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Cafe at the Dukeries, Notcutts


Cafe at the Dukeries, Notcutts


WELLBECK CAFE AT THE DUKERIES

The food at the Wellbeck Cafe was about average; perfectly edible but nothing special. Paninis aand toasties came in at between �4 to �5, sandwiches were �3 to �4. Main meals were �6 to �7. Note that they only start serving main meals after 12.

The cafe itself is attractive, being in a beamed room in the main section.


A major problem with the cafe is the size of the queues. Just after midday there was a queue with a wait to be served of about 15 minutes. The queues were caused simply by a lack of staff behind the counter. This was disappointing and spoiled an otherwise good cafe. Watching the queue when we tasted our food it was clear that many people were irritated by the length of the wait.

Admittedly minor, but we did have one other adverse comment. Getting a sandwich out of the plastic wrap was near impossible! They were sealed up so well that we had to resort to a knife to get our sandwich uncovered.

HOUSE PLANTS

House plants There was a smallish range of houseplants for sale at the Dukeries which looked in good condition.

The display looked more like an afterthought than a purpose built display. Prices were about average.

INDOOR SALES AREA

The indoor sales area stocked an excellent range of garden furniture, attractively laid out. Other garden goods, such as feeds and tools were well stocked.

The gift sales area was a bit disappointing. It was badly lit and the gifts rather randomly displayed. The range of greetings cards was comprehensive for a garden centre of this size.

Indoor sales area

OTHER FACILITIES

Maidenhead Aquatics provided the aquatics facilities. They are unfailingly good and this was no exception. This was one of their medium sized outlets and the range of fish, feed and hardware was top quality.

There was a medium sized pet centre which should cover most people's needs.

DISABLED FACILITIES
The majority of areas were accessible by wheelchair both inside and outside. Wheelchairs are available at the front door.

TOILETS
Clean and well maintained. the were ladies, gents and disabled toilets. There were also baby changing facilities.

CAR PARKING
The car park is on flat ground and there were more than enough spaces.

DIRECTIONS AND CONTACT FOR NOTCUTTS DUKERIES GARDEN CENTRE

The address is:
Wellbeck,
Worksop,
Nottinghamshire S80 3LT

Our sat nav delivered us about half a mile away from the garden centre. There is however a sign to Notcutts, The Dukeries on the main road.

A map can be found HERE

Tel: 01909 476506
Email: info@dukeriesgc.co.uk
Website: http://www.dukeriesgc.co.uk, a good website giving all the information needed. We did note that the heading top right gave their name as DUKERIS, it should of course be DUKERIES!

SUMMARY
This garden centre has lots of plants in good condition. The indoor sales area stocked a good range of gardening accessories. The cafe disappointed a bit with average food and long queues.

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