Whitehall Garden Centre in Bath and North East Somerset

Very good selection of plants and good restaurant.

Found just what we wanted. Very nice selection of shrubs, veg plants, herbs, and many other nice-looking plants and garden accessories. Very festive now with lights, baubles, trees, and loads of other decorations, including the Lemax display.

Can get most garden plants and accessories here and staff are very helpful

Ridiculous long preamble through endless Xmas merchandise to visit cafe. Poor signage for loos. Although service in cafe was quick & polite the panini was tasteless & uncooked tea stupidly expensive for tiny pot and cup. Won’t be revisiting .

Not very good for disabled and as for using the disabled toilet, having to push a wheelchair up that slope well it just takes the biscuit. It just spoiled the whole experience.

Very well laid out with well looked after plants,a wide range of garden furniture and many other items.The cafe is also very nice.However I find it a lot more expensive than some other outlets but the plant quality makes up for the extra cost .Yes it's changed with a complete overhaul and the goods have got very expensive.Its still very expensive to shop here.

My kids found their summer trail enjoyable with the free lollipop! Would recommend

Okay. Plants seemed expensive buy quite large, so I'm probably out of touch. Random. Sale of kitchen items. Didn't see the connection with a garden centre

Great plants, friendly staff. Plus can walk the dog in the field adjacent.

Garden centre, farm shop and nice cafe. Helpful family ran garden centre. Always a good few hours spent in this lovely location.

What did we do at weekends before there were garden centres! A refrain oft heard amongst those earthy/planty types. But, rapidly over the years, they have developed exponentially from greenhouse venues, selling flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds. Now, some cover areas larger than a football ground parking lots. Whitehall is not quite that big, but has expanded significantly over the years. A large cafeteria is part of the complex an extensive range of garden fixtures and furniture that seems too good for a garden. Greetings cards in profusion, many initiating an uncontrolled guffaw. Own label wine, beer and preservatives by the shelffull and garden tools, as well as many other items of interest. Actually, on this visit, garden tools were somewhat underrepresented, hence the loss of one star - they did not have what I wanted. Oh yes, there are also plants. Indoors, outdoors, some for greenhouse only. Yes, lots and lots of plants. Well worth a visit.

Shocking price for two standard type coffees and two tea cakes for over 17 Pounds Stirling. I'm writing this for my mother who took her 90 year old sister there on Friday and was horrified at the cost. Not good enough, especially when pensioners are on tight budgets.

Nice place. Nice people. Good advise on plants. Good cafe and nice coffee ect. Had a small problem and they sorted it quickly without any fuss. Great customer service

Very good place for everything garden. A shame that South Bristol are going to lose it. I Very much hope that it will be sold as a going concern. More than a building plot for more stress on the infrastructure of our area.

No dogs. Can understand for the restaurant if that’s the choice, or even inside, but is it really such an issue outside. Just makes it awkward so won’t be coming back unless they change their policy. Lots of people waiting outside with their dogs. Very frustrating and unnecessary.

Not a bad place. 2teas and 2 teacakes £13 food a bit over priced . Good selection of plants.

Chose not to go in as dogs are no longer allowed anywhere on the premises. This is a shame but it's not practical to leave your dog in the car in hot weather while shopping for plants. Fortunately plenty of garden centres around Bristol do allow dogs so we'll go there in future. Hopefully this will increase trade for the charity plant sale a short distance down the road (where we also stopped and purchased).

They are no longer dog 🐕 friendly which is such a shame. Dog owners with no common sense have ruined it

A large selection of plants and more, affordable prices, friendly and professional service. I recommend

Can't believe one of the staff encouraged me to buy and plant that was dying. It was obvious I didn't know anything about plants and was sold a plant for £85 no matter what we did it would not come back. Very disappointing won't be shopping here again and will warn others about my experience

Get your compost now. We bought 4 x 60l bags and saved £19.50

Nice garden centre although quite pricey.

