Darts Farm in East Devon

There can't be many places where both: A) A bottle of olive oil costs £45 (not a joke or exaggeration, actually true) B) The toilets are filthy.

Visited on Wednesday 16th Oct. Busy but not overly so. We found the staff attitudes sullen. No cheerful greeting. My husband’s tea cafetière would not pour. Two others were fine, on inspection the filter had been put in upside down, but too hot to do this ourselves- server took it from us ( as if we were making a fuss) saw her alter it, then just placed it heavily on the table, no apology or explanation or even a smile. Just an unwelcoming unhappy environment to be spending time in. Will be looking for alternative places to visit for a ‘treat’ as this was not one!

Great farm shop selling fresh produce, deli products with lots of other retail therapy opportunities. It also houses an excellent Cotswold Outdoor shop and has several eating options, including a fairly high end restaurant. As a bonus it also has a bank of Tesla Superchargers

What a great place to visit. If you've visited Gloucester services on the M5, it's like that but larger and cheaper. If shopping doesn't float your boat there are walks through their nature reserve. Cotswold Outdoor have one of their largest outlets in the country, RSPB are there, Fired Earth, 3, I think eateries, a large farm shop which should be able to supply food for all tastes. The cheese deli and butchers counter leave little to be desired. There literally is too much at Darts Farm to remember with one visit, we will be back. Thanks.

Hot chocolate tastes of warm water! Would not know it was chocolate except for powder on the top.

They have made a nice place to come and visit which restaurants, wine, grocery store and lovely outdoor seating. Everything is expensive as you would expect but worth a visit.

Great range of local produce and gifts

Visited before and loved it. Came with our puppy dog & lovely places to walk her & then were able to sit in the bar area of COW & CACAO CAFÉ with our dog. We managed to just make it for a lush fish & chips. Great food. Great place.

We had a nice b-fast there this morning. Everything was tasty and properly made. Not as expensive as I thought. It was very busy but the staff were pretty fast to serve us.

Called in on Wednesday 25th and purchased a few items. When I got home (4 hour journey) I realised that salted caramel beads were out of date! Telephoned first thing the following morning and asked to ring back after 12pm because no one was in to assist the call. Telephoned back in the afternoon again no one able to assist me but did have a phone call back. Explained my situation but nothing they could do because I was not given a receipt at the till. I did explain I had another receipt to prove I had been there yesterday. I think this could have been handled better especially if they checked the items on the shop floor to confirm the products were in fact out of date. Plus they were at fault for selling out of date items. They said I could have a voucher to the value, but I live 4 hours away. £6.99 lost! Please check the dates on your purchases if they are not doing the job they are suppose to be doing.

Lovely destination to have a look at beautiful produce! Good take away small fish and chips £11 sit on upstairs balcony enjoy the views. Stuff in the shop feels very expensive but the butcher is outstanding and worth every oenny!

Great food shop, especially the meat counter.

Very poor "flat bread". Hardly any topping, and what there was was of poor quality. Avoid Darts Farm.

Perfect break down the M5 to Cornwall. Just a couple of miles off the motorway. Highly recommend. Amazing cheese scones

I frequently visit Darts Farm and would highly recommend! Pros: - Large farm shop with plenty of local produce. - Amazing ice cream and waffles at the Cow & Cacao cafe. - The Cheese Tea at the restaurant is delicious and always friendly service. Cons: - None! Other than expect to wait for a table during busy times as the restaurant and cafe both get very busy.

Disappointing to say the least. Not as dog friendly as the website reads. Preferred the menu in the yard rather than Cacoa &Co and the courtyard looked inviting enough. How wrong! Dogs are not allowed through the main building to get to the court yard. There are no signs so after asking 3 members of staff and being rudely spoken to by a member of staff (Martin) because we had actually been shown by a member of staff into the building, we were lead round a kind of delivery route (see photos), past rubbish bins, mop buckets, hose pipes etc into the court yard. There was no mapped route, which cannot be H&S compliant with vehicles using the same route. Matters were made worse with stained China, cold toast and luke warm beans served in a chipped ramekin. We just wanted to get out of there in the end but I wish we’d challenged the bill tbh.

