Lewes Garden Centre in Lewes

Ordered burger and chips very disappointing hard bun over cooked hard chips poor. Had to ask for the table to be cleaned won't be returning.

Always a warm welcome! Only downside long wait in queue. Maybe get more staff? Drinks always good and food fairly good. Nothing to complain about.

Not great, had to ask for table to be cleaned, waited ages for food, despite not being busy, ordered Italian chicken, only a handful of chips. Had a bad tummy rest of the day.😏

Pleasant garden centre with a really good cafe where the food is freshly made. Today we enjoyed a ham & salad sandwich and an egg mayonnaise sandwich, both served with chunky chips (or salad) and homemade coleslaw. Outstanding! Plenty of seating inside with a separate dog-friendly section and further seating outside. Well worth a visit.

Amazing food! Sadly it was short staffed but loved it! Little play area for the kids but have to pay. But over all, I like it and I think it’s perfect and I’ll go again, nice shop inside aswell!

Still waiting for our lunch, it’s now one hour and almost 10minutes sitting at the table . With only one chef

Good garden centre for plants. Didn’t have anything from the cafe so can’t comment about that, but wanted to comment on the loos. Of the 3 ladies loos one was out of order and one didn’t even have a lock!

This restaurant has vastly improved over the years that we have visited it and I must say the food and service are as good as any restaurant. The breakfasts are superb and I would highly recommend a visit for breakfast or lunch. Well done Lewes Garden Centre

Love this place, well stocked with lots of interesting things for home and garden. Our only gripe is tge so called fruit scones. I think we found three bits in total!! This is always the same, you think we would learn, but l wish they would get them right.

Coffee and cheese scones for mid morning snack. Lovely scones, friendly staff. See if you can spot the friendly (indoor) robbin, he likes to sing to his guests.

Spur of the moment decision to drop by here for an early lunch, especially when it appeared not to be too crowded. Had 2 teas & tuna/cheddar ciabattas - excellent

This is a friendly garden center. Always well stocked and at reasonable prices. very helpful staff . Dog friendly and a nice restaurant. what more can you want

I had an occasion today to visit this garden centre to have breakfast with Father Christmas and we enjoyed a big boys breakfast with loads of tea, juice and plenty of toast. I wish I could express just how wonderful the staff were and so attentive and Father Christmas and his Elf were outstanding. It was all done so well that I would highly recommend a visit to Father Christmas this Christmas.

We were recommended this restaurant by a friend so thought we would visit to try out a breakfast, it was absolutely delicious, the wait time for it was about 20 minutes because everything is cooked fresh to order, there are notices around the restaurant to advise of this, all the food was piping hot my husband opted for the extra black pudding which he said was cooked perfectly to his liking. We will definitely be returning soon.

Enjoyed some nice fruit scones with jam, from a good range of cakes, along with 2 coffees. Service was a bit slow, but it was not too crowded there so it did not matter. The lunch menu looked good, but we were a bit early for that today. I’d certainly go again.

We came to the restaurant for a Christmas meal and get together, there were seventeen of us - the food was good and the staff very friendly, a great time had by all. Well done Lewes Garden Centre.

Visited recently and had a Fish and Chips special. Waited 20 minutes, but the food was served hot and freshly cooked. Priced at £9.99 it was a sizeable serving. The whole meal was tasty and well received. 5 Stars. As we were leaving early in the morning we decided to have breakfast here. Again a wait of 25 minutes in a virtually empty restaurant. My meal was OK although the Black Pudding was slightly cold. However my wife's black pudding, beans and mushrooms were all cold, perhaps being put up a while before mine. Food OK but needs to b served faster. Breakfast 3 Stars.

To begin with don't buy a slice of cake in the cafe, it is £3.95 a slice, out of 8 slices the whole cake would cost you £31,60.

Open again and conforming to all the H&S issues regarding COVID19. Very quiet for a Sunday morning. Restaurant is clean and very smart. Fayre is overpriced.

Good food, the catering team went out of their way to help, thankfully no background music in the cafe - overall, a very pleasant experience!

Average Britissh food. Nothing special. Crowded when the sun shines and quite noisy. Not a lot of space.

Semblable aux autres restaurants de jardinerie. Rien de spécial à la carte. Nourriture anglaise de bistro. de base.Points négatifs : très bondé par temps de pluie et donc très bruyant. A noter qu"e la jardinerie a ouvert depuis peu une autre petite cafétéri qui a moins de places assises mais qui est moins connue. Avec ma corres on essaiera celle là la prochaine fois.

