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Cafe at Notcutts Ashton Park Garden Centre
Cafe at Notcutts Ashton Park Garden Centre
THE CAFE AT NOTCUTTS ASHTON PARK GARDEN CENTRE
The cafe has one indoor seating area only with no outdoor seating available. It all looks and feels modern, spacious and airy. The tables and chairs were pleasant although they were set out in regimented lines.
There were no queues for the food and the serving system worked well. The food was on display so that you knew exactly what was on offer.
The quality of the food was good. As part of our meal we had the "gourmet" meal
of the day, a tasty meat and potato pie. "Gourmet" is stretching the imagination
slightly but the meat was well cooked and the pastry crisp. The vegetables and chips
were excellent.
They serve sandwiches at around �4, main meal special between �5 to �6 and there was a special offer of two main meals for only �8.
There was a good range of cakes, salads and snack meals for sale all at very reasonable prices. The service was prompt and pleasant. Overall the food represents very good value and our meat and potato pie at only �6 was a treat.
HOUSE PLANTS
Contrary to what is said on the Ashton Park web page there was not one house plant for sale, a sad omission for a garden centre of this size. At first we thought we were not looking in the correct place but when we queried this at the checkout tills they confirmed that they did not sell house plants.
INDOOR SALES AREA
The indoor sales area is modern and well arranged. Mostly large aisles, wide enough for wheelchair access in almost all areas.
They stock a comprehensive range of garden accessories, tools, feeds, barbecues, indoor and outdoor furniture. There is a good range of gifts and cards for sale.
OTHER FACILITIES
When we visited there was no Pet Centre, but one is promised on Notcutts website
in the very near future.
Maidenhead aquatics were either setting up a new aquatics centre or re-modelling the existing one. They always provide a good display and offer excellent value for money.
DISABLED FACILITIES Both inside and out the paths were wide enough for access. There were wheelchairs available at no cost.
TOILETS The toilets (ladies, gents and disabled) were modern, clean and fully functional.
CAR PARKING
Lots of car parking spaces on a flat new tarmac area immediately outside the main
entrance.
DIRECTIONS AND CONTACT FOR NOTCUTTS ASHTON PARK
The address is:
Notcutts Ashton Park,
Lord Sheldon Way,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
Manchester OL6 7UB
Our sat nav got us to within seeing distance based on the post code.
A map can be found HERE
Tel: 0161 3701495
Email: info@ashtonparkgc.co.uk
Website: http://www.notcutts.co.uk/ashton_park/
OPENING HOURS
Monday - Friday 9.00 am to 5.30 pm
Saturday 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Sunday 10.30 am to 4.30 pm
STAR RATINGS The lowest rating is 1 star, the highest rating is 5 stars.
AREA RATED STAR RATING
Plants
Indoor sales
Cafe
Overall rating
SUMMARY
A difficult garden centre to sum up. The wide range of plants were of indifferent
quality and totally outshone, for both prices and quality, by the neighbouring Mockbridge
Nurseries
. The indoor sales area is large and modern.
Without a doubt, the cafe offers good food at very reasonable prices in a pleasant environment.
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