Court Farm Cafe in Kingston upon Thames

After 7 years absence and bad reviews we needed a late lunch and thought we’d risk it. Was delighted with the friendly helpful service, atmosphere and food. Will definitely revisit.

The homemade soup tasted and looked just like Heinz tomato soup. Don’t advertise it as homemade if it isn’t! The service was good- polite staff and the setting is pleasant.

Three cheese and ham sandwiches no butter/spread all grated cheese fell out. Two salad garnish limp lettuce, one thin slice cucumber half cherry tomatoe. One garnish so full of water one quarter of sandwich soaking wet and soggy inedible, rest of bread stale. Muffin dry and stale inedible Coffees OK Can of diet coke states part of multi pack not to be sold separately,charged £2.10p !!! Total cost for 3 sandwiches, 1 muffin, 1 cookie and 1 cherry bakewell slice, 2 cofees and 1 can diet coke £41.00 daylight robbery for such a disgusting lunch and selling goods illegally

Awful Service very slow despite of one of the staff trying her best her other colleague just coughed over everything Food was cold 30 minutes to get my coffee tea arrived after 20 minutes but it took another 10 minutes to bring the milk I could write more about the food but ………………..

What has been happening? The potato and leek soup was like bland veg in dishwater. The quiche was odd. Staff were lovely but the food poor.

Visited cafe today for breakfast I ordered smashed avocado on Toast came out with 2 hard boiled eggs I ordered extra bacon came out rock hard. It also is advertised with sour dough came out with cheap thin brown slices of bread. I sent the plate back it then came out with a snotty egg which made me feel sick. Hubby ordered the court farm breakfast he enjoyed apart from the rock hard bacon & the cheap beans. The kick in the teeth I saw the girls who were serving folding around 15 ICELAND bags the management obviously buy all the produce from there & charge ridiculous prices. We have been many times this was the worst experience I imagine under new management will not be returning. Garden centre is looking bleak & sparse too. Shame used to be r nice !

Horrible food I’ve never had a more ridiculous excuse for salad totally grotty. My friend got a cold pasta and when I asked to have it warmed up it came back dry from the microwave. The tuna in the salad was all mushy with mayonnaise mashed to a yuck paste. The olives were of the sliced black variety only ever seen on the cheapest of pizza.

Do not like the fact that I had a hair in my panni response was not adequate when I brought this to the staff attention just a load of excuses and supposed investigations . Unless you like hair in your food Don't eat here yuk

Very very average coffee, which arrived with quite a bit spilt in saucer. Limited cake selection. Very spacious though and staff friendly.

Visited last Wednesday. Despite running the hot tap on both basins for a long time, the water remained cold. On leaving, I reported this to a staff member who said that there was NEVER any hot water, but that she would pass on my comments. Failure to provide hot water is a hygiene risk, particularly during a pandemic and especially if catering staff use these toilets. I will check to see if this has been rectified on my next visit tomorrow. I would have thought that hot water would be a requirement to maintain a hygiene rating of 5.

Expensive and awful. Visited with a friend for lunch. Ordered a jacket potato with chilli, the chilli was watery with no flavour. The jacket potato was over cooked and soggy. Would not rate this place or return.

Came for lunch with 2 young children. Cafe is lovely and airy, nice environment to sit in. But, prices are very high for what is bog average food. Wasn't expecting the earth but I think pricing was unreasonably high for what was on offer. The hot drink and cake deal (£6.49) was a laugh as it's exactly the same price as buying both separately. Great deal!

Firstly the food quality was amazing but the food wasn’t hot when served at the table. The sausage and bacon were a bit over done . I was only given 1 portion of butter for two toast . My latte wasn’t to the top of the glass and the sauce dishes served to us were mainly dish and little sauce in them . I had the collosus breakfast for £12 which was over priced for the amount of food on the plate as I should have felt stuffed . I would visit again as I already commented the food quality was spot on

We dined al fresco and the breakfasts we had were really tasty. There is also a vegan option, which my husband enjoyed. The staff are really friendly too!

