Cafe Giardino - Watford

Sophie Byrom

We came here on a Tuesday afternoon and it was great. Didn’t order food so not sure about the food service but we ordered two smoothies and they were both out in about 5 minutes. Nice smoothies and very quiet for the school holidays.

Jagz

I ate here on Sunday noon. Was very very disappointed, the food quality was very poor.

I asked for a Halloumi sandwich, I thought they would put some salad or something in the bread at least to make it a kind of sandwich, but they just dumped some Halloumi in the bread. I was quite disappointed, maybe it was my fault for not understanding. Tasted like salt & an overdose of butter.

Secondly I ordered a side of fries. Hand on heart this must be one of the worst fries I've ever eaten. It tasted like the oil hand not been changed for ages, tasted horrible.

Thirdly I ordered a kids pizza meal, it's just warmed up in a microwave. Again it's fine if they made it earlier in the day or something. But this had literally no taste to it at all.

The only thing that seemed as though it was ok was the Oasis drink I brought.

It's not a cheap place either, I should have read the other reviews before eating here.

On the plus the staff seemed nice.

Really disappointed, shame as it seems like it could be a great cafe. Just not for me with the poor quality of food. Won't be visiting here again in a hurry.

Refik

Food hygiene rating 4 Stars. But they are due for a visit by the council. The last visit was 13/09/16, so they are due for a new score.
Today I had couscous, broad beans, bean salad and Cray Fish with avocado which is a additional £3.00 charge for normal size plate. £6.95 for normal plate with salad selection with additional £3.00 (optional) if you wanted extra tuna mix, cray fish & avocado mix and so on. I have taken a selection of photos of what they have to offer. Please check it out. Very good for vegans and for people working on keeping fit & healthy. Good portion size.

Vanessa Burnett

Silly me didn’t read the pricing for toasted panini. I ordered a tuna and cheese panini and a chicken and sweet corn panini. To my shock-horror when it came to pay they said £15.00. Not only was it a rip-off but, it was mega overpriced, tasteless, bland, cold and definitely not worth the money. OUTRAGEOUS pricing, and definitely not worth that amount or NOT value for money. I will NEVER go back there again that’s for sure. I’ll stick to Costa as their toasted panini’s are better quality, delicious and worth the price.

Carmen

Having never been here before we thought we’d give it a try. We should have read the other reviews first…
I ordered poached eggs and avocado. Admittedly the eggs were well poached and warm but arrived with the thinnest slivers of avocado, huge chunks of cold (straight from the fridge?) tomatoes and 1 (yes one) slice of toast. The pesto was a nice addition but all in all I expected more given this was almost £10!
My son ordered a tuna melt… such a shame there was more leek/onion/tomato etc. than actual tuna. If you like a ‘hint’ of tuna in your tuna melt this is for you!! Again, given the price we expected more and better.
We’re relatively new to Watford and really want to support Watford businesses, but it’s hard to do so in this instance.

P.S. My son wanted to add that he likes the decor and layout!

Lindsay East

I often come here for breakfast, on a Sunday morning, before the Harlequin opens. I have fried eggs on toast, and bacon. Always freshly cooked, and tasty. They do an excellent freshly squeezed orange juice. Service is friendly, chairs comfortable. Recommended.

Rishi Hindocha

I went here after doing some shopping with my family, we went around Midday, about 15 minutes before the cutoff for brunch. The man at the till seemed to make a real point of checking the time, and basically ignored us for a minute, before taking our order, he kept just standing there, not doing anything. We all found him incredibly rude.

We ordered 2 cappuccinos, 2 poached eggs on toast, chips, and a panini, costing almost £40 for the 3 of us. We then asked for some brown sauce.The poached eggs were horrible, they were rotten and had an awful overwhelming smell. The eggs were brown and the sickly smell put us all off our meal, the brown sauce was incredibly watery, and was bubbly. For almost £40 this is some of the worst value food that I have ever experienced. We will never return, and would recommend that you don’t visit this place, as you may also be served rotting food. The cost of this place is high, which would be fine if the food was actually edible and they didn’t serve rotting food to their customers.

This is the worst place I have visited in my life, and my family will be telling our friends to avoid this place at all costs, we all wish that we never went here, and hope that the food doesn’t make us all ill!

D P

I've been a regular here for around 20 years. The staff are very friendly and always have a smile for you. I'm on first name terms with them all! The coffee is fantastic and the sandwiches and panini's are great. I especially like the Greek and Italian three bean salads.

The place is regularly packed at the weekends and there are plenty of regulars that I frequently catch up with over a coffee and toast.

I thoroughly recommend coming here if you've never visited.