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

Lots of space, not much in it... hidden dips which were a nightmare for toddlers in the play area. Same for the outside area too. Climbing frames etc were great. Animal shed was good too to let kids see animals. You weren't able to touch them though unless you stayed for the talk. Food was ok, not much choice on the lunch menu for adults.

Super disappointed the play centre here was closed when it’s not noted on the website - not open 7 days to any other parents driving all the way out here

Please can you update the information on your website?? The page about opening times states right at the top “ Little Farmers is open for fun and adventure seven days a week all year round, except for Christmas and New Year.” We arrived on a Tuesday and it was shut!! We had to go home with a very disappointed little girl

Nice place to go went with my 2 daughter's & son-in-law was a family Easter weekend, to feed the lambs with our grandson, he was so happy to hold a wee lamb on his lap, & after that had a long play in the indoor play area. Would recommend, but would go back during the week, hopefully less busy.

I’d like to congratulate your Kitchen for all the lovely homemade goodies included with the Afternoon Tea. I appreciated the special effort that was made by your Staff, both in the kitchen and by the very friendly Staff waiting the tables making my visit to the Farm very enjoyable.

Great food in an out-of-the-way location. Difficult to find but well worth the effort. Great food with fantastic views. A lovely place for fresh farm food too and in the summer there are fresh fruits straight from the fields.

Hadn't been there for a long time it is in a lovely area and the food was good also the staff were pleasant

Fantastic breakfast, so good we're going back tomorrow! They have a quiet room for dining, which was perfect for my autistic son.

Craigies is our go-to place for a nice family outing. Incredibly cozy atmosphere, amazing farm to table food and a very warm staff.

Great trip out with the kids. Bit pricey but we did get a cuppa included in entry ticket. Cafe sold nice cakes, play area was clean and well maintained. Animals were fab. We are in the farm shop restaurant as we preferred the atmosphere there and that was great too. Farm shop has lovely produce. Will definitely be back

Lovely place, and everyone working there is so sweet! Great for families and kids. Yes we were able to get there with uber

Nice place, service great. Portion sizes for price are not on. One wee sausage on a full breakfast is not on.

Oh dear, where did it all go wrong? My kids used to love coming here to play in the park but the climbing frame's gone and the swing frame has no swings on it anymore. The ice cream was ok but served like it was coming out of the lady's wages. Very sad for somewhere that used to be a staple of holiday entertainment.

Rude and mean staff, one of the waitresses was so unprofessional and rude. Environment was not good and staff were not polite or professional. Not recommended place to visit

Afternoon tea for my niece’s Hen party. We had a private room with lots of space. The service was wonderful, they were very attentive and helpful. Food was plentiful and we were able to take home anything we couldn’t manage to finish. Delicious savoury pastries and the raspberry jam was so good. I would definitely recommend. Very good value too.

Came for the Easter event and popped in for some breakfast. Ellie has severed us on a couple of occasions and has been so lovely every time! A busy place but the staff are very accommodating. Food is delicious would definitely recommend it here! Thank you!

Great afternoon tea served by some lovely staff. Highly recommend. We ordered 23 afternoon teas for my daughters hen day. Had a great sized private room. Thank you to all the staff at Cragies

Lovely staff in the shop giving attentive, polite service. Most vegetables I bought were great but a 5kg bag of potatoes were poor quality. They were beginning to sprout all over and most won't be fit to eat by the time we want use them. Won't be at Cragies for a while so can't return them.

A place we will return to again and again. Great views from the cafe, cute farm shop, milkshake bar.

Cafe lovely as always however came to the soft play shocking you need to pay for adults £7 each for adults £9 per child terrible when adults not playing on equipment maybe put £2 - 3 but it's a bit steep

