The Garden Kitchen By Pugh's in Newport

We came here for afternoon tea which was amazing. Instead of the traditional sandwiches it consisted of a caramelised onion sausage roll, cheese and ham croquette, avocado halloumi and chili jam bap and a pulled pork bun. Unlimited hot drinks as well as your iced lattes. Service was excellent by all members of staff especially Rhys who couldn’t do more for us. One person couldn’t make it so he boxed it up for us and offered a takeaway drink as well. Thank you for an excellent experience and we would definitely come again!

What a fantastic place to go and shop and eat, myself and my daughters went for lunch and it was brilliant, food / service was spot on. Must visit if you are in the area.

Slightly in shock… Leaving the restaurant today I felt an overwhelming Sensation that I’d just been completely rinsed. I was triggered - quite angry. Servers were not aware that several options on the menu were not available. This led to my daughter being told 20 mins after ordering she would need to order something else… Then when the food came my sandwich consisted diagonally cut white sliced bread. But only half a slice on my plate. It was club style so 3 triangles of bread. A small onion loaf, and small ramekin of pepper sauce. This was £15, when I ordered I asked if fries were part of the meal and was reassured they were. This was not the case… sandwiches £30 - or in my head I’d just paid £30 x2 half sandwiches! 1 tea, 1 coffee and two glass bottles of coke (no ice?) £17… £47 For the poor level of service I felt extremely overcharged. Nearly £50. Mugged off

Disappointing. Have visited this venue almost every month if not more. Have always been happy with their service. However, the past twice that we have visited the customer service has been terrible. Starting from a few weeks ago, i visited with my friend on a quiet tuesday, not many other customers, i still needed to go up and ask for our order to be taken. Me and my friend ordered a smoothie and an iced tea. Our drinks took 25 minutes to come out, one of which a customer from outside got served our ice tea by mistake, about 10 minutes later the customer realised and told staff, we watched the customer take a sip out of the iced tea a couple of times. Then we watched a young man bring the same iced tea to our table to which we had let him know that it has been drank out of. Now today, we’ve came for my mother’s birthday, understandable it’s a weekend so i completely understand the wait times will be sufficiently longer than a weekday. However, when seated we were sat down for 20 minutes before i went up to the counter myself and ask if they would come and serve us. After being served, no apology. We had ordered at 12:50pm and didn’t get our food until 1:40pm. In my order, i asked if the crispy onions or any onions gets put on the side, just from the fact that i’d had given the onions to my mam. However, they weren’t crispy onions they were onion rings which is fine, but the previous time we ordered it was crispy onions and that’s what is in the description and crispy onions were on the last order when i had it before, and the sandwich came to us and looked completely different than the previous order, the past order had sprinkled parmesan cheese on a nice sandwich toast and this order was just like a toasty, like they couldn’t be bothered. It was pickled onions in my cheeseburger grilled sandwich, i had told them to take it back and as i’ve already been waiting 50 minutes for the food to arrive. They taken it away with no apology, only that they’ve been really busy and have been catching up with orders, which i completely understand but it would have been nice to know this before ordering to decide whether we can wait that long. When they acknowledged that my order was wrong, another lady came over again with no apology and asked me whether she wants me to scrape off the pickled onions off my food and hand it back to me. If i had wanted to do that i would’ve done it myself. So i had to sit there and go without food. We watched other people who had arrived after us, get served and eat and leave before us. It’s disappointing, i’m unsure whether there is new management or owners but as a regular customer it’s really upsetting to see it and sad also for the community.

