The Orchard is a bit of a mix match of several different types of items. It is a pet shop, garden centre, furniture shop, baking goods store, book shop and sells some nice local foods too.
The pet shop is a great place to bring kids, they can see rabbits and fish!
The furniture is expensive but is very nice and there are some one off pieces here. There is often a sale on too.
The books are expensive in fairness as are a lot of the local type foods on sale but if it is for a treat after seeing the pets, it's perfect!
The cafe is hit and miss. The cakes can be delicious and the salads and lunches seem to be very popular. The coffee is just from a machine but for the number of tables they have here (seats about 100) they are always full so nobody much minds! It's good for kids but their queing system is terrible and there's very few frills but it is a lovely setting which is why I'm presuming people come back.
I think if they improved their cafe to be much more of an experience this venue would be five star all day long and would probably be even busier! read more