Lovely spot for a day out We came here to check out the strawberries, but unfortunately we were far too early, like months early... Fortunately, however, the deli and café are fantastic and well worth the trip on their own. First we walked around the deli. A lot of it is quite overpriced, which is a shame because there were some nice things on offer that we might be tempted to try if we didn't feel like they were trying to squeeze us for every penny (I'm looking at you, £6 bunches of asparagus...) The meat counter, however, had a fantastic selection as they were literally in the process of breaking down an entire cow as we walked in. The butcher behind the counter, Olly, was an absolute top lad, gave us loads of helpful suggestions, answered questions and even offered to look after our purchases behind the counter while we visited the rest of the farm. We got, Beef short ribs, 8/10, lovely and meaty, I turned these into a beautiful 4-hour slow cooked ragu for a two sheet lasagne verde inspired by Rolo's in NYC (check them out!). My attempt looked a bit lame, but it tasted so good wifeyface asked for it again 2 days running. Good times 👍 Beef bones, 9/10, Not only were these fresh as anything, but cheap too at only £2.50/kg. I cooked them down for over 24 hours and then with the resulting broth made ramen with all the trimmings. Wife was feeling a bit preggo-nauseous at the time, but after I showed her what I'd made, guess who appeared at the dinner table 5 minutes later 😂 Next, we went to the café for a well earned sit down. It was nice and airy with lots of light streaming in. Full of hustle and bustle, plenty of families with young kids have a jolly good time. Freshly squeezed orange juice, 8/10, can't beat freshly squeezed, very refreshing. Coffee, 7/10, decent coffee with just enough strength to get the conversation flowing without giving you the caffeine shakes. Scone, 6/10 without the cream, 8/10 with. The scone itself was pretty good, felt they were a bit stingy on the fruit though. Jam was tasty but could have done being a little thicker in texture. Butter on scones is an abomination and we shall not speak of it. Sweet whipped cream made all the difference and I'm glad we ordered it extra. After tasty libations we had a bit of a stroll round the farm. With the weather only just starting to warm up there wasn't much growing, but I could see this being good fun when the time is right. It was a nice walk around too, they have sheep and tiny little ponies which were all kinds of cute. Overall a great day out, and if you have slightly older kids the soft play looks mega fun.

We had a great time at Craigie’s Farm this morning. The food was excellent and the service from Karolyne N was friendly, courteous and professional.

My wife and I agreed recently that on days off when we had time, we would start visiting farm shops for lunch and / or coffees within an hour or two of our home (must be an age thing 🙂). Just to see a bit more of the country, maybe buy some fresh produce, and support farmers who diversify. First up was Craigie’s Farm because it’s quite local to us, and we had heard a lot of positives. There was loads of room in the car park because it was midweek. It was pleasant enough from the outside, but a bit tired looking. This didn’t really put us off because I can understand that in the recent and current economic climate, outside maintenance and refurb is low on the list of priorities. We had the dog with us but we couldn’t take her inside. So there was a tired looking outside area to sit with her. It was a nice day but the “canine area” was shady and therefore quite cool, so we put her back in the car and went in to the shop and cafe. We were still feeling upbeat because we respect whatever rules re. dogs. The shop was expensive but well stocked and we thought we might buy some fruit and veg. The cafe / restaurant was pleasant enough and the staff were very good. But we were left very disappointed with an order of lentil soup and sour dough and a latte. The lentil soup was watery and lacking in taste. The sourdough was more like a regular piece of nicely baked bread, definitely not the usual tanginess of sourdough. The latte was ok. I appreciate that with employers NI and the minimum wage increasing from April that overheads must be tight, but £7 for the soup and bread, and £4 for the latte, just felt like poor value for money. We therefore didn’t really feel like buying anything from the shop and just went on our way. Overall pretty disappointing. Felt like a place that used to be very popular and innovative, that has somewhat lost its energy and focus, forgetting that quality of food is paramount 😐. Or maybe they just had an off-day, I’m not sure.

Lovely lunch with really kind and friendly staff. Karolyne, our waitress, was very accommodating in helping us get a table where we could place the pram for my newborn niece. Thank you

Lovely setting but breakfast was poor & definitely not value for money. Fried egg was hard, bacon looked anorexic & tattie scones were so tough you could not cut them with a knife. Coffee was good. I love Craigie’s because fruit & Veg are fab & the Argentinian beef stir fry is to die for. However, I’m afraid I won’t be eating there again anytime soon.

Very nice place to visit with kids . Lentil soup there is amazing 👌😊

Excellent service from Michelle & Kenny ! Food and service amazing! Definitely will be back 👍

It's a great place for kids and the family to play, eat, and see the farm animals.

