Otter Garden Centres Torbay

We decided to have coffee and cake in here for the first time in a while but were rather disappointed with the coffee. Coffee used to be lovely here; nice and hot and well made, but now just out of one of those 'press the button ' machines. What a shame, as the cake was lovely, but spoilt by not-very-hot average coffee, at not-a-very-average price!

We popped a across the water from Dartmouth to have a look around and pick up some slate. As I am on a disability scooter I am a little restricted and we did not get as far as the section that housed the bags of stones, however I knew what I wanted so a very helpful staff memeber/gentleman offered to get them and take them to the tills. So we bought a few bedding plants and bulbs and headed for the cafe. Unfortunately the coffee machine was just being commissioned with the staff learning how to use it. We said we would wait and have a Cheese Scone whilst waiting as we were told it would only be 10 mins or less. It turned out to be nearly 20 but we were happy to wait. The Scones where delicious and pretty big. We had finished when Donna came across to ask if we still required a hot drink and would we be happy to be Guinea pigs. We asked for Mocha and soon after they arrived one was a full mug the other not so but this was the 1st 2 cups out and obviously the second mug was correct ratio etc. We both enjoyed and commented how nice they were although a little sweet for us. Probably one of the best we've had. So congrats on getting a superb machine and what a pleasant experience with friendly staff. Thanks Donna. When we got to the checkout our bags of slate were ready and a young lady brought them to the car and even put them in the bot for me. Thank you.

The Panini was tasty, but the sight of a small green caterpillar in my salad was enough to ruin my appetite. Additionally, we had to clean up the previous customers' dishes before we could even sit down. I'm not sure why I keep coming back here, maybe just for the view. Today will definitely be my final visit.

We had Sunday lunch in the conservatory, main window catch broken, window closed--temperature must have been about 35 degrees. The good selection of vegetables were nicely cooked but the roast beef was almost inedible--there is tough and there is tough--this was very tough so we will not do Sunday lunch again.

Roast dinners in the “cafe” were excellent, we will certainly be back again soon. probably best to book at present because there are fewer tables due to COVID