The Stables Restaurant in Cheshire East

Just awful. Overpriced (£3.55 for a small bottle of coke is just madness!!!). Jacket potatoes were undercooked, flavour-less and no butter. All portions were incredibly small. Nothing positive to say, we felt really ripped off! Over £30 for a kids lunch box, kids jacket potato (tiny) and 1 adults jacket potato. It really did put a dampener on what was a lovely day out!

a very busy café that is clearly struggling to service the amount of people that are coming through the doors. Like most places getting staff to work is a major problem and this was clearly visible. The set up is not the best as getting in was hard as the entrance just bottlenecked . Once in service was slow due to not enough staff on but they were doing there best , Coffee and cakes were ok but surprised a bottle of coke at £3.55 was more expensive than the coffees and cakes

"terrible food" can be translated as "terrible food" or "awful food" in English.

Really overpriced for what you get. £17 for a sausage sandwich, coffee, two bottled drinks and a kids meal. The sandwich was the worst I’ve had. No butter on muffin and sausages were lukewarm warm and hard. Little ones sandwich was half of one with a single slice of cheese that she didn’t like. Service was good and all staff friendly but food is a massive let down and compounded by the price.

More cafe then restaurant. Self service area is poorly laid out, slightly confusing and cramped - wouldn't want to be there when busy. Staff friendly. Burger had generous meat but otherwise was bit lacking, uninspiring and nothing notable. Outside seating area in courtyard is pleasant

Would recommend this place 0 stars if I could! Came in here with my son who is a child and we both ordered sausages and chips, child portions. They charged us £17.90 for these two small portions! When I went to the cashier to tell them there was a mistake, she said there isn't a mistake because we didn't order beans, which my son cannot have. So I can't work out why they've charged us more for less food?! The staff were rude also, and the food was actually cold and poor quality. My son left half of his, but rather than go and try and find a resolve we use left because we felt so badly treated. DO NOT EAT HERE!

The chicken burger was extremely hard and had an inexplicable sour taste. My wife vomited after eating it and my eldest son went to the toilet several times. Fortunately, my younger son and daughter did not eat it. Fortunately, we go there every few years. Otherwise, if I really want to complain to you, I will never go again next time.

Standing here in the rain waiting for Gift Shop to open... This outdoor seating area looks like people left in a hurry the day before... a chaotic shamble of chairs is not a professional look. Take some grooming tips from Disney resorts across the pond... always look immaculate at the end & start of the day. Definitely wouldn't eat here.

Food nice enough though coffee service just a bit chaotic

These things are so unpalatable French fries are frozen The burger was hard and tasteless Children’s meal gets two fish fingers Children get a sausage The most unpalatable wild food anyone has ever eaten in his life

National Trust cafés can often resemble railway station waiting rooms and this is another one. We'd have sat outside but the chairs were soaking. I had a tough flapjack, expensive and a latte. Could and should be so much better.

I too wish I had read the reviews prior to venturing into this cold dismal uninviting restaurant (and that’s a loose term). Food was absolutely disgusting, we thought venison burgers and chips would be nice - they were vile, the chips were cold and the burger was bordering on cardboard in fact that would be an insult to cardboard AVOID at all costs go hungry instead. This is not what you expect in such an historic environment.

Queue so long didn't even bother.

I went on 11th Jan for coffee and a flapjack..big mistake . The cappuccino is possibly the worst coffee I have ever tasted-I swear it tasted literally of hot milk with no discernible coffee flavour .The flapjack was bone dry and tasted like it had been in a tupperware box for 10 years.

Over priced and understaffed. To be clear not frontline staff, it’s evident there is no real management there. The place is crying out for an ops manager to take a grip of the place and make it successful. Run like a shambles.

Following a lovely walk around Tatton Park, we went to the Stables for lunch. I had Venison Hot Pot, and my wife had a Venison Burger with chips £25 for the two meals. Food was not hot, hot pot was a small portion and not much taste, with some warm wedges, very dissatisfied. My wife only ate half the venison burger and chips before pushing it away. Definitely, will not be going again, will take our own food and drink next time.

Breakfast barm was 2 sausages on some dry un-buttered bread. £5.50. Kids sausage chips and beans £6. take your own food so you don't get robbed like me.

