Greenhouse Coffee Roaster — Restaurant in Funchal

This place is so cute! I loved the floor to ceiling glass walls, so the light just pours in from outside. It definitely gave a greenhouse atmosphere and the food was great for a light meal and/or refreshment. It fit in so well with the botanical garden.

It's funny that the only bad reviews this place has received are from people who were never customers and never actually experienced a visit, which makes their comment worthless and void from the start. IGNORE the bad/false reviews from Eva Rapantova, Lukas Horky, and Sarka Hlavackova. None of their reviews provide insight on an experience there. Their claims have no standing, for their complaint is that there was no warning in advance that you need to be a garden visitor in order to be a customer (one in particular complains of there being no notice on the coffeeshop's Google page) HOWEVER, it literally states ON their Google page that customers are garden visitors only, making the complaint FALSE and misleading. Their word means nothing. I wouldn't trust their reviews. It's embarrassing that they post the review before confirming the validity of their accusations lol they blame the shop after failing to read the rules before visiting. That's not the shops fault. That's the...

[Edit] I contacted the roaster via Instagram and they replied apologising and said they’ve got an uphill battle with the botanic garden. They offered to put my name on the desk so I could get in but I had left Madeira. I hope they can resolve this issue

[original review] You cannot visit the coffee roasters without paying $12.50 for a ticket to the gardens. I didn’t want to go in the gardens, I just wanted to get a coffee whilst on my bike. The woman on the gate of the botanic gardens was very rude to me and when I asked politely if I could ask a few Questions she picked up the phone and started wagging her finger at me. To which point I said you’re not being very friendly or helpful and she Just smiled and said I am not!

In a time where tourism is scarce I’d have thought you’d want all the custom you can get. There was nobody else in the coffee shop. Seems bizarre to me that you won’t allow people to buy...

On Thursday, we went to this small café before we visited the garden, and I mast say it was the best cupchino I hat in madeira and my partner said the same of the espresso. The hamburger was so good. It was so busy there , looked like russ' hour for lunch, we had to wait for 10 minutes, for a seat but it was ok we are on holiday so no rush ,but the service was very good and quick. So when I saw on this side what they commented for waiting for 10 minutes to be served, I had to say this that girls were working very hard to make sure everyone was served we were there for long time enjoying a food and we never saw the waiter spot for one segund . Even when we went to pay the bill in the bar, the lady was so friendly and asked if everything was OK. This is my 5th day on the island. we bin in lots of restaurants, but this is the first i really bother to...