The Old Railway Line Garden Centre

Well well we stood in a queue for twenty mins only to be told it be 30min more wait for food, loads of talbes but all reserved but empty, loads of pleope left due to this. Answer drop the pre booking you dont need it. food ok nothing special and over priced

This used to be a lovely garden centre, but now it has developed into a shopping mall, unfortunately the restaurant requires you to queue before you are allocated a seat, (is this a garden centre or a dining experience ? However the food choice is limited and not as good as it used to be, also the food/drink section is not as well stocked as it once was. They won 't miss my cust but I 'll go elsewhere in future. Disappointed

Having visited here many times and had very nice food I must say I was a little disappointed with todays visit. There were tables available but we still had to queue to be seated and as my Mum is 86 it is not easy for her to stand for a length of time, there were 3 chairs for chairs to sit on whilst you queued but these were at the front of the queue so you had to wait to get to them. We did however wait and eventually we had a table but then there was a 40 minute wait for food, not all the assistants were as friendly as normal which was unusual as normally they are very friendly. The prices of the food have increased considerably which you do expect some increases but I do feel that they were a little excessive. I always really look forward to my lunch here but I think next time I may give it a miss and try a local pub.

Hubby really enjoyed his beef cobbler (stew) and a hot chocolate. I enjoyed my soup of the day, a plentiful helping. We both loved a slice each of a mint aero sponge cake. The choice of cakes is awesome. I had a bottle of Butty Bach, which as usual was chilled not very cold. It was busy as always, with very clean tables, floor and toilets. Staff are great and the atmosphere is warm and friendly. Free mince pie with loyalty card.

Called for snack to the smaller coffee shop but unfortunately the tub chairs that were around some of the tables were absolutely disgusting and filthy dirty. there wasn't a lot of room to sit elsewhere so just sat there, making sure we didn't touch them before eating our food and washing hands thoroughly after . for these chairs to be used in an eating establishment I would of thought would and should not been allowed and not seen as favourable by any heath and food inspections. makes me wonder what the cleanliness of the rest of the place is like????