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    Dobbies Garden Centres

    3.0 (1 review)
    Open 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Pillaton nurseries and Tea Room

    Pillaton nurseries and Tea Room

    1.5(2 reviews)
    2.5 mi

    rude manager, miserable. you can never write an honest review without her writing a reply on the…read moredefensive. hardly ever see anyone in the nursery buying plants. went into the new Christmas shop December 2023, because I like to give businesses a second chance. No change, still rude, uncomftable atmosphere. i believe if I hadn't said hello, then i wouldn't have got a response. I can't speak for the cafe because I haven't been to it for a few years. if you don't like ppl, then why run a customer service business lol!

    I started writing this review as a three star, but as I worked my way through it, I don't think it…read morewas "hey yay a'ok!", I was miffed about quite a lot of the visit. This place is little and cute, it's not in any way a huge garden centre, almost just a little courtyard with a few varied plants and a surprisingly large array of the sorts of garden ornaments that I just don't understand but I know so many people buy. On hearing that this had become number one on trip advisor, we decided to check this place out. The tea rooms have a cute setting, in, I guess a sort of converted glasshouse/barn with the counter up to the left when you walk in. You can get soups, pies, roasts, some bits are pricey, but others reasonable. There's also a couple of reasonable looking gluten free options. Our order to the (kind of grumpy) lady at the counter amounted to a cappuccino, lemon cake, chocolate cake and, being the fiend for them I am, a "special" milkshake. Totting up to around £15. You can also get afternoon tea at £12.99 or £16.99 per person. We took our order to a table on a tray, and waited about five minutes for the milkshake, which kind of made me expect the thick, creamy goodness I always crave. I understand part is personal preference, (If you check out the management responses on trip advisor to negative reviews, prepare to feel very uncomfortable! I know we don't like criticism, but surely it's not the best thing to passive aggressively tell customers that they're wrong?), but you kind of expect "a milkshake made with ice cream" to be made with ice cream, not just have a scoop of ice cream in flavoured milk. It was quite false-banana tasting (yes, I know, management, personal preference), there was a good splurge of squirt cream (UHT, not fresh) on top which was good, but the sweets that were on top seemed a really odd choice- a blue lace, an inch cut of a rainbow lace, some silver dragees, star sprinkles and a a couple of chewy bottles and a couple of mini marshmallows, yes, personal preference blah blah, but they were definitely a bit on the "I wonder if people order these very often because these marshmallows and laces are solid!" side. That being said, my companion thought her coffee was fine enough. To the cake! You pay £3.99 a slice, which simultaneously seems expensive and not, I know it isn't really, I don't know, I'm confused... The portions, are decent, they are good, deep cakes and they do hand out a reasonable slab- but, I feel like the reviews must be people being excited about portions, the lemon cake was a lovely flavour, but a little dry, and the chocolate cake was more dry, and tasted overly powdery-cocoa-y. Everything kind of had the homemade to look like factory feel- I think it was quantity over quality. The place has potential, it's a lovely setting, and probably not a bad place to take your Nanna, but I don't think I would personally go again. I really don't understand how this can be number one on trip advisor, even though thinking that makes me feel like a bit of a k**b.

    Hollybush Garden Centre & Aquaria

    Hollybush Garden Centre & Aquaria

    3.6(10 reviews)
    4.3 mi
    ££

    Actually a really lovely garden centre with a good range of goods and little shops inside. I hadn't…read morebeen for a while until I needed to go to the aquatic centre to buy some gifts for a fishy friend (Koilie Minogue, Koiffer Sutherland and Koi George are all very happy in their new home) I love the little farm shop outside too, although a couple of the items I was overcharged for on one occasion. I bought lots from here to do up my Granddad's planters, and everything stayed well and healthy

    I started to understand some traditional English habits that didn't make sense at all before for me…read moreuntil I moved to the country. Gardening is one good example. We like our gardens in Brazil but here people are really fond of it. And it can be spotted in the raise of visitors to the garden centres spread through the country. Especially during the spring and summer. I like visiting garden centres as well and I just can't avoid my annual visit to Hollybush, one of the largest garden centres in the country. HollyBush is an independent gardening centre with more of three decades of service. Luckily it is not just a pace for gardening experts and people like me can also visit and learn something more about seeds and bulbs. Or just appreciate it anyway. I just adopted a Bonsai tree which I call Alice and I hope she survives my lack of experience in the garden issues anyway. By the way, I just love the Japanese and oriental garden area at Hollybush. It's a piece of Japan right in the middle of this gardening centre. If you are looking for garden tools and furniture, this is a perfect place to have a mooching around. And it's definitely a great way to put you in the mood of summer, if you don't even have a garden like me. The range of benches, fountains and barbecue tools are just an invitation to start planning all those special meals outside the house. The aquaria is another great feature at Hollybush. Fish tanks and species of all kid, plus fishing equipments make this space pretty popular. The kids can't get enough of watching the fish and there are even some piranhas there. Indoor bonsai and cactuses are also something that always bring my attention. I always bring a new adding to the family every visit. Hollybush has a huge shopping area with candles, sweets and cards and gifts. And if after visiting you feel like need some cake and a cuppa, it's compulsory to pop to their café and restaurant before leaving this place. The entrance is free and here is a parking space for over 600 cars.

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