From its iconic Dry Garden to exciting new features, our Essex garden goes from strength to strength. From its iconic Dry Garden to exciting new features, our Essex garden goes from strength to strength.

Food & Drink

Discover the restaurant and café at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, serving delicious food made from fresh, seasonal produce

Useful information

High chairs are available

Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and vegetarian options are available, and sandwiches with gluten-free bread can be made to order

The Gardeners Rest Restaurant

Open daily 10.30am – 2.45pm (last service)
Food served 11.30am – 2.15pm (2.30pm on weekends)

The Gardeners Rest Restaurant, in RHS Hyde Hall's Hilltop Garden, is our purpose-built restaurant looking out over the iconic Dry Garden and rolling Essex countryside.

The Clover Café

Open daily 9.30am – 3.15pm (last service)
Food served 11.30am – 2.15pm (2.30pm on weekends)

In the Clover Café you will find a great range of speciality teas, coffees, cakes and sandwiches. There’s also a tempting range of cooked items for both breakfast and lunch.

The Thatched Barn

The Thatched Barn is a seasonal pop-up, please enquire on arrival about opening hours.

A traditional tearoom full of character and charm, here you can enjoy sweet and savoury treats prepared by in-house patisserie chefs using seasonal crops from the Global Growth Vegetable Garden.

Chef's Promise

At Hyde Hall, our Head Chef, James Curtis, promises to create and deliver the highest possible standard of local, fresh and seasonal fare. We use as much produce as possible from our own vegetable garden, where staff grow a range of vegetables from around the world.

Allergy information

We make every effort to minimise cross-contamination, but some of our ingredients are manufactured, and our dishes prepared, in environments where allergens are present. We cannot therefore guarantee that any item on our menu is 100% allergen-free.

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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.