The Orchard Cafe in Worcester

Saturday afternoon very slow service still waiting for drink and cake

Cosy welcoming atmosphere, good table service.

Quick pit stop fair pricing friendly staff

Was really busy and a bit noisy but is popular with young children and dogs allowed, so to be expected! Interesting decor, our table was a door!! Good food, came quickly and reasonable prices. Very close to the hospital.

Very busy so waited 1/2 hr, food was great & staff were lovely

So much potential for this place to be great. Met friends from Leicester here as it's an ideal half way point. Sadly the food was just really disappointing. Chilli con carne jacket potato was cold. Burger was ok, wedges were not very nice at all (tasted like they'd been deep fried on too low a temperature so they were oily and chewy) and the bacon pancakes were served with anaemic bacon, I'm honestly surprised my son ate any. Dog friendly which was good, and the woodland walks were wonderful. Just wish the food could have matched the location.

My husband and went for a walk around the woods today before going to the Orchard Cafe. Lovely weather today. It was great service despite being busy. I love the cafe here. The carrot and coriander soup served with a multigrain roll was delicious.

A lot of people about on day we visited so service a bit slow. Nice cake and acceptable cup of tea. Prices perhaps a bit high and portions not large. Allow dogs which is always a plus point with us.

Wow. I thought my takeaway jacket potato felt light - opened it up and there’s about 1/3 the filling there used to be. I can only assume this is a deliberate way of increasing the profit margins. Disappointing.

It is a great facility in Worcester Country Park with inside and outside seating, open all day serving a good selection of food and drinks.

Service friendly, food not great. Visited last year for lunch and the menu was varied, well cooked and tasty. It felt premium! This time was such a disappointment, it felt sparse and ingredients cheap. Soggy wedges with raw cayenne on top of 'spicy' version. All under seasoned, bland food. Waitress asked if all ok so pointed out all the issues in politest way we could.... Presented with bill, no acknowledgement. Feels like they know it's not great.

If you sit outside you order off the outdoors menu and collect your food when it's ready. We enjoyed our hot drinks and the food was tasty and well cooked but unfortunately you don't get many wedges for your money.

Wow-such a beautiful little gem that is so much more than a cafe by a park. Lovely food, a fantastic menu, great service and (not for us on this visit) but dog friendly. Across the road from the fantastic St Richard's Hospice

Sadly food quality has declined..bread far to thick and tasteless

We stopped off for a coffee and a bite to eat had the BLT sandwich Best we ever had. Plenty of bacon two thick slices cooked to perfection. Plenty of lettuce and tomatoes. Toasted thick bread. Large coffee.. Perfect.

Good meeting place for grandparents and 2 year old grandson. Don't agree with dogs being allowed in an eating area. Hope the staff washed their hands after petting the dogs!

Called here on the 3rd Wednesday in August with 2 of our grandsons for children’s activities, arranged outside for summer holidays .For lunch sausage rolls, baguette, hot chocolates & ice creams .All very tasty & good quality

Excellent, friendly cafe for post Parkrun refuelling. We had a funky booth to sit in and really enjoyed our food, along with the very good quality coffee. The staff were all friendly and efficient, many thanks.

Sausage sandwich?? Thick bread only one sausage cut in bits on the sandwich, very poor!!! Bread dry, not fresh!! Dissapointing.

A good place to get food at a reasonable price 👌

This is a dog friendly restaurants The staff are really friendly and polite

Friendly, albeit slow, service. A wrong order (adult instead of kids hot chocolate). Weak, insipid coffee. Not the best of experiences.

Service was excellent quick and friendly Food was poor would not go back

Free parking. Large Cappuccino. &3:60. Nice walk through the woods.

David Hail is a top notch pot washer, saw my reflection in the plate and could admire myself will come back to do again 👍

Went here with our daughter and grandson the food was lovely chloe the waitress was very helpful gave our grandson some toys to play with went out of her way to make us feel welcome will definitely be going again 😊😊

lovely cafe, do a banging honey on toast! kind staff always like to stroke my dog

Great place to stop 5 minutes from the M5. Nicer, cheaper and a far better environment than motorway services. Sausage Sandwich with onions was lovely and reasonably priced. Will use it again

