The Pavilion Garden Centre Myrtle Hill, Ballygarvan, County Cork T12 YD28

"Had lunch & cakes in The Pav, food was great - especially the desserts! Great selection and tasted absolutely divine. However the experience was somewhat marred as we were frozen sitting in the cafe, big cold draft blowing through constantly. Plus our table was next to coffee dock area and in front of desserts section - there was constant traffic checking out desserts, or staff collecting drinks - people were on top of us the entire time which was not pleasant. Please provide better heating in this wonderful place, and consider not having a table right up there at the counter area."

"The food was amazing, the flavours were amazing. My only fault with it the serving was huge and I couldn't finish it. I was stuffed. I was able to walk it off walking around the beautiful shop. It was as lovely afternoon. The atmosphere was fantastic, they were extremely busy and had to be under pressure, all the staff from the person who showed us our table, the person who took our order and served us it was done with a smile. I would recommend booking a table to avoid disappointment."

"took my 10 month old baby to see Santa in The Pavillon, Saturday Dec 10th. Upon arriving at The Pavillion there was no signage that we could see to lead the way to where we would see Santa. We had to find a member of staff and ask where to go. The staff member just waved in towards the Christmas markets and told us 'Down there on the right' Although all the people working inside the grotto were lovely, the entire experience lasted less than 5 minutes and Santa did not interact very much at all with my baby. When we got into the room Santa looked at my baby and immediately said 'Oh I don't think he will like me' after a minute or 2, Santa reluctantly held him and our baby did get upset, but I think if there had been more interaction and Santa was more upbeat, he might not have got upset! We have plenty of Santa decorations and he has seen him on TV and has been a big fan. When booking our visit we were also asked to fill out a profile for my baby - age, interests, allergies (I presumed this would be for interaction with Santa and to help with the present that he would receive) I stated that my baby was allergic to dairy, nuts and eggs...his gift from The Pavillion Santa Experience was a Cadbury selection box and a Pavillion calendar. Not only do I think its inappropriate to give a 10 month old 6 bars of chocolate, but I had clearly stated that he was allergic to dairy. Also, what is a 10 month old going to do with a calendar? We paid 50 euro for this visit and to say it was disappointing is an understatement. I would advise anybody thinking of taking their children to see Santa here, to look elsewhere. I have had many people tell me of other amazing experiences around Cork, that cost half the price. It was very upsetting for me as a mom that this was my babies first experience of seeing Santa. I also reached out to The Pavillion by email, upon arriving home after the visit and they have decided not to respond."

"Only good thing is the atmosphere, chowder was really "salmon soup" to quote another review and 20euro fish and chips were fish fingers"