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PLANTS AREA: A good choice of healthy plants for a garden centre of this size. Slightly expensive.
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INTERIOR SALES AREA: Given the size of of this garden centre this is a pleasant area to browse. Slightly expensive.
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CAFE: A good cafe let down by rather unclean tables and chairs.
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DOG FRIENDLY? Dogs are not allowed into the restaurant (other than guide and assistance dogs), however they are allowed in all other areas of the garden centre including the cafe outdoor seating area.
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Entrance to Stratford
Garden Centre
OPENING HOURS STRATFORD GARDEN CENTRE |
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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 | 4.30pm |
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Dobbies Stratford
upon Avon
Charlecote
Garden Centre
SIZE: Medium / large
FOOD TYPE: Typical garden centre cafe food. Everything including breakfasts (9.00 to 11.30), coffees / teas, cakes, snacks and main meals.
FOOD QUALITY: Food quality was good. The cheese and ham panini contained tasty melted cheese and good quality ham. It was served hot and well presented. The pea and ham soup was equally good, served with a warm and fresh bread roll.
Cafe meal at Stratford Garden Centre
DECOR: The cafe is a self contained building which has huge wall to wall windows on two sides. This gave the area a light and airy feeling.
Cleanliness was good with the exception of some of the chairs which were badly stained- we needed to swap one of our chairs for a cleaner one. The table was also unclean and sticky even though it had been cleared. Cutlery, glasses and plates were spotless as was the building itself.
OUTDOOR SEATING: The outdoor seating area is pleasantly furnished although it is rather plain.
Outdoor cafe seating area at Stratford Garden Centre
SERVICE: Service is reasonably quick and very courteous. From queuing up to order our food, to having it served at our table took 18 minutes and that was on a crowded Bank Holiday Monday.
We initially tried to place our order using the in-house app but it failed each time at the payment stage. This also happened to the family next to us. We simply went to the counter and placed our order there.
VALUE FOR MONEY: Prices are about average for a garden centre cafe of this type
SIZE OF PLANTS AREA: This is a medium to large sized plants area.
Plants area at Stratford Garden Centre
PLANT SELECTION: The choice of plants is relatively extensive and they have a particularly good choice or ornamental trees and fruit trees. All the plants look in good condition and well cared for.
They also have a large choice of roses however almost all of them were David Austen roses which are always very expensive.
LAYOUT: You step out of the main building into a covered area for the more tender plants. This then leads into the main plants area which has very little cover. The whole area is paved, level and has wide paths allowing easy access.
Around the edge of one area of the plants area are about 15 concession shops. All relatively small and specialising in their own particular goods.
Small shops at Stratford Garden Centre
The shops range from a Philately shop to dress shops, a second hand book store, even a hairdressers. It is interesting to wander around although I am always surprised that they have sufficient trade to make a profit.
VALUE FOR MONEY: Prices are higher than average. For example the cheapest clematis we could find was £15 although there were relatively few at this price, the vast majority were £18. Almost all the roses cost £30 a plant with only six at below this price.
SIZE: This area is somewhere between a medium to large interior sales area.
LAYOUT: The whole shopping area is level and paved or carpeted. It is relatively pleasant to browse with lots of gifts and household items as well as gardening accessories. There is plenty of garden and conservatory furniture as well as a deli shop and butchers.
Household goods at Stratford Garden Centre
They have a large children's toy and gift shop and a very extensive selection of greeting cards. Overall they stock most items that you expect to find in garden centre of this size. The indoor plants are attractively laid out.
VALUE FOR MONEY: Prices are slightly higher than average.
ACCESS: Good all round.
ADDRESS:
Stratford Garden Centre
Campden Road
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 8LW
OWNER:
Private Limited Company
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
01789 205745
EMAIL:
Use this contact form
https://stratfordgardencentre.co.uk/contact/
WEBSITE:
https://stratfordgardencentre.co.uk/
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