Podington by Cherry Lane Wellingborough, Podington

Reviews

1. Jonathan Marriott ★☆☆☆☆

   Will never eat at the cafe again. Its like its being run by people who have never run a cafe before. 20 minute queue to take the order (Only 5 people in front of me) 30 minute wait for 3 sandwichs. Sandwich looked like it had been made by a 5 year old. Filling only in 30% of the bread, knife wiped clean across the top of sandwich. For a minute I thought I was in an episode of the apprentice. Expected Alan Sugar to come out an fire someone at any minute.

   almost 8 months ago
2. Carol french ★★★★★

   Lovely garden centre which has everything. There is a wide variety of goods and lots to chose from. The cafe is a great bonus and we use it regularly after travelling from Milton Keynes. The best garden centre/shop for miles around. Highly recommended.

   almost 9 months ago
3. Jackie Jones ★★★★★

   Great Garden centre and gift shop which also sells food, toys, pet food & accessories and more. There's a lovely cafe with a play centre for kids. It's reasonably priced too - definitely worth a visit.

   almost 11 months ago

1. David Hugh Meagher ★★★★★

   Dropped in late today, towards the end of August, and this wonderful establishment is still such a pleasant place to visit, with lovely food, friendly & helpful staff, and good cheap products too, not just plant or plant related either. Just happened to be there at Koi feeding time luckily for me today and wow, they are so VERY energetic! Ddon't swim with the Koi carp, at feeding time or you may well lose an appendage in the mêlée! From my first visit: what a surprise this establishment turned out to be; it's a garden centre, village shop, pet store and restaurant all rolled into one. Prices were incredibly cheap too in my opinion They have massive portions of fish and chips every Friday on their Fry-day! (Be quick or you'll miss out; that's experience talking BTW!) They also have the biggest coi carp that I have ever seen!

   1 year ago
2. dribbler23 ★★☆☆☆

   Every time I have been there for food, there is a queue that never gets shorter quickly. Why? Because they should have one member of staff taking orders, another making drinks and another waiting the tables, but they don’t because they are always short staffed. This is why their menu varies with products unavailable. Why are they short staffed? Because they don’t pay their staff enough. This whole business would perform better if it was managed efficiently. It doesn’t take much to see from the outside that it’s not. Are they serious about improvement? It would appear not. A great location with lots of wasted potential.

   almost 3 years ago
3. Trudie Smith ★☆☆☆☆

   Went for a birthday lunch Tuesday and waited half an hour in a queue, no menus out because they didn't have much available from the menu. Couldn't find out what was available until we reached the till. Very few items were available. We waited another half an hour for the food to arrive. We ordered soup & sandwich, jacket potato & beans, chicken pie. The sandwiches were dried out and starting to curl, jacket potato, dry and not cooked enough. We then wandered around, we found the whole place scruffy. There were empty plant tables all over. The Christmas display was very disappointing. There was no point complaining to the staff in the return you could see they were stressed and trying their best. It's all down to bad management. We won't be going back.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Jamie Ward ★★★★☆

   Nice garden centre but .... A cafe on site, although it tends to get really busy and is quite basic. The cafe has an outside eating area in the warmer months although this is very small. Small range of furniture. A clothing area. A pet area which is a nice size. On reviewing this in Jan 2022 the outdoor plant section is extremely sparse, and in some spaces the benches holding the plants are dismantled and / or broken. I am of course hoping this is a glitch and the plants will be replaced!! The garden centre does have several sections of varied items, but each section seems quite limited... small section of candles, small section of outdoor furniture... etc etc. Worth a visit if you're passing through but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit..

   almost 4 years ago

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