Otter Nurseries of Lymington in New Forest

No otters! But everything else that you could imagine….

Just received a rose via mail order.Best price available on the internet for this particular rose. Prompt delivery of an excellent, really healthy rose. Could not be happier and I will definitely be visiting the Lymington branch and using the mail order again. Thank you Otter Nurseries.

This garden centre has one of the best cafes we have been to. From ordering to delivery of the food the staff are friendly and engaging. Food is served promptly and there is a very good selection of hot and cold food.

Average meal; not a patch on Otter Nurseries, Devon. We ate lunch here ordering a jacket potato and a tuna panini. The panini was bland with very little filling and arrived with a side salad consisting of one cherry tomato and a few green leaves. The potato filling was equally uninspired. We eat regularly at Otter Nurseries, Devon and have always experienced far higher quality than here so why would the Lymington staff/manager allow such average offerings of food? There are other restaurants and garden centres locally that provide more inspiring lunch. We will not be returning.

Great garden centre and very good cafe.

Without doubt the best garden centre in the Lymington area … Amazing variety Very competitive prices Helpful friendly staff 100% recommended

Garden center ok but cafe no no!

Loads of parking, toilets well signposted. Wheelchairs are available for customer use, very useful as Otter is huge. Would be useful if location of chairs was more clearly advertised, as unless you use customer wc you would not be aware that they are available. Café is great, but could be more accessible for wheelchair users as space is tight. Overall, a great day out for anyone of a certain age,or who loves their garden.

Very nice garden centre. Usual sorts of things available to buy. These change seasonally. There is a cafe which does reasonably priced food and drink. It does have vegan and gluten free options. There is a dog friendly space outside the entrance for eating/drinking with a furry friend.

Lovely garden centre clean looking

Well stocked garden centre with great restaurant. Food served promptly at reasonable price. Everywhere clean and tidy

Great variety of plants! Got beautiful camelias

Lovely cooked breakfast ,serve hot by friendly staff, can get busy but we have managed to find a seat , good choice of other meals including Sunday roast

Nice range of plants to select from and a lovely cafe with great service.

A great venue for tea, coffee and cakes. Plenty of seating, friendly and efficient staff. And very reasonable prices.

There's a huge range like most nurseries but I've got to say it's the staff that make the difference!! Jane went above and beyond to make my Christmas Tree amazing 🎄

Love this place to just get away from the world and stress

Lovely morning coffee and cake and friendly efficient service

. Very festive, useful extended car park and cafe.

GREAT FOOD AT GOOD REASONABLE PRICES WITH A WIDE RANGE MENU SERVED BY FRIENDLY STAFF SO WILL CERTAINLY GO BACK AGAIN VERY SOON

Absolutely lovely garden centre only reason I gave it a 4 and not a 5 as it doesn’t allow dogs,I can fully understand no dogs in the restaurant or near any food stuff,but a well behaved dog on a lead in a garden centre shouldn’t be a problem.

Good selection at reasonable prices. Easy parking

First visit and had a lovely time, will be back

Lovely nursery and cafe is very good. The staff are very knowledgeable and helpful.

very good plenty of parking staff friendly

Rassemblement amis fFrançais et Anglais merveilleux moments . Thank you very.much

Great place for Christmas decorations and nice coffee also

Very high quality plants and huge selection. Exceptional restaurant.

Great garden centre, not to bad prices

The plant centre was great. The restaurant had a nice layout, spacious. The staff were nice, although wouldn't supply cutlery when the food atrived, but most of all - shame about the food. The chicken, ham and leek pie was bland, and the ham egg and chips were nothing to write home about, same about the lattes.££😑

Beautiful place and good coffee.

It's a very nice place to go the food is excellent and there's a lot to look at well worth a visit 👍

Great selection of garden tools and equipment. Nice little cafe. Helpful friendly staff. Nice clean toilet.

A lovely place, very large. Lots of lovely things to buy.

Great garden centre with huge range of plants and accesories

Popped in today just to window shop, but they are doing the Christmas display, and I bought a few things. Will come again when the display is finished. Looks good

A great place for all your garden needs but was very disappointed as online website states no dogs but I witnessed a member of staff allowing a customer to take their dog in when they asked....I had left my dog at home ......

