The Chestnuts in South Holland

Don’t feel bad about passing this place by - there’s plenty more to choose from just down the road ! Very disappointing breakfast. Coffee stale and very weak despite being described as Strong and Not for the Faint Hearted. Waitress put another measure in on top of coffee already getting cold ! Bacon was warm and strangely soft and pale. Sausages not meaty. And the best bit ? I thought my egg was superb. Tasty, fresh, golden and perfectly cooked. Definitely not worth it though.

Just tea for two very nice place

Great for a quick bite and an interesting garden centre too.

All food freshly prepared on site. Excellent! Have visited here on 3 occasions and never disappointed.

We regularly pop in for lunch at this tea room as we live down the road. Always found the place to be clean,the staff very helpful and the food excellent.

Terrible manager. So miserable and rude to his staff and customers. The young waitress called Tilly was really friendly at least.

Warm friendly tea room with good service and home cooked wholesome food.

Food standard but Not Dog Friendly

Bought some items. Unpleasant and rude staff. Wouldn't recommend or visit again.

Very good food nice place nice staff

Yum, lovely cream tea, (I had coffee) surprisingly quiet, it's often busy here. If you ask they warm the scones for you.

I would have liked more choice in the shop area, the cafe food for me was just okay, shame they don't do an all day breakfast so I settled for a plain cheese panini which had hardly any cheese in and it wasn't a proper panini, it was not cooked on a panini machine as it wasn't flattened and no grill marks, my husband had the steak pie and he was very happy with his as it had plenty of steak inside, the staff when we walked in at first were a bit abrupt but then came around at the end maybe with a tip in mind, would I stop there again no definatley not

I'd read the reviews about this tea room and thought surly it can't be that bad !! Unfortunately even before I'd got to the door my family were turning around to come out. We are moving to the area soon and thought it'd nice to see what was on offer for refreshments nearby ( we had our small ten week old puppy with us who was fast asleep in one of my son's arms) apparently dogs aren't allowed in this tea room which is fair enough but the man wasn't very friendly in the way he talked to my family. However he did say that there was somewhere down the road that allowed dogs which we were grateful for....needless to say we went to another cafe called the Anglia Hotel it was welcoming and everyone loved our puppy. The owners do alot of fundraising for charities and often have bric a brac sales. It was absolutely spotless (it had a retro feel about it) the food was delicious needless to say we will be visiting the Anglia Hotel again. Thank you for your kindness and wonderful hospitality:-)

Needs up dated inside, to stop it looking like a transport cafe and a better stocked shop.

Lovely food and very friendly service and staff,

Absolutely wonderful, had prawn sandwich and hubby had panini. Lovely and relaxed atmosphere, staff friendly didn't have to wait at all, definitely reccomended, thankyou 😁

My go to place for lunch when I’m working in the area.

Great food and home Cooked cakes reasonable prices

Lovely little place. Garden centre to one side too. Plenty parking

Visited this place, had about £300 to spend here as needed to return with an empty boot to fit the items, while I was here I asked if I could use the customer toilet as i have a medical card for emergencies, showed to a member of staff (he was the owner) and he rudely refused saying "no as your not eating at my restaurant" go elsewhere. In reply to the owner. You know too well that your reply is a lie. I showed you my medical card on my phone. Its a shame you're not as helpful as other staff as you'd have alot more returning customers and a lit less complaints of how rude you are

We didn't feel very welcome as we were questioned if we were going to have lunch before we could use the toilets. We have been here several times before and returned because we enjoyed it. We were going to have lunch but decided on a small snack after being treated with suspicion and will avoid this tearoom in the future.

We stop here on the way back from our holiday most years, food is always nice. Pleasant staff.

Very busy garden centre/cafe/farm shop. Friendly efficient staff, lots of regulars, so will call in future if in the area.

Not helpful, waited in the queue got to 5 past 12, and wouldn't then cook 2 bacon rolls as Breakfast had finished at 12. A little mean I felt as had been queuing for 10 minutes, So won't be stopping there on our way to Woodall spa again.

Nice friendly staff, not much choice but some lovely jams etc to buy and an excellent garden centre with really interesting plants.

Lovely home made steak pie and the strawberry cheesecake was lovely service very good will be going again.

