First visit since the opening of the new restaurant and shops. They’ve still retained their nursery but extended the eating and shopping aspect of the garden centre. Commands great views over Rutland Water and with potential for large outdoor seating area at the moment closed off to the public.
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Finally, a high quality, high class garden centre in the center of Rutland. The previous owners were trying for years to get planning permission for a proper garden centre rather than a simple nursery but the new owners seem to have achieved it.
Excellent, stylish design throughout with brand new timber buildings housing shops, plants and a restaurant/cafe.
A new gravel car parking area provides additional spaces but not sure this will be enough on busy days. It makes life hard if you have a pushchair but fortunately there are several disabled bays close to the entrance which have hard surfacing for wheelchair access. There are several electric charging bays too for electric vehicles.
Good selection of plants trees and shrubs which one assumes will improve as the new facilities bed in. The shop sells a lovely range of decent gifts, toys and craft items so perfect for presents.
The cafe ("The View") is large but chaotic. Waiting to be seated took an age and service was slow. However the staff are friendly and there's plenty of them. Prices reasonable for good quality food and drink but there's no WIFI at time of writing. Good toilet facilities including disabled. There are a few electric sockets in the cafe but the owners missed a trick as there are no integrated USB ports for phone charging.
The view from the cafe is fantastic looking out over Rutland Water towards Burley on the Hill. I'm not sure the occupants of the latter would reciprocate though so let's hope there's some effective screening of the car park at least to minimise the risk of a blot on the landscape.
Absolutely stunning. Beautiful shop, incredibly stylish and a fantastic array of plants. Had drinks and cakes in the cafe - such lovely staff and best brownie I’ve had! Highly recommended.
Lovely plant to go with a lovely pot.
Very lovely place. Would definitely recommend going and having a look around.
Very nice and helpful staff. Would be making a return trip😀
Recently renovated and expanded this is now a beautiful garden centre and cafe. Service was great, as was the coffee and cake as well as the usual selection of plants.
Lovely garden centre, shop and cafe. Very popular at lunch time, we had to wait for a table. Service was very good. Staff friendly. Unfortunately they had run out of gluten free cake when I was there, so can't comment on that.
What an amazing breakfast we had Rutland Nursery's new restaurant. Wonderful service and food. Outstanding
Lovely place to visit. Dogs welcome too. Even have their own water bowels and doggy bed to use in the cafe/ restaurant. Lovely plant to buy too.
Visited today and was very impressed. Large selection of plants at reasonable prices.
We had a coffee and scones in the restaurant. The scones were freshly made and really nice. Coffee was hot and also very good.
The staff in the restaurant and shop were all very friendly and helpful.
We will definitely be coming back to try a breakfast or lunch.
Nice place, staff in the restaurant are very friendly and helpful. Very clean, tasty food, good portion size. Plenty of seating, inside and out.
Good array of plants and not overly expensive. Plenty of parking, would recommend 👌
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