Lavender Lodge Tea Room & Bistro - Chippenham

David Lear (First-Gen-Gamer)

A lovely place to eat. Great service very friendly and attentive staff. Food and drink was excellent. Price was a buy steep but no more than you would pay in other more up market tea shops on the high St. Would recommend to all.

Wei Hoang

It looks like a lovely relaxing quaint English tea room which is very good for a garden centre but was disappointed in their gluten free apple and plum cake slice. It had a strange texture and lacked flavour. My dad had a bakewell slice which he said was delicious. The drinks were nice. Hot chocolate with coconut milk was delicious costing £4. It's table service but paid at the counter. We have been here several times but this is the first time trying gluten free cake. I am happy to see they catered for different dietary requirements.

Marta Skorubska

Absolutely beautiful place , super friendly stuff , food service very quick and food delicious, plenty of tables . Lovely decorated

Will

There was a notice saying aplogising stating they were understaffed so a full menu may not be available.

But all the staff were clearly working extremely hard and were attentive. You wouldn't have known.

Very busy and there was a small wait to be seated.

You could have a light bite or lunch.

We opted for lunch.

Our meals were very reasonably priced and perfectly acceptable.

However, sadly my friend didn't enjoy her main at all (pesto, quinoa salad) and she isn't a fussy eater at all and felt something tasted odd.

Normally I would have mentioned it but the staff were working so hard and were so kind, I didn't have the heart.

I do feel that £2.30 for a small bottle of water is unreasonable; which my friend had.

I opted for tap water.

Myles Horton

Very nice experience. Welcoming and friendly staff.
Food was very well presented and, more importantly, very tasty. I had the belly pork, and I have to say it was the best belly pork I'd had in 10 years.
There was an issue with the till on the day we visited, which could have caused massive inconvenience, but it was dealt with very professionally by all members of the team.
It's definitely worth eating there.

Joanna Dawns

Situated in an outbuilding with wheel chair access but you do have to face the weather getting from the main building.there is wheel chair access but a little dumpy. Breakfast is served up to 11am the main venue after is limited and not cheap. We found the milk for the tea was on the turn which they sorted straight away. There is a good choice of cakes. There is another cafe inside the garden centre not sure if they are connected but it was our first visit and never knew there was one inside

Paul Ruffles

Good traditional cafe/restaurant with a very big garden centre attached! Quite attractive large inside seating area and reasonable outside terrace overlooking the garden displays.
Good menu with plenty of gluten-free and vegy options.

Stan

We visited here last year and we decided today we were going to visit again but we were very disappointed.
Firstly, it was freezing in there it which was not expected as it was cold outside. I thought they would have blow heaters or the radiators on.
We ordered full English, and the food was cold and very bland as if it was pre-cooked first thing this morning, then reheated to be served to us.
The hot chocolate tasted like water. There was no flavour.
You have to pay in advance. I am not surprised if they are serving cold food. Many people would send it back and not pay for it.
The waitresses asked if everything was okay. we explained that it wasn't, and she said that she would give the chef the feedback.
Don't think we will be using this place again when we visit with our group for the Christmas decorations.
Shame as it was very good last year. I'm glad I visited in advance before our group did as they would be disappointed to be served that.