Sturmer Nurseries Garden Centre in Braintree

Nice selection of plants and trees etc but some of the prices in the tea room are scandalous. £9.99 for a piece of quiche! £8.99 for toasted sandwich? To be fair teas and coffees are similar to most coffee shops or Costa etc

No word of a lie, Sturmer does the best carrot cake I've ever tasted. Moist, flavoursome and decent icing that isn't just artificial sugar. It's impressive enough that I'm dedicating this whole review just to a slice of cake! Great service to boot.

We have visited the tearoom many times, and although the prices are quite high, this is more than made up by the quality of the food and the friendliness of the the staff. Unfortunately this was not the experience we had today. Whilst the staff are extremely enthusiastic, they were disorganised and seemed completely out of their depth. We ordered a sausage roll, and received it over half an hour later. It was extremely hard and difficult to cut through with a knife. We did mention the time it had taken, and were simply told "we are busy". We have been many times when it was far busier than our visit. For a minute piece of cake we were charged full price. Not the best day today at all.

Large variety of plants and friendly staff who can help with questions. Large car park and trolleys to put purchases in. The tearoom has a range of food and drinks and the shop has a lovely selection of gifts.

Wide range of plants combined with very friendly and knowledgeable staff .I won't go anywhere else

Nice local nursery and gardening supply shop, very friendly and helpful.

Always come here for the Lovely cafe with great food and drinks

Nice place for a snack, and the first time in a long time that I've had a really hot coffee. Sudbury cycle group.

Lovely staff , friendly and good service , supplied fresh bowl of water for dog , lovely outside eating area for 4 legged friends

Good service, friendly staff, bit on the expensive side

Very nice nursery with lovely tea shop

Great selection of plants, shrubs, and gardening equipment. Cafe is well worth a visit, too.

Staff very helpful. Very good selection of plants, compost, stones and pots.

Lots of variety and helpful and friendly staff

I have been here on 3 occasions, and they have a great deal of selection to choose from. Outdoor plants, indoor plants, and many garden essentials. The staff are willing to help you with all your needs. They also have a very good tearoom and plenty of parking is available.

Love this nursery. Staff always helpful for advice. With the added bonus of a cafe.

Nice garden centre. Plenty of parking, has a cafe serving hot and cold sweet and savoury foods.

Nice independent garden centre.

Probably my wife's favourite place.

Lovely staff , nice outside seating in the garden centre , dogs welcome in outside area , best cheese scones ever . Staff so friendly in garden centre and coffee shop .

Excellent selection in the garden centre and coffee and cakes in the cafe are highly recommended!

I’m dealing with this shop, the guys who are working there amazing people and really helpful also, their stuff cost are appropriate.

Great selection of plants and gardening accessories

Good selection of plants and roses are very reasonably priced

Lovely nursery. All plants look very healthy. Cafe is great with delicious food and friendly staff.

First class garden centre. I have bought many plants from here, never had a problem; they are all still healthy. Good range of products. Not a large site, but I rate it highly. I did not use the cafe, but I have heard good reviews. Well worth a visit.

Nicely laid out just not enough varieties

It’s good place and the cafe is acceptable

It's OK here, not a lot to choose from but that may change when spring arrives, has a nice little coffee shop and staff are very friendly.

Usual brillant service at cafe . Did not go rou d garden centre

Lovely items to buy as well as the plants

Not as good as it was pre-Covid. Cakes aren't as good as they used to be. Over priced for the portion size you get and indeed the quality. I had to return a scone, I nearly broke the knife on it, I wasnt going to risk my teeth! I was offered a refund or free cake, all of which I declined, but it was good to get the offer. Total rip-off cost of 2 slices of toast £3, seriously! They need to do some local research of local competition that charge a fair price for a decent portion and superior quality. The staff are lovely, they get 5*

Lovely staff , nice outside seating in the garden centre , dogs welcome in outside area , best cheese scones ever

A great garden centre, always has what I'm looking for. Not the best time of year to go, but during spring and summer it's packed with plants at reasonable prices

Friendly & knowledgeable staff. Very good tea room/ cafe also.

