Dents Of Hilgay Barn Cafe

We have had a breakfast and Sunday dinner here, both great, good fresh cooked food, and Sunday dinners to die for. Lovely Dinner, Lovely staff and owners, Lovely building, and clean restaurant and not expensive, what more do you need !

This is a great place for a casual lunch, whether you choose to sit inside or outside. They have a variety of snacks available, but the selection for a full lunch meal is a bit limited. The food is of good quality and the service is excellent, although I do think it's a bit pricier than average for what you get. I would still be happy to come back here the next time I'm in the area.

Nice settings and buildings. Waitress couldn't be less interested if she tried. Had to collect our own cutlery after several attempts to gain her attention.The chips were barely cooked and when we mentioned this the waitress said we could of told her earlier and she would of put them back in the frier! Desserts are very good. Disappointed that when we paid the lady in charge (possibly the owner) spent the entire time ignoring us at the till and talking to her colleague about who was on holiday and their days off during the coming week. Not very professional approach to customer service. Ver carta

We were quite excited when this opened, as the building is really stunning, but it has failed to live up to its early promise. The menu has stayed the same for ages, and it has quickly become tired. I have had some really awful food there. I keep hoping it will improve, but I've given up. We used to go regularly as it's such a great building, but we've not been for a while.It's all a bit strange, really. There is hardly any signage, and you have to go through a large empty room to get into it, having come through the most half hearted garden centre. Anyone would think they want to fail. I feel sorry for the staff, who are all so nice.

We booked and paid in advance for a table for 9 plus a high chair. After arriving on time for our booking it then took 30 mins before we had received a menu, and another 20 mins before we received a drink and any food. The excuse was they were understaffed......they had a special event on and most people had prebooked and prepaid so they knew how many to expect! The food was very small portions and at £12.95 per person was not worth the money. One of our party didn't get the sandwiches ordered so we asked for them, we were told it would take another 30 mins to get them out of the kitchen! We certainly won't be visiting again and I don't recommend the venue

Popped in for a light lunch on Saturday. Lots of free tables in large specious barn cafe. Were told to sit where we liked, so chose table by window. After 10 mins we hadn't been served, along with a couple of tables near us, but noticed other tables on the other side of barn who had arrived after us were being served. Took another 5 minutes to attract waitress's attention. She said as they were busy (there were still lots of free tables) our order would take about 15mins, over 20 minutes later it arrived. Our two ciabattas when turned up were actually baguettes. The baked beans on my daughter's meal were tomatoes, onions and beans, which she refused to eat. At no point did anyone check how t... Ver carta

We booked and paid in advance for a table for 9 people for 14.30, arrived in plenty of time, by 15.20 we had most of our food and tea coffee. Asked for the music to be turned down whilst we waited so at least we could talk amongst ourselves but, it continued at an ear-splitting volume so we just sat and waited and waited........... one of our party was left without any food only to be told that there was a backlog in the kitchen and it will be another 30 minutes .................. The band would probably been enjoyable if it wasn 't amplified to the point of being too loud to be pleasant. The missing sandwiches never turned up but, we received a £5 refund. The scones and various buns were ab...

I had booked Sunday lunch some weeks ago to take friends out to lunch. Our friends travelled from Kingston near Cambridge. I booked a table for 1 pm. Around 9 a.m on the Sunday morning we noticed a couple of messages on our answerphone. We had probably been in the garden. One message said I can 't hear you, I will try another line the second message left simply said can you come at 12 . No name no number. Thankfully after dialling 1471 I called the number and it was Dents. The lady on the other end said we are terribly busy today and we have no time booked for your visit . I know I booked 1 pm. I was then told they could offer me 12.45 or 1.30 pm. I went for 12.45. But why should I change my...

Im very disappointed with the afternoon tea experience my family had today. We had pre-booked for 2:30 and arrived at exactly that time. We waited 50 minutes to even get a cup of tea. In that time we could barely have a conversation as the band was far too loud. We were actually looking forward to the band as we expected it to create an atmospheric background sound which would compliment the event but instead it was drowning. Several members of my family attempted to let the waiting staff know that we were unhappy with one saying 'it 's not my problem you need to speak to ........ when you leave ' after SHE asked us if everything was ok and we said 'NO '. The staff didn 't seem to know what... Ver carta