Address: Havant Garden Centre, Bartons Rd, Havant PO9 5NA, United Kingdom
Phone: +442392456200
Rating: 3.9
based on 200 reviews.
Parking
Pros:
"There's plenty of parking."
"Good location. Loads of parking."
"A large garden centre with ample free parking."
"Parking and site access is good. There are 3 -4 disabled spaces next to the store entrance as well as a pick up/drop off point."
"Plenty of parking."
"Car Parking is available."
"Very clean and airy, and with a decent amount of parking."
Cons:
"The only annoying thing is the hill up to the car park. It may be a bit more difficult for the elderly who aren't that stable."
Staff & Service
Pros:
"Had our son's 4th Birthday Party in the soft play area. Really good value. Staff all excellent."
"The best service and amazing experience, just wish I had the man’s name because he was so kind!"
"Great staff."
"Friendly staff and the added bonus of the play area for my 2 year old grandson."
"Friendly staff in the restaurant."
"Staff are friendly and helpful."
"The staff were all so pleasant and helpful, it felt as if we were on another planet!"
Cons:
"Service at counter unbelievably slow, queued for half an hour."
"Food and drinks in the café were nice, but the staff seemed somewhat disorganised and there was a very long wait despite it being fairly quiet."
"Also the staff seemed to be wandering around and not really doing much."
"She however was very rude to us and kept coming back over to us telling us what she thought, in the end myself and my husband told her to please leave us alone so we can enjoy our coffee and cake in peace, we will never be returning to this store again as made us both feel very upset!!"
"Since changing owners I'm afraid the food has really gone down hill."
"Rang again and again...as usual no one answers the phone."
"The only issue we had was a long wait time at the till."
Products & Pricing
Pros:
"Lovely garden centre selling a very good range of gifts, clothes, toys, pets products and furniture, fireplaces even, speciality foods at reasonable prices."
"A large garden centre with a great range of everything you could possibly need to look after your garden."
"They have a good selection of plants and other garden accessories at a reasonable price for a garden center."
"Great selection of outdoor garden decor, Arbours, sheds."
"Great selection of plants all looked healthy and well looked after."
"Most importantly a huge range of indoor and outdoor plants, bulbs, seeds - literally everything you could ever need for the garden."
"A good variety of plants which looked in good condition."
Cons:
"A lot of items do not have price labels on them and some of the items that the website states are in stock at the store, are in fact not even sold in store."
"Over priced I'd say, not a vast amount of choice in the plants when I went and the shop stuff was outrageously over priced."
"Bit like a car showroom, you're paying for the building, staff, area etc, just as well getting your plants at a supermarket for half the price."
"Very limited stock and cafe not as good as used to be."
"Any how I think this is about 40% more expensive than other garden centres even than B&Q."
"Nice place but very expensive."
"A little expensive for a garden centre, £2.40 for a cheese scone and £3.55 for a caramel latte."
Cafe & Food
Pros:
"Food and drinks in the café were nice, but the staff seemed somewhat disorganised and there was a very long wait despite it being fairly quiet."
"Food was good enough to server at a wedding reception - mini burgers, sausages cooked in honey with sesame seeds, chicken, fish and lots of fruit on sticks for desert."
"A great place to browse for things you need, and come out with lots of things you didn't know you needed! A very friendly place with a lovely coffee shop."
"Furthermore if you do find yourself peculiarly peckish whilst shopping here please do not bypass the integral cafe, food was delicious, very generous portions."
"The food at the cafe is good value and Reasonably tasty."
"Had freshly cooked fish and chips followed by delicious sticky toffee pudding and custard."
"Food in the coffee bar is great especially the cakes. Yummy!"
Cons:
"Cafe even worse from our last visit."
"Cafe is packed so didn't bother there not normally good in there anyway."
"Garden Centre has gone downhill since Covid. Went there today and all the bedding plants looked tired and droopy."
"Visited yesterday to the cafe and some soft play for my son. All we ordered were two egg mayo sandwiches for us and a bowl of sweet potato fries. Took over 30 minutes!"
"The interior was nicely decorated, but the selection of food was very poor, and it wasn't particularly great either."
"The restaurant was really busy, good for business but not for customers."
"The restaurant is pricey and ordering feels a little rushed - cakes and food in general looks great but lacks flavour."
Cleanliness & Maintenance
Pros:
"Spotlessly clean."
"The area was clean and everyone was attentive of their children."
"Visited here with my grandchildren. Had a lovely hot chocolates served by really friendly staff."
Cons:
"Toilets in poor condition, wall mounted hand washes all empty."
"Visit here for soft play...dirty tables and on my last visit food and drink all over tables and the floor."
"A lot of the seedlings in front of the entrance were dead or wilted."
"Messy tables, gloopy Mac Cheese, which set firmer the more you got into the dish."
"The tables were full of dirty cups and plates."
"Seats in café dirty and stained."
"Utterly disgusting. There was so much dirt and grime everywhere."