Old Well Garden Centre in Mid Devon

My favourite garden centre as large with plenty of shrubs, plants and pots. Cafe delightful and dog friendly. Food always good. Staff friendly and helpful. Special thank you to Annie in cafe.

We brought my Mother here for Lunch on her 97th Birthday as we all love a good Garden Centre & Restaurant . I only booked the table this morning on the day of our visit and the lady that answered the phone was very happy / positive and joyous. We had a Lovely lunch , the food was Superb , fresh with plenty of it . All the staff were very polite efficient and really nice. The Birthday Cup Cake was an added bonus that my Mother really appreciated ! To add to our visit my Mother loves to give an Amaryllis to all her family for Christmas and the Old Well has a fantastic selection , we bought quite a few along with some small colourful Pumpkins for her granddaughter . May we simply say a Big Thank You for today , it was really nice . Paul T & Family.

Great Christmas gift section, lovely cafe

Lovely visit with elderly family . Service was speedy and friendly. Large choice of cakes, all chosen were enjoyed, together with a very good cup of coffee.

We took the family to the restaurant and bakery at the garden centre. The service was excellent and our waitress very friendly and helpful. We had hot drinks and cake. A large range of delicious looking cake to choose from which were all very good. I can recommend the scones which were so light and melt in the mouth, together with a very decent cup of coffee. Will definitely go back!!

Nice garden centre, refurbished now with a cafe and expanded areas. Nice place to go for a wander

I took my family here for lunch and it was brilliant, a nice garden centre with wonderful staff. The food was incredible, cottage pie I can highly recommend. The staff all around the garden centre made my little boy (1 year old) very happy, playing with him, giving him some toys during lunch etc. Would highly recommend this place to anyone.

Went here with my daughter for a birthday lunch. The food was amazing with generous size portions at a reasonable price. Definitely worth a visit.

We had a great time at the Garden Centre and had a lovely lunch. Everything was reasonably priced and plan to get all our Christmas presents from there! What a find, we'll definitely be back soon!

I love the restaurant. I meet various friends there for lunch. The food is always really good and the staff are very welcoming and friendly. Thank you Annie for all you do for us when serving the delicious food.

I really can't stand being funneled like I'm a sheep. This place is hideous for that - don't go in this door, go in that door, don't walk this way, take the other route...grrrrrr... it's a garden centre for goodness sake, not a route over the Pyrenees!! The cafe staff are nice but the food and coffee is really meh. Honestly, don't bother. There are much nicer garden centres.

Nice independent garden centre with an extensive range of plants and sundries all reasonably priced. The 2 cafes were both busy containing happy smiling customers. The main cafe was full so we decided to have a drink only. Advisable to phone and book if intending to eat there.

Really helpful staff and excellent product

Love this garden centre and now they have everything. Good plant stock. Lovely staff and plenty parking.

Fantastic little stop on the way down to Devon if you're on the A roads. Lovely cafe with really friendly staff. Haven't tried the restaurant yet, but will next time we pass. Managed to get a nice gift for our hosts while we were there too. Everything was really clean and tidy, happy atmosphere.

Nice breakfast been there for lunch great food ..

It is a great Cafe and food options are good there. You can buy some plants on your way in or out. Decent place overall

Terrible customer service in the cafe. We walked through an unmarked door to be told "That's disabled access only, I don't know how you got though but please use the correct door." Turned round and left the venue. Avoid at all costs.

Visited twice since we found it friendly staff with banter thrown in for free. Will definitely return. Reasonably priced garden plants. Good value for u

Lovely garden centre and cafe. Highly recommend for shopping and eating.

Passed by here many times and last weekend on our way to Ikea in Exeter, we decided to stop and eat here first, and I'm so glad we did! I had the chicken and ham platter, which was delicious! Really generous portion (I had already eaten some before I remembered to take a picture). The ham was thick and tasty, and the chicken melted in your mouth. The chutney was sweet and fruity, and the salad was tasty, too. I would definitely recommend eating here for reasonably priced, delicious food! The place is clean and has a great atmosphere. The staff were very sociable and friendly. Well worth a visit as you can buy fantastic butterfly cakes to take home as well as lots of other cakes and biscuits in the shop.

This is an amazing garden centre to visit - I would say something there that would interest everyone from a cup of coffee, plants, garden forks, spades, trowels, sheats, seasonal gifts, toys and all manner of homeware, cards, soaps etc etc. But, apart from that, the restaurant serves fabulous food although booking would be recommended. But, most of all, each time I have been, the staff in all departments have been the nicest, friendliest and most helpful I have ever come across anywhere at all.

