Farmer and Friends Wombourne in South Staffordshire

Been to Farmer & Friends about 3 times for lunch now and felt it was time for a review. Every lunch visit has been great, super food in a warm & welcoming environment, fantastic customer service and today we even had a bit of singing from the team which made me smile 😊 and bought some cheer to an otherwise grey day. I’ll be back again soon to enjoy their superb food and may even join in with the singing 😉 Keep doing what you’re doing Farmer & Friends!

Nice food but holy smoke the people of wombourne are far better off than elsewhere it would seem. Nearly £10 for a breakfast with a single piece of bacon, a single sausage and one egg. £1.75 for one very thinly sliced additional black pudding and £4 for a coffee. Mate had a bacon, sausage, cheese and mushroom sandwich which was well over £10. It also appeared that by paying for additional items on his sandwich my friend sacrificed the two pieces of bacon that were standard….baffled. I will add that the food quality and taste was excellent

Friendly staff and a nice selection go well cooked food. Nice to see it busy at 9:30, and continuing on until lunchtime. I will be sure to return.

Love the atmosphere in this place. Always has great food and coffee

Lovely breakfast. A little pricey but great quality and good service.

Lovely place with great food. Was a bit noisy but that's because it was quite busy, which can only be a good thing.

Brilliant service and the food was great will definitely go back

Lovely food. Nice for a treat as quite pricey. New to village so first time here.

I've edited my previous review to reflect the changes noted recently at the Farmer and Friends. I have visited a total of 19 times according Google starting in 2019. For the most part the service has been excellent and the food of a high standard. Recently however in the last 12 months or so I've noticed things slipping. It's easy to chalk this up to being busy however I've had issues when there has been less than 10 people here. Once ordered two breakfasts to find out when they arrived that the fried potatoes were missing and when enquired with the staff they said "yeah we've run out". At least tell me at the point of sale or offer a substitution, yes these things happen but do your best to minimise the disruption to the customer! Recently, I've had the wrong drinks brought over to the table despite giving my table number when ordering and reserving a table beforehand. I've had items missing off breakfasts and random items swapped out that I didn't ask for and changes to breakfasts not noted down despite asking (fortunately not due to allergies). Previously, I was inclined to tip, but the new practice of prompting for tips at the till—before experiencing the service or tasting the food I now choose not to as I don't know what to expect. It’s evident that something has shifted in the past year and it needs a minor intervention by management before it becomes a bigger issue.

Fantastic little restaurant .. wide range of drinks .. nice coffee … mainly brunch type menu … all cooked fresh . Lovely traditional breakfasts .. they also do a skinny version if you want to go a bit healthier ..The Spanish broken eggs are well worth a try ..The staff are friendly and helpful ..Will definitely be going back .. Well done Family and a friends ..

Love it here, I visit regularly with family and have done for the past few years. Food is lovely and fresh and the cakes are amazing! The people that work here are lovely and so friendly

Lovely atmosphere. Friendly staff. Food didn't take long to arrive and was delicious. Great service and it was lovely and clean inside too. Will definitely eat there again

Lovely local cafe with friendly staff and pleasant atmosphere

Spectacular food the eggs Benedict were amazing as was the black Forrest hot chocolate! Superb service and can’t wait to go back

Just been to Farmer & Friends for mothers day breakfast. What a lovely friendly place .Fabulous food good quality. Fast efficient service. Staff also very welcoming. Definitely going to be a regular place for us to return.

I come here regularly and always find the staff friendly and helpful. They are especially helpful with checking for allergies and making bookings. Food and drink is always lovely. Always worth a visit.

On the whole I do love farmers and friends, however, since a new waitress joined the team she’s making me question why I give them my business? The past two visits have been ruined by her lack of professionalism and attention to detail. Today (24.01.24) the waitress was too busy on her phone. Every time we came to the front desk she was on her phone. We ordered two soups; one vegan. The order came with dairy spread on the bread for the vegan option. When I challenged it, the waitress had not communicated to the chef that one portion of bread needed to be vegan. She had not passed on the message. Totally unacceptable to ignore someone’s dietary requirements. This is the second time this has happen and “sorry” is not enough. She didn’t apologise her self, another member of staff rectified the situation (along with the chef). I want to reiterate, every member of staff except the blonde, middle aged waitress makes farmers and friends a welcoming environment to be in. The blonde waitress needs to consider the profession she’s entered! She is dragging farmers and friends reputation down!

I thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast. Highly recommended.

The food was hot and we didn't need to wait too long but there is little non- fried food available on the menu.

Lovely warm cosy café all be it a little noisy. Delicious bacon sandwich on crusty white bread.

Warm and friendly. I love coming here. The girls there welcome customers like old friends.

I’m unsure if there has been a change of management but our latest visit was extremely poor. Sold out food still displayed on the specials board. Staff more interested in chatting with each other. As the kitchen door is open it was clear these staff members were also sitting on the kitchen surfaces on their phones. I was meant to have scrambled egg with my meal but definitely wasn’t. It looked similar to an omelette with some egg whites still visible and the consistency of wet fish. No one bothered to ask if our meals were ok or even clear our plates away after we’d finished. A theme that was common throughout the whole cafe as the couple next to us has numerous empty cups on their table. When we went to discuss the poor food and service the young lady behind the till looked at us as if we weren’t speaking English and then following another staff member joining her became quite confrontational. We asked for contact details for the manager to give feedback and were told there was no such way. It’s a shame as we’ve visited here a few times a month and always recommended it to friends and family.

Great place, great food and friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Love this place...food is fab, dogs allowed in one section of the cafe too. Veggie bfast is fab too

Popped in for lunch/brunch, we had Spanish eggs & jacket potato. Absolutely delicious, very generous portions, well presented & really tasty. Food arrived in good time, everything hot, everyone we met was friendly & welcoming, not rushed at all, we stayed & had more coffees & shared some of their excellent cake! Great place in wombourne!

Sadly the service and general staff attention has declined rapidly in recent months. The food is tasty but you pay up for it. Questionable staff practices let it down sadly - will cease to visit after recent visits

Came here after having a previous good experience a couple of years ago, what a mistake! Clearly must be under new ownership and the blonde woman on till/serving food clearly is in the wrong job… she was unwelcoming and she also took our food to the wrong table and allowed some dogs to touch my plate. I even told her I saw the dogs touch the plate and she was rude and abruptly said they didn’t… don’t lie when I was facing and saw the whole thing! Anyway she clearly thought twice and came back 5-10 mins later and offered to replace my plate/food, I said no thanks as by this point I had started eating it as she had been very rude and dismissive and I’d already paid… and even though she had ruined our visit and clearly has no customer service skills. Also we had already waited a long time for simple poached egg on toast… which may I add was the worst poached egg on toast I’ve ever had. This place allows dogs to sit with their faces drooling on the tables - dogs belong sitting on the floor if they must be in a food and drink establishment. The plates and cup saucer had chips, and the cutlery didn’t look as clean as I would have liked. All in all, I’d say this place needs to clean its act up and be a bit nicer to customers.

Food very tasty, service was quick but they were very quiet, enjoyed the choc orange milkshake

First time and it was amazing! Food was delicious, the staff were very welcoming and friendly. This is now our new go to breakfast cafe

Lovely food. Terrible service!! No problems at all with the food but the blonde lady couldn’t have been more unwelcoming. Very much got the impression that our large party was unwelcome and an inconvenience. We are new customers too so you’d think you’d want people to return. Guessing it’s either a local place for local people, our faces didn’t fit or they don’t like kids. Happy to take our money but not with any hint of a smile.

