Seasons Kitchen and Coffee Barn in East Dorset

Always great quality food. Not cheap but good quality. So often at these kind of attractions food can be overpriced and rubbish, but here the food maintains a great quality. It can get very busy at peak times so recommend getting in just before these times for a faster service.

We went back to Seasons today having not been for a year, we were really impressed with the food and service, it's certainly improved and we'll definitely be going again soon.

Nice food and friendly staff but quite expensive.

Took ages but the food is pretty good. I ordered a large meal of I think it was fried chicken, and then I just got a kids goujons portion which I ate but it was tiny and I ended up being hungry because I wasn’t bothered to wait another 25 minutes for my food. It’s decent so if your patient I suppose it’s good.

Really great quality Food and super Coffee. Friendly staff in a stunning old century barn. Highly recommend the winter warmers!

Expensive and rubbish. Slow service. Don’t bother - better to bring a picnic.

Absolutely top notch food. Burgers are amazing. Great choice of gluten free, lots of options. Was very busy but the staff were working really hard and we didn't have much time to wait

Best breakfast I have had in a while.

Had a gourmet sausage roll with which was obviously baked in the kitchen. Absolutely superb flavour including the chutney.

As a regular customer at Moors Valley, I am always very impressed with the quality of the service and the coffees. The staff are always very friendly and helpful. The atmosphere of the outside patio is always a favourite. Keep up the good work!

Took forever and was barely edible plus was mega expensive. Worst chunky chips I have ever tasted and sad leathery peice of undercooked fish. The food was mostly flavourless, burger was raw inside and kids chicken tenders were rock hard. Wouldn't have eaten it if we weren't so hungry with how long we waited. Would recommend bringing a picnic!

Took 20 mins to order with one person on the till and a further 30 mins for food to arrive. Beef Burger was not cooked through and chicken burger was inedible. £100 for two adults and two kids. Highly recommend bringing your own food to Moors Valley!

£7.50 for cheesy chips, £2.50 for a can of pepsi. This does not make the place particularly accessible to all.

Food was incredibly expensive for a nation who are currently struggling to find cheap days out for the troops. A cheese burger with chips was £16, and was tasty, however initially I had to send a search party in to find the burger patty as was so small, surrounded by an entire loaf of bread. Two adult meals, a child’s meal with three bottles of drink was £49. Not impressed at all and the child’s meal was full of stray strands of hair. Thumbs down and we will bring a picnic next time.

Lovely food especially after a long walk.

Very expensive for the quality and service. Menu could do with some light bites like sandwiches

Took over 40 minutes from walking in to getting food. Apathetic service and incredibly slow teenage servers on the till who all stood around having a chat. Food was average and pricey. Nice location, could be amazing if they got some customer service.

Double charged mee. No response to my request to refund the amount charged. Will see when I get my refund.

Lovely, just on the expensive side

Food was freshly cooked and tasty. More snack type food choice would be welcome - paninis, jacket potatoes, wraps etc Quite pricey - but probably comparable to similar places.

Food was hot but quite pricey and co get very busy.

Food was okay but very expensive.

Overpriced for what it is .... Sorry but it's my opinion what does the money for the carparking go to

I paid 60 pounds for lunch, very over priced. Burger and chips, for 2 and 2 kids meals, come on!

Pricey parking doesn't leave much fornthe cafe

Quite steep in price. £8.50 for a kids lunchbox meal!! Limited sandwich options, the ones that were there were priced up just shy of a fiver - very overpriced. They do a good flat white though. Staff friendly.

Very disappointing experience. Not sure if the staff are volunteers. Girl serving the coffee took ages (over 20 mins) and could do with some customer service training - no “thank you for waiting” while she took her time chatting to her male colleague). Sandwich was a bit stale as it was on its sell by date. Also very expensive - an absolute rip off. First and certainly last visit. Shame as the park is so lovely.

Possibly the worst coffee I’ve ever been served and they had the nerve to charge £3.70 for a large flat white which was small !!!

It is a wonder how a place with such an expensive coffee machine can make such BAD basic coffee, iv literally tasted instant coffee that is better. NO SKILLS

Sadly always been a great cafe. It’s becoming a a complete rip off. Over priced small potions and cakes. 4 coffee’s and 4 cakes best part of £30. Disgusting. God forbid your lactose intolerant you have to pay an extra 60p for soya milk. Unfortunately they have the monopoly and you have to pay the prices. Next time I’ll walk down to the train station and get a coffee.

