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Based on 3.335 opinions finded in 1 websites
Nº 145 in 402 in Taunton Deane
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Lots of lovely products, maybe a little on the expensive side but could possibly get everything you need. Café very good lots of great cakes & helpful staff.
Tracey Lilly . 2025-04-02
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Yes I was going to Monkton Elm garden center but unfortunately we had a puncture so didn't go. But been before good garden center.
David Vallard . 2025-04-02
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Great range of plants to choose from, good knowledge from staff as what's suited for particular areas.
Daryl Baker . 2025-03-29
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Came for a friends catch up. We were slightly disappointed that the play area was out of action so unfortunately had to entertain two toddlers at the table. But the staff in both cafe and shop were friendly and helpful. The food was great although the breakfast menu finishes at half 11 so missed out on a fry up. Lovely range of Mother’s Day planters and gifts. Plenty of parking
Melanie Smith . 2025-03-29
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Just been over to monkton elm and bought about £100 on plants and even though i always think you are rather expensive compared to other outlets, your colleagues on the shop floor are excellent, firstly we met a young chap who was so friendly and helpful and because it was i think his first or second day at monkton elm if he weren't sure that he knew the answer to our question he made it his mission to find a colleague who could help us this chap was Gus and he was also very friendly and helpful so thankyou to both of these chaps and well done to monkton elm for having these two really nice guys on your payroll
David Dorber . 2025-03-25
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This place has a fancy new restaurant but it's designed for people with plenty of time on their hands and not single. You need a table number to place your order at the counter: so you'd better reserve your seat somehow. Then you order and pay. And they bring the stuff to your table. At 3.30pm on a Tuesday, it took 17 mins for my tea and flapjack to arrive! The place didn't appear very busy. That's time lost which could have been used to entice me to spend money in the shop. It's bad business.
Andrew Martin . 2025-03-25
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Their new restaurant is NOT dog friendly. It's not good, and I won't be going again. The old restaurant and the temporary restaurant were both dog friendly, so it doesn't make sense. Not recommended any more.
Jasper Was Here . 2025-03-24
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Shame the restaurant wasn't ready but the really friendly staff made it work. The pork roast was a nice touch but it could have been better with a splash of gravy.
David Richards . 2025-03-23
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A lovely garden centre with a fabulous cat section in the pet shop. I would have given it 5* but quite a bit is far more expensive than other garden centres I visit. They have a lovely gift section but a poor clothes section. All in all a lovely place for a few hours out.
Debbie Metcalfe . 2025-03-18
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A quick visit today and a big store to explore. Plants looked healthy, from plug plants to big potted plants, some a tad pricey mind. Came away with some good ideas for our garden, will be back when the weather is warmer.
Kevin Woodward . 2025-03-17
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This visit much better. Breakfast fresh and hot. Service quick. Garden centre very good as usual
L Haynes . 2025-03-09
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Restaurant currently being renovated and meals are in a big pop-up part of the nursery - ok food but a bit of a hangar and not that much choice
Chris Lenox-Smith . 2025-03-04
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Good food choices, strong coffee, great garden centre and great stock of goods.
Dan Trewhitt . 2025-03-02
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Overpriced, underwhelming breakfast! What I basically got was a plate full of beans with some condiments. Didn’t even get a full rasher of bacon, sausage was cold, hash brown was undercooked. Won’t be rushing back.
Jordan Reed . 2025-02-28
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Expensive for a coffee and cake
Alan Ham . 2025-02-26
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Lovely food and beautiful place
Nadzc . 2025-02-23
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A very helpful person in the greenhouse section.
Roger Eggleton . 2025-02-20
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Had lunch in the’pop-up’ restaurant. Disappointing for two reasons. Our table was left uncleared until after our drinks were ready, and the goats cheese quiche was substituted with a chorizo quiche, without us being asked. The garden centre is great but the restaurant disappointed us today.
Raymond King . 2025-02-19
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Very helpful staff always willing to help..
Clive Middleton . 2025-02-19
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Lots of choice and helpful staff
Amanda Speers . 2025-02-15
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Visited today and was very pleased to try the Popup. Restaurant. To be honest the temporary location is by far better than the restaurant that is being re-fitted. I hope that the new offering restaurant delivers what the notice board outside the closed area is promising.
Richard Doble . 2025-02-09
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Just popped in for breakfast and highly recommended
Andrew Oxbrow . 2025-02-09
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Far improved than a previous visit
Barry Difford . 2025-02-06
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Excellent centre. Very busy and very helpful.
Peter Lawrence . 2025-02-03
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A bit expensive but great choice. Cafe being refurbished but still smaller area serving basic dishes.