Nice venue to visit plenty of places to eat too

Badly and undercooked cooked bacon and sausage bap took 15 minutes to arrive on a Sunday morning. Food and service not worth the price, avoid. Men's urinals often overflow... yuck.

Lovely spot to stop for couple of hours, beautiful outdoor area with wildflowers, sunflowers and play area. Some farm animals to see. Outdoor drink and snack shack and food in the indoor restaurant was excellent.

Nice coffee, friendly staff but considering all the great food for sale onsite, I was very disappointed by the cheese sandwich... Severe lack of cheese! 🤔🤦

Was a 5 star rating but ive dropped it. I feel like its going down hill. Service is getting worse. Therd is always something for everyone. I do love a wander here, but not sure ill keep going.

We visited the Yard Restaurant for lunch Monday 19 aug between 1-2pm. Had a 15 minute wait, which was no problem and then seated on the sofas. Ordered latte and breakfast tea with lunch. Drinks arrived and my tea looked a bit weak when I poured it and tasted very odd. Smelt the teapot and it was strongly minty! Tried to catch someone’s eye but eventually my husband took it up to the drinks servery. Handed it over and said we ordered breakfast tea and this is mint. Response was “no, that’s breakfast tea”, husband “can you smell it please”, she smelt it, put it down, turned round, made another pot and put it on the counter, no further words spoken. Husband helped himself to a new cup. Now my expectations are not high but an acknowledgment of a mistake, an apology and offer of new cup feels like the minimum. Not expecting and didn’t get any sort of smile or sorry. It wasnt the young man or lady with very dark hair. Tarnished an expensive visit to the farm shop

I had a 90 minute massage with Rachel H today, and she was such an amazing lady! I had such a lovely time today and cannot recommend her enough. She was so kind and caring, and she took the time to understand me and my back concerns. She made me feel completely relaxed and comfortable, I highly recommend her. I will definitely be back again!

Nice place for a morning out, nice cafe outside and big kids area

Surprised to find it not very child friendly, specifically for young children. High chairs and children seats, but no children’s menu in the cafe or suitable drinks on offer, nor snacks particularly suitable for young children to take outside to picnic. Not enough seating in the restaurant for the amount of people, so queueing back into the shop. Also agree with all the comments on food, everything looks lovely, and everything we ate tasted great but it is wildly overpriced for undersized portions. Wouldn’t visit again with children, little or big, just didn't really seem like a place for them.

Darts Farm is an incredible place to explore, both indoors and outdoors! We loved wandering through the huge outdoor cornfield and visiting the cow and sheep farm before heading inside. The indoor farm store is equally impressive, with an extensive variety of food, vegetables, fruits, sauces, and wines. Pebblebed Vineyard has a fantastic wine tasting booth right at the entrance, offering delicious rosé, white, and red wines, with a great sale at £10. It’s perfect for those who like to try before they buy. We also had a delightful brunch at the COW & CACAO CAFÉ. Highly recommend visiting if you’re in the area!

Had dinner at the restaurant which was pricey but very tasty

Best chicken .bacon. avocado sandwiche. And chips to die for easy 5 stars good food good service

Visited the food hall today. Everything looked good, but pricey. At the Deli counter my husband saw a steak, ale and Stilton pie which is his favourite, so I bought him one. Buyers beware the price on the ticket is NOT what you pay. They WEIGH IT and its charged by the weight. Over £6 for a pie for one. My husband was looking forward to having it for his tea. Reheated in oven and it did smell nice, but what a shock when my husband cut it open to find carrots in it. No where on the food label in store did it stay anything about carrots. My husband has a severe allergy to carrots, so lucky he cut it and looked inside, otherwise we'd be in A&E by now. We will never be coming here again. Cost was too high and it could have caused my husband serious health issues. You need to be clear on the contents of your goods. Who expects carrots in a steak, ale and Stilton pie?

Lovely shop, although totally overpriced! The restaurant again, very overpriced and literally hardly any vegan options for such a large menu. Ordered a vegan cake which was so dry, had to send it back. Very old fashioned, felt like I was back in the 80’s with what options for vegans you can get!

