The Balloon Tree Farmshop & Cafe Reviews Summary

Category: Farm shop

Address: Stamford Bridge Rd, Gate Helmsley, York YO41 1NB, United Kingdom

Phone: +441759373023

Rating: 4.4
based on 243 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Best customer Service!!! The lady was so helpful and patient and straight up a lovely person!"
  • "The staff in the cafe were really pleasant and helpful and the service was great."
  • "Staff were excellent and not stressed by the huge number of customers."
  • "The staff were lovely considering there were 11 of us very hot and tired walkers."
  • "Our lovely waitress, Charlie, plated our meal onto two plates for us!"
  • "Staff friendly and professional."
  • "Staff always very friendly and professional."

Cons:

  • "Service and hygiene are bad. Tables and chairs were grubby, staff were slow to clear up."
  • "Pitifully service will never go again."
  • "Even though there was plenty of staff/waitresses, they were not attentive enough."
  • "Very slow service."
  • "Having a member of staff keeping the line informed would be better than being ignored."
  • "Staff weren't very helpful and quite unfriendly."
  • "Clearly under staffed or staff not being managed properly."

Price

Pros:

  • "Shop has very nice fresh produce at reasonable price."
  • "Great selection of fresh produce and products at reasonable prices."
  • "The items inside were great value for money and just as cheap as the supermarkets."
  • "The prices were good and the quality and amount were admirable."
  • "Good price we paid about £7 for three punnets."
  • "A lovely place with friendly staff and decent prices for the quality of the food etc."
  • "The food is amazing value, interesting combinations and well presented."

Cons:

  • "We paid just over £12 for a large punnet of strawberries and a small raspberries which is more than supermarket prices."
  • "Over priced and overrated."
  • "Their prices are too damn high."
  • "Food really lovely expensive though."
  • "Very expensive but it's all locally sourced love that I can walk here and that I can bring the dogs."
  • "Incredibly overpriced and mediocre food."
  • "Severely over priced. We purchased 3 pasties and two coffees from the main shop, came up to £17."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "I ate what is probably the best steak pie I have ever eaten."
  • "The food is excellent and very good quality."
  • "Me and the missus ordered pork & beef hot baguettes. The actual meat and stuffing in there was lovely, especially the apple sauce."
  • "Fab food, lots of spread out outdoor space."
  • "In the cafe nice atmosphere and lovely food, all fresh and prepared on site."
  • "Delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings, beautifully cooked and well presented."
  • "The fish and chips were absolutely amazing."

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