Taverham Nursery in Broadland - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

This restaurant is keeping the garden centre going but not for long unless they improve the food quality,we ordered a bacon roll and a sausage in a roll , the sausage arrived in a sandwich for some reason and we sent it back,both meals were cold,it would seem that the fillings were not cooked to order and were just spare food left to one side waiting to be sold ,otherwise it would have been hot.give your kitchen staff more food quality training.

Lunch was a choice of main meal with a ‘free’ desert. Neither of the deserts were GF so I asked if I could have one of the deserts which were GF. After asking the manager, the lady told me ‘ you can but you will have to pay for it. I said I was happy with a flapjack but was again told no…so I asked if I could have a reduction if I didn’t have the ‘free desert’ I wasn’t able to eat. Again I was told no. The main meals were cold… and sparse… the waitress carried them out with a cloth telling us to be beware the ‘very hot’ plates… which were stone cold. What a shame that the manager wasn’t more flexible… customer friendly… or a better manager. We will NOT be returning and have advised others to avoid at all costs

I was reluctant to have lunch here but took a chance on the Sunday carvery. it was actually better than I had expected having being previously disappointed by the food here. The roast turkey, roast potatoes and vegetables were ok, it's just the dated decor and uninspiring location that let it down.

TGC siempre ha sido bueno, aunque un poco caro. No puedo notar que la cantidad de tiendas minoristas, tiendas y franquicias está aumentando. Lo suficientemente justo si los propietarios pueden aumentar los ingresos, ¡es una pena que no mantengan los precios razonables de las plantas como consecuencia!

Fui de compras de Navidad y decidí tomar un café y un desayuno, la maravillosa señora que estaba sirviendo fue muy educada y amable, una señora mayor que me recordó al tipo de la Sra. Claus fue simplemente encantadora, me hizo sentir bienvenida y quería incluso cuando estaba por mi cuenta y el café estaba muy lleno y maníaco, servicio INCREÍBLE

Homemade sausage rolls,pasties and vegetarian.Homemade sponges and such like. Food doesn't need to be symmetrical to look appealing,the same mass production gateux in hundreds of cafes.Having pies and treats made individually,and knowing that they are homemade there's nothing like.Parsnip soup was excellent,as was the pasty and lasagne.Only criticism was tables not cleared. Been several times,and today was good food,

Taverham nursery has all you need for the garden,from plants to slabs to gardening equipment.There is plenty of parking space and a cafe,but also there is a variety of shops including a kitchen shop and craft shops and a pet store.

I took my friend there today and we both had lovely lunches..excellently cooked and piping-hot...she loved it and will go back for more.Maybe we were lucky but all the food looked tasty...no complaints at all and polite staff...well done.

We have popped into Marigolds for many years, but unfortunately if has really not changed. The servers can be quite surly at times, and the choice of food is adequate quality but very old fashioned. When you see what competitors like Bawdeswell and Notcutts have done it really does make Taverham look very 20th century. We don't bother going there any more. Time for an update.

We were meeting friends for lunch, but turned out to be not very pleasant. The meals were very haphazard in being delivered, in fact had to be asked whether 2 of the meals had been forgotten about. My meal which was Chili, the rice was not fluffy as should have been but congealed into rice balls, not very appertizing. Sitting opposite the 'fire-doors', people were exiting to sit outside, but could not shut the doors behind them, so continually getting up to close these doors, as quite a draught was created. Not appropriate doors for regular use. A member of staff quoted 'they did not know whether they were coming or going', Will not be returning for food.

Tried to return a considerable number of their own branded flowerpots. Was told by an assistant that they don’t accept them as they have to be sterilised. I was very disappointed to hear this and will be looking at what other local garden centres do in this area.

One of the nicest nurseries around. Good value products/plants which are always healthy and established. We would not shop anywhere else.

Taverham Nursery is a lovely friendly place and the prices are reasonable. We have spent many Sundays wandering around.