Very nice got some non gardening bits as well as some plants. A lot of choice a bit bewildering! Was a bit breezy so quite a few of the roses and shrubs had blown over. Overall the plants all seemed in good condition. Good range of pots in all formats. I was going to visit the cafe but ran out of time. Staff all friendly and helpful.

Had drinks and cake very pleasant and friendly staff

5 stars because the partner loves it there, me, dread every bank holiday,

If you like garden centres, you will enjoy the range of plants/trees/pots/garden furniture etc plus an excellent cafe (££). Xmas there are wonderful displays to put you in the spirit.

Just after lockdown, so social distancing, didn't see any helpers until you were through the one-way system so couldn't get what I came for, as walking around again was to much for my grumbling hips. Will have to look elsewhere for Bamboo Cain's as I couldn't find any.

A wonderful plant paradise. Friendly staff and good prices. Plant manager is very helpful as well. Great cafe for all meals or just coffee/tea. Highly recommended.

Big range of plants, but prices for seedling tomatoes, pumpkin etc quite high

40 years of visiting. Terrible decision not to allow dogs in. I'll never come again!!

A great place to get plants, shrubs, seeds, planters , aswell as outside furniture . They have freshwater and tropical fish with tanks and accessories. A selection of pets and animals for children to enjoy. A cafe and gift shop for birthday gifts. You'll find a good choice here.

The Bristol customer services were good however the furniture is delivered from another store. The furniture arrived damaged. They asked me to send photos by email and no reply. You call them and can only leave a message. Really disappointed as we use the garden centre a lot. They didn't update us on the day when it was going to be delivered, I had to call twice myself! Unlike other many deliveries we were having around the time.. Goodness knows when we will get a replacement. Bad experience!

Went here as had booklet through letter box with coupons for special garden product offers, it arrived late on 18th March so went next day, couldn't find any of the products available on the coupons, and the free Tete ta Tete daffodil stated 10cm pot were none around, when asked staff member told were at the tills! No compost in garden centre either! Also Had 2 for 1 breakfast offer and actually managed get that at £9.99, had vegetarian option very small portion egg, hash brown very fatty, mini pot beans, mushroom, half a tomatoe not even grilled, piece toast and the sausage yes a single sausage looked too much like meat one smelt weird but rather than waste it I took home for dog who refused eat it! At £9.99 should included a cup of tea, and we weren't happy pay for hot drinks on top so had water once located a smear free glass on the tray next to water machine! As I paid for my veg plants 3 for £6 and a solar balloon light £9.99 got my free daffodil plant, went out to car and damn compost outside at the exit very unhelpful should put sign on front door free plant at till and compost at exit, I couldn't be bothered go back in so £9.99 lost for you Whitehall. Also Solar colour balloon only display one left, but shop around same product only £4.99 at Home bargains shops, I didn't find out till after paid £9.99 for mine! 🤦

Weird place, a handful of houseplants and a few more plants outside. The place is mostly covered in black fabric giving it a very strange vibe. Busy cafe. Odd, very odd, won't be returning.

Easy access, free parking, lots of plants, and gardening stuff.

lovely and bright, staff really helpful

Everything perfect except music. Far too loud and completely unnecessary. Service excellent.

After Christmas the place looks very empty, it's getting a paint make over. But the food is top notch any time of the year

Warning dogs are no longer welcome.

It is such a beautiful place! The displays and the products looked amazing. My son who gets so excited for Christmas absolutely loved it. It's definitely a place to go at Christmas! The staff are friendly and helpful It wasn't as done up this year as previously done, with large sections dedicated to purely one colour scheme, which is usual, but this year there wasn't the variety in my opinion. But still a huge selection to buy from for all your Christmas decorations you can think off. There is plenty of parking and a overflow car park but could do with being better lit. Will definitely be going back next year around Christmas to see the displays they are absolutely amazing.

I can't talk on the actual garden centre but they have an absolutely fantastic selection of local ale and cider!

