The Garden Shed Ice Cream Parlour and Tea Shop in Bury

I have been meaning to visit here for a while but only just made it. I have been missing out! Good menu, good prices and warm welcoming staff! We sat outside in the quiet area which was lovely. Our peace was suddenly disturbed by some children playing hide and seek amongst the nurseries , throwing a chair around whilst parents were out of sight. How refreshing to have a member of staff point out the rules that children must be supervised at all times! and also informing parents of the dangers around the working nursery. (Which you would have hoped parents were aware of). This is a beautiful place where staff are respectful, food is amazing and I am now confident that poor behaviour is addressed respectfully meaning I can bring relatives who are unsteady on their feet and know my grandchildren will understand that we all need to respect rules. Definitely worth a visit!

Just nestled in between Bury and Bolton this cafe/ice cream parlour is set within a luxurious and grand garden nurseries. This quaint little haven, with friendly & attentive staff from the moment you step through the double doors to the parlour, you feel welcomed into this family ran hotspot that’s been delivering quality garden necessities and hospitality for over 30 years. Whether you’re looking for a bite to eat whilst searching for your garden needs, or a place to treat yourself with fresh cakes and quality ice cream, this is the place for you. Photos showing the history of the nurseries decorate the walls for you to peruse while you wait for your food/coffee/sweet treats to go. An indoor cafe seating 35 along with an outside area boasting an additional 40 seats, with the choice of under cover or enjoying the rays - you’re able to enjoy a coffee and cake, come rain or shine. The perfect spot to have your breakfast to kick start the day with an array of options served from 10:30am - 12:30pm. If you’re not an early bird, the lunch menu served from 12:30pm-3pm will also be sure to fuel you for the rest of the day. Being informed that through the generations, the granddaughter of the family is now managing the cafe which plays a major part in the role of brining in guests, new and old. Credit where credit is due to create such an inviting atmosphere and continue to honour their family heritage. She should be proud with all her staff providing swift and efficient service, smiles all round serving up quality freshly made to order food 6 days a week. 10/10. 5 Stars. Turns out TikTok is a thing of a future so make sure to give a follow for fun quirky cafe updates!

Lovely cafe in garden centre. Friendly staff and good food at reasonable price. Special on Thursday “ ham, cheese and piccalilli”. Absolutely delicious 😋

This is our regular place for snacks and lunch. The menu is very adequate and delicious. This is a small cafe in a nursery run by a most hardworking and usually cheerful small number of staff. Food is always freshly prepared, good and wholesome, well presented and reasonably priced. Highly recommended.

Gorgeous location with lots of outdoor and sheltered seating. Plus very attentive staff and dog friendly place. Can’t wait to plant my courgette plant this weekend!

First visit here & it was lovely. Beautiful setting, wonderful friendly staff & amazing home made cakes & food to top it off. Will be back soon. The owners are amazing too, very talkative to customers - you guys are doing a great job.

We arrived at 3pm, adults wanted coffee, children wanted a drink and ice-cream. I also wanted to buy my bedding plants. I opened the fridge to get our drinks, the rude and unprofessional young girl behind the counter, "Can you hurry up and close the door, it's a hot day!" I was taking four cans out of the fridge? (If I would have been alone, I would have left. Didn't want to disappoint my children). When ordering the children's ice-cream, the same rude, abrupt, unwelcoming young woman clearly didn't want to serve us. Actually tutted when my daughter asked (politely) for sprinkles?!! When I asked for a second sauce on my daughters ice cream. The young woman said "only a bit, we only allow one sauce per ice-cream." Having just served my eldest with an ice-cream, and no sauce? We were regulars here, I used to buy all of my plants and logs from here. The guy that owns the place is lovely. Such a shame. I will not be returning. Jersey girls farm is just down the road. A lovely ice-cream, warm welcoming staff, you can see the cows, and it's next to Burrs Country Park.

Went for lunch, had a panini with a cake. The service was lovely and the wait wasn’t long, the panini itself was flavourful and crispy! The cake I had was really nice. would definitely come here again

Went for Breakfast and asked lovely young waitress if catered for Coeliac's. All I wanted was the Vegetarian Breakfast with Bacon instead of the veggie sausage. When I got to the till I was served by Tracy who said it could not be changed ( I can not understand how a veggie sausage can not be exchanged for bacon) . Why is this so difficult?