Food is very expensive for this place,£15.95 for a salad,not very family friendly prices as well as having to pay alot for parking. If people asked me about the cafe I would tell them to take their own food

Was closed Friday at 4:42 p.m. , after good walk wanted hot tea take with self and peace of cake, unfortunately worktime is wrong. Please to change it for real work time, thank you very much.

Eaten a few times here previously over the last few years and have thought the food pretty decent in the past. Had chicken burger today and it’s definitely not as good as it used to be. Portion size was small and not worth 17 quid. Used to include coleslaw but this is now an optional extra at 3.50! I know there’s a cost of living crisis but come on, over 20 quid for small chips and burger. That’s obscene. The quality was not great either. Stingey wilted salad in the burger with no gherkin. What a let down!

Big ups to Dan for supporting our charity event today!!

Lovely place to eat or pick up a hot drink at Moors Valley. Super staff who are all really friendly and helpful.

Copes with a large audience very well

They are scammers. I take a smoothie but they said me that they forgot and I have to pay twice

We have previous eaten in the restaurant and had good quality value food. Today we had burgers from the burger van in front of the visitor centre, which only serves venison or Mexican burgers ( mainly because of the wonderful smells coming from there). They were so Good!!!

Given this is a food establishment & run by Council / local Government, I would like to see them lead by example ie wearing masks when food prepping, serving food etc, it is common decency.

We visited on the 20th December 2021 and were extremely disappointed. Having visited previously, and having had good experiences, we were looking forward to our visit. However this visit was not good. We ordered a scone each and tea. The scones were handed to us plain, with nothing else. When I queried this the girl gave me butter portions and one small pot of jam to share. This turned out to not be a problem as neither of us could eat our scones as they were dry and not at all tasty. We ended up leaving them. A shame as the tea was quite nice.

Stopped by for a mushroom bap and cup of tea. Seasons offer soya milk which is great but as for vegan food options, their menu is poor. A simple veggie sausage would have been perfect. As they had run out of mushrooms, we had a hash brown bap instead which was tasty. Our snack and drink was pretty pricy at £16. Come on Seasons, please include more vegan offerings on your menu!

Total rip off. Extremely poor quality food, for premium restaurant prices. Absolutely criminal.

Terrible. Good was bad, and it cost 24 pounds for 4 single sausages , in a cheap Tesco roll. Don't eat here.

Tasteless burger , doesnt even collect rubbish.

Lovely place to sit and have tea and cake

Very nice chicken bacon and avocado salad and sausage bap

I ordered 4 afternoon teas to take away. The contents were outstanding. 2 boxes per person one savory the other sweet. The presentation was excellent and there was more than enough. Would highly recommend

Great choice of food, excellent customer service

Great cafe at Moors Valley, dogs allowed inside in designated area

The cafe was very busy as it was at the end of a Park Run at Moors Valley but the service was quick and polite. I nice coffee and a good sized slice of coffee cake costing £5.75 as a bit of a late and slightly unhealthy breakfast.

Excellent food gets very busy in seadon5

Always liked the barn cafe, but the new tables and plastic chairs are a big mistake. Not in keeping with the venue

Often busy, noisy cafe with a good, thoughtfully selected (local, veggie, etc) range of hot and cold food for families, dog walkers, cyclists, etc. In an attractive barn-like structure with stone slab floor and tables outside in good weather. Not cheap, especially if you are a family with small kids. So be warned: a cafe visit plus Moors Valley parking fees can cause serious damage to the pocket which is a bit of a shame because Moors Valley facilities are excellent and of interest to all.

Nice food and friendly helpful staff

Well priced family friendly, service a bit slow.

Good food and drink after a walk in the park

Bizarre menu for a family venue with prices that exclude most family budgets, which is very disappointing. Meals are large enough to satisfy an adult appetite and cooked and presented reasonably well but I wouldn't be eager to return.

Not a friendly cafe! Do not recommend at all!! moors valley is lovely but not the cafe at all!! We had to finish our hot meals in rush in cold winter wind because the stuff mean to keep the door in front of tables (which don’t supposed to be used)open for hours!! Today is -1 on the last day of November, it supposed to be nice when you have hot meal in a warm cafe, but not when their staffs keep use spare door and never shut it (it right in front of tables, don’t suppose to be used, it had a sign on it says ‘ please use another door’) we had to keep stand up and shut the door ourselves to keep everyone away from cold wind, what really surprise us is, one of their stuff, a big strange girl came to us and said ‘ please keep the door open all the time,I need to bring things outside all the time’ and walk away straight after her ‘speech’! I counted that she used that spare door 4 times in 30 mins to brought bottles outside near that spare door, in that reason, she didn’t bother to walk few steps more to use the proper main gate,but had to ask customer to keep spare door open to frozen all her customers and foods. We tried to understand her but it was to cold especially for young kids, so I spoke to her manager, the manger said the door don’t suppose to be used and she will keep it shut. Unfortunately, later on before we left we still catch cold because stuff used the door and keep it open. I don’t feel the cafe care about their customer, they only do things in the way make their life easier!! And the way they talk make you feel you did something wrong!! That’s what you get as that is the only cafe in the forest!! What a lovely experience in Christmas season!!