J Wadd . 2025-02-03
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Our local centre and Salem the Bengal loves to visit. We often visit for my son to attend events that are put on for the kids, find new Xmas decorations and look at the display or try some new food. Absolutely love this place and the awesome staff xx
Lydia Lee-Smith . 2025-01-28
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The claim that Monkton Elm's closure on 3rh January was posted on their website is a BLATANT LIE. Are there any other customers who can confirm or deny this? Please let this site know if you were unaware of it's closure on 3rd January 2025.
Richard Ward . 2025-01-14
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Why was this site closed on Thursday 2nd January 2025 without any information on closed gate or website?
Richard Ward . 2025-01-03
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Friendly staff, wide range of products. Only downside was the decking around the pond near the outdoor cafe was extremely slippery.
Helen Mmmm . 2024-12-24
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Always always love Monkton Elm. Again totally unspoilt as it's not owned by a chain and the most amazing news ever, they now have the best scones, we're so happy! To give you an idea of how special Monkton is it's about 20ish miles each way from where we live but totally worth it.
Steve Maynard . 2024-12-22
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As ever it was a delight to visit, yes plenty of things you can see at most Garden Centres, but also many unique things. The Coffee, Tea & cake were all nice & the staff are pleasant to deal with
Bob L . 2024-12-18
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Very disappointed. Unfriendly staff. Poor Christmas display and completely devoid of any Christmas spirit!
Heather Stokes . 2024-12-16
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Great food, nice playground for children, very nice staff and good atmosphere.
Victor . 2024-12-14
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Massive place to visit have everything you need.
Tony Mears . 2024-12-13
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Came with a group with 4 minibuses. Very lovely garden centre but really expensive for the Christmas items and in general. Plants were better value. Had a lovely meal in the restaurant. Wonderful friendly staff who worked really hard. The festive roast turkey was very impressive and good price at £15.
xx_chimchim_xx . 2024-12-06
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Lots of options, lovely displays, decent cafe facilities and they have a loyalty card option.
Jenny Christopher . 2024-12-04
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I found the whole of the goods for sale very overpriced and often not of good quality.
Danny Wallace . 2024-12-02
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Lovely garden cenre. Privately owned. Plenty if parking. Great cafe. Lots of items to choose from. Pretty Christmad display.
Sandra Carter . 2024-11-30
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Good selection of plants for the time of year. Very helpful knowledgeable staff. Cafe and restaurant not bad. Would go again.
Sonja Thornton . 2024-11-28
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Has everything you need a little costly but then it's a garden centre
Debbie Shingler . 2024-11-27
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Monkton Elm garden centre used to be good, I think it gone downhill. I don't know if we visited in a change over period. The Christmas display was not very good. I have seen worst, but it has been a lot better in the past.
Kevin Brown . 2024-11-24
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The cake was pricey at £4.50 but nice but the coffee was rank. A really bad taste. We won't go back
Maureen Pearce . 2024-11-23
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So much choice and very helpful staff
Louise Darvall . 2024-11-20
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We decided to visit as it has the title of the best garden centre in Wales and the west. Erm, okay. We were decidedly underwhelmed. It was rather narrow in the aisles between displays for people with trolleys, walkers or scooters. The usual over priced garden centre type fair. They do have some amazing garden figures and ornaments, but sadly out of my price range.
Peters Poison . 2024-11-20
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Popped in for lunch after an appointment in Taunton. Busy in the cafe as they had started their Festive Menu yesterday. Menu looks good, but we had fish n chips. Bought a few Christmas goodies before heading home
Tony Cove . 2024-11-19
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Recently voted as one of the top 25 garden centres in the Uk.Its a nice enough garden centre.Top 25 in the uk? Doubt it.
Steve Sims . 2024-11-17
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Not sure about previous years as I can't remember ever visiting christmas. but what a cracker from the kids and adults alike. The Christmas displays and Christmas village display was well worth the visit this year. The hours they spend building it this year is just fabulous and is so lovely to see for all ages..... Thanks guys....
Shane Henning . 2024-11-16
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Lovely garden centre always friendly
Darren Ingle (Professional) . 2024-11-16
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A very nice garden centre with a wonderful Christmas display and lots of Christmas food Also has a large restaurant area and coffee shop And they also have a very large range of flowers and plants.
roy bowden . 2024-11-13
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Excellent plants & very helpful staff.
Paul Caines . 2024-11-12
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I visited the garden centre with my daughter and two children. We went to the restaurant which was very busy. We chose the special pie meal which was steak and ale pie with mash and vegetables. The meal was beautifully presented and was delicious. We didn't have to wait very long. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit.
Thelma Pound . 2024-11-12
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Good selection of plants and various other items. Cafe could do with clearer information or more obvious information regarding ordering. Very pleasant staff
Liz Gooding . 2024-11-11
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Fantastic array of everything for inside and out with a Christmas wonderland of stuff. Plus a great restaurant-cafe also!