Lots of choice . Staff very knowledgable

Sturmer nurseries is a nice garden centre, prices are fair but can be a little more expensive but the place has a wide variety of plants, trees, shrubs and flowers. Nice shop and the tea room is lovely with nice food. A++

So I went with my mum brother and man and it was brilliant we first went for a drink and food came super quick then the staff were so helpful to help us choose what plants would be best and helped us carry them live it will be back

Nice place 😃 Very friendly staff

Nice garden centre with great cafe

Been visiting this nursery for years, right back when it was very small with no cafe. As have all my family. Never bought a duff plant from here and worth the price. You can always find a member of staff with a wealth of knowledge that they’re ready to share. The cafe is bright and clean and the girls are lovely but sadly their prices are shocking. A child’s sandwich and a fruit shoot will set you back £7.50

Great place, plenty on offer at a reasonable price. Not been in the cafe as most people have commented. It is a garden nursery after all.

Great place to wonder, have a bite to eat and buy a beautiful plant from the nursery 👍👍

We had a lovely cuppa and homemade tea cake.

Lovely selection. Helpful staff. Nice little cafe too.

Brilliant lovely staff as always ..very helpful.

Had nice array of plant Got a weeping budlea

Great all round experience. Helpful staff easy for wheelchair users lot of parking spaces including disabled spaces.

Food fantastic, good quality ingredients

An excellent experience. Prices are a little higher, but the quality is very good. Recommended.

Nice cafe for mid-ride stop, they were very helpful to my partner who needs gluten-free food

Went to the nursery for plants and whilst there decided to have a spot of lunch as we had read the reviews previously. I had a ham sandwich for £6.99, I think they may need to change the description to bread and butter. I don’t mind paying that sort of price for an exceptional sandwich but to get 2 slices of brown bread (okay) but to fill it will no more than 3 wafer thin pieces of ham (could hardly taste it and definitely supermarket packet) and they have signs up about supporting local butchers and bakers etc this is not acceptable. People talk about garden centres being the place to get lunch but this is not the place.

Excellent nursery, knowledgeable staff, very helpful. Lovely quality plants. Excellent selection of plants.

I visited with my 1yr old and mother in law today. The garden centre is small but pleasant and the cafe was the same - we had some really lovely cake. However, one of the older ladies that worked at the cafe kept making peculiar comments about my baby. She started by telling me well done for strapping my baby into the highchair - which was odd but fine. But then started talking about the time two years ago she once saw a child stand up on the highchair and how they could have died. Later when another staff member brought our drinks she again popped over to tell me to keep the hot tea out of my baby’s reach. Then again, she was startled and gasped when my baby reached in the direction of my cake. This went on, and was very odd behaviour - my mother in law, and myself were very confused at the unwelcome and patronising comments. Because of this, I don’t think I will return. 5 stars to everyone and everything else!

Excellent in everyday great selection of plants cafe is excellent as well staff very helpful they are brilliant very very nice place well worth a visit

Lovely garden nursery. Well set out and all plants, trees, flowers etc have descriptions. There really isn't much that Sturmer Nurseries don't sell for the gardener in us all. The staff are very knowledgeable and are more than happy to stop and give advice if asked. I find the prices reasonable and comparable and there is also a lovely tearoom that sells tea, coffees, cakes, sandwiches..

Stopped for a lovely cup of tea, food smelled lovely but we were on our way to a wedding, no time to eat .

We visited fir our bedding plants and hanging baskets. We spoke to a lovely lady who was behind the till. Very knowledgeable and very helpful as we are novices at plants!! Her name escapes me, but I'm sure she said she worked in insurance before working in the garden centre. They also have a pot shop with a varied choice and the biggest display of plants and flowers ever!! There's also a cafe .... highly recommended 👌

I have been visiting this nursery over about the last 10 years on and off. Both before and after the pandemic. I've found the selection of plants on offer to be reasonably priced but obviously more expensive than supermarkets. Previously bought some nice Red Robin bushes here. The coffee shop is decent as is the food, it's always been a bit expensive. Plenty of parking on hand, staff seem friendly.

Big selection of plants and nice coffee and cake shop. Prices are a bit higher than I am used too but all plants I got from them were high quality.

A great place to find a wide selection of plants at reasonable prices. Staff are very helpful and are clearly experts in gardening. Would highly recommend!