Well kept garden centre and the restaurant didn’t disappoint, been twice , meals are served very quickly for a busy place, and special mention for the Manageress for her friendly banter, we will be back!

Absolutely loads of items to choose from. Some unusual gifts, craft, garden items. Cafe, and certain foods for sale. Lovely place to visit on a wet or sunny day.

Extremely good stock range, very friendly and helpful staff. We will be regular visitors!

Food in the Restaurant not great. I had baked potato with coronation chicken.. portions plentiful but didn't taste that nice unfortunately.

Fantastic selection of plants! All looking well cared for. Found what I needed at a very reasonable price.

Very good garden centre recently extended, good selection of plants and garden products. Cafe offers breakfast and lunch.

Very disappointing meal, my first time visiting this restaurant. Ordered small fish and chips. There was virtually no fish in the tiny piece of hard overcooked batter served. Costing over £10. I was offered a complementary drink as an apology! Very poor service.

Amazing selection of plants and ideas Excellent food and staff

Now been almost rebuilt and enlarged. Many more plants and a huge choice of pots and tools.

Amazing choice and reasonable prices as featured on James The Koi Whisperer.

Spotless well kept alway open a credit to dawlish

Nicer place to meet for coffee or lunch

Great choice of breakfast. And nice to walk round a proper garden center ..amazing plants and good quality

Not been out here for a long time, years. Its come on leaps and bounds. A largd and varied plant selection where the plants look well cared for and well maintained. Had a breakfast, which we felt, was probably the best in Tiverton area. Well cooked, good ingredients, friendly and efficient service in a bright and fresh (and clean) environment

Brilliant experience.Great food and service and to have a No Dogs area was refreshing.

Great experience.Freya and staff all kind and due to the popularity of the place we were told there would be a slight delay so no complaints. Food ,courteous service and cleanliness first class and so nice to be in the 'NO DOGS' area.Previously at other places this week we have suffered;noisy and badly behaved dogs so this was a real delight.Well done and thank you ladies.

Excellent range of good quality plants and some more unusual varieties too

The staff were brilliant as was the food ,a brilliant family party for farthers day 4 generations of farthers there ,we will be back for all our family functions

We stopped off after driving home from Croyde. On the off chance we asked for a table and we managed to get one. The food was brilliant!! There was a wait, but this is testament to them serving food not fast food. We had Mac and cheese with garlic bread and salad and a fish finger sandwich with chips and salad. Great portion sizes and really flavourful. Thanks so much!

Excellent garden center, just a hop off the M5. Wide range of plants and garden accessories. Coffee bar serves great hot drinks

Very attentive staff, quick service and tasty food

Brilliant garden centre -sensibly priced and very good quality plants .Amazing choice of beautiful pots at good prices . Staff were very knowledgeable and friendly. I didn’t feel like I was being ripped off which was a refreshing change from almost everywhere else …..

Lovely range of plants. Needed to find a passion fruit.we looked around the climbers but couldn't find one. We went inside and asked a lady if she knew if they had any. She was very miserable, she said everything was out. She said if we look in the roses we should see someone to ask. She wasn't very helpful and didn't even smile. Not sure if we will return

Had the full English in the restaurant with our baby recently - we were so well taken care of, as was our baby! 😊

Helpful and easy to talk to team

Had a delicious meal with elderly relatives and our two dogs. I can highly recommend the mushroom risotto. Vegan options were good for my daughter. The waiting staff were really lovely. They were warm, friendly, kind, helpful and very patient. All in all it was a really enjoyable visit.

Easy for disabled to get in and out, havnt tried the cafe part as too busy buying stuff. Big carpark with a clearance area and compost or bagged things for collections straight into the boot

Not a huge garden centre BUT they do have a massive selection of pots (the most expensive I spotted was £600). They have pots with patterns and surface textures I haven't seen in other garden centres, so if you want something a bit different it's worth having a look here. They have 2 cafes on site. The food is pretty reasonable, but there isn't a huge selection .. jacket spuds from £5 etc. They have level parking (mainly gravelled), an outside toilet (don't look up in the ladies unless you like mould!), plenty of plants, garden furniture, gifts etc .. and all the staff we spoke with there were very friendly and helpful.