Went with my Mum for breakfast. There is not a single item for vegans on the menu. When we asked we were brought a piece of paper that one option was vegetarian breakfast bit ask for vegan. No further info on what was different but server confirmed you get a vegan sausage instead of halloumi and egg. Food came, one vegan breakfast and one vegetarian. The vegan food was cold and both breakfasts were missing the Portobello mushrooms. We queried this later and we're told they were out of mushrooms which really theu should have told us about when ordering. We also ordered a mocha drink and hot chocolate with oat milk. The hot chocolate was cold. We then ordered a side of beans for my daughter when she woke and a further two drinks, hot chocolate with oat milk extra hot, and decaf tea. The hot chocolate was hot this time but my Mum took a sip and it sadly was not oat milk but cows milk. My daughter has a milk allergy which we had notified the server when being seated so this is very poor as if we had given her some of this it would have made her ill. Luckily we did not give any to her but my Mum is vegan so this is also very unacceptable. Another server then came over with decaf tea. We had already been served our tea which I then looked at and it was not decaf. Very poor and served food not as advertised and two drinks that were not what we ordered.

Took my wife up to check out the new selection of Free From Cakes that they are now stocking and we thought we would grab a bite to eat. As she is Coeliac it was great to see such a wide selection available on the menu and a true understanding of her requirements. She had a GF Ruben Grilled Sandwich and I had the Onion Bhaji Grilled Sandwich; both were amazing!! The service was fantastic and the staff were really friendly. I cannot recommend this place enough, especially for those with dietary requirements.

Horrible Food great, service was shocking, waiting long time for coffee and order I would never come back there I feel sorry for the community

Not very welcoming didn’t even acknowledge us when we walked in rude to us while being served Food was net very nice Won’t be going again very disappointed

1st ever visit to this place and not really impressed with the service. After waiting in the queue for about 10 mins and tables were vacant, I had to ask one of the young girls if we could sit on the vacant table, as no one was interested in taking us to the table.. Once sat down we waited and waited for someone to take our order, but again the youngsters were congragating at the counter, not looking who needed service, eventually after 20 mins a young lad came over and couldn't apologise enough for the lack of service, we had only gone there for a quick coffee and a cake, which he offered us on the house. Maybe a bit of training for the young staff, to make sure they know who needs to be served and most importantly not ignore people who are waiting to be seated... Not sure if I will try it again but never say never...hopefully things would have improved if I do....

We had lunch. I had the Chicken Katsu. This dish was 99% fries, not skin on fries as advertised. I had a piece of chicken cut into three pieces, and the outside was so hard I could not bite into and the inside was so dry I could not eat it. I took this tiny bit of chicken home to my dogs. I had two small pieces of pickled shallots, a meal that is charged at £15, expensive plate of fries. I wish I had taken a photo to be honest. Totally dissatisfied. My partner had the Korean Loaded Fries, again there were more greasy waffles than meat. Again an expensive plate of waffles with a fried egg at £15.

Lovely atmosphere. Great coffee. Ordered the breakfast for myself and son. We dropped the black pudding & hash browns. Added an extra sausage. Was charged the full £12 plus another £2 for one sausage? Surely that should have balanced itself out? Rather expensive…. Didn’t realise until I got home and checked receipt.

Queued for 25 mins to sit down, which was our choice, but then a further 45 mins for two small breakfasts, meaning we didn't eat until 12:15pm. Although it was well presented and tasty, it arrived cold but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of returning them. It was also uncomfortably chilly due to the air conditioning. In general really underwhelming and doubt we'll be returning.

The deli has delicious looking foods and the shop has great range of items. We pop into the cafe often for coffee, cake and a catch up. They have a variety of cakes and brownies on offer if you just want a little treat. This week the young woman who brought our bill was extremely rude.I could mention her name but on this occasion I wont. She the bill onto the table and barked that we had ten minutes. We were that shocked that we laughed. We expected something along the lines of, just to let you know that we will be closing in ten minutes..... but no, we had her bark at us. Let's just say, in hospitality,that's Not the way to treat customers. So,if you go here, fingers crossed your server has a better attitude than ours did.

The food here is always delicious, the staff are always super friendly and there’s a great atmosphere. The menu had changed since our last visit with lots more tasty options, including lots of great veggie/vegan dishes. We went for the onion bhaji grilled cheese flatbread and the beef brisket rice bowl with a side of fries…all were super tasty.

