Strawberry Fields Lifton Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "Polite, friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff friendly and helpful, everywhere we went was clean and tidy."
• "Excellent service by attentive and efficient friendly staff."
• "The staff were all very pleasant and friendly and made sure you were satisfied with everything."
• "Staff were cheerful, helpful, smiley and welcoming."
• "The staff have always been very friendly and efficient, doing the best they can."
• "Staff exceptionally friendly, food, couldn't fault it, and a lovely cup of tea."

Cons:

• "Asked for a vegetarian option of the afternoon tea, waitress pulled a face then said she doesn't think so but she'll ask."
• "A short large lady told me that I couldn't sit there as I had to wait to be seated... she was abrupt and rude."
• "We were shown to our table and we had just been seated and there were 2 female members of staff moaning 'I've been here too long' whilst clearing the table immediately next to us."
• "The staff were rude one came over and openly said they didn’t know what drinks we’ve ordered."
• "Staff not attentive at counter to order had to wait some time for staff to stop standing around and take order."
• "One particular 'manager' very rude. Told me there wasn't sugar for outside tables and then snapped at me for asking for a clean cup."
• "The waitress walked off after putting the plate on the table without speaking at all."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is piping hot and tasty."
• "Cake was so lovely and fluffy and light. The lemon curd was mouth watering."
• "The food was absolutely lovely, high quality home cooked food with outstanding service."
• "Great selection of food & drink."
• "Food in the restaurant was really nice."
• "Food was lovely."
• "The roast dinner was very good and was warm."

Cons:

• "The breakfast was thrown on the plate and the sausages were awful, I left them along with some fried potatoes."
• "For the price the food was very basic but edible."
• "The baked beans were cold, the sausages were undercooked, the tomatoes tasted funny."
• "I have no idea where they got their chips from but they tasted awful most were uncooked and pale."
• "The fish pie, which initially looked delicious, consisted of a thick layer of potato with a very thin layer of a tasteless white parsley sauce containing mere flecks (no exaggeration) of some type of white fish."
• "The strawberry mousse as this was also flavourless."
• "The food was edible. Just seemed to lack flavour."

Facilities & Environment

Pros:

• "All the produce was beautifully displayed, top quality and super tasty."
• "They have now installed more EV charging points which is a great 👍🏻."
• "Fabulous campervan stopover."
• "Well worth a visit for the experience. It is very well laid out and stocked with quality produce."
• "Airy, charming and interesting environment to eat with well spaced apart tables and lovely views."
• "Everywhere is spacious and comfy. Great design."
• "The building is gorgeous, bathrooms are clean and modern."

Cons:

• "Infested with wasps, literally hundreds of them."
• "Sadly the outdoor tables were uncleared and didn't seem a priority compared to indoor which you could book."
• "Tables outside but these were wet and covered in bird poo, even the ones under the cover."
• "Also wanted to charge my car, the attendant in the car park had no idea where the charger was. We eventually found it but it wasn't working!"
• "On arrival we were told to go to an outdoor marquis, very muddy and every table was dirty."
• "Filthy tables which hadn't been cleared or cleaned and waste all over the ground in the garden."
• "Walked through wet grass to get there, a path would be such a simple fix!"

Value

Pros:

• "A bit pricey but good stuff."
• "Very reasonably priced."
• "The portions were generous, the staff were friendly and the prices very reasonable."
• "The breakfast is worth every penny."
• "Honestly priced for the very high quality of locally produced and processed food."
• "Prices were very reasonable to be fair."
• "Good pit stop just off the A30, lots of parking, nice toilets, portion sizes were reasonable."

Cons:

• "Very expensive farm shop."
• "Rather expensive and somewhat overrated."
• "Prices have gone up extortionate, I mean £7:25 for a sausage sandwich takeaway."
• "£5.80 for a bacon roll, on the cheapest roll you’ve ever seen."
• "Really overpriced. £3.85 for a really bad flat white."
• "It was quite hit and miss with the prices (some things reasonable and some completely not), overall it is quite expensive."
• "We both felt that the prices were higher than we would normally pay for similar refreshments in similar establishments."