We often visit the Old Well as it's a convenient location just off the motorway. We enjoyed an excellent lunch, generous portions and very reasonably priced at £6 for an egg and cress sandwich with a pile of crisps and salad. My dairy free requirements were well catered for and without fuss. The service we got from Annie was cheerful and made us feel very welcome. I'd happily recommend a trip out, the plant selection is good and the plants healthy. All round a good place to visit.

Initial visit to see what was on offer. Good range of garden and household items. Good refreshments too. Prices a tad high but good quality goods.

One of my favourite garden centres. Good price, great plant's and lot's to see

The place to go for all your gardening needs and good prices with quality

Fabulous atmosphere,great food and a lovely wander around

Always great examples of plants and items for your garden or home. Staff are friendly and polite & with cafe for lovely food.

Huge garden centre with some great plants and pots and everything else garden related. Also sells local cakes and afternoon tea.

Long long long wait for food. We had been here before all the changes and had a great experience never waited ted more that 20-25 minutes for delicious breakfast to arrive. BUT now it’s over 45 minutes and the breakfast was disappointing. The tomato was not cooked enough, beans tasteless and cold, mushroom soaked in oil, sausage and Hash browns also tasteless. Our tea was drunk long before the breakfast arrived. On another table a couple waited over an hour. They arrived the same time as us, we ate paid and left and their breakfast still hadn’t arrived !!! And I forgot to photograph it. Never again. What a shame

Very relaxing place to have breakfast/lunch. Lovely choices & very tasty food. Good price Very friendly staff

Beautiful place lovely meal and staff was so helpful and polite nothing was to much trouble I would highly recommend

Lovely big garden centre. So many beautiful roses. Good selection of healthy plants. Food really good too. Fantastic breakfast

One star awarded solely for the state of the ladies toilets, which is a shame as the plants, restaurant, coffee shop and above all else the staff are brilliant. I have spoken to the management on two separate occasions about the toilets even showing them photos. I am not fixated on toilets but they are disgusting. I asked could they just change the toilet seats as they are chipped, dirty and the seats are broken although there are other problems as well. There is no sheet in the toilet even saying when they were last cleaned!!!! So management please just get the minimum done.

Excellent garden centre. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Cafe is good. I always have a cream tea. Delicious.

Good range of healthy plants. Helpful staff. Some of the plants have limited labelling..so had to go on line using my phone to look up key features. Cafe nice..but outside closed and inside only has a very small space where you can take a dog. The scones were good..but surprisingly little hot water in the teapot!Lovely cafe staff

Really pleased to have discovered this garden centre. Really good range of plants etc. Highly recommended

Brilliant service in Restaurant with Annie yet again👍Food delicious and friendly Staff who make the visit always enjoyable. Thank you

If you want a lovely lunch with great atmosphere and very friendly staff. Look no further. Just had a very yummy fish and chips. Ice cream for dessert. It's nice to be somewhere where the staff are making an effort. Very good value for money.

First visit lovely garden center Had fish and chips very nice x

A big thank you to Theresa( Sales Assist.) and Derrick (Delivery man) from us. You were both very helpful, friendly and accommodating as you squeezed an extra delivery into the schedule for us. 5 Star service! Bruce & Jules in Uffculme

Popped in to look for some house plants. Ended up buying cake and biscuits!

I am a frequent visitor to the centre and especially the coffee shop, usually arrive on a bicycle, there are loads of car spaces but nothing for bikes, for safety I need to lash my bike to something that cannot be moved.

Beautiful breakfast! Me and mum go every 10 weeks when our dog is being groomed near by and the cafe food never disappoints us! Lovely staff too.

Had everything I wanted and very friendly staff

Absolutely fantastic! We came today to celebrate my dad's birthday with a special breakfast and we couldn't have been happier with the entire visit. Every team member was so happy and jolly. The food and service in the restaurant was excellent and I would think every team member we came across while wondering around met us with smile and a hello. Thank you to all who wished my dad a happy birthday on our way around and who spoke to my 1year old son as he tottled around looking for flowers. Can't wait to visit again soon.

Lovely garden centre, with a really great restaurant with amazing food, and fantastic service.

We came today to celebrate my dad's birthday with a special breakfast and we couldn't have been happier with the entire visit. Every team member was so happy and jolly. The food and service in the restaurant was excellent and I would think every team member we came across while wondering around met us with smile and a hello. Thank you to all who wished my dad a happy birthday on our way around and who spoke to my 1year old son as he tottled around looking for flowers. Can't wait to visit again soon.

Brilliant range of plants.Healthy too. Pricing is excellent.Helpful and friendly advice.

