Reg Taylor's Tea Rooms — Restaurant in Newark and Sherwood

This isn’t just any garden centre. This is the Reg Taylor's Garden Centre. No wonder people travel so far to come here. It has just about everything. Wonderful goodies for your retail therapy, especially the fabulous Christmas decorations – there’s so much choice. But I digress. We were here for lunch in the quaint on-site Tea Room which serves a variety of dishes & refreshments. We opted for the following from the homemade specials board: 😋 Chicken tikka masala with rice 😋 Beef bourguignon with vegetables 😋 Strawberry milkshake 😋 Filter coffee 😋 Gooseberry & treacle crumble with proper custard 😋 Twix two-chocolate cheesecake with ice-cream The food was great, obviously made fresh with good ingredients, and served by very friendly staff who were helpful and happy to offer tips on food selection. It was busy, so reserving a table might be a good idea at peak times. Another gem at this location is the Swan & Waterfowl Sanctuary comprised of 6 lakes set in 9 acres of landscaped grounds. It’s on my to-do list for the next visit 🚶

FINAL WORD: Top notch food in a relaxed tea room. I highly recommend a visit #gardencentre #tearoom #reviewer #lovemyjob #christmasshopping #happywednesday #shoplocal #shopindependent #supportlocal #christmasdecor #supportindependent #coffee #milkshake #puddings #foodstagram #eatery #cakeselection #autumn #swansanctuary #foodiegram #waterfowlsanctuary #walk #glutenfree...

We came for afternoon tea to treat my mum and we were very disappointed. The decor and crockery were dated. The afternoon tea was ok in price compared to other lovely local places but no where near as nice in quality and quality. I can’t say how disappointed I was as this was meant to be a treat. I really would have thought that with how expensive and ‘high brow’ the garden centre is that the cafe would be better. We were also surprised after the waitress (who was friendly) said that there would be enough for my two children to enjoy some of afternoon tea also, to find that there was only 2 halves of a slice of loaf cake included (we were expecting a slice of each flavour the way she was talking about it!) Some of the staff were ok and some kind of dumped the stuff on the table and left. Such a shame as we were looking...

We went for lunch today, 20/8/25 as we were visiting friends and thought it would be nice to take them out as they are elderly we all had a sandwich with a little side salad ( very little) there was 2 slices of bread on each plate sandwiches were nothing special and 2 portions of chips served in the same bowl wich we thought was discussing when to be shared and at almost £10 for 2 slices of bread and a bit of filling is extortionate the bill came to just over £45 something I couldn't have made better for less than a £5 er Needless to say we would definitely not recommend and will definitely not be going again. The staff seemed like the couldn't be...