Cafe Skylark - Fenland

I have dined at the Skylark Cafe several times and have consistently enjoyed the delicious food and fast service. The kitchen is open, allowing you to see the chef at work, and the cleanliness and hygiene are excellent. The food is always of high quality, and I recommend trying the black pudding as an extra. The cakes are consistently tasty as well.

This is about the worst ever cafe we have been to. We stopped on our way home to break the journey and intended having drinks and cakes. We were quickly seated and placed our order for one cappuccino, one tea, one slice of carrot cake and one slice of treacle tart cold and with cream. So far so good. We waited about ten minutes and no drinks had arrived. We waited several more minutes and then the cakes arrived. The treacle tart was not cold as I had specifically stated and it had been warmed up. I returned it to the counter and was told it was the last one so i reluctantly took it back to our table as we were both hungry. I poured some of the cream onto it and was very shocked at what I saw. It was more like cottage cheese than cream yellow in places and lumps in it. I returned that and I was asked if I wanted anything else. I declined and returned to my wife and said we were leaving due to the exceedingly poor food hygiene standards. The drinks had not turned up either. We left my wife 's carrot cake untouched on the table and walked towards the exit. We were then shouted at by a strange girl who said we hadn 't paid. I said we hadn 't paid because we hadn 't had anything. She insisted the drinks were on the way and we had to pay for them and the carrot cake. I reiterated the fact we had not had anything but she insisted we had. Very embarrassing and distressing in front of other customers. I said I ordered the treacle tart cold but it had turned up warmed. She said they HAD TO warm it as treacle tart is too stiff otherwise ! Erm I specifically asked for it cold and the other woman who took the order asked me if I wanted it cold or warming up ! I then pointed out the cream was off and more like smelly cottage cheese. She did actually agree that THAT was their fault but I would still have to pay for the carrot cake and the drinks that we had had ! I pointed out the untouched carrot cake still on our table and again reminded her we had not had any drinks and we walked away from her. This is the first time we have been to this garden centre and cafe and it will definitely be the last. One star is over generous for this dump and its very rude staff.

I find that Skylark is a wonderful place to meet friends for Breakfast or Coffee and a naughty slice of one of the delicious cakes or Lunch or afternoon tea. The staff are always very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend Skylark.

Had a lovely vegetarian cooked breakfast here, highly recommend. Cafe was cosy and warm and staff very friendly.

I recently had lunch in this cafe and I must say the food was of a great standard, and i would recomend it to anyone. The only thing that i thought was rather expensive was the coffes at £2.99 for a cup but other than that i wouldn't hesitate in eatening there again The staff were also very friendly and helpful. So if you like a wander round a garden centre give this one a try