The food in this sad dated cafe is seriously disappointing the bacon in the roll tasted boiled rather than fried and gave my son a terrible upset stomach they even charge you extra for a sachet of sauce , I had a slice of cake than tasted like it had been iced with very cheap marg and the staff are not the friendliest or most helpful been twice now hoping the first time was a one off I will not bother again it’s Not a patch on notcutts

Well what can I say ? My wife and I enjoyed the garden centre but as for the food , that was a different matter . I had a bacon sandwich that basically resembled two napkins and a shoe sole . Perhaps with slightly less taste . My wife's chicken and bacon sandwich was also completely tasteless , the bread was dry and the margarine was way too overpowering . On the plus side the tea was ok . I think we'll take our own pack up next time and save the money . Shame really that the restaurant doesn't live up to the quality of the rest of the centre . Come on guys you've had enough poor reviews isn't it about time you did something about it ?

This is a very nice garden centre but unable to say the same for the tea room. Plenty of space but lots of tables needed clearing. Food really basic and overpriced.

This is a very dated tea room, a bit like a 1980’s school canteen. I like the fact they have plenty of table and chairs and there’s lots of room to sit and feel like you can take your time to have a coffee and a natter. Sadly the counter area is very dated and I never feel there is much on offer in the cake range.....I don’t want to be mean as the staff are always nice but it’s just rather dated and feels like it needs a good over-hall.

Gran variedad de comidas disponibles, así como sándwiches y bocados ligeros.

La primera visita y no estábamos seguros de dónde ir en el mostrador, parece que parte es para comida caliente de autoservicio y otras áreas para pedir y recoger aperitivos, pastel de ensalada, etc. Las patatas de chaqueta estaban bien por lo que pagamos, una buena selección de empastes. Ensalada de acompañamiento estaba caliente!

The food was grotty, expensive and small. The kitchen and servery looked like it was installed in the 80's Give this place a swerve

Mi esposo y yo decidimos ir al café mientras visitábamos el centro de jardinería porque olíamos a cocinar en nuestro camino. La sopa que tuve fue muy agradable y el personal era amable, pero mientras estábamos allí notamos que un miembro del personal limpiaba una mesa. Barrió la tela ligeramente sobre una pequeña parte de la mesa y arrojó la comida al suelo (es por eso que el suelo parecía como si los niños hubieran estado arrojando comida por todos lados). También vimos a un miembro del personal llevar una orden de comida a una mesa pero no limpió los platos de los clientes anteriores, etc. cuando se fue con las manos vacías. Esto podría ser un café encantador, pero personalmente prefiero ir al encantador café / restaurante en Notcutts Garden Center.

Nunca antes había tomado dos bocados de comida y bebida, me puse de pie y me fui a otro lugar. Este es definitivamente el primero.

Great place to visit and its expanding all the time, great for kids and adults as it has a restaurant, clothing and activities and caravans to view. Plus furniture and clothing.

We came acrosd the Magnolia Restarant by chance and decided on a quick bite to eat.

There is something here for everyone, from craft, shoes, clothes, lighting and kitchen aids. There are two cafes and a farm shop too.

So me my husband and mother in law decided to visit Taverham Nursery because we hadn’t been their in a while. When we got their we went straight for a coffee and a cake. The staff in the cafe were lovely - very helpful and all friendly. The coffee and cake was abit pricy though. After our little stop we ventured around the garden centre. Our main point of visiting was to get more fish but we thought we would have a look around while we were their. As we wondered around we noticed that everything was so so so overpriced for what you got.

Visited for coffee. Ordered 2 mugs of filter coffee. Price list on display from ceiling shows £2.00 each. Queried when charged £4.50 Assistant snapped back that price display is per cup whereas I asked for mugs. I advised her that the price list needs to show thus but she again muttered cups!! Have visited before and quality of food can be described as mixed at best, hence why coffee only. Tea room at the back of the garden centre for me in future!

Went for lunch and we had sausage, beans and chips with a cup of tea, and beef, cauliflower, broccoli and chips and a cup of coffee.

