Laurel Farm Garden Centre in Ipswich

Lovely Garden Centre, Really good pricing on plants compared to other centres in the area. Cafe is nice but takes a while for hot drinks to come out, so recommend a cold one! Would come again, also accepted our vouchers with no issue, really nice staff!

Lots to see with the antiques centre aswell, cafe very good lots of food choices. Nice atmosphere will definetly be going back.

Easy to find … wide range of seedlings and plants and garden decorations. Friendly service 💛

We popped in for a Quick Look but then spent over 3 hours there looking at everything then having lunch. Friendly staff, food quality food and a nice place to be

Very useful garden centre with lots of lovely plants, tools etc for the garden. Great antiques centre with varied selection and reasonable prices. Nice tearoom. Spent a good couple of hours here browsing and then having tea. Friendly staff.

Saw this place advertised on social media so drove out to give it a try , we've been twice now for breakfast , which was cooked nice, and no complaints as such , but the thing I would like to see on the menu is pancakes and or waffles , there's nothing sweet on offer for breakfast ..maybe yogurt , fruit and muesli or granola layered up would be nice too , Cooked full English is nice but can be quite heavy for smaller appetites

Poor choice of plants and other gardening related items. The shelves are often unkempt and semi empty with faded boxes and uninspired displays of products. Not much in the way of gift related items and overall a very dull experience. Thank goodness there were other businesses on site to browse around.

Had to wait in the Gazebo for a table as they were busy but friendly staff remembered we were there & soon fiund us one. Lovely breakfast menu, something for all tastes and eating styles. Truly beautiful scones, cakes and pastries all home made on site. Reasonably priced too with friendly unobtrusive service. We will be back.

Great spot to pick up plans and get some delicious food from the cafe. Good vintage shop as well 👌

Fantastic lunch, lovley staff, lovley little garden center

I visited Eden Beauty, based at laurel farm. Where I had an excellent gel manicure.. I highly recommend this lovely salon.

Great garden centre, very friendly staff .fabulous cooked breakfast in the cafe.also visited clare bowe antiques centre where I found just what I have been looking for...definitely be back soon 😀

Aangezien wij in het naastgelegen Air B&B huis verbleven, deden we ons ontbijt in het Garden Centre. Lekker en goed ontbijt. Prima porties en ook een vega optie. Ruimte heeft alleen een veel te laag plafond en het staat binnen kortste keren blauw van de eetlucht (zodat zelfs het brandalarm af gaat). De tweede dag met kleding van dag 1 eerst gaan ontbijten en daarna douchen en omkleden. Anders ruik je de hele dag het ontbijt nog. Beide dagen alle tafels bezet en een drukke bedoening. Tafels wel een beetje plakkerig. Vriendelijke bediening.

Came to purchase a Christmas tree with my 3 year old grandson. Was looking around and suddenly my poor grandson got hit with a tree from man dealing with them! Not happy!!!!!! And after purchasing tree got it home and these trees were obviously cut along time ago as by Christmas Day even with watering the branches at ends were bare and if touched could hear needles falling! What a waste of money as couldn’t possibly keep tree up ! Won’t be back

Great Garden Centre to Visit, Cracking Staff with a fantastic Cafe

Love Laurel Farm. Friendly staff, good food, lovely plants. What more could you want

Nice lunch today, problems with the till caused a long wait to order though

Not very good on this visit, not much in the way of plants to offer, those they had seemed rather expensive.

Went to meet a friend at the Cafe. Lovely experience. Very friendly. And we got to wish Les a happy 90th birthday! Great cake and good tea. Definitely recommended.

Nice place! Nice plants, very affordable! And a lovely little cafe, with a lovely bunch of staff members!

It was my first time visiting with my mother yesterday and we are very pleased. We came to get a plant for her cat and the ladie was very helpful and kind with her knowledge on the plant we needed. Also the cheese scones are the best in the country. Will come again in future.

Lovely place....Lovely afternoon tea too.

Very nice will go back maybe have a cuppa.