I haven’t been here since it was refurbished and they have done a decent job with the interior. Nicely designed with some thoughtful touches. The surroundings are a big improvement. The service was decent too…speedy and friendly. A nice touch to give a mat for the puppy dog to lie on. The food was disappointing.. My flat white coffee wasn’t nice… no depth of flavour, served in a coffee cup with no saucer so not sure where I was supposed to put my spoon once I had added some sweetness? No water offered for the table. All of the breakfast items seem to feature bread… except porridge. Stuck for any real choice I opted for the ham/cheese/mustard pannini…. bread I know but griddled so it’s flat and crispy it would be fine wouldn’t it? Nope….the filling was tasty but it was seriously undercooked….it looked like it had been waved at the grill…still very bready… my spaniel enjoyed a decent portion as sending it back would have mortified my teenage daughter! On the plus side the coleslaw side was delish. My daughters fruit compote and crème fraiche pancakes were ‘nice’ (she has never met a pancake she didn’t like!) On reflection £25 for two average snacky meals and drinks felt steep. This place has a captive market and I’m sure they are always very busy but it could be so much better with some simple changes. We won’t return…just a 5 min walk away the Lakeview cafe at County Hall is soo much better for food and they do great coffee but was sadly not open for our early dog walk.

Busy day due to nice weather could of had another member of staff serving

The location is lovely, great park and woods nearby. The staff are mostly lovely and the cakes are nice. The downsides are: - the food is massively overpriced (and quality meh) - the coffee quality doesn't match the price - the toilets are pretty dank and would need a massive upgrade Small note: the roof has its own passport because something is growing up there. Some maintenance is desperately overdue.

My wife and I took a spur of the moment choice to visit for breakfast. Aimee our waitress was the most adorable and attentive waiting staff member you could ever wish for. The breakfast (vegetarian) was perfect, add to this a great atmosphere, it made this, despite the 40 minute journey to get there, a definite return to spot.

Nice place for a lunch good area for children

Despite how busy the park and cafe were, service was quick and the staff were friendly. However, the food was below average at best. My wife and I ordered a sausage sandwich (one of them vegan), a biscoff frappe with an espresso shot and an herbiscus iced tea. We both ordered multi grain bread, however they ran out so my sandwich was on white bread. No big deal though as I appreciate stocks will run low during busy times. However, for the price we paid, we recieved 2 very small sausages, apparently randomly thrown onto 2 slices of very dry, un-buttered, bread. My wife said the vegan sausage was fine. But my sausage had very little taste. The herbiscus tea appeared to have been made by adding cold water and ice to a syrup, not from an infused bag, as all the syrup was at the bottom of the cup. The buscoff frappe was very nice, but I couldn't tell if there was an espresso shot in it or not. Overall I wouldn't recommend either of the food choices we made, nor the herbiscus tea. For the prices, I would expect something better than you can get from a burger van at a festival.

Popped in with a friend after a short walk for some lunch, I ordered a BLT, an iced tea and a slab of cake all were very good - it should be noted when they say large cakes they mean it and you are served a slab of cake, thankfully they are also happy to provide take away boxes. Staff were friendly and welcoming even when the baby was crying while we got the bill and packed up! Food was quick and there was no wait for a table despite being peak lunchtime.

My wife asked to sit away from the draughty door, but the waitress said we could not sit on larger table even though it wasn’t too busy. Ordered a bacon sandwich only 2 miserable pieces of fatty bacon. Total waste of money. Wife left most of her powdery hot chocolate very weak My coffee was only just ok. Great shame !!!

Had takeaway coffee's and a teacake and a sausage roll. Service was very good and the coffee was good. Sausage roll and teacake were well worth the money

The food Chilli and cheese on loaded fries was delicious and that my popular favourite so score is 15 out of 10

The staff are very friendly and very helpful they always have a smile on their faces.The food is 9/10 sometimes the bread is not very fresh the price of the food is very good they have a park so the kids can have fun.the problem is in the summer time it has a train going round plus bouncing castle which is very expensive for the time the kids are allowed to stay on overall i will give it 10/10

Needed a break from a long motorway journey and found the orchard. Set in a parkland with kids playground and a great alternative to service stations and fry ups. Salads, sandwiches etc

The worst bacon sandwich I have had the displeasure to be served. anywhere. Dry bread ,dry fatty cold bacon.Couldn’t have been more tasteless. 2/10. Have been going here for many years at least once a week,we will NEVER use the Orchard Cafe again.