We visited for a festive afternoon tea and the food was excellent. Lovely vegetarian savoury selection, best I’ve ever had. Nice to have a good savoury selection rather than too many sweet items. Lots of cakes too and scones. Serving staff were friendly and polite. Only criticisms, it was cold in the restaurant and the seats were hard. Awful music being played too! There’s a lovely shop to browse around before or after visiting the restaurant as well as a deli counter. Definitely recommend visiting the restaurant, we will return.

Just got back from the Korean evening. Food was delicious and helpings very generous. Staff were friendly, helpful and on the ball. Never had to wait or ask twice for anything. Musician was wonderful, wide choice of music played on a variety of instruments. Not sure if some of the people who commented had visited the same restaurant or whether they employ different staff in the evenings. Everything was great, value for money in attractive surroundings, thank you.

Service not good. Waited a long time for our order to be taken so in the end ordered at counter where there were 3 members of staff hanging around. Disappointed that couldn't order anything from the deli counter where the food looked amazing. Waited a long time to pay so in the end went back to counter to pay. Fabulous shop with great gifts and frozen meals etc.

Ok, so this is the second time I have tried this venue. To give some clarity, the first occasion we waited for over half an hour without anyone coming to take our order, hence we went to the coffee mill in Rsca. ( Much better service ). Our visit this time was greeted by a very friendly staff member who duly cleaned a table for us and was prompt in taking our order. Her advice was great and she understood the menu clearly. So far so good... I ordered the cheese burger and my wife a Hoggie ( with chips......... ) What I should have anticipated was the insane wait for our food. If this is a place you want to visit during a lunch break from work, don't unless you have plenty of time on your hands. I should have known following my first visit! After a crazy amount of time to wait we can see another waitress wandering around with what appeared to be our food, not understanding our tables numbers. After a return to the kitchen pass, someone must have told her and along came our food. At this point, we really needed to get on with our food, but the waitress stopped for a quick chat with us. She was pleasant enough, but when my wife asked why they hadn't put chips on her plate, she replied they don't come with the hoggie. We advised the other waitress told us she would give us chips ( for clarity she didn't say there was an additional charge for this ), however she advised us that the other waitress shouldn't be telling us this as they don't come with chips. We ate the meal, the food was ok to be fair, despite my burger not being particulary hot. ( This may have something to do with its trek around the restaurant trying to find me ) but would I come back, god no! I went to pay the bill and fortunately I checked as they charged me for an additional chips I didn't even get! I usually tip all staff for their service, but on this occasion it fell well below expectation with miss advice, wrong order and then incorrect billing. The only nice thing I can say about this place is the decor. It is in keeping with what it says, a garden. That said, I can visit a garden Centre if I want and save myself the trouble of this service! And on that note, try the old Blooms garden centre at Marshfield. Similar environment, but the food and service a different class!

This was our fourth Twelve night. Has definitely improved since the first ones we booked onto. Food was really good quality and delicious. Good portions and loved the upgrade of crockery! Staff were very friendly and provided a good service. Shame they wasn’t any live music like prior evenings. The menu had changed since booking and I felt there were two courses which were too similar to have them one after the other- lambs mousakka and stifado. I would have split them up on the menu. The other suggestion would be to slow down the pace as I feel like the courses were a bit fast and got full quicker than if there was a bit of a gap between the courses. Staff weren’t forthcoming with the bill even though we had finished everything. Overall a nice night but maybe some improvements.

Terrible food. terrible price. terrible service. Half the menu missing. A waiter was more interested in her nails than serving us. We had to wait up too an hour to be served.