Visited Twice on the way to & from Norfolk The first time we witnessed a senior member of staff being abrupt with a customer sat waiting for her husband before ordering. This had obviously upset her and they decided to leave. The second time we ordered drinks and food and sat outside. When we had finished we went to use the toilets. A closed sign had been put on a chair at the entrance to the café, even though there was 15 minutes till closing. We understand that they would not want to serve new customers but as we were existing customers we asked if we could use the toilets but received a sarcastic refusal from another senior member of staff. The young girls who served us were really nice but the senior staff or management are not customer friendly Will not go again

Great made to order breakfasts. Friendly atmosphere and excellent customer service. Good value for money. Food shop here, too.

After just moving nearby, we decided to pop in. I am not sure we will visit again. We were informed only the breakfast menu until 12. It was 11.15 and being vegetarian there is no option of a decent breakfast. So we both had beans on toast. Only one plate arrived as the lady clearly didnt understand our order. So I had to wait for mine to be cooked.The coffee was luke warm and why do people use cheap plastic bag bread? To be honest nothing special about eating here as it seems to be cheap ingredients. I think we will give this a miss in future. ****** After seeing the response from the owner. I had white bread (due to a dental issue I am worried about seeded bread so always order white) my husband brown. We both had latte. What I review other buisnesses is my business and when I am paying I expect a better standard than bog standard. I am so suprised that seeing this review was not responded to for a couple of weeks that this owner could remember my order and seeing this account is in my maiden name and I always use my married name seems a little suspect in his response.

Quick pit stop for us whilst returning home from a weeks break. Seated in the conservatory, light, bright & airy. Fast service. Breakfast bap pretty much standard to what you'd expect. A slice of coffee & walnut cake was really nice and tasty.

We called in yesterday for lunch. The food was lovely, however when ordering food we were shocked by the lady who took the order how abrupt and rude her manner was. The guy in the garden centre very helpful and prices in there very reasonable. I would call in again and hope the lady at the till has a betterday

Food was lovely great atmosphere for a tea room

Visit once a fortnight,nice sandwiches and comfy room also,would recommend.

Some plants we have never seen before. We bought two really colourful ones. Not expensive at all. Would have bought some frost proof pots but only had small and big of the square ones. We anted medium. Crowned visit with welcome coffee and teacakes.

Lovley little coffee stop. Good coffee & cake. Next to the tiniest garden centre I’ve ever seen!

Good place to stop on the way... Great food and service

Lovely for a break from driving A17.

We had a lovely afternoon lunch me and my wife Linda, definitely pop in again when out that way xx

Nice place for a pit stop brunch

The Tea Rooms was a very nice, cosy place. The staff were lovely and welcoming. Unfortunately, we just missed having breakfast as it stops being on the menu at 12 noon. The menu contains things such as bacon, brie and cranberry panini's (which I had and was very nice), as well as fish and chips, baked potatoes, etc. Plus, there is a specials menu on the wall. (Unfortunately, we weren't told about this until after I had ordered, luckily my wife noticed and ordered from it) The prawn salad was nice however, there was very little salad with the prawns. The Tea rooms also contains a few edible items in a small shop at the side, with some craft items alongside. On the site, there is also a small garden centre. Overall, a nice little place to visit for a bite to eat.

Avoid!! Very rude and aggressive owners! We wanted to stop here for a coffee after a long journey. According to Google the cafe is open until 3.30pm, but it is not. We approached the cafe before 3pm and a very rude lady came out and abruptly told us to leave. Then the man came out and was extremely rude to us. I think he assumed that we wanted to use their toilets which we did not. I don't know how people with such poor customer service and people skills stays in business. I won't be stopping here again and I recommend no one else does either. *Response to owners reply; I did not want to use your toilets and I did not use your car park as a lay by. We wanted to use your cafe, but it was unexpectedly closed. We left after the very rude altercation with a lady and man there. If the lady had said for example "I'm very sorry, we have closed early today." that would have been fine. I suggest that the man and woman at the cafe utilise this approach next time. I also recommend they go on a customer service course. You will receive a lot less one star reviews if you do and you will get more customers.

Good paninis , quick service, outside seating for dogs. Outside area a bit spartan next to carpark.

Very rude and obnoxious man said we should not use the toilet when only buying drinks !!!! Was going to look at the garden but I'd rather spend my money elsewhere . I took my disabled friend, will never go again !!!! RUDE

Usual food and service for roadside cafe. I liked the sausage. All well cooked.

Great place to stop for food had full English breakfast this is our third visit on way back from holidays in Norfolk. Small selection of home baked cakes to take away and small shop selling home grown product's, well worth a visit if passing.

