First time visiting Aylsham Garden CentreWell presented, well stocked with everything you could need for your Garden indoors and outdoors and lots more besides !We had planned to meet our friends for lunch there and very glad we did the food was great, plenty to choose from on the menu ?The staff were great tooEverything we had was cooked perfectly and their side salad was to die for so much flavour I could have easily had a plate full of just that, Delicious ?Thanks to you all
Katy Tinmouth
Lovely friendly place. Caring staff with great value prices for cafe. Walkin and pre book options available and a great menu.Kid-friendliness: Accomodating to kiddies for highchairs, food and drinks.Parking: Spacious parkingDietary restrictions: Cater for dietary requirements and allergies
Clive Spinks
Great breakfast. Super staff.
angie golden
Beautiful cup of teaThe biggest slice of carrot cake ever, highly recommend and the shop is so lovely as we're the staff
Sarah C
Lovely garden centre with a nice gift section however I do feel everything is very expensive (gift wise and Xmas Dec's etc). Cafe was lovely though. Really lovely Quiche and freshly made cakes. Would highly recommend for the cafe.Parking: Plenty of parking available
Nigel Fox
Lovely cafe, good range of goods
Ali Barnett
Good food and very pleasant surroundings.Parking: Plenty of spaces
TheChefsWifesLife
I visited here with my husband for breakfast. We had been to the Garden Centre before but not the cafe. The Garden Centre has it's own car park, which is large and has plenty of spaces. The cafe looks lovely. The decor is light and airy and they have bits and bobs used as decoration that you can buy yourself from the shop. You can sit inside, in a conservatory area or outside. We sat inside. My husband ordered a large breakfast, I ordered toast and jam and we got a tea each. You order and pay at the till then collect your own cutlery / sauces etc before sitting down. Lovely if there a re a few of you, not so much for a single diner who would return to their table to find it taken by others. The ordering process was SLOW. The lady on the till was quite flappy and it was painful to stand and watch her. It made the till area very busy as the queue to order was getting longer and longer. The guy making the drinks wasn't any quicker. There were about 4 tables ahead of us when we ordered. Despite this, the food came out very quickly (not a good sign). My toast was floppy bread with a slight crust to the outside. Not amazing bread made worse by not toasting it properly. It had the floppy, cold texture of those rolling toast machines you get in hotels. My husband's breakfast was a mix of being cold and lukewarm. It came out so quickly I think they must have bulk cooked food in preparation and kept it hot plated. It was so cold he couldn't eat it and took it back. After them just looking at him, they replaced his breakfast. Despite no apology at the till when returning it, the guy who brought the second one out was lovely and apologised. However, my toast wasn't replaced, not the drinks, so I had already finished my food before my husband's replacement came out so he felt awkward eating alone and it took the shine out of our breakfast treat. My husband said the breakfast wasn't great. The fried bread was just oily and nasty and the ingredients just 'meh'. The scones looked lovely and we got a couple to take home and to be fair, these were very nice. Looking at the cakes and other scones they had out, these all looked delicious too. The cafe isn't cheap. And the food isn't worth what we paid. The staff are unfriendly and appear very untrained. No one seemed to look like they were enjoying working there and the service was utterly shambolic. As stated above, the cakes all looked very nice so maybe this is somewhere to go for a nice bit of cake and a coffee whilst browsing the Garden Centre itself. We will return to the Garden Centre again as it is a nice place for plants. But for a meal, we would not return here. It was bad.
Geoff Wells
Very friendly and helpful place and the cafe is excellent
Graham Speller
Excellent cooked breakfast.Quality over quantity every time for us.Highly recommended
I wish to defend this centre and the fantastic, hard working team against a couple of reviews that have been left unfairly. The local constabulary were involved in one of the incidents mentioned and another was left by a disgruntled delivery driver. Verbal and physical abuse is not acceptable in any shape or form. The centre is full of lots of lovely people, fabulous plants, gifts, food, pots etc and have a fantastic coffee shop/restaurant serving delicious home cooked food and service with a smile. You will not be disappointed when you visit.