One of my favourite places to meet up with friends for lunch and drinks. The food is gorgeous, the setting is stunning and the service is top class. Highly recommended 💕

I have been wanting to visit here for a while based on other people's reviews and photos on Instagram. Finally managed to visit for lunch with a friend and was not disappointed. Had the smashed avocado and halloumi on sourdough toast which I would recommend if you visit. There is a large menu to choose from, also serving alcoholic drinks as well as teas & coffees. Attached is a small shop selling artisan style foods and chutneys as well as some home decor which is really nice to have a little nose around whilst you're there. I also noticed from the special boards that they put on events such as wreath, making and breakfast with Santa which is a nice touch. I look forward to visiting again soon

What a find and right on our doorstep! We had a lovely Brunch today, food was excellent. I had a hash stack which was superb. Staff were lovely and very attentive. Beautiful decor and atmosphere. Loved the Deli and gift area, will definitely be back...

This place is just awesome, we have been a few times and have never had a bad meal, the staff have always been attentive and professional. My favourite dishes are Korean fries and duck flatbread. I'm so glad we have such a fantastic restaurant on...

Visited with two friends for a birthday brunch. We joined the queue for a table at 11.30. By 11.45 we were at the front of the line and assured we could still order breakfast once we were seated. We were sat ten minutes later but...

Had a lovely evening at Pugh’s learning how to make an autumn wreath. As always everyone was so friendly and welcoming. Very enjoyable and I’m looking forward to the Christmas event.

Had a fantastic experience this week! The staff were incredibly friendly and attentive, and the Bacon Cheeseburger was one of the best burgers I've had! Already recommended to a few friends and plan to go back for that burger very soon!

This is a great convenient spot for catching up with friends. The restaurant is great, the food is incredible but the service is diabolical. I have never seen so many staff working, but no one really doing a lot (including the managers) and I mean...

Friendly welcome and although it was busy two tables were put together to accommodate four of us. The server had good knowledge of the menu. Delicious food beautifully presented. The cappuccino could have been a little warmer but apart from that everything was great.

Fantastic food, poor service , front house staff they don’t care , blond lady dirty uniform very unprofessional she was focus on her Nails, very nice place with unprofessional staff

I live locally and have been here several times - my comments reflect all visits. On the whole the food is very good. It has a nice atmosphere, is always busy, and the attached shop and deli counter are great. The service is consistently poor...

Lovely setting but food , breakfast that is, was bad ,left 3.4 of it. Could not even cut the toast. So that was this visit. But i do recall and thought the same last visit the table for 2 are too small.. i doubt we...

First visit for lunch the place was full .We waited 20 min for a table and then you look around the place is being used as a Creche !! Food was ok loaded fries but a very small portion of chicken on top if I...

Nice meal here whilst driving to St David’s . Good selection of meals and snacks at reasonable prices. Restaurant is in a really cool garden shop that has a lot to see and buy. Small car park outside thst is free made it a convenient...

Food is quite fancy and expensive but very average, nice surroundings but terrible service sat at table for ages while staff seem to just wander around ignoring customers. nice shop but again have to stand by till for ages before someone comes to serve you...

I love coming here as the food, service and atmosphere is always outstanding. The menu is so varied and there’s always a delicious special available. I think people forget that the staff here are managing a restaurant that is predominantly walk ins and it is...

Delicious food with a great variety of options available. Couldn’t resist getting a brownie on the way out as well..! Quirky decor and a lovely little gift shop attached. Would highly recommend!

Went for the Spanish taster evening. Portions very small and definitely not worth the £40 per head! There were 4 of us dining and the first course consisted of 5 very small pieces of monkfish! Odd - either serve one generous piece each or two...

Second visit and a similar experience both times, really long waits in between being seated and orders being taken, other tables being seen to first despite us being seated long before them. I had to go up to ask for some tap water after having...

We were booked in for the Valentine’s Day evening and it did not disappoint. The food choices and quality were great, atmosphere very romantic with a singer and the staff were attentive.

Very much looking forward to this as I am a big fan of taster menus. The food was delicious- great flavour although on the larger portion size for 6 courses. Only slight criticism is the chicken piece was too big for the bao bun and...