Called in today for a pot of tea staff very helpful. Had the special other tea or coffee and cake three pound

Usually my first port-of-call for combined shopping and a coffee-stop. We particularly like the tea-room in the courtyard. Prefer it...

Brilliant thanks meal and cheese and ham quiche salad if beetroot, tomatoes, lettuce, coleslaw, cucumber and then we can went to the garden centre to get a some of plants

i ate here last week, i ordered scrambled eggs on toast, but it was dry, i had eaten here once before, a jacket potato but that was very dry too, i can only assume the food is left to dry out, but seems to be popular with the older generation.

Arrived at 12.30 and wanted two lasagne's. Went to order and was told no lasagne left. Then asked for a ham roll and was told there was no bread rolls. However, portions sizes of the fish and jacket potatoes were really good.

Nice clean cafe, you can select your food from the hot or cold cabinets, a good variety in the menus too for hot food.it is as you would expect for a cafe.The staff were very nice and friendly and everything was clean, great to be able to have a walk around the shops as there are plenty to look at a good variety from shoes to cook, crafts and charity. Well worth a visit I shall return.

Had a pasty and chips here for lunch and it was OK. Pasty was full of good tasting meat and veg but the chips were over cooked and dry. Cafe was spacious and plenty of seating. Staff were happy and it was busy too. Seemed nice and clean and I would come here again if I got the munchies. . . .

As a visiter to the area I was quite impressed with this garden centre. Various plants to see for all gardens. Towards the back of garden centre there are very good quality shops a beautiful dress shop with good quality ladies clothes, handbags & accessories.Padders shoe shop & a good coffee / lunch shop. All well worth a visit.

my wife and I are regular visitors to Taverham Nursery including lunches at Magnolias.We have never had cause to complain anout the quality of service nor quality of the food that we have purchased.It is a very clean cafeteria with extremely friendly and helpful staff and always a pleasure to attend..i

I haven't been here for a number of years, but at one time would visit quite regularly. However, I'm sorry to say, I won't be rushing back. The main area was very sparse, admittedly it may be in a transitional stage after Christmas, but there were big trolleys just abanded in the middle of the floor, lots of display units were practically empty and the whole place just had a really unkempt feel to it. We decided to go for a coffee. Bad move. There was no guidance as to where to queue, nobody knew where to go, for food or just drinks.... There were lots of staff just hovering in what looked like the kitchen doorway, but nobody serving, and the place was very cold. What a shame.

I went to price various things for my garden and this is a well stocked,although overpriced,garden centre as most seem to be nowadays. I was going to go for lunch with my mum and daughter but on looking at the fare on offer it was the same old same old ,reheated leftovers ,badly presented . One look at the soup was enough to put my mother off,she is an ex cook, This place needs dragging into the present day ,there are so many good budget eateries available nearby I am surprised anyone goes here anymore and pays the prices asked for this appalling food. A complete overhaul of menu, presentation and the way the food comes out would be a good start ,maybe begin with a new kitchen manager .

A large interesting garden centre, with multiple outlets surrounding the location. Worth stopping to look around.

This is one of the largest garden centre in the area with so much more on site including farm shop.It seems to have everything and more you expect from a garden centre with a very nice restaurant. As seems to be the normal in garden centres prices do appear to be quite high.

Had lunch here today. Ordered a prawn bap roll for both my wife and myself. They arrived at our table very quickly. Well the bap was tasteless. The prawns had no flavou at all and were covered in a watery whitish mayo type substance. This to was totally tasteless. They both came with a salad which did did help but all in all terrible and not cheap. We also had a hot sausage roll and cornish pasty. They were piping hot and really nice and tasty. So not all was lost. My black coffee was really good and very meppow and smooth. Certainly would have coffee there again.

I will say that the venue is clean and staff ok. However food is very poor and overpriced, not a great selection . It's ok for a coffee after looking round the garden centre but that's about all.