K5184SWpaulh
Rude untrained staff and NEW owners are no better!!! Been going here since it opened for breakfast and as much as the staff are there, there’s not much input while shopping on your way out. So we went to the Till to purchase 3 pairs of sunglasses I’d picked up on the way out, I asked for the price to be checked as it said £10 on them but pair we brought last week, said £10 on them but scanned £5. The guy on the till just said “they are £10 it’s says it there” I then explained we had purchased them last week and they were marked £10 but scanned £5. His response was “I don’t care they say £10” I then said “just scan them and even if there full £10 I will have them.” To my astonishment he then refused to serve me and got in his radio, within 30 second we were being surrounded by garden and shop staff about 10 people. The guy that was on the till that had dissipated them reappeared shouting “I told them they are marked £10 and they scan at £5” WOW!! this was not the case! COMPLETE NONE TRUTH! So straight away all the staff jumped on his side. We both felt very threatened and scared as there was so many staff around us. A nice lady then scanned them and they came up £5 each NOT £10 and as I started to explain to the guy, that it’s was that simple to scan the barcode and this treble situation could have been avoided. At this point a guy from the garden centre outside came in wearing a high viz jacket started shouting “get out I’ll call the Police” So we left without the glasses I might add. I then took the time to explain by long email to the owners based at the Wyndham branch what had occurred and explained we had been good local customers. To my surprise the owner Brenda replied. I have reviewed the CCTV and as much as the staff shouldn’t have surrounded us, it may be better not to return!!! I WASNT GOING TO !!! Wrong way to treat your local customers, it closed down before due to bad management and we saw that owner come and go, wonder how long these will last.
tim groucott
Great Company lovely coffee shop.
Victoria Sinclair
We visit the garden centre regularly, they have beautiful products and flowers.We use the cafe and its lovely, the food is amazing and service is quick, wonderful and friendly.We were served by Heather, she was bubbly, helpful, knowledgeable and she came and checked to make sure everything was okay. The other staff members were just as lovely and very helpful.We would very much recommend
Mandi Lawn
My partner and I went for breakfast this morning. Can highly recommend the full English breakfast, taste amazing and cooked to perfection. The staff were all very polite and friendly. Very clean and pleasant place to eat. We will certainly be back.
First time visiting Aylsham Garden CentreWell presented, well stocked with everything you could need for your Garden indoors and outdoors and lots more besides !We had planned to meet our friends for lunch there and very glad we did the food was great, plenty to choose from on the menu ?The staff were great tooEverything we had was cooked perfectly and their side salad was to die for so much flavour I could have easily had a plate full of just that, Delicious ?Thanks to you all
Lovely friendly place. Caring staff with great value prices for cafe. Walkin and pre book options available and a great menu.Kid-friendliness: Accomodating to kiddies for highchairs, food and drinks.Parking: Spacious parkingDietary restrictions: Cater for dietary requirements and allergies
Great breakfast. Super staff.
Beautiful cup of teaThe biggest slice of carrot cake ever, highly recommend and the shop is so lovely as we're the staff
Lovely garden centre with a nice gift section however I do feel everything is very expensive (gift wise and Xmas Dec's etc). Cafe was lovely though. Really lovely Quiche and freshly made cakes. Would highly recommend for the cafe.Parking: Plenty of parking available
Lovely cafe, good range of goods
Good food and very pleasant surroundings.Parking: Plenty of spaces
I visited here with my husband for breakfast. We had been to the Garden Centre before but not the cafe. The Garden Centre has it's own car park, which is large and has plenty of spaces. The cafe looks lovely. The decor is light and airy and they have bits and bobs used as decoration that you can buy yourself from the shop. You can sit inside, in a conservatory area or outside. We sat inside. My husband ordered a large breakfast, I ordered toast and jam and we got a tea each. You order and pay at the till then collect your own cutlery / sauces etc before sitting down. Lovely if there a re a few of you, not so much for a single diner who would return to their table to find it taken by others. The ordering process was SLOW. The lady on the till was quite flappy and it was painful to stand and watch her. It made the till area very busy as the queue to order was getting longer and longer. The guy making the drinks wasn't any quicker. There were about 4 tables ahead of us when we ordered. Despite this, the