Squires Garden Centres in Harrow

10 of us gathered as location was ideal for various family members travelling from different directions. Several decided to have some items from breakfast menu and how they regretted the choice!! It is clear it was kept under a hot light before being served as it certainly wasn't freshly prepared. Try eating a piece of card board and you get the idea of the quality of the bacon. The butter provided for the luke warm toast covered maybe 1/4 of the slice and no more was provided when asked for. Hot drinks were fine and pastries etc were also fine. However the cooked items were a massive disappointment. Oh, the lady serving didn't really do a good job of being the public face of the establishment!!!.

We booked a table for six for Christmas Dinner. We were greeted by a smiling waitress who led us to our table. Our pre-ordered meals were beautifully served. The food quality and portion size were amazing. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals. The experience was enhanced by the efficient and helpful waitresses who ensured everything was to our satisfaction. This wasn't our first visit to Squires Stanmore Cafe and most definitely won't be our last. Highly recommended.

The tables were dirty, not cleared, no obvious menu, had to ask for someone to clean table. The scone was dry and burnt

Great garden centre. Great selection, tidy and inspirational. Delicious breakfast in cafe and great service. Entrance is a bit hidden away on corner of road but once in is lovely. Would recommend.

We visited the Squires Garden Centre in Stanmore & had a lovely family lunch. It was the first day of the school holidays & the Cafe was full. Despite this the service was exemplary with everyone knowing their roles & working very efficiently as a team. We had a hot meal, toasted sandwiches, kids meal & cake. Everything arrived in good time, was well presented & was delicious. Thank you to Margaret, Yama, Josie, Sandra, the chef & all the kitchen team for making our visit today so enjoyable.

Been going to Squires since ever they first opened. The staff are helpful friendly and always remember the locals . Food portions are good and tasty . They also have a food loyalty card and the garden center always make up my planters. Always a nice experience

I visited the Cafe today and had lunch with my two daughters and two grandchildren. We sat outside as it was lovely and sunny and we were served by Margaret and Sandy who despite being rushed off their feet were really helpful and polite. Both are a credit to the company. we had the steak pie special which was delicious, a jacket potato with coronation chicken 2 fish finger sandwiches which came with chips and a crushed avocado sandwich all of which were generous portions and good value for money

I often take my 92 year old Mum here for lunch or cake and coffee, service can be slow at times especially when its a nice day but the girls always have a smile for you. But yesterday we were served by a young lady called 'Josie' I felt I just had to write a review, Josie is a credit to your Garden Centre and her customer service is just the best I have encountered anywhere, genuine, helpful, nothing was to much trouble for her, thank you Josie you made our day.

Came here with parents for lunch, the menu is usually always quite wide and so has something for everyone plus is settled in the nice garden centre. We got an assortment of paninis, quiches and sandwiches which came with salads alongside a side of onion rings and sweet potato fries. The atmosphere is very relaxing and their hot food menu is also really good having been before but we just wanted something simple.

I went with a friend to have a coffee and decided to have a scone with butter . This was heated up to hide the fact it was very stale and dry with a minimum amount of butter given , not even enough to spread on it! The scones really should be fresh each day for that price!!

We went to shoots for lunch during the pandemic. The tables weren't spaced out, they just had some flimsy screens between the tables. The food is very ordinary. As with every time that I visited Shoots, the service was incredibly slow. It really spoils a meal if you have to wait too long for the food. I will not rush back here.

I’m referring to the cafe at Stanmore. Standing at the ‘COVID’ barrier being ignored by several members of staff until challenged, followed by glum service. Breakfast very average with overheated scones that left them tasting stale, and a breakfast with such overcooked eggs the yolks were solid! On the plus side, we enjoyed strolling around the garden and pet centre, bought a few bits and parking is very convenient.

I’m slightly conflicted in writing about Squires. On the one hand I like the breadth of its range. On the other hand customer service is hit and miss and what they sell is a bit pricey. That said, it’s a pleasant way to spend an hour though the whole place feels just a little tired.

