Ice cream farm stafford in Stafford - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Cake lovely and not badly priced for the size of the slice, shame your cafe / ice cream shop girls are miserable as sin - they need to be taught some customer service skills, eye contact, interact with your customers and most importantly look like you want to there and SMILE!

We love our visits to red lion, such a lovely little place to visit, our 11 year old son loves the Pygmy goats as do we, a must have for us when we visit is one of your delicious ice creams, there are so many lovely flavours to choose from.

Haven't visited for years and it seems a lot had changed over that time. My son loved the animals and you no longer get charged to see the owls, a part I'd not visited in the past. Plenty of outdoor seating and grassy area where my son, along with other children, had space for playing with a ball. The cakes are as delicious as ever although we didn't get to try ice cream on this occasion as the queue was too long. What was disappointing though was the selection of food. Gone is the lovely lunch menu they used to do to be replaced by sausage rolls or sandwiches that didn't look appetising at all. We decided to go to a lovely pub in Gnosall instead. We will return as the ice creams looked as great as they've always been but will have lunch elsewhere first.

My partner and I took the grandkids to see santa and have ice creams together, but after waiting to be served to no avail when there was no one waiting, despite the fact that there was three staff serving, I decided to move to another counter and then got ignored while others were queue jumping! I left and will not be returning.

Lovely ice cream but totally ruined by owners attitude. We have been coming here for many years and witnessed his grumpiness before. However on our latest visit we were on the receiving end of his terrible customer service ! We had inadvertently parked in the wrong place. Would obviously have moved immediately and without a fuss but he was so verbally aggressive. We will sadly never return.

We went with some friends for a a few days holiday. We were allocated caravan pitch numbers by the owners son who was helpful. We had almost finished siting caravans when the owner appeared and started ranting and raving over where our caravans were. He would not listen when we told him we were using the pitch numbers that were given to us and was very rude and verbally aggressive. A nice site but we will not be visiting again in the near future solely because of the rude owner.

Stayed on the camp site site very pleasant a bit un level. Enjoyed our stay apart from the terrible land owner. We were told to site on pitch but owner then came after we had got awning up and ranted very rudely told us to move on to a pitch with no hook up despite having paid for EHU. We refused. He then came often during our stay over two weeks and ranted and was extremely rude. We will not be returning despite nice site and area.

Red Lion Farm was one our favourite rides. Used to go there every two weeks for a nice lunch and ice cream . Had not been there since COVID, so we decided to visit once again, Very disappointed, with the poor menu, sausage rolls and ready made sandwiches from a refrigerator. Coffee was pleasant . When we used to go regularly there was a good menu, customers could have a good lunch. The home made cakes had gone replaced with small slices of cakes on trays. I would need two to eat for a reasonable treat. I must say though for customers with children there is a good range of ice cream, a free to walk around farm animals that you can feed. Children will certainly enjoy the experience, but not for anyone who doesn’t have children with them. . Matured customers appear to have deserted the Farm cafe

Superb cafe and ice cream parlour attached to the farm. Well worth a visit if you are visiting the farm with young ones …. Or just passing. A good selection of light bites and most importantly…. Home made Ice cream

We decided to take our two grandchildren and their Mum to The Red Lion Ice Cream for a special treat, even though it entailed a 100 mile round trip. We were unable to go last year owing to my husbands ill health. It was a very wet day, and the children only saw the rabbits and Guinea pigs as it too wet to see the other animals, but we did hear the Goats. However the reason for was for ice cream. Have used this place for at least six years. Oh my goodness what a disappointment, they have replaced many of the table and chair seating area, with the most horrendous small bucket type chair and tables, there now seemed to be such a waste of floor space, could cater for many more people if they went back to proper table and chair seating. Previously when we visited always had something to eat as well as their ice cream, there is now nothing more substantial than sausage rolls and cake. When we first visited it was quite small then it was extended and really good, not any more, Waste of fuel for the round trip.

Myself and my partner visited afew weeks ago. I thought it was absoulty fantastic that you can visit for free, and pet and feed animals) +(feed 60p). The little cafe is quaint and Iiked how the shop sold local produce. However, we entered the owl sanctuary and I'm not even sure if they're kept legal however myself and my partner actually had tears in our eyes. We paid to enter, but afew steps in and we wanted to walk back out. The cages don't look big enough, one owl had near enough the same cage as a Eagle, some birds looked so sad and I don't understand their calls but some seemed harrowing. We understood some owls may be being handled throughout the day but there was afew that were tied down in their cages to the metal bar. If the way these owls are kept are legal, it's Still so sad to see. The way this section made us feel, we won't be returning.