The Yard Restaurant has nice employees and the food is good value for your money.

Lovely place with lots of lovely things to look at and very nice food.

A good place to visit with an unusual selection of toys, food, gifts and alcohol. There's usually some sampling going on too. I would recommend looking at the wonderful furniture, chocolate , cakes and flowers which are available here .. but be warned, prices are a little on the steep side. They have 3 places to eat here (all of them seem to always have queues, so come early). There's lots of free level parking (some on gravel) and toilets.

Always busy and deserves to be. Fantastic hairdresser on the first floor - Energy Hair. I've been going to them for years and years. Wouldn't go anywhere else.

Driver of small delivery darts farm vehicle ending HJG.... Using your mobile whilst in a liveried vehicle, in the car park of your employers... Bright spark 🙄

Had a superb meal here, while charging the car. Love Darts Farm

Everything is overpriced even for a farm shop, which is fine if the quality was there, but below average on quality- olives stale and tasteless etc. Pizza was good though.

Excellent choice of beers, spirits and ciders

This is purely a review of the bike hire (the farm shop remains as splendid as ever). We hired a tandem for a day out on the Exe Cycle trail. The first tandem's allen key was so rusty that neither we, nor the Darts Farm team member in charge of bike hire, could get the seat to stay in the right place (we cycled off twice but had to return after only making it 5 minutes down the road because the seat slipped). The second tandem could only be ridden in a couple of gears because the chain kept sticking. I noticed this problem with the chain when using the same tandem hire a couple of years ago. Wow Darts, with all of the money you clearly make, and pricing bike hire between £35-£45, you can't be bothered to maintain your bikes? Super disappointed that you have buried your heads in the sand with this!

Just spent 20 minutes queueing for a pasty to be ignored at 10 mins of those at the counter. Staffing it with disinterested teenagers may not be the best way ahead.

Lovely place, if they haven’t got it you don’t need it. Everything under one roof. Sadly for us we didn’t like the ice cream tbh

Wonderful shop . My newest favourite destination for quality produce

Lovely place to go shopping and spend a few hours looking round the farm

A very nice morning going around the Vintage Car show..

A lovely day at The Father's Day Classic Car Meet.Beautiful display of cars and bike

Not much in the way of signs to say 'dogs not allowed'. Walked in through Cotswold entrance and into farm shop, was then told dogs not allowed. Walked around building and saw 1x ' dogs not allowed in farm shop'. Saved me some money and won't visit again.

Great place to visit for all the family. Plenty of parking Plenty of outdoor seating to enjoy the environment

We visit Darts annually when visiting family. Always a foodies paradise and a mecca to visit for us. A great concept and very well run. still an exceptional destination for great produce.

Very well stocked farm shop selling local produce. The clothing section was really over priced. My breakfast was meh... Baked in a skillet and succeed in it. The food was piping hot. Mainly home made baked beans, two small rashers of bacon and a bit of black pudding crumbled over the top. The egg looked as if it had been baked with all the other ingredients so was rock hard and had a tough skin over it. Not at all what I'd expected. Also very expensive for what you get. In fact, 3 * may be a bit generous...

Great selection of healthy breakfasts. Nice service. Amazing farm shop although quite pricey.

Decided to visit as we were passing. Found everything very overpriced! The service in the restaurant was very slow. They want you to use a QR code to order but there’s no signal and you can’t connect to the WiFi. My wife and I ordered mains however my wife’s main course came out 20 minutes before mine, to the point I had to grab the attention of the waitress to ask where it was. When it turned up, it was cold but was too hungry to turn it away. Wanted to order a side portion of chips but told we couldn’t even though they were serving burger and chips! No children’s menu, forcing you to order an adults portion for an extreme cost. The toilets are located away from the restaurant. The restaurant feels like you are pushed into a corner and bunched together. Poor layout, poor service and overpriced.

What a superb place selling everything from Aga cookers to cookies Butchery counter has to be seen to be believed Some may think items are pricey but it certainly seems to be of the highest quality

Was good. Lacks diverse product all cafes now and exceptionally rude staff and prices are eye wateringly high for everything. Will not be going again it has lost its way.

