Windsor Farm Shop Reviews Summary

Category: Farm shop

Address: Datchet Rd, Old Windsor, Windsor SL4 2RQ, United Kingdom

Phone: +441753623800

Rating: 4.4
based on 206 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Very friendly and knowledgeable."
  • "Wonderful staff and a lovely cafe."
  • "Staff are very friendly, as expected for a tourist hotspot."
  • "The guys working there very knowledgeable and helpful."
  • "Staff have always been friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff are friendly and helpful."
  • "Efficient, friendly and hard working staff. Excellent."

Cons:

  • "Second time after refurbishment and dissatisfied! Could not have jacket potatoes and today even forgotten to be served!"
  • "Disappointed with the service in the cafe today it was busy but one of the staff was obviously in a bad mood so came across unhelpful & rude."
  • "Very badly organised staff slow and resentful."
  • "The gentleman who was standing waiting to bring our tea was so miserable. Not even a smile or eye contact."
  • "Had to ask a woman behind the cash till if she would mind cleaning some tables so we could sit down. She didn't look very interested."
  • "Cafe staff at Windsor Farm Shop were very rude."
  • "The staff we felt were not very accommodating or friendly at all with our elderly residents."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The coffee shop is very expensive but the produce is top quality."
  • "If you’re looking for a cafe with a bit of a view and pretty decent food, you can’t go wrong here."
  • "Wonderful cakes and an incredible amount of jam and spread selection, all in nice branded packaging."
  • "The wild boar and apple burgers are some of the best I have ever had!"
  • "The quality is always outstanding."
  • "The meat is superb quality and the staff very helpful."
  • "The fruit and vegetables always fresh and a lot are produced by the Royal Estates."

Cons:

  • "The scones tasted like doughy bread that was not cooked thoroughly."
  • "Instead what we were served was so sad and overpriced."
  • "Went to the cafe today for the first time.had large breakfast it was tasteless you could not cut the sausages."
  • "Good options were limited and the cake display looked sad with minimal options - unfortunately cake slices were dry too."
  • "Some almost-raw bacon and pre-packaged butter for the uninspired, pale toast as part of the £9.95 English breakfast."
  • "The hot food served was expensive and the quality did not meet the standards I had heard of."
  • "Undercooked, fatty bacon."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Value for money is evident, just under £10 for a full English."
  • "Not quite back to normal but a large selection of lovely goodies in the Christmas shop at reasonable prices."
  • "Next to the farm shop is a cafe that serves great cakes and other snacks at very reasonable prices."
  • "Visited to buy one of their great steak and Stilton pies. Absolutely worth the price as plenty of meat, and wonderful taste."
  • "The pie section is also worth a special mention and the selection is truly remarkable and prices very reasonable."
  • "Absolute top quality meat and veg at very decent prices."
  • "First visit. Definitely impressed at the very reasonable prices. The very high quality and the butchers - divine!!"

Cons:

  • "That said.. wow, it's pricey. Slabs crisps for 2 pound 15(they are awesome btw)."
  • "It's expensive and busy. I'd not go unless you like paying more than you should."
  • "Most items are ridiculously overpriced, and not really superior enough to warrant it."
  • "Like a rabbit is 6 quid -- that's the price I pay in Wales!"
  • "Other things especially those aimed at tourists were Very Expensive which is a shame."
  • "£12.14 for 2 sandwiches!!!"
  • "6 pounds for a pot tea 3x tea bags and water a bit pricey."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Beautiful setting. Even the entrance is inviting."
  • "We enjoy visiting Windsor Farm Shop as it has a very happy atmosphere."
  • "Lovely little place, a wonderful idea from the late Duke of Edinburgh, and good for both locals and tourists."
  • "The setting was lovely and I did like it."
  • "Set behind the farm shop the cafe has a great view of Windsor park."
  • "The restaurant is well worth a visit, pleasant surroundings and outside space."
  • "A breakfast created using produce from the Windsor estate. All sounds pretty lovely, and in truth it is."

Cons:

  • "Drinks were served in paper cups."
  • "Our table could have done with a wipe."
  • "Floor was disgustingly covered in bits of cake, crumbs and food."
  • "Yet the floor looked like it hadn't been swept for at least a few days."
  • "The tracks on which the lighting sat, which was right over our table, was resplendent with a thick layer of cobwebs and in parts held together with tape."
  • "Old cups, plates and drinks stacked up behind the counters making it feel like the place was closing down."
  • "Very dirty floors/tables."

Shop and Cafe Experience

Pros:

  • "Great shop and café, highly recommended."
  • "The shop carries relatively little local produce."
  • "The farm shop is very big with lots to offer."
  • "Fantastic farm shop, wonderful selection of fresh vegetables and the butcher's shop is amazing full of great joints sausages and pies to die for."
  • "Both shop and cafe sell quality produce, much of their meat coming from their own farm."
  • "The shop offers an interesting selection of locally sourced produce and posh confectionery."
  • "This is a lovely farm shop with separate cafe on the Windsor/Old Windsor/Datchet borders."

Cons:

  • "The coffee shop is good with some great looking cakes and a wide range of coffees and tea."
  • "It's really bizarre how you can have a farm shop and a café as one enterprise, yet they bear no relationship with one another."
  • "However the coffee shop is very overpriced, and the staff often look disinterested in what they are doing."
  • "We waited 20 minutes for the table to be cleared. This did not happen."
  • "Not the place to shop if you want to feed a family of four for a tenner."
  • "Veg and fruits on the peak growing season are disappointing."
  • "Under grilled tomato, pot of beans was all sauce no bean, no black pudding on offer."

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