We travelled from Ipswich to visit the garden centre. On arriving we decided to eat first. Lots of space to manoeuvre my mum in her wheelchair & clean spare tables in the restaurant. My husband really enjoyed his cottage pie, my mum had the fish & chips. My lasagne & salad was ok but only just warm & pretty bland. Could have done with some garlic bread/chunk of bread to make it more filling. We enjoyed looking around the nursery & the outlets. We had a nice cuppa at the little coffee shop in the square of outlets. I bought a pretty bag at the lovely friendly boutique near the framing shop. Such nice ladies! However, I was most upset at the welcome.....or lack of!!!!....in the boutique next to the sweet shop!! I took my 92 year old mum into the shop in her wheelchair. We were the only people in there. There was a lady ( the owner I guess) sat at a table. No greeting! As I wheeled my mum through the centre of two metal clothes rails, the brake on the wheelchair just caught one of the rail bottoms & slightly moved it. The glare I received from this lady was awful! I apologised but I continued to endure her unkind, steely, cold, silent stare! I was quite shocked to be honest having never received this kind of reaction. The notice on the window says "you're welcome to come in & browse"! There was no welcome at all!! As anyone in charge of a wheelchair will tell you, they are not easy to manoeuvre in tight spaces! On hindsight I wish I had said something! Needless to say, we made our exit without purchasing! However! Whinges set aside!!! We will be back to the nursery, maybe at Christmas time.

We (a friend and I) drove over Thirty miles to visit ..and the restaurant looked inviting. Nicely decorated ,spaces in between tables ample ..But the food is horrendous.. I should think by its appearance the person cooking has not have any idea on presentation. Or how to cook. The cheese and potato bake !looked as if made up in a hurry or dropped on floor and scooped up in fact an unappetising mess! The baked, or roasted lumps of reheated potatoes were dried hard rubbery lumps, the green veg and mashed swede was OK ..This is one of the worst meals ever ...we have been presented with ,even the elderflower bottled drink was bland..It needs a good manager...a good cook and some one in charge who knows about catering, you cannot dish up left overseas and the day before s food. The food also was only Luke warm kept under hot lights which basically do not keep food at a correct temperature... Also dead fly's on window will

when I arrived at the restaurant there was three people behind the servery even thou there was no one in the Que I had to wait about five minutes to be served. When you made conversation with the staff it was almost an effort for them to speak.I ordered a bacon sandwich a cup of tea and a can of coke came to just over £7.00, the tea was £1.75 and the coke was a whopping £2.00 the sandwich was not very nice but after paying that price I force myself to eat it.This used to be a lovely restaurant in the garden centre where the staff were friendly and approachable now it seems broken and needs fixing.The only positive that can come out of this it was the restaurant was clean

We have tolerated Taverham garden centre as we are local but have now had enough. The quality of the food is not good. Stale cakes, poor service both in the cafe and nursery and somewhat overpriced. Last weekend there were no clean tables and nobody seemed interested in helping or clearing up. We will now drive 5 miles to Bawdeswell, where at least staff take an interest in their customers.

As the title suggests this is about the restaurant only......I have been there 3 times now, once about 2 years ago again 6 mths later and then recently. You may wonder why if I was so disgusted with the food did I entertain it again, its because I suffer from a condition where I have to eat at certain times and thought it may have changed due to timeframes. NO, absolutely not it was still terrible, the fish and chips were awful, peas like rubber and low quality ingredient taste. Cheese tart was as hard as a rock and chips which tasted like they'd been kept hot too long. Sausage roll so greasy and tea and coffee nasty too. I dont actually know how they manage to make everything taste so bad...

Met a friend for coffee. Staff ok, food nothing special. My suede handbag saturated from the carpet. Went to customer service who said they'd had flooding in there the previous night and then called a another woman who was in charge of the cafe. showed her my handbag and she barked back at me and my friend "WELL, THERE'S SIGNS UP!" We didn't see any signs. "WELL THERE ARE!" Very rude. What can I do about my handbag? "I don't know what you want me to do about it? You'll have to email me and I'll pass it on to Karen the owner." To

Nothing special, coffee just about OK but wouldn't have a meal there. Visit often as it is a garden centre so I often go to get plants so would have a coffee while there.

