The Greenhouse Tearoom in York

Very nice food and drink staff very friendly and polite and a lovely atmosphere surrounded by lots of nature.lovely little cafe hidden away in a garden centre(vertigrow) .A little gem will be coming back for tea and cake once more .

We visited on Sun July 30th & ordered 2x coffees & 2x sandwiches. Our orders were promptly taken by a young blonde girl, which I credit her for. Our coffees were ok but took a while to arrive (I would understand if it was busy but there were only a couple of customers in who already had ordered and got their drinks). After 35-40 mins, I went to the counter to ask where our sandwiches were, the girl told us she forgot to give the kitchen our check and now the kitchen is closed. There was barely an apology and she shrugged it off, her attitude was not great at all. She could have offered us a slice of cake or put a discount on our coffee.. Her attitude was poor and we will absolutely not be back. If you are going to charge £9 for a sarnie then make sure your staff have appropriate hospitality training.

Eaten here several times for lunch and alway good food and good service, not your average garden centre cafe. Prawns with grapefruit and avocado on the sourdough is certainly my favourite.

I don’t mind paying £9.50 for a sandwich. However - when there is a lot of unpleasant margarine and very little filling I do mind. The bread is very crunchy on the outside which isn’t great for elderly guests teeth. Looking at the average age range - I am surprised they don’t consider it. The small amount my mother ate - broke her tooth. Not a good experience.

Food is excellent, cakes amazing too. Cannot fault it, lovely setting. Will definitely be back. Staff are very helpful and friendly. Lovely place next to an excellent nursery.

Beautiful cakes, breakfast served in a lovely conservatory, surrounded by plants from the garden centre. Standout cake was the courgette, lime, gin and sprinkled generously with pistachio. Also an amazing sausage patty served in a warm buttered bun. Perfect coffee, homemade sourdough and can’t wait to try more on the menu. Great place to stop off the A64 to or from the coast and a fantastic garden centre.

We went to Vertigrow to stock up on shrubs and went to the Tearoom for lunch again. We were not disappointed. We both had Welsh Rarebit and truffle chips, gorgeous, full of flavour, freshly cooked, lovely salad too. Coffee was great. The service is always pleasant here, efficient without fuss and this time, the chef was heard singing from the kitchen! No extra charge for that. It really did leave us feeling we had had an all-round great day and can't wait to go back.

Had a lovely sandwich and salad,eaten in a very peaceful charming setting. Served by two friendly people. We enjoyed it that much we went back for tea and cake.

Been couple times. Food and staff lovely and food delicious. We go for the garden centre, the food is a bonus. Enjoy seating area, not huge but very pleasant.

Not child friendly, no kids menu. Limited menu in general. The greenhouse itself looked pretty but that was about it. Wasted journey with 2 kids.

Had been recommended to visit and glad we did. Friendly, welcoming and efficient service. Grilled brisket & cheese sandwiches were packed with tender, fat free meat and were absolutely delicious.

Lovely little independent cafe set in the Vertigrow garden centre . Homemade sourdough and bread . Sandwiches and salads a bit different from the usual and delicious . Scones looked fab and the carrot snd orange cake was gorgeous

Very nice cafe. More than delicious coffee. It was the Eton mess cake that drew me in. Seating outside in a dappled shade court yard or in a pretty green house. Have tried other items on menu which has an interesting selection. I can recommend breakfast. Fantastic sour dough. Good service.

The menu is pared down a little but the standards are as high as they always were. Excellent Covid measures in place and great drinks, snacks, cakes and scones. The new lunch menu looks very attractive on paper and on the palates coming out so w e will time our next bvisit to have lunch. Superb service as always. So wonderful that they have come through a difficult year for the industry and are still at the very top of their game - and an excellent game they play. highly recommended. And the bonus is that you have a wonderful garden nursery to explore before or after.

