The Plantation in South Norfolk

Well we can’t review the breakfast as we were literally 1 minute late and were told breakfast had finished !!! Gentleman was quite rude to be honest telling us that we had missed it and they were now onto lunch menu. Honestly 1 minute over ! So they missed out on our custom and we went elsewhere. Won’t be back

A lovely place to stop off for a filling bite to eat, with a large assortment of sweet and savory dishes and snacks on the menu. Friendly staff that don't 'overdo it', whilst ensuring a relaxed and attentive service. May be more pricey when ordering for groups of people, but individually it is worth the money. The selection of food we bought was recieved positively, cooked well to order with large and ample amounts, which recieved strains of 'oohs' and 'aahs' of satisfaction, especially towards crispy, flavoursome Scampi, and vinegar-coated, chunky chips. Very pleased with service, food, and cafe layout itself. Only issue is towards prices of drinks, but that can't be helped much due to inflation. All round good experience, leaving us full until the afternoon.

Refuse to ever to go here again twice we've been and twice we had to deal with the mosr rudest member of staff a German woman who twice have made us feel so unwelcome and that we shouldn't be there I since found out staff left because of her not surprised she blatantly moaned about previous customers who had gone to sit.down before us and disnt care that the queue heard very very unprofessional and when staff commented she just shrugged her shoulders at them the food was cold beans etc and my bacon was practically raw Will never go back there again luckily the garden centre is really great and the staff are very helpful and friendly

I don't even know where to start here but the service and food was appalling. While ordering the food at the til, staff seemed rude and inpatient! Not just with me, but with others infront also! Certain items were not available on the menu, which was also disappointing, but based on the food served, probably for the best. I ordered a sausage and onion quiche, with salad and coleslaw. When it arrived I didn't even know what was on my plate. It was no quiche! I couldn't even cut it with a knife, the sausage and pastry was one large solid mess! Rock hard and practicable uncheweable. It didn't even look like sausage! The salad was minimal to the point of why did they even bother, the coleslaw was warm, like it had been sitting out for a while. The two other people I was with didn't get so bad food, a mediocre prawn sandwich and a jacket potato with coleslaw and cheese (although couldn't actually see the cheese). Oh yeah and the glass for my drink has lipstick and lip marks all over it. When I complained there was very little care or concern for any of it! Shocking service and shocking food! We will not be returning again. Basically overpriced garbage. I'd rather rifle through my own bins for scraps, on a hot summers day. I'd not recommend dining here!

...but no more. We have been on a few occasions as it's near to family, and honestly, it's not worth going. And today's visit will be our last. For a start, they should stop advertising full English breakfasts as they regularly don't have bacon! And stop telling people about the lack of bacon only after they've ordered and paid. The mochas were half foam which probably should have been a sign of what was to come. We were told we'd have extra sausages instead of the bacon but you only get 1 sausage in lieu of 2 bacon, and one of our party didn't get any sausages at all! This was probably a benefit for them as the cheap looking sausages were luke warm at best. So was the rest of the food on all of our plates... As cold food and dried up beans and eggs is not our idea of value for money, we got a refund and left to seek better breakfasts elsewhere. It will come as no surprise that the refund was given only reluctantly and management/cook couldn't have cared less about the quality of the food

So we waited over a hour for a prawn jacket that was dry and bland and a sandwich on value bread The scones were nice I ordered and paid for the food to be told no cream The communication in this place is non existent not to be told of the wait or lack of cream is just poor management especially as there’s a great big blackboard advertising food they haven’t got

Pre COVID. We have visited many times including ordering full breakfasts and lunches. The full breakfast is tops. I saw breakfast baguettes and they looked good too. All freshly cooked. For lunch we have had gammon, egg, chips and salad as well as shepherds pie. All delightful. The omelettes and filled jackets looked great. Not that I check out other people’s dishes !!! The seating area is large, accommodating in both booths or tables. My only advisory comment is don’t go there if in a rush. The service is rather slow as all is cooked to order. The process is to find a table and then go to the servery with your table number to place the order. Drinks including soft and ground coffees teas etc are served to you to take back to your table. The rest is delivered to you. There is also free water in jugs on the side table. This is a little gem nestling in the corner of Cherry Lane garden centre. Toilet facilities also available with a kiddie area for young family eating