Nice garden centre with cafe. Good range of plants and bubs. Good prices.

Went looking for plants and gifts while on holiday.

There's a nice selection of gardening equipment and plants

Lovely large garden centre and cafe with loads of space. A great variety of products and great lunchtime choices too.

Lovely garden centre and amazing food, caters for children too and generous portions x

Plenty of nice things to buy,and nice drinks and food...

Only came to Otter nurseries just to pick up a heavy bird bath for a family member so didn't have enough time to wonder around.

Out of this world for the variety of goods,so much I wanted,will have to go back soo

Excellent roast beef, chicken, and nut roast! Five different veggies, nice gravy......friendly service, good value for money. Tip.....phone and reserve a roast ....gets very busy!

Lovely restaurant with easy access for wheelchairs. Had lovely lunch and coffee and bought two sultana scones to eat in our lodge. Quite large, great flavour and excellent value. They do a very good Sunday roast and suggest you book in advance.

I visited Otters restaurant today and chose roast beef. It was cold and tasteless. I mentioned it to the lady serving but they were so busy I didn't pursue the complaint. I'll not eat there again.

Started visiting restaurant regularly. Menu choice fine for a garden centre.Staff as welcoming, friendly and helpful as any I have ever met.Decent sized portions of consistently good quality.

Wow! I’ve never been to such a huge garden centre. There was everything you would ever need there. I could have spent all day there but my husband had to keep me from emptying our bank account 😂 We had a cooked full English breakfast to start the day which there was plenty and tasted very nice and was obviously a favourite on a Sunday as there were lots of people / locals arriving all the time. The staff were very friendly. It’s a shame that we have nothing where I live like this…. or maybe just as well we don’t as I’d be forever visiting.

Came here with hubby today - 1 roast beef & 1 roast chicken - £10.95 each. Very good value - nice meat & roast potatoes & selection of veg, plenty of gravy. Busy but efficient & staff seemed friendly. Good choice of menu - would come again.

Went in to have a morning coffee, and chose one of the Cheese and Bacon scones, which was absolutely delicious. These scones are excellent value for money being quite large. I have also had the cheese one, and my wife usually has the fruit scone with her latte. Having been to several of the garden centres cafe recently, where I have found the scones to have got smaller and smaller but still charge the same price, these at Otters are by far the best value.

Lovely garden centre with really nice cafe serving excellent food and drink. Plenty of space and nice setting. Cream tea excellent value. Loads of jam and cream.

The food is always very good here. Serve the best scrambled eggs, in my opinion & sunday roasts are very good indeed. Wide selection of food. Breakfasts & lunch & afternoon tea, scones and cakes. Been coming here for years and staff are friendly

I know garden centres in general are generally expensive but paid £9.95 for what all I could say was a child's portion of macaroni cheese.!!! Ate in 5 minutes and that's eating slowly! Will not return to eat. No comment on actual garden centre.

Visited several times due to local power problems. Good coffee, lovely cakes, plus mobile signal available!! Airy, spacious rooms.

We have recently started to use the coffee shop for coffee Mon to Friday. We have an early morning twice or three times a week and lunch on two occasions. For a coffee we spend up to 50minutes and head for the leather couch if...

As others have said, the latte coffee is awful and in a tiny glass. The food is nothing special and overpriced for what it is. The shop is interesting though and stock a good range of plants.

I have been for a coffee a couple of times and love the cafe, but they can't make a proper latte. It is weak and luke warm but you pay the same price! They don't seem to be concerned at all. The scones are nice...

Booked in for thirteen on a coach tour and had the cream tea to die for. Very friendly staff and can certainly say the cram team was certainly value for money. I have been arranging coach tours for over twenty years and several with cream...

My wife and myself met friends there for breakfast. They were unable to cook poached eggs, even though several People asked. Quite disappointed with this.

Sorry to say but myself and friends found the food overpriced and just average. We had ham, egg and chips which was about £8.95 and it was on par with what they serve in the local Sainsbury's cafe for half the price. Coffee wasn't great...

Passed Otters a few times and decided to pay a visit. Big and well equipped with a hugh indoor eating area and also outside. So hot that we eat inside. Service very good and covid safe.