Georgia and her team provided an excellent service which was tailored perfectly to our specific needs and requirements. They were attentive, really friendly and so welcoming to our family and guests. My father’s Wake was handled beautifully by Georgia and nothing was too much trouble for her and her staff. The food was delicious and it was the perfect venue for our family gathering. Thank you Georgia. Keep up the great work!

Visited with my daughters and granddaughter went to the ladies we’re a member of staff also came in went to the toilet and didn’t even wash her hands appallingly especially with this virus!!!

I tucked into the Court Farm Cafe's full English (pictured), which was £8, served by a very friendly waitress. It's a big cafe - plenty of tables - and the menu options, certainly at breakfast time, seemed very good. I was torn between the Court Farm breakfast and the avocado on toast with poached egg, but went for the works. A fine sausage, hash brown, mushrooms, bacon, toast. All in all very good, but why on earth there's a need to put the baked beans in a separate little dish on the plate is beyond me.

Visited this garden centre cafe a few times due to building work in my property. The seating area is clean and comfortable with a mixture of hard wooden seats and 2 areas with sofas. The staff are always polite and courteous. The food is very good and is medium to slightly high price, however quality of food is very good. The cafe is a good place to work as it has free WIFI and would recommend working here if in the area looking for an alternative to a normal coffee house. Only downside is that the music can be played quite loud at time and the lunchtime voice noise can also be loud if attempting to call people. How that is a small price to pay for clean warm surroundings.

Please,please tell me why the price of the shots of syrups have gone up to a £1 per shot when others charge 35-40p per shot!!?The food is lovely and the staff polite but when we ordered food the drinks,because of the shots,seemed to take the price of the whole meal up a great deal.Will still visit as i enjoy the atmosphere but drinks will be without shots unless i save up

Took mum here for a bite to eat, despite being quite an open restaurant it has a cosy feel to it. The cafe offers a variety of food and drinks so I would think there is something to tempt most tastes. Mum and I went for eggs royale, small tip, ask for your hollandise sauce to be warm, ours arrived in a cold blob due to a previous customer not wanting their sauce hot, I thought it was a large portion of butter on arrival. One of the staff did apologies for this when they asked how our meal was and gave us the tip to ask for the sauce to be warm if we visit again. Good value for money, nice clean restaurant and friendly staff. We will visit again.

We had a wonderful lunch to celebrate a family get together and Sean and his team worked tirelessly to ensure it was perfect! Delicious roast for adults and kids’ meals, perfect apple pie and tea/coffee to finish. He allowed us to relax and enjoy the afternoon. Many thanks, we will be back!

I visited the centre with my lady friend and we were pleasantly surprised with the experience .The centre was well organised and the staff very friendly including the owner.The cafe was ideal food was very good and well behaved dogs welcomed.I strongly recommend all aspects of the centre and will return again soon.

Definitely recommend. Owners are so friendly and welcoming, extremely clean, lovely food and coffee, relaxing atmosphere, pleasant ambiance. Will be a new regular for us.

Visited the cafe with our pooch who was welcomed with "open arms". Great service, coffee and food spot on and well presented. Very clean and the outside seating area is lovely.

This lovely little tea room and small garden centre/ nursery is wonderful.Lovely menu, at reasonable prices, served beautifully with China , lovely staff .So quiet, a special outside area for people with dogs, Nice little gifts to buy so cheap,!What will we do when you both retire!Really hope someone will continue to take this over , So few places like this we love it.

A local and seemingly independent garden centre and café - both of which are charming and run and staffed by really nice people. The café serves straight forward food that is extremely fresh and well presented. Al all round great find and a perfect alternative to the larger more well known and more gentrified garden centres nearby - you know the ones I mean!

Stopped for comfort break and coffee and was tempted by the fruit slice. Friendly service and reasonable prices. Quite a large cafe area with lots of natural light. Loos were very clean. I would stop here again if in the area.

Absolutely appalling customer service. We selected 6 packs of garden stones which indicated a price of £5.99 each or buy 3 for £15. The bill should therefore, have totalled £30 but we were asked for £36. We explained about the offer but the cashier (Keira) said in a firm voice "we have to go by the till and the till says £36.