Great deli counter but, appalling loos. As a disabled visitor we share the parent and child cubicle. This is standard practice. Never have I been where this lavatory is clean. It really could do with an update however, it smells, the floor is habitually wet, it’s more often than not littered with lavatory paper whilst the hand drier is ineffectual. And it is far too small to accommodate a double buggy/large power chair. A thorough clean and regular daily checks would be a good place to start.

A delicious lunch cost £150 for 3: main dishes did not arrive at same time. Cotswolds Outdoor, reason for visit: successful.Darts Farm food store £130 and when I asked for a bag which had not been offered she said that will cost you 10 pence! Many chargers for Tesla non for other electric cars: this is apparently a marketing decision by Darts Farm and nothing to do with Cotswold Outdoors. I won't be going back, I like to feel welcome.

Great venue for a coffee and catch up with friends. Great selection of drinks, snacks and larger portions. Service is excellent and Alex is outstanding and extremely customer focussed.

Lovely place to shop, have a snack and enjoy nature. They now have extended the place with a lovely restaurant.

Visited for lunch. Read on the website that the restaurant was dog friendly, but took ages to figure out how to get into the restaurant without going through the food hall (where dogs aren't allowed). Asked in the restaurant and they advised we could sit in the outdoor area, but would need to walk around to the back of the building and enter through a gate. Lovely breakfast, staff were friendly and helpful.

Staff(guy) from the chocolate house, was eating something from the big pot, licking spoon and using same again for eating. After seeing this didn’t buy anything and just got out.🤮 they should check from the camera this kind of the stuff. I wish I could record this, but me and my partner were observing if we have some misunderstandings or what , we were shocked… shame on that guy 😳

Great selection of items but as there were only two checkouts operating, a huge queue and I only wanted one item, I gave up and left it!

Not far off J30 M5 May make a much happier stop off when travelling rather than the Exeter motorway services

Not the greatest experience this morning. After waiting sometime, in a quiet period for my cooked breakfast, he came out stone cold. Waitress took it off me then came back 5 mins later asking did I want it reheated or cooked fresh. Reheated? I said no thank you, I'll have fresh. I'm not expected to pay nearly £13 for a reheated breakfast. The knew breakfast came out, although it looked as if only the eggs had been cooked fresh. Flat white came out very luck warm. Not the greatest experience today for £34. Standards have certainly dropped. I won't be returning anytime soon.

We had our Dart Farm, Easy Carve and Stuffed Bronze Turkey for Christmas Day lunch today. OK, it wasn't cheap but it was worth every penny, the whole family agreed, it was our best Christmas Lunch, ever!

The meat and poultry selection is phenomenal. The guy who served me was a star... Very helpful. 3 stars given because prices for a lot of items seemed over inflated. I had breakfast in the cafe and considering the great selection of produce in the farm shop, I didn't get the impression I was eating the same. The cooking methods as well are not up to scratch. I really expected better. The floor staff were very friendly. I actually bought some coffee from a recommendation by the lady who served me.

Had a lovely Lunch. Excellent Service.

Breakfast very small for price bacon was so thin and greasy sausages small very small compared to last year not worth the money

Avoid this place. I just went into the shop for one thing and it was mayhem. Full of people standing where other people need to go and they won’t get out of the way (obviously feel like they don’t need to). The shop is full of overpriced glorified brands that always taste much worse than brands you can find in a regular shop like Tesco, and Darts Farm meat and veg, which is also overpriced. The cakes look really good and are expensive at £4-£6 but are extremely mediocre. As we only had one thing we kindly asked if we could pay at the deli because there was a huge queue for the tills, to which we were met with a rude and short “No. At the tills.”

Only visited the cafe. Had a cold cappuccino and a chewey scone. Never again.

Very nice place with lots of goodies for everyone and also food was very fresh and served promptly, would definitely recommend!

This farm shop offers customers amazing selections! Also everything we had in the cafe was ever so fresh and tasty. I wish the waiter would have been a little bit more friendly. That's the only downside.

Awesome fish and chips, great shopping, local,fresh produce and a great kids play area too!

Nice selection of produce here.

