Garden Cafe

The food was delicious and served promptly. The vegan burger was a little greasy, but the Salmon Nicoise was excellent. The ambiance was average, don't expect anything too fancy. The dog policy was a bit unclear.

I won’t comment on the overpriced and rather limited menu but confine myself to an account of an interaction which we witnessed. A group of people arrived and found tables outside to sit on (the outside space was completely empty). As many of them entered the inside to order drinks and food, we watched as a furiously apoplectic man rushed outside and ordered them to leave as they weren’t buying meals inside. Despite them protesting that their partners were queuing to make purchases he continued to shout and order them all away. They all left except those who had already bought what they wanted. Meanwhile on the inside he then locked the fire doors to prevent any access from the outside. Those who had bought from the cafe quickly finished their drinks and food while one of the group challenged him about the Health and Safety implications of locking the Fire Doors. This was an unpleasant and unnecessary scene to watch. We felt so sorry for these people who only wished to make a purchase. Clearly, on many levels this is a place to avoid. What an impression it must give to visitors both from this country and from abroad.

As others have noted this used to be lovely. Now, food ok (though very limited boring menu) but service is just unbelievable. As someone also noted, every single member of staff (and we were dealt with by many) appears to be on their first day. Dishes were regularly taken to wrong tables all around us. One dish on our table took, I'm not kidding, an hour to arrive and this was a plain pizza. That only happened after my husband got up twice to go across the large courtyard and complain to management. What was particularly striking was the sullenness or even open contempt of the staff for their job. We have never been treated so rudely by serving staff. They must be paid really low rates and have clearly had no training. Dingy, ugly layout, even the glamour has gone from that. Time this prime space moved on into competent hands.

Dirty, weird environment with staff, cold food and not worth the price Just really odd experience One star is already too many

Salad arrived incomplete Then second time with mouldy cheese- Manager says normal for blue cheese! NO ITS NOT! A very bad experience They are too busy so they don’t really care