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CAFE SUMMARY
FOR
Interior, conservatory and outdoor seating areas.
Value for money.
Prompt and pleasant.
Good quality ingredients.
AVERAGE
Rather chewy roast potatoes
AGAINST
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CAFE REVIEW
QUALITY OF FOOD
Food quality is good at the Monkton Elm Four Seasons restaurant. We tasted one of
their main meals, the pie at £6.95. For that you get a large portion
of cottage pie with good quality meat and topped with tasty cheese.
The vegetables are well-cooked although the roast potatoes were on the
chewy side.
Breakfasts are served from opening time (9.00am) up until 11.30am
with sausage and bacon baps or a full English breakfast. Main meal
lunches are served from 11.30am to 2.30pm with a carvery on
Wednesday and Sunday - meat is sourced locally from
Pyne's butchers of
Somerset. The restaurant is light and airy with lots of windows and
there is an outdoor seating area. There is a dedicated children's
play area.
The Four Seasons restaurant and Pondside Cafe (see below) were visited by the Food Standards Agency
in February 2014 and they were once again awarded the top
five star rating for food hygiene.
For lighter meal there is the Pondside Cafe which, true to its name,
is next to a largish pond inhabited by lots of ducks. The serve
sandwiches, snacks, kids meals, coffees, teas and cakes. This also
has both indoor and outdoor seating areas.
DECOR AND SEATING
There are three separate areas to the restaurant. The main area has
painted wooden furniture with pleasant surroundings. You then go
through to the conservatory area which is pleasantly airy. The
furniture here is a mixture of wooden and metal. The decor is modern
and pleasant.
Finally the outside area overlooks the plants area and is an
excellent eating area for warm days.
SERVICE
Service is quick and pleasant. Main meals are on display so you are
served at the counter and take your meal to a table. There were no
queues when we visited
THE PRICES
Prices are slightly lower than average which is excellent because
the quality of the food is above average.
CONCLUSION
Good quality food at below average prices in a pleasant setting.
We hope you have enjoyed and benefited from this independent review
of the cafe at Monkton Elm Garden Centre. Remember that it is our opinion and may be the result of one visit
only. If you are the owner of Monkton Elm Garden Centre and want to discuss this review with us
then please contact us by going to our "contact us" page which can be found
here.
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