Visited today for lunch, the cafe has a lovely space filled with lovely things to buy..the menu (which seemed to change as we perused) consisted of your usual jackets, sandwiches etc. Breakfast menu finishes at 11:45 but there were some items that could/would work on a lunch menu..food arrived in a very timely fashion..which was great although we hadn’t received the drinks..staff were very apologetic about the extensive wait for drinks. Girls were running around with food and drinks. Clearly some more precise organisation and staff wouldn’t go amiss..overall really nice if your not in a rush.

This is a great garden centre and cafe. Good menu choice and value for money. Good selection of plants and shrubs.

We only discovered Court Farm fairly recently to buy plants. We tried the cafe for coffee and cake a couple of times and liked it so when we saw Sunday roast on the menu decided to give it a go. Bad decision. After pre ordering the food and booking a time slot we were presented with food so horrendous that we still cant believe it happened. It was served up on a stone cold platter, - a thick cut of dried up beef which was difficult to cut up, inedible Yorkshire pudding, hard packet mix stuffing, tinned carrots, warm gloopy gravy, sloppy broccoli/cheese and cold shredded cabbage. We did eat some of it as we were hungry not having had breakfast. To make matters worse we brought a guest with us who was too polite to complain but who didn’t eat much of her meal. I did look for a review of Sunday roasts but there wasn’t one, perhaps that should have been a warning. The management of Court Farm should seriously consider removing Sunday roast from the menu and also the large advertising boards outside until they can raise the standard of the food they offer. We thought we had found a new local venue to buy plants and visit for lunch etc. but this experience has changed our opinion.

We go to Court Farm Cafe at least once a month. Food is consistently good and fresh. Coffee excellent. Staff very friendly and helpful Great prices!

Unexpectedly big and spacious, the Court Farm garden centre's cafe and restaurant is extremely friendly, has areas where different activities and groups can gather and is one of the better garden centre cafes in the area.

We are doing some work in the area and initially popped in just to look around the fabulous garden centre. That prompted us to go back for a bit to eat and we’re really glad we did. Really friendly staff and great value good food - it’s going to become a regular haunt

Great food, reasonable price, the service can be a little slow sometimes but pleasant people. The space is light and airy, comfortable, makes a nice venue for a family party.

Excellent pies and at a reasonable price for what we got. Food was hot, plentiful nd served on nice plates. Lovely café/restaurant. Friendly staff.

A hidden gem- lovely food and setting. Not too over crowded. The staff are really warm and helpful. We’ll be back!

My husband and I nipped out for what we thought might be just a soup or sandwich. We were so impressed to find lovely meals on offer, and tucked into cod fishcakes with samphire and home made tartar sauce, plus a huge salad. Service was friendly and amenable, the atmosphere light and pretty, and we will certainly be returning.

We enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea here - excellent food, friendly staff and plenty of space. Thank you Court Farm!

It is so easy to grab a nice relaxed lunch here. Easy to park in the car park and loads of space inside so you are never disappointed and not shoulder to shoulder with adjoining tables. This time I had some lovely home made fishcakes (two really good sized ones) on a very tasty salad bed. The "posh pops" are very nice too. The staff are friendly and bring your food and drink to your table (inside or out) and you are free to relax as long as you want. Cakes are quite tempting and if you are in no rush you may find yourself staying longer than you intended and grabbing a slice of cake and more coffees after your lunch (when this happens son takes himself off to look at the fish and reptiles in the neighbouring building). Would be nice if they were open in the evenings but I suppose they have to service the garden centre opening times. Will have to go back to try the Sunday roast next time

Haven't been here for over a year but as always the cafe has a lovely relaxed comfy atmosphere. A friend and I had the most amazing Sicilian lemon cake (huge slice) with coffee and tea. They brought it over to us while we sat chatting for over an hour. The menu is lovely and having eaten here in the past I'll definitely return for lunch again very soon.