Number of issues here- Staff seemed very disinterested more worried about getting us done and out the way. Cups were dirty, cutlery wasn’t much better. Sausage roll not heated up. Was dry, poor quality. Quiche lunch also not heated up, asked for no coleslaw, still got coleslaw. Chicken wrap was processed and cold, again plenty of red onion as with everything else. Chips were basic. Cheese microwaved. Came to £36 for the 4 of us, about £6 a meal but would’ve been better of going to McDonald’s for less. Coffee was tasteless. Sad because it’s a lovely garden centre but cafe was a let down. Edible but nothing special. There was 6 staff not really doing anything in the kitchen so these basic things like heating food up had no excuse really. No dressing on salad etc. Won’t be coming back sadly.

We thought we pop to have look in garden centre,not that we wanted anything really,just get out of house,decided to go in cafe pleased the way things set in place,we had coffee sandwich/with salad/coleslaw then scones/jam very nice can not fault,pleased with service thank you see you again

Friends suggested going for breakfast so of we went and were not disappointed. everything hot and tasty and one free as well with buy on get one free offer.Going back next week for another one

My son and his grandfather visited cherry Lane last night for a quick milkshake before Beavers. My son this morning was sick five times and kept waking up through the night suffering from tummy aches. I’m really shocked my son was so ill this is the first time he’s been ill in years. My son is use to slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails so this came to a surprise to me it’s why he’s never ill. My father is convinced it’s the milkshake being at the end of the day. I’m going to report to environmental health on Monday I’m just so glad he never ate anything!

I stopped here on route hoping things had improved since my last visit about 6 years ago. I ordered an Americana Coffee and the leek and potato soup which was shown on the specials board. I thought days of extremely weak tasteless coffee had virtually disappeared in this area but not so in this cafe. The soup was far from "special" and was obviously from a tin - it had that nasty chemical taste and the little pieces of potato were identical and tasteless. How difficult is it to make soup? !!!! The only reasonable thing was the bread and butter which came with it. Saying this the staff were pleasant and they had tried with the decorations in the cafe and the toilets were okay. There were a lot of people there so perhaps I had been unlucky in my choice but I will not be going back quickly.

Had lovely coffee & cake here cake was omg lush we will be going back for lunch at some point can't wait to go back highly recommend

After a wander around the garden centre including the brilliant Xmas display we popped into the Plantation for a late lunch. There was a lot to choose from in the menu, I queued up and placed our order which was quickly taken. We did not have to wait very long for our food, I had vegetable lasagne with garlic bread and my husband had the buttered chicken burger with chips. We both really enjoyed our meals, my lasagne was very tasty. The portion size was also very decent. We would definitely eat here again.

Called in here en-route back from Norwich, because of previous good experiences. Disppointed with this visit. They did not have enough people serving they want you to select a table first now, which is difficult if you are on your own, the cutlery kept running out and the salt pots were empty. There was a long queue and had it not bee pouring down with rain I may have gone elsewhere. Completely finished my tea before the meal came. Everyone was pleasent but they are obviously not in control!

Popped in as in laws wanted to visit. As it was lunchtime, decided to have a bite to eat, 2 of us had roasts , good value. Myself and hubby had burgers I had the chicken in buttermilk, with fries. One of the best lunches i've had. The surroundings could be better, deserves more for such good food. Toilets nothing special, but couldn't fault the food.

Good menu and food freshly prepared and served hot. Usually a long queue to order. Tables have numbers on them which have to be given when ordering food. This can be difficult if you are a single diner. Not wishing to leave anything unattended on a table the number you give may have been taken by someone else by the time you reach the end of the queue. Tables do need to be cleared and cleaned more quickly.