Friendliest garden Centre. I’ve been going to this garden center for many years and the current owners are as caring as the old . The garden staff know what stock they have what plants suit best soil etc. can’t praise them enough. The ladies on the till are equally as helpful as the staff in the pet shop

Don’t go here with your dog - I asked two of the staff for a bowl of water / container of water for my dog (as we had both had a long walk) they refused and said they were unable to do so!!! They took £15.50 off of me for my tea and something light to eat!!! But they couldn’t provide my poor dog with just a measly bowl of water. What harm would it do to leave ice cream containers on the floor full of water?? Do you know what - you walk into the Hare (who also do food) and you walk into the Case is Altered (who also do food) they absolutely welcome dogs. In fact not only do they come out with water doe the dog but treats as well. For me I’m going to these places from not on - animal cruelty not providing basic water 🤬 Disgusting disgraceful service from you Squires and you consider yourself a pet shop hahahahaha! - to you it all your staff on there till could also do with learning some manners!

Great little place. Margaret in the cafe gave us fab service! The garden centre is fantastic too with a wide range of plants and household/Christmas items 👌🏻🤩🙌🏻

Lovely garden centre, very impressed with Covid precautions, hand sanitizer at the door, trolley wiped over before handed over and even card payment keypad wiped over before use, and the staff are all happy and polite, lovely selection of plants at reasonable price.

Seven of us went for afternoon tea. The sandwiches and cakes were beautifully presented and tasted delicious. The pots of tea were just the right strength. We shall come again.

Went to squires today for christmas dinner the starter was really nice could of done with little more bread.to eat with pate .The main course turkey was amazing was really nice all freshly cooked it was a massive portion. Pudding I count manage as to full just had ice creamWhich was also very niceThe waitress was lovely very friendly and asked if we were ok on many occasions really enjoyed it will be back next yeat

this local friendly garden center has a great selection of hot and cold food at afordable prices. Menue changes And I love their afternoon tea. The animal section that sells fish and a great selection of foods toys for your pets

Visited Squires with a friend and our toddlers today. First and foremost this is a really great garden centre; the Christmas display is lovely, and the range of items for sale is fabulous. There are also small animals and fish, plus a cafe, so perfect for a morning/afternoon out when the weather is a bit rubbish.My only bugbear is with the way two members of staff spoke to us today. Now, sometimes with toddlers you bring the buggy but they decide they want to walk, so this leaves you trying to push the buggy with one hand whilst also trying to wrangle a small person. My friend left her buggy to the side for two minutes, out of the way so as not to block a gangway while the little ones looked at the hamsters, only to be barked at in a very condescending way by a (young curly haired female) member of staff. It was not “left unattended” and the tone was not appreciated. On to the Cafe, the service in the queue was painfully slow so the little ones were getting restless. At the point at which I was about to be served my little man had had enough of waiting so he sat on the floor. The rude older lady behind the till could see that I was trying to get him up, yet continued shouting “NEXT!”, rushed me to make my choice, was really patronising and every word was barked rather than spoken. Not once did she actually look me in the eye. I cant remember if she was Scottish or Irish but whoever she is she needs a refresher course in customer service. I have worked in service/retail roles myself in the past, I know it is stressful and exhausting but unfortunately customer is King and you need to show both patience and manners, which these two individuals seem to be lacking. Very disappointing as it spoiled the whole experience for me; I made a special trip to visit with my little dude today but am highly unlikely to return.

Staff friendly and accomodating, the food reasonably affordable. The coffee still not fabulous. Tried the Jacket potato again, salad much better than last time and enjoyed thoroughly.

Let me start with the positives.Friendly staff. Good vegetarian selection. Reasonably priced. However ask what you are getting. I asked for the veggie sausages once and got these ones that tasted like curry. Now I love curry but not for breakfast. They normally have a well known brand and they had run out. I haven't ordered the bloomer toast in a year but it has gone down hill it use to be thick fluffy white bread. It's basically a piece of white bread now very thinly sliced.If you want a cooked tomato you get half a tomato! You pay £1.50 (or it is one of your items) in the breakfast menu. ONE no you get a half.

