Craigie's Farm Deli and Cafe in Edinburgh, City of

Great service and lovely food. Karolyne and Helen were wonderful

This place is amazing. Food fresh from the farm, everything made on site. Delicious breakfast, beautiful views, friendly staff. I can wait to come back again.

We visited for a quick lunch on our drive up to Perth, what a find! Such delicious food, Ellie and Karolyn were so lovely and provided a friendly and welcoming service. Would highly recommend and revisit!

We come here lots with our grandson who is 2 years 5 months old. Healthy home made food options (hard to find out there) and lovely service. Kenny who showed us to our table was great. Goats, sheep, chickens and more! Grandson loves the tractors. Great stuff!

I enjoy coming here to grab a small meal and see the animals (goats, sheep, horses, chickens, etc) when I'm heading to Edinburgh Airport. Food, service and prices are all good. You should aim to come earlier in the day though, as they stop serving food at 3 or 4pm.

Our lunch here was fantastic!! we were served by karolyne and couldn’t fault her, service with a smile. she was very knowledgeable and attentive, we’ll definitely be back!!!

Lovely soup and toasties for lunch. My friend had mac and cheese, and it was so big that she struggled to finish it.

Popped into Craigie Farm for breakfast, food was wonderful and experience made better by the quality of service provided by Karolynne , friendly and helpful and attentive

Lovely place for breakfast with a beautiful surroundings. Egg Benedict was delicious but portion was rather small. Child friendly staff and area. High chair provided and they have playground outside for older kids. Little farm costs £9 Shop is lovely. Great for gift shopping. Great variety of cheeses, wines, sweet stuff , teas and coffees. If you're lucky you can see highland cows in the area. Definitely recommend.

I must say I was extremely disappointed by the Pumpkin Festival this year. There was no ghost train and no paintball shooting as advertised on the website, certainly not that either of us could see. The access to the bale trail was unavailable due to the weather, which is obviously out with their control, however, the “haunted maze” provided in its place was not, in my opinion, a suitable replacement. It was certainly not age appropriate for 2 one year olds. We ate in the restaurant afterwards and had to wait at least 20 minutes for one meal for the babies which was, again, a disappointment. It wasn’t particularly busy either. It is a shame really as we’ve always done the pumpkin picking at Craigies but it feels like it has gone downhill fast and we’ll be looking to go elsewhere next year. Other places seem to offer more for your money but I stupidly stuck with Craigie’s and wish I hadn’t. Basically everything at Craigie’s is a chargeable extra, or it certainly feels that way. I sent them an email with my feedback as I received an auto-request to provide feedback to them as I always prefer to engage directly with a business than post a negative review. To date, they haven’t given me even the courtesy of a response. Charming. What used to be a family-friendly, hot on customer service establishment appears to have become greedy and a money-making enterprise. I nearly died when I saw the cost of the Santa experiences this year. I’ll be going elsewhere for that too. What a let down Craigie’s.

Wonderful time had like always. Lovely service by Karolyne.

Waited around 30 minutes for coffee and scones to be brought to table. Waitress was pretty blunt and everyone around us was also complaining of wait times. Wouldn't say it was particularly busy, around half the tables were empty.

Lovely time. Thank you very much to Karolyne for such lovely service. Looking forward to visiting again. Very baby friendly which is appreciated.

This was our 3rd year visiting for the pumpkin picking and sadly we left feeling disappointed. Last year was great with the poly tunnels themed and games to play. This year we left feeling like it had changed too much. Too many extras to pay for while on the patch that I'm not sure why we even had to pay for a ticket to visit. I'd rather pay a bit extra for the ticket price and have activities included. Not a bad experience but not the best either.

Pancakes were reheats and not freshly made to order. Inedible. They were dry and of a beadcrumb texture. Sausages were undercooked and not nice. Coffee wasn't great either. Such a lovely place with beautiful view and pleasant staff but the food was bad. Really disappointed.

