Archerfield Walled Garden

I love this kind of place - fancy kitchenware and a restaurant, it's like a garden centre without the garden stuff - so it's good to have in this area. The facilities are great with lots to do and baby changing for families. I do think that they could vary the menu a bit more, that service is slow even when the restaurant isn't busy and that the food tends to look better on the menu than it tastes. I still go regularly though!
4 7 years ago (07-03-2018)

Nice setting, building and facilities but the service was absolutely awful - not for the first time. We weren't given menus on arrival, then someone came to take our order before we had the menus, Orders weren't correctly taken correctly and the food arrived 10 minutes before the drinks. I had to ask staff twice for the bottle of sparkling water we had ordered only to be told "sorry, it comes from the bar". We were there to meet friends who had dropped their children off for a (3hr?!) Birthday party and there appeared to be no control from the staff taking the party and children were able to come and go as they pleased, which I would not have been happy with if I were one of the parents as there seemed to be no regard for their safety. There was no dedicated space for the party and it appeared to be in the bar area... I have had a couple of good experiences here in the past but they are far outweighed by the negative ones. Given the prices charged here, the service needs to improve drastically before I will consider returning for food. On a positive note, the facilities for kids are brilliant and my daughter loves the fairy trail so is always a winner. There's plenty space for kids to run about and tire themselves out and the surrounding fields are great for spotting deer!
3 7 years ago (18-09-2017)

Nice walk for children, but the restaurant has poor service, and when the food eventually arrives, it is cold
2 7 years ago (18-02-2018)

Great place for coffee cakes and atmosphere. Can't wait to return in the summer to see how the walled garden is then
5 7 years ago (15-02-2018)

Great place for coffee and scones, lovely atmosphere and staff are first class, very pleasant and helpful.
5 7 years ago (14-03-2018)