This is local so meet friends there for a natter and food. Very good value and choice and the staff are so friendly and helpful. Nice restaurant area inside and out

Worth a visit to walk (even with children) around the actual garden centre but definitely on the pricey side given one can get everything they offer online for much less. The cafe is disappointing on most occassions. The staff are not very customer focused and this is obvious! The food is pricey for what you get and given that you're in Zone 5 in London!

Very nice coffee. Cake nice but slices small and pricey. Would of given 4 stars but there are NEVER enough staff. One person serving and making the coffees when the queue has 8 people in it. Saw people leave the queue and go elsewhere. Garden centre has some lovely bits in and staff always helpful.

Probably one of the best restaurants in a garden centre that I have ever come across. Be sure to check out the specials board, I had an excellent dressed crab salad. The actual plant section is a bit limited and there is the usual shop area selling trinkets and tat but still well worth a visit in my opinion. Very large area for pet supplies and fish in particular.

Good produce used, wonderful breakfast. It finishes serving breakfast at 11:30 am, lunch and afternoon tea served after that.

We had hoped to spend some garden vouchers we received as a gift, unfortunately we could not find any thing suitable. We were looking to add to our small garden pond but there was nothing that we liked; looking at the plants, a lot of them were dry & in need of a drink & certainly not worth the prices they were charging. This was quite a disappointing visit.

This garden centre cafe serves a good range of snacks and cakes. We had the smoked salmon salad, fish and chips, and fish finger sandwich. The service was friendly and dishes came quite quickly. Pleasant place for lunch but a bit noisy due to hard surfaces.

Wife and I decided to visit a Garden Centre for little Bank Holiday outing. Ate lite lunch that was good. Bought some plants that had survived the recent frost. Some of them were frost bitten but the ones I bought were good. Staff very friendly and helpful, very talkative seemed happy.

Visited this fine establishment primarily to buy plants and a pond pump. Decided to grab a spot of lunch ( ham Egg & Chips) which was delightful with Cake to follow.

we have been going to Squires for a long time. All the staff are very professional and go out of there way to assist.

Excellent choice of plants and interesting selection of non-plant items. The staff are friendly and I have tended to buy non-plant items rather than plants.

We mainly shop in the aquarium but there is a whole host of things to buy here. Great for "different" gifts. The tea room is definitely worth a visit!

We have visited many times over the last 10 years and always have a good lunch. Service isn't always fast, because the restaurant is nearly always busy

Packed out by 12oc on Sat Good food not fancy Very clean tables, good staff Disabled toilet needs some minor adjustments.

Who would associate garden centres with cafes?? This has the best garden centre cafes we have been to and is our favourite regular. The buy one get one free coffee before 10 makes it that much more special! They serve a great coffee and breakfast and varied lunch dishes that caters for all. The gift shop has unique stuff and of course the garden centre itself is well stocked as is their pet centre. We will go there again and again while we live locally!

Brunch ottimo di qualità gusto e prezzo. Possibilita di scelta ampia per creare il tuo poatto. Ambiente tranquillo. Personale gentile. Lo consiglio.

What young child doesn’t like looking at tropical fish and birds?!! Been here many times. Mostly a browsing place as rather pricey. Nice little cafe. Good for tea and cake! Three yo loves the fountains and water feature display too! Just avoid the breakables section!

Visiting one of the Squires Garden Centres in Long Ditton was quite an experience. As a garden Centre it provides everything for the garden enthusiast. The tearoom is also great. Big selection of food just right for snacks. Very good coffee as well. Well worth a visit.

Visited Monday 9th July decided to have lunch first excellent vegie curry pasty chips and side salad very tasty and a milk shake. We then went to choose plants geraniums, bizzy lizzies and a bean tree with great yellow large leaves very happy with our purchases.

After visiting another garden centre and being disappointed in selection of geraniums not only found better selection but a dark red one and plants were very healthy also. Got very healthy surfina pertunias also. While there had coffee and cake.

I visited the garden center in Long Ditton today on entering the shop I notice the dog bol had derty water with some debry floting on the water as We have a dog (WE DID NOT HAVE HER WITH US) i politely requested 2 staff memberse who wer talking to replace it with clean water.we left the shop after spending some money I checked to se if they have change the water .unfortunatelly it was NOT DONE.PLEASE IF YOU ARE PROMOTING YOUE SHOP GADEN CENTER TO BE DOG FRENDLY.LEAVE SOME CLEAN WATER.

