Garden Cafe Lawford

The garden cafe is run by very friendly staff. I arrived there one day very late in the afternoon and thought it might be too late to get served, but the hard working staff were as welcoming as ever and I duly got my scone and pot of tea.

First visit here with my mother and daughter. Thought the setting was lovely. Looked at the menu and was spoilt for choice. Food came out in good time and tasted delicious. Staff were lovely to my 9yr old daughter. Would definitely go back.

I have never worked in a more unprofessional working environment as this café, I wouldn't call this a restaurant. I totally agree with the customers, there is NO customer care at all. I wouldn't recommend this as a nice place to work either, the manager is a bully towards customers and staff, its no wonder they have such a high turn over of staff.

Just popped in for a coffee and scone with my husband today. I saw a waitress cut 2 pieces chocolate cream sponge to be served to customer. In so doing she got cream on one of her fingers. Instead of cleaning it off with a cloth or washing her hands she put her finger in mouth and sucked it off and then proceeded to pick another piece of sponge. Disgusting.

My husband and I find ourselves heading over on a weekly basis for lunch. The staff welcome is warm and friendly on arrival. Service great and when busy keep us informed of should there be a waiting time. The food is freshly cooked, good coffee and a nice atmosphere throughout. Hayley and Ellie, are a first class edition to a fab team of hard working staff. It's a lovely experience, but the title says it all.

My husband and I visited this restaurant today and had the worst cheese scones we have ever tasted. They were so dry and stodgy and had no cheese taste at all. To make matters worse the so called butter was a very unpleasant tasting margarine. When we came to pay we told the young boy on the till how horrible the scones were because if they are paying someone to make them for them they need to be informed. The only response we got was oh! On returning home I looked at the reviews for the restaurant and it appears they know the scones are horrible because other people have complained before. We love the garden centre but will not bother with the restaurant again.

After going here in August saw on the menu sausage either in a baguette or in a sandwich with salad and coleslaw. To me salad with hot sausage is alien so ordered it with onion which is what is the normal. Hence the salad on my plate was wasted yet I had been charged £I,00 extra for the onion. Hence next time I visited here I asked to speak to who was in charge . I asked could I not have onion instead of the salad at no extra cost? was told yes. Would have thought by now something would have printed on the menus telling all potential customers if they want onion they can have it at no extra cost in lieu of the salad. Yet nothing on the menu about this at all. But they have managed to reprint...

Have decided we are never going here again. In every menu book at the back is a form for you to fill in regarding your experience. Well have come to the conclusion these forms are put there to fool the customer into thinking the owner Jane really cares what her customers think , I have filled in now about five asking different questions and have yet to receive a reply. On our last visit my husband and I both had the all day breakfast. The sausages were awful hence asked the girl what had happened to the regular sausages, She went away came back and said the sausages are the same ones. Never in a million years were they the same. Do they think customers are stupid? Nobody from the kitchen cam...

My husband I used to visit the garden cafe often before it changed management. Food was always good, generous portions well priced. Staff smiley, approachable etc. Today we decided to call in have some lunch. Both decided to have something from the specials board. My husband chose Sweet Sour Pork. As it was a warm day, I chose the Cold Turkey Salad. When the meals arrived the sweet sour looked generous appetising, smelt good too. Husband said it was tasty filling. However, my salad consisted of a bowl of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, peppers red onion with sliced turkey on top. That was it! I thought I might be getting some new potatoes or a nice chunk of fresh bread ....but no!!!! would even h...