Seasons Garden Centre in Bedford

A group of residents of Briar Bank Park today had "their" Christmas Lunch. Despite being rather short of staff, the ladies did an amazing job. Nothing was too much trouble, the tables were all laid out with pretty decorations. The food was amazing, a proper Christmas lunch with all of the trimmings, followed by a delicious desert, then mince pies and tea/coffee. Thankyou on behalf of Briar Bank coffee morning group.

Had to queue 10 minutes with my food to pay .. was cold when we sat down. Lovely friendly place but one person serving food and one on the drinks and till. Just such short staffed . This is always the case this year.

Visited the restaurant, staff were very friendly and most helpful. Nothing was too much trouble for them . Food was well presented and wholesome. Helpings were good and hot, but there was not enough staff on duty. One lady dishing up the food and one serving teas and coffees. Lots of people waiting to be served, again not enough staff. Seem to be over staffed in the garden centre and not enough in the restaurant.

Great range of garden, home goods and giftware. Currently in seasonal transition so open spaces being organised. We opted for lunch. The choice of hot cooked food was great, piping hot food on display and very helpful staff. Generous portions well presented. The food very reasonably priced. It was clear that many customers are regulars as many of the staff addressed the customers by name. We shall return to see the new seasonal displays and will certainly be stopping for lunch. The steak pie was fabulous!

Excellent 5 star rating One of our favourite restaurants in Bedfordshire Amazing vast menu at reasonable prices good quality food Exceptional friendly helpful staff

I often visit Seasons in Wixams. It's a lovely little garden centre, with not only plants, trees etc, but lots of very nice, decently priced gifts. The food is very good and not expensive. The staff are very nice too.

Some staff at this branch are delightful but, in this Covid period some staff are being just obnoxious. On occasions staff have been very rude and unwelcoming. Real jobsworths, and most unhelpful. Today was one of those days. I wonder if its because the management treat them badly, and they are just passing it down the line? - Or is it that staff who are always moody and difficult, feel they have an excuse to be vindictive with others? I wonder what other people think? Not sure if I'll go back after my dreadful experience this weekend. Such a shame as it could have become my local, regular haunt. Not wishing to subject myself to such rudeness, I will be driving straight past from now on.

I needed to purchase a special 70th birthday gift for my sister who lives in a nearby Retirement Village to this Garden Centre. I had previously looked at the Website and knew exactly what I wanted to buy. I had also checked on delivery costs etc. I received no help whatsoever from the staff. I explained exactly what I wanted to buy, where I needed the item to be delivered and on a date which suited both myself and the Garden Centre. I was prepared to accept that I might not be able to have the delivery made on the actual date of my sister's birthday. My telephone call to this Graden Centre involved a member of staff checking on availability and price of the product. I overheard staff arguing about who was going to go and find this information for me. After listening to this the staff suddenly hung up on me !!! Absolutely disgraceful !!

In a pleasant environment with ample distractions, really good food, well served, permanent caring staff, and excellent covid awareness. Generous distancing, correct procedures. Very good prices, less than £20 for 4 meals with drinks. Smashing naughty breakfast too. Recommended, use frequently by local people.

Food is awful for what they charge, No care given when being served, Food is very poor and i will not waste my money anymore, Management need to look at getting a new cook who can handle the job, Site is behind the times as NO online shopping.... Wake up people!! Its the day and age of online shopping!!

Poorly run by incompetent children that are badly managed. Used to be a brilliant cafe/ garden centre but is now a shadow of what it was. Clearly only staying open due to loyal customers gullibility and putting up with the poorer and poorer service. If it’s not easy they are not interested. Good service and brain cells clearly require a higher wage, it’s painful it really is.

Regular visitor for breakfast and, sometimes, lunch. Lunch has meals of the day plus long list of others to choose from. Reasonable value with large selection of sandwiches, baguesttes and cakes. Coffee is from a Doue Egberts machine and can be variable but cappachino is OK. Staff are very kind and cheerful.

