The Garden Cafe - Carte

I don't understand the negative reviews because we loved our lunch at the Garden Cafe. One word: YUM! Honestly, we wish we had time to go back during our trip for a second lunch. We shared a bunch of different plates and each one was delicious. The soup, the smoked salmon, the burrata everything was perfect. Also, the homemade bread is to die for.

What a real treat. Delicious food, served in wonderful surroundings (it was a hot day and we sat outside in the dappled shade) by a lovely, friendly team. We shared an Artichoke heart to start with, my companion had the Cornish Octopus and I chose the butterfly Mackerel. All delicious. We finished off with the sweetest Kent strawberries and the cheese plate. I couldn't recommend it more highly.

Positives: one of the best restaurant space in London, especially if you like plants inventive cooking short and effective wine list. Negatives: staff slightly aloof (got better as the meal continued) poor customer care. One of our mains was over salted. We informed the waiter, who said they would let chef know. And there it stayed. No replacement dish (lose a tripadvisor point) and nothing off the bill (lose another point) So: could have been an easy 5. Poor service brough it down to 3. Voir le carte

If we lived closer we would go back, but I cannot in all honesty say that I would travel from Chelmsford just to have lunch here as it is a bit too far. Having said that we enjoyed our lunch there very much. We were lucky with the weather and enjoyed eating in the garden. The only minus point was the choice of mains on the day. one veg, 2 fish and one meat, i would have liked one more meat to choose form. Having said that everyone in our party thoroughly enjoyed the meal which was excellently cooked and prepared. The service was good and not intrusive

Stars are for the setting which is gorgeous, my server, who was v sweet, and the music. My food, however, wasn’t great. Or even good. Fish was mushy a complete waste of a bit of hake it died in vain sadly. Focaccia had a ton of salt over it until it was inedible the beans were left with skin on and the sauce on the dish needed salt but not so much as was on/in the bread. For goodness sake put condiments on the table you’re not Michelin starred! No sides come with mains which leaves them bereft. Put some spuds or pasta on as sides please! My cheese and crackers was the best but but v small portion for the price £11.. I really didn’t enjoy the food at all. Wine wasn’t bad or good. Would go for...

In an area with few restaurants this place stands out providing quality food well cooked and ideal for a light lunch. The menu is small though there is a choice of meat, fish and vegetarian/vegan. Everything we ate was enjoyable especially our starters of soup and mains of chicken and black sea bream. Our carafe of Italian wine was so so nothing special though my friends steam pudding hit the spot whilst my choice of rhubarb fool did not though that was due to my choice. Not a fan of cream should have asked. Service was fine on our visit and there was no pressure to turn the table. At £120 for 2 including 50cl carafe of wine service not cheap. If you want a light lunch in a lovely setting do... Voir le carte

We visited for lunch and found everything g absolutely delicious! They have a very limited menu which varies day to day. It seems that all of their ingredients are top notch resulting in fantastic dishes. The crusty bread with amazing butter from Normandy was wonderful. We could have just eaten that! We asked the brand of the butter and it is Etrez....yummy!! I had Robollita Soup and my husband had mussels with Saffron. The seasonings were perfect. For dessert we shared pistachio cake with Chantilly cream and honey (I'm not a big fan of honey but this was very tasty). So, while at first a bit disappointed by the menu options we were quite happy by the end of lunch. Service was great and an a...

We stopped in for lunch on a Saturday. We were told that, without a reservation, we could have lunch, but that there were reserved customers coming, and that we could have the table for only about 45 minutes. Fine. We had things to do, and could skip the starter. But it took a long time to come back and take our order. The main course came in a reasonable time, and was DELICIOUS (soufflé and venison &mash). But we were still hungry, and wanted dessert. But we sat a long time trying to to get a menu back—we asked the busser who finally. Ame to take our empty plates, but without result. Eventually, someone came to tell us that we could go to another table if we wanted dessert or coffee. By the...

This is a lovely setting. I visited on Friday 29th April for lunch. I paid over £30 with the service charge . For this I had one green side salad, one portion of minestrone soup (not served with bread), one small pot of mint tea made with a small number of mint leaves and a cappuccino. Since the minestrone was a main course , £16 I think, I expected it to be be particularly hearty. It was a thin vegetable soup, with some pearl barley and a few vegetables in it. It was pleasant and delicate, but someone is having a laugh here in calling it a main course. The customers were a quiet and civilised bunch, nice people on a special day out and I did not have the heart to complain and spoil their da... Voir le carte