Looks like a nice environment but we only popped in to try the ice cream and check out for a future visit when more time available. We bought a large pack of original dairy ice cream to take home. Fair to say that it was quite tasteless and you can’t use a scoop to get it out of the pack. We won’t buy again. Don’t know what the flavoured varieties are like but I think that there are better places around for locally made ice cream, based on our experience.

Lovely visit, free entry and well priced refreshments. The kids loved feeding the animals, food is available. We paid £7 for the family to go round the owl and birds of prey section which was good- such a varied selection of rehomed birds. The ice creams were very tasty, only problem is that there are too many to choose from

We took our granddaughter to Red Lion Ice Cream Farm and we all loved it. She loved feeding the animals and the Owl Sanctuary was a great hit, particularly holding the barn owls. The staff in the cafeteria were friendly and helpful. The small farm shop had a god range of local produce. The sandwiches were fresh and full of filling. The ice cream was excellent, generous servings from a wide range of flavours. We would recommend it to anyone who needs to entertain their children for a few hours.

This small menagerie of animals in a lovely setting is a perfect way to spend a couple of hours. Looking around the animals is free and you don’t feel pressurised into buying an ice cream, although you’d be foolish not to as they are made on the farm by the family who run and own it. The choice of which cone and then ice cream flavour is the only problem, as it’s endless. All the animals are well looked after.

Used to be fantastic but no longer. Cafe only serves prepacked sandwiches and dried up pasties. Gone is the great range of local food. Staff rude and disinterested when asked polite questions. Shop no longer has great range of products. Animals you can visit look unhappy. Paths unkempt and full of thistles. Rabbits desperately needed cleaning out. Owner clearly lost interest - needs to close it or sell it if he's not going to run it properly.

Owner overcharged me by £10 and then refused to admit he did it. Kept walking off from me whilst i was trying to sort it out with him. Also, tried to make out that he just worked there and it was the owners that were responsible for cashing up. Very rude to me, and so unhelpful. Count your change carefully if you are ever unfortunate enough to end up here!!

We came to the ice cream farm never met such a rude man in all my life I asked were the disabled access was so my grand daughter could choose an ice cream and was told no access this building was refurbished in 2017 the equality act 2010 says all buildings must have disabled access i then asked were disabled toilets was and was rudely told we don’t cater for disabled people absolutely disgusting I will be taking this forward to higher authority

Came her with my young children to feed the animals as I had popped in for a drink during covid when the farm was closed and the person serving was friendly and helpful but today when we went in for icecream the man behind the till was very rude and disapproving of the children which spoilt the experience for us. For a venue that is geared to children they are not very child friendly.

Upon arrival the venue was busy and thus parking appeared scarce. We parked to one side of a gate (without blocking it) where there was no signage to say that we shouldn't when the owner drove up (who looked like he'd partaken of too much of his own produce) and was very rude to us. He sarcastically accused us of being blind and belligerently pointed us to where we could park (again there was no signage to indicate this!) There are ways and means of talking to people and this wasn't it - he could have been more polite - particularly if he wants to encourage/attract visitors. Others subsequently parked in the same place but we didn't see him approaching them. This experience left a bad taste in the mouth and spoilt it for us which was a shame as it's a lovely place to take our young children/grandchildren.

The owner here is so rude! Considering it’s a ‘family’ place he is so unfriendly. The parking has no clear signs at where you can and can’t park. He shouted out of his car to my sister in such a rude manner commenting about her wearing glasses and that she should be able to see that caravans need to get past ( there was plenty of room for them to still get by) He continued to roll his eyes and huff.She was not blocking any entrance and there was nowhere showing where else you could park if the car park was full,until he shouted to go park on the grass .Later on in the day other cars parked where my sister did,as like I said there isn’t any signs. Shouldn’t be running a business like this if he can’t have simple manners!!!!!!!!!!!

Family had a lovely lunch recently. Very child friendly and reasonably priced. Good selection. Recommend the tuna wraps and cheesy oatcakes. The grandchildren really enjoyed seeing all the animals too. Friendly staff and good and busy atmosphere.