Lovely dog friendly cafe in the village I grew up in. Called in with our teenage son on the way to see an old friend while we were down from Hull. Lovely atmosphere, great staff, and the food was excellent quality. Will definitely call in again when down that way

Perfectly lovely little place …. As long as your presence doesn’t dare darken their door 1hour and 5 minutes before closing on a Saturday. We arrived at 2:55 (closing time 4pm) and didn’t we know it! I’ve had been service from a funeral director and to say the staff are surrounded by cake …. Someone had clearly been sucking on lemons! Dogs are welcome but what I didn’t expect was to be barked at by the staff when entering to say “kitchen is closed, only doing cakes and drinks, and you need to sit over there because that side is closed” …. That’s fine, we only wanted drinks and cake anyway. What I didn’t expect was to eat my cake (which was yummy) while multiple black bins were being emptied and carried out through the front door right past our table and the toilets barricaded with a cone! I can only image the staff are in training for Karen’s Diner (IYKYK)

Visited today as a table of 6. Spent almost £15 on just drinks. Then we ordered food and paid £55 for 4 adults and 2 kids meals. Meals were beautiful. The reason for the rating is based on one of the kids meals. I ordered a kids breakfast for my son and didn't check what came on it as presumed it would be similar to the adults - sausage, bacon, eggs, toast etc. My son was disappointed when it came out minus bacon. We asked if it was possible to have some bacon and was told yes but it would be £1.50. This was fine even though we had just spent £70 on food and drinks and thought a rasher of bacon wouldnt be too much to ask for. Anyway I paid for this and expected for £1.50 maybe 2 rashers. When it came out there was 1 rasher and not even a full piece. It just let down the meal really. The prices are expensive for some things especially for what you get. Disappointing experience today

Love this place for breakfast. And bonus is my Puppy is allowed to come in and sit with us. Friendly staff- would highly recommend 😊

Food is tasty just the portion sizes wasn't that big for the price, but warmly welcome atmosphere

Second time I've been to this place with my dad for a flat white coffee, it was really nice, extra hot what I asked for, my dad had a slice of the Victoria sponge cake which was overpriced for the portion size but nonetheless he enjoyed it but I definitely wouldn't buy the cake again, I appreciate that food prices have increased but I thought it was diabolical how small the slice was. On a better note the staff were lovely and I would go again because the coffee was good

Great friendly cafe. I ordered loose leaf tea and eggs Benedict. The tea was flavoursome, extra milk - no problem! The eggs Benedict was served with a side salad & dressing, crispy bacon and perfectly poached eggs, on a toasted bun with a generous portion of hollandaise sauce to pour from a small jug, all presented beautifully. My friends also enjoyed their meals and coffees too.

Went for breakfast on a Saturday morning arrived at 11am. Not from the area we were on our way to an appointment and had googled a place to grab breakfast on the way. Farmer and Friends looked cosey from the outside with easy parking. A very warm welcome with an instant feeling of easy, friendly and care. 2 x Farmers breakfasts ordered, one with additional black pudding and a pot of tea for 2. £23.50. Tea arrived with a smile within 5 mins of being seated. Great. 2 beautifully presented breakfasts arrived 5 mins later. Delicious. You could tell everything had been sourced and cooked with care. The sausage on each plate was the champion. The bacon a close second. Fresh granary toasted bread was scrummy. All in all, a really tasty plate of food. We were both full and very happy and ate every scrap. If I was going to be uber critical, I perhaps would have expected another fried egg but that is really scraping the barrel when finding a negative and not sure it would all fit on the beautiful plates! By the time we had left about 40 mins later the place was filling up very nicely with families, dogs and couples, so I can only think this is a very popular and well loved place for lunch / dinner.

Great for a sausage sandwich and a cup of tea.

Really really disappointed and cannot believe response and attitude of staff— guess wrong customer maybe??? arrived 2.35 to be told stopped service food 2.30!! Walked hour and half along railway as hours are closes at 4 on Facebook, website and instagram?!? So disappointed and customer service nil!! Really gutted my poor dogs!!!

Lovely food and great service. Hope to come back soon!

Nice relaxed atmosphere and dogs allowed

Lovely cafe. Only popped in for a drink and a catch up with a friend but the cake and food looked yummy so we'll defo be back to sample more soon!

Beautiful place , staff are amazing and so welcoming , we took our fur baby (they allow dogs ) he loved it , will definitely be attending there again soon

Was abit dissappointed about the menu as I dont like sourdough bread

Very good value and tasty breakfast. Has an industrial sort of theme and the service was fast and friendly

Friendly staff, excellent food, parking right outside. Spot on!

