Orchard View Farm LTD Reviews Summary

Facilities

Pros:

• "Facilities were scrupulously clean with lots of lovely hot water."
• "Nice clean facilities including shop, restaurant and bar."
• "The toilet and shower facilities are clean and brilliant."
• "Showers and toilets very clean and well maintained."
• "Facilities (clean and look new)."
• "Toilets and showers had a high standard of cleanliness maintained daily."
• "Wonderful little camp site - facilities were clean and well equipped."

Cons:

• "Very costly shop, cafe and site with no electric hook ups and very basic washroom facilities."
• "The toilet floors could do with a more regular mop as it was muddy and it got quite slippy."
• "Toilet and shower facilities could have been cleaner and better maintained but still acceptable."
• "Dirty showers and toilets- not cleaned frequently and often had no toilet paper."
• "Shower block only seemed cleaned once a day and was v dirty looking and unappealing except when just cleaned."
• "The toilets were dirty and weren’t cleaned very often."
• "Slight smell of sewerage where we were pitched."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The service was fantastic the staff couldn’t do enough."
• "The staff super helpful."
• "All the staff were really helpful."
• "Very friendly staff, bar on site, amazing shop including butcher, lovely spot, good stuff for kids to play on, really nice atmosphere."
• "The staff and owners were super friendly."
• "Extremely friendly team, especially owner Jim and site Manager Steve."
• "The staff were all very polite and attentive."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the coffee was diabolical."
• "Was disappointed the bar not opened till Fri, the cafe shut at 230 pm far too early."
• "Waited for ages to be completely ignored and the couple in the queue behind us were served first!"
• "The £2.08 I was charged for just 2 courgettes was extortionate so I declined to buy them."
• "A long wait for the butties (had to ask when they will be ready) and no coffee available."
• "Took 4 hours to receive the fire pit."
• "There were no staff at check in and no one answering the phones but we just pitched up where we saw a space."

Food and Shop

Pros:

• "Butcher also produces amazing products, you certainly get what you pay for."
• "The food was very nice and my thanks to the chef for getting me some green backed bacon as I don't like smoked bacon for breakfast."
• "The on site shop had everything you could want."
• "The camp shop is also a cafe that sells good food."
• "Excellent food here we have been twice now for breakfast and will definitely return."
• "Unique, cosy farm shop. Excellent service and delicious, high quality food."
• "The meat available from the butchers on site was exceptional and the farm shop had a great selection of food & drinks."

Cons:

• "Overpriced logs for the fire pits and pitches on the small side."
• "The shop and restaurant are quite pricey - there could be more local products."
• "The moist cake was warm (not very appealing) and the scone was dry and heavily spiced with ginger with rhubarb jam."
• "The pizzas were so burnt that the rainwater helped to add back some moisture!"
• "Feel totally ripped off after paying £28 for a joint of beef, no pricing anywhere."
• "Very limited menu, ordered quiche and they refused to warm it up for my elderly mother."
• "Disappointed by the lack of evening food this year as last year the chicken and potatoes was delicious but has since been removed from the menu."

Location and Environment

Pros:

• "Nice area with great views wildlife."
• "Peaceful, clean calm site with friendly staff, dog friendly with a field to let dogs off lead."
• "Quiet location and well situated for visiting the Chilterns."
• "Pleasant rural site. Flat with good views onto the farm's sheep, pigs and deer, then up to the Chilterns on the horizon."
• "It's quite a pretty part of the country and the view from the campsite is particularly pleasant first thing in the morning, with the mist rising."
• "Fantastic view of stars at night and the beautiful countryside during the day on this peaceful and tranquil site."
• "The scenery was lovely field and the sky at night full of stars amazing."

Cons:

• "The loud mouthed kids that turned up late and ruined the entire trip."
• "Main reason for 3 out of 5 was that half the campsite was one large party with lots of children... it made our stay not the best by far."
• "The people in the next field and their 'private event' the woman who was there to was super rude!"
• "Orchard view farm had NO view whatsoever."
• "Very noisy large group drinking and singing loudly for several hours."
• "It's a shame but needs to be noted, the noise coming from the Kimble Wick hunt hounds was unbearable throughout the day/night."
• "The dog noise from the nearby kennels was awful at night."