Great nursery and very nice tea room. We had an excellent coffee and bun breakfast at a very reasonable price, a lot cheaper than most other equivalent places. We will definitely go there again.

Excellent cheese scones lovely nursery

The garden centre is great so many plants to choose from especially during the summer I get most of my plantsfrom here staff are really helpful and you can take dogs in. Coffee shop is great but you can only sit outside if you have a dog which is really cold this time of year but you can walk around the shop with dogs which is so close to the coffee shop so why can't you have a couple of tables inside for doggies and owners !!

Always love visiting here. Family run and friendly service and advice. Amazing cafe too.

Just wanting to write how fantastic the lovely staff were at the tea shop in Sturmer Nursery. We arrived 4:25 on Wednesday afternoon 4 children under 2 and two very tired Mums. The lovely staff treated us like queens and though they were shutting just 5 minutes after we arrived. We were indulged in delicious hot scones big cups of tea and even a few little marshmallows on the house to keep the eldest two sweet. Thank you for being so wonderfully accommodating and making our afternoon.

Had lunch with a friend here - Quiche with bacon and cheese and a Vegan sausage roll (lovely creamy filling with pumpkin seeds enclosed in a crispy crumb). Both were served with salad. We sat outside which is a very nice option as you are surrounded by plants - we could smell lavender! Inside was very nicely laid out and there were some delicious looking cakes on offer. Would be very nice to have a tradition tea here. Pathways have easy access for wheelchairs and the elderly.

We visit the garden centre and tearoom fairly often and have been for about 5 years now. The food and cakes are always fantastic. Our children are made so welcome, even when the baby is messy! The staff are friendly and helpful. It can get busy at weekends, but the food is still fresh and served promptly.

Would just like to say I have visited a couple of times this month. Once to have lunch and a catch up with a friend. Good friendly and quick service. Food really tasty especially the creamy coleslaw. On another occasion I purchased some plants and found Des very knowledgeable he even helped me load up the car and noticed I was a plant short of what I thought I had and had paid for, he duly went off and got me another plant. Will be back again.

I have just had lunch in the tea rooms as caught out by the rain today. Food was fabulous and the staff were very friendly and professional. I hope I get caught out in the rain again soon!

Friendly staff and one of the nicest scones I’ve ever had, lots of different plants and crafts to look at too, definitely the best garden centre I’ve been to in the area, will certainly be returning

Decided to have lunch whilst we visited the garden centre. We received our hot drinks but after 25 minutes waiting for our quiche & salad, watching people that came in after us receive their lunch, my partner went to the counter to see where our food was. The girl at the till said ‘it’s just being done’.. NO apology. After another 10 minutes of waiting and watching the staff prepare and handle food with NO gloves on and not using tongs etc.. just bare hands, we decided to ask for our money back.. we did actually get a ‘sorry about that’ as she handed our money back. Won’t go back in a hurry

I went here with friends lovely and quiet went mid morning hot chocolate was fabulous also did a bit of plant shopping

Nice place, hard working staff and food OK but very pricey for relatively basic cafe type fayre. Food was reasonably good but for two of you with a soft drink/hot drink to pay over £20 is a lot for garden centre grub.

Very friendly knowledgeable garden centre staff, good quality trees & shrubs, great service for ordering food in the coffee shop,for it’s size they offer a very varied menu, the indoor shop has some very good ideas for gifts, plus your normal garden centre stock, overall well worth a visit.

We both ordered coffee with warm milk and scones for our break. The coffee was served in mugs with a generous jug of milk. However we found coffee very strong even after adfing more milk and sugar. The goid sized scones were freshly baked. I ordered clotted cream and jam with mine. I felt that the cream although delicious was a very stingy portion and expensive at an extra £1. Pleasant surroundings with lots to look at. Clean loos

Passed this nursery on my travels so this time I thought I’d pop in for a coffee . It’s a nice airy place with friendly staff and lovely food. Prices are reasonable and service is good. The one thing that bothered me is how a cat, which I presume is theirs , is allowed to wonder around the coffee shop, and at one stage into where food is prepared. I love animals but this is a no no for me in a public place. Such a shame really.

This Garden Centre has very knowledgable employees and now has a superb cafe area. We have been using this centre for over 30 years and have always been most satisfied with their expertise.