Beautiful farm, I went shopping, bought vegetables and I go back every time I come to South Queens Ferry. The delicious jams, not to mention the meats.

The farm itself is lovely, but the deli has rude staff that run it very rigidly. The areas are inflexibly delimited, and even if you buy their (disgusting) coffee that took 20 minutes to get ready, they will not heat your quiche for your 1 year old and force you to go eat it cold outside. They even have the cheek to tell you "you've been told this" with a self-important smile. They probably charge twice the amount to sit inside. When you buy a quiche in a bakery, they heat for you even if you take it away. Why not in a fancy overpriced deli? Why ruin a lovely place with inflexible service and contemptuous, self-righteous people?

Good breakfast on a rainy morning Fantastic service and great farmshop

Disappointing experience compared to last year! Firstly of all the cafe was so busy, clearly not enough staff to handle the volume of customers. We waited 5 minutes to be acknowledged and asked if we needed a seat, then told it was a long wait time for food so decided not to eat there. Disappointing as the service and food was amazing last time we visited. We then went pumpkin picking, half the pumpkins were mouldy on the field, not a great impression. The pumpkins were a ridiculous price, £17 for 3 x medium pumpkins, we couldn’t even use the price our tickers against the pumpkin price due to an event we didn’t even want to visit, which was for the kids, we are two young adults. Ohh and to top it off the highlands cows weren’t there like the previous year. We be finding another place to go pumpkin picking and brunching next year.

We were in today for breakfast, Cafe was very busy when we went in. Karolyne gave us great service!

Went to the farm for the pumpkin picking. Nice experience, with the little train for the children, the pumpkin patch and we also stopped at the apple orchard. Did not eat there but we promised to go back and try the nice café.

Karolyne was amazing. Promptly bringing water to the table and taking our order. Will be back very soon

Loved my day here! Food from the cafe was delicious, we had lovely service from Karolyne and the shop had lots of local fresh products. Would highly recommend!

Thank you to Karolyne for amazing service today! We always have a lovely time when we visit Craigies Farm

Incredibly friendly staff and a great day of pumpkin picking! They were very accommodating to allow us to use the ticket price towards pumpkins as some of the activities were closed due to poor weather. Everyone was very friendly and there was such a fun and festive mood in the air!

we had Karolyne, she was amazing great service very yummy food, but i think there should be more selection of cold food, and maybe kids lunchboxes. (that was not directed at karilyne obviously. thanks we were the family of three 2 parents and a daughter

Love this place, the staff, the food, the environment, faultless. Always fantastic with our toddler too.

Visited today for lunch with group of friends, really enjoyed my ‘piece!’ ,service from Karolyne was great.. with a smile!

Visited today with a large group. The place was heaving but karoline was cheerful and explained the menu carefully to us.Even though she had lots to do we weren’t rushed and felt valued. The food was fantastic as was the view. We will be back

Karolyne was excellent so friendly and helpful, she made our visit extra special 🙂

This is a special and attractive place near Edinburgh. Close. Rural attractions and crops straight from the field and the opportunity to meet animals (entrance to the farm with children). You can eat lunch or something quick. I recommend lamb with flatbread and salads - photo. The price is only 11 pounds and it will fill you up for a few hours. You can buy rural products from A to Z in a stationary store. It is worth spending a few hours in the rural world. We will come back here.

Lovely family day out with grandkids aged 3 and 1 year

The pumpkin festival tickets only cover entry to the “festival” which is essentially just a few carved pumpkins and a paintball area charged at an additional £4 per person. The “pumpkin picking” is more pumpkin picking-up as the pumpkins have simply been placed on a field covered in straw rather than being grown in the field. So you’re really just picking pumpkins up rather than harvesting them off of a plant.. The pumpkins also aren’t covered by the tickets so expect an additional cost there. It cost us £15 for three pumpkins, which isn’t good value. The cafes pretty good though!

