Lovely food. But we ordered tea for 3 and bearly got 3 cups out the pot. So I had to ask for more hot water.
grand margar
Lovely lunch with son and
Chris Dowey
Good garden centre cafe/restaurant. Large and airy. Not cheap but good vibe.
Claire D
We were regulars here, but new menu has next to no vegetarian dishes on the lunch menu. Only vegetarian choices are the sandwiches/paninis or the jacket potato. It's a shame you have removed your vegetarian options, we left without eating and won't be returning unless the menu caters better.
Karen W
Chef special chicken wrap that’s not what I would call it . Luke warm with a chicken nugget in it . Chips nearly cold and not nice . Traveled 30 miles for utter Mac Donald’s food
Pearl B
Ordered quiche which was supposed to come with cherry tomatoes but was served with just a half of a smallish tasteless tomato. Upon querying this I was told that was all they had. The cucumber was so hard it was impossible to cut small enough to eat. Shame as had a lovely meal there in the summer.
38kelvinjohn
Ordered chef special, game pie chips & veg. Slow service but pleasant waitress. Pie was awful pastry burnt black around the edges. Filling well who knows what it was supposed to be. Carrots and peas were cold gravy very salty.Chips hot.
Christine F
Ordered jacket with prawns x 2 , arrived promptly but so disappointed, served on a tea size plate with the smallest side salad, prawns more the size of smallest shrimps! Jacket potato was well cooked on outside but not so inside. It was it was all only just warm, I had my doubts about eating the prawns, but the worst part was the sauce it was pink coloured water, I make this sauce and I'm not a chef it's not difficult!I was with a friend who paid so didn't make issue at the time. My friend said so sorry that wasn't great was it. Come on, this is just not good enough on such a basic item of cooking.
Linda Lambert
Lovely staff. Good choice of
Nicola B
We love going to the Coffer Lounge at Monkton Elm Garden centre, Sue makes a lovely cup of coffee and is always cheerful, nice to see in this day and age.
Nice place to go free parking nice food , coffee and garden centre shopping ,
Neil Derbyshire
We went for breakfast a full English which is to die for, the food is superbly cooked, well presented the restaurant is clean, light and spacious. The staff are attentive, polite, helpful and extremely friendly nothing is too much trouble and they never rush you to eat and go.
Countrynurse92
We attended the tea light painting session so thought that we would go to the cafe to take advantage of their kids eat free offer. We arrived at 12:00pm and the restaurant was already very busy. I was served by the supervisor who explained that the children’s lunch box was not included in the free meals for children. I explained that my daughter has additional needs and would only eat the lunch box. I asked why it was excluded and asked whether this could be fedback to management as they have already tried to accommodate SEN children by offering quiet time slots in their activity. The supervisor became very sarcastic at this point and said that they were very nice for offering this deal at all. I ignored the sarcasm as it’s not worth an argument and ordered a cake. She told me that I had to get this myself before going to the tills. Explained that I wasnt aware that it was self serve as there are no plates. Again the supervisor became defensive and said that they were very busy. I found her incredibly rude throughout the interaction and it really dampened the experience.
Sophie O
Lovley atmosphere, gorgeous surroundings.Staff are often friendly and polite.Food looks great but lacks.Pannis are normally half filled and found the cakes to be dry.Had a roast dinner here once and never again. It tasted absolutely awful. Was so bland and the meat dry, potatoes were soggy.Do recommend the fish cakes and jacket potatoes!
Rainandkar
Ordered a ploughmans platter. Very disappointed with what arrived. 3 pieces of cheese - brie, Stilton and cheddar. And one very sad 1 inch thick and 3 inches round described as home bake bread. No butter. An over dressed salad, a pot of pickle and 2 huge pickle onions that looked like potatoes. I spoke to the waitress and showed her my dry bread and she went off to fetch one more slice of the same bagget. This was meant to be my main meal for the day. Needless to say my cheese had noting to go with, so I took them home. The cheese was good though. Less cheese, more bread with butter next time please for someone else, because I left hungry and won't order that again. A dressed salad is not something that I thought would go with that meal, I missed the apple, celery and cucumber. I decided not to overly complain while there because i was with my friend and it was her birthday. I choise to call the garden centre later, still not had a returned call. Thanks.
