Meadow Croft garden centre restaurant among top worldwide

Meadow Croft Garden Centre, in Woodham Road, Battlesbridge, has once again been inundated with awards for their extremely popular on-site restaurant Meadow Croft Kitchen, receiving two awards in the last week of September.

For the third consecutive year, the venue has been honoured with a TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Award following reviews from millions, which also placed the restaurant in the top 10 per cent worldwide.

Recognition - Chelsea Hill, manager (left) is honoured to be recognised.(Image: Chelsea Hill)

Additionally, the venue has been given the Bronze award in the Garden Trade News' Greatest Food and Drink Garden Centre Team Award.

Chelsea Hill, front of house manager, said: "It's just brilliant and almost feels too good to be true - knowing that customers are recommending us is a great feeling.

"People often go on TripAdvisor to report bad feedback, so it's lovely to see positive feedback and even see staff mentioned by name for their excellent service.

"It's such an honour and we cant believe were getting all these awards."

Personable - The team at Meadow Croft Kitchen has 45 friendly front of house staff.(Image: Chelsea Hill)

The venue is no stranger to awards, recently ranking fourth for UK garden centre breakfasts byAdd People, and placing the highest across the East of England.

Meadow Croft Kitchen celebrated 20 years since the restaurant's humble beginnings in a coffee trailer earlier this year, and has since grown to employ 45 front of house staff, and more than 100 total in catering at the site.

Chelsea added: "It's mad how popular we've become, and we have a lot of staff backing the team to do what we can to make everyone's experience the best it can be.

"Sundays are crazy, and we've had people blocking the roads to get in and queuing up before we even open - we're even busier now since the German Christmas market opened."

Dedicated - The Kitchen has been inundated with awards in recent months.(Image: Chelsea Hill)

Chelsea attributed much of the kitchen's success to their personable staff, who provide attentive table service with a dedicated person to look after set tables.

She added: "What we offer stands out, with an extensive menu and variety of options - we're also flexible with orders and are on top of dietary requirements and allergies.

"We always try to go above and beyond, and it's amazing to be recognised for all our hard work."