Fantastic for couples and family. Plenty to do and ice cream is out of this world! Lovely caravan site to boot

We have visited the Ice Cream Farm at Haughton on many occasions and have thoroughly enjoyed out visits, we always have lunch and then the ice cream. However today was a differnt story altogether. We arrived at about 11.45 and ordered our sandwiches and drinks which appears very quickly. We then ordered our ice creams, which consisted of three scoops of ice cream and a banana split at 12.10 (time on receipt) Several people came in and ordered their lunch and were served long before our icre creams arrived. After 35 minutes I queried out ordered and was told the wouldn't be long. They arrived after 50 minutes, with just a sorry. It would appear they the ordered in the kitchen are done on an ad hoc basis and not in the ordered they have been placed. My husband was all for asking for our money back and leaving, but as we had a 64 mile round trip to the Ice Cream Farm I was not prepared to just walk out, after all I had gone fore the ice cream. Throughout all this our three year old grandson just sat there very quiet waiting to go and feed the animals. This experience hasn;t put off going back which I am sure we will do several more times this year, but we will not be prepared to wait so long next time. There really is no excuse for incompetence and that it was it seems to have been today.

Terrible cafe, UNFRIENDLY TO YOUNG CHILDREN,overpriced rubbish!charged £30 almost for four coffee s and a small slice of cake !

our son suggested here, oh what a little gem of a place, so its about 40 minutes from home with us towing the van. You have to go into the shop / restaurant to book in which was pretty quick, pleasant staff , oh and plenty of ice cream,,,,,,,we were set up within 15 minutes we were backed up to where the goats pen so funny to look at. So after setting up the ice cream was to be had,, oh my we hadn't banked on trying to choose from 100 flavours, i am not a big ice cream fan, unlike the hubby, but over the stay i had the lemon & banana toffee, yum yum, but the hubby had the white chocolate swirl ,apricot, raspberry our only disappointment was that when we left on the Monday the shop was shut, so couldn't bring any home,, oh never mind it means another trip back

We been here 10 times now in caravan my two children love it .. staff are lovely ice cream amazing and it’s a lovely little site with Stafford castle just down the road perfect little place for a bit of family time

Good snack type food, although the service was a big slow (they were busy!) The grandchildren enjoyed visiting the animals as well!

Really enjoyable day out for Families and children of all ages.First Class Menu with good choice and reasonable prices.Staff are Very Friendly and helpful.Plenty of good car parking .The Ice Cream is delicious with loads of flavours.

Took my 3yrs old boy. We absolutely loved it. Free entrance and very cheap to pay for activities once inside. Had an amazing day out. Will definitely return.

We visited my parents who were camping and went across to the ice cream parlour for a family afternoon tea. We had a lovely range of ice creams and soft drinks and they were all really amazing.

Pasamos un día genial con mi hijo de 7 años y sus padres, con un montón de cosas diferentes que hacer para los niños y el hecho es que no es una ventaja.

As a local to the area I've visited this farm on a number of occasions with various family & friends & have always recommended it. However yesterday I walked with my neice nephew and my dog to the farm we ordered 3 ice creams & I asked if it would be possible to have a small wafer cone with just a tiny bit of ice cream in for the dog and was surprised & a little disappointed at being charged for a full price ice cream! I don't mind paying something but next time the dog gets a full sized one........

Lovely place my two year old granddaughter loves the animals and the ice cream afterwards. Food in cafe fresh and tasty all home made very nice .

Absolutely fantastic home made jersey cow ice cream.. the best one i think is the ginger and lime try some.

A nice spot to stop in and try quality local produce. The farm has a variety of animals that will please younger children and the cafe is very affordable with friendly staff and a variety of delicious local items. Overall worth a stop.

Visité esta granja encantadora ayer con mi propia dos niños pequeños y un amigo y su propia familia. Estábamos más que dispuestos a acatar la petición de sólo comer comida comprada en este lugar familiar, después de todo, tendrá la oportunidad de ver algunos cuidados de animales de granja y uso agradable y limpia wc para lo, es esencialmente el costo de helado, un almuerzo ligero o una taza de té y un pastel. Me siento bastante confiado de que si alguien no tiene alergia genuina dieta y nos acercamos a los propietarios antes de comer su comida, y realice una compra para el resto de su fiesta, lo volvería a hacer todo lo posible para ser complacientes. También hay carteles haciendo muy claro que las áreas de descanso son para clientes en el tes. Este es esencialmente un helado de la granja, dirigido por una familia frente a todas las presiones de la industria agropecuaria británica da, así que la gente seguramente estará encantado de apoyar esto. Mis niños Honor y Chico y sus amigos poco tenía un par de horas aquí y adoran los animales, que parecían ser muy bien cuidada. Lo más destacado para nosotros fue cuando Alison, que creo que es uno de los propietarios, pasamos una cantidad significativa de su propio tiempo permitiendo a nuestros hijos a abrazar y darle el biberón a dos de sus hermosos corderos que ella Leicester Frontera era criar a mano. Fue una experiencia maravillosa para ellos, y una que no olvidaremos. Esta amable señora se despierta durante la noche para cuidar de estas criaturas diminutas y su amor para ellos es claramente evidente. Un sitio encantador y vírgenes que visita. Victoria, Honor y Chico.