Sorry to say guys but you need to look at what you are serving. The coffee yesterday was terrible, your lovely staff made other coffee but that was only just ok. Seriously please look at replacing your coffee machines. The food again was very average. we had sausage in long rolls. the rolls were just ok again but the sausages were so very disappointing. Maybe you need to get butcher sausages may I suggest steve at barton le clay he is only down the road from you.

I have been going to the garden centre for years and always find the staff friendly and helpful, I sometimes go into the restaurant and always found food and drink alright, my grandchildren love going there at Christmas to see Father Christmas.

Have been here a few times in the past and it’s been reasonable with a fairly good cup of coffee. Called in today for coffee with the family, and it was really poor. The coffee was terrible, arrived immediately on my tray straight out of a push button machine, only one size choice for all. The cakes and slices were all in a very cold chiller. Chocolate brownie very hard and chewy due to being too cold, plus a very very dry cheese scone ... not good, won’t be visiting again.

I cannot fault the lovely staff behind the carvery counter, but when we started to eat, both my fathers and my food was stone cold. I went to the till and told the staff to which I was told," there's a microwave there" !! Not quite the point. But I stood in the queue to reheat my meal along with quite a few people. Not quite what I expected for £7.95 a plate.

Great selection of plants, both traditional and more exotic. All the plants were healthy and well cared for, competitive prices too. The centre as a whole is well maintained and the staff very friendly. We picked up a few plants and will definitely pop back in the future. There is a little play area for children outside. It has a slide and a couple of swings. It was a good size for my 8 year old and younger children were using it too. On this trip to the cafe (our first) the service was very slow. We were queuing so long to pay that the cooked food was cold by the time we could eat, and we had to chase up one meal as everyone else had almost finished eating! That said, the food was really tasty and good value, so we may give it another try when we visit the garden centre again. It's just a shame that the service let them down on this visit.

Have visited Seasons for 30 years as we only live 5 mins away! However only in the last few years have chosen to eat there, both weekday snack lunches but in the main, for tea and cake! The staff are lovely especially Chrissie who always remembers us! A good selection of cakes, scones etc but sometimes they are a little dry because they are left uncovered in the cake section with just the pull down cover. Suggest cake tins or at least food wrap. The main meals are a good size but not huge (thankfully) well cooked and I’m told the Sunday roast is also good. The soup however could be a slightly bigger portion and a great deal hotter, although there is a microwave at hand. Now to the garden centre. Pretty extensive and well maintained. There is also an excellent DIY department, pet section and pet grooming available. All in all a little ‘find’. I would rather have given the rating as Good but that’s not an option and it’s definitely better than an average

A traditional garden centre with a brilliant cafe. The staff are so friendly and helpful. Good quality plants and garden supplies at very competitive prices. In the cafe the food is cooked to order and good quality. I take my Mum and children quite frequently to have a look around and have lunch. The children love the play area and visiting the rabbits, fish and birds at the rear of the store. They cater extremely well for children in the cafe.

We arrived fairly early and found a table in a quieter spot but with a nice view of the flowering plants outside.

This café can be very much hit and miss.

Not a bad spot for a snack or light lunch and friendly restaurant staff.

It looks a little tired from the outside, and the toilets are in a separate building outside but they had a good stock selection, the children enjoyed the pets corner and bubble blowing mechanical clown and we enjoyed a hot, reasonably priced meal. All the staff were friendly and the cafe was kept warm with heaters in the midst of the snowy weather.

Friendly staff and great value for money. Lots of choice of hot meals and lighter meals for lunch. Lots of seating and highchairs for little ones. Also have lots of parking.

Very good food although a little more expensive since it's refurbishment .. varied menu to suit all...

Staff in the cafe as so friendly and helpful. Food is great value for money. Great for lunch for just some tea and cake!

Visited again for lunch, second time this year. Given the great quality of coffee-time food and drink consumed in the past, thought my last experience of dried up lunch was a one off.

I like to come here for lunch regularly.

Thank you to the two hardworking ladies on the tea stand today. Fabulous bread and butter pudding with cream and tea. Just what I needed after a long shift. They were so attentive with good sense of humour. Made my day. Claudia M

Friendly helpful staff. Basic dining experience, food generally good with nice choice of fresh vegetables with the generous Sunday carvery. Yorkshire was a little tough.