Visited today for lunch with a friend. We both has a Chicken & Bacon Ceaser Wrap with sweet potato fries and salad from the specials board (£8.25). It was all cooked fresh to order, plenty of filling and very flavoursome, lovely hot crispy sweet potato fries. We will return again. Thank you

We have eaten here several times over the past 10 years. It is a very convenient location on the A140. We had breakfast and noticed an improvement since our last visit a couple of years ago. The young man on the till was very welcoming and efficient, our breakfasts were delicious.

For lunch, had what I hoped as a vegeterian ,would be a cheese and tomato pizza. That is what I had asked for. When it arrived after a lengthy wait it had slices of salami sausage!!!. Hardly a vegeterian choice. No offer was made to replace it or to deduct it from the bill. Needless to say they will not see me agin. Watch out that what is served is what you ordered

Been going here for 3 years - never had bad service, prices better than the competition, good selection of plentiful and tasty food, and the place is getting more and more popular. The garden centre itself has unbelievable bargains, especially at Christmas. I always plan to eat here when I visit, and have never been disappointed, unlike a lot of overpriced garden centre restaurants within 20 miles ( Wymondham Garden Centre excepted ), which I feel are a ripoff. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ! ( and I like my food ! )

This a a good stop off between Norwich and Ipswich on the A140. Good value cakes, scones and great coffee. Delicious breakfast, panini sandwiches and desserts. Worth visit if you’re feeling peckish.

Didn't get here until after 1pm thinking it'd be quieter. How wrong can you be. Only ordered burger and two jacket potatoes. Took almost 45mins for jps to come out. My burger took another 10 mins and was wrong as forgotten cheese and bacon. Grease fest. Never again for food. Maybe a coffee if they're lucky and I'm desperate

Stopped here on journey back from Norwich to Manningtree. 2 cheese scones, vegetable soup and 2 hot drinks. All perfectly tasty and served quickly, pleasant and polite staff too. A little pricey. Sat outside which was fine. Quick look around the garden centre too made it a worthwhile break.

Food was ok, but very expensive for what you get.

Absolutely disgusting service by a rude woman called Victoria / Vics??? clearly thought her conversation and phone was more important than serving or cleaning. with staff like that no wonder the place was nearly empty. Management need to get better staff that actually care - left without buying and will not return

BEWARE OF SALAD !!!! Stopped for a cuppa and baguette No baguettes as oven broken Decided on a chicken salad bap and cheese salad bap £ 5.00 each Waitress apologised for only having grated cheese left ! Cheese was dry and clearly old But worse to come Caterpillar !!!! came wriggling out of salad in the roll ! Yuk !!! Waitress apologised gave us money back for baps and that was it No other compensation for drinks etc Terrible!!!!

visited here in march with my dad who had a voucher for two for one full english breakfast,the young lad behind the counter queried the voucher and took a few minutes to confirm they would accept it even though the board outside was advertising two for one breakfast without the voucher, even with the voucher the bill was over £20, when it arrived after nearly twenty five minutes it was a joke, one of everything except the beans, the sausage was described in the menu as sausages, suggesting more than one and appeared to have been microwaved as it had no colour at all, the one mushroom was also under cooked, the toast was stone cold and soggy, my dad had another voucher but he choose wisely to throw that away.

Visited the Plantation Cafe at Pulham Market, had a milkshake, soft drink, chocolate cake and vanilla slice with fresh cream. The milkshake was room temperature as the milk had been sat out on the side, and hardly any strawberry flavour. The vanilla slice was hard as a rock and hardly any cream. The chocolate cake was also hard as a rock, had no taste of chocolate but instead tasted completely of margarine! We suspect that the cakes were a day old. Overall not worth the £10 we paid and won’t be returning!

