The Garden Café — Restaurant in Cheltenham

I've often been here for coffee and a cake. The coffee is good, from a proper coffee machine. The cakes are good too, always a selection and nice. They do bacon rolls and things as well. I've always found the staff friendly. There's a popular children's playground a few yards away, a couple of tables inside, some space undercover outside and tables in the garden. They get very busy during festivals and when the...

The coffee is as bog standard as you'd expect but it's next to the kid's playground so obviously caters to beleaguered parents.

The main problem was the manager who came across as plain rude. When she wasn't giving the girl on the till a hard time, she turned her ire on is. "Have you ordered your coffee?" "Yes." "Could you move along then."

Maybe the concept of customer service hasn't made it past the...

Picture this... a sunny weekend afternoon with kids playing in the playground and teenagers on the skate ramp, so lots going on and you can go and sit outside at the Garden Cafe with a top notch Peppermint Tea. Then wander over to the Gardens Galllery to see some artwork. Very...