Quite a long wait, a couple of people who joined the queue at around the same time as us gave up. Obviously café can’t be blamed for being popular. The chilli thing was ok. The beef rending was a bit disappointing. I’ve had two kinds...

Always a pleasure to visit here and so glad it was open Sunday afternoon! Always lovely stock in the shop too both treats and decorations etc Shown quickly to seats and served promptly. Lattes and cakes/blondies and pleasant surroundings. The Victoria sponge slice was very...

Pugh's garden centre is a local garden centre/ restaurant which we have visited before on occasion. The garden centre section has some lovely artisan items to buy, albeit slightly pricey considering the area. We visited the restaurant for lunch today and our review is purely...

Completely agree with the other reviews on here that mention service - it wasn’t great. We had to ask to order, wait ages for them to take our dirty plates, ask for dessert menu, then ages to get someone to bring the bill. They also...

When we initially arrived there was a queue to be seated so we planned to just go the the deli. However by the time we got served the queue was almost gone for the cafe so we decided to stay. Although I don’t like queuing...

It has soon become our favourite place for a informal lunch / drink. Staff friendly and attentive. Yes things are a bit more expensive but you pay for the quality and yes if busy you can wait a while for food but it doesn’t affect...

We visit Pugh’s regularly for breakfast/brunch and are never disappointed. Great food and lovely coffee. Staff are so friendly and accommodating - always helpful. There’s a nice deli counter and a general food area selling interesting things. I’ve discovered it’s a great place to find...

Over priced over rated, food and beverage, very underwhelming!!!! £18:50 for tasteless egg on toast and two teas!!!!!

Great burger if a tad expensive at £14. Chicken on rye £9 and definitely overpriced for such a small portion. Surrounding are lovely and staff very friendly and helpful. Food available to take away amazing choices.

Wheelchair access. Tasty food and lovely coffee. Helpful attentive staff. Music for a Sunday afternoon needs to be quieter and relaxing. We were able to sit outside, but will need to eat in, in cold weather. Calm, quiet tracks that enable conversation would enhance the...

Out Saturday evening was brilliant. Such a lovely setup in a beautiful dinning room with friendly staff and amazing food. The atmosphere with a very good guitar and vocalist playing suitable songs and a very acceptable volume. The small plates are not small and well...

This is a branch of the Pughs Garden Centre chain but without the garden centre. The shop has lots of varieties of houseplants and some lovely cards and gifts. The restaurant is quite small and always busy. The menu has unusual dishes, all freshly cooked...

The Duck Flatbread was INCREDIBLE! Staff were fast, friendly and super helpful. Even when a waitress forgot my drink (it was very busy so no complaints) they were extremely quick and apologetic to bring it to me! Waiter, Adam, was superb! Friendly and funny and...

Regularly drop in for coffee meetings with colleagues and often end up staying longer enjoying the lovely food. Staff are always friendly and helpful.

Lovely venue and food bit the service is appalling! We were seated and then waited 10 minutes to order drinks, my coffee arrived without milk or suger, we then had to find someone to ask for milk and suger... it did not arrive, chased again,...

Been here a twice before and have consistently found that whilst the setting is lovely, the service and quality of food is under par. The food is expensive for small portions and poorly cooked. The bacon was burnt and dry that I couldn’t even cut...

I like this place but please can someone tell the servers that the universal translation for "can I have the bill, please?" is I WANT TO LEAVE NOW!

Most enjoyable brunch with friends visiting for the weekend. Adam and colleagues were very friendly and kept the Aperol Spritz flowing. Lovely food and atmosphere, highly recommend :)

Attended here for breakfast, had to wait for a table which was fine, waiter in picture second from left (male) was brilliant, very attentive and very polite, made our experience better after having awful customer service from other establishments during the week. Food was fab,...