I previously wrote a good review for this place, I have visited 4 times after this and I must say they seem to be becoming complacent, each time they run out of items on the menu, even a pasty, I could understand if this was 15:00 on a Sunday but Thursday, not just once, I asked for a breakfast and they said that they stop serving breakfast at a certain time but would sell me individual items of breakfast, why could they not put each item on a single plate that would have been a breakfast ?? This will not be my first choice to go to any more as I will almost guarantee they wont have certain items on the menu, I walked out in the end after asking for 3 items that they said they did not have annoying

We had breakfast here last week. We had a bacon & egg barm/a sausage & egg barm, both were delicious. There's plenty of seating outdoors and in. Great service from staff.

We stopped of here for ice cream and a drink. The ice cream was delicious - one of us had rainbow flavour and I had the sticky toffee pudding flavour. This is a good cafe and food we saw coming out to other customers looked good. Would recommend and visit again.

Lovely lunch today met a friend who I haven’t seen for months. I had my usual chicken and cheese panini and friend had bacon and egg sandwich. Would highly recommend a visit, staff are lovely and everything is safe.

This is a hidden gem , small homely cafe with very friendly staff . Breakfast was excellent snd good value . Lunch menu looked nice as well , will definitely be back . I would say top of my list for a Breakfast locally

There was friendly, prompt service. Tasty food - good value for money. Possibility of outdoor seating in warmer weather.

We called in at the garden shed after a recommendation by a friend and thought it was nice. We both had a large breakfast, the friendly lady behind the counter was happy for us to swap items that we didn’t like or want for something else. The food turned up quickly and was good, the coffee was nice as well! We arrived on a Friday at 10am and were the first people there. When we were leaving at around 10.30am the place was completely full inside and there was a queue of people so clearly it is popular. We’d definitely go back, we preferred it to the Toby Carvery!

I have been going to the garden shed for a while now, the ice cream selection is always good and is constantly changing, it’s lovely to get one and sit outside in the large seating area. The outdoor space is always very clean. Recently we’ve been going for a Saturday morning breakfast which we have in doors. The selection of food is fairly small but more than enough for a small cafe. The breakfast is well priced and is always very well presented and tasty. The staff are always very friendly and we look forward to going in and reading the papers. I have given 5 stars because the food is always good, fairly priced, the staff are lovely and the whole place is very clean. I think those knocking stars off for small car park and other things that the garden shed can’t change are a bit petty. Give it a try you won’t be disappointed

Visited Saturday morning, was quite busy so I can imagine in the summer will get very busy and the car park is not very big. Had to wait a while for food, we ordered cheese and bacon panini's. Seem to get a regular clientele and a few people just dropping in for ice cream.

If you like your food very plain and basic this place is for you. For me it just lacked a touch of garnish and presentation. For example the baked potatoes come on their own with the filling. No salad garnish or touch of coleslaw on the side to make them more appetising. I had the potato pie and peas. Had to pay extra for a tiny jug of gravy, but again no beetroot or red cabbage on the side to add colour and flavour. The food was hot and service good, but I won’t be returning. Too many nice eateries in this region with more imagination.

We live locally and visit regularly and love it. Fantastic food, great service and brilliant value. When we venture further afield we are always disappointed and often wonder why we bother when we have such a great little place right on our doorstep

Having moved into the area we now go here every weekend for a breakfast treat. Staff are friendly and food is nice and fresh. Best breakfast around, my little girl loves visiting here and demolishing the toast that comes with the breakfast.

First impressions are not good, as the car park needs resurfacing - my mum with limited mobility struggled and the paths are quite narrow.The cafe itself had very friendly staff and the cappuccinos were good. The very fresh red velvet cake came with two forks as requested. Luckily we had arrived early as the place quickly filled up - it was too blustery to sit outside and there are more tables out than in. There are plenty magazines to read if. you are on your own. I would certainly visit again.

Had a lovely lunch here today We were lucky to get a parking space as once it’s full there is nowhere else to park near the placeWe had a ‘Carr’s’ meat and potato pastie and a pie and they were delicious We also had some ‘Frederick’s’ Ice cream in a waffle cone which was lovely Nice variety of flavours and sauces and conesThe menu itself is varied and a good cheap choiceNice seating and an extended conservatory areaToilets just out of the shed to the right Will definitely return

We come here all the time and can't rate it highly enough. I just wish there were more cafes like this in the area. Just watch out on sunny days because it can get busy; the seating area has expanded recently but the kitchen has the same capacity. On one occasion the wait time was getting towards an hour.

