Riverford Farm Shop Cafe in South Hams - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

really disappointed, the gluten-free roll was dry, absolutely awful. The garlic bread was not cooked properly. Very disappointed as the other week it was a lot better and it was gluten-free bread not a dried out roll.

We had a lovely visit after picking our own fruit at pips just behind Bens - as expected, farm shops are always more expensive but the produce is very good and lasts longer- we had drinks and warm pies and as there was no carrot cake the chap was very helpful in advising what was available- the service was excellent and everything was hot and tasty 😋

Good coffee lovely pastrami sandwich mixed thoughts on produce but great selection of wine will be back for more, smoked trout in shop was terrific cheese expensive

My husband and I stopped off for lunch and grocery shop when I realised most of the produce was local and organic. (It would be very helpful if the sign outside mentioned this so as to capitalise on the fact that it is farm to table and I think a lot more people who care about what they are eating would pay attention to this) The food was delicious and fresh - I had a chickpea / courgette salad with a broccoli quiche and my husband had a stilton / beef pasty and chips. Coffee was also excellent. I love the variety of produce on offer, from a great selection of mushrooms to organic / bio dynamic wines. I will certainly be back.

Dropped in for a coffee and snack after dog walking at kitley. Looked in the chilled cabinet and decided on a sausage roll with my coffee. After standing at thwle counter being ignored by the two people at the front, a man came from the back to ask if i wanted something. Apparently not, i could either have sausage roll with chip or with chips and salad or no sausage roll. I opted for the latter, how ridiculous, they totally would not sell me a sausage roll on its own. This farm shop is totally over priced as it is and it seems that applies to the cafe too, if you wont pay for additional options that you dont want, then they are not interested in your custom. Go somewhere else where the customer is served with coutesy and consideration

Lovely food fabulous shop with so many tasty options Scotch egg was a little dry but otherwise lovely coffee and next time we will try a pizza

I called the cafe prior to our visit to ask if breakfast was still being served and was told it was indeed. We queued and at 11.25 were told that breakfast finishes at 11.30 and no more orders were being taken as the chef needs a break. Why advertise breakfast until 11.30 ? And why wasn't I told when I called ? As I'd specifically asked for breakfast ? Rude staff. Yes we were offered pastries and pasties. As we live on the Hoe, we could have gone to any number of cafes to eat but chose Ben's, for a change.

Arrived at 1530 for tea with a friend to be told that they were clearing up in anticipation of closing at 1700… Many tables already out of commission with chairs upended on top. Not nice! No food available, not even a scotch egg which we could clearly see in the cabinet but which we were told (somewhat shirtily) constituted ‘food’ and was thus ‘not available’. The last time we visited, there was also a ‘no food’ situation due to staff shortages. Our order of peppermint tea and earl grey tea arrived, wrongly, as 2 x pots of normal tea.. One cup dirty and had to be sent back. I’m sorry to post this, but if you’re to be an attractive destination during your opening hours, you’ll need to pay attention to details which are important to customers. The cafe just isn’t representative of the high standards you offer in the shop.

Felt hungry while we were in the shop. Came over to the cafe and were quickly served with a simple one course lunch each. One apple and pork pie with veg, chips etc and a lentil and roast veg soup. Both tasty and reasonable value. Only mini gripe, they put by two wraps of butter onto my hot bread so the melted contents ran straight though onto the plate!

Depressingly awful Cold miserable seating area I left my soup practically untasted The water glasses looked grubby Didn’t stay for coffee Never again

We really love the pizza evenings they do. Freddie the chef is excellent and some of the best pizza and garlic bread around. The new store manager and restaurant manager are both really nice people, always friendly and keen to make sure we have a good meal. All the staff are brilliant (including in the shop and the butchers) and Ben’s is lucky to have them.

Do not waste your money here for refreshment. Had a coffee and cheese scone with my friend who ordered tea and Bakewell tart. The table we sat at was not only very wobbly but dirty with spilt drink and dried food. Had to ask for it to be cleaned and no spray used just a damp cloth. The sugar container on the table was empty and had to ask twice for it to be refilled. The coffee was brought to me in a chipped cup and when pointed out I was just given an apology and no offer of change of cup. Food and drinks were very average. As Bens farm shop sells generally top priced quality products, one would expect a similar quality cafe.