Had a drive out to taverham with the hubs today, Last day off together for a while as summer season kicks in. Browsed around the garden centre and on the way out thought we'd stop for tea and cake - looked at the cakes before ordering, glad we did. ....dull, lifeless and looked like they'd been there longer than a few days ! The icing had run off and the scones - tiny and looked rock hard! Turned round and walked out. Sad really as we love a good coffee and cake date! !!

Food was ok.Mash could have been hotter.Mum wanted a ploughmans which we waited for far too long.We had finished our meal before she got it.They should have been all prepared on a busy day like that.Gave us a complementary drink but by that time Mum did not enjoy her meal as she had to eat it on her own.Disappointing.Need to be better organized in future as there was plenty of staff.

We went for the roast beef in Magnolia restaurant and the meat was lovely and cooked well but the potatoes were not cooked and very hard. Looking at plates left around all the potatoes had been left on the plate. Surely the cook can can cook a potato. £8.95 Too expensive for what you get sadly.

Its fanatic value and a great atmosphere. It has a large eating area so it's easy to get a space. A lovely place to lunch. The food was perfect.

It's been a while since we last visited. We live too close to really consider it as a cafe. My recollection of the last visit was that the scones were pretty below par. Time to give it another try. This time they were much better. Far from the best in the area, but acceptable all the same. A pity that the cheese flavour didn't penetrate throughout the scone. Magnolia's is always busy so they are obviously doing things right. The staff are always friendly and prices are about average for this type of establishment.

You MUST keep your receipt if you buy anything at the garden centre to which this cafe is attached. Even if you buy something faulty, with the garden centre label attached, you will not get a refund. Spoils the taste of the coffee!

We went here for lunch, it's ok, nothing special. It does feel like a canteen atmosphere and the food isn't particularly good. I'd recommend walking around the back of the garden centre to the craft and gift shop area where there is a lovely little cafe. I had a delicious cake and pot of tea here. I noticed a much better menu for a light lunch and shall be eating here in future.

This is the cafe within the Taverham Garden Centre. We are frequent visitors to (and spenders at!) this excellent garden centre with its large stock aznd knowledgeable staff. But it's a while since we last visited Magnolia's - because we live so close. Well, why not give it a try for morning coffee. The coffee was good served in decent-sized (ie not too big) mugs. The cheese scones had a nice flavour but the crust was hard (I thought it might explode as I forced my knife through it) and the interior a little doughy (perhaps the oven hadn't been hot enough?). 5/10 on the Jarrold Scone Scale (regular readers of my reviews know what this means). Quiet on this Tuesday morning, I know from observation how popular Magnolia's is. So it is clearly doing something right - or is it the captive market of the coach parties that visit? Staff are friendly but the price of a coffee and scone is high for the area, especially with the quality of the scone. There is an impressive notice that all meat (hopefully including the sausages they serve for breakfast) comes from local butcher Fiddy. A shame that a locally-owned business (local independent enterprises are something I always strive to support) can't strive to do a little better.

Nice arrangement to the cafe , clean , most staff were welcoming ... Food was ok however for the price would of expected a bit better quality , however garden centre is very worth a visit :) overall not bad !!

Had one of the very worst English breakfasts at this place. Tasteless and the bacon was horrible. So tough it caused my toothache to return (yes, really!) Will not be repeating.Notice they also charge for sauce sachets! Only saving grace was the filter coffee!!

Reasonable selection of food and items. Like others have said it's a little bit like a canteen. Handy to go into if the weather is bad and you can't go to the tea rooms which are round the back of the garden center.Worked out at over £8.00 for 2 Coffees and 2 Cakes.