This garden centre seems a bit run down and lacking something. The shop itself is very disorganised with lots of old dust covered and sun bleached stock! And the selection of plants in the greenhouses what they have are expensive or dead. The lady in the bedding plant greenhouse was no help all she said was i do not know? I just wanted some plant advice but all I can say is the staff seemed like they had better things to do. This place definitely needs more horticultural educated staff. So i went up to roots n shoots felt that the horticultural knowledge was so much better.

Lovely place to purchase any garden needs! Plants are well taken care of and you can purchase any garden tool you need. Recently got soil here aswell as some flowers. They're holding up well and I'm very pleased. It's not very expensive which is surprising considering the good quality. Highly reccomend

Pretty unfriendly and unwelcoming staff. Limited selection of shrubs and plants. Not sure I’d visit again - maybe a friendly smile from the staff might help.

Very friendly and helpful. Mostly accessible and disabled wc combined with baby change. Snacks brought to tables outside and under cover Area. Enormous portions.

Nicely laid out with good selection of everything you need for your garden. Lots of parking with wheel chair access and a café on site.

Arrived at 4.45pm on a Saturday afternoon, fully aware they were due to close at 5pm - we were just popping in to check the size on some outside furniture. Greeted instantly with "WE ARE CLOSING IN 15 MINUTES", no hello, no welcome, no how can we help you?, no dialogue at all. Needless to say we will take our business elsewhere and tell our friends and family to do the same.

Arrived at 4.45pm on a Saturday afternoon, fully aware they were due to close at 5pm - we were just popping in to check the size on some outside furniture. Greeted instantly with "WE ARE CLOSING IN 15 MINUTES", no hello, no welcome, no how can we help you?, no dialogue at all. Needless to say we will take our business elsewhere and tell our friends and family to do the same.

Great service from Paul who went out of his way to help us with a faulty Hozelock product that they wouldn't sort directly, despite being under quarentee

Lovely healthy plants, can always find what I want and not too expensive.

Wonderful plants and all things for the garden but don't go without going to the little cafe. Superb!!!!

a great place good selection of plants and garden things . a tea room Good quality fruit and veg stall. Parking out front small but has some round the back

Nice place for tea & cake the garden centres okay too.

This used to be a good garden centre. Now the prices are too high and they don't have as many plants. Feels like they are just waiting to sell the land

Lovely place with a great cafe, really good garden centre which had everything we were looking for and more.

Dog friendly, has cafe,good selection plants and compost.

Lovely plants to look at and cafe is lovely.

Cafe is reasonably priced. Plants too expensive.

Only went to the Aquatics shop and the cafe. The cafe do wonderful hot fruit scones with butter jam and cream ( Rodders clotted ) very filling. The aquatic shop was very clean as were the tanks and not a dead fish to be seen. Selling tanks and all the equipment to go with them or individual items. Oli has time for all the customers including myself, at no time did I feel rushed even once my purchase was made. I would recommend to anyone and I have been keeping and breeding fish for over 50 years.

Just had afternoon tea for 4 omg so much food & so tasty ! Great value for the money as well ,staff so pleasant. Not the first time we've been to laurel farm & definitely will not be the last!

It looks ok from the outside and when you enter there is just something unusual about it. Overpriced goods makes you wonder what their turnover is and what goes on behind the scenes. Stopped for a tea and cake at motorway service station prices having to listen to a blonde bulldog chewing a wasp member of staffs views on life the universe and everything else whilst slagging off previous customers. They try their best but best avoided.

Love the cafe food Is fantastic

Lovely friendly staff delicious cakes in the coffee shop

Enjoyed my visit. Next time I go I will use the cafe.