Really enjoyed this post Lockdown and I like to support local. However, recently went back with the family. Food was poor and expensive. Staff forgetful and overcharged us for an extra coffee through no fault of my own. Didn't give me the receipt so couldn't get my money back. Receipts weren't itemised either. Wouldn't rush back unfortunately.

We went to Ben’s Friday night pizza event. Our pizza’s and garlic bread were sublime, made from their own farm shop ingredients. Absolutely delicious. Their chef definitely knows how to cook a proper Italian style fresh pizza. Great staff, very friendly service and they really looked after us. We spoke to the manager who told us he wanted to start doing regular Friday night pizza evenings. Which we would definitely go to. And I think would prove to be very popular with the local community. A big thank you from us…and we will defo come back. I hope other people enjoy it as much as we did.

I saw that the cafe area was renovated and there was a new menu so I arranged to go try with a friend. We were there at 11.30, which is apparently the wrong time to be. No breakfast and no lunch was available. They could put pies and pasties in a microwave for you or you could eat some of the dead stale looking salad... Or coffee/tea/cake... So we went for coffee and cake. It took over half an hour to get the said coffee and the really not so fresh cake, which possibly came from a pre-packaged lot from the store. We sat among several tables still piled up with dirty dishes of half eaten breakfasts, which apparently stopped being served an hour ago. Service staff, possibly because of being overwhelmed due to being understaffed, weren't nice at all... In fact, quite short tempered... Understandably but still, not a great experience. Then there's the slightly awkward thing of the place being 80%populated by what seems to be groups from nursing homes. Everyone has walkers, wheel chairs and hearing issues. This clientele coupled with the tight arrangement of tables means that one has to get up quite often to allow people to get through, and a very noisy environment as everyone is loud and the space echoes all sounds, amplifying the effect. Lastly, bring a warm coat if you are going to this café... It's freezing inside... And today isn't even a cold day... It's 19 degrees out... Possibly colder inside, in a weird way. So we left hungry, cold, and with a headache. I won't be back, for sure.

Yes the cafe could have a better atmosphere and has alot of potential ...but we are so lucky to have these marvellous farm shops in the area with real quality produce

Cafe offers simple high quality organic foods as we expected. We ordered the vegetarian and regular breakfasts and thoroughly enjoyed them. The meats are organic and carefully selected for quality, animal welfare, etc. The smoked beans are made in Ben’s kitchen (homemade). Possibly not more expensive than other breakfast kitchens with lesser quality food. And the staff are always friendly and helpful. What’s not to like about that?

Great coffee shop attached to a brilliant farm shop. Great range of product friendly staff. The best chocolate ice cream!

Absolutely awful breakfast. Bacon looked like it was cooked on a radiator, a sausage that was so tasteless, I thought I must have covid, one egg cooked and one raw, potato hash with 2 chunks of hard potato and 'smokey beans' that tasted absolutely vile....

Can't comment on the cafe , but the shop is brilliant . Great meat for bbq and veg . Duck breasts were best ever . Not cheap , but great quality

Having had several good experiences at Ben's in Staverton, we thought we would try this for lunch since we were in the vicinity. We browsed the display in the deli cabinet and made our choices - which wasn't easy, because it all looked so good!...

First time trying the pizza lunch. Usual great service from friendly staff. Very tasty pizza, though the base was a little underdone, hence the 4 stars. We live locally and have been going to Riverford / Ben's for many years. I can't understand why people...

Really disappointing trip today after we were told that none of the food on the counter could be consumed on site, including the tables outside. This left us with a choice of pizza or soup as the lunch options. We have previously really enjoyed the...

Looking forward to a lovely salad with a pie or tart, but no lunch is now pizza! 2 other mains but one not available! In a shop with a mountain of fresh produce it seems unbelievable that a second meal could not be made. We...

