We never fail to be looked after at silica lodge. The cafe is a delight, Debbie is so attentive, she really cares about her customers. All staff are really friendly. Can’t recommend enough. And at Christmas, the grotto is something to behold!!
Excellent variety of plants, especially vegetable and herbs, very helpful and friendly staff. Had such a lovely lunch too, service was excellent.
Visiting the area and wanted somewhere to meet friends. This was perfect. Plenty of parking, really friendly and helpful staff, great coffee and food. The Santa's grotto was the best ever......fantastic value and a true winter and Christmas wonderland. My 8 year old and I loved it. Will defiantly come again when in the area. Thank you!
We went for lunch yesterday for our first visit and we wasn't dissappointed . It was great , very happy and polite staff and a very quick service . We had roast beef Sunday lunch and it was great . Very happy will be making another visit soon .
I don't usually write reviews but this place is brilliant. Highly recommend the visit to Santa. Best one I've been to and will be returning next year. No ques and the train through the wonderland was lovely. Good value for money.
Really enjoyed the tea for two ,nice friendly staff ,nice surroundings
Would have been a lot nicer with a pot of coffee instead of a cup.
Took my 2 year old boy here today to see santa, was well worth the visit. By far the best Christmas experience I have been too. All the staff were brilliant and interacted with the children. Good value for money compared to some other places with the experience that the kids (and adults ) get!! The Christmas showrooms were lovely, and I liked the upside down Christmas trees lol. Thanks for a magical afternoon xx
My husband and I often pop in the restaurant for a latte but yesterday we went to the restaurant with several members of our family and the staff could not do enough for us. Very friendly manager also. We had a superb lunch with great fast service.
Had a lovely time visiting Santa yesterday with Freya aged 5 and Jacob aged 4 . Both absolutely loved the whole experience on the train ride to Santa’s grotto. We had a lovely breakfast first in the cafe and although it was busy they accommodated seating 8 of us together. We didn’t wait long to be served considering how busy they were and the food was lovely, hot and good quality.
What a great little quaint garden centre on the edge of Scunthorpe.
Not very well sign posted, but a lovey entrance.
The little cafe has a freindly warm welcome, it's very reasonably priced, the staff are very courteous and polite. 👍
I visited silica garden centre last week and when you purchased anything you could take a free plant, I always buy the plants that look sorry gives me great pleasure to see them flourish back home.
Silica is one of the best garden centres and thank you for my free plant, it’s loving its new home and now has green leaves and flowering 😀🪴🪴
Great cafe in a lovely, friendly garden centre!
We have visited the cafe at Silica Lodge several times, either for coffee and cake, or for a full lunch. There is a full menu including hot and cold meals,as well as sandwiches and lighter snacks. The cakes are delicious too!
Our food was tasty, hot and good value. I had reserved a table beforehand as there were 5 of us, and this was clearly marked and available when we arrived.
The outside seating area is lovely, and a sun trap, but perhaps could do with more shade on very hot days. The inside part of the cafe can also get uncomfortably hot, but the dog friendly area is much cooler - perhaps there is better air conditioning in the main building?
Went for lunch, had a wonderful experience at the Four Seasons coffee shop. Great atmosphere and delicious food, I ordered the eggs royale and I couldn't be happier. It took 15 minutes from placing the order to it arriving at my table, but it came with a muffin, lovely smoked salmon, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Well worth the money and the staff were super polite and welcoming.
Will definitely be back and would recommend!
A nice well looked after garden centre. Lots of choice, many fruit trees and some fun displays. We even saw some donkeys on our last visit. Worth a look if you're in Scunthorpe.
22nd August 2023
my husband and I had a lovely afternoon tea, we enjoyed the delicious finger sandwiches that were generously filled, each one had different fillings, sausage roll, quiche, scotch egg, creme Scone, 2 slices of different sponges and chocolate brownie, all light and delicious plus a pot of tea and a pot of coffee, the staff member that served us was so cheerful and it was lovely chatting to her, all the staff are nice, all in all a pleasant time had at Silica Lodge restaurant, will definitely go again.thank you to all the staff.
I was in store as part of a team promoting “Dying Matters” and had the opportunity to watch the staff during the course of the day.
The staff were so pleasant and helpful and had a great rapport with the customers.The staff looked after us very well.Thank you so much for your hospitality.
Had a meal there on Saturday, it was from The Specials Board, there were four of us all choosing from that option, it was lovely
2 had steak pie
2 had quiche
We all thoroughly enjoyed it , 4 empty plates went back !!
Lovely choice of cakes, but we were too full to indulge in any, so will defo return to try some of these
THANKYOU ALL STAFF VERY NICE
☕🍰👍
Great selection of plants and many other things friendly staff tidy carpark the whole place set out nice happy to visit again
Today we went to visit Santa at Silica Lodge, it was amazing, we loved it. Lovely walk through with lots of things to see, some snow and some bubbles! And seeing the man in red was so special, still beautifully personal, not rushed and able to pick a toy of their own choice! Well done Silica lodge for providing a great covid safe santa experience!
All dressed up for Christmas, deli counters have an extensive range of products. Loved taking the babies to see the decorations.
A wide variety of plants & vegetables. Accessories galore. When you have finished there is a lovely cafe to feed & refresh you.
Brilliant garden centre with huge variety of plants. Amazing cafe serving fantastic food and coffee.
Can't wait til summer to sit outside which is always very pleasant. Please don't ever become a mundane "British Garden Centre"
Went for breakfast here this morning. Food was of excellent quality, well cooked and with ability to choose you own options (my personal choice shown below) Staff were very pleasant, polite and friendly and cleanliness was obvious. Very good value for money too. I'll definitely be back.
Lovely selection of houseplants and everything for your gardening needs. Cafe on site, Dog friendly around site and areas to eat where the dogs can join you. The range of plants is fabulous a gardener's delight!!
Absolutely lovely place, good value and lovely staff. Food was very good too!
I went in looking for some gladioli bulbs for my mother in law and there were some lovely colours. I didn't have time to browse the rest of the shop bit looks really nice and staff were helpful. Nice place from what I can see xxx
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