Tam O'Shanter Urban Farm Reviews Summary

Cafe and Food

Pros:

• "Cafe was great for food. Reasonably priced."
• "Had a delicious hot chocolate."
• "Cafe food was fresh and really tasty."
• "Had lunch in the cafe at the farm. The chicken soup was delicious and very substantial."
• "Nice cafe had 2 cups of tea and a slice of lemon cake and Victoria sponge. Decent prices."
• "The Café is cozy, nice staff and basic good food (hot/cold, cake, ice cream, coffee,...)."
• "The food at the cafe is great and really cheap."

Cons:

• "This lost a star due to the fact the kitchen closes at 3pm yet the site is open till 5pm."
• "BEWARE do not use the cafe after 3.30pm if you want to sit inside."
• "The cafe prices are extortionate! The cafe is awful and overpriced."
• "Not much in the cafe, (most things sold out at 2:30pm) so I would suggest bringing a picnic."
• "This time there was no food left but I can understand that with it being school holidays."
• "The cafe is ok, overpriced for kids food."
• "Bit disappointed this visit about the tiny amount of animal food you get for a £1."

Animals and Farm Experience

Pros:

• "Has all your average farm animals which is great for young children."
• "Good variety of farmyard animals with goats, hens, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs and pigs!"
• "There are pigs, llamas, goats, sheep, small ponies, geese chickens and ducks."
• "Children able to feed certain animals at a cost! £1 a pot."
• "They have a great amount off different animal for a farm for there size."
• "We seen Pigs, Goats, Ducks, Chicken's, Rabbit's, Guinea Pig's, Sheep, & Ram & 2 horses."
• "Lots of animals to see and feed."

Cons:

• "There's very few animals here and you're only able to hand feed 1 goat."
• "Apparently you can buy feed but we couldn't find where to buy it so just went around without it."
• "Tam o shanter is definitely not what it used to be, seems to be fewer and fewer animals, each time we go there."
• "Seem to be fewer animals than there used to be."
• "Kids were a bit disappointed that there were very few actual animals:- 2: ponies a few alpacas 2 rabbits 1 guinea pig, tadpoles and some ducks and geese. No pigs!!!"
• "Not as many animals here as they used to have but my daughter enjoyed the time we spent here."
• "Not very big and I would've liked a few more animals but I've still given it 5 stars because it's a free farm and it was a nice day out, just not for a full day."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Lovely land to walk round free toilets."
• "It has toilet facilities."
• "All amenities are open and hand washing stations are clean and tidy."
• "Pram and pushchair friendly, cute farm animals for the kids to see up close and feed."
• "Free entry making it an affordable day out."
• "Staff are great, cafe and play area for kids too."
• "Entrance is free which makes it a great place to pop in to as a small treat for the little ones."

Cons:

• "It does need more hand washing facilities though."
• "2 out of 3 of the ladies loos had no loo roll."
• "Unfortunately when we were there we saw rats running around, so I didn't want to let my little boy walk by himself."
• "Premises with animals are quite dirty, you can't look past it."
• "Toilets are very scary and need a really good clean."
• "Take a peg for the toilets - they're rank."
• "While we were outside we were bitten by mosquito's."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly and helpful and they seem to run some sort of community/equal opportunity employment scheme which is nice to see."
• "Staff are very friendly and welcoming."
• "The staff are lovely especially in the cafe were they were so patient with my daughter and the man was very funny."
• "Very warm welcome by all volunteers - well worth a visit and a deserved donation to help with the running of the establishment."
• "Staff very friendly."
• "Staff in the cafe are very friendly and polite."
• "All the staff I spoke to were polite."

Cons:

• "They operate only on donations. I do think that help should be given from the council."
• "There were many members of staff (possibly volunteers) that seemed that they didn't want to be there which was a shame."
• "Staff were very helpful and cleaned the tables after use."