Visited for Sunday breakfast this morning after it had been recommended. Quite disappointed to be fair, waited 40 minutes for breakfast, as we were told 30 minute delay. However thought we might have been given our drinks. The sausages were horrible, reminded us of chip chop sausages deep fried. Asked for poached eggs instead of fried but told we could not have these. Only fried or scrambled,why?Bacon was very nice and other stuff ok. Toast nice and drinks nice. Staff seems stressed, no welcome and no smiles. Felt the cost expensive for the quality. Won’t return sorry

We always choose the Garden Shed when we have a family gathering for breakfast on a Sunday. It is the perfect place. Gorgeous food and friendly helpful staff.

I first reviewed this place 18 months ago when I first visited having recently moved within walking distance, when I gave it the only poor review on this page. I've been again a few times recently recently and am pleased to report several separate considerably more positive experiences so thought it only fair to provide an updated review.In summary, I absolutely love the place and can only deduce that I tried it on a bad day a couple of years ago. At the time I referred to some filthy children's play equipment, which isn't there any more, an outside seating area which is now considerably improved and much nicer and a lack of premium drinks in the fridge, which is now stocked full of san pellegrino and other options. The presumably new coffee machine is also first-class - and I can confirm that this make a superb cappuccino.Hot food at the garden shed is lovely. The breakfast options are very tasty and great value for money and coffee is very high quality. It's a very cosy, homely place with ready access to newspapers and items for sale to benefit a local charity and very friendly service. The rural location is also perfect for relaxing and a very nice place to spend an hour or two.In summary I've now had several very positive experiences here after one disappointing one a while ago and would highly recommend the place, particularly if seeking a cooked breakfast.

Nice place, nice basic café food but it was let down by the fact we had to clean the table we sat at (having looked around for another and found they all needed cleaning).After our food came a member of staff did come round and clean the other tables so I’m sure anyone else coming after us wouldn’t share our complaint.

This morning I had a pregnancy craving for a cooked breakfast so off we went to the garden shed. We live nearby & in 2 years have only been once before for an ice cream. The breakfast was delicious & great value for money. I think we will be weekend regulars from now on!

This is a really nice place, food is good and the staff are friendly, I would recommend this little place

We called for breakfast on Sunday morning.The location and outdoor seating are very nice and the food was cooked to perfection.We just wished we had been warned when placing our order that there was a long wait (50 minutes) as we had an important appointment.

Just popped in for breakfast, simply fantastic. Good food, freshly cooked, value for money , great staff and service. Everyone should try this place.

Googled this one, not far from me too.Cafe,come garden centre.With an ice cream parlour.Lots of plants to mooch through if you like that kind of thing.Inside and outside eatingPet friendly.Food was nice, staff were polite and busy.Ice cream was gorgeousWill be going there again

We called in for breakfast on bank holiday Monday, over the Easter weekend.We were met with a smile and our order for breakfast was taken very promptly.Tea was brought over to our table very quickly and breakfast soon followed. We both had a full English. There was plenty on the plate an it seemed good quality food,We will return to this café again, when next in the area.

I stopped off here today whilst on a 50 mile solo leisure bike ride. Very impressed with the service, value for money and attractive setting. I sat outside as it was a lovely warm Spring day.I had a chess panini with side salad (all very fresh) and a big mug of tea. All for under £4.00. Excellent value. I will return again, and will also recommend to other cycling chums.

This is one of our favourite places to call at for a snack, lunch or breakfast. The staff are very friendly and clearly care about what they are serving. Nothing is too much trouble. The quality of the food is great and the value for money is second to none. When the place is busy you sometimes have to wait a while to be served but the food is made fresh to order and when it comes is always worth the wait. Highly recommended

Lovely little place for snacks and drinks. Very good quality food and well presented. Good choice and extremely affordable prices.

We've been here a few times now and have always enjoyed the food. The staff are very helpful and the prices are very fair. They also allow well-behaved dogs so it's a good place to stop off and warm up while you're out walking the dog.The coffee is lovely and I recommend their cooked breakfast: delicious!

We've only been here the once. Saturday afternoon between 3 & 4. Because there was only one car in the car park I was expecting it to be closed but they are open until 5. We enjoyed a mug of tea, a tray bake(good choice)and a GIANT ice cream cone for our grandson. Yes, we made a mistake there, one scoop would have been plenty. Even he was a bit over-faced by it so grandad had to help him!Very happy with our food and will visit again.Nice to see there were magazines and newspapers you could glance through.Very clean toilet facilities, always a plus.Hope Harriet is there again next time.Then we had a quick look around the nursery. Definitely in the old fashioned vein. After all they actually grow most of the plants themselves. To be applauded. A table full of pumpkins set out individually which was great for our grandson to select his own.Also bought a Juncus effusus spiralis which seemed somehow appropriate for Halloween. It's creepy!

