Briarlands Farm Reviews Summary

Activities and Attractions

Pros:

• "Lovely farm setting with loads of outdoor activities for kids."
• "The tractor ride is a huge hit."
• "Briarlands farm is fantastic for outdoor play, climbing, bouncing, sliding, running."
• "Great park for kids lots of chutes and climbing frames get up close and personal with the animals."
• "Great day out with the kids, so many activities."
• "Plenty of activities to keep children occupied."
• "So much stuff for the kids to do and there's a wee cafe you can get drinks and snacks as well so can spend a whole day here."

Cons:

• "Hardly any animals to see and the climbing frames are mostly aimed at older children."
• "Seems a lot for kids to do but not so much younger preschool kids."
• "Just not enough stuff to do and the go carts are really hard for the kids to pedal."
• "Very sparse and limited activities for amount of people visiting."
• "Too many tables in cafeteria felt cramped and constantly had to get up and down to let people pass."
• "Not much of a farm atmosphere."
• "Kids enjoyed, good thing about them is they offer some unique plays & things but bad thing is most of those equipments are broken & dated."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Always welcoming staff and well priced!!"
• "Not expensive either."
• "Entry price was amazing value considering the amount it has to offer."
• "Only £6 entry for adults and we spent the full afternoon exploring the farm."
• "Great value for money and so much to do."
• "Very reasonable priced for entry too!"
• "Excellent value for money."

Cons:

• "Firstly, I felt this was overpriced."
• "Food from canteen - average and a bit overpriced."
• "Slightly overpriced for what it is, a play park with some animals."
• "Also a wee bit pricey but to be expected in this current crisis."
• "I think the price for Briarlands is high compared to other places."
• "The people who run this place do need to rethink their prices for the entrance fee."
• "Overall, wasn't worth the price and the travel of over an hr to get there."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were all lovely and really informative about the animals."
• "Staff are friendly and couldn't be faulted."
• "Very friendly knowledgeable staff at reception."
• "Staff in the cafe and reception were happy smiley and very welcoming."
• "Staff were super friendly and great with the kids."
• "The staff were friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff so friendly and helpful special mention to Greig who was in the animal petting area and later drove the tractor so informative and great with the children."

Cons:

• "My only criticism would be the tractor ride, very boring and couldn't make a word the driver was saying."
• "The only thing that was annoying about this visit was the behaviour of some of the adults there who weren't observing social distancing."
• "Canteen & reception staff need to be a bit more friendlier & welcoming. Sounds like they ain't seem to be happy doing job either!"
• "Toilets were in quite a mess and it was only 2pm."
• "Waited well over 20min for a take away hot dog."
• "The park was very muddy."
• "The choice of food was not the best."