The Chestnuts in South Holland

Lovely food and really friendly staff. Our panninis were fantastic, thank you 👏

Pulled in to buy a drink and use the bathroom, as I prefer to support small businesses rather than stop at services, the guy on the till looked offended that I’d even walked into his shop and questioned if I was coming into the tea room as I went over to use the toilet, weirdly the family in front of me who also used the toilet wasn’t questioned. Won’t be stopping here again. Edit: We didn’t shut the door as there was a chap coming out behind us, so not sure what the owner is on about. Clearly this is a common issue as he’s not sure which customer has left this review, very telling.

2 breakfasts, 2 extra toast, cafetière of coffee for two and an apple juice and got change out of £25…service great, food delicious, would definitely recommend

Lovely spot to grab food Had a tuna melt panini- one of the best I’ve tried. No phone policy inside which is a lovely feature, calm atmosphere and relaxing Staff are friendly There is a little shop inside which sells for a good price for the products you can get.

Good coffee and tea food looks lovely but did not eat

Good Service and Facilities, onside parking. Breakfast served till 12:00am. Limited choice of hot meals for lunch from 12pm. Good food and veg. Plenty of soft drinks available.

The most rude and aggressive man on the door the food and cakes aren't nice and over priced only wanted a can of pop while I was waiting for our main food order and I was refused and abused from the man on the door

Worste service from the man on the door ever there was 8 of us he was rude with us all even the people behind left because how he was speaking and treating us the family behind us left also avoid at all cost the place 500 yards down the road is nicer and cheaper

Told couldn't have a scone with cream with an americano as it only came with tea or filter coffee as a cream tea. Won't return.

Very good service together with a good menu. Highly recommend 👌

I called in on my journey. Cappuccino, toast & marmalade. Made very welcome, quick service and excellent food and drink. Will call again.

Lovely Tea room and Garden centre

Always a favourite place to stop when we are on the A17, excellent coffee !

Disabled toilet not accessible with a wheelchair as can't turn to get in it and toilet too low.

Stopped here on the way home from Norfolk it's on the A17 it was a lovely meal and apple 🍏 pie to die for there's also a small garden centre and a produce shop will certainly call again.

Good food, reasonably priced. Shop and garden centre not very well stocked but clean and tidy, that's the reason only 4 stars. But the tea rooms and staff are very welcoming.

I visit here a few times a year, and it's always a nice experience. The food is good, staff are friendly and accommodating, A welcome break from travelling some distance. A big thumbs up from me. 👍🏼 💯%

Pop in for a drink and sandwich very good, good service

The garden centre has plants that's are very competitively priced and you can find some specimens not always on offer at other garden centres. The staff are helpful.

Loved it here. We've drove past it for more than 30yrs & decided we'll have a wee look. Food was excellent. The staff were fantastic. The wife & I will definitely be visiting when next we pass. The prices were good, too.

Called in for lunch but very disappointed with the food. When speaking the the manager over the food he was most unhelpful. We were regularly customers. But no longer. Food over priced and of poor quality

Lovely little cafe. Good menu. Garden centre has some unusual plants reasonably priced

We always stop here on our way to our daughters who stays in Norwich,nice and friendly staff, breaks the journey for us nice cuppa tea and Toasted Teacake goes down a treatX

Smashing little centre. Nice cafe 👌

Disappointed to find that despite advertising which said the Tea Rooms and shop were open until 3pm today. We arrived to purchase a number of items from the shop at around 2:35pm only to find that the staff had shut the shop early.

Great place for a snack or a full meal fab food and friendly staff

Quite disappointing. Arrived at 2.15 looking for a late light lunch. We were served very brusquely and when our food arrived we were not given or offered any cutlery. Coffee was instant. At 2 30 on the dot all the waiting staff made a rush for the car park and headed off at which point it was clear that this "tea shop" closes for tea! A man came round obviously locking things up at 2.40 so it was clearly time to go. And not return.

