The Garden Cafe in Isle of Wight

Pleasant cafe in the garden centre with reasonably priced, nice food. Never going to set the culinary world alight but it does what it says on the tin.

We always visited Thompsons for plants etc and missed going for a meal in the cafe afterwards whilst refurbishment were carried out. Yesterday we visited cafe for a meal and was very disappointed at what the new menu had to offer. Instead of the home friendly menu, it was exactly like any cafe on the island, no meals (except breakfast), just sandwiches, overpriced baked potatoes and a small selection of cakes. The larger area has made it lose some of the character it had before, lots of empty tables, no birds in the surrounding bushes, think we are going to give it a miss from now on.

Stopped for Breakfast and was pleasantly surprised with what they served. It was tasty, well presented and served, all at a fair price. Unlike many other Cafes in Garden centres it didn't have the usual accompanying din of noise, so that was good. It was all of the standard you would expect and get in a typical cafe, but set in a much more spacious environment. All in all, I wouldn't recommend them for anything fancy, or a special occasion, but for a basic Breakfast it was great. Well worth a return visit.

A bit pricey, but the cafe and the food gave a nice experience. Specially in the courtyard watching kids play and sitting under grapes tree.

Lack of choice. Although it was morning the cafe had a limited supply of scones and those they did have were a little stale - yesterdays stock? Bacon & egg roll was greasy and unpleasant. No air conditioning in cafe and forced to sit outside due to heat. Really need to get their act together.