The Garden Cafe - Menu

You can not class this as a restaurant. It does not even open!It does not deserve a rating and I wish I could rate it zero, it opens when it likes and offers whatever has leftovers it has that day.

I've eaten here for the last few days and its all been good. Imam Byalidi was as good as I've had anywhere; beef brisket was lovely; beefburger was brilliant. Cakes are heavenly. Good coffee, beer and wine. A fabulous garden.

Recommended by our B&B hosts (the Sawyers) we literally stumbled into the Garden Cafe on a dark wet evening.Intimate little venue, that promised live music and supper veg or non veg (so if you're a really finickity eater maybe check first) but good nosh, low key entertainment and dry, yet very twinkly landlord. Amazingly cheap, seriously worth it.Definitely recommended!

13 people away for the w/e, could not have found a better place to eat. Cosy, hospitable and simply delicious Paul et al were very relaxed and happy to serve the delicious food when it made sense for us and did not mind us rearranging the furniture etc...3 courses for £25 per head very reasonable.Could not recommend it highly enough bread was a particular treat thank you!

Quirky in the nicest possible way. Very warm welcome. Convivial atmosphere. Nice pet dog (nearly stole it). Holly, the chef, served us very tasty home made curry. Plenty of it. Exceptionally reasonably priced. Nice wine. Teetotaler had freshly juiced home grown apples...we watched him do it. Came out pink and was delicious. Home made peppermint ice cream for pud. Lovely evening. Would highly recommend it. Very welcoming. Interesting surroundings. (An old malthouse). Not open every week. Check their website. [hidden link] Is also a bed and breakfast but we are staying in a cottage just up the road.

Having been to several gigs where food was served at the Garden Café, we've never been disappointed. Of course it isn't open all the time, it doesn't claim to be, but phone calls/e-mail enquiries are dealt with promptly and courteously.The food has always been delicious, and our vegetarian friends described their Imam Bayildi as the best they'd ever had. With reasonably priced wine, and the lovely building, we're always happy to go back.To say that they only serve leftovers is, frankly, ridiculous. However, I'd rather eat leftovers there than freshly cooked food at some of the places we've tried over the years!

If you only go to those coffee shops you now see in almost every UK town; if you only ever buy clothes for the label; if your car has to be new every (other) year for the reg plate then I can 't believe this is for you ... ... but, if you let your kids get some dirt under their finger nails; if you don 't mind getting wet when canoeing the Wye; if 'shabby chic ' is a compliment ... Then this is for you! Homemade light lunches, cakes made with quirky ingredient combos, individual furniture, all in an off beat retro setting that 's what to expect. Go, enjoy, but don 't tell too many people, as I don 't want it crowded or changed by success the next time i go which won 't be too long!

Some people are never pleased....don't listen to the negatives. This is a lovely Cafe which is just that....a Cafe. Drinks, cakes and a tasty light lunch are what to expect. The prices aren't the cheapest in the Forest of Dean, but by no means are they the most expensive. Personally, I don't rate around a 5ver each for tea/coffee and a home made cake that bad. My daily Cafe Nero costs more than that!! We had a nice chat with the waitress that was there, who was happy to talk about the locally sourced coffee and the strawberries from her garden that made up the filling of my red velvet cake. My wife also had a chocolate and beetroot brownie...both of ours were delicious and a far cry from the...

We were a party of three canoeing down the wye and stopped here for a break.its a funny place, rather ramshackle and the lady serving herself was rather unique looking...not in an unpleasant way but characterful.we had a pot of tea and glass of aldi lemonade out of a value plastic bottle, also 2 slices of velvet cake and 1 slice of victoria sponge.....not massive portion just normal slice. Tea was refreshing and lemonade was lemonade. the cakes were ok too...not exceptional but no complaints.Then along came the bill....so 3 drinks and 3 slice of cake £14.50.......yes £14.50.Its so depressing to have to start asking for prices prior to ordering in such an establishment but we felt ripped off...