At first sight the menu looked ok BUT!!!Two of our party settled for the beef stew with veg and my wife the cottage pie. Spot the difference!!!None, except the pie had mash on top and the stew didn't! Both were tasteless. The only good thing was...it didn't break the bank! You do get what you pay for! It wasn't busy which is hardly surpising!

We are just coming to the end of a refit of the happy home and needed some new conservatory furniture. Having purchased garden furniture from here in the past we decided to take a look. We had exactly what we wanted within 20 minutes and were treated very well by all the staff. Had a look at some oak furniture for te lounge as we were leaving, discussed it later that day and rang the next morning to enquire. Again treated very well and arranged to make the trip again later that day. As it was around lunchtime thought we would treat ourselves to a Sunday meal out, it was as good as the rest of the service we had received. It's about an hour's drive for us most of the time as we have to cross Norwich but we will be going back regularly from here on, making sure our visit coincides with lunchtime.

Lovely plants and gifts, shame the tills are so few and seldom manned. 15 people per till waiting to pay, midweek is not good

Cant fault the garden centre. Staff help with every question i gave them. .Now for the restaurant. BAD needs a total upgrade!Food is not up to standards.Jacket pot with chilli £5.65 - salad was was off jacket was over cooked. Tinned chilli.Macaroni cheese with 3 vegVeg okPasta overcooked.Ham sandwich simple.... No.Bread was nearly frozenHam was just yuk.To finish a cherry pie with custard......... No comment..... £24.10 total waste of my time and money.Staff bothered? Not really.Wont be returning!

Decided to take my elderly parents here for lunch and some plant shopping.....was very impressed with the selection and variety of plants to buy...they can't be faulted on that....the gift shop area was pretty good too....now as for the restaurant the food we had was fine as it goes...pretty basic but edible...what struck me most tho was the ambience of the place...it was very cafeteria like....not what I personally like....reminded me of a school canteen...it just needed something more not sure what tho...if your not fussed on the environment u eat in and want some lovely plants this is the place to go :-)

well if you can't find what your looking for here you never will! the huge amount and selection of plants is a gardeners dream but what makes this place so special is that you can quite easily spend hours and hours here as there is so much to see, do and look at. It's a garden centre on steroids! so many different shops and sections its fab for finding a different kinda gift and we bought a solid Oak coffee table! it's not cheap as chips but you get what you pay for this is no QD! lovely place to take older persons as all on nice flat levels and can even sit back with something nice to eat and drink.

I always pop to this Nursery when visiting my daughter. The other stores on the grounds of this site are always worth a visit. The garden furniture is very nice, and if you are visiting with children the toys and books are a good price.

Poor scones full of bi carb and under cooked. service cold and unwelcoming. never again worst seven pound I have ever spent. Did not complain as I would not know when to stop. How do they remain in business.

JUST DONT GO.This place is aweful, it took 2 girls 10 mins to make our milk shakes, and this whole time they completely ignored some other people who were getting quite upset.I had a "Ploughmans", which consisted of shreded ice burg lettuce, 2 slices of slightly dry cuecumber and some tasteless tomato. I also had some pickle, a gerkin and 2 pickled onions, which all tasted the same, vinagar overload! No bread was given and our chips were forgoten as well, and when they did arrive they were old and cold.The girls runnkng the FOH, were completely un-trained and un-helpful, i repetedly saw one of them touching her long hair and then serving customers soup and puttin her hands in ghe bowls as she picked them up.I spoke to the manager who seemed to find the whole thing funny.I will NEVER go ther as a customer again, the rest of the place as really great band go a lot of the time and will continue to do so.

My partner and I called in here for a cup of tea and a snack. We didn't want hot food so I cannot comment on that side but the cakes etc looked inviting, I went for the fruit scone while my partner went for the cheese scone, initially they looked a little over cooked. We ordered Earl Grey tea for 2 and were given 2 pots, one with tea and one with boiled water so was impressed with that as you normally only get the pot and if you want to top up the cup you get rather strong tea. Although we were served straight away it wasn't an inviting welcome, like when someone would rather be doing something else.We paid and found a table, to me the scone was dry and claggy in the mouth, so I had to smother it in butter, no I opted for not having jam.Before we continued our journey we needed to visit the 'rest' room, this is where I normally rate any food establishment and here I would have given them less than the 2 stars, the floor was wet and is wasn't because they had just been washed! my partner also commented on the female toilets when she came out.Although it is somewhere out of Norwich on the way home to have a cuppa and relief stop I think I will be finding somewhere else in future.