What an earth has happened to Ben's cafe? Total change of menu no breakfasts or very little else apart from pizzas.asked for a scotch egg to have with coffee whilst seated at outside tables and informed scotch eggs for takeaway only ????? The place is...

Came here on multiple occasions and met with awful service, long wait times and bad food. Staff need retaining and better customer services skills. If you are looking to go here give it a miss

Went in for lunch, restaurant has been refurbished, basically sitting in an outdoor barn. It was a cold day and it was cold inside. Service was polite and organised. Coffee ordered was nice. Breakfast up until 11.30, then a lunchtime menu that is very limited....

We regularly pop in here for a light lunch. Took my elderly mother here this afternoon for tea and scones. It is what it is - a café in a barn joined to a farm shop where you can buy loads of nice stuff. Staff...

We stopped here for a drink on our way home. They had run out of cream for a hot choc and had run out of iced lattes. it was a nice farm shop and friendly people working there.

We popped in for eggs & ended up staying for lunch! What a lunch we had the pulled brisket bun, but didn't expect to get so much with it. The homemade coldslaw was lovely with lot's of carrots in it. We shared our table with...

Great food. Friendly staff. Lovely drinks. There are some wonderful products for sale in the adjacent shop. Lots of free parking outside.

Stopped thinking a farm shop would be good quality, juicy succulent sausages. Very disappointed, the sausages dry, deep fried, I think pre cooked and dropped in the fryer to warm up. I anticipated grilled at least. The bread was dry and and masked in butter....

I like the occasional breakfast out...and I've eaten in many places...but I have to say, this was the worst breakfast I've ever experienced.

We drove 30 miles to get organic vegetables and condiments (at double the price. )I did not expect to be treated so rudely by Dawn. She was extremely unhelpful and rude. Usually the butcher and a very nice young man made it all worthwhile to drive all that way. They were always helpful and friendly. I think Ben’s farm shop is going to loose a lot of customers through Dawn. That us why I am posting this, as the rest of the staff were always very helpful. I will definitely warn all my friends to be aware of the treatment they might get. I definitely won’t go to all the trouble again. Rather order of the internet and get it delivered

1.30 May BH Monday was perhaps late to choose from the full menu but there were still pork and apple pies and spicy vegetable (bright yellow pastry) pasties, both served wit Mexican salad and Luscombe fruit mineral waters. Outside a well spaced airy and part shaded area where most people have dogs. Friendly helpful chatty staff and fairly quick service. Casual feel.

I went in to buy a pasty which I do fairly regularly.You have to buy it from the deli counter and they always ignore me waiting to be served.Today I decided to say “excuse me” to the two people behind the counter, it took several attempts I waved as well until I was finally served by a surly girl.I then went to the checkout to pay to be met by yet another rude member of staff who took offence by me searching in my handbag for my purse and told me I should me more organised! She then simply turned the screen of the till towards me, to show me my bill total, and said nothing, at this point I should have left my shopping, and just walked out, but I had promised my partner his pasty, so I paid and left.There must be somewhere else that I can get veggies and pasties around here, and I am going to find it.

Called in here while on holiday to top up with some bread, fruit and veg. Good variety of fruit and veg and a butchers on site. Cafe not open because of covid.

Met up with siblings on first day the cafe was open again outdoors. Good welcome, clean facilities and good food. Returned later in day for tea and cakes. Hand sanitiser available and tables cleaned after each use.

Order two bacon sandwiches waited 35 minutes only to be told they messed up , I said I can't wait any longer I need a refund the girl was very rude and just said you've had a refund and we will look into it with a face like thunder.

Carrot cake the worst ever. Just prue yuk in a bag. No flavour and vanilla fudge tastes burnt so will not be coming back Over priced for prue rubbish

On the 28th September we arrived as a small family, we all used antibac on our hands and wore masks. This is despite there being no safety signs or limits on persons per household. Not wanting to use any bags we carried the many items we bought. We were told sternly by the check in lady to all “Stand back” followed by another member of staff saying “Stand outside you are blocking the door“. The only reason we had to stand where we were was because of a strange and poorly thought out check out system which involved the member of staff coming out from behind her safety screen to handle all our purchases. After what we thought was going to be such a pleasant experience we were throughly disappointed and felt unwelcome - the customer service was appalling!! Also one last thing....plastic straws in your cafe?! Sums in up really!