The 'Restaurant' is poorly named. It is a cafe. The layout there is strange and confusing. Particularly the food queue. Staff didn't seem to bother with helping people find where they needed to go so there was just a clump of disorganised people in the middle with no clue what to do. The main foods are overpriced. It is local produce which is a plus but they are restaurant prices in a very run down cafe. We opted for the soup, which appeared to be popular with the others in there. It was supposed to be cream of mushroom but seemed to be lacking in cream and was just a mushroom mulch. It is in real need of updating and organising.

Considering the surrounding area of the park including the mansion and gardens have been maintained to a high standard, it’s then a shame to dine at such an unclean , unhygienic, run down cafe and overly expensive cafe. Floor covered in dirt , flies and wasps everywhere , food cold, basic and expensive. Cakes dry as a bone and coffee tasted bitter. Suggest if you go to Tatton park to take a picnic , or go into Knutsford village for food.

Stopped over for lunch a few months ago with a friend en route to Tatton Park Gardens. What a mistake! It looks more like a canteen and the staff were rude and unhelpful. The food itself wasn't terrible, but overpriced for a couple of toasties! The overall experience left us disappointed. Seriously needs to improve its customer service and menu for starters. Don't waste your time. Would advise trying out one of the numerous pubs or restaurants in Knutsford for lunch.

Rude staff and management is a joke. The place is dirty, certainly in need of improvement

Breakfast items on offer but you can only have a barm of two of one item...2 xbacon, 2 xsausages. They can't cope with people asking for one of each! Why not?? How about "any two items for £1.80.." Oh yes, I forgot, so they can charge you extra for another rasher of bacon. Ludicrous! Don't order toast or teacakes and expect to get them warm or quickly. It took 10 minutes and three wasted teacakes to get one moderately warm. Haven't they got a simple toaster?? It was quiet when we arrived. I doubt they could cope with a queue. Take your own cakes and a flask of coffee ☕!

Awful, we waited ages to get served and the coffee was disgusting it tasted like they had forgotten to add coffee. Also there were lots of tables which had not been cleared and birds were flying on the tables eating things off the plates that had been left.

Seriously needs improvement Giving an extremely generous two stars as the people serving inside were totally pleasant but that's all. We waited quite a long time to be served as only one person serving and even just a few people in front of us made it so it took five to ten minutes to just order our coffees and get a beer. The two coffees barely tasted like coffee. More like hot water with soy milk and cost 3.50 each. I didn't drink it. The worst thing was when sitting outside I could easily count seven tables with plates and other cuttlery left over . Big black birds were hanging around pecking leftovers from the tables. I never saw anyone come out during the 30 minutes to 45 minutes I was there come out to clean up. Seriously needs improvement. The two stars are purely for the pleasant staff.

Lovely place and lovely staff but 1) It's expensive and you've already paid a lot to get in. 2) The coffee is AWEFUL The rest of it is fine, nice seating area, clean, etc but you really do feel like they've got you by the short and curlies!!

Even Billy the kid didn't rob as much as this! £8.50 for the world's driest baked potato (no butter) with a feeble side salad. £3.50 for a bottle of coke. They know its a captive audience and take full advantage. Even motorway services don't have this much neck.

Scones were decent but expensive. The staff looked like they were hating every second and the queue was massive. Tea was pretty horrible. Definitely not a restaurant, more of a cafeteria with restaurant prices.

Wish I had read the reviews before we came. The food was awful and expensive. No choice and the staff run off their feet. But saying that the staff were very helpful and friendly. We ordered toasties wish we hadn’t bothered. We sent them back to be toasted again. Again toasties on white processed bread. The chips were like cardboard and cold. No sandwiches apart from two on white bread for over 4 pounds.And it was lunch time. We didn’t eat our food and left quite hungry. Come on you have a capitive audience. Extremely disappointing. Wish I had ask for my money back. Will not be coming back.

Food was lukewarm, average and overpriced. Breakfast finished at midday but there was no sign stating as much. Restaurant was clean and no problem getting a seat.

£3.55 for a bottled drink is ridiculous

O How i wish I had looked up Tripadvisor before going. My wife and I took our grandson for a day out. Never been in the restaurant before well it’s more a works canteen. We had small breakfast s. Didn’t fancy any of the other things. Small they were not very warm £7.95. I complained to the manager she said that’s the temperature that we can sell them at but the cold plates would make them colder. The plates are that small the smallest piece of bacon one so called sausage. egg. one hash brown. Mushrooms baked beans. Tomatoes. Very disappointed will not be going again.

