Address: Cressing Rd, Cressing, Braintree CM77 8DH, United Kingdom
Phone: +441376553043
Rating: 4.2
based on 132 reviews.
General Experience
Pros:
"Braintree Garden Centre is lovely. Packed full of healthy plants, trees and shrubs."
"Large spacious garden centre."
"Great selection of plants in good condition."
"This was great as they are dog friendly having seating areas for those with dogs."
"Good place to have a browse. A great garden centre all year round."
"Lovely place to spend your afternoon! The best scones I've eaten in a very very long time and a great selection of cakes in the cafe!"
"This is quite big and spacious as Garden centres go plenty off gardening implementation to buy or view."
Cons:
"One problem is only 3 hours car parking, once we had lunch not much time to have a good look round."
"Victoria sponge cake was also so dry."
"Just bear in mind some people think it is a day out for their dogs to have barking competition while you are have your lunch."
"I will not be returning again as I can't see how a garden centre that has a cafe can put restrictions on their carpark."
"When we ordered food it did take so long to be served."
"This place is just let down by its parking. It's way too small a car park."
"Some expensive items that can be purchased a lot cheaper elsewhere."
Food and Restaurant
Pros:
"You can stop for a full roast dinner on a Sunday."
"We enjoyed a lunchtime meal here with a very nice selection."
"Fish and chips were superb."
"Visited with friends for lunch. Several items not available on the menu, but staff were lovely and came up with alternatives."
"The party food was delicious and there was so much variety."
"The roast beef and turkey were tender and vegetables were delicious."
"We had sandwiches and cake, all of which were absolutely delicious."
Cons:
"Food was awful, how they quite managed to serve a stone cold ham and cheese toasty was beyond me."
"This was the worse breakfast we have ever had, plate swimming in grease, eggs not cooked(snooty) bacon and sausages hard."
"We queued up ordered two Sunday roasts... they had ran out of meat and roast potatoes."
"Hi came to cafe.. on sunday... play area now gone.....cafe busy... lattee sent back.. strong coffee... poached eggs where runny..... big breakfast.small... expensive.... nursery very.. expensive."
"Disappointing today, have had lovely lunches there before but today order came out wrong, bread was stale and customer service very very poor, no apologies just a string of poor excuses."
"Disappointing lunch... the fish I was served on Friday (19th November) was small and mostly batter."
"Terrible service in the cafe. Our child had to wait 45 mins for a ham sandwich."
Customer Service
Pros:
"Wonderful staff, great place, however, the restaurant needs better time management."
"The man serving was very friendly and ready with helpful advice."
"Staff were polite and welcoming, well worth a visit if you're passing by."
"Staff are wonderful, helpful and willing to help and answer questions."
"The staff are very friendly and helpful. Just let them know if you have any allergies."
"The staff in the cafe were amazing, they treated our residents with great care and respect."
"The staff were all very helpful and friendly, especially the young waitress who brought us our food, she was lovely."
Cons:
"The person on the till was very, very rude... all I received was more rude behaviour."
"Staff in the outside garden area didn't know if they stocked a certain plant."
"Staff need to go to BHN garden centre for some experience on how to present food."
"The woman in charge is a very rude person, worst 18 quid I have ever spent."
"I understand mistakes happen like forgetting the order but the attitude of the staff was awful."
"Really disappointed that they have got rid of the softplay area... the selection of food and snacks for the kids was dire."
"Beware around the large pots and ornaments. One fell on my child last year and their first aid equipment wasn't very good."
Pricing and Value
Pros:
"Prices can be a bit high but there are some bargains too."
"From plants to cakes to things for the home Wyevale has a good selection. As others have noted they are not the cheapest but normally good value."
"Very good value for money, £9.99 for regular size, £10.99 for large."
"My Christmas tree was very reasonably priced and actually cheaper than last year."
"Great garden centre for all your needs...good outdoor clothing and footwear section with plenty 50% off items."