The Orchards Cafe

Rode past a few years ago on way to Labour at the new EMRC site being built and thought it was for employees only. Discovered today whilst looking for a local cafe to take the partner and son for a quick bite, that it is open to public too, so thought we'd give it a try. Turned out to be a fantastic decision. Lovely spot with the friendliest staff you'll find anywhere. Food top notch and reasonably priced and best of all it's HOT. Plenty of space for meetings or a quiet bite, the staff having meetings are barely audible and very respectful of the surroundings even when sat one table over. It is clear the owners and managers of this establishment care about what they do. It's a whole package breakfast/lunch experience, lovely landscaped surroundings, wonderful food, and a service to match. You can access it on foot or by car, and is only a short distance from the nearest bus stop and train station. 5*s isn't enough. Will be coming back again VERY soon and I can't wait to visit when the orchards are in bloom.

Staff are friendly and efficient, nice range of cakes and pastries, coffee is good too.

I think they were having a bad day food was cold eggs hard bacon was like rubber very expensive for what you got

Very nice cafe great cakes at sensible prices always good service plenty of freshly cooked dishes and salads available at lunchtime.

There is no getting away from the fact that this is the cafeteria for the Research Institute staff rather than a cafe where you might come for a cup of tea and cake. However the staff are very welcoming and the food of good quality and they are happy to see visitors from outside. Prices are on the lower than normal side.