Sandridge Barton - the home of Sharpham Wine Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The service was friendly and polite."
• "Cannot fault the friendliness of the staff, their knowledge of their products and processes."
• "The staff were also very kind and helpful."
• "Very friendly, courteous and attentive staff too."
• "The staff were fantastic, so attentive and friendly."
• "Staff very friendly and knowledgeable."
• "Massively friendly staff that are almost too willing to give out samples."

Cons:

• "Very disappointing! Decided to visit after seeing the place on Julia Bradburys programme. Tiny shop. Asked for a table in the cafe to be told we had to book, for a cafe??? Kept waiting for ages and ignored even though we asked for help. Very unfriendly staff."
• "Terrible, CLUELESS and annoying staff."
• "Staff unfriendly and stressed even though it was relatively quiet."
• "Lovely setting. Poor service. Barman unhelpful and quite frankly rude."
• "Staff completely disinterested and quite cold."
• "Her attitude became stone cold and rude."
• "Unfortunately we were greeted by a rather rude employee who informed us that there was no chance of serving us despite the many empty tables."

Location and Setting

Pros:

• "A lovely restaurant/vineyard tucked away in the countryside."
• "Very beautiful location."
• "You can also walk all the way from Totnes and back."
• "The surroundings are lovely too."
• "Amazing experience, great wines & cheeses set in a stunning location with incredible views."
• "A breathtakingly beautiful spot with the river Dart on three sides."
• "Beautiful place with amazing scenery and very informative placards along the way."

Cons:

• "The only problem is getting there the road is a bit dodgy."
• "Exceptional! Amazing location (though tricky to get to by car due to the very narrow roads)."
• "Very remote location, not very easy to access."
• "No lovely views and cosy atmosphere of your old location."

Food and Wine

Pros:

• "The 3 wines we tasted were delicious and the cheese too."
• "Spoiled by our kids we went for a blow-out Sunday lunch with snacks, bubbly, 3 course meal with wine! Phew! Absolutely delicious and possibly the best, friendliest service ever."
• "Delicious food and proper barista made coffee."
• "Gorgeous food."
• "Lunch was beautiful, wine was decent."
• "The lemon drizzle was excellent."
• "The food was simply amazing, fresh, beautiful presentation and incredible flavours."

Cons:

• "I found the menu a bit odd and quite pricey."
• "Though wine wise they will struggle price point wise to compete with equally good wine from the mass market."
• "I felt the wine was slightly expensive for a 125ml."
• "No tastings offered so bit difficult to buy any wines."
• "Ordered a picnic which was very poor, 1 mini sausage roll between us all a complained and still was only given one small amount of food for the price we paid."
• "The cheese platter was a little underwhelming but complemented the wines well."
• "Wine and cheese tasting by Sharpham was ok; serving sizes were just a taste and not something to make a trip out for."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "It was brilliant value for money."
• "I've never had a bad bottle of Sharpham."
• "Reasonably priced, you get what you pay for."
• "I think the wine was very reasonably priced and the whole experience was well worth it."
• "A great value experience."
• "Amazing value for money at £7/£3 respectively."
• "We tasted four wines including an orange wine and two cheeses and it was brilliant value for money."

Cons:

• "Not great value for money compared to the opposition but worth a visit if you are in the vicinity."
• "The only downside was that the pricing is for take-out only and doesn’t tell you how much they are to drink in."
• "We were flabbergasted to discover that the bar prices don't tally with the ones printed."
• "Food was good but 'sharing' didn't work for us."
• "Limited storage / hanging space and it was quite warm in there. Could do with air con."