The Watering Can Cafe Bistro in Bedford

Arrived at the restaurant counter and ordered fish and chips, the lady would not accept my wife's Cherry Lane Card. Apparently, my wife did not present it to the cashier in the restaurant quick enough. What? My wife ordered Fish and Chips for two at 12.15am, They arrived at the table at just gone 1.10pm. Does the kitchen close down at that time? No explanation, no nothing. Rude or what? Sat there like lemons! Over the years we have spent thousands in the garden centre (as have other people), show some respect.

I love Poddington garden centre and especially the cafe which we use every visit but unfortunately there is one member of staff who is rude, sarcastic and generally not a good addition to the otherwise wonderful team members . We actually dread going to the counter when she is working . Shame really because otherwise couldn’t fault it

It's too cold in the cafe, you get hot food delivered to your table, within 2/3mins it's gone cold. Everybody sits with their coats on !!!

Decided to meet here with a friend for a coffee and a bite to eat... Firstly we noticed the lack of choice, then the prices.. anyway my friend had the so called traditional english breakfast which was appauling one egg, one small pot of beans, one slice of bacon one sausage and one hash brown oh yes !! one slice of bread.. I had beans on toast which was cold... The staff behind the counter never even made eye contact with any customers what so ever, if fact they didnt even look as if they new what they were doing very slow service... Will never come here again.. !!!!!!!!!!

Fabulous Staff Fabulous Customer Service Fabulous Food Great My Dog Was Catered For Fabulous .. Fabulous .. Fabulous

Food was good but well over priced. We had a sandwich with the smallest bit of salad, you could pick it up in two fingers, with a small pot of coleslaw. This came to over £8.00 each I was horrified ! I would not recommend or eat there again due to the extortionate prices

The new manager has really turned things around. we went for breakfast 24th May and we were not disappointed. Well done to the whole team xx

Entered the restaurant at 1.10 pm got served at 1.35 pm only to be told the wait for food was an hour and that the bacon,Brie panini was off the menu as they had run out of bacon. Whoever is manager of this lovely place needs to employ more staff immediately

Has a lot of potential to be a great place, but the waiting time at the till is too long, especially when you got kids wanting to play. There should be a separate place for the play area to pay maybe. The bread of my sandwich was very dry, 1st time ive eaten there so hopefully just a one off. The play area is a lovely size and the kids so far seem very well behaved. The price of playing has just gone up, so not sure it’s worth the new price. I would like to see the play area cleaned and tables cleared more regularly for the price.

Went on Wednesday with a group of people on a minibus so as we were there over the lunchtime period thought we would eat there - disaster! Friends that had gone into the bistro earlier said food was taking up to half an hour+ and they were still waiting - even for a bowl of soup! So we decided to just have a coffee/tea and cheese scone or sausage roll. Customer in front had the last cheese scone to take away so that was me out, so I asked about sausage rolls and was told yes they had them but would take half an hour?? Not good enough if you want to thrive as a business - there were 3 serving behind the counter and assistants in the kitchen so not sure what the problem was. I didn't think that bistro was that busy!

I find the Cherry Lane Garden Centre extremely useful and enjoy shopping there, so that probably gives my review of the cafe a positive bias. It's in a pleasant corner of the garden centre with bright decor and friendly staff. The coffee is good. The food that I have eaten there has been ok for a light lunch - nothing to write home about but, as a pleasant break during a shopping trip, rather nice.

The young lady who served us with her sparkly nail varnish was new I think, so it's not her fault she wasn't sure what she was doing. Breakfast ends at 11.30 lunch starts at 12...... not sure what you do in that half hour. We were only given half the order, and weren't told we needed to pick up some of our order off the shelves ourselves. The soup was disgusting. The scones were dry. I had to rummage through the sticky and dirty knives, forks and spoons to find clean ones. The play area at the side of the cafe has a sign saying you must pay to go in it! It's such a shame because it's a lovely looking place with a lot of potential. It's also quite expensive for what we got. I think it's changed hands fairly recently so may just be teething problems.

Popped in for breakfast - do a good selection including vegan options. Food cooked to order, came quickly and tasted great. Lots of other options for lunch too. Prices are very reasonable. Cafe was really clean and staff very friendly, Will add it to my 'breakfast list'!