"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."