Gordon Castle Walled Garden’s Cafe

Please be aware that if you plan to explore the shop, it is best to arrive early as we left at 4pm and found the shop was already closed. We had to bring our purchases back into the cafe to pay for them.

This restaurant is fantastic - very tranquil, with top-notch food and excellent service. The staff went above and beyond to accommodate us. The dishes were incredibly tasty and there was a wide variety to choose from.

We received excellent service from the very friendly young waiters during our visit for the bubbly afternoon tea. The selection was fantastic and we even got a goody box to take home. I highly recommend paying a visit to this restaurant.

The food was nice but unfortunately they were in a real muddle with the service. The staff were pleasant but we had to wait ages to order puddings and coffees despite asking three or four times and then only half the order arrived so I had to chase them again. It got quite awkward in the end. I appreciate that they may have been short staffed but they didn’t seem to have any system for tracking orders and ensuring that they were completed.

We arrived just before 11, so the waitress asked us to choose a table until the restaurant officially opened. We ordered coffees and two bacon rolls. The coffees arrived quickly, but we waited about 20 minutes for the bacon rolls. By the time they arrived, our coffees had gotten cold. We decided to cancel the bacon rolls and paid for the coffees before leaving. It's a shame because there was nothing wrong with the waitress, who seemed to have been let down by the kitchen. We won't be returning to this restaurant.

Ordered a chicken pesto salad for £15.95. If you expect more than basic lettuce, pale orange salad tomatoes, and cucumber in a salad, you will be disappointed. The chicken was big chunks of cold, dry chicken breast with shop bought pesto on it with a bit of cole slaw. It was an effort to get through it. Really bland and disappointing. Worst salad I have even been served in a restaurant, I'm surprised a chef would think it is acceptable. I wouldn't order it again. Tip for them: potato salad, cous cous, olives, nice cherry tomatoes, decent salad leaves, beetroot, shredded chicken that is chewable would all improve this offering and make it worth the money. Nobody enjoys eating salad the way yo...

5 members of staff behind the bar, absolutely a free for all to who gets processed first, que ignored members of staff in willing to enforce order. You will pay for a premium service and get none in return. Outside seating is a free for all no real way of order to a seat as multiple people might claim and you don't know when you will get serviced. I have been to this venue a lot and they have always struggled with competent staff but not numbers, I believe if they had a member of staff per person they will still be no better. Management should be held accountable. Gardens are nice but works out to be an expensive short walk around a half used garden. I'd would still recommend a visit but be...

Table booked for five adults for lunch today. Restaurant was very quiet when we arrived as it was early. We were given menus and then waited quite a while before our order was taken. After some time a waiter came and asked us to confirm the order. Drinks arrived and there was one missing. The food arrived and it was ok but nothing special. I had quiche and salad. Suffice to say there was enough salad to feed the five of us and one piece of quiche on the top of it. I only managed to eat half of the salad so that was a lot of waste. We then sat for ages waiting for the plates to be cleared so long in fact that I started stacking them myself. At that point a waiter appeared and removed them. We...

I have visited this place several times to use the cafe and walk around the gardens. I have given it 4 stars as I love the concept but really think a few changes could be made that would really make it so much better. The cafe used to have a much more extensive menu, but now it seems to be just salads and sandwiches. With the produce grown in the garden, the menu could be much more extensive and before lockdown, it certainly was. I ordered the cheese ploughmans, which consisted of 4 small pieces of cheese, 2 oatcakes and some olives and a chutney and was priced at £17.99. I felt ripped off to be honest as you could not call it a ploughmans and I felt the price was extortionate for what I rec...