Being a wheelchair user I'm always pleased to find an eating establishment that is accessible and caters for my needs as a given without having to move tables etc to accommodate my wheelchair. The staff are very freindly and the food is well prepared. A very important consideration for fellow wheelchair users is that the conveniences are fully adapted and spacious enough to accommodate wheelchairs. They are at the Plantation. We will be regular visitors in the future.

Visited The Plantation with my husband today at Pulham Market. Decided we’d have a hot meal for lunch. It was 1pm. Husband went for the Cottage Pie. Lasagne for me. Husband went to the counter to order. Came back to tell me they were sold out of Cottage Pie (already?!!!!). Husband didn’t want anything else hot off the menu so we decided to have a silverside roast beef & horseradish sandwich instead. Husband went to order. Came back. They have no beef. Disheartened by now & time was getting on. Surely we can’t go wrong with just a scone?!!! Cheese for me, fruit for husband. No cheese scones. Only two fruit scones left. We managed to get them!!! Yay!!! Very nice scones but not our first or second choice!!! At 1pm I would expect to still be able to get a specific meal from the specials board, especially as it wasn’t busy, plenty of free tables. I would also expect them to have all sandwich fillings on the menu......or is that just me?!!!! Disappointed.

Called fot cooffee and a cake. Very dark and gloomy. Poor choice of expensive cakes. Staff sullen and seating uncomfortabe. Not an experience I wish to relpeat. Shame! It used to be much better

We found the café to be very dark inside. Would be better if it was lighter and brighter. It seemed to be full of people having the most enormous breakfasts. OK if that's your thing but we prefer something a bit more stylish.

Food nicely cooked, and portion sizes aren’t bad. Not a huge amount of choice, but it is only a small place.

Stopped to have lunch, all the tables were pretty grubby and needed a wipe and it was very cold in the restaurant. We had two paninis with bowls of chips and two diet cokes, it came to nearly £20!!! Now don’t get me wrong I will pay anything for food as long as it is good quality but to be honest I would have done a better job at home! The bread was hardy toasted leaving the cheese lumpy inside and the chips were very very oily. I wouldn’t recommend it.

We have been here several times. The café was moderately busy at 11.45am. We chose a pork & apple sausage roll, cheese scone & a ploughman's baguette along with 2 black coffees. All the food was tasty & filling. Service ok. I used a serviette to clean our table before we sat down.

Llegamos a este café a eso de las 3 de la tarde del martes tras asistir a un funeral de un querido amigo. Preguntó si todavía estaban cocinando y me dijeron que podía tener una patata chaqueta o cualquiera de las hamburguesas. Me dijo que me gustaría una hamburguesa vegetal y patatas fritas y un café con leche. Yo estaba un poco contrariado cuando dijo que el precio era de £12 - 10 p. No tuve ninguna ensalada o col, solo la hamburguesa y patatas fritas. Cuando terminé miré el precio en la junta, la hamburguesa era de £9 - 50, lo que es una estafa. No comeré allí, no le recomiendo este café a cualquiera de mis amigos. Te sugiero te olvidas de comer aquí.

Stopped for a coffee and cake. Very clean, staff polite and helpful and very reasonable prices compared with some garden centres.

Sensación bastante hambre como este lugar entró en vista de la 140 decidimos entrar para un almuerzo. Me apetecía un guiso, pero que había dejado de preparar el desayuno, así que fue una decepción, al final me decidí por un sándwich de pastrón, así que no era pastrón también. El servicio era lento, nos paramos en la cola se desplazan para las edades esperando un pedido. Al final pedimos un sandwich de gambas y un sándwich de pollo. Las gambas uno sabía bien pero en 5 libras. 95 era extremadamente común. Mi esposa dice que ella se sintió enfermo después de comer el pollo uno, así que bien. Nos sentamos en la mesa no se había limpiado y anillos tenía marcas y grasienta por doquier, elegimos este cuadro como parecía el más limpio! Utilicé los aseos en el restaurante antes de irme pero el suelo enfrente de la caballeros con un charco asqueroso urinal en el suelo. El inodoro no tenía claramente han inspeccionado o la cuestión hubiera sido atendida me gustaría pensar. En general toda la experiencia fue decepcionante, ojalá no hubiese parado.

