The Orangery
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Food tastes average but very pricey! Sausage roll costs £7.95 and wasn’t very tasty for the price. Ambience appeared lovely at first glance but it isn’t until you experience being customer yourself that you realise it isn’t that great a restaurant after all. First off, the layout of the restaurant itself is very confusing as there are few counters and no clear signage of which counter to pay at. The male cashier at the end was unfriendly and seemed so unhappy to be working there, didn’t even say a word at all! Place was also dirty with birds flying in and scoffing off the crumbs on the ground. Was about to sit on the table before one of the staff members said to “wait” as she needed to clean it first. Stood there with the tray waiting for a few minutes before she came back only to give the table a 2-second wipe. Quite honestly could have done it myself. Although food restaurant average the customer service in the area was really bad. Won’t be coming back here to dine again.
Sophie SohSophie Soh
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The Orangery is a cafeteria-style, self service restaurant on the grounds of Kew Gardens, close to Kew Palace. The menu is fairly limited, there are only four warm meals to choose from, plus a salad bar. Drinks include alcoholic options (beers are organic), but they are pricey. The seating area inside gets very busy during even a weekday, as thousands are visiting Kew Gardens every day. The dish I picked was roasted half chicken with a side salad, and I must say the chicken was pretty good: aromatic, tender, juicy. The salad was okay. As an extra I chose a slice of garlic and cheese sour bread. It was nice, but again, on the pricey side. Because of the crowds and the noise (as waiters are clearing the tables), this is no place to relax and linger, but it's decent enough for a quick meal while exploring Kew.
Thomas Müthing (theviolinproject.de)Thomas Müthing (theviolinproject.de)
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18 quid for this and a pigeon in the inside eating area. Note the 18 quid gets you paper plates, plastic cutlery and takeaway cups- I reckon actual plates etc. are probably a helluva lot more eco friendly. Also really bad queues despite it being a weekday in termtime. This is one of the lower priced eateries on the site too- the sandwiches here cost a quid more than these croissants. A very small slice of cake cost over a fiver. I imagine the calories listed everywhere even for the tea isn't particularly helpful for anyone suffering an eating disorder either - if you're going to do that so the whole nutritional profile. As a type 1 diabetic carbs would be helpful, calories tells me zilch.
sailor13sailor13
40
I love Kew, BUT this catering arrangement, run by Ch&Co Catering Ltd, is a farce. *Food too cold *Soup had ZERO taste *Mexican pulled chicken tasted vaguely of tomato, but little else. *Rice was cheap and also tasteless *Prices were disproportionate to the low quality of the food. *Place not clean enough, including windows * waitress used small jay cloth to wipe multiple tables with no spray in sight. *Pigeons walking and flying in the restaurant *Tills strangely located I'll never eat here again, and suggest everyone do the same until they get the message. Such a beautiful historic building should not be disrespected by being so badly run.
Errol McPhersonErrol McPherson
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مطعم ومقهى داخل الهايد بارك / يتطلب حجز / وأحيانا ممكن تدخل بدون حجز قصر جلسات في صاله ملكية فخمة لكن لايوجد فبها تكييف ايام الصيف الحارة حر جدا جلسات خارجية روعة روعة لكن لم نوفق بالجلوس فيها بسبب الشمس والحر اكيد في أيام الربيع رح تكون خيال طلبنا فيجترين افترنون تي مع شاي فانيلا عادي وشاي ريد فلفت لمحبي الحامض ممكن يعجبهم صحن الافترنون تي الطبقة الأولى انواع حلى / الطبقة الثانية سكونز/ الطبقة الثالثه ساندويتش منوع أجمل شي المكان ممكن اذا خلصت تدور في حديقة القصر جدا جميلة كذلك متجر صغير جميل
لينا عبدالله Leena abdullahلينا عبدالله Leena abdullah
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Nearby Attractions Of The Orangery
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Treetop Walkway
Kew Palace
Treetop Walkway
The Hive
Kew Bridge
Palm House
London Museum of Water & Steam
Shirley Sherwood Gallery
Marianne North Gallery

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The Express Tavern
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The Cricketers - Kew Green
The Botanist

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, London TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
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kew.org
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Breakfasts and eclectic lunches in high-ceilinged 18th-century building with huge arched windows.
attractions: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Treetop Walkway, Kew Palace, Treetop Walkway, The Hive, Kew Bridge, Palm House, London Museum of Water & Steam, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Marianne North Gallery, restaurants: The Express Tavern, The Bell & Crown, Chiswick, The Tap on the Line, Kew, One Over the Ait, Kew Bridge, The Black Dog Beer House, Galata Pera, The Original Maids of Honour, The Greyhound Kew, The Cricketers - Kew Green, The Botanist
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