Season Coffee Shop, Grow Garden Centre in Carrickfergus

This wee delight of a place used to be perfect for afternoon lunch but after my visit today I doubt I'll be back. Waited for 55 mins for food to be brought when I observed other tables who had arrived after us being served first. The order was a fry, panini and 2 salads....so no cooking required for those 2 dishes. When the food was served an excuse of an apology was given which really qa wasnt acceptable given we waited nearly an hour at lunchtime...lucky we weren't understand time pressure. The prices have increased considerably too and the portion sizes have definitely got smaller when a caeser salad is £10.80 and not much eating it and a panini was under filled for £8.80...,not good at all. In fairness the fry was adequate. Don't think ill be back. Which is a shame

Exceptionally welcoming, accommodating and kind.

Lovely shop and coffee shop. They do a nice French toast bacon and maple syrup and my favourite being the bagel and cheese. Coffee is good and the shop is nice for a little browse especially if you are looking for a wee gift.

Best coffee in the area!! Pastries are also delicious. Yet to try their breakfasts :)

Interesting space in what initially appears to be a semi derelict industrial yard. The potential to further develop this site is obvious. Interiors store downstairs, attractive café on the first floor. Good access for those less sprightly. The food & service were great. A bit of a hidden asset but busy for those in the know

No hot food mid afternoon but scones were good.

Not been here for a few years. Was a bit disappointed as staff were all busy and smiling but simply glided past us. Finally we noticed a small chalk board beside the till in the corner with “order here” on it. The sign needs to be more prominent/visible. Food was great. Access ramp seems very steep at the beginning which seems to share access with another business. Plenty of parking and it’s opposite the recycling yard which unfortunately doesn’t add to the atmosphere.

Great place for a lunch and a fantastic cup of coffee. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff. 10/10

We use the coffee shop most weeks for coffee and scones. We occasionally have lunch. We are always greeted warmly by all the staff with a smile and top quality service. The coffee is excellent, the variety of scones available is immense. We sometimes arrive with grandchildren and the staff are very accommodating. Season is our family favourite coffee shop in our region. Thank-you Stephen and your exceptional staff.

Went for a light lunch of tasty sandwiches and coffee. Kid friendly and busy. Tables clean and tidy. Staff friendly efficient and able. Order at the counter. Food prepared and served to order. The panini came with a bowl of salad and tacos chips on the side. Fresh, tasty and warm. Importantly decent coffee. Very nice, worth a visit and it is busy.

Beautiful settings ...lovely place for a quiet coffee

Love this place for either a bite of lunch or a cuppa and something sweet. The staff are friendly and welcoming, the atmosphere is homely and the food is amazing and very reasonably priced and with Nook Living gift shop downstairs it's a lovely little spot in Carrickfergus

I really enjoy the Ploughman's Platter it is beautifully presented and a good serving.

Smart space, friendly staff and tasty fresh menu, great coffee (imagine asking “where’s the crema”🙄)

Nice coffee shop in a gorgeous building! I would only ask that you possibly supply more options of alternative milks. I am allergic to cows' milk and oat milk being the only option puts a bit of a damper on it.

Americano's not up to scratch. One server didn't understand when I asked 'where was the crema?' Says a lot about the training programme. The replacement double espresso was excellent.

The most dingy sandwich over £11 for a coffee n Xmas sandwich wasn't even cut into quarters n very measley ...used to be the best place but it's going down in my view.

Very good friendly service and great food at good prices. Prices have gone up a bit but that must be the times we are in.

Nice lean cafe with good food, great service and a friendly atmosphere. Also got some original gifts from the gift shop... Christmas is getting sorted !