I have driven past this garden centre for more years then I can remember but have never gone in as it does not look much from the outside & I assumed it was small. Admittedly only popped in today for a bite to eat as read the cafe was nice. It was. Very pleased we dropped in & next time I will spend longer there to look around the rest

Yet another wonderful lunch at this lovely garden centre cafe. We had the vegetarian scotch eggs today which came with a fantastic selection of fresh salads. The food is fresh, imaginative and prepared with love and flair. All in all a real gem of a place! Jill, Naomi and their team are brilliant.

Visiting friends in Surrey, we were recommended to have breakfast at this cafe. We said, don't think so, we've been there before and promised ourselves that we wouldn't bother again. The friends said, Ah, but it's under new management and really very good. So we decided to give it a try. Wow ! A really decent full English with proper sausages and bacon, for a change. The other half went for smoked salmon and scrambled eggs and was equally impressed. It was all utterly delicious. We couldn't resist going back for the Sunday lunch. Choices of meat and a good spread of genuinely fresh vegetables (you can tell) all perfectly cooked. Very reasonably priced and excellent value. The service was friendly and efficient. Our friends were right, under new management and really very good. We will return !

We used to frequent this Cafe on a regular basis and enjoyed the oversized home made fruit scones with home made jam, butter and clotted cream as well as the large teacakes, amazing apple pie with ice cream, Victoria Sponge and other cakes and ice creams. Also cooked meals such as fish and chips, bowls of chips and there were Sunday Roasts as well. The Garden Centre has decided to run the Cafe "in house" and the menu has changed drastically - no more chips, (not even on the children's menu) apple pie or Victoria Sponge. The plain scone available is smaller than the average biscuit and is served cold. Clotted Cream, although advertised, is not available. The menu is very 'hip'. It has a lot of speciality breads, gluten free etc. but not the down to earth foods that people often want. The breakfast menu does look interesting but the lunch/sandwich menu did not really appeal. There is no pottery on sale and those fantastic quotes have been painted over and paintings hung on the walls. They now look very bare and no longer so appealing. Nice warm fire but it is more of a 'health food' place than the cafe that was so popular previously. Having said that the staff were helpful and polite. Unfortunately, it is not our thing and we will not be going as often as we have done. Perhaps a poll of customers to find out what they would like in the Cafe might have proved useful.

This is a very light and airy café with a nice atmosphere, in the heart of the garden centre. Food is nice and very good value for money. The staff are helpful, friendly and efficient. There is a good selection of cakes, if you only want something small to eat and not a full meal. The tea is served in large teapots and is very good value at £2.00 per person. A roast lunch is served on a Sunday and free Wi-Fi is available.

A massive leap in quality and service under the new management,excellent food and service from a friendly team and free...

Since it's been under new management, I've visited several times. The food is delicious and good value. The herb-crust cod dish was wonderful as was the avocado salsa on sourdough bread. I plan to work my way through the menu! The food is delicious, so much thought and passion has gone into each dish.

Un café encantador con un servicio muy amable. Una gran variedad de comida y bebidas a precios razonables. Y su tarta de chocolate sin gluten es para morirse.

A menudo reunirse con amigos de aquí. Es muy relajante y la comida es buena y con un precio realista. El personal es atento y hacer un buen trabajo. El jardín es pequeño pero tiene algunas plantas muy agradable también.

Court Farm Garden Centre does not just sell sheds, plants and gardening equipment, they also have reptiles and fish, aquariums and ponds. Also, in their shop, you can purchase home made preserves, sweets and biscuits as well as china, jewellery and all manner of home made items. Whilst there you should pop into the Cafe, which is large and inviting. The music, for us, is perfect in that it is from the 1950's and 1960's. There is also an outside area for those who wish to make the most of the sun. As well as ice cream and lollies there are home made cakes (including gluten free) and crisps as well as hot foods. Breakfasts, lunches and roasts on a Sunday are all offered. I had a home made fruit scone with home made strawberry jam as well as clotted cream and it was delicious. My mother had a bowl of chips which were piping hot and some of the best she has tasted. Food is brought to the table and it is a pleasant setting in which to eat. Both hot and cold drinks are available. Portions are more than generous. Some customers thought the service a little slow but could it be that we are too used to the fast food culture and forget that not everything has to be done quickly but to stop and savour it sometimes. The Cafe is both child, disabled and dog friendly.