This is a little gem, you hardly know it's there and the sign into the garden centre doesn't tell you the choices of food. If you want the best all day breakfast at the best price then this is the place to go. Service, surroundings and food excellent.

I have spent many hours happily here - my little girl loves the ice cream and so do we!! Good and drink lovely and reasonably priced with a good choice of drinks too. Friendly staff who are always welcoming, shame the play area has had to be removed due to one complaint. My little girl is heartbroken - ice cream should help to fix it tho!!

Living nearby, it's a short walk to the garden shed. We have been lots of times and have always enjoyed our experience. I usually have full English and my wife normally has a jacket potato. There is plenty of choice for food and drink and the service is excellent with cheerful and helpful staff. The food is freshly cooked and really tasty but the waiting times can vary depending on how busy it is. They have a wide selection of desserts and the ice creams are to die for. Would definitely recommend coming here.

Visited this place today having moved to the area recently and noticed great reviews of the establishment on trip advisor. I'm genuinely baffled as to where the positive reviews have come from and was very disappointed.As it was a lovely day and we live within easy walking distance, we strolled to the Garden Shed and it's garden centre - admiring the lovely part of the world where it's based and where we are now lucky enough to call home. For those not local, the semi-rural location between Ainsworth and Harwood is genuinely lovely.. and a great location to spend relaxing time, but for me that's where the positives for the garden shed end.We sat in the outdoor seating area - which isn't particularly nice to be frank. Wood bark on the ground, felt a bit "dirty", not overly welcoming and not a patch on outdoor seating areas at similar garden centre cafe establishments (such as the magnificent "hidden gem" at Heaton park), so not the greatest start. Ordered the much-acclaimed ice cream - which was OK rather than the heavenly treat described in previous reviews - have had far better ice cream in several places I could think of off the top of my head (Delamere forest railway station shop being one). Cold drinks selection is poor - no premium soft drinks (such as San Pellegrino cans), not even any sparkling water (out of stock apparently) so made do with a can of coke at 80p - never my first choice anywhere. A quick note on the inside area of the shed - didn't look special at all, very basic set up, old looking tables and chairs picked in quite tight. Service fairly slow but friendly enough - a member of staff had to ask me to tell her how much an item I chose from the fridge was. Coffee machine looked ok but nothing premium.So far so very ordinary - but what was utterly disgraceful was the state of the play equipment for children in the corner of the seating area (right next to a toilet block). I've added a photo I took to this review - unlikely to be too clear but the toy house, slide and see saw present were absolutely filthy (the slide looks like that after out two year old slid down it several times - wiping of several layers of filthy grime with his new jeans and remaining covered in that till he got home). I appreciate the proprietors don't have to put any play equipment out at all - but the fact is it is unacceptable to leave filthy equipment available for kids, particularly in an environment where they're eating and drinking, as it's nigh-on impossible to stop a 2 year old running over and playing with such pieces of play equipment once they've been spotted! It wouldn't take much effort to clean it occasionally - given the state it was in today I'd be surprised if it has been cleaned at all in the last couple of years. Far from what I'd expect from an establishment with a 5-star hygiene rating - maybe that should be reviewed imminently?All in all very disappointing and a place very different to that described by earlier reviews - which I have to say I'm sceptical about the authenticity of given the experience. Wanted it to be an amazing oasis on the door step, in reality it's far from it - low end of average would probably be generous. Considering going back to sample a hot sandwich and coffee at some point given how local it is - but in all honesty in absolutely no rush to do so.

We live about 1 mile from the Garden Centre, in which this Ice Cream Parlour is house, and until recently have never thought to visit - BIG mistake!!!Service is friendly, plenty of room to sit, both inside and out, and browse the Garden Centre, whilst enjoying the sumptuous ice creams.Once discovered, will not easily be forgetten.....

Great little cafe to take the kids for an ice cream. Been here a couple of times now and never been disappointed. Would definitely recommend and return.

Really good this place coming tomorrow day really good I like it wonderfully staff and good service providers

We have visited this café a number of times over the last couple of months, sometimes when buying plants and others for a snack lunch or breakfast. We have tried the Full English Breakfast and the paninis and would recommend both, there is a little wait if busy but the food is of a high quality and cooked to order. They have just expanded and there is now additional seating inside and a few tables outside which is lovely in the sunshine. A great find.

