Secret Garden Cafe - Torridge

This little gem of a cafe delivers on every level, well located, excellent food, lovely surroundings, excellent service and good value for money. Dogs welcomed too.

We browsed places in Biddeford to have lunch and as it was a sunny day and there were 8 of us, this cafe with a garden suited perfectly. A young lady escorted us through a magical little garden to a shady spot with picnic tables. Served by two smiley polite waitresses (table service) and all of our lunches were delicious.Didn’t come across any grumpy people maybe they work on a different day!

Would never recommend this place. Popped in for some tea. Please note no one told us it was table service, there are no signs to say it is table service and there is a till on display at the front. This indicated to us that we were to go up to place our order. However when we went to do so we were told to sit back down and wait to be served. We were fine with this. While waiting in the garden however we were shocked to hear that even from the garden we could hear the owner aggressively, loudly and openly ranting about us. Shouting how rude and impatient we were for simply going up to place an order. We decided to take our business else where. When we told the owner why he refused to apologise for his appallingly rude attitude and the fact he’d been caught red handed. In fact from the volume of his voice I believe he very much wanted us to know we weren’t welcome there. Such a shame for such a simple resolution, just make it clear it’s table service!! Good luck to poor Sam who has to put up with that awful man as a manager, I hope you find a better part time job soon!

The first thing everyone is asked is Are you eating quite unwelcoming. The food was ok, the service was okish, bit disappointed to be honest.

Me and my husband and daughter came in today to sample a Devon cream tea and we were not disappointed. My daughter is only nine and didn't want the tea so instead they stopped it, without a problem, with a drink of her choosing. The scones were light and fluffy, the locally made jam was to die for... and the staff were super friendly and helpful. We will definitely return when in the area.