The Potting Shed - Carta

This is a lovely place to go for coffee and cake. Quick service and nice staff. Good for families with lots of room for children and also has outside seating for the summer.

Nicely refurbished. There are menus on the table but check out the serving counter which has a further range of pastries savoury and cakes sweet in addition to the menu list.

Helpful, friendly and a delight to visit. Had a delicious bacon, sausage and egg gluten free sandwich and a slice a gluten free Victoria sponge. Daughter has sausage roll and Angel cake. Coffee great too. Will definitely visit again Ver carta

I have visited this cafe many times and always found it good value for money until today . I have never seen such small potions of cake anywhere I have visited at nearly £3 per slice !! Service is good and location is good however won’t be returning after today which is such a shame .

FABULOUS ....Went here with a group of friends as one of them was 60 , the staff were fantastic everyone of them , they let me take a cake I’d made in and they even lite it and sung happy birthday. And gave my friend there light up bubbles for round her neck to keep , lovely bunch of people , lovely cafe , food and drink so cheap I’ll definitely be going back Thanks Guys your a credit to the place

The potting shed is a fab and I think reasonably priced. Tea for one, cake and cappuccino was just over £7.00. The cake was absolutely delicious. Best for a long time. Earl Grey and Lemon! Do try it!! The actual restaurant needs a makeover. It’s tired and not a particularly relaxing place to sit. Stand out were the staff...Keydell needs to look after them as they were fab. Shout out to all but particularly Lewis on the day for us was just lovely. Ver carta

The weather in this area has been pretty grey and wet lately, so it was good to take advantage of a better day to visit the garden centre/nursery and we decided to lunch whilst we were there. The Potting Shed is bright and welcoming, and on a busy day, we were lucky to find a free table. There is an excellent varied regular menu, but we opted for two of the quiche daily choices which were very good. They came with well presented side salad. Friendly, efficient staff added to our experience and we will be back.

Whilst I understand some prams are quite big I found it absolutely ridiculous that I had to get my sleeping baby out of the pram and hold him on my lap the entire duration we were in the cafe as he cannot use the high chairs provided as he is too small. I would have left but our order had already been placed. It also meant that the pram was left outside in the damp conditions. We had tucked ourself in the corner and tucked the pram under the table as if it was a seat or how a highchair would be. Due to this we will not be returning as I can’t hold my baby and drink a hot drink.

Cafe is in a separate building to the main garden centre and extremely busy when we visited on a Sunday before Christmas. Although there was a queue snaking from the cafe entrance, entry was managed by a member of staff who only admitted customers as tables became vacant. There were also sufficient staff to ensure tables quickly cleared, floor areas swept and tables served (food and drinks counter ordered). The reasonably priced menu wasn’t extensive (see my pics) and drinks served in disposable cups due to the xmas customer volume but I rated our visit as “excellent” overall mainly on the basis of how well run it was. Ver carta