We have visited this cafe for probably 20 yrs and always enjoyed what we have had, walking our dog in the woods first and then having coffee and sometimes breakfast sandwich which has always been good. However today after driving around to the Park after a hospital appt we order a sausage sandwich and a bacon sandwich. The sausage sandwich was ok but the bacon sandwich was abysmal. There was exactly one rasher of bacon in each side, one of the rasher was all fat, no butter on the bread which was way to thick for the filling. I took it back to the hatch to express my disappointment but the guy said that was standard now- 1 rasher in each side or I could have a refund. Also this time unusually the coffee was tasteless. The price for bacon sarnie was just under £6. needless to say this is the last time we will visit for food

Great place, lovely friendly staff who did a brilliant job, serving us quickly. Food was cheaper than I expected and plenty of it. Breastfeeding friendly too for mums to meet.

We took the grandkids for a walk in the woods plus playground had a kiddies snack box's which they liked has a drink fingerroll sandwich one had ham the other cheese plus crisp.and a chocolate plenty of seat or you can sit and have a picnic there service was pleasant que not to bad but was getting busy by the time we left.

Walked the dogs with my mum and then had a cup of tea (large) and a lovely slice of carrot cake. Very welcoming and quick service. Also happy to have the dogs in or outside. Have been coming here for years - great for kids and dogs alike

It was a surprise wedding cream tea treat after our service at County Hall. Large scones with no fresh bake taste, bland and dry. Cream and jam in very small pots, not enough to make the scone edible. It was hard to eat and swallow. Pot of tea remained watery and not hot enough. The seating and decor were really inviting and cute. We were not asked if everything was alright.

Well presented food and delicious vegetarian dish. Just the right amount.

I have visited many times for years sadly the quality of food has dropped.. toasted tea cake was very dry crispy and gritty April visit bacon sandwich..bacon was okay but the bread far too thick and dry March visit large roll served in a bag .. was tough stodgy and tasteless Coffee and service was good Probably won’t be visiting again for food anymore

Staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Dogs are welcome, on a lead. Clean and well furnished. Food adequate and not value for money. I ordered the 'local reared outdoor sausage sandwich' (pictured). It cost £6. A few crisps on the side wouldn't go amiss.

Had a great lunch here with my family, food was very good and the service was quick and friendly 🙂

Great place, service and good choice on offer: quite a few plant based options. We liked the booths made out of repurposed carpentry. It was very popular with families and dog owners hence quite noisy so not somewhere for a relaxed/quiet pitstop. Better than your average country park cafe.

No bacon sandwich after 11 am no toasties until after 12 what a joke there at 5 to 12 NO Toasties till 12 we will never go again what a joke

First time using the cafe. Speciality hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows was lovely.

Used the takeaway section round the corner from the main cafe there, ordered cappuccino and a sausage sandwich which comes with sauce and onions if required, very tasty but probably expensive for some at £5.95.There is a good selection of cakes, slices and other savoury food and drinks, nice for after a walk round the woods there

Very friendly cafe with a good range of reasonably priced food.

My wife and I stopped by for a pot of tea and a cup of coffee, which were OK, and of course priced to reflect the lack of local competition. We were told where to sit - a six-seat booth - which unfortunately left us nowhere to stow our 3-month-old's pushchair but in the aisle. Received some pretty dirty looks from staff because of this, and were asked to move the pushchair - but given no suggestion as to where. Ended up piling the chairs into a heap to make space. Felt uncomfortable, and drank up and left asap. Asked a member of staff whether there were any baby changing facilities - but didn't know! Pretty odd as there were at least half a dozen babies and toddlers in the cafe at the time, and it seems to be popular with young families. Turned out there were facilities outside the main entrance, but they were filthy. I'd like to apologise to the establishment and staff for being such an imposition by bringing our baby, and we'll be sure not to bring him again. Edit: three years later, and looking for somewhere to stop off for a quick bite when visiting the area again, I stumble across my own review and am reminded to look elsewhere.

I really don’t understand the previous bad reviews as this place is a little gem. The decor inside is very cute, with mirrors foliage and cute lights with such a rustic feel. You are seated quickly and seen to within a few minutes for your order. Good variety of food (I have been a few times so able to see a lot of the menu!) with food always piping hot. Never greasy or give you the feeling of being cheap. It feels like you have gone out somewhere very special. The atmosphere is friendly and is suitable for catch ups with friends, family outings and those with children and infants. Every time I have been the staff work VERY hard, constantly checking if their guests are okay, cleaning tables and serving food. Every time I have been I have saw nothing but smiling faces from the staff and also every customer. For such a little place this is a gem!