A pleasant tea break whilst shopping for plants and garden materials.Set inside a large nursery in Old Redding Stanmore.A range of scones and sandwiches and a selection of teas.

Me and my wife took our two year old grand daughter there. She enjoyed watching great variety of fish, some animals a birds. Walked around showing her plants and flowers and ended up in the restaurant. I ordered Lamb Shank with mash and veg. The best Lamb I ever had it. My wife ordered chicken Tikka and enjoyed it. Little one had a few chips etc. If enjoy Garden Centres you will love this place. Quite easy to spend half a day. Prices are similar to restaurants. Good service with a smile.

This is much more than a Garden Centre, you could easily spend and afternoon wandering around the well stocked plants or just looking at the well stocked fish tanks.

We attended the circus today and had a fantastic time. The acts were superb the staff outstanding after groupon made a mess up. Ryan general manager sorted it out we had front row seats to a great show. My family loved it ages fron 3 to 62

The restaurant here could be rather good but... the food is overpriced for what it is (especially some dishes like the tartlet which is nearly £8 and tiny, and comes only with a small bit of salad on the side). They got my order wrong and gave me a different flatbread then I'd asked for, which they apologised for and rectified quite quickly but meant I didn't get my food until my friends had almost finished theres. And that was after already waiting a fair bit of time for it - this is not the place if you want a quick lunch unless you order cake and coffee. However the flatbread once I got it was nice (a bit too much mayo which I would ask for on the side as it was covered) and cakes were generous slices and tasty.

Love this place. So good for meeting friends and having a catch up. Food is always good here and reasonable. Service could do with speeding up though.

I have only visited the cafe in the quieter times, such as first thing in the morning for breakfast. I have always found it to be very nice, especially the breakfast roll, and the toasted tea cakes. The coffee is piping hot and the loo facilities spotless. A very nice garden centre for a mooch around, with plenty of parking.

I gave the cafe at Squires a good review a little while ago. Based upon my visit this week I must backtrack a bit. I arranged to meet someone for lunch at 12:30, so was unsurprised to find the cafe very busy. The queue was long and most of the tables were taken. We decided to take a table outside in a summerhouse on the deck. The roof was missing a large triangular section, the chairs were crammed to one side and there was more than a little rubbish on the floor. While we looked at the menu another table right behind me was taken by smokers. We retreated back inside and luckily found a table there.

Queue up in a slow moving line to order, then sit and wait for the adequate food to arrive. When it comes it does the job as by now you are hungrier. Not worth a detour though, but if you are in the Garden Centre and hungry its OK. The lettuce in my salad was brown at the edges which sums up the food. Nothing was particularly good or particularly bad.

Whilst visiting Family, we decided to go to Squires for some plants.

I'm so happy I discovered this garden centre online. It has a great range of cacti and orchids which are my two main loves, as well as succulents and other lovely indoor and outdoor plants. Good value, prices are reasonable and comparable to places like Amazon where you can buy the same items.

Visited this wonderful Garden Center. This is a very large Center which also sells pets, including fish, rabbits and birds. The choices are unlimited and the prices reasonable. There is also a nice cafe at the center. As it was a warm day the place was very busy. Great experience.

We dropped in for lunch on route to Elstree from Moor Park - a key stage of the London Loop. Very busy and understaffed. Long wait at the till. Food average and not very tasty - chips very tired and hard when they got to us. This place seemed overwhelmed and undermanaged.

Only suitable for quick snacks. Menu not very appetising no sunday Lunch and expensive for the type of food we had. Also very heavily reliant on deep fryer. I had Salmon fishcakes 8.99 greasy and served with greasy sweet potato chips

It's a shame because this is such A nice centre and the food looks good. I can only vouch for how it looks because my chips never arrived. I waited half an hour for my kids' meals as well. It's understandably busy in half term but the cafe turns into chaos. No where to sit. No one to clear our dirty tables. Orders being forgotten. If you're hoping to come for some food- be prepared to wait amidst havoc.