Friendly and great for the wee ones, a bit hectic due to the school holidays but that’s how it goes

Disappointed there was only 4 disabled parking spaces and no-one had displayed their blue badge. Really bad as I needed a disabled space. I am going through Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy and I am unsteady on my feet.

Michelle and Ellie were fabulous! Great wee lunch and a lovely view!

Nice little cafe to visit when in the area. Food was fantastic and portion sizes were very generous. Staff were super friendly and service was quick. We didn’t do any fruit picking but saw others do it and it looked like great fun to try next time. The farm shop was also well stocked with a good selection of different bits and bobs

We come to Craigies about three times a year: for strawberries, apples, and pumpkins. The cafe is brilliant with a huge selection of meals (kids too) and the food is delicious. Outside of the food, the PYO is so much fun and so worth the money. The fruit is delicious, the farm is so well kept, and it’s a wonderful family day out!

Lovely place, lovely staff, lovely food. What might make me give 4.7 stars instead of 5 would be: the portions are a wee bit too big (lol), and there isn't (as at October 2024) any way of adding a tip to the card machine payment. [Attached photo of the humongous goat cheese and beetroot salad, which was delicious!]

Realy nice place for breakfast. Everythink taste delicious and peoples here is realy pleasant.

Went for something to eat. Firstly, it was blinking hot. The heating was on full and it was just a bit too hot - thought about sitting outside. Maybe we timed it badly - but lunch service was ending. I got a badly made beef and relish sandwich for £10.50. - too much relish, very little beef - cut in half with a spoon. I had a diet Pepsi and was given a cheap plastic tumbler. The ingredients were of good quality. It wasn't inedible, it wasn't awful - it was just sad. The staff were okay. The manager was pleasant she offered me another but I'd accepted that the sandwich was what it was. There was just no joy.... The view and goats were good though.

We arrived at Craigies Cafe to have coffee/tea and cake. We had to stand and wait for quite a long time before someone acknowledged our existence and then finally being seated. The waitress did apologise which is fair enough. We were then told it was table service and someone would be over to take our order. No one came near us, so we got up and left. Didn't appear to be enough staff on. First and last visit.

Great menu on offer and excellent deli and butcher. Cafe staff don't seem a cheerful bunch, could learn to smile at the very least.

What a lovely deli and cafe service was good food was tasty and looked good.

I had the steak pie and it was delicious. My boyfriend got the burger with pulled pork and said it’s the best burger he’s ever had. We also ordered a few desserts but our favorite was the empire biscuit

A beautiful experience never had as a 70-year-old. Craigie's is a wonderful place to visit with children to teach them to appreciate nature. The fruit picking under the awnings among blackberries, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries was very fun and believe me when we returned home we were able to appreciate the goodness of this fruit. We will definitely return also because we miss picking apples, pears and vegetables. Special thanks go to my daughter and granddaughter for bringing us to this beautiful reality.

Very cool cafe at a fruit pick farm where you can pick your own strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and so on. The fruit picking farm is definitely worth a visit if you like. Fruit and the cafe has a nice outlook over the hills

We picked ( strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries). Berries were mouthwatering. Couldn't stop eating. So yummy. Unfortunately, cherries were not available. There is a restaurant and play area for kids with few goats 🐐 .

Very wonderful place to go visit as a group- especially for kids! The PYO experience is so enjoyable and you don’t notice the time pass by. The fruits are plenty, fresh and delicious. Will definitely go back!

The place is worth a visit and is suitable for all ages, and it is preferable to book in advance. The same place is in an indoor games area for children. The Great Coffee was less than normal, and the lemon and coconut cake was dry and tasted like an air freshener, and the carrot cake was the same 🙂 but to be honest, the berry and strawberry tart was true. Delicious

First visit. Most of the staff in the cafe were really nice. We had steak pie... served in a bowl with the veg etc. Unfortunately, it was very salty and I really couldn't eat it. Service was extremely slow, though in fairness it was busy. Unfortunate visit I think

Very nice experience, the staff are so nice and wonderful

Rolls were very dry. We were disappointed.