What a complete joke of a place £41:15 for 2 breakfast 2 coffee and 4 extra sausage dry bacon was that bad even the dogs didn’t eat it the 4 extra sausage was sold as sausage baps as they don’t sell them as extras and they didn’t even give us the baps no toast included in the breakfast and was just like a child’s portion had way better from a roadside cafe never again

The food generally is ok. But we had the most expensive Diet Coke ever!! It’s a price for a can!!

Money grabbing at it's finest. £6.50 for an awful 'kids meal' which was a pathetic half sandwich with paltry filling, an apple, a small juice and yoghurt. We had the soup which clearly wasn't fresh/home made, very thin and bland. They charge rip off prices for basic food. The staff were pleasant but can't get over the prices they charge and quality of food.

Great gluten free option and there oat milk and soya milk there good selection of food

6 of us visited for lunch. The hot food menu consists of toasties, chips and soup. Queued for 25 minutes then waited another 25 minutes for a mediocre toasty and lukewarm chips. The staff are very nice but there is no system hence the long wait. The tables weren't cleared or wiped.

If the leek and potatoes used to create the soup were grown on site, then either the gardener and / or the chef should be employed elsewhere! The soup was truly awful, the croutons disgusting and the "crusty roll" would probably merit an award for being the smallest available on public sale. The soup was also cold - although, credit to the staff, it was ( unfortunately) replaced with a fresh, hot version - in hindsight it would have been better if there was no more and we could have been spared having to eat it! The restaurant was also shabby and dirty with used dishes piled on the tables. All in all a truly forgettable visit

I’ve regularly visited this place whilst walking in Tatton and always have the bacon/sausage barm. Went today, first time a couple of months, and was shocked at how much the prices have gone up - a sausage barm is now £6.50!! That’s around a 30% increase on what was already an overpriced item. Still only get 2 sausages in it too. Not sure who's in charge of pricing but that’s scandalous and it was no surprise that it was very quiet. Won’t be going again which is a shame.

Extortionate prices. £3.55 for 500ml bottled drink. £7-8 for jacket potato. Coffee is £3.15 and just comes from a machine. Disappointing

I visited here today and all I can say is what a disappointment. The dining area was filthy- food crumbs all over the floor and most of the tables were dirty. Lots of staff standing around chatting (particularly the older ladies- one of whom appeared to be a manger dressed in black with pens in her hair but maybe not as I did not see her do a single thing in the entire time I was there), no efforts to clean any tables. When served, the lady who made my coffee was particularly rude and served me and overflowing hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows spilling over the cup onto the saucer. The cake, brownie and cookie we tried were stale and disappointing. Overall, a very poor experience of an expensive place with terrible customer service and products. Wouldn’t go again or recommend to others.

The soup was cold and a very small portion, the sandwich had stale bread and the scone was also stale. A small bottle of coke was £3.55!!! The coffee did not even hit the spot I would never go back, terrible prices terrible food. Very disappointed.

Shockingly overpriced and mostly crap food. Three of us cycled to Tatton Park yesterday, all looking forward to a rewarding breakfast. The Breakfast baps looked reasonable at £6.50 so we all opted for one each thinking they would be good at this price. How wrong we were. Wouldn't have paid a quid for it, absolute rip off. A cheap unbuttered balm cake with one tiny sausage cut in half and a fried egg that looked like it had been created in a lab by nuclear fusion. In comparison go to Millennium bike cafe in St Helens. For the same price you will receive a full English with 2 sausage, 2 eggs, 2 bacon, hash browns, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, 2 toast, and a cup of tea or coffee. Anyway, still hungry we decided we would have a cake and another coffee. Now, the chocolate cake I had was nice and a descent portion for £4.50. Mate fancied a scone, again about £4. Looked nice but if you wanted clotted cream you had to purchase a tiny little pot of it for an extra few quid. Unbelievable, you could get a full banquet for 1 at our local Chinese chippy for the price of a scone with jam and cream from this place. All in, between the 3 of us it cost just under £50 for a Saturday afternoon café stop. No chance we'll be using this place again. Check out the photo. I would like to ask the management of the company if they would be happy paying £6.50 for that. Disgusting.

We cycle to Tatton Park many times during the year, beautiful destination. However today we had a poor quality breakfast barm - 2 items on the bread cob for £6.50 - unbelievable profiteering! The cost of a scone was over £5 if you wanted jam and clotted cream - unbelievable! I was in Richmond Park in London last weekend, a similar breakfast item, and better quality was under a fiver!!

3 sausage sandwiches, 1 portion of chips and 3 cold drinks came to £34… Staff refused to butter the bread.