Nice people as before, and good service, but the food was a little disappointing. Had plaice and chips with peas, the plaice was not as succulent as expected, a little dry, and the breadcrumbs on it were gritty to say the least.

Had heard from a friend how nice Seasons was and good for lunch. I have to say the service was brilliant, my food ok but others not so good. Could have done with a bit more heating in the eating part of the centre as well.

Popped into the garden center to get my dog groomed at Bubbles N Bark. The lady who took my dog (Victoria) said I could wait and have a coffee in the restaurant.

Visit the garden centre regularly and it's great. Food and service did seem to improve since last review in May, however, this week was not too good. Had to ask for another cup as it was very dirty. Had to ask for glasses for cold drinks. Children's chicken nugget were over cooked, hard and dark. Had lamb hotpot, but it was a meagre portion of mince topped with potatoes in a giant Yorkshire. Actually given a side portion of peas as there were so few vegetables in the hot pot. Staff are always brilliant but food not good, in addition meals came at different times. Wasn't busy so can't understand why. Such a shame could be fantastic.

We went for lunch as recommended by friends.

There's nothing fancy about this restaurant, just simple seating in modest surroundings but they do a great Sunday roast carvery, everything cooked perfect, fantastic roast potatoes and meats every time we go.

We live in the next village to here and have visited hundreds of times over the years for gifts and plants. Only stopped off for a coffee or two but decided to have Sunday lunch here today. There was quite a long wait but they were very busy but we didn't mind. My husband had turkey and beef and I had just the beef. The veg were carrots, mash, cabbage and peas and broccoli and cauliflower in a cheese sauce, roast potatoes and gravy. Must say it was excellent especially at £6.95 each. All the veg was fresh too which was great. Will we go again? You bet we will and tell others too.

My visits here are with a large group on a Thursday morning. We can easily make ourselves comfortable, are not left feeling we should move on, and the staff are very accommodating and pleasant.

I think this place is great, OK, it's not the most amazing food you'll ever eat, but with kids in tow (I have 3) it's perfect. The staff are always friendly and helpful, it's not overpriced, there's tons of space to spread out at the table, get your pushchair round, and fit highchairs too. They should perhaps have a corner for some toys and books and it would be great if you could get to the toilets without having to leave through the front door of the building, but I wouldn't go back as often as I do if I didn't think it was a good place to go with the kids.

Have eaten here several times, always been friendly service at very reasonable prices. Good range of meals.

We have been to this garden centre twice and it just does not impress. The prices are good but over all you feel let down.

Went for lunch a few weeks ago and no complaints. However, our second visit this week was a nightmare. Firstly the wrong meals were brought out. It was obvious the baked beans had been scraped off the plate and peas added. Two meals were brought out at least 5 minutes before the third and the childrens meals took even longer. Then the gravy was brought in a pyrex jug and dumped on the table for us to pour, then taken away. The meals were not very hot. Ordered two teas and got enough milk for one cup, there was not enough tea in the pot to fill two cups. (went back to ask for more milk and water - the pot was then filled to the top making the tea like hot water). The girl that took out order got everything right, the waitress and lad making the tea and on the till, seemed they didn't want to be there. It wasn't even busy so I cannot understand why the service was so bad. It will be a very long time before we return to eat there

Average restaurant desperately let down by the fact dogs are allowed yes allowed to sit with owners whilst eating inside the restaurant. For this reason only I will not be returning.

visited for lunch with family when visiting garden centre.

Good garden centre, top quality plants, and restaurant always a pleasure to visit, with large selection of meals.

A restaurant in a garden centre. Food and service were just fine. A good range of food and drinks but essentially not that great. I'll be generous and say reasonable value for money for what was offered. It was February when we visited, and there were perhaps 25 other customers, The toilets are outside in cold-unheated outhouses. The single male cubicle floor was awash with muddy water (there were also two urinals).No coat hooks, no soap, and possible the most useless hand drier I've ever come across. Acceptable for a place with a few tables maybe but this establishment boasts more than 200 covers?