Popped into the coffee shop at Otter Nursery this morning for a coffee whilst doing some plant shopping and was absolutely amazed at the attitude of one of the ladies behind the counter.I wanted to see what size the coffee cups were before ordering when...

Yet another wonderful visit to Otter's. Today we stopped for morning coffee. Staff very efficient and following covid guidelines very well. Plants of extremely good quality. Large selection of bulbs and winter bedding available.

Recently took my Nan out for tea and this place fitted the bill and didn't disappoint, who cant argue that afternoon tea and a look around the garden center is an ideal way to spend the afternoon

This isn't only a lovely nursery but the cafe is really lovely too. After a morning of looking at plants in the nursery, it was lovely to stop by for a nice cup of coffee and not have to wait long for it either.

July 11 th:2020...Otter’s have made an enormous effort for social distancing.Staff were working hard during our visit to keep their large airy cafe’e spotlessly clean..They are using china cups too! whereas many cafe’s are not..It is a safe and comfortable environment to enjoy lunch. We...

Wouldnt go anywhere else.. otters have everything i need , including a fantastic coffee shop ! Would recommend a visit to anyone who loves gardening. Come December they even have an amazing Grotto.

Bright, modern, well appointed tea rooms located in the garden centre. service is quick and friendly. Quality coffee and teas so why the poor rating. I have never had such horrid cake. Chocolate and orange cake was smothered in a tasteless whipped up topping. seriously just tasted of margarine, revolting. owners need to be more selective about what they serve as it could be exceptional. Cutting corners using cheap ingredients or cheap suppliers really let this one down.

Our first vist - a lovely relaxed lunch, followed by browsing and buying some plants we'd been looking for.As garden centres go, it's large, with a generous selection of many plants, from favourites to some really interesting varieties.In the café for lunch: my wife really enjoyed her ham and cheese pannini. Again, with salad and crisps. Teas for two. Total: £17.20. Very good value we thought.It's self-service, with the very nice staff bringing hot food to your table. Such comfy seating too, in the large café.Lots of parking, easy to find, very nice toilets just inside the entrance, (how about adding a plant or two?), with everything well laid out and easy to find, inside and out. We loved it here.

We had an enjoyable time. We had drinks & cheese scones in cafe which were very good. Staff friendly but service a bit slow.

Had an excellent lunch for our Christmas outing in their very light and sunny restaurant. Lovely turkey with all the trimmings followed by Christmas pudding. Excellent.

Visited whilst on holiday, should have driven on just a very poor garden centre with a cafe. Food was poor and we will not go again

Lovely clean cafe with friendly helpful and happy staff. The food was delicious, not greasy at all and cooked very well. Tasted like local fresh produce and plenty on the plate even though it was a breakfast offer. Staff anticipated plenty of people in for breakfast as voucher expires end of this week so tables were cleared quickly after people left to make room for people paying in the till but there was not a sense of being rushed and plenty of tables overall anyway. Such a beautiful garden centre so it’s nice to have a potter around after your food.

Ok not the sort of place l would visit again ham egg and chips greasy just average place like most garden centers Nothing to get exited about

It was just a quick visit for a cuppa on our way past, but I was very impressed by the menu and the selection of cakes.

Whether you are going just to sample the food in the restaurant or go to buy plant etc, you will not be disappointed. The choice of plants and ancillories is huge and the site is well laid out both under cover and indoors. The restaurant is self service ie you place your order at the counter and if it is a meal, they give you a display number and bring your food to the table. There is a facility by which you can place your dirty dishes back on your tray and place it on a tiered trolly on the way out. Not compulsary, but nevertheless appreciated by the staff, particularly in busy periods. (Rather like Ikea!) The site is very wheel chair friendly.

Well what a lovely place this is how could I leave Lymington and not visit Otter Nurseries with my wife sat next to me my life wouldn't be worth living it but it is a great place I hasten to add we came away with a few plants if your in Lymington it's well worth a visit not to be missed

First time to otter garden centre for breakfast, I must say it's a very pleasant outlook on all the beautiful flowers, and a lovely clean and bright surroundings. The staff were very pleasant, the breakfast came out lovely and hot a very well presented, the coffee was also nice and hot.