The staff appear to feel they are way too important to be there. Cold poached eggs on sourdough with no butter. Disappointed. I think some customer service training would be useful.

It a nice casual place for a coffee and cake, which serves lunches

Nice restaurant but disinterested staff

Great food and good value for money

Great service and perfect for young children

Very hot drinks and plenty of food on offer

It only serves customers attending the Moors Valley Park so it could be poor and expensive but clearly is NOT. It is a decent cafe and I was pleasantly surprised. Pricing average to middling so if you have a family take a picnic and eat in the surrounding countryside of Moors Valley. For the 2 us it was 12 per head for modest meals and a drink so OK..

Always good come rain or shine, but can be busy at peak times. Great place for just a coffee, or a meal.

Good food and decent service. Bit expensive.

I did not like my order and the private toilet was really dirty sorry.

The only reason I'm giving 2 stars is because the cakes are reasonable. The people that work behind the counter here are completely incompetent. The poor girl making the coffee is clueless. The young manager there is rude to customers and if you like queues then this place is for you. The toilets at this place are some of the most disgusting I have ever been in....honestly, squating in the forest and using a stick to wipe my a$$ is preferable.

Overpriced and most the food on its last day sell by date.

Over priced food slow service car park is theft

Good lunch destination. Bit pricey and can get really busy.

Good range of cakes on offer, service slow and confused

Only reason never gave 5 was if possible more disable scooters would be amazing and finish off a well oiled friendly team effort lots going on all day information desk staff were brilliant thank you everyone made me feel so much better get info before you visit so much to take in don't forget the golf clubs either something foreveryone

Spring Summer Autumn Winter - seasons

Food is good prices reasonable but don't arrive at 11.30am - breakfast has finished and lunches not ready.

Not bad. If you don't bring your own refreshments to Moors Valley, then this is your only option, so come prepared, as it's quite expensive with a captive audience.

Amazing food. Love this market. Will be coming more and more

Staff need training. The girl serving food was using the same tongs for Gluten free brownies as other food. Serious health risk from cross contamination. Lots of customers are children and could be seriously ill.

Little bit pricey, but good quality food. Pricing what you would expect I feel, but surprisingly good tasty food.

Delicious vegan burger. Lovely staff. Cheerfully helped me mop up spilt glass of water.

Lovely location. Friendly staff. Good choice of food at reasonable prices. Loved all the birds in the patio.

Lovely cafe, could do with being a little bigger as its so popular!

Had a good coffee with plenty of room. Building is kept cool for those hot days.

Very nice food. Great for kids also. Staff were very helpful.

Beefeater chain outlet, decent value and ok service.

Food was tasty, and quick! But service was a bit brusk from some staff! Especially those at the counter barking queueing directions and tutting at customers waiting their turn. But dogs are welcome, as are kids!!

Great cafe for post parkrun coffee.

Lovely coffee. Some nice cakes on the menu

The food came out nice and quickly and was hot and tasty

Service can only be described as slow really slow. Hot chocolate is good.

Nice venue. Welcome food after lengthy walks and adventure.

Just a bit disorganised when it gets busy

Nice, covered, heated dining area in this wonderful country park, very welcome after some outdoors activities in the fresh air. There are also tables outside for the warmer months. The food is good and varied but prices make this borderline good value. Very long queues! Staff are friendly but get very tired after hours of relentless work, leading to some mistakes. Still, on a cold winter's day, it's better than sitting outdoors with a cold picnic. :-)

Very slow service. Food and drink quality fine, once you get it!

Good for a rest after a brisk walk, train ride or play in Moors Valley Park! Nice latte and piece of cake, friendly staff.

A nice place to eat after a walk or cycle round the woods. A half decent selection or regular snacks, hot drinks and lunches. Can get very busy at the weekends making finding a table hard to find.

This is a great place if you are well off in the money, expensive cafe don't get much for £15

Expensive. Food wasn’t amazing. Better to take a picnic.

Lovely restaurant with everything you need after a long walk.