July 2025 by Joanne Anthony
Eating experience severely let down by the amount of flies. Not good when having to swat flies away whilst eating gives an impression the place isn't as clean as it could be.
Such a shame as food and cakes are lovely.
June 2025 by S M
Visited here recently for the first time in a while and, wow, we were so disappointed! Very expensive for such basic poor food. Over £8 for a very basic cheese baguette with a few crisps, almost £10 for very small jacket potato and almost £5 for cheesy chips with hardly any cheese! Used to be really good for lunch and I have no problem paying for good food but for the price it was unbelievably basic and clearly a cost cutting tactic. I?m not the type of person to complain but we won?t be returning.
January 2025 by SH UK
1st time for lunch & managed to get the last Speical of the day (Pork). Don?t expect Michelin ? cuisine given it?s a cafe in a Garden centre but was enjoyable & I?d recommend it! ??????
January 2025 by Chloe H
We stopped here for lunch, and I had the bacon and mushroom quiche, which was delicious and came with a generous amount of salad. I?d recommend arriving earlier, as some options were low or out of stock. There?s plenty of seating, the atmosphere is lovely, and the staff were helpful and welcoming. I?d definitely go back?just earlier next time to make it for the lunch special! ?
October 2024 by Judith Bowbrick
Went today with hubby and daughter and had the most delicious roast chicken.My daughter had the vegetarian roast and said it was equally delicious. Will definitely be going back. Staff were so friendly too and nothing was too much trouble.
October 2024 by Jimmy Rivers
Friendly staff but food was absolutely disgusting. Had a sausage sandwich that was totally inedible. Sausages had obviously been hot held all day and bread had a sour smell like it had been hanging around sweating in its bag in a hot kitchen for 3 days. Also had a soup that was more like dirty dishwater with half an uncooked baguette. Really awful!!
Had two cakes and both were stale and inedible. I would avoid this cafe at all costs. Only went to visit the aquatic centre but ended up spending nearly £30 on the worst food I think I?ve ever encountered in my lifetime. Probably get served fresher more appetising food in prison.
Seems staff have given up long ago and are just there to fleece pensioners.
October 2024 by Vanessa Perry
Lovely place to go , meet friends, chat. Then you can have a shop at the lovely shops on offer, browse and be inspired
Wheelchair accessibility: Level ground floor shop and access
September 2024 by John
To not offer a vegetarian alternative in this day and age is unheard of. Apart from that the breakfast was ok,slightly overpriced for what you got.
Vegetarian options: No options advertised, we had to ask.
Parking: Plenty
September 2024 by Mike Dyer
Would give it 5 stars but the staff could do with some customer training, a certain lady was quite rude to my wife
May 2024 by Tony Newton
I have been going to this cafe many times, the last visit is my last! We arrived slightly early and ask if it was okay to sit as we know the cafe doesn?t start serving till 9.30am. When my partner went to get three coffees, the manager called Nigel said to one of his staff it was too early, the poor lady started to make the drinks, he again told her it was too early! He then told my partner, you keep doing this I will not allow you to sit in and get served! We had our drinks, which we normally have two and something to eat, we left and told the poor lady that served us and handed our receipt over to give to nasty Nigel to look at the time that we was actually served as it shows the time on the receipt, guess what? 9.30am!!!! What a totally miserable manager, he has lost our custom as we will not be returning !!!!!!!
February 2024 by Kevin Blackham
Great breakfast and lovely
January 2024 by Shirley Barnes
The jacket potato with tuna and full salad has got much smaller, no apple no curried or spiced pasta and very often the potatoes are over cooked , brown, with burnt skin. We do like the bear café and have been visiting for years but would prefer to pay more for the meal we were used to getting rather than a smaller meal.Parking: Always find a spot and sometimes a disabled spot available too.Wheelchair accessibility: Access to the café is great !No steps and wide doorway and isles .
January 2024 by keithallen58
Ordered 2 sausage sandwiches and 2 coffees the sausages were heated up rather than freshly cooked the bread was mediocre with a handful of crisps on the side and presentation was dire and the filter coffee was luke warm overall disappointing breakfast and expensive won't be returning and to many staff
December 2023 by James Arnold
Great staff had coffee ? and ?
December 2023 by Pippa Hersey
Great meal selection. Good coffee and excellent cakes. ?