A lovely place with polite and friendly staff. Great breakfast.

Lovely food. Lovely staff. Lovely location. Very family friendly. Fantastic natural children's playground right outside.

We went here about 5 years ago, and loved it. We went again today and it had gotten even better. Amazing to stop for breakfast whilst travelling. Welcoming staff and charming decor. Very near to a large carpark with free parking. I highly recommend it if you are near to, or passing through Worcester.

Just popped in for a coffee but cake was so tempting and was lovely. Nice atmosphere service very good.

Wonderful place , great food and service, very cosy and great for enture family!!

Went for something to eat after a walk around the park today, Absolutely the best BLT ever! Loaded with bacon, cooked to perfection.

A really welcoming cafe to take a puppy. After a good walk it’s great to enjoy a coffee and bacon sandwich. Even a puppacino is available which our puppy loves.

Oh dear what an over priced shambles. £12.50 for a breakfast with 1 bacon and 1 sausage on it. They even forgot to put the sausage on my breakfast. No table check at all. The sandwich was obviously made with yesterday's bread so dry and poor. When I finally got my sausage there was no apology. Staff not clearing tables when they are going into the kitchen empty handed. Just poor value in food and experience. When I paid the bill I wasn't asked if everything was OK which is basic curtesy. Not even thank you. Nice cafe and setting but poor uninterested staff. Not good at all.

Took a small detour from the motorway on a long journey, to stop for breakfast. What a great place. Loads of kids and dogs, and grown-ups enjoying nice food and drink in lovely parkland

Cold Sausage, undercooked mushrooms, burnt hash brown! Beans were cooked ok! Chef can’t cook poached eggs when ask while restaurant was quiet. Ordered porridge and it came 5 minutes after breakfast after reminding waitress and then came out not the banana one we asked for. Dogs whining and barking in restaurant while you are eating - i know it’s a country side restaurant but it is a bit annoying in a place that gets so busy! Say local outdoor reared meat, but we saw a wholesale meat company delivering. Only left 2no chocolates when there was 3 of us eating. Wont hurry back in a while. Friendly waitresses otherwise it would have been a 1 star review!

Waited 15 minutes to be served and walked out when they started taking an order from someone who came in after me! Such a shame seemed like a nice place

Just waited 15 mins to get served. Walked out when they start serving people that had come in after me!!

Dog Friendly cafe, free parking good food and drink. Staff friendly ,and a nice stroll round woods and fields

Nice little coffee shop style cafe. Good range of light meals and snacks. Staff are very pleasant and it rounds off a trip to the Countryside centre very nicely

We had a table booked, service was excellent served by Grace who was very helpful and polite.

Two hot drinks, a bacon sandwich and some dog treats for £12. Good value.

Went for coffee today. Highly recommended

Great service with nice drinks & cakes. Very accommodating and baby friendly.

We had the brunch with Santa, there were 4 of us plus our nearly 10 month old puppy who was a bit nervous, staff were super friendly even when pup barked a couple of times, no judgement at all they understood she is training, the food was lovely and the kids really enjoyed meeting Santa the presents where pretty good too, would absolutely 100 recommend and will be going back next year

We attended the Breakfast with Santa event for the second year running this morning and it was magical! The food was delicious, the service impeccable and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The cafe is a family (and dog) friendly restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating in close proximity to the Worcester Woods. Nett and her team run various events throughout the year and the staff are always helpful and inviting. Our go to for fresh air, fun at the park and great food and drink!

Excellent Christmas experience and very well organised

Great place, great food, fast service

Just a quick visit with the dog. We went inside and were made welcome by the waiting staff. Very dog friendly with many treats on offer for them.

Been a few years since i last went in the café and it has changed a bit. Now seems to be more a restaurant with wait staff and being shown to tables. However the coffee and cakes we had were good. The acoustics made it noisy due to high ceiling? as it was very busy. Dog friendly which as on a favoured dog walking area is all to the good for us.

We had a delicious breakfast here. Lived the decor, and the staff were really friendly

Cozy cafe with great service and food.