Great coffee bought liver breast of lamb had it chopped lovely roasted with lots of veg in the same pan can't beat there meat

Good place to meet but a bit commercial

The service in the café is awful, the young girl who was serving and clearing tables looked like she wanted to be anywhere but there and was so slow. Not all of our order came out and after 15mins when I asked where it was the girl I spoke to said sometimes the order doesn't come through on the ticket. It worked fine to charge me for it though so I asked for a refund and maybe they need to get a machine that works properly. The lady working behind the counter making the waffles and desserts was in a world of her own and so so slow which is why my son didn't want to wait for her to make him one. Regarding food hygiene why was she also allowed to prepare food with bright red nail varnish on and no gloves to cover it, that's a big no when dealing with food in this environment I don't want to be finding flakes of nail varnish in my food. The staff in the cafe definitely need a bit of a shake up because it really wasn't good

Great food, good service and not bad for price. Always a lot of things to look at and ideas to think about

Not cheap, but a foodie heaven...

I was pretty disappointed with the cafe. £5.50 for a 'luxury' hot chocolate (they don't tell you there's an oat milk additional cost) and it was pretty meh. Just seemed like a bad standard cocoa powder supermarket job. A lot of money for something so disappointing considering the rest of the place's emphasis on luxury

It was like really expensive but I liked looking around :)

Really good farm....and for a food lover is just amazing to shop in there !!!

Wonderful shopping experience. Bit pricey but quality of produce was worth it. Minced beef and veg best we've tasted!!

The new cafe area on the left has good service but it is so LOUD!!!

Omg I could live here. A must visit if in area. Restaurants, market and outdoor store.

Nice shops! Very good choice of food, wines, different products.

Loads of choice throughout with good quality food

where on earth are the darts? I wanted to hit a 180!

Had lunch today in the Farms Table restaurant, and unfortunately, it was very disappointing. The mushrooms on toast (forcaccia) were awful. The focaccia was very dry and the shriveled mushrooms were tasteless. There was no dressing on the salad and it was not worth the £9 charged. Service was okay, yet a bit hap hazard as the staff seemed inexperienced or not interested in being attentive to their customers, but were pleasant. We were offered a 15% discount for the disappointing meal. Despite the lovely local produce Darts Farm offers for sale in their shop (at premium prices), it seems they do not use these ingredients to their full potential.

Great food Clisic breakfast untill 3pm!

Darts Farm is a multiple shopping experience. In addition to the extensive food hall with its range of fresh and packaged produce, there are other franchises. These include Cotswold Outdoor and Fired Earth. The gift area also has many beautiful items . The eating areas can be busy but they do offer attractive options. The car park is well laid out and there are EV charging points. One thing to bear in mind is that this is not a cheap place to shop

It is absolutely impossible to contact this seller to discuss a complaint about substandard produce. Phone calls and emails remain unanswered.

A farm with a very well-stocked and quality store

Love Darts Farm - great shopping and eating with a large car park conveniently located just off the M5

They have some great merchandise, but it was very busy! And not cheap.

Fantastic Sunday Lunch on NYE. Lovely pink beef! Great service. Thanks.

Lovely place. Good food choices. Plenty to see and do. Friendly helpful staff. Many different things to buy. Shall return soon 5*

I went here with my wife and son for breakfast, the service was very quick and I've never had breakfast that was so tasty, the pot of tea was huge and I would definitely recommend this place for food.

Great range of beer and cider to choose from. It's essentially expensive compared to anywhere else but there's all good local beer and cider here. Cheese counter and baked goods are local with posh farm shop pricing. Cafe is brilliant quality and reasonably priced. Meat selection is very good but I haven't bought meat here before. Nice gift ideas for anyone. There's a Cotswold outdoor shop for a variety of outward bound clothing ranges. Good shop but pricey

Very disappointed, myself and my family stopped for coffee and cake in the cafe after doing a bit of Christmas shopping. We were taken to our seat my a member of staff who was unfriendly as he seemed stressed. We waited 20mins and nobody came to take our order. We had to leave in the end. We were very disappointed in this service. You need more serving staff!

Great spot for a lovely meal and good products!

A great shop. It is expensive but very good.