Nice enough home maded cakes and treats, but "special" pasta bake was hideous. I expected layers of pasta with a nice bechemel sauce with mushrooms and chicken, what I got was some limp pasta shapes covered in cheese with a few pieces of what looked like mechanically recovered chicken. Underseasoned, tasteless and bland. Venue is nice and trying to be quirky, but catering is a let down sadly....

Very calming place to visit for coffee or lunch. Good menu. Nice to browse round the garden centre as well.

Have been here previously with girlfriends and popped in yesterday with hubby for lunch. Chose turkey and cranberry ciabattas off the specials board and they were gorgeous. Yes, we did wait a while for them but they were freshly made. Always very pleased with service here, never been disappointed. Also, had stollen and mince pie between us.

Call into court farm cafe quite a lot! Very friendly staff, lots of tables, chairs and sofas to chill out with a coffee and sandwich. Good quality food always served pretty quickly. It has outdoors seating which is lovely in the summer! Located in the middle of the garden centre which is nice to have a wander round after lunch! They also sell local crafts in the cafe!

I absolutely love this place. It's hidden away behind a garden centre so is often very quiet and makes for the perfect place to get your head down and do some work. It's very spacious with sofas for comfort, wifi to keep you connected, plug sockets to keep your laptops going and very good coffee to boot.They offer a great range of exotic tea including Rooibos, Lapsang and a Gardeners Brew. I've always found their food enjoyable and service super quick. I come here at least once a week, and have done for the last two years. This place is a perfect little getaway, it doesn't seem fair to keep it to myself.

It is a nice size and relaxing. But the service is so slow. We have eaten there a couple of times and has never got better will not eat there again. Had to wait 30 mins just for a sandwich and it was not even busy. Also the staff are not aware where you sit so walk around asking everyone is this your food. ( very poor service).

The man is rude and disgusting the girl don't even understand English the food is disgusting the cakes are stale been sitting for weeks and kitchen is so dirty i looked through the window can't believe its not been shut down i will be reporting you the man got some sort of attitude i will not be visiting again well gone down hill

Went to the garden centre with the 86 year old Mother and had lunch here first. Lunch was very good and served quickly. Also very good value for money at about £13 for two. The cafe is a very spacious, bright, well-designed area and is a good place to meet people. Unfortunately we'd really made the journey to see The Bonsai Centre which turned out to be a small display with probably fewer trees than in my mother's collection - very disappointing.

Popped with girlfriend for lunch, been meaning to visit for ages during lunchtime. Looks lovely within, spacious, warm, inviting.This could be a frequent future cafe I thought for myself working nearby.Looked at the specials board, asked about a vegetarian option on the roast, waitress went and asked someone in kitchen. Had fellow waitress come out and question, rather abruptly as to what I was asking for. I asked simply and politely if there was a vegetarian option on the roast like at other establishments, like a nut roast or such. I was told no, but there is next week. Not much use to me. But it was the facial expression and tone of voice in response to me that was very off putting.So, I ordered an omelette as did my girlfriend, asking what we could have in it as there was no apparent list. 'Anything' was the reply. OK, not much help. Then the suggestion of items to add. I settled for cheese and mushroom. My girlfriend a cheese and ham. This was our entire order that the waitress then said she had to write down so she wouldn't forget. OK, fair enough.About 10 minutes later out comes our food and I have a ham and mushroom omelette. My girlfriends omelette was correct. So, I return to the counter to say it's got ham in it to be told I ordered a ham and mushroom omelette, which I replied, I'm vegetarian hence why I asked for the vegetarian option on the roast. Not sure how the order was got wrong as she made an issue of writing it down!Reluctance was exuded, impoliteness was given throughout my experience. Back came my order, so my girlfriend was eating way before I, and placed down with not a word said. Just appalling communication skills from our server. I had my fork on the plate when I first returned it, it came back without fork. I went to the counter, asked for a fork and got a knife and fork. That just added to the whole feeling of not being listened to nor understood.Working in the public communications industry I was appalled and my experience leaving me feeling that I would never return. In one fell swoop any future business from myself was removed from possibility. Just terrible, which is a massive shame, I went it really wanting to like the place. It's rare I complain publicly about any location, but this deserved it.My advice would be to make sure the communication of your staff doesn't give off the feeling of minimal effort on their part.Really not enthused.