Very friendly staff and especially on Saturday when my 95 year old mum and I were served by Michelle. She was very helpful, got us our preferred seat (by a window!) and even though they didn't have any scones left Michelle told us about the choices of cake and traybakes left and we had Victoria Sponge cake and Millionaire's Shortcake, both of which were very delicious. After, we looked around the shop and got a few bits and pieces. Sam served us and he too was very friendly and helpful. Another lovely visit to Craigies Farm Cafe and shop. Highly recommended

Excellent service from Ellie and Lorna. Food was amazing. Staff were friendly and efficient.

Food was excellent. Service could have been a little quicker but the staff were lovely and the cafe was busy.

Excellent! Food was great, quick service and so friendly!

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. Update: we went back and tried the cafe' for lunch and we found everything nice and delicious. We also bought vegetables from the farm. We will definitely go again.

Lovely food and great service. Lovely day to watch the planes!

First time here, We would certainly go back again. Bought some of their delicious pies to bring home.

Excellent farm shop with superb locally farmed most and other products. Cafe serves great food and coffee & cake combos. Lovely helpful staff.

Fantastic service. Excellent food quality. Friendly staff especially karolyne. Superb

Myself, wife and elderly father in law went for our breakfast. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit, the food was excellent, waitress was lovely, service was quick and we had a lovely view from our window seat. Highly recommend. xx

Kenny and caroline were excellent

Picked up our Christmas Dinner order from here on a beautiful winter morning. Unfortunately we didn't have time to stay for breakfast. The food was lovely and easy to prepare on the day.

The food at Craigie’s was so good, beautifully made, hearty and with local ingredients. The service was very friendly (Karolyne)…. Will definitely be back

Lovely friendly service by Karolyne and lovely coffee.

Amazing food and service, will definitely be back.

Booked the meet Santa for our 6 year old and 2 year old, Mrs Claus was very good and had a good repor with all the kids so all good there, Santa himself was awful, not cheery didn't interact with the kids well at all apart from reading out the names, FAKE BEARD HALF WAY DOWN HIS CHIN , presents that Santa half heartedly said go and pick something were suitable for 2 year olds and under, our son was very disappointed, got a word search anagram at the end but no pen / pencil provided, 3rd time seeing Santa at craggies and will be out last as cost a small fortune for very short and overall disappointing main Santa visit, KIDS BELIEVE WAY PAST 3 YEAR OLD CRAGGIES!!!

A very nice roll and great service from Kenny.

Had a wonderful afternoon tea (deceptively filling!) in a beautiful surrounding with very friendly and helpful staff, thanks again for a lovely time!

Home made type food is really good though my last meal of the butchers steak pie was 100% nuked in the microwave as some of the steak pieces turned into stone.

4 instead of 5. Loosen up on the money-making maybe? Shop full of good food items and booze but mega over-priced! Decent value in the butchery though and helpful butchers. Great place. Good food in the restaurant. Nice service from the staff but they were unable to give a slice of cheese due to no 'pricing'. Just wanted to taste and perhaps buy a larger portion for Christmas. Otherwise a lovely experience. Beautiful Christmas trees at very reasonable prices. Definitely worth a visit. Going again soon.

What has happened to Santa experience?! It was awful and compare with last year’s so not worth the money! Last year at the end everybody could see Santa separately and were asked questions, had a bit of chat. This year the whole group was ushered together. Last year marshmallow toasting was a part of experience and this year you have to find letters (when your child is too small to know them) and come up with donkeys names to get a marshmallow from cafe staff. Overall just so poor compare to last year’s.

Portions are huge but very good food

Caroline was helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. Excellent!

Second visit to see Santa. Mrs C and their happy helpful elves. Amazing! Highly recommend.

Such an amazing place! We came upon here when the pumpkin patch was open and ended up going to the cafe. We’ve now made this a weekly trip for food in the cafe and to get our meat from the farm shop! Could not say enough lovely things about this place. The food, drinks, and atmosphere are some of the best in Edinburgh. Their peppermint hot chocolates are especially amazing! Could not find nicer staff anywhere. Everyone who works there is super helpful and always has a smile on their face. Definitely definitely recommend

Very expensive in the shop compared to other farm shops in the area.Worth a visit for coffee and cake

Myself and my husband have bought meat products from the farm shop. I would highly recommend any to go and visit

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!!!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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!

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.

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!

Lovely family day out with grandkids aged 3 and 1 year

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!

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!

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

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

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