoulders and walked of to.do ther jobs ....need I say more .

Had a great Basil and Tomatoe soup with sandwiches.

Café was quite expensive with 2 pieces of toast and butter £2.69, extra 79p for jam/marmalade. A mini breakfast came with half piece of bacon. I was not impressed so doubt we would visit again. We would probably just park up and go to the forest walk.

Picked up some nice cheap plants and enjoyed a nice lunch.

Our place to go for coffee and cake plus lots of gifts and plants to suit all tastes.

With grandchildren in tow this is a great place to go to keep all entertained. The cafe and soft play area are great, service is good as is the food from breakfast to cake. It packs a lot in including fish, and wide range of products. Having a small Waitrose is very useful for a quick shop of essentials. It loses a star because the garden nursery aspect, range of garden products, plants etc is OK. I wouldn't put it as a destination place if you're looking to stock your garden. Having said that you can easily spend two hours or more shopping, eating, entertaining young ones and going home with something for tea. We continue to go back.

I called into the garden centre to have a look around, some very nice pieces in there but quite expensive. I decided that I would have lunch there is an area where you can sit with your dogs, when I got to the table someone was clearing it but there were crumbs on the chair which were not brushed off under the table near a bowl something had been dropped leaving quite a mess,I mentioned it to the girl clearing the table and she looked at me gone out. It was not cleaned up and I had to make sure my dog did not sit or walk in it. The meal o had was fine but could have been hotter and a little less salad, not sure if I will bother to eat there again.

All you need not bad prices lived coffeee shop nice to finish a walk here

Nice GC, clean and tidy, with a good range of products

Fairly standard dobbies fair , though the lack of plant care leaves a lot to be desired in their permanent plantings around the site. Cafe was excellent , the young people working in there were helpful, polite and efficient. The rest of the building, lacks definition and feels like a warehouse with stuff just chucked in randomly. Plenty of parking though.

Terrible service from lady on the till on Sunday 17 Sep. Really unhelpful and unwelcoming. She needs some urgent training in customer service values.

Nice place to shop but avoid the cafe and restaurant as staff are very rude and dismissive towards customers . The chairs and tables are filthy and not cleaned. Staff at the till don’t acknowledge you and don’t even answer if you say hello. Seems they are very unhappy to work here. Prices are expensive for a place that staff don’t do much and are disrespectful towards customers.

Went here to pick up an online order from Cotton Traders.

Always enjoy my visit there. Always come away with something

Is it a garden centre, a sainsburies or a toy shop? Great day out for grandma maybe but not much good for anything else

Typical garden centre which has a resident cat 🐈

Nice garden centre,bit pricey though

Brought a couple of plants at reduced price all good

❤ this place can walk around for hours missing a cafe that would be great. Or have I missed it through browsing. Lol apparently there is a cafe my next go to. The aquarium is cool bought all my fish from there.great friendly service and advice 😀

It's a nice place. Sells a lot of lovely things. .cafe was nice and clean and the food was tasty and plentiful xx

Excellent place to shop and the coffee and cake in this establishment was one of the best I've ever had a must in my opinion 10 stars

It is just an over priced garden centre like the rest 🤷🏼‍♂️

Excellent but so expensive now.

The prices are a little higher than buying elsewhere but it's all under one roof so your paying for ease. Great kids play room