The Balloon Tree Farmshop & Cafe

A lovely place for lunch. The farm shop is brilliant too. Also PYO fab too.

Stopped off for lunch. The staff were really considerate and found us a table tucked in a corner so my daughter could breastfeed her baby in relative privacy.We had brie, apple and walnut sandwiches, which were delicious. My son-in-law had a burger and chips.My daughter had the luxury hot chocolate, which looked like a meal in itself!

This Farm shop is superb, on the left hand side of the building is a lovely cafe with ample seating area and good for kids and dogs.On the right hand side of the building is the farm shop with excellent selection of groceries and plenty of top quality meat.They also sell hot sandwiches and the pork sandwiches are to die for with the crackling, apple sauce and stuffing on you can't go wrong.Then outside of the farm shop there is a field, during the summer picking berries etc.. then come October time pumpkin time, great place to go with your kid and get them to pick the Halloween pumpkin.A lovely place with friendly staff and decent prices for the quality of the food etc..Will be going back to this place.

Went with my wife. I had shepherd pie, my wife's vegetarian Christmas dinner. £36.45 with coffee and soft drink.I was disappointed with the shepherd pie. It came with 2 roast and one parsnip and a bread bun. I pointed this out at the counter when paying. The polite girl pointed that other had given the same feedback and the chef didn't won't to alter the dish . I won't rush back when they don't want to listen to feedback. Obviously making to much money. Christmas dinner now £17.99. deans is better value and when you give feed back to improve menu they listen.

Excellent farm shop. The restaurant is fantastic. Food is outstanding. We have had the sandwiches and the Sunday roast dinner. We had the apple and rhubarb crumble. Delicious. Good prices.

We took a sporadic trip to The Balloon Tree for a bite to eat and to take advantage of a pick your own. A place the other half has been to a couple of times whereas this was my first time.Upon entry the car park was relatively full, with not many spaces left but that wasn’t a problem, just means busy!First stop, the cafe. With the choice to sit indoor or outdoor, we elected out. A nice day for it. Plenty of area for the 3 year old to run about in, with slides, climbing frames and more. Upon seating however, a family of ants were crawling all over the table. Not ideal. Photo attached shows one after I swept the others away.The staff, servicing on tablets, were on hand to take orders, and were respectful about allergens/ intolerances, with their own “safe” menu too. A bit dissatisfied though that they cook all chips/ potatoes in soy oil, meaning our child had to go for sweet potato fries, cooked in an air fryer?Me and the missus ordered pork & beef hot baguettes. The actual meat and stuffing in there was lovely, especially the apple sauce, but there was only 2 roast potatoes (one of mine was half black) and a very small amount of gravy in a separate pot. The crackling however was amazing, should’ve been more!! All priced well, portion sizes could be much better. I also got a pot of three cheese cauliflower cheese, which was STONE COLD and somewhat tasteless.After lunch we went to do the Pick Your Own (PYO). £1.50 per person, plus the weight of your punnet(s) of fruit picked… next to no strawberries, raspberries or anything left/ ready… to the point we walked away with 4 strawberries and 3 raspberry’s, costing just over £6 total. Miles cheaper to go to a shop…

Lovely atmosphere and super friendly staff.A little on the pricey side but good quality. I had the curriwd cauliflower soup with a roll for £7.50.

Pumpkin picking, cakes and coffee: brilliant morning spent at The Balloon Tree. We got there straight after 9:00 when hardly anybody was out yet. Got ourselves a wheelbarrow and onto the field for picking some pumpkins. It's october and an open field, so wellies are recommended. Our daughter had lots of fun walking up and down and choosing the right pumpkins. We changed our shoes back and managed to have a seat in the cafe right before the big wave of guests started arriving. Lovely morning overall, our daughter loved it as well. Recommended to arrive really early as later there were queues for everything, especially the cafe. Friendly staff, nice food and drinks as well