"Entry with honesty donation, and suggested donation very reasonable."
"City farm, cheap to get in, in comparison to others in the area."
"Fair priced farm, not a huge amount there but what do you expect when it's only £4 for an adult."
"Run by volunteers and only a suggested donation of £2 for adults."
"Not worth for money you spend. £3.50 for an adult and £0.50 for animal feed."
"Ok for a cheap day out with baby as under twos have free entry."
Cons:
"The admissions charges are so overpriced for what there was to actual see and do."
"waste of 4.50 as they didnt had much animals to look at, and it only took 5 mins to look around the place."
"Was expensive for what it was, the sheep's and goats were brilliant...... And that's about it."
"Such a waste of a drive to not even get a few hours out with our kids."
"I was very disappointed... We spent there less than one hour; thus, it is not worth for the money."
"Very cheap but unfortunately not worth the money."
"Now I know that the farm is no longer council funded and had to charge entrance to keep farm open but the admissions charges are so overpriced for what there was to actual see and do."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Lovely friendly staff."
"The staff are super friendly and helpful."
"Staff were very kind and helpful."
"The staff are really lovely and friendly."
"The staff were amazing and couldn't do enough for us."
"Spent lovely 2hours here today, enjoyed coffee and muffins, staff brilliant very welcoming and friendly."
"Staff were friendly and helpful well done."
Cons:
"Its run by kids who never smile and seem not to care."
"The restaurant is managed by teenagers with 0 customer service skills."
"Very unprofessional considering it was loud enough for us to hear outside."
"The staff did not know what I meant when I asked for cutlery to be brought to the table."
"The girls who worked there weren't very welcome."
"Each member of staff wasn't very interested in talking to us or very helpful."
"Finally some of the staff made us feel that we shouldn't have been there and where doing us a favor."
Animal Welfare and Interaction
Pros:
"The animals are very friendly."
"Such a great place and the animals are so well treated."
"A great farm with lots of animals to see and feed."
"The animals are very friendly and you have the opportunity to buy bags of food to feed them."
"The animals really looked healthy with great space."
"Staff are very attentive an caring towards the animals."
"The animals are gorgeous."
Cons:
"Was okay not many animals and the birds were kept inside because of bird flu."
"The animals didn't have anything stimulating and the horses were in a tiny field."
"There are fewer animals."
"You couldn't get near the donkeys to interact with, and the rabbits and guinea pigs looked suicidal."
"Not as many animals as I remembered being here."
"The farm was ok but had an obvious lack of animals."
"There were only about 5 main types of animals to see which was very very disappointing."
Facilities and Accessibility
Pros:
"Fantastic charity run farm in Leicester, not far from the city centre and easy to reach by bus or car."
"Very well organised during Covid 19, one-way system, lots of hand sanitizer posts and online booking (£3.50 adults)."
"Good wheelchair access just take care at the entrance as it’s quite a steep hill."
"Great opportunity to get close to a variety of farm animals."
"Nice grounds and well maintained."
"Easy to push a pushchair around and there's a good little cafe and play area too."
"Lots of hand washing stations."
Cons:
"The set up is dated."
"Parking is limited and down a narrow access road."
"The only problem we had was the difficulty in parking, I had to park a street away."
"Car parking was a little tricky too as only room for about 12 cars."
"Access is tricky as the car park is very small and up a narrow steep driveway."
"A steep hill to walk up, to get to the farm and when pushing a wheelchair or pram may be challenging."
"The play area was overgrown and tired."
Food and Cafe
Pros:
"They have a cafe where they serve snacks and other hot food and a delicious selection of ice cream!"
"We actually visited the cafe for afternoon tea which for the cost was good value a no frills cafe but serving honest food."
"Love this farm so much, it has a nice selection of animals and a wonderful cafe too."
"Food was lovely, not overly expensive."
"The food is very well priced and very well made."
"Had a lovely afternoon tea the staff were amazing and couldn't do enough for us."
"The farm has a big playground area with a large picnic area, spacious children's cafe with good food and prices."
Cons:
"The coffee wasn't much better."
"The cafe is ok, slow and a little overpriced."
"They were £2.30 each for a watery brown fluid described as 'luxury hot chocolate'."
"However £5 for a hot chocolate and mocha is a bit excessive."
"Hot drinks in the cafe were really horrible."
"Sadly the CAFE is nowhere near as good as it used to be."
"Gorse Hill cafe has changed hands and I did not feel the Sunday lunch met the same standards as the previous management."