Absolutely appalled at the service we received. Our table of four all ordered food and hot drinks and was told that there would be a 40 minute wait. By the time we had all finished our drinks it had already been 45 minutes so we decided to ask how long the food would be, only to find out that the table behind us had been waiting nearly and hour for their food too.We were offered free drinks for the wait and decided to wait again, only to find out that the chef hadn’t even started with our tables food. By this point we had already waited an hour and fifteen minutes and was becoming really fed up. All of us had ordered the 8oz Gammon with fried egg. When the food finally reached our table the plates were stone cold and we were presented with a wafer-thin slab of bacon they call “Gammon”. All four of us were gobsmacked as everything was heaped on top of the steak and pretty much falling off the plate. After tucking into my food, I was ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED to find that my gammon steak was RAW inside! Being a Chef myself, I was at least expecting my food to be thoroughly cooked after nearly AN HOUR AND TWENTY-FIVE MINUTE WAIT! In this time the server had already served a majority of the restaurant and dropped half the food coming out of the kitchen, not even to check if our table were okay with the long wait. No customer service whatsoever.I wouldn’t think twice about coming here again or to recommend it to anyone. Absolutely appalling to say we had paid nearly £50 for this experience.

Arrived at the restaurant at 1.50 and ordered two omelettes and cups of tea.. in spite of a reminder the meal had still not arrived at 2.45 so we asked for a refund which we got. Absolutely appalling service. We got a whispered “Sorry “ from a young member of staff who seemed as embarrassed as we were annoyed but no other acknowledgement.

First time we have had lunch since change of ownership. Food quite nice with good portion size. However don’t go if you are hoping for a generous pot of tea. Pot of Tea for two was a pot usually given for one person with a small pot of water. At Shades this would be a one person serving. Worse still it cost 20p short of £4.00. This was incredibly disappointing given hot water doesn’t cost a lot neither does 2 tea bags!

Bad experience. Took about 5 mins to order because they seem to have run out of everything I selected.Half-hour wait for food. Food was OK but not worth the wai.

TFrom the road it doesn't look much and the advertising could be so much better. That said we had time to kill so decided to visit. Parts of the store were being prepared for the Xmas season but the rest was well displayed. The outside area is very large and should not be missed. The coffee shop is also very good with thefreshest scones we had tasted for ages, Overall we would visit again

Myself, wife and adult son had lunch here today. Food and drinks ordered and paid for at the counter. Take your drinks to your table and wait for the food to be brought to you. The three of us had fish and chips which was reasonable. However the wait for it to be served was very long. Several other customers were complaining about the long wait for their food. Vacated tables were not being cleared. We sat next to a table with dirty plates on it when we arrived. An hour later and it was still not cleared. At the counter we asked for three coffees, The cups with coffee were provided but we had to ask for saucer. These were then fetched from the kitchen. All in all a very disappointing experience.

Came here with my mum and daughter for breakfast. There is a lot of choice to pick from and not too badly priced. Apart from the orange juice at £2.50 for 250mls and no cheaper alternative.Long wait to be served as the lady was on her own doing everything at the front counter.I ordered the big breakfast, which was fine. It would have been nice to have had toast with it, it wasn’t that generous a portion. The beans in the cup were a nice touch.My mum had the poached eggs with mushrooms and the eggs were awful, totally over cooked. If she had told me earlier I would have taken it back. Not just a little bit over, but you would have put them in an egg mayo sandwich they were that bad.The shop was a mess, lack of stock but it has a lot of potential.

Today it was very hot. We needed lunch and went to ‘dog friendly’ Lewes (Wyevale) Garden Centre at Kingston. We had a dog. There were no bowls anywhere. There were others dogs in the place when we were there. We asked for water and paid for bottled water for the dog.

A light and airy building with space enough between displays for ease of movement. Plenty of early offers in the gift and book departments. Nice cafe area for a brew. Friendly and helpful staff.

A good restaurant within the garden centre at which I have had some good and some bad meals. It probably depends on which staff are on duty but although it can be very good it is definitely inconsistent.

Fuimos como una familia de edades entre 4 semanas a 92 y un agradable tiempo todos. El personal era amable y servicial y el servicio era bueno. Teníamos una variada selección del menú y todo estaba bien cocinada y caliente, y los precios eran razonables. Con el beneficio añadido de la zona de juegos para los más pequeños sin duda volveremos a visitar.

Típico jardín que tiene un molino de lana a Edimburgo. Café muy popular, especialmente con las madres y los niños, ya que tienen una zona softplay. También popular en el almuerzo con personas mayores ya que tienen precios especiales para llevar. La comida es muy cara y pasteles, aunque es agradable. Servicio lento y antiguo miembro del personal del mostrador podía hacer con clases de sonriente. Hay mejores centros de jardín relación calidad-precio.

No toque su fruta o pasteles de queso.

A soggy scone..quiche and salad supposed to have kale slaw but they ran out. Expensive for what we had..would not return. Poor service.