Grahame Francks . 2024-11-09
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A truly awful place,cluttered and overpriced,along with the most miserable of staff,I moved to one side to allow a worker to pass with a large trolley,what thanks did I get?ignored! about as happy as a condemned prisoner a return is not on the cards for me
glen canning . 2024-11-09
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Open airy & light filled space. Busy this visit. Yummy sandwich had.
Joanne Prowse . 2024-11-08
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Treated hubby to lunch. Very enjoyable experience. Food was delicious. Service was prompt and facilities were clean. Very nice trip indeed.
Victoria Hines . 2024-11-07
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Went in to meet with familyfor lunch, easy to park, plenty of space in restaurant. Plenty of choice, we had very tasty sandwiches. Looked lovely with all the Christmas themed items.
Frances Dunford . 2024-11-05
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Popped in for a coffee. Small indoor space. Good selection of plants etc
Paul Roper . 2024-11-03
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Always a good place to visit. Great selection of plants and pet stuff. The main restaurant is now dog friendly however the cafe by the pond is. The farm shop area is quiet good, and the gift shop area has a great selection of gifts. Always worth a visit at Christmas too
Simon . 2024-11-03
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Great plants a bit on the pricey side
Mike Claxton . 2024-10-31
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It was a lovely morning out with my cousin
Andrew Martin . 2024-10-30
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The staff are working their socks off but whether there just aren’t enough of them or the place is too big they can’t cope. I went to the coffee shop, one person is taking orders, making coffee, going for ice and crockery. Meanwhile, my niece ordered three sandwiches which took half an hour to arrive. Again, the staff member we spoke to was helpful and polite but it no longer feels like a comfortable place for refreshments.
Ron Scales . 2024-10-28
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Restaurant very good. My first visit here . Shopping for Xmas bits was excellent
Anne Sheen . 2024-10-28
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We waited for over 30 minutes for our food to arrive whilst others that were served after us got their food before us. The manageress was quite indifferent and stated it was because we had ordered 2 meals the same and if I couldn't understand that she couldn't explain it better. When the food arrived it was ok ish but my husbands veg & potato were not very hot. Yes we were given a free coffee, however we would have appreciated meals that were served quicker and were enjoyable. This isnt the first time that we've had an issue with food here and will certainly not be eating here again.
Julie Lang . 2024-10-24
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Went for an afternoon tea gathering. Nice atmosphere, great sandwiches but I was a little disappointed with the scones which is the only reason the didn't get 5 stars
Kim Barnes . 2024-10-22
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lovely restaurant, good food, relaxing place to eat
Lorraine Eveleigh . 2024-10-22
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Perfect food lovely staff. Friendly relaxed atmosphere. Everything you need for the garden and amazing Christmas gifts at very good prices.
Steve Purt . 2024-10-22
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I received my Lemax items today and they were very well packaged and super quick delivery too. Excellent communication throughout, definitely recommend, thank you!
Claire Hellewell . 2024-10-22
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Great garden centre, family orientated
Chrissy Green . 2024-10-20
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Starving, both of us. So we went into their cafe, for 9 squids you get a large jacket spud, generous fillings, dressed salad and nice coleslaw. Really hit the spot. As you walk out of the cafe you go through their food hall, as fine a selection of sweet treats and temptations you can imagine, proper grub for a decent price.
Timothy Von_Seld . 2024-10-18
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Busy doing Christmas decor it looks lovely. Just had a delightful Eggs Florentine breakfast which was yummy.
Michelle Durand . 2024-10-16
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Popped in for breakfast before driving back from westcountry weekend away. Excellent food and then the shop!!! Definitely stocked up with cake and the best steak mince I have had for ages ... wish we lived closer
Angie Barbey . 2024-10-14
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I was disappointed that my sandwich had been made with margarine rather than butter otherwise everything else good.
Valerie Stuart . 2024-10-12
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Lovely Garden Centre, wide selection of not only plants, but gifts, fashion. Good restaurant, we went on a Sunday and just managed to eat our amazing Sunday roast and huge Yorkshire Pudding.
Ian Shawyer . 2024-10-10
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You can always find what you need
Renata Gorge . 2024-10-09
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Food over priced. Dried food stuck to edge of table food on floor under table on menu no mention that the cider is low alcohol decor needs attention
Michael Shilling . 2024-10-08
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Been going here for years, here’s the summary I have: Restaurant: absolutely lush food, always friendly staff, only ever had one issue with a coke being extremely watered down, the staff replaced it within minutes and tasted much better after, I’ve have a whole mix of food here eg: afternoon tea, Mac n Cheese, sandwiches, brownies! All were delicious! Outdoor garden: incredible range of many flowers, trees and plants, lots of variety and availability! Outdoor decorations, plant pots, ceramic pots, hanging baskets, you name it! Indoor garden: many types of patio decorations, furniture, plant pots They have many indoor plants, all at great prices, I’d love to see more mini houseplants! They are always really early to put their seasonal items on sale, and they always have a huge variety! Lots of Halloween items!! They’ve also started putting their Christmas stock out, which is always, ALWAYS!!, the best! They had some staff working on a new Christmas section. Overall, indoors and outdoors, floor to ceiling, the centre is kept incredibly clean, everything is really great priced! I could spend hours in here, there is so much, you will always find what you are looking for! And if you are struggling to find something, the staff always go the extra mile to help you find that! All around positive experience coming here, and the vibes are always spectacular!
