Lymefield Garden Centre, Farm Shop and Tea Room Reviews Summary

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "The Tea and coffee were delicious."
• "The cafe is excellent, always busy, but not overcrowded, and with delicious food and drink."
• "The food was tasty and the fresh produce is amazing too!"
• "Service was efficient and food is second to none."
• "If you're looking for some good food there is a cafe that will live up to your expectations with its delicious choices of freshly made meals and desserts."
• "The Sunday roast (beef on this occasion) was absolutely spot on as usual."
• "The food is excellent and so is the cake."

Cons:

• "Sadly the sandwiches were thick door stops, they were tasteless."
• "The food let it down. The ham sandwich had so much fat on it."
• "The full breakfast is advertised with oatcakes (none on the plate)."
• "Sorry but Christmas lunch today was not up to scratch and not as good as last year."
• "The spare ribs were too tough even for my husband he gave them to our dogs garlic chicken breasts again tough and tasteless."
• "The food was average and the hot chocolate and coffee were very poor and were of vending machine quality."
• "The bacon sandwich was a joke for £7 - very little bacon v overcooked and dry."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Really nice people and great service."
• "Staff lovely. Guy that served us was professional, friendly and engaging."
• "Staff are extreemly helpful and knowledgeable, they'll even phone you when items you want come in."
• "We had a lovely day and will come back."
• "Very pleasant staff."
• "Staff are always happy to help."
• "The staff are brilliant, very helpful, friendly and nothing was too much trouble."

Cons:

• "Visited on fri 15th set 2023 normally great cafe unfortunately the breakfast wasn't great bacon looked out of date and unedible did say something but just shrugged off."
• "It seemed a little unorganised with us being guided to an available table that didn't exist and wasn't free."
• "If you only buy a brew they huff and puff."
• "Not so happy with the butcher with the beard very unkept in appearance. And quite abrupt."
• "The staff try hard but make too many mistakes."
• "The server didn't come back to ask if food was OK."
• "The staff are polite but every order I placed was wrong."

Location and Ambiance

Pros:

• "A lovely family run establishment located at the end of a country lane."
• "Set in a beautiful valley/village."
• "This place is good enough to have clearly stood the test of time."
• "The garden centre is in a gorgeous location."
• "The events they hold are always good fun, great value and often for charity (fayres and pumpkin patches etc)."
• "The spacious cafe/restaurant is the icing on the cake."
• "If you are able please visit you will not regret it. Great place 👌 will definitely be going back."

Cons:

• "Felt utterly disappointed for my auntie's birthday treat."
• "Waited for over an hour for a 20 minute wait, with still no sign of getting a table for 2 !!!!."
• "All in all it was a disappointment."
• "Rather expensive for sitting in a large shed, its also incredibly slow service."
• "Can be noisy and be prepared to be pushed out once you're finished."
• "Parking can be a bit awkward."
• "Can easily spend a couple of hours having something to eat and a look round."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "The prices are good as is the selection of quality plants they sell."
• "Best Garden Centre for miles! Good selection of plants, reasonably priced, staff friendly and very helpful, would recommend.. Big car park."
• "Love this place."
• "Superb food choice, tasty, very fairly priced, and quick service."
• "Good food reasonably priced."
• "An outstanding family run garden centre with a great range of plants, accessories, gifts and a shop with very tasty produce."
• "The farm shop area is jam packed full of fabulous quality products that just have to be purchased & enjoyed."

Cons:

• "Not cheap at all."
• "The outdoor plants and houseplants are way too expensive for what they are! Most are half-dead."
• "Very spacious and friendly service, although a bit expensive for my budget."
• "Two coffees and two toasted teacakes came to £13.20, it is astonishing!"
• "Food good but around 20 pounds for two to have lunch."
• "My husband was none too pleased to be charged £3.50 for each toasted teacake."
• "The Marie rose sauce was rather bland hopefully it will be better next time."