Hazlehead Park Reviews Summary

Cafe and Restaurant

Pros:

• "Also cafe meals are very good and the kids meal packs are F A B."
• "The cafe/ restaurant is amazing and definitely must visit."
• "Be sure to get something from the nice Park Cafe."
• "Tha cafe is divine. The food is delicious, with huge serves and great prices."
• "The Café is lovely with outside seating on a nice day and the Ice Cream Cabin is an extra special treat."
• "The park cafe is fab, with a great selection of fine treats and homemade cakes."
• "Cafe lovely, friendly staff, nice food, top marks.."

Cons:

• "The cafe food expensive, edible and long queues."
• "Unfortunately, dogs are still not welcome in the cafe - bucking the dog friendly trend of late!"
• "Sadly, the cafe has disappointing food and it is very expensive."
• "Only thing letting it down at the moment is lack of indoor cafe due to the recent fire."
• "The back of the restuarant is an eyesore on display."
• "The cafe reopened 28th May 2022 and it has a nice undercover outdoor seating area now."
• "Although 19.00 for 2 paninis and tea seemed quite steep and 2.00 for a bottle of water."

Park and Gardens

Pros:

• "Enclosed rose garden."
• "Always a nice walk here. Well kept and maintained and the addition of the animal park is brilliant."
• "Lovely rose garden and lots of little areas to spend a quiet time in."
• "Beautiful park in all seasons, outstanding rose garden and walks."
• "Expansive and well tended park to the west of Aberdeen."
• "Beautifully kept gardens and walk ways."
• "A beautiful public garden surrounded by woods."

Cons:

• "Nice park to hang out, but I was a little deceived to see that we have to pay to visit the animal area."
• "The open spaces are wonderful on the western side, but the park itself is a bit run down and has a lot of rubbish floating about."
• "The maze is looking a little run down and needs attention."
• "Some portions are a bit run down and need investment. The mini golf needs attention and so does the maze."
• "Was once such a top top park, but now sadly showing the signs of cutbacks and neglect."
• "The front entrance and footpaths could do with a spruce up and clean."
• "The open spaces are wonderful on the western side, but the park itself is a bit run down and has a lot of rubbish floating about."

Facilities and Amenities

Pros:

• "Fully enclosed with drinking water available."
• "With ornamental gardens, casual gardens, a maze, a pets corner (petting zoo) and play parks there is much to do."
• "Great park with cafe toilets wee pets corner great play area for kids and acres and acres of grass for football rugby and anything else you could think of."
• "Toilets were a Portacabin with a few steps up but were clean and plenty toilet roll which us always a bonus!!!!"
• "Children's play park, formal garden, maze, zoo, golf courses, forest walks, open walks, football pitches, cafe, toilets."
• "Lovely cafe and area you can hire out for children's parties, or other celebrations."
• "There is ample parking on-site which is free."

Cons:

• "Toilet facilities dreadful, only two toilets one of which is a baby changing room and smells."
• "On such a hot day and having a dog we could have done with outdoor cafe tables having shade."
• "The only downside of the day was the underfoot condition of the play park. This needs serious upgrade to stop it turning into a quagmire after a little rain."
• "Seriously far too muddy to be enjoyable - most of the kids slides and climbing equipment is surrounded by so much mud."
• "One single ladies toilet cubicle serving a park this size with restaurant facilities is completely inadequate."
• "No toilet facilities the only let down."
• "The car park could be worked on and the footpath to the carpark is a bit of a shambles."

Activities and Attractions

Pros:

• "The pets corner is really good if you have kids to entertain for an hour or two and the play park is always busy."
• "The park has a small petting zoo, called Pets Corner."
• "Great park for children, lots of space for them to run around and lots of other things to see."
• "Good for dog walkers, and there is a swing park for the kids."
• "The Highland Games are held at this park."
• "Home to the annual Aberdeen Highland Games which are a real treat with all the traditional events, lots of dancing and pipe bands."
• "A great playground, a small zoo with farm animals, reptiles and fish and a cafe in a beautiful location."

Cons:

• "Overpriced children's zoo with very few animals other than domestic pets."
• "Kids love the play area but the animal zoo is quite expensive and need to have more animals."
• "Park is like a cow field muddy and full of puddles."
• "Great play park but soooooo busy."
• "A real shame the maze appears to be neglected these days though."
• "Was once such a top top park, but now sadly showing the signs of cutbacks and neglect. Toilets still out of use, how many years now."
• "A wee day trip out with family. Due to Covid19 regulations a few places within the zoo wasn't open so was short visit."