Whisby Garden Centre Reviews Summary

Facilities and Services

Pros:

• "The soft play barn is brand new and therefore spotlessly clean."
• "The meal we had in the Lakeside Restaurant (steak pie x 3 and the chicken kebab) were 2nd to none - beautifully presented and REALLY tasty."
• "Great facilities, great service and definitely worth the money spent."
• "The cafe looked lovely and cosy on the inside (fireplace and fairy lights)."
• "Children's soft play area, and large sandpit. Something for every age group."
• "The garden centre is quite nice and has improved over the years."
• "Great day out for everyone. Fabulous selection of flora and indoor plants."

Cons:

• "Toilets need attention the disabled toilet doesn't close, as wood swollen. Could be embarrassing.!Think need rebuilding."
• "I reckon the toilets in fun barn could do with a good clean too in saying it's a children's play area and changing area it's filthy!"
• "Lacks disabled parking spaces."
• "Went there for breakfast today and the food was very disappointing."
• "Ordered BLT and it had half a tomato, recooked hard burnt bacon and no lies 4 spinach leafs."
• "This garden centre has improved a lot over the years, but went today to buy some Christmas this, so disappointing they have a centre aisle with gnomes etc on."
• "Visited a week ago. Very poor service received."

Animal and Plant Care

Pros:

• "The ducks were super entered they walked around with my daughter. She really enjoyed it!"
• "The kids loved it. The tickets are cheap and worth the experience."
• "Lovely place to bring kids. Great to see the animals, which include deer, wallabies, rabbits, turkey, pigs, goats and alpacas."
• "There's a great selection of plants and garden essentials available."
• "The people at the aquarium fish area actually KNOW about fish."
• "The animal centre wasn't good at all the animals were in awful conditions."
• "The animals were all very well taken care of and very friendly the children absolutely loved it."

Cons:

• "The smells coming from the ponds was repulsive and had several dead large carp floating around."
• "The animal enclosures are all overgrown and there's not as many animals as there used to be."
• "Animal park is tired and looks like it hasn't been upgraded since I first took my eldest about 8yrs ago."
• "The little farm park that's there is not worth it. Chickens, goats and deer which takes you 15 minutes to look at."
• "The outside area is badly neglected, although they have put new wood chips in the play areas, unfortunately not removing nettles from around the edges, and cat poo was everywhere."
• "The soft play was fine, but there was so much goose poo in the outdoor sand play area that it was impossible to let the kids play there."
• "Awful, animals in a disgusting state, not been cleaned out for days."

Food and Dining Experience

Pros:

• "The cafe is excellent, great food if a little expensive."
• "Highly recommend the cafe, the food is gorgeous."
• "Everybody enjoyed their food comments ranged from superb to best burger in Lincoln."
• "The cheese string was mushy and green/mouldy."
• "The iced coffee was nice."
• "Having a bite to eat, full meal, snack a slice of glorious cake at the Lakeside Cafe is one of life's little pleasure."
• "The tea room serves excellent food at very good prices."

Cons:

• "A serving of toast was ordered. When it arrived 20 minutes later it was already buttered, soggy and cold."
• "Lakeside cafe was disappointing."
• "Service was terrible as it was obvious they were under staffed."
• "Tables everywhere with plates not cleared and plenty of members off staff just walking past ignoring it all!"
• "The service was slow and impersonal, the food for 3 adults and two toddlers was over £40."
• "Our food once we received it was good but wont rush back there."
• "No forks - had to wait for the dishwasher to finish."