We had driven passed several times and decided to try breakfast here.It was quite disappointing. We both had large breakfasts. The eggs were solid, toast burnt and have no idea what they were trying to achieve with the beans!Such a shame as the shop was excellent. Given the price, we expected more.

Great chance to enjoy meeting up here safely during Eat Out to Help Out. Quite pricey otherwise but the food is great quality, and nicely prepared. Wasps a little problematic as per previous review. Staff a bit pushed I think.

Visited Ben’s Farm to meet family for coffee and a small snack. As it was warm we decided to sit in the outside seating area. Part of the area was full of wasps, this was due to some of the seats being located next to stacked empty crates that had held vegetables and fruit. As a result we had to move seats. The table we sat at on the gravelled area was adjacent to discarded drain pipes and wood. It felt like we were sitting in a scrap yard. The gravelled area had not been tended to and was full of weeds. At no time during our hour long stay were the tables cleared of used crockery or wiped down. It would appear that making money is more of a priority here than maintaining a clean, well-kept and welcoming environment.

Huge hearty well cooked breakfast, great service, good selection - would highly recommend! We sat outside in a covered area but plenty of space inside.

This must be one our greatest treats everytime we visit Newton Ferrers. We stock up on loads of stuff to take Ferrers & back home to London. We don't really have anything like this in London!! Very helpful staff,good variety of produce & a lovely cafe indoors with home cooked fare.Worthwhile a visit on your travels.

Limited choice. We ordered the “Vegetable broth” for £6 which was NOT a broth but a root vegetable stew, consisting mainly of carrot and potato. It came with a decent size roll, which was lovely, but the “broth” itself came in bowls which were (I kid you not) the same size as the bowls our tapas had been served in the day before in a Tapas restaurant. It’s not as if vegetable stew is expensive!!

We visited for breakfast as we had heard good things about the food. Unfortunately our expectations were not met, one of our groups meal was burnt but still served to us, fortunately this was rectified. The sausages in the sausage sandwiches were halved and cooked so they were crunchy - certainly not worth the £5 price tag. The cooked breakfast was slightly improved but all in all a real disappointment.

It was a real treat to stop at this rustic farm cafe for lunch - lovely scotch egg, game pie, soup and toastie. The stats on the plate were the coleslaws and the 'dips' though, they lifted every dish and made all of us enjoy the experience all the more. The only negative was that the game pie and scotch egg weren't served hot, a real missed opportunity!Overall it was good service, great food and at a reasonable price - just please heat things up or give people the option!

Charming atmosphere and relaxed eating area set within the shop. Quality food prepared on premises and with the environment high on the agenda regarding food's origin. Not cheap but well worth a visit.

Popped in for a coffee and breakfast yesterday. Friendly and efficient service, great coffee and tasty food 😁

First visit, We were overcharged for the Cakes we chose. I questioned this and the young assistant said that the price was actually higher than the advertised price. She said she would speak to the Manager although I didn’t see the Manager. She agreed to let us have the Cakes at the marked price but said next time she wouldn’t allow this! I suggested she change the price to make it clear to other Customers, but she said they would do this at the end of the day! I said I wouldn’t go there again.

I am a regular visitor of Ben's farm shop cafe. As I live near by, I get to walk along the footpath from Brixton and savour a coffee before returning. Recently I have taken the opportunity to stay for lunch and have really enjoyed the Halloumi burgers with moroccan carrot salad. Delicious!!

We had homemade soup with a scone and a bacon roll with coffee and shared brownie.The food was tasty but quite expensive for the portion size. I feel the cafe is catering for their target market who'd spend a fortune in the shop and not question the cafe prices.I feel the portions need to increase to justify the £.