Good visit, nice garden centre, food section of very expensive though

January 2024 Dogs are no longer welcome, so we will now be going to other garden centres where they are and things are also much cheaper. June 2023. I've changed my rating from 2 to 4 now as they have put in outdoor seating again at the cafe. We now have somewhere to sit with the dogs when we stop for a coffee when we walk over from Whitchurch. June 2022. Came for a walk over with the dogs, to pick up a couple of things, and stop at the restaurant to get something to eat and drink. We were very disappointed to find out that the outside seating hasn't been reinstated since lockdowns, so we weren't able to stop and have some dinner. According to the staff we weren't the first to be disappointed with this problem.

CHRISTMAS display was very good. Restaurant was OK but we went on a Friday and they had sold out of fish and chips at 12.30pm. Toilets were clean but they were outside. Would have been very cold queuing on a December day.

Great display of Christmas decorations and displays. Nice cafe too.

Whitehall Garden Centre has always got something for everyone, whatever the season even at Christmas! Took the grandchildren to see the Chrismas displays they loved it ! Everytime we go there I always bring something back!

The prices are very high and they do not have a variety of products

Waste of time nothing to buy and did not have what we wanted said that they nolonger stock it web site says different

One of the best Christmas displays and shops I have been too. Really enjoyed visiting

First visit and it was busy, I was expecting more Xmas decorations

As always at Xmas, great displays

We have visited a few garden centres this christmas. Whitehall has the best christmas displays we have seen and a good range of tree's and decorations at reasonable prices. Plenty of room here to get around the store with a disability scooter. The restaurant looked nice and the food smelt good. We had already eaten so will try it next time. Will definitely come here for our chrismas needs from now on

What a magical display of everything you could possibly need for Christmas tree decorations, Christmas lights, gift ideas.

Lovely Christmas displays! I had a delicious meal in the restaurant where I discovered the best chutney I've ever tasted.

Lovely displays and items. However for a place selling glass decoarations there were too many kids = breakages. No wonder everything is expensive, to cover the cost of people letting their kids Touch everything and handling glass ornaments to toddler!

Arrived at 10.15am on a Thursday and already very busy. I didn't think the Christmas display was as good as other years. Couldn't get a table in the restaurant at 10.45am so left early. Disappointing.

Best Christmas shop we have been to in years and very low prices compared to other shops.

Amazing decorations well worth a visit

What a wonderful Christmas display.... the cafe looked excellent but the queue was too long and no tables available.

Absolutely shocking. Today we visited with my wife, daughter and our 3 young nieces and nephews. Appreciated its busy season but when we finally managed to sit the kids down in the restaurant we got in the queue and waited for over 25 minutes. When we finally got to the counter the guy told us they are no longer doing breakfast. I asked what are they doing then and he said at the moment nothing. We waited for 25 minutes!!!! Only to be told we’re not doing food. I packed up the kids and as we were walking out I asked to speak to the manager who never came out! We then overheard somebody else kicking off and they agreed to serve that individual breakfast. Leaving us out the queue and with no food. Completely shocking. If you can see people in queue all the way at the back ready for a long wait at least tell them or at least keep food going until the queue has dissolved. Completely shocking service.

All ready for christmas with good decorations

WoW.. if you love Christmas, worth a visit

Great display of Christmas 🎄 decorations and trees.(Nov-Dec).plenty of free parking Plants 🪴 and gardening accessories, helpful and friendly staff, Well worth looking up.

I love Whitehall at Christmas, loads of Christmas decorations and gifts, although a little pricey

I thought garden centre was better for Christmas this year compared to last. However prices were rather expensive.

Simply a Christmas tradition. Lots of garden centres do Christmas well but Whiethall goes out and the kids (and I) find the experience magical and shiny. We go each year for the kids to buy a tree decoration each. They love looking at the lights and the animatronics. Note - it gets busy and can take a bit of time to park. Top tip is to come from the non-Bristol side where I have found the queue to be shorter.