This was my first visit on a Saturday night, I’ll definitely go again. Great food, good wine, lovely atmosphere, welcoming, friendly and helpful staff, good singer. Staff went out of their way to accommodate my son’s needs. Have also had many pleasant visits during the...

Clearly there has been much improvement since the bad reviews were written. It was busy but we were quickly seated. Staff were efficient and friendly. Coffee was delicious as was the food. Menu is innovative and for us the portions were large. Given the wonderful...

I often visit this restaurant and I have to say it is always lovely food. I have a gluten intolerance and they are very accommodating. They can adapt most meals to be gluten free. There is also a cake available that is also gluten free.

Second time here and it's been absolutely outrageous! Arrived here about 11:00 am waited about 5 minutes to speak with a member of the staff to have a table. Been told nothing available at the moment when there was a table available full of dirty...

Considering the amount of staff, I am baffled as to how we have just been seated without any service for over half an hour, not even our orders being taken! The place looks stunning inside, along with the menu. It'd just a shame the staff...

Superb breakfast this morning at Pugh’s Garden Kitchen. Matt brightened up our morning with his warm welcome! Restaurant staff super attentive, as always. Can’t wait to visit again soon.

Good asthetics, nice for a picture or two. They do not take bookings so not the best place if you have somewhere to be afterwards. Waited 50mins for 3 breakfasts. Small portions, vegan breakfast £10.50!! So quite expensive for what you got. Had obviously forgotten...

Over experience was lovely we came for breakfast but arrived at 12. We did queue for over twenty minutes and 3 occasions people behind us were seats because they were a table of 2 and we were a three.It was quite annoying but I guess...

Walked in but seated quickly. Staff friendly food lovely and latte was really nice. Not the cheapest brunch but good choice and very tasty.

Staff and restaurant/ shop pleasant, areas seemed clean. Food was nice but way over priced for the quantity and quality. All presented nicely but crockery needs to be warm, as food went cold quickly Large breakfast £11 ...smallest large breakfast I have ever seen, left...

The food and coffee were great but very cold, served on cold plates and in cold cups. It was the same on my last visit. The portions are adequate but certainly not generous and it’s not cheap neither is it too expensive. Overall it was...

Popped in for a mid afternoon coffee. What a lovely place. Nice little shop to have a look around, the deli counter looked delicious. Coffee was really delicious too. All the staff were really friendly. Can’t wait to go back.

Fabulous place with friendly staff and fantastic food. Relaxing and comfortable deli specialising in small plates - think large portions of tapas. Started with sourdough bread with marmite butter. Oh wow, really moreish. We chose four small plates for our main courses but our waitress...

Visited Saturday morning with a friend and very helpful young man served us and helped my friend with a bespoke order. I ordered pancakes with just maple syrup, unusually this was not on the side and all three pancakes were bathed in it! I was...

The food and the surroundings are fantastic. You aren’t able to reserve a table for breakfast but we went on a Saturday morning at 9:30 and there were plenty of tables available. The car park can get a little busy but there’s enough room to...

Decided to try 9.00am ,busy little place, waited to be seated, all necessary PPE available and being used. The breakfast menu had a fine range, from full breakfast, to roll types. Choices of tea and coffees. Service was quick , the staff were polite and...

Absolutely fantastic service from Dan, fantastic service from the staff and the food was amazing!!!! Cannot recommend enough and cannot wait to visit again!!!

Went with a friend for lunch and cocktails, having been told that it was a nice cafe. What can I say?...the shop section is appealing from the moment you enter and the cafe likewise. Aesthetically it is visually appealing and the staff super friendly and...

We popped into the Garden Kitchen for Coffee and Cake. It was perfect. The jammie dodger brownie was amazing. Staff were great.

A welcome new addition to Rogerstone with ethical food and drink options available, as well as some offerings from local businesses e.g. Tiny Rebel. Good vibe due to the great music being played - not your normal garden centre café. Overall, would happily return and...