Myself and my family popped in to the ice cream farm as the weather was good. Our little daughter loved it she was looking and talking to the rabbits and guinea pigs. After a while chatting to them we went to see the goats and horses followed by the geese and ducks. We then popped into the owl sanctuary seeing all the owls and other birds that are there because they have been hurt in the past or their owners didn't want them. I walked around with a owl on my are at no extra cost which was good. We then went to the cafe for a cuppa and some ice cream. It's a really good day out

Have been going to red lion ice cream farm shop for years since it was originally on the main road which is now houses. Would recommend this place to everyone as it does refreshing ice creams in many flavours and does good food at reasonable prices. Especially the beef hot pot. Often visit while cycling in the area. Great place to stop with the bike.

We have visited Red Lion Farm on a number of occasions. There are two constants about this place -1/ Fantastic Ice Cream 2/ Service that makes one wonder - "Does anybody care?"These guys make superlative ice cream - I had "Licquorice and Blackcurrant" - WONDERFUL. Getting it though was a hassle - plenty of staff but just one serving! Is anyone in charge?

Called at this tea room for a quick snack and ordered the Staffordshire oatcakes. These are like a thicker version of a savoury crepe. Two oatcakes with grated cheese made a filling, tasty and economical lunch. On a cold, rainy day we didn't fancy an ice cream but we will come back in nicer weather.

My friends and I stopped off here for breakfast one Sunday morning just after the cafe had opened. All I wanted was a bacon sandwich but the lady said they didn't serve bacon sandwiches even though they served a breakfast with bacon but found it impossible to put a piece of bacon between two slices of bread because she said 'Bacon sandwich is not on the menu'???No we won't be rushing back here again!

The fact it is advertised as a 'friendly family' site is a joke!! Extremely rude and miserable owner thought he could shout at my children and me for no good reason at all. His dog roamed around the site without a lead, enabling it to do its mess anywhere and they don't pick it up....a disgrace! We decided to leave early as he ruined our holiday and therefore lost money..... Never again!!

We visited this venue yesterday after having previously visited twice before. The weather was warm and sunny so we decided to have our meal outside.When ordering our meal we were told by a very uncharismatic assistant that there were no jacket potatoes and I joked that there weren't any on our previous visit only to get the response of "oh really". We ordered two bottles of cold drinks and were advised that there were no glasses ( lots on the tables outside waiting to be washed!!!) and were given one plastic children's beaker. When I asked for another one I was told that we couldn't have another due to the cost we could only have one??????? When we received our meal we asked for ketchup and were given a bottle that had obviously been kept in the sunlight because it exploded when we opened the top covering two of us in ketchup.All in all an unpleasant visit.Staff do need training on customer service and do need to smile to look as if they are enjoying the job even though they clearly don't.I understand that there were lots of people there and that washing up can be a problem but perhaps you need to purchase more glasses. Not all adults want to eat out of a well chewed children's beaker.

You probably need to book a table as they is such a popular place. Home cooked food with ice cream to die for - the ice cream is made on the farm, The shop sells ice cream and lots of other food products and gifts ,There are many animals to see and plenty of room for children to run about Well worth a visit.

We always enjoy our visit to Red Lion Farm. We've watched it grow over the years and a lot of work has gone into making this an attraction for children. The small tea room is clean and the prices reasonable. The home made beef hot pot is especially good, followed by an ice cream sundae and accompanied by a pot of tea.

Visited here numerous times, always very good. Visited the new owl sanctuary located there, it was brilliant, you got to walk around whilst holding an owl which was great and literally hands on! The guy staffing it was really good, and knew his stuff, so overall it was a great little visit.

Visited this place the other day and was pleasantly surprised! Yummy ice-cream and lovely views! The only thing is that the horses need more care, they are well fed but there hooves are very overgrown which can be extremely painful for them! Was slightly shocked when I saw them. I would definitely return but if I was to see this again it would sadly be my last visit and a complaint to animal welfare.

