Boscastle Farm Shop & Cafe Reviews Summary

Views and Location

Pros:

• "The cafe has fabulous views and it very comfortable to sit in."
• "Great location above Boscastle with very pleasant views over the fields to the sea."
• "The view is just stunning."
• "Views are amazing."
• "Amazing views and large outdoor seating area with a small playground."
• "Nice indoor and outdoor tables with perfect views of the coastline."
• "Beautiful views across fields with grazing cattle, towards the sea."

Cons:

• "Avoid if you want a nice experience to remember Cornwall by."
• "Hard to see turn in to the car park."
• "For rush hour you may find difficulties in parking."
• "On a busy bank holiday weekend it took me 20 minutes to find a parking space."
• "Not enough parking, although a whole field for staff parking which only had a few cars in."
• "Carpark small so you may have to wait for a space."
• "Things to avoid is sitting outside to eat food, they have loads of wasps, which didn't let us to have food."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "All the food is cooked fresh and tastes amazing."
• "The food is first class, especially the quiche."
• "The Cornish breakfast was huge and just what we needed to fuel that leg of our journey."
• "The food is very good quality, was actually surprised at how good the food tasted."
• "Food is well cooked and prepared."
• "The food was amazing."
• "The food was a great portion with a mix of all sorts of extras thrown in."

Cons:

• "Today there was a small problem with my meal which I returned soon after receiving it."
• "The main meal was tasty at first but did have a very strong bbq sauce that was a bit overpowering."
• "Steak sandwich was ok, the beef was tough."
• "We found the savoury food to be very good, but the cakes were just too sweet."
• "The restaurant wasn’t particularly busy but the service was quite slow. I have to say, the pastie was not up to expectations. Fairly tasteless, mostly potato and not a lot of meat and lacking in seasoning."
• "Veg a little bit over cooked for me but that’s a personal thing."
• "There was a good selection of fruit and veg, cheese and beer/cider but I thought there could have been a bigger selection of meat for BBQ'ing and there were no veggie alternatives."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The staff were helpful and attentive."
• "The staff were all suuuuuuper lovely and friendly."
• "The staff are so friendly and attentive, even when they're rushed off their feet."
• "Staff are very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff is very useful and friendly."
• "The staff are friendly and helpful (doing a cracking job during lockdown to keep the place running smoothly and safely, by the way)."
• "Staff friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "I was shocked today to discover the hostile attitude of the waitress who avoided serving a person of colour."
• "However, staff could have been more nicer."
• "Staff seem too busy or too distracted to serve and when they do finally get around to it, it's perfunctory and brusque."
• "Stood at the 'Please wait to be seated sign' for 10 minutes and didn't even get greeted."
• "Every time we go it is bad service. last time, stood waiting to be seated, staff ignoring us, just laughing and joking finally sat down waited for ages to be attended to Cafe not busy, all we ordered was tea, coffee and a slice of cake."
• "The manager was talking to friends and totally ignored us."
• "The staff are not appropriately trained and are therefore rude."