Merry Harriers - Torridge

Had a fantastic visit here on our holiday. Found out about this garden centre online and thought we would come and visit. Lovely garden centre, including homemade and local produce foods, Christmas decorations and gifts as well as a cafe. The highlight is the gnome sanctuary, which is a lovely walk around the garden. It is well maintained and lots of fun spotting all the different characters. We would definitely return if we came to Bideford again!

Fab menu such a great little oasis of garden centre and restaurant. Great menu, great service, friendly staff, worth a visit if you are in the area. And totally dog friendly.

After a long traips through the rest of the store, we found the restaurant. I realise this is good marketing psychology, so that you see something on the way you want to buy, but hard on the disabled. Seats are hard wood. We had coffee and cake, which was O.K., but there was no sugar on the table and as we take sugar, I asked for it. The waitress came and doled out one sugar when we asked for another, the waitress looked askance, but reluctantly doled out another one. When I said please may we have another , she looked askance and nearly didn 't give us one. This has never happened to us before. Sugar is usually on every table, not doled out with ill grace as if we were miscrreants. So coupled with this and the fact that you have to drive down a slit trench to get there, we will not be going again.

We always pop here when at Bideford Bay. There is the usual garden centre selection of plants, gardening stuff and gifts. Nice Cafe which has outdoor seating too. The Gnome Reserve has moved here so there is a little walk through the gardens with gnomes scattered all around. The gardens are beautiful though small

Great food and lovely staff. The Sunday lunch was excellent; sumptuous roast beef and a host of vegetables all cooked to perfection. Puddings were tempting but we simply couldn’t make room! The staff were polite and efficient. We will be returning.