On arrival with disabled mother in a wheelchair there where no disabled trolleys, I spoke to the manager Mark and he assured me it was something they are getting organised.

We come here on a regular basis and have not only been delighted with their set up as a garden centre, but also rated their cafe and have had lunch there on many ocasions. This time however was a let down. Keeping it simple we both ordered a prawn sandwhich with marie rose dressing in brown granular bread. First of all the prawns were tiny and were probably of the fresh water variety. They were also completely tasteless. Marie Rose sauce? where was it. Is was so meagre it was hardly worth their while putting it in and as for the bread, it was granular but white (well sort of off white) and definitely not brown.

Have always gone to our local nursery in Christchurch but now find we are going to Otters instead as plants and food are cheaper and better quality. The Sunday lunch is the best I have had. My husband has the beef, which he tells me is very tender and tasty and I have the Nut Roast which I am told is handmade by the chef. Absolutely delicious.They also offer small portions which is great.

Good place to eat, reasonable prices. Very good nursery to browse. Exceptional at Christmas time. lovely to see father christmas.

Popped to Otter last weekend to get a few heather's for the garden. This is always a nice place to pick up some plants at a decent price. At Christmas they also have a good selection of decorations also at fairly reasonable prices. Oh and the cafe does a good soy latte!

Had another brilliant breakfast .staff are very helpful and the service excellent. The quality of food you cannot fault .

We booked for our two children (3 & 4) to see Father Christmas at the nurseries, bit we as parents were very disappointed. The grotto was nice and the area Father Christmas Day was nice but there was no place to ba able to take any photos of your children’s faces while speaking to him just the backs of their heads. Also Father Christmas just asked loads of questions and did not listen to anything the children said. When it come to the photo at the end it was tragic. There must be a better way of taking a photo of warmth without breaking ridiculous rukes around being close to children. Parents are there so either. Have the children sitting on his kneee or at least close enough for a hug. After they got to pick a present each and this was exciting until you realise the presents are repeated on the walls and the choice is very limited. Our children chose the plasticine heads and the 3D puzzle. The plasticine heads were thrown away within an hour as the box was incomplete and did not work and the 3 d puzzle was good for one build.

Staff very polite and helpful. Service quick and good.they also cater for groups of people. Good nursery coffee shop.

just got back from Otter nursery. Their coffee was very good but the food not so good. The scrambled egg tasted like it was made from dried egg powder.

Have had Sunday lunch several times and always good. Staff are lovely always friendly and efficient.

The small breakfast is always good value for senior citizens and the Xmas display complete with talking animals for the children was very good.

We just dropped in for a cup of coffee. I had an uncomfortable feeling when I saw the coffee machine. One of those no-skill automatic things. What it delivered was just unpalatable!

Often theres a offer for 2-1 @£4.50 for 2 and vegetarian options are available.

One of our favourite places for a cup of tea and coffee and delicious cake. The surroundings either inside or out are very pleasant and it was a joy today to enjoy our coffee in the peaceful autumn sun surrounded by plants and flowers, or so we thought until we realised that a Christmas display of laughing reindeers was so loud that we could hear it from ouside. This spoilt the experience and we couldn’t wait to leave. It is still October, nowhere near Christmas, and I pity the staff who have to put up with the constant loud noise, at least we had a choice and we choose not to return until after Christmas.

Otters have made a very good coffee shop with reasonable priced selections. Plus an extra room for families. Delightful spot for coffee or a cuppa.

We have had breakfast here several times on Sundays , the staff and the food faultless. The service is very efficient and they are more than helpful. We have had the small breakfast and the food is delicious and cooked to perfection. Would definitely return and recommend .

We go to the tea rooms for a really good cup of tea.The surrounding is a a delight to sit and see the lovely flowers. You get good home made cakes and service with a SMILE.

Despite it being a busy weekend lunchtime, the service was very prompt and friendly. The food was well presented too.

A popular place for locals to meet and chat over coffee. Didn't check the food selection but glad to see they had an alternative to dairy milk

t's been a long while since I took lunch here at Otter Nurseries, and I seem to recall that it was OK. Not exceptional, but fair enough