Address: Preston Down Rd, Paignton, TQ3 1RN, United Kingdom
Phone: +441803696250
Rating: 4.2
based on 196 reviews.
Food and Dining Experience
Pros:
"Food is well presented, piping hot and generally delicious all reasonably priced."
"Absolutely love it here! Food is fabulous."
"The pancakes and bacon were delicious, fast service and the staff were very friendly."
"Great food at the friendly cafe."
"The food was delicious, and freshly prepared."
"The food offered in both is fantastic quality and has never disappointed."
"Lovely farm shop too, and the nature walk was fantastic!!"
Cons:
"Ordered beef lasagne. Arrived 40 minutes after ordering. Very small portion and burnt."
"The cafe refused to serve hot food at 3:05 despite the signage saying the kitchen closes at 3:30 on weekends."
"The cafe was very disappointing, ordered food at 2.55 but told we couldn’t have it hot as it would go past 3pm when the selling of hot food stops."
"Breakfast was not the best, had been sat under the heat lamps for too long."
"I definitely would not recommend the cafe. Got charged almost £7 for a toasted sandwich with Brie cheese and fig jam."
"Went there for a cooked breakfast, not impressed expensive is somewhat of an understatement."
"Had a breakfast here. Very very underwhelming. Overdone food, daughters waffle was like concrete."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"The staff were all really friendly and my daughter had a great time on the farm trail seeing all the animals."
"Staff very friendly."
"What a fantastic cafe. Lovely welcoming atmosphere and such happy friendly staff."
"Staff are Friendly, Helpful and Professional."
"The staff were so helpful, happy and patient, even with a growing queue of customers."
"All other staff members were very friendly and helpful, especially the older gentleman who cleared our table."
"The staff were all so lovely, kind and chatty."
Cons:
"Thought the ordering service was extremely slow."
"After returning a sauce which had gone off and ruined 4 steaks, the so called 'manager' called Ben, would not return my phone call."
"The setting was good, however the service was terrible."
"Not great service as guy on his own til 2 girls arrived at 9.30 to help."
"I visited occombe farm with my friends and the queue was about 10 people long, there were 6 'staff' at the counter, 2 were chatting."
"Served by cafe manager, she was unwelcoming and rude, her abrupt manner isn't good for a front of house position."
"The queue for food was quite long and some of the order was taken incorrectly."
Family and Children's Activities
Pros:
"Good place to take children. The play area was different to other similar ones but great fun."
"Absolutely fantastic day out with kids all ages!"
"Superb activity for children, you really could tailor to a few hours out or a full day with something on every hour (animals)."
"Inside there’s a large playing area for the older kids and a little cafe so adults can sit and eat/drink while the children play."
"Great farm for the kids and loads to look at whatever the weather."
"A large open barn with a fair bit of varied play equipment for younger kids to use."
"The third and best is in a separate building and has a good selection of cake, toasted sandwiches, salads etc."
Cons:
"The big Occombe scarecrow trail, what a rip off advertised at £2 per person, when you go to pay an entrance fee is also charged regardless."
"Wouldn't really call it a farm, just little pens with lambs, 2 pigs, goats and 2 donkeys, not worth the money."
"The animal activity centre was a ludicrous price to admit children for such a small attraction."
"Not quite enough large tractors to play on."
"Was very disappointed as were our children. Visited whilst on holiday, booked online as it seemed the perfect place for our little girls who love animals but unfortunately we had seen everything within half an hour."
"Occombe is very geared towards small children and I would not recommend a trip as a couple or adult only group."
"The hay Castle is rotting and the boys didn't want to play on it."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Fabulous views from the cafe option of outdoor dining (you lose the view outside)."
"Good choice of food and drink at reasonable prices."
"The farm shop downstairs has a lot on offer, from gifts, food, beverage etc."
"Free entry to a decent farm to spend a couple of hours in with the kids."
"The farm shop has got to be one of the best I have ever seen, I could happily spend an hour in there and prices were actually very reasonable considering the obvious quality."
"Lunchtime today. Quite a long wait to be served but the food and drink were fine and reasonably priced."
"Adult ticket was £10.95 with gift aid, I do think the ticket price was ok, anything more and it would be unreasonable since we didn’t really spend a lot of time there."
Cons:
"Nice coffee and scones but what a rip off at £33.30 for 4 people."
"Genuinely disappointed, the veg and meat isn't organic and needs more recycle packaging on products."
"However, the shop and delicatessen downstairs were seriously overpriced!"
"Beers and ciders are attractively priced but disappointingly only higher priced wines."
"£3 for a tiny hot chocolate literally a child’s size (same size as the babychino)!! Ridiculously expensive cafe and shop."
"Only 3 stars given because of the extortionate price they are charging for the petting zoo/play area!"
"The tickets for admission are expensive. £10 per adult and £7.50 for kids over 3."