Very friendly and helpful staff

After cycling to Tatton Park this morning we were looking forward to having a breakfast bap as a reward for the effort. Four of us each had a breakfast bap, mine had one sausage and some mushrooms, the bap was unbuttered and slightly stale, this cost £6.50 ! the other three people all had similar examples, with our vegetarian friend getting two whole hash browns on his dry stale £6.50 bun ! poor quality combined with ridiculous prices, quite frankly we all felt ripped off, obviously the captive audience is being taken full advantage of. on a positive note, the machine made coffee was drinkable… We’ll not be visiting again

Definitely not a restaurant bought a child's cheese butty and was very little cheese on the butty.. these butty are made on site so no excuse feel sorry for any child having to eat this.. Will take my own next time..

Would have scored zero if that was possible. Had leek, potato and kale soup which was awful. It was a lovely shade of green and looked healthy however it was tasteless and as thin as my cup of tea. The only way to get any flavour was to add lots of pepper. Very disappointing. The only redeeming feature was the young, cheerful staff.

I visited the stables after a long day of walking around the flower show. I was greeted by a lovely young lady on the till who asked me about my day. She was very welcoming to me. A young gentleman who made my drink offered to help carry my tray which was very helpful as he could see I had a few items from the RHS. Both members of staff were attributes to the restaurant. Thank you for making my experience so pleasant.

Stopped in for drinks with our toddler and the staff were so lovely with him. Too many distractions meant I left my husband's mobile phone behind (aaargh) but the staff kept it safe until we retrieved it. Thank you so much for doing that xx

The restaurant does a picnic, we loved it.

We've used this restaurant many times and enjoyed the food. Today we had the unfortunate experience of visiting again. The meal choice was very unappetising looking sandwiches, bacon or sausage bap or soup. 2 of us chose bacon and sausage bap which was acceptable but had obviously been kept hot for some time as the bacon was becoming hard and dry. However, the other person is vegetarian so had a choice of carrot or tomato soup with a crusty roll. The tomato soup was nearly £5 and came in a takeaway mug. The roll was about 5cm across, 1 cm in height and solid as a rock. There were only shallow wooden teaspoons on offer, no metal soup spoon could be provided. We were so disgusted that we returned the soup and asked for a refund which was given. Post Covid was given as the reason but this is no excuse for such paltry offerings as other establishments are offering excellent service. In fact we drove less than a mile for lovely food at a nearby garden centre. Cheshire East hang your heads in shame.

I don't expect to go into a cafe and be served drink in a paper cup, food in a polystyrene container not plate, and have to cut a scone, spread butter and jam on it with a wooden knife.

The restaurant is back to normal ....lovely coffee as always

We ate at an outside table. We had coffee - very nice - in a paper cup - not so nice. I also ordered a gluten free scone, which unfortunately was poor. It would be nice to see more GF options.

We have a daily cafe habit. For 7 months now we have been able to sit inside eating hot food at a table in every other cafe we use. So I would really like East Cheshire Council, who run Tatton, to tell me A) why the restaurant at Tatton today is takeaway only served from behind screens so you can't even pick your own food. B) when I can buy a range of sandwiches from ANY garage why they can't serve one made of brown bread, only white C) just how much revenue East Cheshire ratepayers have missed out on because somebody at the top has decided for 7 months - SEVEN MONTHS! - not to reopen this normally heavily used restaurant. Disgusted.

Expensive & COVID setup has meant ridiculous delays during busy periods. Staff didn't appear to know what was going on and hated how they shouted out loud to pass food orders. The coffee was nice enough and hot thankfully after I'd waited 25-30 minutes for just a coffee.

Giving the food on the floor a sweep up wouldn't go a miss. Even the rats where boiler suits its that filthy. Not cheap either.

Nice cakes and a normal choice of drinks. Bit of a nightmare at the minute with the covid restrictions.

Came here with my baby and my mother to catch-up. Many years we used to come here and have lots of lovely memories in the cafe, but not today! Came to get some food and the choice was a cold sandwich or bacon/ sausage butty,...

Very busy but only cafe there. Poor quality coffee, which was only 3/4 full and luke warm. Very overpriced for average to poor quality

Unfriendly staff. Possibly over worked?

This is a well organised cafe with a good selection of food from cakes to light meals. It was quite busy when I was there but the que went down quickly. Sandwiches were delicious and had a nice apple juice. There's an inside and outside seating area.