Went with friends to take advantage of the meal deal and I had gammon egg chips the eggs were perfect it's been ages since I was served a proper fried egg ,most places don't seem to do them right but this restaurant wins my vote .

Usually visit this place for one of their lovely Breakfast. I spend quite a lot in the garden centre (plants flowers etc), so receive lots of 2 for 1 vouchers. Have eaten from the lunch menu and its just as good.

Went with our daughter for an early lunch. Nice large restaurant but found it quite a lot of money for the few items we bought. Would visit again.

Hemos estado aquí antes, nos ha decepcionado y volvimos a la gran mejora así que fue con la confianza de que decidimos tomar ventaja de un desayuno vale -comprar uno consigue uno gratis! broma ... mi marido tenía el great British desayuno mientras yo pedí la comida vegetariana y preguntamos por un huevo. con tostadas (no mantequilla) y café, aún alcanzó más de £15.00 . El restaurante estaba lleno y cuando nuestros desayunos llegamos me preguntaron dónde mi huevo no era el técnico murmuró de camarera y desaparecidos para siempre. Como yo ya había cambiado una taza sucia para una limpia y uno no quería molestar el gerente, quien tenía una cola de clientes, de nuevo. Me hubiese gustado. La comida era casi incomible y muy grasosa. Encontramos el huevo extra, estaba descansando en la parte de arriba de otro plato estropeada uno de mis maridos. Le permití comer. El hongo era agradable, así como el pequeño tomate. Eso fue todo. Nos fuimos ... no había ningún comentario tarjetas disponibles para poner en su caja- me pregunto por qué. Tuve que tomar pastillas de indigestión antes de que llegar a casa.

Volvimos para el desayuno con el conejo de Pascua con mi hija una niña 3 el domingo 29 de marzo. Hice la reserva después de que nos fuimos el año pasado - y mi hija Pasamos los últimos 12 meses hablando sobre lo que un tiempo fantástico que tenía.

Large stock. I'm not a gardener but sometimes accompany my wife when she needs something for the garden. I find the cafe/restaurant rather expensive.

I took my elderly mother and my daughter to the Lewes garden centre on a Sunday for breakfast. We were shocked at the prices on the menu to start with. We decided to just order a coffee and to go elsewhere to eat. After spending on over priced coffees and was served by a person with no personality, we then looked for a table to sit at. Every chair was covered in stains, they were disgusting. How they can justify charging those prices and expect us to sit on filthy chairs is beyond me. We left, vowing never to return again.

Right where do I start, oh yes well firstly we were hungry my suggestion was how about the Garden centre restaurant it was agreed and onroute with our journey.So here goes my rant so bearwith Sunday roast Beef meal meat was chunky and fairly tough to cut through, rustic vegetables staring you with an ensuing fight on your plate potatoes and cauliflower some what tough dry and sliced carrots stuck together welded by some hours of neglect. These poor vegetables had been through some ordeal before arriving on my table, indeed a quick look at my wifes and mothers plate she was astounded how she would commence battle with a generous portion of mish mash and splash of culinary delight called a traditional British Sunday Roast, well I suppose the yorkshire pudding stood out as being adequate but thats about it, frankly appaling one step up from a 1960's school meal but with twice the portions, wish I had the fish and chips now which looked great, but the lady infront of us said it was lovely here the roast that is ( yeah right somebody planted her there I reckon) so conclusion and my advice have a quick look at what the natives are eating first or take another set of teeth, apart from that Staff were great but shame love the Garden Centre

Arrived for a late lunch about 3pm on a Sunday. The full menu was still available, and we chose excellent toasted sandwiches and onion soup. Fish & chips and roasts also available. Service was prompt & friendly. Cakes looked good, but we did not try. Sat out on sunny patio area and were able to fill our water bottles from jugs they filled for us.

Lovely day out at lewes garden centre. Food was very nice, kind and pleasant staff in a very nice relaxing location.

Awesome experience in this cafe!!!Great fast service, despite been very busy at lunch time, I'll reccomend to any one

After a long absence we decided to lunch here, luckily we visited twice! The first call was on a day when youngsters were running the cafe without correct supervision. It was a disaster with poor service, lots of giggles behind kitchen doors and smashed crockery. The food was not too good either and we both left serious comment cards for the manager.The manager quickly responded and asked us to return. We waited a week before visiting for lunch. The whole atmosphere had changed with courteous, mature and extremely hard working staff. The Restaurant manager took time to see us after our meal (gammon,egg & chips par excellence) and explain that we had encouraged a big 'shake-up'. We left having had a very good lunch amongst other very happy diners. This Company listened and acted on the comments given...not everyone does this. We were most impressed and will certainly return. (especially after seeing the quality of their homemade scones!)Note: there is an excellent childrens play area adjacent and childrens parties are catered for.