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PLANTS AREA: A good selection of plants in an attractive area, we really liked this garden centre.
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INTERIOR SALES AREA: All you need for the garden. Impressive range of water features and garden furniture.
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CAFE: A pleasant cafe with good food. Let down by the vending very mediocre coffee.
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DOG FRIENDLY? Hilltop Garden Centre is dog friendly. Well behaved dogs are allowed in all areas of the garden centre except the cafe. There are outside areas of the cafe where dogs are allowed, please ask for more information when visiting the cafe.
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Entrance to Hilltop Garden
Centre, Coventry
OPENING HOURS HILLTOP GARDEN CENTRE, COVENTRY |
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Open | Close | |
Monday | 9.00am | 5.30pm |
Tuesday | 9.00am | 5.30pm |
Wednesday | 9.00am | 5.30pm |
Thursday | 9.00am | 5.30pm |
Friday | 9.00am | 5.30pm |
Saturday | 9.00am | 5.30pm |
Sunday | 10.00am | 4.00pm |
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SIZE: This is a medium sized cafe.
FOOD TYPE: The main cafe serves typical garden centre food with everything from coffees / teas, cakes, breakfasts to main meals.
FOOD QUALITY: We sampled a bacon and tomato batch which was good. The quality of the bacon was very good and well cooked. The tomatoes were unusually tasty.
Bacon and tomato batch at Hilltop Cafe
We also sampled a sausage roll (see picture above) which although cheap was rather disappointing as far as size and taste were concerned. The coffees (Americano and Cappuccino) certainly tasted as if they had come out of a machine, and were below standard compared to most garden centre coffees.
Although we didn't sample the cakes they looked very good.
DECOR: There were two cafe areas and the decor in both were very acceptable. Both were clean, light and airy. The larger of the two was reserved for a pre-booked event when we visited.
Cafe area at Hilltop Garden Centre
SERVICE: Service was prompt and courteous with minimal waiting time.
VALUE FOR MONEY: When we first looked at the menu on the online website, the value looked very good. However it appears that it has not been updated for a year or more and prices on the menu at the cafe had increased, as it has done for every eating establishment over the last couple of years. The menu picture below is the latest at the time of writing.
Hilltop Garden Centre cafe menu
SIZE OF PLANTS AREA: Medium sized bordering on large
PLANT SELECTION: There is a large selection of plants at Hilltop Garden Centre and not only the normal ones. There are some rather unusual ones and a good selection of mature plants.
Mature plants at Hilltop Garden Centre
LAYOUT: The layout of the plants area is engaging with lots of twists and turns and nooks and crannies.
As well as the extensive main plants area there is a sizeable covered area for more tender plants. This provides some cover for when it is raining.
There are signs for the major plant groups but we did notice that that placement of the plants was somewhat haphazard.
The outside area also had an excellent display of rustic wooden garden furniture at very good prices. This is in addition to the garden furniture displayed inside.
Wooden garden furniture at Hilltop, Coventry
VALUE FOR MONEY: Value for money, as far as the plants are concerned, is good. The plants are on the cheap side and healthy.
SIZE: This is a medium to large sized sales are which sells every thing you would expect from a modern garden centre.
LAYOUT: The layout is interesting with level and wide aisles. The range of garden water features is particularly large and wide-ranging. The same can be said of the garden and patio furniture which are all well displayed.
VALUE FOR MONEY: About average
ACCESS: Very good
ADDRESS:
Hilltop Garden Centre
Shilton Lane
Shilton
Coventry
CV7 9LH
GOOGLE MAP: Click here for Google map showing location of the Hilltop Garden Centre in Coventry.
OWNER:
Family owned
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
02476 614752
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