We have been looking forward to seeing exactly why this place was so highly regarded and publicised for it's Christmas display and decided to make a trip this morning. We arrived just 40 minutes after opening and suffice to say it was carnage. We spent 30 minutes driving around the car park looking for somewhere to stop. It was a complete free-for-all and potluck whether you would get a space or not. If you happened to be in the right place at the right time you might get a spot as someone left; if not, around you go again. People aggressively took parking spots, parked poorly and some simply abandoned vehicles making it impossible to navigate around in places. In the end, we sadly gave up. By the time we left, the traffic was queueing quite a way up the road. If this was the expected level of attendendance surely some level of support in the carpark or system should be considered essential to at least make parking fairer? We may try again another day but if it's this chaotic in mid-November, I'd hate to think what it will be like in December!

Fantastic Christmas displays, but get there early! When we left at 11:30, the queue for the car park was nearly back to the main road & the café was packed!

Very lovely place. Great place for buying Christmas ornaments.

By far the best garden centre I've ever been to l.

So beautiful at this time of year. I know that it's a business... BUT it feels so festive... Like when you were a child!!

Lovely breakfast with my grandchildren and daughter. Enjoyed the Christmas decorations, we had a magical time together.

Great place to visit. Plenty of bargains to be had, friendly staff, good shopping experience.

Great place for Christmas decorations. Lovely displays. Cafe was extremely busy (Sunday).

It was really good, although not as many mechanical items to see, the selling point for them is the Christmas tree items and presents, the restaurant was packed if you did not have a table you were not served, we left very disappointed 😞

Pity breakfast was off menu so early

Also helpful, and a lovely place to purchase different items apart from plants and flowers.

Amazing never have I ever seem this amount if Christmas stuff plus food hall...

Very good restaurant was very good Not a bad selection

Lovely this time of year for the Christmas displays. Our grandchildren love ❤️ it

Wonderful place to visit, lovely staff and a vast selection of items for sell. I recently enquired to the securiry staff about cctv footage in the carpark after my car was damaged and they couldn't be more helpful. I was able to confirm straight away from their CCTV that it didn't happen in their carpark. A note to any shoplifters, stay away, they have one of the best CCTV systems I have seen and I have worked in the security industry for 31 years. I cannot recommend this place enough, well worth a visit.

A fantastic Christmas experience for the whole family

Good selection of Christmas things

Fantastic Christmas display .Cafe good too recommend

Lovely garden centre with a great cafe. They have all of the Christmas displays out now too, great for kids to see.

Christmas has arrived! Plants also available.

It’s a bit mind boggling seeing all this Christmas stuff in October, and the “IKEA queuing” to get through to the restaurant is also a bit tortuous, but it’s all good

Lots to see. Lots of present ideas!

Love this garden centre...visited last Saturday....all the Christmas stuff was up....too early in my opinion....I think it should be after Halloween but it was still veru beautiful

This place is amazing you must go there, so much to choose from best garden centre in Bristol and Gloucester

It's time to go and see the wonderful Christmas scenes its fabulous even if your children are flown the nest it still magically even for us more senior must be a bunch of young at heart go on give them it a go thanks to all the staff that some t time doing it all

Lots to choose from - and not just plants, but garden furniture, gifts, garden aggregates and compost etc. There is a restaurant/cafe and public toilets. Staff are friendly and willing to give advice. Quite a big car park, with additional parking also. Really good Christmas display

Nothing has change much but the Christmas center are very nice for the children and they do have nice ornaments for your tree . I alway find something nice I can put on top of my Christmas cakes

Really lovely garden center great food in the cafe really yummy breakfast sausages are great

Very expensive tat. Never again.

Came here with what I thought would be a very simple task. We followed the signs around the shop for "Garden Furniture". Trailed all through the shop through the Christmas stuff thinking eventually we would emerge into the regular shop only to find out it is ALL Christmas stuff! Upon enquiring with a staff member where we might find garden furniture we were told "No garden furniture until after Christmas ". When I pointed out it is only September he replied with a shrug as we walked out. The least they could have done is covered your signs to correct display what they actually sell. Thank you for wasting our time.

Tons of Xmas stuff but in September? Prices high but value good. Excellent restaurant

Nice items, but it's a bit pricey for what it is.

A good selection of plants and large restaurant

Popped in for coffee and a snack. Clean and tidy, pleasant layout, nice food.