Address: Green Ln, Timperley, Altrincham WA15 8QP, United Kingdom
Phone: +441619806036
Rating: 3.7
based on 168 reviews.
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Rachel was amazing at ensuring everything was set up and organised for us."
"Firstly please may I make it clear that the Staff that work here are excellent and quite often go 'the extra mile' for you."
"The staff were very welcoming & attentive, providing a festive table & the food was delicious."
"Staff do all their best to sort things out, highly recommended."
"Had a lovely afternoon tea... staff were both polite and helpful."
"Staff very helpful and cheery."
"The staff who served our food to the table and made our drink were friendly."
Cons:
"No staff around to ask and the one I did ask walked away when I started talking to her."
"The staff were still miserable and unhelpful."
"The food is terrible, staff haven't got a clue."
"Very disappointed about the cafe area. Got there at 2.30 the used trays were all stacked up on the counter area."
"Some of the staff have serious attitude especially in the cafe."
"Waited ages in cafe and when we were finally served the waitress informed they were not serving our choice today so after 25mins just had coffee and left."
"The staff seem to be disorganised for some reason."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Cafe is extremely popular as the food quality is very good."
"The food was excellent. Freshly cooked, straight from the kitchen and very tasty."
"The slaw and tomato soup was nice and tasty and came with bread and butter."
"Food and service were great, and the afternoon tea was excellent."
"I was able to have a vegetarian breakfast AND gluten free toast!! There are GF cheesecakes!!!! Food was hot and tasty."
"Both [vegan and omnivore options] were delicious with plenty of variety and flavour."
"Booked in for afternoon tea... Everything freshly made generous sandwich fillings And fresh tasty cakes."
Cons:
"The quality of the produce was poor and the oil it was cooked in left a lot to be desired."
"There was more batter than fish and the chips were so over cooked they were too hard to eat."
"The rest were bland - cranberrie, bacon toastie and peri peri jacket potato."
"The breakfasts had clearly been sitting under a heat lamp for some time and much of it was inedible."
"The salad was old and salad cream had been mixed to hide the old lettuce."
"Kids meals were not very good. Pizza was so greasy."
"Fish finger sandwiches arrived with a nice salad and some really delicious coleslaw, but the fish fingers themselves were horrible."
Facility and Environment
Pros:
"Celebrated my daughter's 3rd birthday here with a little seedlings party. It was perfect."
"Good range of plants and every tool you could possibly need."
"Well stocked again, reasonable prices."
"Dog friendly! You can take your dog in."
"Nice variety of healthy looking plants and helpful staff who advised me on plants for a wet shady area I have on the garden."
"Very large range of plants from alpines to shrubs."
"Really enjoyed my visit to Dobbies yesterday, brilliant selection of seasonal plants, very well presented."
Cons:
"When we arrived in the car park, the hardest part was not finding a parking space but dodging the potholes."
"The whole place is scruffy and unkempt."
"Play area extremely dirty and could see it hadn't been cleaned for a long time."
"The plants are not good quality we bought expensive lupins that promptly died."
"Miserable experience. Very hard to find the plants you want."
"Due to the bad weather the roof was leaking as it always does in the rain."
"The floors are full of buckets collecting rain water from the roof and also landing on the floor, not safe to walk round."
Value and Pricing
Pros:
"Large garden centre with a wide selection of well-priced plants, trees and shrubs."
"Visited earlier today, excellent choice of good quality plants and reasonably priced."
"It was very pretty and reduced to £12.50."
"May well be worth more stars... Some good bargains amongst the sale items."
"Always a pleasure to shop here with its superb range of plants, shrubs, and garden accessories."
"Amazing garden centre place with so much choice of garden ornaments, garden sets, plants, small trees and there’s even a great cafe which does breakfast and lunch."
"Well laid out inside and out with easy access and ample parking."
Cons:
"It's more expensive on top of it compared to other garden centers like one in Knutsford."
"Some items do seem overpriced and some not priced at all."
"A little expensive."
"Far too expensive, inane joke. A fraction of the costs in other shops."
"The prices in the shop are higher than the ones online."
"There were plants dying through lack of water on most of the racks."
"Terrible !! Ordered a portion of chips £3.95 they arrived in the smallest cereal bowl ever."