Claremont Farm Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is on the slightly expensive side but the food quality is really good."
• "The restaurant food is of a high quality and very tasty."
• "Excellent lunch today 😋 Claremont mushroom tart with 2 delicious seasonal salads and chunky chips."
• "Food is absolutely phenomenal, atmosphere is fantastic."
• "The food here is always fresh and delicious, with a really good selection to choose from."
• "I had the Spicey Sweet Potato soup and I can honestly say it was the best soup I have ever tasted!"
• "Simple dishes done exceptionally well for a reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Food was very poor quality, and served in a haphazard manner, order was not completed correctly and had to be returned."
• "But what matters is food is really bland, and served cold…sourdough is cooked overly hard and avocado on it is extremely sour - very unpleasant breakfast experience."
• "Eggs under cooked, hollandaise sauce was tasteless and meal was bland and tasteless."
• "Overpriced and unfortunately poor quality."
• "Ordered two fairly pricey breakfasts expecting good quality... they were very sad."
• "The potatoes were just lightly fried pieces of new potato."
• "Tough as old boots, my partner didn’t even finish hers."

Service

Pros:

• "Great service with chatty smiling staff."
• "Excellent service! Very friendly staff, deliciously fresh food and child friendly!"
• "Exceptionally friendly staff who offer excellent customer service with a smile."
• "Jess, who looked after us in the café was a real stand out - friendly, engaging and really made us feel like guests rather than customers."
• "The staff are always friendly and helpful."
• "Very quick service too."
• "Great, pleasant service, not left waiting."

Cons:

• "Pity I cant give it no stars! Slow service, no where to put coat except a pile of potato sacks."
• "Service was slow (understandable)."
• "The service was terrible. The staff didn't seem to have a clue what was going on."
• "The staff themselves are usually okay, but the service that is provided is shocking."
• "Service could be better. Nobody asked how are food was when getting the bill or thanked us for our custom."
• "The cafe is very poorly managed, and they don't seem to have time to seat customers."
• "Only one till and a massive line of people waiting to be served."

Pricing

Pros:

• "All items were reasonable priced."
• "Local farm eggs in particular are fresh & organic, and cost the same as the supermarket versions."
• "Couldn't believe how cheap the fruit was given the quality of it - fresh and sweet."
• "I found the prices to be reasonable enough that I ended up doing my weekly shop."

Cons:

• "Take lots and lots of cash, you will need it because it will break your bank!"
• "Superb place...not the cheapest but definitely quality and excellent produce so well worth paying a little bit more."
• "The food here is outstanding, however it is more on the expensive side."
• "Prices are really high though, so why pay through the nose for something that can be purchased for a lot less at a local supermarket."
• "Farm shop was lovely but cafe was a bit overpriced."
• "Shop produce is a little expensive."
• "The food was over priced for the standard and amount you got."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely atmosphere, lovely food... Plenty of seating inside and out."
• "Went strawberry and Raspberry picking with the 2 year old littleun. She absolutely loved it."
• "They have good events for dogs and kids on through the season."
• "Beautiful place, lovely farm shop with butchers, cafe and more."
• "We absolutely love Claremount farm! Great brunch spot."
• "Such an amazing place to visit, we had lunch, gorgeous food, great friendly staff."
• "Fabulous place to visit."

Cons:

• "Forced to leave before we'd even ordered thanks to selfish individuals who wouldn't control their dogs which were continuously barking and annoying everyone."
• "Met friends for lunch and we sat together outside on the veranda area... zero consideration given to the fact that we are all still supposed to be socially distanced."
• "Only issue is the front of house staff are absolutely atrocious."
• "Customer service utter rubbish...you are on your own and you have a dog."
• "Very disappointed that they don't consider this when advertising weddings etc. 15 steps for a wheelchair user is not possible."
• "This is becoming a victim of its own success...nowhere to sit even at 2pm after the lunch rush."
• "Lovely setting and would have been fantastic to use the function room. There is absolutely no disabled access to their function room and bar."

Product Quality

Pros:

• "Local farm eggs in particular are fresh & organic, and cost the same as the supermarket versions."
• "Couldn't believe how cheap the fruit was given the quality of it - fresh and sweet."
• "The meat selection at the butchers counter was fantastic, and the fresh produce was the best I’ve seen in a while."
• "Regularly buy fruit and veg here. Fresh local produce available."
• "Produce side of the farm is amazing. So fresh and though more expensive than supermarkets it is very much worth those extra pennies."
• "The farm shop has the most delicious food, fruit and veg and lots of tasty treats."
• "Farm Shop has local produce and good quality fruit and veg."

Cons:

• "The food came in plastic packaging....lovely....this with cardboard coffee cost over £9."
• "The bad news is, they sell eggs produced by caged birds."
• "There's not much local produce - a lot of fruit and veg is from overseas."
• "We bought a cake from the farm shop from there that was their own brand and when we opened the packet an hour later or so it fell to complete crumb & was so dry it was fit only for the birds."
• "Not a real farm shop and not much choice."
• "Overpriced and unfortunately poor quality."
• "Shop produce is a little expensive."