Stopped in for something to eat and drink place was very busy staff were extremely polite and helpful food came quickly and was hot and very tasty,was served by the manager who was very lovely and polite she was very attentive making sure we had...

Me doy cuenta de que la plantación es establecida entre tierras de labranza, pero sin duda algo hacer sobre las moscas. Durante las últimas 4 visitas la comida fue arruinado por la distancia constante de moscas. matando Sólo la instalación de un par de asesinos...

Stopped for something to eat and drink to break up journey on way to Cromer. It was OK, typical garden centre food. Very large portions but was not as hot as it should have been and was very much quantity over quality.

Nice food pleasant surroundings. Attached to a garden centre and a shop, prices for the food are reasonable

Visited for morning coffee and scones. Very friendly service, lovely range of cakes etc, and our cheese and fruit scones were delicious -freshly made. As were the "takeaway" tea cakes -we ate them later!

food was fantastic... service, first class and friendly. topped off with lovely clean eating areas. i had a slice of the lemon drizzle cake which was very moist, good price and of good size. The hot chocolate was to die for.

We went on a nice sunny day. The garden centre has a very large and varied range of plants which seemed reasonably priced. Inside the shop part seems to stock everything you need, from toys to wellies, clothing, furniture and food. The Plantation Cafe has a specials board as well as the set menu. The coffee was good, as was the stroganoff and the chicken and mushroom pie. All the veg and mash well cooked. As it was sunny we sat outside and all in all it was a very pleasant visit.

Went here with my daughter and her Nana for lunch and enjoyed our meals. I had the special Steak and mushroom pie which was very generous and tasted wonderful. The kids chicken nuggets were also real which was a nice change. Will certainly visit again.

A ploughman's does not or at least shouldn't contain grated cheese out of a packet... It was coated in a floury substance and tasted vile... My wife's rice was sent back as it was cold.... they microwaved the same bowl and sent it back out she didn't eat it ...

It was the first time we stopped and visited The Plantation, having passed it many times whilst travelling to Norwich. Our friends had previously attended and spoke well of it.The experience was not great, firstly long queues to order food, only one person on the counter taking hot meal orders and making drinks. We had to wait 45 minutes for our meals to appear. We ordered fish and chips but they had ran out of fish so had to order something else. The meal was nothing special, and was about average. We have had better meals at other Garden Centres. The rea was clean and tidy, but I sdid find the decor rather dark and uninviting.The ladies toilet needed more regular inspection; my wife picked up two empty cardboard rolls off the floor and replaced two more which had run out. The Garden Centre was more like a supermarket indoors with plants outdoors. Overall rather disappointing, at least now have made one visit and probably will not stop again.

Just called for coffees, peppermint tea and scone. All nicely done. Decor is black, red and green, quite modern, with some individual booths. Good snack menu.

i vist alot with friends for lunch all the time the food is always nice and hot just avoid the tomarto heinze ketchup they must refill them with a diffrent brand which the sauce is fizzy

Ive never had any problems here. It is what it is! I think people expect too much of the place! Its got nice food and its clean

My fiancé and I visited The Plantation on Saturday afternoon as we happened to be driving pass and needed to stop somewhere for lunch. We were looking for a pub of some sort however came across The Plantation and thought we'd give it a try.We ordered a tea, coffee, a sandwich and a panini. The food was edible but nothing to write home about. They do need to improve the quality of the food. It really wasn't great. The only other word we could use to describe the Cafe is filthy! We do not have high expectations however the floor was in need of a clean and the toilets were disgusting! The ladies toilets had paper and water everywhere along with a lovely brown mark along the wall, I only hope it wasn't what it looked like!There was no tea spoons and the tea pot leaked however the tea itself together with the coffee and service were both all fine. If we were in that neck of the woods again we would carry on driving until we found an alternative and certainly wouldn't return in a hurry.