food came out very quickly (not a good sign). My toast was floppy bread with a slight crust to the outside. Not amazing bread made worse by not toasting it properly. It had the floppy, cold texture of those rolling toast machines you get in hotels. My husband's breakfast was a mix of being cold and lukewarm. It came out so quickly I think they must have bulk cooked food in preparation and kept it hot plated. It was so cold he couldn't eat it and took it back. After them just looking at him, they replaced his breakfast. Despite no apology at the till when returning it, the guy who brought the second one out was lovely and apologised. However, my toast wasn't replaced, not the drinks, so I had already finished my food before my husband's replacement came out so he felt awkward eating alone and it took the shine out of our breakfast treat. My husband said the breakfast wasn't great. The fried bread was just oily and nasty and the ingredients just 'meh'. The scones looked lovely and we got a couple to take home and to be fair, these were very nice. Looking at the cakes and other scones they had out, these all looked delicious too. The cafe isn't cheap. And the food isn't worth what we paid. The staff are unfriendly and appear very untrained. No one seemed to look like they were enjoying working there and the service was utterly shambolic. As stated above, the cakes all looked very nice so maybe this is somewhere to go for a nice bit of cake and a coffee whilst browsing the Garden Centre itself. We will return to the Garden Centre again as it is a nice place for plants. But for a meal, we would not return here. It was bad.
Very friendly and helpful place and the cafe is excellent
Excellent cooked breakfast.Quality over quantity every time for us.Highly recommended
Restaurantji Recommends
I wish to defend this centre and the fantastic, hard working team against a couple of reviews that have been left unfairly. The local constabulary were involved in one of the incidents mentioned and another was left by a disgruntled delivery driver. Verbal and physical abuse is not acceptable in any shape or form. The centre is full of lots of lovely people, fabulous plants, gifts, food, pots etc and have a fantastic coffee shop/restaurant serving delicious home cooked food and service with a smile. You will not be disappointed when you visit.
Rude untrained staff and NEW owners are no better!!! Been going here since it opened for breakfast and as much as the staff are there, there’s not much input while shopping on your way out. So we went to the Till to purchase 3 pairs of sunglasses I’d picked up on the way out, I asked for the price to be checked as it said £10 on them but pair we brought last week, said £10 on them but scanned £5. The guy on the till just said “they are £10 it’s says it there” I then explained we had purchased them last week and they were marked £10 but scanned £5. His response was “I don’t care they say £10” I then said “just scan them and even if there full £10 I will have them.” To my astonishment he then refused to serve me and got in his radio, within 30 second we were being surrounded by garden and shop staff about 10 people. The guy that was on the till that had dissipated them reappeared shouting “I told them they are marked £10 and they scan at £5” WOW!! this was not the case! COMPLETE NONE TRUTH! So straight away all the staff jumped on his side. We both felt very threatened and scared as there was so many staff around us. A nice lady then scanned them and they came up £5 each NOT £10 and as I started to explain to the guy, that it’s was that simple to scan the barcode and this treble situation could have been avoided. At this point a guy from the garden centre outside came in wearing a high viz jacket started shouting “get out I’ll call the Police” So we left without the glasses I might add. I then took the time to explain by long email to the owners based at the Wyndham branch what had occurred and explained we had been good local customers. To my surprise the owner Brenda replied. I have reviewed the CCTV and as much as the staff shouldn’t have surrounded us, it may be better not to return!!! I WASNT GOING TO !!! Wrong way to treat your local customers, it closed down before due to bad management and we saw that owner come and go, wonder how long these will last.
Great Company lovely coffee shop.
We visit the garden centre regularly, they have beautiful products and flowers.We use the cafe and its lovely, the food is amazing and service is quick, wonderful and friendly.We were served by Heather, she was bubbly, helpful, knowledgeable and she came and checked to make sure everything was okay. The other staff members were just as lovely and very helpful.We would very much recommend
My partner and I went for breakfast this morning. Can highly recommend the full English breakfast, taste amazing and cooked to perfection. The staff were all very polite and friendly. Very clean and pleasant place to eat. We will certainly be back.