The food and service in here is excellent, a little pricier than some of the others in the town, some unusual lunch offerings , easy parking, little gift shop downstairs, the one thing they really need to sort though is the heating is literally none existent, we had to keep our coats on the other day and we were still freezing, probably wait until next summer before we return which is a shame

This really is a beautiful little coffee shop with lovely lunches like soup, wraps, sandwiches etc. Also sell other hot food and desserts

Staff lovely but food was not great. No gluten free on menu just a slice of seeded toast. Fry pretty basic and scone was quite doughy

Super friendly and helpful staff, also spotlessly clean. Only slight negative was that as we went after 2pm specials were sold out, and breakfast menu finishes just after 11am, but its a popular coffe shop and closes at 4pm so understandable. Personally I'm not a fan of the tortilla chips or side salad (which was lacking dressing this time), but definately would go back. Love the gift shop downstairs which has some lovely items.

Very friendly staff, didn't realise they closed at 4pm so only able to have coffee and scones. Will be back to try some of the food.

Lovely wee tearoom .had a lovely time will recommend it to anyone ..

I love this place. The staff are just superb and the food is really great. Nothing is too much trouble for them. Highly recommend.

Wonderful Coffee shop! Always a warm welcome and great food.

Friendly staff. You would get the feeling you were in Hampshire

Food ok, pleasant staff. Nice craft and home shop downstairs.

Really good breakfast selection.

Great food and friendly service

Always have fantastic food in Season. Service is brilliant and very friendly.

Fabulous wee cafe, most of the food home cooked, very tasty 😋 lovely staff and spotlessly clean. Very friendly and helpful.

Good menu, efficient and friendly staff, but rather a long wait for the order to arrive. No complaints about the food. Pity about the access, a steep ramp in and stairs out - doesn’t suit anyone with mobility issues. Being on the first floor doesn’t help.

Lovely surroundings. The owner was lovely really friendly and welcoming. Great food and price Will definitely be back

Friendly staff and good sized portions. We had opem prawn sandwiches and cakes. Nice a d clean.

Lovely place, breakfast was delicious and staff superb

Nice coffee and food with valuable price! Me and my family shared a platter which was yummy and impressive! Staffs were also nice and friendly too! Definitely will come back!

Was much better before Covid. Limited menú. Sandwich came with skinny bread and was expensive.

Lovely food and friendly staff only complaint is the hard uncomfortable seats

Nice place , great food , pleasant staff! Would recommend!

Lovely place lovely food. It is a bit small so waiting times can be moderate but worth the wait.

Great atmosphere, great service, and amazing food.

Lovely food Very pleasant staff 👌

Lovely festive atmosphere. Staff were brilliant.

Always beautiful food and their coffee is really good! Friendly servers and nice atmosphere.

We have been here before and it is still excellent Great atmosphere lovely friendly staff and delicious food well worth a visit

Very good food excellent service good

Good coffee and scone choice for a mid morning snack. £9:60 for 2 ...

Very pleasant environment and the food was really excellent. Staff were very friendly and accommodating and we will be back.

Come here with the fam regularly. Never disapoints. Great customer service, great food and great coffee! :)

Nephew & I ordered fry , both lukewarm sausages dreadful taste and soda bread awful.very disappointing. Staff nice

I use to love this coffee shop however sadly on my last two visits I have noticed how lacking this cafe is on customer service. I was at the salon next door to early for my appointment and popped in for a coffee,the door was open however I was rudely told by the sour baked manageress I was too early she wasn’t open for another three minutes! Then she shouted at me for going the wrong way (bearing in mind I was the only customer at this point) I ordered my coffee and an elderly gentleman came in to the cafe he was also barked at by this woman for not adhering to the one way system (clearly it needed to be more obvious there was even one in place) he stated he came out off the house for peace to enjoy a coffee not to be rudely spoken to by this manageress. Rude with zero manners! Cute cafe,usually half decent food and coffee.....do yourselves a favour and learn some customer service skills!

Stylish! Quite busy today but tasty lunch and good company. Love its random location next to the dump; beauty & beast comes to mind. One way system in place.

A very pleasant coffee shop with friendly and helpful staff. A good choice on the menu.

It's fine. I think for me it's just the dump

Pleasant and attentive staff who are trying hard to offer a great service despite Covid restrictions. Great coffee, scones and traybakes. Season aims to offer something a little different in regard to the scones and traybakes. Watch your waistline though!

