The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

Don’t waste your money here. The food (we had cake) and drinks are fine… how hard can it be to make a cup of tea? It’s the surface here which is appalling as well as the manners and attitude of the staff. We ordered two slices of cake, a pot of tea, a children’s drink and a cup of coffee. It must’ve taken almost 10 minutes for these things to be delivered to our table… We sat in the dog-friendly area because I had taken my small black dog with me. The dog friendly area had an empty water bow;l today was a very hot day and my little dog was thirsty so i asked for some water only to be told they couldn’t touch the bowl, but they could get us a jug of water. Couldn’t see a problem with filling the water bowl, but my do, my responsibility; the water didn’t came so my friend went to ask again. The colleague who offered to get some water hadn’t so I ended up going to get the water that was intended for people to drink. Why advertise yourself as dog friendly when something as simple as a bowl of water on a hot summer day is too much trouble? Just rude, indifferent people. Service throughout the whole garden centre is impossibly slow. there's an absolutely brilliant little local nursery just down the road, and just across the road from dobbies there is a fantastic café , go there instead and spend your money there. Dobbies is a big chain and they really don’t seem to care about customer service.

When slogging clockwise round the M25. Far superior to the elderly facilities at South Mimms. Ordering only via touch screens which could be challenging for some clients. Excellent Sausage sandwiches served in a Ciabatta Roll. So much better than a tired, white, bap. And a fine Espresso. Water available from a Water Station. Try it. Hayling Seagoon

Never had an issue with the food at Morrisons, you get what you pay for. It's never going to be 5 star is it? Very shocked today coming into the cafe. It was grubby to say the least. There was one waitress on the floor, frantically cleaning the drinks machines being very busy but meanwhile, last night's tea was all over the floors! Tables left with empty plates, I had to clean our table as it was disgusting. Very disappointed. The whole cafe looks like it could do with a deep clean. Pull your finger out Morrisons or at least employ staff to clean the place!

Lovely bright cafe but extremely poor selection of food; quality of food very poor, cheap ingredients but not cheap prices. Very uninspiring, one of the worst cafes in a garden centre that I have experienced. Such a shame as it could have great potential. Cutlery cheap and thin ; no glasses for drinks, plastic beakers . Staff disinterested and lack of motivation. This visit no chips as no gas, last time no dishwasher, clearly need new management.

Not many decent drinking establishments in Bedford but The Standard is a nice place to meet up with friends. Live music was very loud when it started and drinks options especially craft beers are a bit limited but on the whole a decent place to spend an evening.

Terrible service. No gluten free chips. No leaway I wanted vegetarian breakfast as it’s gluten free. Can’t do after 11:30 but have nothing else to substitute

Amazing fish and chips. The best we've had in ages. Light, crispy batter (made with soya milk), and light chips. Couldn't recommend them enough. We will be back!!!!

Vine aquí para el brunch / desayuno en un domingo - no es mi primera visita. Huevos escalfados en tostadas con porciones de granos horneados más el café. La comida se cocinaba rápido y el café estaba en la mesa a los pocos minutos de pedir. El personal parecía servicial y proactivo para mantener las mesas despejadas. Volvería de nuevo

Stayed yesterday for one night in order to get a plane in morning. The initial look of the hotel is positive and the receptionist was helpful. However the people out the front smoking, old guy curled up in the corner-wasn’t sure if rigor mortis had set in as he was still there an hour later, and a couple of hours after that! It all felt a bit ‘shady’ tbh. Asked about the restaurant- madam we don’t have one at the moment? That’s not what the website said. A bar? - madam we don’t have one of them either! Seriously- false advertising. Went to the room and very basic double bed, decor not great but looked clean- I had ordered a twin as with my granddaughter! Went back to reception, old guy still curled up in the corner! Receptionist found a room which had two beds. Rather tatty, shower curtain didn’t fit the shower stall so water just poured out onto the floor! Couldn’t regulate the water- either took your skin off or froze! TV didn’t work. Oh yes camera in the lift with marker pen scribbling out the camera lense! Jesus help us. Lol This morning- old guy in the corner I think was the security guard! Lol 😂 It dawned on me this morning when leaving the hotel that it actually houses homeless people, which isn’t an issue as people need to live somewhere but you should be told this when booking. That’s not being snobby its about choice! This definitely is not a 3 star hotel False advertising and thoroughly disappointing and would not stay here again- sorry 😔

Went to go get a coffee plenty of seats available just not cleaned. Stopped people going to get any refreshments. No wonder you are loosing money John Lewis. Staff members not doing very much chatting with each other

Customer service lacking. Latte passible and shop toilets filthy. At least seating area pleasant enough. In reality, not ideal!

Looking at the place from the outside looked appealing unfortunately that was a big misjudgement. For 2 cod and chips (medium) mushy peas and curry sauce and the Ketchup small sachets were 50p! Nothing came included, which really should have eg sauces The meal itself was a big letdown, even batter. The cod had no taste, and when the I paid for the meal there is a charge for seating which is not explained Staff couldn't even smile and customer service was a zero. This was my first visit and my last

Sadly this cafe did not reopen after Covid. A lot of people used to meet up there and there is no similar venue within a mile.

My wife and I visit here quite often and for a garden centre eatery it is no more than average. The staff are pleasant but still lack any sense of urgency or capacity react when bottlenecks start building up although there is an older lady behind the salad bar/pizza area who is excellent. The food is quite good, filled rolls are expensive but the bread is good and the fillings generous. The salad bar is good value and if you arrive before 1.30 has a good choice of items. The cooked food offers pizza cooked to order or several hot choises like pork loin, fish and chips, ribs, casserole etc. These are reasonable value especially the pensioners deal. The food that we have had has been well presented and reasonably tasty.

Love a Gregg sausage Roll and Coffee, but the place is filthy. Every table covered in crumbs as is the floor. The toilets were disgusting.