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Cafe at Frosts Garden Centre, Frilford


Cafe at Frosts Garden Centre, Frilford


THE ORCHID CAFE AT FROSTS GARDEN CENTRE

The Orchid cafe surprisingly had four separate seating areas. The indoor area was split into two, the main area and a more comfortable one with sofas. There was also a covered area (see right) and an outdoor area (see picture below.

Indoor seating at the Orchid cafe


Attractive bench outdooor seats at the cafe The cafe is primarily intended as coffee / tea shop. They do serve hot paninis but not much other hot food. There was a range of sandwiches, cakes and snacks as well as a selection of coffees, teas and other drinks.

The cafe itself was mainly basic, with principally plastic seats. It was clean and functional. The best seating area was outdoors with large chunky bench seating giving the appearance of being in a park.

HOUSE PLANTS / AQUATICS

House plants at Frosts, Frilford There was a reasonable range of houseplants for sale, all being in good condition. Prices were about average. The display was attractive.
The aquatics department stocked a reasonable range of fish and accessories.

INDOOR SALES AREA

The extensive indoor sales area stocked a variety of goods including, gifts, cards, book, furniture, clothes and lots more. It was pleasantly laid out and easy to navigate. The full range of garden accessories was also available.

OTHER FACILITIES

Several other speciality sales are were dotted around. The kids playhouse and trampolines was especially good. If water features are on your buying list then Frosts have a good selection at their Frilford branch.

Outside the garden centre, there are large areas of grass for picnics. There were a few picnic tables also available.

Also on the same site is Millets Farm Shop. This includes an almost supermarket sized shop of fresh and speciality food (the cheeses are excellent). They have kids play area, a restaurant with superb outdoor seating. The also have an extensive "pick your own" area, a maize in summer holidays and other attractions. Combine this with a trip round the garden centre and you have a day out. Their web site is here.

DISABLED FACILITIES
Access around the indoor and outdoor sales area was excellent for wheelchair users. the paths were flat and adequately wide in most places.

TOILETS
Basic but functional and reasonably clean. There were gents, ladies and toilets for the disabled.

CAR PARKING
Lots and lots of car parking, some spots even had shade if the weather was warm. The car park was near the garden centre and on flat well-drained surfaces.

DIRECTIONS AND CONTACT FOR FROSTS GARDEN CENTRE, FRILFORD

The address is:
Frosts at Millets Farm,
Kingston Road,
Abingdon,
Oxfordshire OX13 5HB

Our sat nav delivered us about a mile away from Frosts garden centre. But they are well signposted (Millets Farm) from all the major surrounding roads.

A map can be found HERE.

Tel: 01865 391923
Email: http://www.frostsgardencentres.co.uk/Contact_Us
Website: http://www.frostsgardencentres.co.uk/Centres/Millets/

SUMMARY
An excellent garden centre, interesting enough for the whole family. The range of plants was extensive and extremely attractively well-laid out. The indoor shopping area was good for gifts.

The cafe was really only for coffee, tea and cakes and snack type meals. It was basic, but the outdoor seating area was very pleasant.

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