Our go to coffee shop in Carrickfergus. The food quality and level of service and appropriate Covid measures are consistently good. Add in reasonable prices and you have a winner!

The tables issue I highlighted on my previous review now seems to be sorted. Welcoming staff, good Covid prevention measures and excellent food, not to mention good prices, all combine to make this possibly the best coffee shop in Carrickfergus

This is a lovely little place - socially distanced but still cosy. The coffee is excellent & their muffins are delicious. There's also a gorgeous gift shop & loos - what more could you want? It is only easily accessible by car but worth a visit & with plenty of parking. It is by a recycling centre, so you can help the environment by recycling your rubbish at the same time!

I have just read a review from 2 months ago and I had the opposite experience. Food was good but tables too close together people passing too close all in all felt uncomfortable will not visit again.

Actually very nice food and sweets. Also the art shop downstairs has a lot of wee gems.

Lovely coffee shop , food was gorgeous !

What a perfect place, outstanding breakfast, friendly welcome. As Del would say 'Perfick'!!

Very friendly staff, lovely food and a good choice of menu. Always busy so get there early.

First visit here today after finding the cafe on Tripadvisor. The food was delicious and am delighted to have discovered this place. Staff were friendly and informative. The prices were reasonable. Their COVID safety measures were well laid out and I was in no doubt our table had been well sanitised before we were seated, in fact I saw tables, chairs, menus and condiments all get sanitised during our time there. Will definitely be back and recommend the antipasti platter.

Lovely cafe, great food, friendly staff! I've been here a few times before and only have good things to say. There are a few changes, post covid, and we felt very safe and still thoroughly enjoyed our experience.

Lovely wee place. Quite different to your normal cafes which I like. Food was lovely. Very respectable crowd.

I am very fond of Season; I’ve been coming here since it first opened it’s doors - some eight years ago. The food has always been of a very high standard, consistently so, always tasty and served at the perfect temperature. Staff are very pleasant and helpful. I count Stephen, the owner, as a friend and I have enjoyed watching the business grow. It’s always very clean, particularly the toilets and has a lovely relaxing atmosphere about it. I personally recommend their magnificent Beef Brisket (and of course you always have to finish with one of their excellent desserts).

Season continues to serve lovely food, scones, etc since my last review it's been rearranged downstairs and I really like the part ' round the bend' The staff are great too and the gift shop is a delight to browse round. My one niggle which has dropped it by one * is that it closes early. I was in with a friend at 2.30 , we chatted away but then , approaching 3 20 ish it was obvious staff were preparing to close :( why so early Season? It puts customers like myself off meeting up there for afternoon coffee - there are so many places to choose from in Carrickfergus that are open all afternoon -i honestly think you would be wise to rethink this in my humble opinion.

Great food. Bit hard to find but worth it. Friendly staff.

Me and my mum went in for our first visit to try out the cafe after a recommendation by friends . I got the peri peri chicken flat bread and my mum got the ploughman platter for one , we also ordered hot drinks , and lemon pie and carrot cake to take home . The presentation and taste of the food was beautiful. The portions are very generous! And value for money . A great selection of fresh meals on the menu . Friendly service and a nice countryside view . Hope to return soon

We both had an open prawn sandwich which was amazing. The service was quick and the presentation of the sandwich was excellent. Will definitely b returning.

Love this coffee shop and the scones are delicious. My only complaint is how early they close - I met a friend there at 2.30 and staff were clearing up ready to close before 3.30 - It would put me off meeting someone there in the afternoon which is a shame. Lovely staff and a great wee shop downstairs.

Great we coffee shop . Lovey staff . And there is a great we shop ther as well .

Waited 45 mins for 2 bowls of soup, gave up and left hungry. Waiting staff were run off their feet and totally frazzled, felt sorry for them

Waiting over 45 minutes to get our order with no explanation or advice when we arrived!! Disgraceful

Friendly staff , lovely, warm coffee shop for a great breakfast on a freezing morning

Lovely food... and gifts to browse as well

This is a regular meeting place for coffee or lunch with my friends. It’s by far one of the best coffee shops locally. The menu is fairly varied but I tend to select the chicken and bacon Caesar salad most of the time. It never disappoints! I it’s most definitely the best I’ve had. Top marks to the chef. Highly recommend Season.

