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The Arium
The Arium: Garden center, gifts, and family-friendly fun in Whinmoor.
3.4
Retail Store
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The Arium: Garden center, gifts, and family-friendly fun in Whinmoor.
The Arium is a garden center in Whinmoor, Leeds, offering a greenhouse, nursery, gift shop, and home goods, plus a cafe and a free outdoor play area. Reviews praise attentive staff and memorable team events, and highlight a welcoming, family-friendly setting with space for kids to explore. Some feedback notes a small cafe menu and occasional service or cleanliness issues, but the venue remains a versatile day-out for gardening, shopping, and gatherings.
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Browse a selection of plants, gardening supplies, and seasonal items in our greenhouse and outdoor areas.
Free family-friendly play zone with slides, bike tracks, and sand diggers for children to enjoy.
Cozy cafe serving light meals, snacks, and drinks, with seating available for relaxation.
Shop for home improvement items, furniture, and unique gifts in our store section.
Host team events, workshops (e.g., Christmas wreath-making), and private gatherings with catering options.
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Overall rating
Cheryl Batten
We had our Team Event Afternoon here making Christmas wreaths along with a buffet lunch. The team had such a fun afternoon; the food was nice and the staff were very attentive. Thank you for making our Team Day memorable.
Stephanie Turnbull
Visited cafe at 1pm mid week, of the very small menu they had hardly any of the items available. The staff were lovely young girls so apologetic but this is clearly poor management of kitchen. What’s point in weekly specials when you have none of them. Food was fine once we managed to find an item available but for such a huge place the cafe is ridiculously poor.
Kirsty Lilburn
It is just OK - the reason we visit is for the free outdoor play area with little track for bikes and scooters. That part is good and keeps us coming back. Toilets and a cafe being at least available is also good. But the cafe food is a mix of overpriced (the portion of kids pasta for £3.95 was comical), toppings on the jacket potatoes stingy and scones rock solid - we got a refund on that. Unfortunately wouldn't eat here again. It could be great if someone invested a bit of time in proposition and service. The underside of the dining tables are absolutely filthy and soiled our clothes when sitting down.
M T
Amazing outdoor playground. My preschooler absolutely loved it, plenty of room on a cold Saturday morning to ride a bike around and play on the slides. The sand diggers are a bit hard to use for young children. Overall the play equipment is amazing. I didn’t think much of the actual garden centre but I’d imagine it’s much more of a garden centre in the summer months.
Matt Moore (AlwaysComputing)
Amazing place to visit. The greenhouse is incredible to see. The nursery is nice too, though a little smaller than I thought it was going to be. Small selection, but nice still. Would be ace to be able to see in the greenhouse too. The kids play area looked really good too. Worth a day out.