Greeted by a very friendly woman, asked for takeaway coffee and cake. Turned up 30 minutes before closing and was very helpful in offering what they had left. Coffee and carrot cake both lovely too.

Excellent location just off A17 near Holbeach. Very charming slightly old fashioned tea room that has plenty of tables etc for customers, proper oil cloths on most tables,always a good sign in my book. Service was excellent and very efficient with no pressure to eat quickly or move on. Food was freshly cooked and superb quality. Table combination caters for all group sizes. Only suggestion would be to make lunch time menu available earlier than 12 o'clock. Very friendly atmosphere, will certainly visit again soon.

Chaotic garden centre, very restricted opening times.

Called in on a long journey for some refreshment and the owner (I assume) was rude. Three in our party, we bought two items and two of us went to the bathroom. He was condescending to me when I asked for directions to the bathroom and rude about our use of the loos. The cafe just down the road is much friendlier. Go there instead.

Delicious chocolate orange cake!

Old fashioned Garden centre very helpful staff , with a tearoom and shop

Nice place and has good food. Just thought that the LARGE Full English Breakfast could be large, in comparison to the regular size. The only difference is two slices of toast and one bacon. Other ingredients are the same amount as in the regular 🤔

Was there last saturday for breakfast.. great service great food at a great price...could not fault the place.well done to all the team at Chestnuts..

1st visit here today , great service, clean and tidy and well worth a visit for coffee and cake or a great roast

Oh my goodness. What an awful place with the most rude and unhelpful staff we have ever encountered. The gentleman (I use the phrase loosely) accused us of using the place as a toilet stop when we in fact we were visiting to buy some bits for the garden. I think he basically suggested if we needed the loo we should have a sneaky pee in his shrubs ???🙈 It's served as a reminder to never take the good people of the world for granted so thank you for that lesson good sir. (I use the word 'good' loosely too ) Oh..and I've never written this before but here we go....if I could give this place no stars I would but you can't. So I begrudgingly have to give one.

A welcome break after 5 hours driving. Wonderful place and great food.

We always call at chestnuts on our way to Norfolk which we do at least three times a year. I was surprised to read some reviews as we have always been treated well and find the service and food excellent. It is always busy when we call which speaks for itself. Delicious bacon sandwiches and would always find a table before popping to the toilet. Thank you chestnuts and we will be seeing you next week.

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

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

Whenever I travel to or from Norfolk I make a point of stopping off at this gem of a tea room, whether it be for a cuppa and a snack, or a hearty home cooked lunch. It’s located just off the A17 and is well worth a stop. Today, having had breakfast at the start of my journey I had a cup of delicious hot chocolate and a slice of lemon meringue pie. Naughty, but very, very nice. I can highly recommend the cooked meals , very fresh and tasty. The staff are always welcoming and pleasant . Today was no exception , although it was only the young ladies second day working there I felt that she fitted in very well.

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

This little tea rooms is somewhere I have visited a few times, but today I was very shocked at the treatment I received to say the lease! I ordered a mug of hot milk and a meal, I was surprised to be charged for a coffee ( I always drink hot milk with a charge elsewhere between £1- £1.50 so queried the £2.75 as very expensive). The lady was very apologetic saying she would have to speak to someone! A man came in and asked what the problem was, he was very rude informing me it was the price! He shouted at me telling me it’s a family business and I was just trying to get out of paying! I informed him I’d pay for milk but not coffee as I didn’t have coffee ( apparently they charge £1.50 for hot water!!!) He raised his voice and kept telling me I knew it was £2.75 as it was on bill, I explained I did not see the bill until I had finished and was going to pay! He then told me in a very loud voice “you won’t be coming back here will you” no I won’t! “Good cause we don’t want you to”. My advise to this very rude man Very small business well if you treat customers in this way you will end up with none. He shouted as I left “you will probably put this on trip adviser make sure you put it on as it happened”. Well here it is!!!

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.

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.

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

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.

Food was lovely great atmosphere for a tea room

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

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 🙂