Breakfast has a wide choice for very little money

I’ve been here many many times and never been disappointed and today was no different!! Fab idea a ‘‘tis then season burger for Christmas and it was totally delicious. Also my daughter was tempted to try a dirty chai but wasn’t sure if she would like it and we were told “if you don’t like it I’ll get something else free” where else would you get that?! Btw she loved it!!

This was a disappointing experience to a coffee shop we have loved before. Extremely slow service, asked to move to another table in case it got busy, which it didn’t. Food cold, got it reheated and tasted awful. Sadly, not what it once was.

Tasty food in a cosy and friendly environment. Would highly recommend.

Have enjoyed Seasons in the past but a recent change replacing sofa seating with 3 tables for 3 people, ensued the wrath of the server who moved us from one. Tellingly the 3 tables remained unused during our lunch visit!

Visited today with my daughter for lunch. Have eaten here many times in the past and have always really enjoyed the experience.. At the top of the stairs there is a sign to say choose a seat anywhere you like. We chose a nice table by a window and just after we sat down we were asked to move as it was a table for three - we were a bit 'put out' but moved further into the restaurant to a table for two. We watched as this happened to at least four more 'two's' who came in. One couple got up and left after being asked to move. Only one of the tables for three (there were three of them) was occupied when we left.The food was lovely as usual and I love the setting, but I noticed a different atmosphere. The staff do not appear as friendly and relaxed as before - I got the impression there is new management, with a rigidity I have not experienced before. I didn't like it. If the restaurant want customers to sit at particular tables then they should have someone at the stairs showing people to tables and not have a sign saying you can sit where you want.

Party of two moved, non too graciously, from a table for three to a table for two. This table (6) had a sticky surface and had not been properly cleaned. The original table remained unoccupied during our visit. The food is very good but customer care needs training and improvement.

On the top of Carrickfergus on the Marshalltown Road there is a hidden gem of a cafe which I highly recommend to anyone travelling in the area. Located behind the Sullatober recycling centre is the "Season Cafe" which lies in an old brick house building. The cafe is quite large with a down stairs cafe, a gift shop and an upstairs section for people having their lunch. The range is very good with tradtional lunch meals like Cesar Chicken Salad, Club Sandwiches but it also has some rather unique meals like the Chicken, Peanut Butter, Cheese and Garlic Mayo Sandwich which really enjoyed during my lunch. There is also a mixture of desserts, including donuts & cakes and the Cafe Mocha is rich and chocolately. The staff are all very friendly and welcoming and the price is average which in a way makes it seem like a bargain given the quality of food prepared. You would think this cafe would be quite considering it is away from the town centre but it is full of people who realise the pure distinct and character of this wondeful little hidden place.

Lovely warm and welcoming coffee shop, food was delicious and the staff are all super friendly. Well done guys keep up the good work.

Nice wee spot, food and service good. Staff very polite

Brilliant place for eats and atmosphere. Always well looked after in this place. Nothing is too much trouble. Real favourite locally. Deli sandwich is my favourite lunch. Scones are really special. A place to return to several times a week!!

Lunch with my wife.Enjoyed the food and hospitality.We will definitely return.

We have had several visits over the summer for breakfast and lunch! The food was excellent and the service was first class we loved it!

We go regularly now for lunch to seasons . We love it great coffee and tasty wraps.

Very cosy cafe with a great menu and fab service

Good lunch, good prices, friendly staff

Nice place to visit. Reccomend the smoked salmon breakfast. Only down side is they dont do coffee refills.

Always friendly service and delicious food/coffee. Soup and sandwich combo is fab. 100% recommend every time.

Have been a regular visitor here for many years! Love the choice of food and flexibility of the staff, always trying their best to accommodate!

Have been eating here regularly for a number of years. Excellent meals and desserts, good selection and friendly helpful staff. Nothing is too much trouble.