Roundwood Garden Centre in Braintree

If the managers reading this can you comment on when you are likely to reopen for the public, particularly for the plants.

Love it here so relaxing and mostly run by special needs folk. Well worth a visit. It's so nice to watch the time and effort of the staff to help these adults

Lovely location, nice gardens, clean cafe, friendly staff, great service, good food.

Really lovely people and great service. meal was really delicious.Cafe was very clean and tidy and it was a very relaxing experience.

This place is such a find! My son had his 21st Birthday Party here and it was out of this world. The staff couldn't do enough to help and the hire included access to the grounds including their brand new play equipment. Ideal space for anyone as it included an inside area with kitchen as well as grounds. The food they provided was scrumptious and very ptrofessionally laid out.

I have been here many times always good food and plants very reasonable, great staff and a good cause too, please support this initiative.

Hi folks let's help keep this venue open. It is run by folk with special needs and needs all the help from the public to keep it running. The cafe is open daily and serves an array of simple basic foods from sandwiches to scampi&chips all for an affordable amount of money. They serve tea coffee and home made cake the bread pudding is fantastic. Please please don't let this be another council statistic where they can't find the money to keep it open.

We often frequent this cafe for breakfast since out initial lovely experience in April. Since then we have also had the vegetarian sunday roast here and wanted to specially compliment the chef Janine (hope we spelt your name right!) It was so delicious i felt we must review it. Especially since we were told their signs for the roast dinners was stolen from the front entrance - who would do such a thing ? This place is special as it is run by the most kind hearted staff we've ever had the pleasure of being waited on by. Thank you so much and may all your kindness return to you all

This is a favourite place to visit of mine. I often meet friends here for lunch and also with my husband. The staff are so lovely. The garden centre is nice to stroll round along with the grounds. Very reasonably priced too.

We called this cafe to ask if they did a vegetarian breakfast and they usually only do it on a weekend however as we wanted to go on a weekday the lovely lady on the phone told us they would make an exception. This is a place where they train people with learning difficulties and what a warm and friendly welcome we were met with by literally ALL the staff. From Ian and James who were making sure the place was spotless to Denise at the kiosk taking the orders to Jeanine the chef who cooked the delicious ample vegetarian breakfast with her lovely team. The pot of tea was very delicious and you even get a tea cosy to keep it nice and warm. The breakfast portion was sizeable. The vegetarian breakfast consisted of 3 fried eggs, 3 hash browns , tinned tomatoes, 3 vegetarian soya sausages, mushrooms, beans toast and a pot of tea all for just £6.50 ! We were very full indeed. We decided therefore to return later for the homemade desserts. We had bread and butter pudding and a carrot cake. Very large slices and again prices so reasonable. As others have said it's very tucked away and we've only just discovered this cafe after being in the area 7 years ! Lovely hidden treasure. Cannot praise the experience enough. If you want to experience top hospitality and a warm welcome with lovely smiles to make your day this is the place to come. We felt honoured to have the whole place to ourself wondering where all the crowds of people are as this place is full of such good energy and you can taste the love they put into the food. Definitely will be a place we return to again and again now. The garden centre is lovely as is the walks and everywhere you go it's so clean.

This is an amazing place. The cafe is relaxing, clean and serves lovely food. Within the grounds of the garden centre is a wildlife enclosure, a children’s play area with swings etc.. a picnic area, Along with the pet peacock, who is very friendly. You will also find Doreen Hillier Holistics, offering Reiki, Reflexology, Seated Acupuncture Massage and Indian Head Massage!!!! Certainly worth visiting!!!!!

This is a café with a difference. The decor is bright, cheerful and immaculate. The staff are friendly if not necessarily fast, but they have a great pride in their work. The food is delicious and carefully presented: the salad was fresh and varied, a huge mound of crisps and a perfectly cooked bacon and cheddar panini! Good coffee too.

Visited on a nice sunny day in June. Great selection of plants and a really nice cafe. Food was excellent and very reasonable. Hidden gem of braintree.

Nice place, They give work to people with learning difficulties, so well done Roundwoods. We've had company xmas lunch there a couple of times.

Found this place by chance when the local garden centre up the road had closed down, wish I had found it a lot earlier. Lovely friendly staff look after the garden area and the cafe. Its basically a work based training facility for adults with learning disabilities specialising in training skills such as horticulture and catering. The plants are really varied and excellent value. The cafe is fairly traditional, I didn't try the cakes but they looked great. Thinks it needs much more publicity as its a bit hidden away. Five stars. Spread the word!!

We were cutting the hedges next door and the smell of bacon wafted over. We ordered coffee and bacon sandwiches. They were delisous. The staff are so helpful and polite, we will be back.

We went to a cafe in a nearby antiques centre and sat there with no staff appearing despite calling out to the back room. We left and decided to find somewhere more welcoming. By chance I saw a sign for a garden centre and hoped they had a cafe. What a difference! We received a wave from a gentleman sweeping up leaves outside as we pulled up and felt welcome as soon as we walked in the cafe. I have since discovered the cafe and garden centre are run by ECL, an adult social care company, and the wonderful people they have chosen make the place so special. We were approached by a lovely gentleman called Paul to take our order and we up had such a nice conversation with him. The food and the service are wonderful and we will definitely be back.

Esta es una experiencia encantadora. Usted será servido por la gente más increíble con discapacidades de aprendizaje. Que realmente quiere lo mejor que pueda y feliz de hacerlo. La comida que se sirve, no va a impresionar a la comida pero entre nosotros somos snobs es muy buena relación calidad-precio. Sólo el hecho de que se sirve con tal entusiasmo hace buen gusto. Seriamente, ya que es tan ir único.

Encontramos el lugar por casualidad, ya que viajar y necesitábamos un descanso en conducir, vimos un letrero Jardín centro con café.

Hoy fui con un amigo para tomar café y pasteles por la mañana.

Gran lugar, sirve una muy necesitada propósito. Disfrute del centro de jardín, navegar por la tienda, hable con las personas discapacitadas y personas desfavorecidas que disfrutar de su ambiente de trabajo - y disfrutar de la cafetería. Desde el almuerzo del domingo para bocadillos y tés es un lugar fantástico para visitar. La buena comida casera y tremendamente precios. Además hay a menudo vegetales. para comprar.

As well as the garden center which has lots of reasonably priced plants from flowers to veg , there is also a cafe and gift shop

Please give this place a visit. After a look at the plants, have some lunch in the cafe served by some great staff. They also do a smashing Sunday roast.

Este restaurante/cafetería está dirigido por y para el beneficio de las personas discapacitadas/adultos desfavorecidos. Estas personas son muy amable, atento y es un placer estar con ellos. La comida es increiblemente cocinados en los locales y sirve muy bien y con una sonrisa feliz todo...

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