Nice food, polite staff, cosy cafe, highly recommend

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff....nice menu and good coffee BUT really could do with a few more veg options for lunch

Lovely cafe and friendly staff. Enjoy my oat latte and there are other non-dairy milks available too. 4 stars because there were no vegan cakes when we visited, so only half our table ordered some sweet treats. But lovely atmosphere and nice place to pop for a drink.

I booked a table for lunch with some friends and really enjoyed it! The food & coffees were lovely. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. We also took our dog who was brought a bowl of water and had lots of fuss from the staff (which she loved!). Will definitely come here again!

Delicious. We have had breakfast there from Wednesday to Sunday for the last fortnight and the only reason why we aren't there on a monday or tuesday is because they are closed. Lovely staff, freshly cooked food, the absolute best in Wombourne. Looking forward to more yummy breakfasts. Thanks

What can I say its absolutely beautiful 😍 ❤ went 1st time today and its gota be the best breakfast I've had in a long time! I had the smoked salmon 😋 it's my new favourite place to go now coffee was perfect

Beautiful place to have a few hours eating well made tasty food with a smile. Highly recommended

Cosy cafe with good quality food. If you like strong coffee, ask for an extra shot free of charge. Service a little slow but staff very helpful and friendly.

Good quality food. Nice place to eat. Downside is service little slow.

Really interesting and tasty menu in pleasant surroundings. Staff very helpful too.

Came here for lunch with a friend. The food was lovely, the tea was lovely. My friend and I were able to sit and chat for ages. The service was excellent. I would highly recommend as a place to eat and meet. I parked nearby and had reserved a table. Thank you for a great visit.

We had breakfast there this morning 14th July service an breakfast was excellent highly recommended 🥓🍳🍞🍄☕

This is the perfect place to start your morning, being greeted by a friendly, welcoming face and having a selection of food and hot drinks to choose from. I had a delicious vanilla latte made by Cara, which I will definitely be returning for another! The helpful and quick service was what separated this experience to any other shop, with someone to help anytime you need them, especially Ben who was particularly accommodating. I highly recommend farmer and friends and I will be returning indefinitely to have a breakfast as I was sat admiring other customers’ heaped plates wishing I had one too.

A great, snug yet lovely atmosphere where the food (breakfast, brunch and lunch) is excellent. Fresh, presentation and taste is quality with choice and quality of coffee adding to the experience. Dogs are welcome in a separate area which is a bonus making this venue one of the best in the village for a coffee stop, breakfast or lunch.

This is the second time we've visited and we love it. Great food and greatservice. Highly recommend!

Had breakfast there this morning, it was well organised. Polite staff , and my food was amazing. I would definitely recommend. 😋

Amazing food & friendly staff. Well worth visiting

First class service excellent food, birthday cake was lovely. Thank you

Excellent food and great veggie options, very relaxed atmosphere too. I've been a few times and never been disappointed with the food.

Lovely little cafe and amazing breakfast!

We visit this cafe fairly regularly but since the new measures came in with COVID we have been twice and the service and food have been great both times. We pre booked over the phone and dogs are still allowed in one half of the cafe. My only criticism is that the tables and high chairs could be cleaned down a bit better in between customers, I had to go over ours with some baby wipes both times.

Service and food was excellent.

Popped in for drinks, great selection and fantastic quality. The staff provided fantastic service. Will be popping back soon.

came today,the food and staff was great.but got to say love the industrial look so cool :)

This was our first visit. Great selection on the menu, the eggs benedict was amazing. Great service and very friendly staff. Adhered to social distancing, would definitely visit again. Great place in a great location.

Soya latte was excellent- nice coffee flavour and extra hot - would definitely go back for another. Vegan b/fast though was just okay, cooled down really quickly so warm plates would have helped. Have had better, at Codsall Cafe.

Ordered a take away WELL DONE bacon and "tomato dip" sandwich.... even explained on the phone not just fresh tomatoes. Anyway got it home... the bacon was so undercooked it was like ham and on the sandwich were fresh uncooked tomatoes.... straight in the bin, not what I ordered....l so disappointed.