Amelia Spurway . 2024-10-07
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Gd place 2 meet up with friends, gd food but small for a lot of money, happy staff, lots 2 buy...helpful staff. Its clean & tidy.
Julia Selby . 2024-10-06
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Excellent food cooked to perfection & good portions yum
Karl Touhey . 2024-10-06
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2 cooked breakfasts. Both delivered cold.
Robert Davies . 2024-10-05
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Great variety of garden furniture, plants, equipment & accessories. Highly recommend
Richard M . 2024-10-04
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Fantastic selection of plants, especially miniature conifers
David Shaw . 2024-09-26
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Visited here recently and was pleasantly impressed by the garden centre, it felt like it went on and on so much to see! Firstly, the selection of free from food/treats/snacks was fantastic and I ended up leaving with a whole selection of things, all of which have been delicious - I will be returning for this alone. The garden centre is split into different sections, the pet area was very good with plenty of options for your pets, of all kinds. Then the plant selection was very large with a whole array of different things, including statues, fencing, plaques, and all sorts of garden needs in a huge area, so visit the pond as well as it is beautiful. The farm shop is famous and full of some really yummy treats and locally scoured food & drink. A cafe or two is available on site lemon we didn’t eat here, there was so much to see we had to return after our lunch nearby for a second browse. A real treat to visit this lovely garden centre and we can’t wait to return at Christmas time!
KT A . 2024-09-24
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A lovely garden centre with everything that you likely want.
Chris Anning . 2024-09-22
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Overpriced tosh! A big no from me!
Josh Barratt . 2024-09-21
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Very nice garden centre, lots to see, plus good food
Yvonne Kingston . 2024-09-19
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Great place. I particularly enjoyed the Elm's breakfast!
MrNSpro . 2024-09-15
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Excellent food, excellent service
Neil Pomroy . 2024-09-14
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Food menu is very limited not as good as it used to be
Richard Hartley . 2024-09-13
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Lovely mussels and ciabatta with gaming and cheese. Not impressed by hot chocolate
Malgorzata Stojanow . 2024-09-10
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Very good garden centre with a cafe and a restaurant. Lots of plants on sale and as with most garden centres they sell ornaments, clothes, food, greetings cards. Also I bought a pair of heavy duty gardening gloves for £9.99. I'd had difficulty finding them elsewhere so was very pleased.
Pogle's Wife . 2024-09-10
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Sunday lunch, quite nice, ran out of colliflower cheese, and horse reddish sauce , unexcepable.
Dick Priddle (Ilminsterbloke) . 2024-09-08
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Good place to eat. Plants in good condition and variety of other goods, useful presents.
Jane Moreton . 2024-09-07
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Large selection of products, more than just garden supplies. Friendly staff.
Roy Uter . 2024-09-04
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Lovely dog friendly garden centre with a great restaurant.
Clare Nicholls . 2024-08-31
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A large centre, plenty of choice that includes clothes and pet accessories, as well as plants.
G R . 2024-08-28
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I have recently added a wildlife pond to our garden, and I got some excellent advice from the Pond area. Also some really good reductions on ceramic pots!!
Christina Stanton . 2024-08-28
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Large garden centre with plenty of parking. There is a wide variety of plants and shrubs as well as a cafe/restaurant, coffee shop, pet shop, craft shop, clothing, gifts and more. Great food in the restaurant, good choices, friendly staff. Quality toilets with plenty of cubicles in the ladies.
Niceboy Tiddles . 2024-08-23
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Really nice garden centre with plenty of products on offer. Good parking and great restaurant or cafe by the pond.
Richard Abbott . 2024-08-20
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The children loved the Teddy Bear’s Picnic today at Monkton Elm. They enjoyed making and naming their own bears and are all cuddled up to them in bed now! The mums loved the scones! Special thanks to Lisa and Warren for managing to make space for us and add us to a friends booking!
Karen Marks . 2024-08-19
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Had the Sunday lunch..the roast potatoes were very over done and even though I asked what was scattered all over the meal..the server never came back to offer an answer..so any allergys were not addressed she also did not offer any condiments of any kind..so I will be advising not to bother to visit this pub which is a shame for the new owners.