This place has improved immensely since my last visit about 18 months ago, I popped in last Saturday mornining and ordered a full english, it was quite busy but my meal didnt take long to arrive and was a very large plate of food, I could not finish all the food but what i did eat was delicious, i have been told the afternoon tea for 2 here is a great deal so will definitely return to check this out, to add to this the staff all seemed very polite and obviously enjoyed working there's great find in a garden centre

Very lovely cafe,as soon as i arrived i was welcomed by very friendly staff on the till,who pointed out to me the excellent childrens meal deals,of which i ordered the mini pizza a free drink and very large cookie came with this.I ordered a tuna mayo jacket potato for myself.one of the girls helped me with my tray as i had a pushchair,i didnt wait long until my food came.it was delivered by a polite young lad who went out of his way to get me some cutlery as i was unsure of where it was.my food was very lovely,i will b returning again.

I have visited here many times for lunch and breakfast and each time the service has been great. The food is good quality and very big portions. I absolutely love the caramel lattes here too! I would definitely recommend this place if you are passing.

An excellent place to stop on this section of the A140 the food was cooked fresh and there was a good choice. There is also a large well stocked garden centre to wander round,

Just returned from having lunch at the Plantation Café. My mother had ham, egg and chips, I had cheese and tomato quiche with salad.The eggs were cold, probably left over from the breakfast menu, chips were warm and the ham was tough. The quiche was the size of a child's portion and the salad dry. A potato salad came with the quiche. I say potato salad, wasn't sure because the potatoes were drowning in mayo.Why does everyone think we all like mayo? Why not just potatoes and a separate serving of mayo if desired.No point complaining to the waitress or cook, any comment would be completely ignored. A complete waste of money. Weekdays are far better then weekends. Maybe because of a different cook.We however will never eat there again at weekends.

Popped into the garden centre and we had a bite to eat at the cafe. The 'melt-in-the-mouth' burger was amazing and cooked to perfection! The coffee was delicious and obviously of very good quality. The area dedicated to children is brilliant-my little ones loved it! We will definitely be returning and recommending!

Excellent service - very friendly, attentive and smiling staff. All looked super clean. Surprising find in a garden centre. To be recommended.

Having stopped for a snack when heading home. Saw the roasts being served. Looked pretty good so thought we would give it a go.It was very busy, but the staff were all friendly and made us feel very welcome. We waited around 20 minutes for our meals but wasn't to much of a struggle as we sat outside in the sun with our drinks chatting. When the food arrived, My wife had the chicken breast and was impressed. So much so, she refused to share. A full on, proper chicken breast. Our friend went for the mushroom stroganoff being a veggie. Well presented and she assured us it tasted even better than it looked. I went for the beef, expecting slightly tough, over cooked meat, was really impressed. Medium rare, melt in the mouth with proper gravy and potatoes! So good!Yes it's only a garden centre, but will definitely be returning. Next time I won't be driving and will be having a beer with my lunch. Although the coffee is good.I can't speak for other reviewers but our experience was great and fully recommended plantation here and to our friends.

Called in the Plantation for lunch. They were busy, but the service was very slow and we waited for 40 mins to get our meals. The food was tasty and hot, and reasonably priced at £6.95 but the portion size was very small. I had scampi and chips. It was served on a small plate, 10" one", and half of it was salad, mostly leaves with half a cherry tomato, and a little cubed cucumber and pepper. Just 6 pieces of scampi, and a small amount of french fries completed the meal. I do like salad, but I ordered scampi and chips, the salad was half the plate, certainly not a garnish. We do call in regularly usually for coffee and cake after doing some shopping, we wont be calling in again!

