点评:What a joke. Since Mickey Ancram died his successor seems to have been really trying to promote Monteviot as a tourist attraction. New signage and social media posts etc. We’ve been before and loved it, so went again this weekend to see what it was all about, and to try the Courtyard Cafe. We arrived and thought we’d gone to the wrong house. The ‘cafe’ is a wooden tool shed at the back door of the house (which is always closed, seemingly). ‘Barista’ the old lady was not. Coffee was instant from a flask. I could have laughed out loud. She was very unfriendly, and despite flogging the place like a d**d horse they clearly don’t want visitors. Feeling really deceived we turned and left. Save yourself the money and walk along the river from Harestanes instead. They have a nice cafe, and you can see most of the garden from the path. I think the marketing is very false - there was no barista there at all.
翻译:真是个笑话。自从米奇·安克拉姆去世后,他的继任者似乎一直在努力把蒙特维奥特推广成旅游景点。新的标识和社交媒体帖子等等。我们以前来过,非常喜欢,所以这个周末又去了一次,看看到底是怎么回事,还去试试庭院咖啡馆。我们到了之后,还以为走错房子了。“咖啡馆”是房子后门的一个木制工具棚(似乎总是关着)。那位老太太不是“咖啡师”。咖啡是用保温瓶速溶的。我差点笑出声来。她非常不友好,尽管把这个地方吹得像一匹该死的马,但他们显然不欢迎游客。感觉真的被骗了,我们转身离开了。省下钱,从哈雷斯坦斯沿着河边走吧。他们有一家不错的咖啡馆,从小路上可以看到花园的大部分景色。我觉得他们的营销很虚假——那里根本没有咖啡师。