We like the shop and some things on the menu are good but the vegan choice is limited and the lentil pastry I had was extremely dry and lacking any flavour.Lentils are dry anyway unless mixed with other vegetables or a sauce so I don’t know why anyone would think of putting cooked lentils and not much else in a pasty!The vegan breakfast is OK but again the sausages very not very good,this is more like vegan food in the 1970s! The shop sells a great range of ingredients but for some reason these don’t seem to make their way into the vegan dishes.Staff were also not able to identify vegan choices easily.

Very overpriced, appears to have gone massively down hill. The scotch egg and salad (‘special’) at £8 was served with 3 deli salads which tasted as though they had just been covered in cheap vinegar. Sausage and onion rolls had virtually no meat in them

We stopped on our way out for the day to get muesli, granola and bread and to get an early lunch. My husband and son had bacon rolls and I had soup and cheese scone. All delicious, they offer good veggie options and the cakes are good too. Deli and shop is not cheap but of good quality and the bread is fantastic. Most of the produce is organic or locally sourced which we like. Service is friendly and the staff are happy in their work

The positive was the quality of the cakes and drinks but the tables were sticky/dirty and the floor had litter. We asked the young female waitress if she could clean our table. She swept food crumbs on to the floor and some went on the lap of one of us. She then made a half-hearted attempt to clean the table with a cloth and a small amount of spray. We had to ask her to do it agin but the table remained sticky and she did not take away empty bottles. There were no forks to eat our cakes and when we asked the waitress she refilled the box at the cafe entrance but did not bring any to our table. Overall rather disappointing. It takes very little effort to keep everything clean and tidy with cutlery replenished.

Needed a quick pit stop on the way back to the holiday home. Grabbed a coffee and some cake. Coffee was the best I have had this week and the cake was pretty damn good also.

Today was not the first time we have eaten at Ben's. We've tried breakfasts, lunches, tea and cake, coffees and take-aways. But today's offering was HEAVEN on a plate!

After buying some of the fab local food we stopped off for a scone and they were really fresh and still warm. great homely atmosphere.

The shop itself is well worth a visit and stocked with lovely food and drink. The cafe was ok - but I thought the prices were on the high side when compared to portion size. I paid £4.95 for a very small bowl of soup - probably 4 inches in diameter.

This place is fast becoming our favourite pit-stop after a day on the nearby beaches. The menu is varied, the cakes divine and the team truly shine with their warm welcomes and excellent customer service.

When I ordered, the person at the till said they were out of mushrooms and would swap them for something else, which turned out to be extra beans. Adding the cheapest thing seemed a bit stingy, especially because the farm shop had loads of mushrooms for sale. They hadn’t run out of mushrooms, they’d just chosen not to provide them. I asked for an extra piece of toast, which was grudgingly brought to he table. Petty, I know, but it’s not cheap and it was not a good customer experience.

I have always shopped here, fantastic tasting fresh veg and various other bits i always pop in for. Last two visits we have stopped for lunch and were very pleasantly surprised. Very organised and not too long a wait on food. Nice feature of cold bottled water and glasses freely available for tables kept regularly topped up and the area clear and clean. Our halloumi and red pepper burgers were ample and so, so tasty with a nice side salad too. Coffee was good too, a perfect Latte.

Calm place for a lunch. The had a large selection of different pasties and pies - I had the beef and stilton pasty with salad and coleslaw on the side. The pasty tasted well, but the coleslaw was a bit bitter.

Such an array of goodies, fresh veg', frozen, tinned etc., etc., items, great butchers,plus some beautiful healthy plants and all organic, great. Lots of nice goodies in the café too. Could spend and fortune here easily plus the parking is brilliant, lots of space.

We calledin for a breakfast one morning and had a pleasant suprice .great friendly staff good food a little overpriced but we enjoyed it

Popped in to buy some local produce and stopped for a cake and hot chocolate. It's a basic cafe, wide and open with a cooler feel in winter but a good selection of tasty treats to enjoy. As a fan of the Riverford recipe boxes, I go to Ben's shop to stock up on other essentials and regularly stop for a coffee and snack.