Gorgeous tomato and basil soup with sourdough bread, the staff here are extremely friendly, lovely garden centre and amazing food every time I visit

Odd, slightly nightmarish place. Great garden centre, and low prices in the caffe but there is an odd and time consuming procedure to get seated, food took ages, and then you got to pay on the way out with the people who seat you so constantly dash out. That's not working.

My mother and I had been to the cafe before and had a lovely experience so the other day we thought we would have some lunch in the cafe. It was very busy as a coach had turned up and there was a queue, however a member of staff said there were tables in around the back. So me, my disabled mother and 8 month old baby made our way to an available table so I could settle them, get my baby's bottler ready and then I would join the queue. Which we have done in nearly every single establishment (unless you are seated by staff) we have visited and I believe to be the norm when going to eat somewhere you check you can sit before ordering. There were lots of occupied tables with one person sat waiting for their companion who was obviously queuing, which was my next goal. Just as we were getting settled, a female member of staff approached us in a very rude manner saying we had just walked past a queue of people who were waiting and they would need a table to be available. Taken aback I advised that I was about to join the queue but my mother is disabled and needed to sit down and I would join the queue. She was very rude and said, we had just come and sat down, with no glimpse of empathy at our situation or that it is normal to make sure you can sit somewhere first before getting an order in place. Would she have preferred for my mother with a degenerative spine condition to stand and wait in the queue, all whilst I was trying to feed my baby?? She tried to say it all again but I just turned around and said we were leaving. At no point did her colleague advise we needed to queue first and in what world is it ok to just be so rude and obnoxious. Clearly they were completely overwhelmed with the level of customers they had but then they shouldn't work in a place that accepts coaches. Also, this establishment is mostly frequented by retired people, who most likely include customers with different abilities, so clearly inclusion is not part of their ethos. Shame on you The Old Well.

We love this garden centre and the cafe. The breakfasts are top notch, great value for money and the staff are fantastic. Defo a place to visit and chillax!

Great breakfast and such a friendly warm welcome plus delightful service in the restaurant. The garden centre itself is fantastic so an ideal destination all round. Highly recommend.

Thoroughly enjoyed our unpromptu lunch today. It wasn't planned so no booking and luckily the staff bent over backwards to find us a table. We noticed how busy the restaurant was, this was reflected a little in the speed of the service, whereas they were very friendly and helpful the food order took longer than expected However the meals were superb, everything was of a high standard and delicious. We followed our mains with desserts which were also of the same high standard and we left impressed and with every intention of returning.

A first class restaurant . Always friendly and very helpful staff . Choice of food excellent. Also a very well stocked garden nursery and shop, something for everyone.

Great selection of plants in Nice condition. Great service in the restaurant with lovely staff.

Lovely Breakfast , with my old pal Terry , staff very friendly and welcoming 😺 perfection on a plate😁

5 stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Lovely food and drinks! Annie is a credit to your company! Nothing was too much trouble. Definitely will be back!!!

Took a mate for breakfast and a chat . The service was excellent and the food was great . We had the Old Well big breakfast and it was delicious. I Would highly recommend it for a meal . We wondered around the garden centre too and it is super .

The staff was very sweet and kind assisting us with our elderly parents. The service and food were very good! Annie was a terrific hostess.

Went to the Old Well Garden Centre for one of their breakfasts. Food was great and so was the service . The atmosphere is relaxing and pleasant .Highly recommend .

Excellent lunch today. Managed to get a table as a walk in. Very friendly staff. Good food. Quick service.xx

Absolutely lovely garden centre, great selection of plants, pots and gifts. Restaurant has great food and the staff are amazing. Took my 3 week old baby here and the staff were so attentive and helped keep my baby happy and calm whilst I ate my breakfast. The whole place is very welcoming, great little find!

Really good garden centre, where plants still come first. Will go there from Exeter when buying plants, great selection lots of good quality plants.

Our favourite place to meet for family meal. Food is always very good, but, the service is 6 star.! Welcoming, attentive and polite just feels like home, Thank you Annie and team xxx

lovely breakfast friendly staff

Lovely garden centre worth a visit

Fantastic place to visit .Good selection plants etc . Places to eat , coffee and cake etc . Recommended

We bought a Buddha garden statue and they damaged it on delivery. We happened to notice the damage few days later when pointed by one of our neighbors. When we went to make a complaint about the damage, they didn't even acknowledge that it could have happened on the transport and put it all on us. Extremely disappointed.

Lovely garden centre and restaurant. Will definitely be back

Got a lovely plant, a gift & some scones. Friendly staff.