Reviews in Essex

Excellent cafe, perfect place for lunch, breakfast for just coffee and cakes, always good quality and very good service, the best Garden Centre cafe around.

Lunch at the Barn on Friday was lovely. Great setting, great food and great staff. I would thoroughly recommend it

Delicious lunch time meal & friendly staff. Looking forward to going there again when I have more time so I can try one of their desserts which look amazing.

Lovely venue, delicious food and the staff are always friendly.

Loved it here. The atmos and decoration is impressive. The food is generously portioned for the price and tasted greated. I don't eat gluten due to medical issues and to have pancakes that i didn't have to cook myself was just great. Definitely intend more visits.

Another lovely lunch. Great outside seating area, undercover. Good food, choice and service. Super cakes. Garden centre plants are also superb and I love looking around the gift shop area too. Thank you to all the lovely, friendly staff that make this place a hidden gem. Will be back again soon!

I have never had a bad meal here. The staff are very helpful and friendly at all times and the food is delicious. I always feel like I am eating a healthy meal every time, and not being a meat eater too. The food always looks appetizing and well presented. They have great chefs. The place is clean and airy and you can choose whether to sit inside or out. In fact I cannot fault this cafe at all so come and try it. You will not regret it. It is comfortable, a great place to meet your friends and family. Plenty to buy in the shop and a great garden centre too. What's not to like?!

a really lovely roast dinner on a Sunday, and plenty of it!

Excellent Sunday roast. Thoroughly enjoyed our first visit and looking forward to returning.

Delicious food beautifully presented and value for money. Staff friendly, accommodating and very helpful. Lovely to look around the garden centre and gift area as well. Thank you

Friendly service and covid safe. The poached eggs were just right with smashed avocado. Everything was clean and cleaned.

We had a lovely breakfast & the staff were really friendly & helpful.

At last someone has made a success of the venue on the corner! Our first time last night for drinks and food and very happy with our evening. First Impressions are they have done a great job on the refurbished decor- it’s cool and on point. Service was friendly and we had a nice chat to the barman. Our waiter was new and shy but friendly and helpful and I’m sure he will grow with some confidence and training. The food was really good ( we are foodies) an easy going menu with sharing plates steak and fish- we went sharing plates and they were very good - better than I expected- the table next to us had sea bass and it looked great . We will definitely go back again . Food in ingatestone is very hit and miss - this seems to be a hit! I hope it continues.

Always an absolute pleasure to eat here - a wonderful place to go as a family. The team are amazing, and always go above and beyond. Food is fresh and delicious!

Our first visit to this great place after a recommendation from friends . Good food ,good service and a very lovely garden centre with an enormous variety of plants and beautiful items . Highly recommended for a nice day visit . We will certainly go again .

I took my mum for a birthday lunch on Saturday. Booked a table online, very easily. As always staff were friendly, food was delicious and the whole experience was just what we’d hoped for. Thank you

Always a good breakfast. They accommodate my requests for tomatoes and sausages. Lovely time yesterday with granddaughters.