Mead Open Farm Reviews Summary

Animal and Petting Areas

Pros:

• "Lots of animals to feed and very fun for kids."
• "The dwarf goats are adorable and they have bunnies, sheep, ponies and donkeys."
• "Animals are accessible, bottle fed lambs, and up close to all."
• "Really enjoyed ourselves lots of happy and comfortable farmyard animals which you can feed and stroke."
• "Petting opportunities with lambs, rabbits, goats, alpacas, plus other animals to see."
• "The animals are well looked after and the pens are great for families to wander around, feeding and stroking is allowed."
• "Our children thoroughly enjoyed meeting the animals in the barn."

Cons:

• "Last visit we saw only chicken and goats on area!"
• "The only bit we found a little bit disappointing was the tractor ride as there wasn't many animals to see."
• "Not terrible, but not a lot of different animals."
• "The farm isn’t great, not a lot of animals to see and feed."
• "Animals have not enough room."
• "The ponies looked rather unkempt and like they would rather not be surrounded by people."
• "Cruel... This farm does not care for animals by the looks of it. And that’s just sad :("

Food and Restaurant

Pros:

• "The food is the best part, it's absolutely lovely! I thought it would be just usual cheap fast frozen food, but it's all freshly prepared as super tasty!"
• "Food was amazing quality, quick service & friendly staff."
• "Food was excellent, Pizza and Enormous chips, a little expensive but overall, Food was hot and Tasty."
• "The food wouldn't look out of place in a top restaurant and there's a good choice for younger children too."
• "All the food was nice and reasonably priced, lots of places to grab a drink and the ice creams were very good with generous scoops!"
• "Good food at reasonable prices."
• "Restaurant serves good food and eating area is clean and robust."

Cons:

• "There were no prices for the food and the staff were getting annoyed with us asking!"
• "The food canteen was a nightmare."
• "Very disappointed with the evening meal. Unfortunately, the burgers were stone cold and the children's macaroni cheese was just awful it was overcooked and lacking any flavour."
• "Food is very underwhelming and also quite expensive."
• "Food service was extremely slow, had long queues and had sold out of many options."
• "They've removed all pizzas and children's meals off menu."
• "Food at restaurant not so good staff don't explain anything really pricy and food was rubbish."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Lots of cleaning stations & great experiences for the kids to participate in."
• "Clean and tidy throughout."
• "The facilities are really well designed for those with small children."
• "The animal and play areas are well maintained with lots of hand washing stations."
• "Very clean, different area to play, safety and diverse."
• "Good hygiene stations and hand washing facilities."
• "Good picnic areas, good safety and hygiene standards."

Cons:

• "The soft play area is large but there was absolutely no where to sit."
• "Once it was so full I was actually shocked they had allowed so many people into the area, hazardous definitely came to mind."
• "The only downside is the mixed toilets in the soft play barn."
• "Not very secure indoor play area as you have to constantly watch your kids."
• "The downside of our visit was that it was extremely dirty - there was a lot of rubbish and bins were overflowing."
• "Indoor playground very crowded and very very uncleaned area can’t enter inside from the smell."
• "The toilets were absolutely disgusting and there where far too few of them."