Needed stabilizing after attempting the sales in Plymouth. Wonderful mushrooms on toast (oozing butter) and a great pot of tea. Although they were very busy, the service was excellent as was the food.

Bens cafe is situated in a lovely farm shop with really good produce. The cafe used to be quite good but in the last six months or so has really gone downhill. Of late the food from this low standard has

Every time I have been to Ben's Farm shop lately, I leave so disappointed. The food is mediocre at best, the service is terrible and it's just really really bad.

I love Bens farm shop it is full of great local/organic produce it is such a shame this does not translate to the cafe.

Have visited many times here for either breakfast, or coffee and cake and used to always bring the family when they were visiting. They won my business from Otter Nurseries just down the road, a few years back but I am afraid I am returning back to Otter. The staff in the summer were much friendlier than the current ones, but my main gripe is the cost. The scones are £1.60 to takeaway and £2.25 when eating in. The lovely Deli in Kingsbridge sell theirs for 0.75p to take away, why such a difference? The big breakfast is £9.95 and to be honest we had the same size at Louis cafe at Kit Hill last week for £6.50 and it was better. The cost has gone up considerably since the major renovations a couple of years back.

Called in for a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning. The staff were friendly and helpful and the coffee was OK. I noticed many people seemed to be ordering breakfast. The large barn lacks any real comfort or atmosphere.

I had read the reviews of this cafe before I went so I was not expecting much, big group of us went for breakfast. There is a new management in the cafe and it shows. It was bright, clean and full of goodies on the deli and on the menu. Great specials board - although we were only interested in breakfasts! The place was spotless and warm. The coffee was hot and the breakfast delicious, sausages Bens farm shop own, were scrummy, the beans delicious, tomatoes very tasty and looked like heritage toms, mushrooms not slimy, bacon crispy and all served by table staff smiled and were attentive. If I am lucky enough to be passing this way again I will def be stopping off

I came here with my friend, hoping for a quick coffee and cake. Everything looked liked it could do with a good scrub, and the atmosphere was bloody terrible. Cakes clearly frozen crap which is then defrosted, don't waste your time.

I've been using this farm shop and cafe for many years. The food in the cafe isn't cheap tbh...... Had a breakfast there recently and it was a let down.... Nothing much on the plate and barely warm and just looked poor value.... The staff seem to be devoid of personality and joyless.... they rarely seem to smile or enjoy working there and they don't seem to want to service you when you go to the counter.... they seem to be busy doing other things...

Went there with my daughter to pick up something for lunch. All salads looking pretty tired, and what we eventually bought was stodgy and not very nice. A shame, used to love going there, but will avoid as the last couple of times have not been great.

I visited the Yealmpton shop this week as I had forgotten to do the online order. How disappointing

Tried the full English breakfast at £9.95 per head.

This place used to be lovely, but it has unfortunately gone downhill. Frittata was tiny and tasteless, sausage sandwich served on dry bread - which is really a shame considering they used to do amazing bread. Staff were pleasant, but service was not great and the dining area was a bit grubby. Such as shame as this used to be a really lovely place to eat.

The best thing about our lunch was the very good coffee, otherwise the meal was disappointing. i had two thin-cut slices of medium rare beef on some tired lettuce with a heap of cold, unappetising lentils beside it.

Always enjoy shopping. Good quality organic products. Bread superb. However cafe was extremely poor experience. Poor quality and overpriced. However, will continue to shop there for organic products, and perhaps just indulge in coffee next time.

Through the shop turn right and find the cafe .... with open style kitchen.

I’ve come to Devon on holiday and I’ve been to this shop twice in three days. Lovely pasties, tarts and pies. All show good wholesome ingredients and lots without onion. As I can’t eat onion I really appreciate this. Lots of others flavours without onion.

We always do our organic shopping here and occasionally eat in the cafe. Staff always helpful. Prices reasonable. The cafe does a big range of delicious homemade food. We especially recommend their cream teas. Yummy! Big debate is always do you put the jam or the cream on first?