Lovely garden centre and a very nice tea shop. Ranges from just a scone and cream to baguettes and paninies.

Love this Garden Centre, not only can you fill your garden but the gift shop is amazing. Spent quite a lot of money at Christmas, so much choice it is difficult to decide what to buy. Also the café is very good value, extensive choice of food.

my local garden center my first point of call for help in garden design - layout, or what to buy for where . then next is the cafe for great food service

Staff at the restaurant are slow, unhelpful and don't really seem to be fussed. Brought my grandmother here for lunch. The jacket potato was under cooled and just a small spoonful of topping. Mine didn't seem fresh at all. Cutlery, tables and floor dirty. Highly unlikely to return unless things change unfortunately

This is a bit of a strange review, I'm writing about a lunch in a garden centre but I felt compelled to write about the salad I had.

Very good selection of plants, garden furniture and statuary. Giftshop a bit expensive, but good quality gifts.

Well stocked garden centre, everything you would expect. Restaurant wise, deli style with good hot lunch offerings along the lines of hot pasta bakes and generous salads. Desserts and scones for tea generally dissapoint. Plus side - baby friendly, high chairs and some excellent walk by's to keep older baby amused - fish tanks, rabbits, Christmas glitz in season. Worth a visit.

Really lovely family lunch today. We had to wait a little while but it was well worth it! The seabass so was juicy and tasty and the vegetables and new potatoes cooked beautifully. Portions big. For under £10 was a fantastic meal. Served hot as well. The garden centre well worth a visit and all very temting. Lots of opportunity to buy cards, books and many pressies. The pet shop excellent and the pet christmas items just in and great.

Great pet shop, experts on tropical fish. Staff are very helpful and knowledgeable. There is a nice cafe on site that does breakfast, lunch and tea. Garden centre is well stocked with the usual items you would expect, slightly more expensive generally.

the food has improved 100% as has the service.Good value for money and excellent choice of dshes and good value specials

I live nearby, and have been coming here for many years, and through its many incarnations. I first remember it as The Kiln, and then Gardens etc, followed by Shoots and latterly as Squire's. It’s a great place to pop into whether you want to buy something for the garden, a last minute gift or have lunch.

They do a good breakfast been coming her for a couple of years always nice and clean The staff are always helpful

I've been stopping in to the cafe at this garden centre for 20 years, since it was a shed serving instant coffee in styrofoam cups and tasteless toasties. It's been through a few changes in management and with each one, its cafe has been redecorated and the menu revamped. It now looks as good as it ever has and the menu is more contemporary and interesting. More importantly, the food tastes better and is better presented.

I visited recently with my 2 young children. We firstly enjoyed looking at all the fish they have then moved onto the birds & Guinea pigs. All very clean and they seem to be well looked after, we then had a mooch around the gift area which had a great selection of books, candles, nice gifts plus of course lots of gardening ideas. Then we moved onto the cafe. Clean and quiet when we were there. I could of ordered a variety of good but settled on a coffee and scone, I bought the children a bag of crisps. Good selection of both hot and cold food.

This garden centre is well laid out and well worth a visit. Reasonably priced. The restaurants in garden centres are usually poor but this one is surprisingly good with a good variety and well cooked range of dishes.

Squires cafe is great. Sadly slightly over priced but they have an extensive menu and I can rate the breakfast at 5*

A lovely Garden Centre in Common Road, Stanmore formerly called Squires.

Appears not that big at first, but well laid out and quite comprehensive. Prices appear reasonable, inside/outside cafe is ace. Very sheltered spot, no wind.

OMG eat before you go to this cafe. By the time you get served on a weekend or any day around lunchtime you are starving. There are NEVER enough staff!!! The cakes are about the worst in the area often dry and most taste very synthetic. The coffee however is very good. Food is pretty good particularly the chips and kids menu is good value a decent. This place could be a gold mine. Find a talented local baker to supply cakes and double your staff!!!

This shouldn't mean the most expensive in Stanmore!! Omelet £7.95 Onion, Tomato and Salad. Thick Cut Toast £1.75. Scone Jam & Clotted Cream £3.05