Rheged Reviews Summary

Facilities & Activities

Pros:

• "There's always activities for kids in the holidays which are varied and great fun."
• "Even has great toilets."
• "A real amphitheatre feel, with a huge screen and a good view from all areas of the theatre!"
• "Great café, good menu, value for money and the food is superb."
• "A brilliant center, so much to do. A fabulous day out for the family."
• "Customer service top-notch."
• "Stopped for fuel and a loo break (spotless facilities)."

Cons:

• "Shocked and disappointed to receive a parking fine for parking in an absolutely pitch black car park."
• "The top floor events for kids is a bit cheeky, making adults pay to take kids around."
• "The carpark is closed out of hours so the charging here is only available around the opening hours."
• "Indoor play is for 2-4 year olds really. My 6 year old found it fun for only 10mins."
• "The outdoor play area us fantastic - nice and large with lots of areas to explore."
• "The quick take away breakfast options are over priced, luke warm and small."
• "The cafe is having trouble with its ordering machines, but not their eftpos devices."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Only £5 to enter-its nearly £20 in London."
• "Cinemas amazingly (2 screens and showing up to date films inexpensively)."
• "Good range of shops, easy to meet friends from the North East, cafe has a good menu."
• "The gift shop on the top floor is well worth a visit and has some great quality gifts, cards and clothes."
• "Great cinema. Screen 1 really impressive."
• "The cinema tickets are reasonably priced as were the delicious ice creams."
• "Fantastic food of the highest quality you'll ever find travelling the roads of this fair isle."

Cons:

• "Slightly expensive."
• "Unless you've a huge wallet or visiting the cinema and gallery, I wouldn't bother going. Very expensive beautiful products."
• "Everything is overpriced but not as badly as I first thought."
• "£21 quid for one sandwich, a pie and a sausage roll with three drinks."
• "The clothes shops etc are very pricey."
• "Some nice crafty things in the shops but some are quite pricey."
• "There are service's prices and then there is Rheged prices."

Customer Experience

Pros:

• "Lovely situation buried in a flower strewn hillside. Lots of birds and wildlife around."
• "Little gem of a place. We went to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition which was fantastic"
• "Good cafe, tasty food (tried enochi mushroom pasta and margarita 🍕), spacious sitting area"
• "The food is amazing all served with a smile, very typical of the local area."
• "Nice little shop with a great selection of fresh sandwiches, snacks, and caffeine for your journey."
• "Beautiful place with some unique shops."
• "The staff in every place really kind, helpful."

Cons:

• "When it first opened Rheged was saturated in Arthurian mystery... Now it’s lost all its soul, overpriced tat and an extremely mid coffee shop."
• "Disappointed - it is no longer the discovery centre it used to be."
• "Sadly will not be returning."
• "Won't be visiting again any time soon. It definitely has changed, for the worse."
• "The cafe served some amazing food and lovely fresh coffee."
• "A few artisan shops which had some interesting items but very overpriced."
• "Really busy, café couldn't cope and some area's difficult to navigate."