The Gardens - Reading

No obvious signage easy to miss. Inside cavernous and yet sparse. Not particularly welcoming or comfortable and a bit chilly as well. An intriguing looking but untried jumbo sausage roll. May well be investigated in future What was outstanding was the real quality of the coffee; a suggested Guatemalan espresso. Wow! Really strong with no bitterness and a brilliant flavour. Worth travelling miles for which one of us did just that.

Love this place. Coffee cakes sooo good. Staff always polite and chatty. A massive variety of homemade cakes always on offer the variety of brownies amazing. I literally am spoilt for choice! Last visit I could smell the sausage roll another customer was eating it was mouth watering. Let the products on offer here do the talking, not the décor. I'd rather have top quality gnosh and sit on basic furniture than have mass produced food served on plush sofas. Support this local business, you will not be disappointed.

Cakes looked nice but no prices. We had the chocolate brownie and it wasn’t unpleasant. Coffee was ok but not great. Had to ask for the cake after coffee was ready, staff were ok but one kept staring and it was quite uncomfortable. No ambience. Wouldn’t use again.

Coffee and food was really quite good and staff friendly and helpful. Nothing is priced so you are ordering blind and it’s not cheap. However a trip to the loo left me seriously concerned about hygiene standards!!

The coffee at this restaurant was enjoyable, but the unfriendly service, missing prices, and unpleasant cakes have left me with no desire to return. The cake was dry, flavorless, and the icing tasted only of butter - I couldn't even finish my slice.