Great customer service. Lovely cafe with a nice atmosphere and warm welcome from front of house staff. Love that half the cafe welcomes dogs too. Really tasty food with locally sourced produce. Limited for vegans which is a shame. Bit pricey.

Absolutely stunning food and drink. I had the eggs royal and it did not disappoint. The staff are lovely and attentive. Thank you for a great first experience. Will be back soon!

Very slow service today and extremely over priced. Fortunately the food was OK hence two stars and I think that was generous.

Lovely intimate atmosphere to share with friends whether enjoying tea and cake or having a meal. Love the industrial decor and staff are very welcoming. It can get very busy as it's so popular so it's a good idea to book a table, especially for their delicious breakfasts!

Great place for a snack or quick coffee with business colleagues. Highly recommended

High class and friendly place serving locally sourced well prepared delicious food A nice atmosphere as the place filled up from the brunch to lunch crowdTasty ‘broken eggs’ (Spanish scramblees served on toast with with chorizo and red onion accompanied with sweet potato curried soup (vegan and piping hot)Homemade cakes all looked delicious; tasted the carrot cake: packed full of fruit and a hint of nice spiceSausages provided by local butcher; really top marks for this porky offering. Try them!Good choice of menu. Mains circa £7-£10

It was great the omelette brekkie.

It's always clean in here, great that we can pop in with the dog. I had a dairy free hot chocolate which was divine!!! The large full breakfast was perfect!!! My friend had the vegetarian option and was just as happy with hers. My only criticism is that there are few dairy free options and no margarine available for my toast.

Lovely place to eat and awesome atmosphere

Great coffee and brownie. Excellent service from young gent called Maya

Lovely service. A cosy nook for gossip and business

DID FIND IT A LITTLE EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT WE HAD. X

Nice place in the center of the village. Great menu, huge selection. It opens early and you can have breakfast or just have coffee with a friend. We had an Birthday party with friends and family at 9.30am. we had a lot of guests, but we had no problems organizing the table. There was enough space for everyone. I recommend this cafe.

Very nice yummy food good old ways of food and drink every one should and support famer friends go and joy your afternoon tea

Great place, really cosy and breakfasts are lovely. I had perfect poached eggs which you never usually get 👍

We had a breakfast here and it was very poor we were early and the food came out in 20min look like it was pre cook . The farmers friend much better

My daughter goes to the local highschool and she loves farmers and friends always really lovely milkshakes are amazing she's going again tomorrow for her birthday with her friends the staff are always really nice xx

Didn't realise it had changed hands and been redecorated etc we stopped for a coffee and cake, had chocolate brownie and ice cream which was really nice and the prices were reasonable. Would definitely visit this place over cafe 212, they have a much better selection and the service was better it's just ashame it doesn't look as inviting from the outside. They are also dog friendly!

Just the loveliest place. Whether it's breakfast, lunch, or just coffee and cake it's always a pleasure. Young and friendly staff who can't do enough for you. Unusual cakes, something different and tasty.

Staff didn't seem too happy and not too experienced either. However food was fine.

Nice place to get food and teas and cakes

Lovely little cafe, staff really nice, overall clean and fresh looking. Would give 5 stars, but uncovered food on the counter i.e scones, cakes etc where people are standing near or over them when ordering food or paying. Have heard other comments from friends about this issue. Hopefully this will be taken on board and the counter food will be stored elsewhere or covered up...

Very friendly and helpful staff and the food is great!

The cafe has become a little regular of ours to visit for a great breakfast! Lovely atmosphere, comfy seating, very friendly staff and just a lovely experience. Highly recommend their version of a full English and great for veggies too. We’ve not had cake from here before, but they always have a lovely range of home baked cakes to tempt that look delicious.

Always great food and a nice atmosphere. Always order the same item from the menu - F&F Club sandwich which is one of the best club sandwiches I have tried anywhere. Quality ingredients and decent portions all cooked and served to perfection. Glad this place is round the corner from home.

Wonder food and coffee ☕ Lovely staff