Lovely food. But we ordered tea for 3 and bearly got 3 cups out the pot. So I had to ask for more hot water.
Lovely lunch with son and
Good garden centre cafe/restaurant. Large and airy. Not cheap but good vibe.
We were regulars here, but new menu has next to no vegetarian dishes on the lunch menu. Only vegetarian choices are the sandwiches/paninis or the jacket potato. It's a shame you have removed your vegetarian options, we left without eating and won't be returning unless the menu caters better.
Chef special chicken wrap that’s not what I would call it . Luke warm with a chicken nugget in it . Chips nearly cold and not nice . Traveled 30 miles for utter Mac Donald’s food
Ordered quiche which was supposed to come with cherry tomatoes but was served with just a half of a smallish tasteless tomato. Upon querying this I was told that was all they had. The cucumber was so hard it was impossible to cut small enough to eat. Shame as had a lovely meal there in the summer.
Ordered chef special, game pie chips & veg. Slow service but pleasant waitress. Pie was awful pastry burnt black around the edges. Filling well who knows what it was supposed to be. Carrots and peas were cold gravy very salty.Chips hot.
Ordered jacket with prawns x 2 , arrived promptly but so disappointed, served on a tea size plate with the smallest side salad, prawns more the size of smallest shrimps! Jacket potato was well cooked on outside but not so inside. It was it was all only just warm, I had my doubts about eating the prawns, but the worst part was the sauce it was pink coloured water, I make this sauce and I'm not a chef it's not difficult!I was with a friend who paid so didn't make issue at the time. My friend said so sorry that wasn't great was it. Come on, this is just not good enough on such a basic item of cooking.
Lovely staff. Good choice of
We love going to the Coffer Lounge at Monkton Elm Garden centre, Sue makes a lovely cup of coffee and is always cheerful, nice to see in this day and age.
Restaurantji Recommends
Nice place to go free parking nice food , coffee and garden centre shopping ,
We went for breakfast a full English which is to die for, the food is superbly cooked, well presented the restaurant is clean, light and spacious. The staff are attentive, polite, helpful and extremely friendly nothing is too much trouble and they never rush you to eat and go.
We attended the tea light painting session so thought that we would go to the cafe to take advantage of their kids eat free offer. We arrived at 12:00pm and the restaurant was already very busy. I was served by the supervisor who explained that the children’s lunch box was not included in the free meals for children. I explained that my daughter has additional needs and would only eat the lunch box. I asked why it was excluded and asked whether this could be fedback to management as they have already tried to accommodate SEN children by offering quiet time slots in their activity. The supervisor became very sarcastic at this point and said that they were very nice for offering this deal at all. I ignored the sarcasm as it’s not worth an argument and ordered a cake. She told me that I had to get this myself before going to the tills. Explained that I wasnt aware that it was self serve as there are no plates. Again the supervisor became defensive and said that they were very busy. I found her incredibly rude throughout the interaction and it really dampened the experience.
Lovley atmosphere, gorgeous surroundings.Staff are often friendly and polite.Food looks great but lacks.Pannis are normally half filled and found the cakes to be dry.Had a roast dinner here once and never again. It tasted absolutely awful. Was so bland and the meat dry, potatoes were soggy.Do recommend the fish cakes and jacket potatoes!
Ordered a ploughmans platter. Very disappointed with what arrived. 3 pieces of cheese - brie, Stilton and cheddar. And one very sad 1 inch thick and 3 inches round described as home bake bread. No butter. An over dressed salad, a pot of pickle and 2 huge pickle onions that looked like potatoes. I spoke to the waitress and showed her my dry bread and she went off to fetch one more slice of the same bagget. This was meant to be my main meal for the day. Needless to say my cheese had noting to go with, so I took them home. The cheese was good though. Less cheese, more bread with butter next time please for someone else, because I left hungry and won't order that again. A dressed salad is not something that I thought would go with that meal, I missed the apple, celery and cucumber. I decided not to overly complain while there because i was with my friend and it was her birthday. I choise to call the garden centre later, still not had a returned call. Thanks.