On Sunday had late fry up had quite a wait as busy but well worth the wait as stated before is cooked to order would definitely recommend

We have been using The Garden shed for quite a while now, it makes a nice stop off for lunch after church. The food is good ( sandwiches, breakfasts, baked potatoes, ice-cream,cakes etc) and reasonable priced. It can take a while when they are busy but everything is made to order so this is to be expected. They have now finished the small extension which has doubled the indoor seating, made a super toilet block and put extra tables outside to take advantage of the warmer weather. Would defiantly recommend going.

Lovely little cafe for breakfast and snacks for lunch the tea and cakes and ice cream are delicious. This is also nursery where you can buy plants and things for your garden.

Well worth a visit, a wonderful Tea Shop attached to Arthur Lane Nurseries. Always a friendly & warm welcome any time of the day. Toasted Teacakes & Bacon Sandwiches are great, everything is freshly made so you may have to wait for a short time during busy periods but its well worth it.The ice cream is excellent and the portions are huge & so cheap in comparison to other places in the surrounding area. The Nurseries are an added attraction as you can pick up great plants/shrubs at a far superior quality to nearby Morrisons or Aldi. It's great to see an independent business like this being successful and its great to be able to support them as they are on our doorstep.

Best full English around the area! Fresh and great quality. Great to call in for a nice dinnertime snack.

Been here a few times. Great breakfast, proper butter, Yorkshire tea, local products, super service. As some say there can be a wait at times but that's because it's prepared as it's ordered not previously cooked and kept warm.

The place is not good to get to from the car if you are not good on your feet not a good path. But the ice cream is delicious and we always pop in here for an ice cream especially in the summer.

Defo recommended place to visit my family go there and my son loves the ice cream. Good service even when their busy they bring your drinks to your table 5********

Happened upon this place when searching for somewhere to take a friend for breakfast when she came to stay - I live not far from here and had never heard of it! We went for breakfast on a Sunday morning, and as we were there quite early, I don't think it had got the chance to become too busy (as we were leaving it was much busier). We did have to wait a while for our food but it was well cooked and tasty. There was a selection of cakes and ice cream which we didn't try due to the time of day, but they looked great! A cracking find and one we will definitely be using again in the future!

Never been disappointed. Great food, great prices and very friendly staff. It's a pleasure to visit the Garden Shed.

Only had ice cream which is delicious, they have unusual flavours like toffee and banana. So good bought some to bring home.

A traditional no frills cafe within a no frills plant nursery-cum-garden centre. Food basic but good. Long wait however! Paninis could do with a little garnish

Came here for breakfast last week and although we had to wait a while (we were pre-warned about this!) it was well worth the wait! Top marks for the full English and they also have various flavours of Fredrick's ice-cream. Staff are friendly and it's in a peaceful, hidden location.

We went here to buy some flowers and thought we will have our lunch. I went with my husband and son aged 9. We were pleasantly surprised by the cost. The service we received was excellent and the sandwich I had was freshly made to order. We also had ice cream and were pleased with the price we definitely recommend coming here and will be back again.

Had a fantastic breakfast here. Nice, cosy place. Very clean, fresh farm eggs & tasty bacon. Friendly staff. Great prices.

I love this hidden gem in between Bolton and Bury. It's a wooden building set in a family owned garden centre. They serve a good selection of ice cream, coffee, sandwiches & breakfast - all made freshly and to your specific order. It is fantastic value for money, especially if you are taking young children. This placed saved my life when we had a new kitchen in 2014. Only problem is if it's raining there isn't a huge amount of space, but that is being addressed with an extension. Nice in summer, as children can roam safely.

We've been visiting here for well over a year now, the food is all freshly cooked and not over priced, we go every Friday after school for ice cream which is the same price as the ice cream van at school but delicious and they give you loads. The setting is lovely and peaceful and when the weather's nice it's a great sun trap, that said we have been in the snow!

Well worth visiting - the Garden Shed is a cafe based at Arthur Lane Nurseries. It serves wonderful sandwiches, panninis, soups, pies cakes - and fabulous ice creams - some varieties I have never heard of. The hot drinks are lovely and the staff are wonderful. A lovely place to walk to with the dogs. Seating both inside and outside. And a mooch round the plants and flowers as well.

Whilst I wouldn't normally call this a 'cafe' as such (it is far from your traditional greasy spoon!), the food, pricing and service are exceptional. It's great to have a nice cafe open like this in the village as it really is worth stopping by....

Bacon sandwich , breakfasts , carrs pasties lovely coffee and teas in a clean friendly environment , recommend for soup and sandwich or a breakfast with children , family and friend you will not be disappointed