Sometimes pop into this garden centre for a quick coffee and snack, but have always found it a trifle hostile and unwelcoming. On top of this it is terribly expensive.

This is a relatively new cafe which is fast becoming very popular with local residents and visitors to the garden centre. It is comfortable, light and airy and the staff serve and bring the food quickly.

Nice little nursery and very good little cafe too. It's a little on the pricey side but what garden centres aren't? Well laid out but with limited items.

Gets busy at lunch times, but staff cope well with the numbers and you won't wait too long. Food is of a good quality and the setting being just on the edge of stormer is quite a relaxing one, there is also ample parking.

We expected a limited range of sandwiches, but instead there was an extensive menu including sumptuous roasted vegetarian pasties and delicious homemade mushroom soup. Friendly service and decent price. We will be back ... often.

Very helpful and knowledgeable nursery staff. Good selection of plants and garden related items. Lovely gift items for sale and tea room with very enjoyable food and good service.

We visit every time we go to Haverhill, this visit I had the pasty with relish (amazing pastry and filling), my wife had a jacket with chilli and salad as unable to have dairy or caffeine, the coffee tasted great also, well worth a visit just for the food let alone in my opinion best garden centre around.

My wife and I visit regularly as we are creating a new garden at home and find the plant selection really good, the staff very friendly and the advice first class!

where else can you just drop in on a wet Sunday for afternoon cream tea? All six of us ordered and were pleased to find we were given home made, still warm, scones and thick fresh cream, YUM. The shop is well stocked with interesting garden sundries and ornaments, the rain prevented us from checking out the plants but there seemed to be plenty of choice. We will put this venue on our list for a future visit.

For a Garden Centre Cafe this is a good place for coffee and lunch.Fairly priced food prepared on the premises with a good level of choice. Note that the Garden Centre and Cafe are are closed on Thursdays.

I'd been here before to have cake and coffee with colleagues and enjoyed it so much I brought hubby back.

Great place for all your gardening needs with the added bonus of a tea room with homemade treasures. December is a fab time to visit to pick up your tree and visit the other hidden treasure Santa and his amazing elves well worth a journey to sturmer

So glad to have discovered Sturmer Nurseries Tearoom. What a local treasure! Home-made savouries and cakes; organic and free-range ingredients and locally sourced products. Lunch portions were generous. The quiche was beautifully buttery and flavoursome; great selection of salads; fabulously filled pasties and home-made sausage rolls; and even sandwiches and ciabattas made to look special and served with a nice dressed salad. Good coffee and an Impressive range of cakes too - possibly the best millionaire shortbread; scones and apple and apple and walnut cake we've eaten. A really successful lunch with friends. Highly recommend. We'll definitely be back!

Really friendly and helpful staff. Always happy to advice you on gardening related tips. Got a large selection of plants. Teamroom is simply peaceful with a large selection of food.

I visited this nursery today and had a lovely lunch. A small but very nice place for a trip out and lovely plants too

Always offer a very high quality service & bake the most perfect scones.The best in the region I’d say. Perfect!

Been here for lunch a couple of times and both times I had the savoury cream tea.Pot of tea,cheese scone,cream cheese and onion marmalade .So tasty

Visited by chance with family and is a lovely little cafe. Dogs welcome outside which was good news. Only downside is prices are a little high for what expected and other similar establishments nearby

Over the last few years we have become regulars here. You can pretty much guarantee a decent cuppa and a good range of cake, the moist apple cake is our favourite. We pop in for lunch for afternoon tea and cake and any random reason.

The cafe sells tasty cakes, pastries teas and coffee as well as hot food. It is a pleasant cafe with lovely views of the garden centre beds and gift shop.

We visited last Saturday had Two Jacket Potatoes and Tea followed by some cake

We wanted a quick lunch near Haverhill before exploring historic sites in North Essex, and this was a wonderful choice. The cafe was clean and well laid out with a good selection of food and drinks. We were absolutely thrilled by the homemade four-cheese quiche which had perfect crumbly pastry and a very tasty and rich filling. The food came with a good salad and coleslaw. The service was exceptional. The garden centre had a fine range of plants and we found several things we wanted to buy.