Lovely garden centre, great prices wish we'd visited sooner but will be back! Haven't tried the tea room yet but will do next time!

Will call again next time we come this way Lovley staff and food

Nice tea rooms on the A17. Just had a coffee but the food looked good. Excellent place to break your journey.

Amazing fresh and tasty scone with jam and cream with a lovely tea👏👏👏❤️💚

Food was very good. Service also good and very friendly.

Great place to stop for a coffee and a bite to eat

Cool reception, ordinary fare.

Good food and very clean. Excellent Garden Centre too with plants at very reasonable.prices.

Very disappointed with this place. Stopped here on way back from a lovely holiday, I was very polite and asked to use the toilets after a long journey and was basically told no by a grumpy man as we weren't eating in the tea rooms even though we'd made a purchase in the garden centre. The man was very impolite and put himself in front of the toilet doors. Never seen such childish behaviour from a grown man. By reading other reviews this is not the first time this has happened, this man should not be working in customer service. Seemed to go out his way to be rude and standoffish. My dogs did not poo as you are suggesting in your response and even if they had I would have picked it up and I am a responsible dog owner. This man is clearly a liar too and doesn't like hearing the truth of what a nasty person he is.

Garden centre best avoided. Prices hiked. Sneering / ignorant attitude from the owner.

Lovely food and a very good shop selling wonderful gifts and food. Check out the new supply of beautiful candles that smell amazing 😍

Had a lovely lunch with the parents. Beautiful tea room, staff super lovely and very quick to serve you. Fresh home cooked food. Highly recommend

Lovely tea loaf but coffee could do with being warmer and offer a larger size.

Rubbish food tastes like it has been frozen 5 times and just bad in general

Delightful place, great selection from the shop, from a wide selection of jams and marmalade, drinks, and much more. Stopped off to have breakfast, tasty, and perfectly cooked full English breakfast. The staff were very helpful, cheery, and polite. Thank you for a pleasant experience 🙂

Was closed at 3pm. Really wanted to go but unfortunately they were shut, on a Saturday afternoon.

Food good but didn't have Wifi.

Nice cosy Tea rooms on main road at. Gedney A17.

Simple but well prepared & great tasting food. You can't beat Lincolnshire sausages! 👍

Great service and homecooked food which is of a good quality.

Good place to stop for refreshments and food en route for Norfolk

Enjoyed my time at this place. Staff helpful and friendly

Often stop here on our way to Norfolk. Nice and bright places to sit. Never yet had a bad meal and the service has always been good.

We had a short stop at the tea room on a longish journey. Plenty of parking and there is a garden centre in a separate unit. The farm shop is in the same building as the tea rooms, although in its own little area. When we got in, we was greeted and seated. Some of the items on the menu was a tad more expensive than I was expecting, but at the same time they were not unreasonable. I ordered their large breakfast. When breakfast arrived it was OK, not the best but not terrible either (although the sausage was well over cooked). We sat and enjoyed our tea before paying at the counter and heading off. Tea room itself was nice, my nan liked looking at all the tea pots that were decorating the window ledges. The farm shop had cards and some things you perhaps wouldn't usually buy at a farm shop, but also had some fresh fruit items as well, again it was OK as farm shops go. We didn't pop into the garden centre so can't comment on that! It was, as mentioned above, an OK place for a stop with something to eat, certainly wouldn't put me off stopping again - but perhaps would stick with tea and cake! 😉

Excellent place for a stop over.

Popped in here for a quick coffee /loo break while travelling. Lovely coffee and very pleasant conservatory.

Closed at 15:20, so no experience to report

The lady who served us appeared not to keen on dogs ..or my dog a little off putting for me .as i was a distance away from home and needed tea and cake .not so freindly more off putting such a shame

Great stop off for food and drink.

We have been to Chestnuts 4 times - we live local and like to support local businesses. Unfortunately on this occasion we seemed to inconvenience the lady seating us. there was only one other group already seated and although there was plenty of other seats available we were seated right next to the group. thinking the other tables were reserved we did not ask to be moved. the lady then proceeded to set the table and brought dirty cutlery. when asked to replace the cutlery her response was simply "Oh Yes" and replaced it, no attempt of a "sorry" clearly it was her end of shift as we then saw her leave and were then served by another lady. The food was good (Chestnuts cream tea and a panini with coffee) and price was reasonable. In this day and age with competition being so strong i would have thought service would be key! unfortunately on this occasion we left feeling we were an inconvenience.