I have been before, I will visit again. Not only are they maintaining high levels of Covid safety standards they are still producing very high quality cakes, scones and light lunches. To cope with the need for greater spacing (which was always generous pre-Covid - a new spacious indoor space in a large greenhouse has been opened. As ever excellent service. In the Vertigrow nursery on the A 64 very shortly after the A64 bypass of York. A perfect hidden gem.

Delicious lunch . We had haloumi salad and brisket panini. Very quick service and lovely friendly helpful staff. We then had the most gorgeous scone, light as a feather. Outstanding little place which is doing a great job in these difficult times. I would place...

Had to write a review as Tom's food is sublime. Never ceases to impress! Been coming here for a few years. It's the carrot that brings us to the garden centre (also excellent). Hayley runs the service so well. Efficient, professional but also friendly. Can't...

This is a great place in the garden centre. They have made the whole cafe Covid safe with fewer tables inside the cafe, the opening of some tables in a neighbouring green house and in the beautiful sheltered courtyard courtesy of many grand Vertigrow plants...

I visited on 7th July with my two adult daughters en route to the coast. We ordered 3 Scotch Eggs to take away. We were told there would be a 5 minute wait whilst they were prepared. They were well worth that 5 minutes wait....

We came here for plants but decided to grab some lunch first, so glad we did, the homemade Scotch eggs were fantastic, the triple cooked chips with Parmesan and truffle were superb and the homemade cakes were fab too, weather was awful so we ate...

Visited here on a Sunday afternoon. Very polite service and a concise menu in these times that was decently priced. The triple cooked chips with parmesan and truffle was really nice, as was my wife's vegetarian pasty. Unfortunately there was a bad mistake as I...

For such a tiny family run café, this tearoom is BIG in terms of quality food & friendly service. Only had time today for a coffee and hot chocolate which was overflowing with cream and marshmallows. Bought Brownies ‘to go’ and all homemade cakes and...

This little gem has found fame and rightly so. It has been serving customers who visit the Vertigrow nursery for at leat two years now and every visit is a delight.Just off the busy A64, there is ample car parking, a great nursery and this...

Visited the Greenhouse tearoom a week or so back. Decided to have the breakfast, bacon bap with homemade bread and delicious crispy bacon. Sitting outside in the sun with great coffee and scrumptious food was just the perfect start to the weekend. The staff and...

We came here after a weekend stay nearby and the staff very kindly allowed us to order breakfast just after 11 even though it was supposed to finish. It’s a small menu but great value and quality. Everything had clearly been freshly prepared and was...

Stopped in after wandering around the garden center. Had a cheese and ham pannini with onion marmalade and it tasted fantastic!

Visited today to warm up after trecking round the garden centre, lovely coffee, flat white, I’ve had many so called flat whites but realised today I have never had a proper flat white ( I once googled what one was, smaller bubbles, less froth) this...

My husband and I visited here for the first time yesterday and were very impressed. The food was delicious and beautifully presented. The onion soup with the lovely accompanying bread roll was especially yummy. There were so many items on the menu that were tempting...

Had lunch here today - delicious hot sandwiches. One was spiced cod goujons and the other brisket with red onion marmalade served in a brioche bun with salad (with a sweet chilli and orange dressing) and crisps. Lovely pot of loose leaf tea too. Excellent...

We try to call in at this tea room whenever we can. The food is delicious. We love the courgette and lime cake. Nothing has ever disappointed us.

Sentados a la sombra de un magnífico árbol liso cuyas ramas habían sido cuidadosamente entrenadas para obtener la máxima sombra, disfrutamos de un fabuloso desayuno.

Wish I had taken a picture. The courtyard area had dappled sunlit seating, with a gentle breeze. I soucombed to the courgette and lime cake. I've had the amazing lunches here and could never manage a cake afterwards. This was my opportunity. I had a delicious cup of decaf tea and the cake. Absolutely wonderful. Both just perfect, sat in the shade, reading, cuppa and the perfect summer cake. Bliss.