Having found this place on Tripadvisor about a year ago, but not visited, we called in and were lucky to get a table as it was very busy. We planned on having breakfast, but sadly arrived too late as it finishes at 11. I had a toastie and my gluten intolerant partner had a filled jacket potato and we were both happy with our very tasty meals and drinks, so decided to have cake. Both opting for scones, I had fruit with jam and cream and my partner had the gluten free cheese scone and remarked that it was the best gluten free scone that he had ever eaten. Most gluten free scones are half the size of the usual ones and not very nice, but the scones here are enormous ( both gluten free and scones containing gluten) The cafe is clean and the staff are friendly and welcoming. This is definitely one to return to as we only live a few miles away.

Small garden centre in comparison to most but nice selection of plants and gardening equipment. Cafe has a great selection of hot and cold food & drinks. Bonus is an antique shop with so much to browse through and very reasonably priced (closed on Mondays)

Lovely antique shop, great café, yummy cakes and scones

Amazing food of a high quality, friendly staff had a really enjoyable visit.

Wonderfully helpful staff, the best customer service I have received for a very long while.

Brilliant garden centre and cafe

Lovely cakes and coffee, staff friendly and efficient

Plenty of parking. Good cakes. Location of loos poor as you have to go outside to another building.

My third visit ! Warm cozy welcoming Delicious cakes do good I bought extra to take home! Great lasagna and salad very reasonable prices too Lovely garden centre as well

Had an impromptu breakfast here, very good and plenty of it.

The Aquatic Room is amazing. Great selection and knowledgeable friendly staff

Staff in garden and coffee shop covid knowledgeable, friendly, cake and coffee really lovely

A great garden centre full of plants, garden ornaments and gifts. Also a lovely cafe for maybe a cuppa with a cake or a delicious meal.

Nice tea and cake brought to our table outside but told at 3.40 we'd got 10 minutes to consume it. Bizarre customer service

Garden Centre and outdoor seating is lovelyans shop. Only let down by cafe staff are not friendly or helpful and service was very slow only had coffee and cake and it took 15 mins to arrive and still no smile .they were not very busy either

Very friendly and helpful staff, we are after greenhouse so went to look here. Explained all the necessary things, gave us little catalog as there are all the sizes and prices....

Well stocked garden center great breakfast

Lovely atmosphere. Fresh veg and fruit. Very nice coffee. Antiques too! Cake, scones, soft drinks. Just place your order and they bring it to your table.

Great Coffee and and a lovely cream tea.

A lovely place, Plants, cafe, antiques , Aquatics, what more do you want? Well tended plants and greenhouses, despite the extreme hot weather. A lovely lady in charge of the greenhouse has done a sterling job in the circumstances . Anyone that doesn't understand the care needed to keep the plants in top form, has no idea of the work involved Top marks !@

Good for other stuff like cafe but not plants

Popped in as near home, very hot in the tool & pots section ,ventured outside to an array of dead plants in the greenhouse was'nt impressed at all.so we left.

Very very pleasant,great food reasonable price,staff very friendly and quick service.😎

Went a while ago but waiting for an opertunity to go again.

Great pop up fruit and veg store

Nice little cafe at Laurel Farm 🙂

Good cafe offering a decent range of traditional fare; scones were excellent- fresh and substantial - and prices very reasonable. A large outside seating area, with one section covered, makes it a good venue on a warm day, the 'inside' cafe is not that large but pleasant enough. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

It's small but nice. Looked after with most helpfull staff. Tea room inside and some little antique shops. Local natural products inside too. Not the cheapest but I hope it's the quality I paid.

One stop shop for your garden needs.

Fantastic afternoon tea takeaway, quality ingredients I can find better staff are amazing

Sorry say we had a Breakfast, not like it use to be, eggs, bacon all over done and over priced, shame but won't be back.

Picked up afternoon tea absolutely 1st class, amazing staff, food was just as amazing fresh and great quality thank you ladies I will be back

First time I've been, and fell in love ,well worth a visit

Popped in for a cuppa and had the bacon burger. Best burger we have had for a long while. Lovely sat outside enjoying the summer. Great little nursery for browse around. We will be going back for some garden wall pots soon.

