Charleton Fruit Farm Reviews Summary

Category: Farm shop

Address: Montrose, DD10 9EW, United Kingdom

Phone: +441674830407

Rating: 4.6
based on 148 reviews.

Playpark and Activities

Pros:

  • "The playpark is amazing and it was clean all the kids seem to be having a good time."
  • "Loads of stuff to keep the kids occupied."
  • "The area for the kids play area, which looked very good and spacious."
  • "Nice staff and the strawberry and raspberry picking was good fun activities for the kids."
  • "This place updates its play park regularly and it's free!"
  • "Kids had great fun in play area as had different things to usual play parks."
  • "Large playpark for kids, cafe with outdoor and indoor tables, shop selling farm and local produce, fruit picking, pumpkin patch, free of charge parking."

Cons:

  • "You cannot bring food from outside to eat at the play area and you can’t have picnic there."
  • "The big letdown was the food hut in the activity park. It was slow and seemed very unorganised."
  • "The amount of broken toys in the play area."
  • "Toys are starting to look a bit broken and worn."
  • "A very long queue for the toilet."
  • "No picnics allowed. Food needs to be purchased on site."
  • "It's quite run down compared to other fruit farms we've been to."

Food and Beverages

Pros:

  • "The menu in cafe was very good..soup and sandwich just enough."
  • "Very tasty food very well priced."
  • "The burger was thick meaty, perfectly cooked."
  • "The eggs, bread, fruits and other ingredients are directly from the farm - they even blend their own coffee!"
  • "Absolutely delicious food and so much more, the whole family will find something to do."
  • "The food excellent - wholesome, local, fresh, relatively simple, piping hot and plentiful."
  • "The food served is tasty and fresh and you get huge portions."

Cons:

  • "Strawberries are now small, COMPLETELY tasteless and wickedly expensive."
  • "Only negative I would say is that the traybakes are not quite up to scratch."
  • "Lovely place but the pancakes and hot chocolate were sickly sweet for our taste."
  • "The coconut milk latte was to die for."
  • "The food was average, bread of the burger a bit dry, cold focaccia."
  • "A very long wait for not very appetizing food."
  • "Food was average for me. Had a baked potato very well done on the outside, however not 100% on the inside, too much mayo on the coleslaw."

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Staff absolutely friendly making a return there essential."
  • "The staff were very friendly and attentive."
  • "The table waiters were very friendly. Service was timely and our food & drinks arrived quickly."
  • "Staff really friendly and relaxed atmosphere."
  • "Very very friendly staff, they are fantastic considering how busy they were."
  • "Every member of staff we met was friendly and helpful."
  • "They are so kind and friendly and try to help all the time when we needed something."

Cons:

  • "No apology."
  • "Customer service is shocking. Was told we couldn't pick berries because they wanted to start the next day!!"
  • "Waited forever to get menu, then waited forever for someone to come and take the order."
  • "Service not great either."
  • "After around 15 - 20 minutes I asked a waitress about the food and she said that ours was getting plated up next!"
  • "Quality of desserts offered at the café has greatly declined too."
  • "Definitely will not be using the cafe again!"

Value and Pricing

Pros:

  • "The cost by kilo that you pluck your own is very reasonable."
  • "Foods seems to be reasonably priced."
  • "Kids play for free as long as you purchase food which isn't too badly priced."
  • "Good prices too."

Cons:

  • "Have bought better and cheaper fruit from other fruit farms In the area, the strawberries were from the neighbouring farm! Farm shop seemed expensive."
  • "Since the new owners have taken over, the prices are crazy high."
  • "£1.20 for a kids fruit juice and £2.50 for a cupcake is ridiculous."
  • "£2.50 for a bottle of diet coke. No cups, no straws. Very very expensive in the cafe."
  • "Farm shop is good but prices again super high, for everything."
  • "The prices have gone up considerably as everything has in recent months."
  • "Not worth the money won’t be back not in the least impressed."

Facilities and Environment

Pros:

  • "Visited just before halloween, must say the decor was amazing."
  • "Also has nice decorations at Halloween/Christmas."
  • "A very good place for families due to the great play facilities for all ages."
  • "Very good place to pick all berries,fruits and not only,playpark for kids 👍, excellent place."
  • "A huge playground and fabulous strawberry tarts is what they are famous for."
  • "Great atmosphere, great people, feels welcoming and staff is always smiling."
  • "Paths are buggy/pram-friendly. Lots of parking spaces available."

Cons:

  • "The shop was great and we bought some fabulous cooking apples but the space outside was very crowded with children running around so I did not feel very Covid-safe."
  • "Very lovely however disappointed that on a beautiful sunny afternoon we were asked to pay at 3.40pm."
  • "Nice to get back to Charleton. only complaint is that on leaving the premise the north bound traffic is quite Fast."
  • "Outdoor eating was a bit of a pain with wasps flying about your food, but it's a farm - nothing you can do about that!"
  • "The toilet facilities could do with updating as they were in portacabin when we visited."
  • "It was a bit cold, I thought the fire might be on."
  • "A very long wait for not very appetizing food."

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