Really nice place to visit, we enjoyed a lot

£5.00 FOR JAM SUGAR OUTRAGEOUS.

Took a while for the order to be taken, with others who had seated after us ordering first and Requested table water didn’t anppear. But had a fantastic time and would definitely recommend the venue

Lovely sandwich ham and pickle was amazing bread also

I picked strawberries, blueberries, and cranberries with my children. Rich harvest

This is a lovely family day out/cute date spot, the fruit is fresh and the cafe is great too - best empire biscuits! It is also right next to Edinburgh Airport so you can see the planes flying off right next to you!

Very friendly staff. Great selection of good quality food served quickly. Great views of surrounding area and, of course, in season fruit picking and kids play area. A great place to visit with the family for weekend lunches and hence why very busy at peak times.

Excellent food. Helpful staff. Warm welcome

Food was very nice. The service was abysmal, the slowest I have ever been served. The toilets were dirty and unkempt.

Best mac and cheese I've had out for years, maybe ever. Suuuuper cheesy, but not dry, and the garlic bread was also exceptional. Delightful.

Craigie's is a fabulous place to visit. We started off fruit picking. It's expensive but good fun. You have to pay for your visit but that money is given back as a voucher towards your fruit. After this we went to the cafe. It was very busy so took a little bit of time to order food. But once it came it was incredible, thoroughly enjoyed it. Kids had Mac and Cheese and enjoyed theirs as well. There is a barn that has a soft play in it, great for young kids. So much to do here.

Craigies Farm is a fantastic spot for a family day out! The "Pick Your Own" experience is a fun and interactive way to choose exactly what you want. We had a great time picking delicious strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries—each one bursting with flavor. The farm is well-organized, and the staff is friendly and helpful. Whether you're looking for fresh produce or just a day of outdoor fun, Craigies Farm is the place to be. Highly recommended!

Updating review based on today's experience. Went here before a birthday party, was told it was a 30 minute wait for food as kitchen couldn't handle orders. Disappointed as now we can't have lunch before the party, not that the staff cared. Wife bought food in the shop at in the quiet area which was empty and was asked to move as food wasn't bought from the cafe. Would be nice to have a chance. We were third in the queue and the person they vacated my wife for was not one of those ahead of us in the queue. Awful service, won't be back.

Strawberry farm and restaurant in a wonderful and enjoyable environment

I used to come here as a child all the time and I have the best memories! Since getting married this year, I wanted to visit with my husband to show him and make new memories together.... I phoned ahead to ask if we could bring our dog, and I was told yes, as long as I kept him on a lead. No other specifics were mentioned to me on the phone by this member of staff. We arrived and walked through the main entrance, it was so nice seeing the place all these years later and how different it is now. Then I was met with this woman who very aggressively told me I had to leave, her tone was extremely rude, and she made me feel like I'd done something terrible by bringing our dog. I was not told prior that he wasn't allowed in the main building, I was only told that it was okay to have him there as long as he was on a lead. I said this to her and she replied saying " I'm not sure who told you that..." So I left with our dog and told my husband to stay and have a look around the shop as we had come all this way. I was directed outside to a dog area, which was not maintained well, I literally just sat there waiting on my husband. I was made to feel so unwelcome and excluded from the farm. We ended up just leaving, and I was extremely disappointed and unimpressed. Such a shame as they claim to be a dog friendly place, but you are literally only allowed to sit in this horrible outside part that has a view out to the car park.... Wouldn't recommend if you are wanting a nice place to take your dog.

Clueless service luke-warm coffee, ridi ulously expensive.

