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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.

This is a building with lots of history. Our room was well presented and spotlessly clean. Breakfast had good choice of menu and tge food was presented well. Staff were helpful and pleasant. Disappointed tgat tge pool was unavailable but fully understand that this can happen This hitel is excellent value for money.

When the Cafe service is slow and you have to queue for a long time, and you have to deal with parking issues on top of that, it is not worth spending time to relax with friends in the cafe. I mentioned this to Parking Eye regarding a fine and provided evidence I was a customer in Booths meeting my friends and still ended up having to pay for the parking fine. It is ridiculous that there isn’t an option to pay to stay beyond 2 hours when it is perfectly reasonable to spend a bit more than 2 hours in a cafe with slow service. They should reconsider ParkingEye instead of looting their customers over silly parking fines and not offering options to stay longer. I will not be visiting this establishment again and will advise my friends to do the same. Disappointing because I do enjoy visiting this place quite often

I just spent over 30 minutes queueing behind only 5 cars to get to the front and be told hi welcome to kfc can I take your order we only have popcorn chicken and mini fillets left are you for real!!? A multi million/billion pound company and you can’t keep your stores stocked until closing!! Absolute joke!!! Thanks for wasting my time and fuel!!!!!! No offer of compensation just oh I can do a popcorn box meal no I don’t want a popcorn box meal I want a proper meal a burger you know that you should have in at all times the one thing you actually should be making you didn’t even have original chicken 😂 oh and I got a sorry about the wait!!! It’s absolutely laughable this kfc word of advise to anyone visiting the isle of Sheppey don’t go to this kfc in thomsett way your just be queueing for nothing!!!

This service station has everything needed for a stop on the M4. It's always super busy, the cleanliness overall was lacking, especially in the toilets. Costa was below standard this time, very slow service and burnt coffee. I think the issues are all to do with how busy the place was at that particular time

We have been coming here for over 30 years on our way on holidays from Norfolk. We heard it is closing at the end of the year so we came in for one last breakfast. As usual, the staff were polite and friendly, the service was quick and the food hot and delicious. Excellent value -a good plate full for £7.50. I have no idea why there are so many negative reviews on here; I have NEVER had a bad experience. It’s closure is very sad and the end of an era.

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

A great cafe and friendly staff with a fenced off dog exercising area. Also had new, very clean toilets. Nice little stop off point.

This place is dirty, tired, and even the toilets were dirty. If you are desperate for a comfort break, then you have no choice. But if not...drive on.

Panini over toasted and Brie cheese consisted of rind, hardly any cranberries. Salad with panini was sad, not worth putting on the plate Salad and coleslaw had been made with old products. Staff who was waiting on in dirty T/shirt. Thick with dust on top of drinks fridge which could be seen from sitting down. All seat covers stained Skirting boards and paintwork and walls in need of a facelift. Very grubby place , won’t be going there again. For the price of over £30 with coffee , very poor.

The worst fish n chip shop wasted 16.00 pound that was for over cooked chips and the battered sausages was crispy as hell...batter fell off while bitting...floors there slippery in the back..nearly fell over!!!!!!

I used to come here a lot when I was younger with my family and even had a 16th birthday meal in the function room at the back. EWas always a great place to eat and relax.

Got fined for staying longer than 2 hours. Most service station stays are for 3 yours but not yours. Well done, you have successfully ripped me off. How clever. Service stations are supposed to be there for a break. Had lunch, made a call and a quick nap. That’s not untypical of business travellers or those that work hard. Cost me £170. A true success for ripping off innocent customers. Hope that you enjoy your “ill-gotten” gains. What has happened to the UK?

We ordered as a takeaway. Chips were stale and soggy. Batter too hard and hardly any cod inside. Waste of money. Won’t go back.

What a little gem. Lovely club sandwich, stew, chips and coffees. Simple food done well. Thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. Thank you.