We stopped here for a bite to eat on Saturday before going to the races, and were pleasantly surprised at the wonderful dishes on offer. The food was excellent, and the coffee and tea just what we needed. The little touches such as the string bow around the cutlery were lovely. Tom and Hayley are previously known to us from when they worked in Coniston, and deserve to do well here. We would heartily recommend this lovely little cafe, and will be back for more.

Visited here a couple of times with my mum for lunch. Clean and tidy, lovely setting and the sunshine made it even more lovely! Mum had the rarebit again, as so nice last time and I had the salmon fishcake. It was just mouth wateringly lovely.

Absolutely delicious food. Great service. Lovely setting. Heads above the usual bog standard tearoom. A great find.

been coming here for years, lovely food especially the cake. the owners are great and make you feel welcome.

A beautiful setting, complimented by quality home-made food & friendly service. The young couple deserve considerable success!

Another wonderful visit to The Greenhouse Tearoom recently, and again, want to say thank you to both Tom and Hayley for the warm welcome, and the Oh, so delicious food.

Excellent homemade food including the bread. Couldn't fault the service. Loved all the little 'twee' things like the bow round the napkin & cutlery. And, what's most important to us, dog friendly. 10 out of 10 to this 'magical little tearoom'. Highly recommend it.

We called into the Greenhouse Tearoom on our way from Sheffield to Whitby. Only had coffee and toast but it was excellent. Lovely little tearoom with good service, atmosphere and menu - can highly recommend. We'll definitely be calling again, hopefully for lunch next time.

This place is a real find. The quality of food for the price is amazing. It has a small but interesting lunch menu with some really well thought through and presented main courses. Duck dish I had today would have cost double at a restaurant in the city centre. Cakes are fantastic too. Always good service too. Highly recommended.

We popped in here for a cuppa and warm up after visiting the Yorkshire Air Museum and getting frozen half to death. They made us welcome even though it was almost closing time, and the dog could come in for a warm too. Excellent home made cakes and scones and the best coffee I have ever had. Tom - we will be back!!!

We'd planned a trip to Vertigrow as they had the shrubs we wanted for our garden. Having been for a wonder round Castle Howard & decided to not have lunch. We tried The Greenhouse, definitely not disappointed, really scrummy homemade tea cake and the coffee was delicious.

We love this place - delicious food with good vegetarian options for mains and sides. The homemade bread is outstanding. All the food tastes so fresh and uses fresh herbs straight from the garden. Tastefully designed presentation.

So pleased a site for this little gem is now up and running, as I have visited The Greenhouse Tearoom many times and tried to enter a review but was unsuccessful.

This lovely little gem is one of York's best! Do not let the name fool you, it is much more than a tea room. The food is simply delicious. We've been here a few times now and have never been disappointed. The menu changes often depending on that season. Their cakes look gorgeous and the serve all the normal hot drinks. I would deffo recommend this place. If you're sick of the A64 stop here. You will not be disappointed.

Got sick of the traffic on the A64 and saw this nursery with a tea room. Lucky for us everyone else was stopping at the next larger cafe. It was just busy enough have a nice atmosphere but not too much for the single waitress and chef. All the food we saw was freshly prepared/ cooked. My daughter had a chicken tikka brioche which was so tasty. The cream teas were beautiful and the cakes looked lovely - lots of people taking some away for later (as did we on our return trip after the holiday). Good range for small tearoom from sandwiches and cakes to soup or salads.

Visited here several times for lunch whilst visiting the Vertigrow nursery.

This little cafe shares a site with Vertigro Nursery. Sit in the beautiful shady courtyard or the light airy conservatory if it's a little inclement and enjoy the home made food. The menu is short and different, with choices including home made pork and apple pie with salad together with an excellent selection of home made cakes, served in generous portions by the friendly staff. A real find !!