Farndon Fields Farm Shop Reviews Summary

Category: Cafe

Address: Farndon Rd, Market Harborough, LE16 9NP, United Kingdom

Phone: +441858464838

Rating: 4.6
based on 241 reviews.

Product Variety and Quality

Pros:

  • "A brilliant farm shop. There is a massive selection of products available."
  • "If you want excellent fresh produce this is the place to come. Fruit and veg, fresh meat and fish counter, locally grown produce including locally produced wine."
  • "The farm shop offers a lot of variety. The fruit and vegetables are fresh and full of flavour."
  • "Fantastic produce and selection."
  • "The fruit and veg section was amazing, supermarket produce just doesn’t compare, flavour-wise."
  • "Loads of choice- don't miss the speciality chocolates!"
  • "First class vegetables locally produced or sourced, and enticingly displayed."

Cons:

  • "Very overpriced without the significant improvement in quality over the supermarkets that you would expect."
  • "Often their fruit and veg doesn't taste as fresh as from Sainsburys or Waitrose and is often of limited shelf life."
  • "Quite small choice of their own grown products."
  • "However, from previous visits, the stock of dried goods has become somewhat limited."
  • "The household items section has dwindled more and more to only the odd table and shelf."
  • "There are a lot of items that do not justify the price tag, regardless of the cost of living crisis."
  • "The jam on the scone was runny, the lemon drizzle cake had never been near a lemon."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were also excellent."
  • "Courteous and attentive staff would highly recommend."
  • "The friendly and knowledgeable staff added to the experience."
  • "Brilliant staff who simply can't do enough for you."
  • "Staff friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff are wonderful and friendly, felt so welcomed and relaxed!"
  • "Staff were very helpful as always never fail to please."

Cons:

  • "The service was sadly mixed though."
  • "Service was slow and seemed disjointed."
  • "Service is sometimes slow when busy."
  • "When I raised it with staff they did nothing about it at all and didn't seem bothered."
  • "Staff have been rude and unhelpful on multiple occasions now."
  • "One of your members of staff took it upon themselves to follow my mixed race wife around the farm shop like she was a thief, clearly because of her skin colour."
  • "Server was asked if we could have water. Despite server being stood next to water table where a simple swing of her body would have been enough to pass water to us she replied you can help yourself in a curt manner and left."

Cafe and Restaurant Experience

Pros:

  • "Food in cafe was delicious, gluten free awareness and several dishes to choose from GF."
  • "The atmosphere is lovely and service at the restaurant was fast and people polite."
  • "A lovely lunch we had the bowls chicken cod & courgettes very nice."
  • "Portions are good for the price and the afternoon tea for two is a must!!!"
  • "The loveliest farm shop in miles. The food in the restaurant is expensive, but delicious."
  • "Afternoon tea was superb."
  • "The restaurant is great. The food is amazing. Tastes and looks fantastic."

Cons:

  • "The mushrooms had been cooked for too long and the water from them had come out and mixed with the totally melted goats cheese to form a kind of liquid soup."
  • "Even in the cafe our cake tasted stale and we felt under pressure to finish."
  • "The food in the cafe was very poor."
  • "Dauphinoise Potatoes boiling on the outside, sauce split, cold in the middle, Three Cheese Ploughman's, cheese straight from the fridge and therefore tasteless."
  • "Worst breakfast I'd had in ages. Nearly £30 and i get better at the cafe down the road!"
  • "The only reason I have marked down is because my partner's full English was tepid on arrival, and he couldn't eat it all."
  • "The breakfast was a very small portion and it was not noted on the menu that there was a massive dollop of cream taking up half the plate."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Parking easy - weekday visit. Easy wheelchair access."
  • "You can eat in the outside area with dogs."
  • "There is a cafe inside and plenty of car parking."
  • "Plenty of parking & toilets."
  • "Cafe is spacious, mostly timber framed with log fires in winter."
  • "The cafe / restaurant is very nice with plenty of tables."
  • "Cafe very good and the outside space a lovely place to relax with a coffee."

Cons:

  • "When I visited, there were cars parked all over the place blocking access to some disabled spaces."
  • "Tried to go in with our dog, however with a dog you can only sit outside.... waited for 10 mins, but no-one came.... poor customer service..."
  • "The blinds at the windows do not block out the sun which made it glaring."
  • "Reserved a table, but no record of booking."
  • "Try and avoid sitting near the entrance to the restaurant as the door is often held open by people waiting to be seated and it's really drafty!!"
  • "Padding on seats need renewing though - bit lumpy!"
  • "Poorly stocked deli with wraps or sandwiches, as usually non left."

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