I took my wife and 2 young children here today and was very disappointed. The food took nearly an hour to come and was only cheese and ham sandwiches. The food arrives and it was stale white bread with cheap tasteless cheese/ham

Visited today with my partner for a quick bite to eat. We ordered a panini and a bacon and sausage sandwich. We waited an hour for our food to arrive which was a bit of a let down. Quality of the meat was poor. We acknowledged the cafè was busy but was mainly roast dinners being ordered which all sit in the hot counter anyway. Slow serving by all staff. Wont be in a hurry to return

Just been in for lunch, atmosphere staff and decor wonderful, think our choice of menu was wrong, choose soup supposed to be vegetable. It was bland smelt and tasted like cabbage and too thick, upside was the olive bread was delicious. We will visit again, but not choose the soup.

My wife and I have been visiting Cherry Lane for many years and have always had a snack in the cafe now named The Plantation. It provides a good stop off for our regular trips to Chelmsford to visit father in law. I always have a breakfast and have had problems in the past with elements of it being cold and it just wasn't that tasty. My wife loves their cheese scones but unfortunately we were always too early for them to be ready!We'd noticed vast improvements to the decor, seating etc but would still not have classed it as anything special.Today however they had the delicious cheese scones on show and the breakfast was the best I have ever had there. All was nice and hot and all of the elements were very tasty. All staff were very clean and uniformed. As suggested by the previous reviewer it has been transformed and the prices are still reasonable.One criticism however; the cheese scone were on display uncovered and for self service which is a breach of Environmental Health Rules - hopefully this will be resolved by the time we visit again!

Visited yesterday lunchtime (Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday) - the garden centre was brimming with visitors and the café was busy. It was midday so we decided to have lunch at the café before doing some shopping.Two of us had the vegetarian (Quorn) lasagne and one person had a jacket potato. All three meals were excellent and good sized portions. I was particularly impressed with the vegetarian lasagne - it tasted delicious, just like a good homemade meal, there was plenty of Quorn filling (not all pasta and tomato sauce like a lot of vegetarian offerings) and a nice accompaniment of garlic bread and a well presented crunchy side salad. The jacket potato was good size, well cooked and with plenty of tasty filling, and this again was served with a very good side salad with a light dressing. The cakes at the counter looked very tempting but we were too full at the time, so decided to do our shopping and, hopefully, work up an appetite so we could go back for tea and cake a bit later! Which we did! The cakes definitely didn't disappoint - they were delicious! Carrot cake which was deliciously moist, a very lemony lemon sponge and a slice of apple streudel which was oozing with fruit - all accompanied by a very satisfying mug of tea. We really couldn't fault the food - and for the price, it was exceptionally good value.Our only complaint (and the reason for 4 stars instead of 5) was that although there were menus on the tables inside the cafe, there were none on the tables outside on the terrace (which is where we sat). We expected there to be some available where we queued to order, but there were none (except right next to the till, by which time it was too late!). This made it difficult to choose what to order - there was a menu displayed on a big chalk board behind the counter, but this did not show the full range available. It was all a bit confusing! I suggest a clearly displayed menu (maybe on the wall opposite the counter) so it is more obvious to customers what food is available. I really hope they maintain the quality of the food here, as I will definitely be going back! Well done!!

I came here with my parents, husband and teenage son. We visited on Easter Monday and as you might expect it was fairly busy, but we didn't have to wait too long.My husband and son had a homemade burger with chips and salad. The chips were nice and golden and they enjoyed their meals. My Mum had quiche and vegetables and my Dad had a cooked breakfast, which they both liked. I had the quorn lasagne which was delicious. The staff were polite and it is nicely decorated and looks fresh and modern.Will definitely go back sometime.

The Cafe at the Cherry Lane Garden Centre at Pulham Market never did seem very busy or they were about to shut and wanted you out at about 3.30 pm but now it had been transformed to a much more welcoming environment; hence it was full when we visited it at the week end. We went for cream tea for two which was delightfully presented on a small black china tray with small pots of cream and jam. The seating is much more comfortable including booths and long padded benches. The menu is much more varied and includes a roast sunday lunch! The staff all seemed much more friendly than before too. In fact the whole Cherry Lane site at Pulham had been refurbished and looks a lot more inviting.