The Nursery is spread out with different businesses at the back. Very difficult to get to in the rain. The restaurant is very basic, the drink we had was okay but the service was very poor. The Christmas section is very good. We may return in better weather.

The Marigold Restaurant is grey in colour, with grey tables walls and carpet which reflects beautifully the very grey uninspiring food and customer service. Who still serves filter coffee? It was sitting in a jug which tasted old and bitter. There was nothing fresh about anything. Staff we standing about chatting to each other and the mature waitress made us feel at 2.15 we were imposing on her by interrupting her break. Shall not be going back. So if you have walked the Marott Way as we had then go beyond the garden centre building around the back and eat at the cafe in the little precinct,

Ample parking, disabled access, restaurant, indoor plant and aquatic area. Don't like the fact that you have to walk half a mile to the other end of the building to get out!Drive, rather than walking around to the rear where you'll find a multitude of places to shop, again with adequate parking. This place is ideal for coach parties as well.

Lots of different things to see and buy in here, everything seems to be reasonable value. I'd like to see what they produce at Christmas time.It's worth a good explore around the area as there is a fabulous craft and sewing shop and an excellent cook shop too.We also purchased meat from the farm shop which were about to eat!!

Basic cafe, ok for a coffee, don't bother with food. My breakfast was greasy overcooked and had been kept warm for much too long.

We decided to try the restaurant again yesterday after a gap of 2 years, a big mistake. We ordered 'home made' vegetable soup. The soup was abysmal. How can something so simple taste so awful. It must have been a chemistry set of vegetable stock cubes, canned soup, packet soup and some leftover vegetables. The worst soup we've had in years. I can still taste it 18 hours later. This restaurant should be a gold mine, although it probably is at that price, £12.20 for 2 bowls of soup and a pot of tea for 2. The only saving grace was that the service was pleasant. My biggest regret was that I didn't take the soup back, I did the typical British thing and ate it in silence. We won't be back. This is the first time I have reviewed a restaurant, I wish that I had read trip advisor yesterday before my visit, it's heartening to read that other people have had the same problem.

the food,drinks,surroundings and staff are all ok but so expensive for what it is.Have decided not to visit again because of poor value for money. its a shame really because its ok-but not nearly a fiver for a drink and a bun ok.

How can a café in a popular garden centre get it so wrong?It must be run by people that really really hate foodIt is confusing to order, the choice is 1970s fare, the prices aren't cheapIf you order ham, cheese and tomato toastie you will get vile meat in nasty cheese and want to throw up. How can you mess up food that should be so simple and nice?English catering at its worst. AVOID

My meal was OK (roast Beef). It was over cooked for my liking and the veg was a bit weel done but it was eadable and filled a hole nicely. However I did see several other poeple have bad meals and mumble to them selves that they didnt like it. If only more of them would use tripadvisor!!

Ordered a jacket potatoe with bacon and chicken and it looked and tasted horrible. I was expecting rashers of bacon with chicken but what I got was a ugly mess of what looked like tuna mayo. I couldn't see any bacon and the chicken was mashed up into mayo. The spud itself was cold and without any butter was dry. I don't how you can mess up at jacket spud but they did!! Considering it costs nearly £6 and all I got eat was raw dry potatoe is was a shocking expense, one which I will not be repeating. Go to the courtyard round the back instead - there is a lovely teashop with handmade food - just make sure you bring cash as they don't accept cards.

The food was reasonably good quality, however the thing that impressed me most was the friendly service. A good option when visiting the garden centre!