Dobbies Garden Centre Peterborough Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "I was very impressed with exceptional service we got from the staff."
• "The staff here were helpful, polite and cheerful."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The staff in the cafe are superb. They are friendly, courteous and extremely helpful."
• "Very helpful and knowledgeable staff easily found."
• "Service with a smile."
• "Shannon in the restaurant who has recently been made a supervisor is an absolute credit to the company."

Cons:

• "It's a nice place to visit but the restaurant staff are very slow and very impolite."
• "All the staff apart from one lady were very grumpy and miserable."
• "The staff have little to no knowledge of the products or plants."
• "Top it off with staff that seem sad and demotivated."
• "Staff… there seems to have been a turnover in staff and it doesn’t seem to be for the better - miserable at every turn!"
• "The entry button to the door was broken, no staff to be seen."
• "Visited the cafe in for first time since lockdown... the queue was long and staff were slow."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Nice fresh sandwiches and scones."
• "The food was amazing as were the staff."
• "Always a good place to go for breakfast or coffee and cake."
• "Superb afternoon tea, with such helpful staff, Sky and Victoria."
• "We were not disappointed with the Dobbies breakfast, plenty on the plate and good coffee."
• "A variety of really fresh sandwiches and cream cakes/scones."
• "Thank you so much for a wonderful afternoon with fresh sandwiches, beautiful light and tasty Scones and a large selection of cakes to die for."

Cons:

• "The seating area was full of people's dirty cups and plates which nobody came to clear!"
• "When serving Brussels sprouts it would be wise to see if they are cooked! The ones served to us today were so hard you couldn't stick a fork in them."
• "The food was rather disappointing."
• "The food was awful the quiche was bland the pastry tough and the chips were really cold."
• "The breakfast was cold by the time we got to a table."
• "Really, really disappointed with the quality of food served."
• "Although the staff are lovely, the quality of the food was awful."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Good value for money."
• "Fantastic value!"
• "With an amazing selection of reasonably priced items, from high visibility bin stickers to tortoise statues, Dobbies has everything you'll ever need."
• "It has two mini golf courses, reasonably priced as well."
• "Plants good quality, and you can get some real bargains."
• "My mum was able to pick up four plants (calatheas) that were a bit shabby for under £3 each - what a BARGAIN!!!"
• "Awesome value for money too."

Cons:

• "Nice place with good variety of plants and equipment, however bit pricey to compare with other similar places."
• "Very expensive. You have to pay £3.50 for entry then pay for drinks and food."
• "Seriously overpriced stock and plants."
• "I paid £7.45 for a Toastie... and my 12 chips, which in total came to £8.95."
• "Seriously overpriced food."
• "The products were vastly overpriced."
• "Due to expensive coffees and cakes, we cannot go any more."