More like a takeaway with seating, drinks served in single use cups even when sitting in! Don't expect a restaurant like experience. Long overdue an overhaul.

My daughter and I visited the park today with my 22month old grandson. We decided to stop at The Stables Restaurant for lunch which was a limited menu due to Covid restrictions. We decided on a sausage balm each with a sausage and chips for...

Tatton is lovely but cafe very poor quality and expensive. Soup was £5 but very bland (both tomato and the pumpkin soups) and served in small cardboard cup with a tiny roll. Far too much packaging.

The food was lovely but the service was really slow. It was evident there weren't enough staff , felt really sorry for the staff as their roles weren't clear so they were rushed off their feet. Needs much better organisation.

Hefty prices and inexperienced staff leave one feeling short changed, however the outdoor seating area is a pleasant place for a pitstop. In the end, you're a captive audience unless you're organised enough to have brought along a packed lunch.

Covid-safe set up has made the place a pretty unpleasant visit. Not clear where you’re meant to order. Staff unhelpful. Very limited menu for sandwiches and had sold out (or didn’t have available) despite it only being 1pm. We left without lunch!

Visited in Aug 2021. Huge park. Plenty of parking space but must pre-book on-line. V reasonable price too! Large open activities play area for kids up to 12 yrs old. Farm has plenty of animals and activities from around 11am to 5pm. Stable has a good environment for a cup of tea. Worth the visit!

Running a take away service. Did not see tables being cleaned and the birds were using the chairs to spy for food dropped and leaving their droppings on the chair seats

We ordered the picnic basket for the day and it was honestly lovely and such great value for money. Would definitely recommend for your day out! Could have easily fed 4 of us!

Limited range available, but what they had was good

Lots of out door seating and tables or picnic in the park lots of nice lunches cakes and coffee

Lovely cakes and coffee, seating area in the courtyard to enjoy your food x

Well organised take away food outlet. Good food and helpful staff. Nice setting.

Well organised, good selection of quality refreshments, plenty of outdoor seating.

Food was ok, but they overcharged us for the food considerably which I didn't realise until later on because I paid contactless. Be careful when ordering.

Take away tea and cake 🍰 the flapjack was delicious and generous size no queue straight in and served friendly helpful staff toilets open .

Organised like a military operation during covid.

Nice coffee, scone a bit dry, cakes were nice on last visit, friendly service.

Expensive and not a lot of choice, but staff were nice. We had soup and a roll and cappuccinos.

The younger ladies need to teach thee older members of staff some basic service skills and good manners. Awful experience. Quite blunt and rude. Really no need for it at all. The ypunger mwmbers of staff were quiye apologetic amd embarressed. Credit to them.

very nice area with staff doing their daily work and feeding the animals

Staff were very pleasant, helpful and efficient in the service they provided. We felt safe by their good practice in health and safety by ensuring we all adhere to the government guidelines

We pick up our picnic hamper from here. Extremely good service and quality.

After a beautiful Christmas walk around Tatton Park yesterday, my partner and I stopped at the Stables for a hot drink and some soup to warm us up. Due to current restrictions they’re operating a take out only menu so it does mean the queues...

Just the place to warm up with drinks and snacks after competing the Birthday Trail.

Lovely jacket potato and venison chilli but the scones are very dry and hard on the outside.

Lovely home made scone, fresh cream n jam. Somewhat expensive sadly on the downside. Two cappuccino coffees and one scone cream jam shared, few coppers from £10!

Takeaway drinks and biscuits. Outside tables only.

Strict Covid-19 keeping visitors safe and secure

It's a very quaint restaurant set in stunning surrounds, well worth a visit

Very busy queued for 30 minutes for 2 coffees

Covid coffee and cake. Good to still be able to get out and about.

Lovely to stop after a walk round Tatton Park. Outside seating. Good food and a hot drink

Nice setting where myself and the family had a coffee and some food sat outside in the courtyard. The coffee was awful, it tasted like dirty dishwater and the food wasn't the best (could taste rancid oil on the potato wedges... I assume from a deep fat fryer?) I wouldn't be in a rush to return here.

Very tasty food. Topical Slovakian cuisine. The rich menu also in English. Very nice and efficient service. The interior design is very atmospheric in a very old-fashioned style, which suits me because you are transported to distant times. During my one-week stay, I didn't change to another restaurant. Very affordable prices. I recommend.

Not good for disabled as cobbled floor

Take away service only for Covid reasons. Service was so slow that I left without getting served. Take a picnic!