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit, great food and service. Family-friendly would recommend to anybody, best ice cream we've ever had!!

We stayed on the caravan site it was fantastic value for your money clean nice food excellent ice cream will be back

We stumbled across this on a Bank Holiday Monday completely by chance. We enjoyed sandwiches & hot drinks followed by ice creams. All tasty, nicely presented & very reasonably priced. The animals were great to entertain our 3 year old for a little while & it was all nice & clean. We'll definitely be back!

We visited the ice cream farm in Haughton on Easter Sunday with our family. We have been here before many times. To my HORROR, the OWNERS DOG was FOULING ALL OVER the grass on the public EATING area outside- which was full of children playing/cycling and eating ice cream and meals(both campers and day visitors) Can you imagine the children carrying this poo into their parents caravans?!! or our cars for that matter. I went in to complain at the counter and then watched for ages only to see the owner come out clearing plates and not even looking for the poo. So I told him it is a health and safety issue and a disgrace and danger to children so he WALKED OFF AND IGNORED ME - SO RUDE!!!!!!!!!!. We will not be returning here.

We arrived at 4.30pm the website stated it was open till 5.30pm. The cafe had already closed so we couldn't eat there and all the icecream had been packed away. The only option was to buy a carton of icecream from he shop and eat it in the cold outside or in the car.

myself my wife son and granddaughter who is 4 months old visited on bank holiday monday and it was that good we went again on saturday. we had a lovely meal ice cream and cream tea. but the best thing for me was the gold top full cream milk i hadnt had any for years now ive had three bottles in a week!! great place for children to see the animals and to play. we will be going back again very soon.

this resteraunt was a lovely suprise to find on a caravan park.spotlessly clean,very friendly and helpful staff.food stunning! the owners had just introduced the farmers platter that very day so my partner had that and i went for the bowl of mushroom soup.both presented beautifully and were equally delicious,because we were staying there for one night as well we bought a tub of their butterscotch ice cream (medium size tub(complete pigggery i know but well worth it!) to take back to our campervan.one word stunning! will be visiting again when we are next visiting the area/

What a lovely place to visit, animals to visit, alpacas, rabbits and guinea pigs, lambs, cows etc. Good quality reasonably priced food and excellent ice cream, plus lots of goodies to browse in the shop. Will definitely be back again. Good caravan site too

Visited some friends who were staying on caravan pitch. Had lunch for 5 of us very reasonable prices and big portions. The ice-cream is yummy and too many choices! Will return for more.

Yesterday I was visiting the ice cream farm in Haughton with my husband. As we were sat in the restaurant We were horrified to witness how the owner spoke to his customers. There was a group of small children visiting the farm and as far as I believe the teacher was ordering food and ice creams for them, but because they had bought their own picnic sandwiches for some of the children the owner started raising his voice at them all. The teacher was trying to explain that some of the children had diet issues but everyone else was eating from the menu. The owner told them very rudely to put down their purchases, pack up and leave. We were so disgusted with this behaviour we left ourselves. They advertise the ice cream farm as family run and friendly. We certainly will not be returning.

I've lived in Haughton all of my childhood and spent many a time visiting redlion farm with a group of children from our holiday club. However on this occasion we looked round the animals as usual then sat down outside to have some lunch. We all sat round chatting and deciding what to order from the menu. Some of our children have dietary requirements so we brought our own packed lunch for them. As we were about to place an order the owners son Graham stormed over to us in front of the children and abruptly told us to move and not consume our own food on the premises. I excepted this and explained we wanted to order food and icecreams but there were some children that unfortunately could not eat their food. He raised his voice and said "I haven't become a millionaire because of people like you!" "I spend £36,000 on those animals for u to swan in here and use our facilities and use our toilets!" I was taken aback and said sorry we'll buy some ice cream for the children and leave. He said that he wouldn't now serve us and to [--] leave!! Please avoid this ice cream farm if you wish to visit with children!

What a fantastic find!Stated at the small caravan site here as we needed somewhere in thus locationThe welcome was friendly and helpfulInce creams- well, what can I say- 30 flavours!! We tried about 6! Butterscotch was a favouriteThe cakes are lovely too- and only £2.99 for a whole cake!Didn't try food but lady in front of me ordered 2 ice cream milk shakes, a toasted sandwich an a cream tea all for under £9!!Loads of animals for kids to see and pet too and space for ball gamesA great family treat out type place