Houghton Hall Garden Centre Reviews Summary

Garden Centre & Plant Selection

Pros:

• "Lots of garden flowers available."
• "Good selection of plants though only those flowering at any given time."
• "A good size garden centre."
• "Lovely garden centre too with great choice."
• "A fantastic selection of plants trees and shrubs."
• "The plants are stunning and what I've purchased have always thrived and I'm by no means 'green fingered'."
• "Very nice selection of plants of excellent quality."

Cons:

• "The idea is to put the fruit in the mix not make them and throw fruit at them from a distance hoping some sticks to the outside."
• "This is the second time we have bought some fruit and veg there and the very next day opened the packet of nectarines and the fruit was rotten"
• "Occasionally the peaches and nectarines are a bit past it, dry when you bite into them."
• "Just because they are big doesn't mean they taste better."
• "Was completely ignored by staff while looking for some plants to buy. Stood in front of a member of staff who just kept their head down!!!"
• "They just need to freshen up the look. Change the stock a bit."
• "The garden centre itself didn't hold anything special or different in regards to stick."

Cafe & Restaurant

Pros:

• "They have a cafe in there 2 which is great for a sit down."
• "The cafe with a children's menu full of great home cooked food"
• "Enjoyed a bowl of gf vegan sweet potato soup and gluten free bread."
• "A large cafe with a good choice of food."
• "The restaurant has fabulous food and truly scrumptious desserts."
• "Sandwich in the restaurant was delicious and good value for money."
• "The restaurant has an extensive menu and serves delicious main meals, snacks and cakes."

Cons:

• "Slightly disappointed with the cakes in the little cafe as they were a bit dry"
• "Service in Restaurant was very slow. Obviously Staff shortage"
• "After waiting 10 minutes in the queue for the cafe, we were told that 2 bowls of soup would take 40 minutes to serve."
• "Cafe very overpriced for toasties at £7,95 each, no crisps or coleslaw but couple of green leaves."
• "Sadly the escalator wasn't working, so gave it a miss."
• "Limited bread supplies, & the pie counter destitute, with nothing savoury at the coffee shop either."
• "No one to assist or serve us, restaurant badly managed."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Well worth a stop off the M6"
• "plenty of free parking and picnic benches with grass areas for children and dogs to exercise."
• "Good parking facilities and hand for the M6."
• "Tons of free parking"
• "Good layout and extensive grounds allowing us to exercise the dog before going in."
• "Easy parking"
• "A nice big car park, visited at the weekend and had no issues parking"