Went for the first time for breakfast and a browse. I was surprised to see the plants and flowers were largely dry or withered. The shop didn't have much to offer although the vegetable stand outside looked okay. There wasn't anything wrong with the way in which the breakfast was cooked or presented but the quality of ingredients really wasn't very high and tasted very budget, especially the bacon and the sausages which were cheap and gritty. It was much more like a supermarket breakfast so not worth the price paid at all. So sadly we won't return again. Two stars still given due to the staff in the cafe who were very lovely and friendly.

Best of plants seem to have gone. But managed to buy some beautiful pelargonium plants on offer.

Haven't been for a while the bit we wanted was closed on Mondays Clara bows

Laurel Farm Garden Centre is a lovely garden centre and farm shop with a cafe, fruit and veg stall, florist and an antiques shop on site. I went visit antique shop primarily but stopped at the café for cheesy tea😁 which is a pot of tea and a delicious cheese scone. I highly recommend a visit. My only request would be please could the get some bicycle parking.

Great selection of plants all well presented and reasonably priced will be returning

The best scones ever, huge,light, warm and tasty. Loads of cream and jam. Service was great and a lovely coffee all at a very reasonable price. Highly recommend

Wow, what a nice place to visit. You can also stop for food an drink. Staff were extremely helpful

Lovely diner very polite staff.

Brought some turf yesterday didnt get told not to take it from the front pallet as it was all dead she said help yourself once we was home it was all dead took ot back today and swapped it over 1 roll is fine the other 1 is dead and apprantley its freshly cut wont be going there again £4.99 per roll and its dead

Laurel farm is a local nursery that has excellent facilities coffee shop and plants 🪴 😀, we always come away with something. Well worth the visit.

Great place and very friendly staff.

Went to eat in the cafe. Great selection of food and the cakes were delicious. All staff so friendly. Will definitely return.

We had a lovely breakfast here and all was delicious, would recommend this place for all types of meals and cakes looked lovely, staff are all friendly and helpful.

This use to be one of my favourite places pre-Covid, but then I stopped going out and when I did go out found some new places. Last Saturday, as I was passing, I called into Laurel Farm and wonder why I didn't do it sooner. Firstly the garden centre and shop has come on leaps and bounds. It looks good and feels like it is doing well. The cafe is equally good. There's not a great deal of space and the tables and chairs are a bit basic, but everything is clean and tidy. My only negative on that front is the perspex screen has been scrubbed so much it looks dirty and worn. The food was always good, but now it seems even better. No fancy over-priced menu, but good honest food at good prices. Everything is freshly prepared and portion sizes are generous. My wife (tea drinker) always says that she gets the best tea there, it comes in a teapot with proper teacups and is loose tea. I find the coffee splendid and usually end up having a couple of cups. We are always made welcome by the staff. They are obliging and helpful, friendly and cheerful. What we like too is that they are prepared to be flexible with the menu and there is always a sausage for out dog Bunty. Laurel Farm cafe has certainly returned to our list of favourites, although it was never really off it!

My review is for the scones. The best fruit scone I have ever eaten. Fantastic.

Nice small garden center. We bought fruit and vegetables from the farm shop.

Lovely place to visit. Nice honest garden center, With a lovely cafe.

Been going there s few years to the cafe traveld there yesterday over 60 miles to meet a friend for lunch. Who I haven't seen for over a year. .has never happened before was asked if your finsed can we have the table.now. I won't be going back there no more HH AVE told freinds about it. Wait s way to treat customer.

Cafe small but large outside seating areas, including a gazebo. Food fresh, great value for money and delicious. The chicken curry is really tasty, I have chosen this on my last three visits. My friends can recommend the lasagna and chilli too. The menu has a good choice of freshly made meals and large snack meals. The place is well ventilated and clean. The staff friendly, personable and helpful. It’s reputation is spreading as it does get very busy. Highly recommend

Well organised in these difficult times, wipes for baskets and trolleys, hand sanitizer, one way system, layed out well. Didn't have what we wanted but still stocked up my bird feed, so not a wasted journey.