An airy spacious cafe in a small garden centre. The food is the usual fare but good. Made to order and served with a smile. Sensibly priced.

Popped in for a bite to eat as we were passing by.sunday roast for 9.99 with a glass of wine,I'm spoilt with superb roasts at home but certainly wasn't disappointed here large portions, good selection of veg plenty of meat all cooked superbly.Good kids menu too and friendly service

Me and my family have been using this cafe for a considerable amount of time, we have used it on average 3 to 4 times per week, until today that is after we returned a cake that WAS stale, the manager, (who I might add has just taken over the cafe) tasted the cake and just arrogantly siad thats not stale and walked off through the doors into the kitchen.My 6 year old daughter chose another cake, to which the arrogant manager came back from the kitchen to say thats is 60p extra, even his staff were embarrassed by his arrogant attitude and walked away.When my wife handed over the 60p the lady said ni its ok, but we left the 60p and went back to the table.Thankfully there are lots of other lovely cafe/restaurants near by like the chessington garden centre and Squires who's staff let alone managers are very polite and helpfull.AVOID AVOID

Went for the 1st time last week and have been twice more already.Great carrot cake and today great looking scones. The tea is plentiful and fresh. The panninis freshly prepared. A really nice environment. The cafe is roomy and has a book shelf of tempting paperbacks fore you to borrow from.If you need a gift go here. healthy plants, a nice gift shop, various pieces of art, pottery etc.About the same price as anywhere else but a very nice place indeed to spend a couple of hours chatting.Oh and the staff are very friendly too and it operates a card which you get stamped & get your 7th drink free.

We visit this place on a regular basis for a nice Sunday breakfast, today the service was poor and the cost unbelievable what you get. A breakfast is now the same size as before but you have to pay extra £1.50 for it then 50p per slice of toast and over £2 for coffee on top of that.... Won't be coming back especially as the response to this feedback was "well we might give a free coffee in the future". What a shame we loved this place!

Lovely coffee and sticky treats. Watch out though can be frequented by Mums with new borns and no brains but don't hold that against the hard working staff. They provide excellent service and refreshments!

Great pot of tea, delicious cakes, solid service and lovely atmosphere. I'd love to see this place do a proper prosecco afternoon tea and make themselves an afternoon tea destination - would be a lovely place to pop to for special Sunday. Garden centre is solid and cheaper than most in the area, whilst the bonsai and koi make it a great weekend wander round destination.

tried this place for lunch with a friend after finding it on the internetnot disappointedgreat ambience, tasty food, great staffplus books - exhibition of art work - garden centreand country walks nearby (Hogsmill, Bonesgate, Tolworth Court Farm hay meadows)highly recommended - will definitely be back!

A great addition to Court Farm Garden Centre. A real surprise to find this pleasant spacious cafe.You can choose to sit outside in the sun ,inside at tables or in the comfy sofa area. I took Mum for tea and cake so cannot comment beyond that.Good large pot of tea for two and cakes were moist and fresh service very friendly. Disability access good.

Court Farm Garden Centre has finally got a restaurant. We have been buying plants and other garden equipment here for a number of years, so am very pleased to see them open their own cafe. I went on the second day of opening for breakfast with my family and was not disappointed. The cafe is situated in the middle of their site, has a surprisingly large dining area featuring a cosy log fire, sofas and a well-stocked bookshelf. Given it's a brand new operation, we were impressed by the speed of service from the friendly staff, and the quality of the food. We ordered the full breakfasts which were delicious. Cannot say anything about the rest of the menu at this point, other than the cakes on display looked good. Look forward to returning to sample their cream tea....