Fillpots Garden Centre in Colchester

Breakfast was cold. It came in seconds flat so could not have been cooked fresh and probably left under a hot plate. I don't want to be paying for cold cremated food. Won't be going back.

Lovely garden center lots of quality gifts,cards ,ornaments,candles & numerous other things.There is a large outside & inside garden section full of colour. The prices are quite steep however.

Really enjoy this garden centre. Good variety of plants at reasonable prices. I have bought 3 trees from here now and all were of a good quality.I have been to the café for a lovely caesar salad- although I think the coffee could have been stronger!There is a lovely selection of gifts and cards as well.Does get pretty busy but even if the car park is full the garden centre is so big that it doesn't feel crowded once inside.

Disappointing food in the cafe- it used to be so good. Perhaps the chef has changed. The nursery and cafe surroundings are well worth a visit though. Perhaps we’ll just have tea and cake next time and we’ll steer clear of anything cooked.

Visited for breakfast this morning. Not busy as it was around 1000hrs. Ordered breakfast which arrived and we were thoroughly disappointed. It was thrown on the plate, eggs covered in bits from dirty oil. Food was luke warm, sausages hard and microwaved. Toast cold and hard also.Not impressed at all.

We went for breakfast, there are many options, it was good value for money, the staff were friendly and polite. They have expanded the indoor sitting area. We didn't go round the garden center part, but we have done before, they have have a good choice of plants, ornaments.

We visited the cafe for lunch. Food was overpriced and terrible. Homemade quiche just nuked in the microwave, my daughter's fish fingers were so overcooked the fish was hard and chewy. My husband had a panini (£10!!!) which was rubbery as it was also overcooked. Would not recommend the cafe. Garden centre, on the other hand, is nice with an abundance of varied plants and flowers and some lovely homeware items.

First visit today, really enjoyed it. We had breakfast in the cafe which was delicious, and had a wander round the shop looking at all the lovely gifts and plants.

Came with a friend because we loooove looking around a good garden centre! When you first walk in, you're greeted with a tiny little houseplant section. Not a problem, only that the houseplants that were there looked very dire, with most of them shedding leaves and looking half-dead, which was a bit disappointing. The plants outside were definitely better, but still lacking. Didn't go to the coffee shop, so can't speak on that - we left and went somewhere else!

We visited here for breakfast and were very impressed with not only the service but also the food.The place is very well presented and clean.The garden centre is great and we bought a massive cactus plant, hopefully the wife won’t kill it.Thanks for a great meal.M&L