Lovely cafe, nice friendly staff, delicious breakfast

Enjoyed the sandwiches and coffee

A good choice of food for lunch - hot or cold and plenty of delicious looking cakes.

Expensive breakfast considering the quality and not that good, sausage was like cardboard (I think had been reheated). It was all a bit tired ....decor and staff. Sorry won't be back.

Went on way home from Norfolk, I saw this was a tea room and garden centre, we pulled in and decided to go to the toilet before looking at the garden centre as we needed some compost and a new dog garden auniment, we had been to the toilet and was just going to the garden centre, as we left the building a lady inside shouted something sarcastic, I let that go and carried on outside. We had just spotted an auniment we wanted as a man came out saying" are you not coming into the tea rooms", as I tried to answer him to inform him we wanted to look at the garden centre, he just butted in saying" don't you think you should have asked permission to use the toilet, I again tried to explain why we had not and wanted to look round the garden centre, but he said We begged belief and shrugged his shoulders, I then decided that it was time to go and not even look at tge garden centre and definitely not purchase the auniment. What value truly rude man and woman and I would recommend people keep driving and definitely not to give them your custom, rydf and horrible 😡😡

A lovely little tea room. There is plenty of parking close to the entrance. Toilets are just inside. We ordered at the counter and sat outside, food was brought to the table. We had two teas, a scone with jam and butter and a toasted teacake. We paid just over £9.00. The waitress was friendly and fetched a bowl of water for our little dog. There is also a garden centre which we didn't have time to look around. A nice place for a pit stop.

Lovely cream teas but service poor & seem to be stuck in the last century

Food was ok although I only had a cream tea 🍵 the wait to pay for my bill was painful, I'll never get that time back I've been to quicker funerals! No phones allowed it's 2022 get a life!

Worst latte ever tasted and dearest coffee what a shame it was a nice tearoom .Meals looked very nice and value for money.

Had a cup of tea and had to ask for some milk and a spoon will not be back

The food is good at reasonable prices. The cafe is tasteful and the staff are friendly, quick and efficient.

Not impressed garden centre not open staff in coffee shop didn't know anything as new to the area very disappointed with the whole set up

Called mid week travelling through to be greeted with a grunt, panini ok but not enough filling for the price. Didn’t feel a welcoming environment. Staff miserable, older man (which I think is the owner) rude. Could be a goldmine of a place. Reading previous reviews it seems lack of customer service and rude management and reading owners responses clarifies that indeed.

Management attitude small minded and inconsiderate, much better friendly establishments in the area, which I will support in the future. Having received a response, it is reassuring that the owner remembers being rude and from other reviews it seems this is a common occurrence.

Called 3.30pm Friday afternoon. Gentleman who served us was rude and sullen. Coffee bitter. No gluten free. Served with no acknowledgement. Won't be back. Would give 0 stars if I could.

Really not impressed today. Sausages not cooked through, was told its because they're Lincolnshire. Egg splattered was told won't be charged. Sent it all back. No apologies, still wanted to charge for all 4 breakfasts because I had a slice of toast. They've just lost 4 regular customers.

Clean. Good menu. We'll cooked food. But staff lacked inter personally skills.

It was okay food wise and you have a decent amount. The sweets were very nice and the price was fine.

Lovely food all fresh. Friendly staff

Stopped here on our way to Lincoln nice people and fine scones and coffee.

Very poor service, very miserable management, most unhelpful and rude. Had intended stopping here regularly on our way north, but will go elsewhere, somewhere with friendly customer service. I have read the managements reply and feel I should have written a more detailed account, I have never reviewed before. We were there late afternoon on a Sunday, with family from Canada (just 4 of us altogether, 1 was in the car park with the dogs) and had suggested this stop for their cheese scones and sausage rolls/pasties, unfortunately none left for us to purchase. We had a 3 yr old with us so wanted her to sit in the shade, whilst she had a drink and fruit scone. We were told to sit outside in the sun. The attitude of management was so unnecessary, late afternoon on a Sunday when they would be closing soon, and only 2 other people sitting outside. He was extremely rude and and he actually came out twice as he didn’t feel we were moving a 3 year old girl quick enough.

Stopped by to have Sunday dinner..tasteless cold and burnt

A lovely place for a cup of tea or coffee. I really liked the teapots around the rooms.

Only stopped for pot of tea and toilets. Very pleasant pit stop. Nice little farm shop and small variety of plants and garden bits. Will certainly revisit and check out food.

Very rude person in charge! The garden centre was ok.