Visited Craigie's today and was so disappointed with the service received. Had to ask for our order to be taken. Food came but had to ask for our drinks as had just about finished our food. Then had to ask to order cakes. Of which most were apparently finished, at the back of 1pm? Waitress came back advising there was actually one piece of carrot cake left so my husband said he would have it. Sat waiting and again we had to ask for our cakes....came but no carrot cake and victoria sponge instead! Waiter took it away and some time later came back with the carrot cake advising it had just come from the bakery. There was a lot of staff around just not sure what they were doing. Tables were not getting cleared and when they were the water from plastic cups, (why using plastic?) was poured back into the bottle - lets hope the bottles are washed before being re filled(!) Also never saw any tables being wiped between customers. Food was not anything special so will not be rushing back for lunch.

We have allergies hence got food from home. However the staff kept on coming to the table multiple times, were loud and used a very bad tone to mention that outside food is not allowed. Intention seems to humiliate us in front of other people. Have been to the farm multiple times and always had a good time however will not be back. As families come to the farm there should be a designated picnic area so families having allergies or want to cater to dietary requirements can get their own food. Note: my son is pending ASD assessment and has a very restricted diet. Update: 4th Aug. Just to clarify we did order food from the café and had additional food from home for specific dietary requirements. Staff never mentioned that a picnic area was available. If they would then we would have happily moved. And we didn't sit inside the restaurant it was outside in the play area. The key point is that staff need to have courtesy and empathy!

Food was good but it was a little expensive.

Love visiting Craigie's Farm. Thoroughly enjoy restaurant meals.

Arrival was at 4:25 We were not allowed to pick fruit The place is beautiful There is a store

Rude unprofessional staff, elderly woman called Margaret was extremely rude when asked where the drinks were. Food sub standard with chef out of his depth. Overpriced shambles.

The fruit and veg picking is a great trip out for families, fruit is lovely quality and you get told where the best places to pick are. It’s also educational for young kids who may not yet know how their favourite fruits grow and ripen. The staff are always friendly too. The cafe has nice food and drink, but I always find we have quite a wait after ordering, to the point where you wonder if they’ve forgotten about you (one time, they had for us, but were apologetic and got our drinks asap). It’s also pretty expensive. But you do get great views, and there’s some play things for young children to keep them entertained. Overall I’d definitely recommend the fruit and veg picking, and would overall recommend the cafe if you have plenty time and not on a budget!

The food was good and reasonably priced for the quality and the building and view are nice. The mushroom soup was excellent but the lentil to salty but otherwise nice. So why 2 stars? The service and organisation is absolutely atrocious. It starts the moment you arrive. Is it table service or self service? Do you seat yourself or wait to be seated.? Do you pay at table or at the till? Nothing is clear and staff don't help. Several people left without being served at all. Then when you want to pay it takes them 15 minutes and only because I insisted I would wait any longer. We would have got coffee and cake but this would have taken way to long. There is lots of staff but they are all over the place and seem very stressed.

A must visit place in Edinburgh.Every summer pick your own event is organised here.In that even one can directly pick strawberry 🍓, raspberries, cherries , vegetables from farm.

Really good breakfast. Service was excellent.

It was a fantastic time, and fruits are good and tasty and well spent time with family

Everything fine Just I don't understand why there was not beer

Oddly, it's set up as a self service cafe but it's actually table service. A strangely long wait for someone to find us a table even though there seemed to be lots of staff and more than half of the tables were empty and cleared. Filter coffee seemed to be a bit of a mystery so I got a flat white whether I wanted it or not, coffee wasn't good anyway so I doubt it mattered. Cheesecake was soggy and mostly cream, seemed like it had probably been frozen. Definitely not worth the wait or the money.

The experience overall was nice but 50£ for some cherry's and strawberry ?? Also the staff firstly did not allow us to go in new row of cherry tree's guiding us through empty ones. The ice-cream was delicious.