Food outstanding Staff outstanding

Unusual interior, nice bit of upcycling going on! Nice staff and good service! The cakes are nice! 😁

Worst hot choc ever. Watery with 10 diddy marshmallows. Cake was great hence two star, but my pet hate is hot choc made with water. Water hot choc says 4 scoops, I reckon there was 1 scoop as I could taste the water more than the chocolate. Very disappointed. Why oh why serve hot water chocolate, I’d pay £1-2 for this at a bonfire night, not at an establishment. Milk please and correct measure of chocolate- it’s not that hard to make a decent hot choc, they haven’t got a clue!

My wife and I visited on 21 October and were given a table close to the entrance we both ordered a sandwich which we were enjoying until 3 people came in (all together) with FOUR large dogs which in my opinion constituted a trip hazard. After a few minutes one of the dogs was sick on the floor which obviously put us off our food the dogs were then taken outside by one of the party to wait for the other people. One of the group cleaned up the mess but the place then smelled of disinfectant. We are not anti dogs but there is sufficient room outside to sit with so many animals and it was not raining. We soon left and will not be returning I wish now I had refused to pay the bill but we were so keen to get out. The owners certainly didn't consider anyone else or the health and safety side of the situation all too common today I am afraid. The waiting staff were understandably embarrassed by the situation. Brian Townsend.

The worst dining experience ever. As a group of 9 we were asked to pre order, we were then told they didn’t have all that was ordered. They forgot one of the meals, then informed us that they didn’t have it… the waitress didn’t even check that we had the correct number of meals. The 2 x pizza’s were only cooked around the edges and were not edible. After various delays and excuses we accepted a reduction on the bill and all vowed to never return. Hugely disappointing.

Decided to grab a coffee and bacon sandwich for a walk around the woods. Was the worst sandwich we have ever had. Had to be thrown away after 1 bite, and the coffee tasted diluted and not worth the money at all!

Lovely food with a good selection for vegetarians. Dog friendly both inside and outside the cafe. Hubby said his burger was great quality meat and very tasty. My teriyaki salmon bowl was delicious. Large selection of drinks and a few treats for dogs too. Service was fast and efficient.

Didn't eat this time but it's usually great - love the vegan brunch.

Lovely coffee. Bacon sandwich was cold.

Great place for all the family, the cakes are second to non

Lovely location, and a reasonable choice of fayre. Sadly the system for ordering and then receiving your items is floored, because often the announcement of your order being ready is often so quiet it goes unheard. Then coffee can be left to become tepid before collection. Either speak up and ensure the recipients have heard you or employ a better method. Otherwise I enjoy my visits.

Such a lovely cafe! Free parking, kids play area, lovely woodland walk. Dogs are allowed into the cafe which is beautifully decorated. We will definitely be visiting again, food was delicious! There is an all day breakfast menu, as well as pizzas, burgers and lots for children on the menu highly recommend the mushrooms on sour dough! Also very reasonably priced! Dog sausages and treats are also available!

Looking dishevelled. I was outside under cover and there were spilt drinks in several places. No attempt had been made to clear litter or spillage. Worst was the chairs, at some time a very amateurist attempt has been made to weld the seats but, OH DEAR, what a botch ... the weld is broken and the tubing on the chairs has literally been blown away by use of inappropriate welding. These chairs, and I mean these because lots are affected are, dangerous.

Always go there when visiting Worcester Hospital, the wife drops me off at hospital and then parks at Worcester Woods, to walk the dog. When I have finished I walk back grab a coffee and a bite to eat at the cafe. Good choices of food and drink, pleasant service, dog friendly

1st time visiting today, and was a brilliant experience. The food was fairly priced, quickly delivered and VERY good!! Servers were attentive and polite, place was clean and had lovely decor. My only comment would be too much attention on the takeaway window meant we waited slightly longer than I'd have liked for how busy it was for a waiter to take our order. But that's being picky. You can even take your dogs inside which was lovely, and they have a doggy menu!

Nice cafe that accepts dogs.... and there were a lot during our visit! All well behaved though. Gluten free options very disappointing.... bacon sandwich, soup or tuna mayo. We'd hoped for a main meal to save cooking later but choices were so poor for gluten free and the food wasn't great. Menu needs an overhaul with more gluten free options.

Great place to meet up and have some coffee and cake to chat over. Lots to do in surrounding area if you have a younger family.