Lovely place for family. Nice food and very friendly staff. Nice sweet strawberry

Decent food, great for the kids to run around and play outdoors. Lovely view down the river Forth

For fruit pick your own, you need to book a session in advance

The food very delicious specially lintel soup, and the staff very kind

Lovely restaurant with delicious fresh food. Will definitely be back for PYO fun!

Unfortunately, 2 stars is a very generous review. We bought play and PYO tickets for 2 adults and 2 children at a cost of £45 (£60 but £15 redeemable against fruit picked). This price included a drink and shortbread. I asked if my teabag could be swapped for a peppermint tea as I can't tolerate caffeinated drinks and was told I could not and would be charged for this. However, the cafe staff swapped the advertised strawberry shortbread for a plain shortbread round much to the disappointment of my child who had been promised a special strawberry shaped biscuit. The play area is fine, tho on the day we visited the sand pit was not fully functional which was disappointing. We visited the animals next and were astounded to see a lone rabbit in a small hutch with a huge pile of carrots, peppers and cabbage. Rabbits cannot tolerate this kind of food in such quantities (the gas produced could cause GI stasis) and should have a much (much much much) larger space to live and exercise in. We did enjoy looking at the horses though. We then went to the fruit fields and had fun picking fruit together. Though most of the poly tunnels were closed which meant that the large strawberries the staff had told us about were not available for us to pick. After this we visited the cafe for some lunch. However, 30 minutes after we were seated we decided to leave as no one had come for our order despite asking several times. All in all, a fairly disappointing (and very expensive) day out.

This is my third visit and on each occasion service has been very slow and disorganised, I think because there aren't enough serving staff on. Staff are lovely but far too busy. We had to chase for our drinks as the order was misplaced. This time the food was pretty disappointing, the chicken salad was the least interesting chicken salad I have ever had, the quiche was not as expected (was quiche filling in a pie shell), and my sister's cheese sandwich, advertised as just cheddar, contained chopped red onions which she can't eat, and mayo which she doesn't like. Only redeeming feature were excellent strawberry tarts and good flat white. Lovely location but quite a bit needs to be better.

Really expensive. The play barn is a good play area for kids but it is £9 per child regardless of age and adults also pay £7 each on top of that which is extortionate, especially after you buy lunch too as no food from outside is allowed in. We had a nice day (hence stars) but we won't be back! Also, the food decent but really disappointed that it was card only in the playbarn as my mum doesn't have contactless or able to use a smart phone so couldn't pay. So including our entry I ended up spending £52 for lunch (a sandwich with no drinks or cakes) for 2 adults and a 2 year old - ouch!

What an incredible selection of fruit to pick. The quality is quite amazing. The prices are not ridiculous and the staff were all lovely. My one very small issue was the time it took to weigh and pay. The queue took forever (busy, means it's good). The young boys did seem quite new. Didn't take away from a fantastic time.

We’ve been coming here every year for 7 years now and we’ve always enjoyed picking fruit as a family. We like to get breakfast at the cafe after and the kids play at the play park. But The play park has lost its swing and slide which is a shame. The strawberries we picked were very sweet and big. Overall we will still continue to come here every year.

Love this place. Beautifully view and great food. Staff is very friendly and helpful.

Delicious lunch after fun fruit picking

Beautiful shop and cafe, just missed lunch so I shall be back.

What an improvement from my last few visits. The staff were so much more attentive, friendly and helpful, it made all the difference 🌞 It was a shame they didn't have much vegetarian and no vegan options, not even a nice salad. Maybe next time. Great place for families as well. Would highly recommend 👌

It isn't cheap but offers fantastic value for money. I wouldn't buy my meat for anywhere else.

Lovely place to come to for tea and cakes. Great outside play area and farmyard for the smalls. Excellent service.

This was our first time here ..My son is autistic and he absolutely enjoyed himself was nice to be able to relax and enjoy the day instead of worrying if he was going to run off ect everything is fenced off In play areas ...loved the animal talk and the staff was helpful and friendly.....we will be returning soon ....