Came here today with my daughter to meet friends, disappointing to see that the menu is so limited from when it used to be Riverford, I ordered the soup of the day, which was acceptable unlike the other items, I ordered my daughter her meal and although the portion size was quite good, it was so overpriced, I was also given a cup of coffee when I ordered a latte, yes they changed it, and I didn’t need to be explained to what a latte is...

Dropped in for some veg in the shop and decided to have coffee and something to eat. Had the breakfast as they were more than happy to change the fried egg for something else, which is something a lot of places refuse to do these days, so full marks for that. The food was good, the mushrooms and bacon exceptionally tasty. Quick and friendly service, so all good for us.

I love this place, since taken over from Riverford Farm, it hasn't changed much thankfully and still offers some great treats.I couldn't afford to shop here all the time but visit to get special treats like cider, pate, cheese and snacks and soft drinks including my new found fave, Luscombe Carrot and Orange (and lemon)...its brilliant and tastes way better than it sounds.

Called in after an early morning Paddling on the river. Had a fantastic breakfast and awesome coffee. Really friendly staff and lovely surroundings. Will definitely be back!

.After a long journey we were looking forward to a great breakfast ,that we had had in the past.Sadly this was not to be.....the pot of tea was warm...not hot...and one of the break.fasts..the fried egg had been broken,,then covered in warm beans to cover it up,,the other breakfast the egg was over cooked,,,both were served warm...not hot..the bacon was ok though.........

3 of us came to lunch soon after 12 today but most outside places were taken and we happily and slightly cooler took a bench inside.We all opted for pastry, a leek and potato pie, a Stilton tart, two pasties one vegetable and one spicy lentil with yellow casing. Sundry salad accessories. Very tasty and good value. Friendly staff and quick. Interested afterwards to pop into the help you along vegetable nursery at the back and bought some robust basil plants which we were assured were ready to plant out.

Visited with a work colleague for a quick and absolutely delicious coffee, made just how you like it. The food looked so tempting that we ended up with plates full of gastro marvels. For me, mustard tart and a choice of salads, everything was just so fresh and inviting. The laid back atmosphere and staff just make this a real chill out place and you can sit inside or out. We could have indulged in fabulous cakes too but were so full, we had to take one home with us.

It is a shop and a cafe'. The seating is very basic and one would not wish to sit too long on the hard chairs. Scones and tea were very good and the choice of cake etc was also great. The tea was served in a pot with nice cups. Staff nice people and were helpful when trying to choose what we wanted. Other snacks and food available but we did not need them.

Extremely unhelpful waitress , we felt like a nuisance ordering our meal , doing her job pleasantly just seemed like too much trouble. Tasteless food , very disappointed , would not go again .

Very nice place for lunch. They have proper pastys here which left me very satisfied and I was hungry. The kids really enjoyed their meals too. Nice coffee I must say too and the staff were super friendly. We will be back!

I enjoy my visits here to shop. Great salad bags at very good prices, always on my list. Parsnips have been very flavoursome. An immaculate butchery section with some delicious tasting sausages. The delicatessen offers an array of salads, savoury tarts, homemade scotch eggs which when warm and just cooked are heaven ! We often buy the vegetable pasties or steak & stilton for picnics. Reasonably priced and such good quality. Staff are always happy and friendly.

I come here regularly with my dad for lunch and I often have the hallumi burger with the three salads with my dad having the special burger with three salads. If all salads were made like this then parents would not have any problem in getting their children to enjoy their greens! They are absolutely great. The coleslaw is how coleslaw should be made, not dripping of mayo and all vinegary like so many other types you come across. Same with the potato salad, and the moroccon carrot is delicious, as is the chickpea salad. The burgers are first class too. Very friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere, with a very quick service. The mushroom soup is also one of our favourites but to be honest all the food there is first class.

We popped in here on the way home, wish we hadn’t. We have used this cafe previously but before it was relabelled to Bens so we were expecting food on a level with previous visits. My husband had a sausage sandwich and I had a salmon fish cake from the “specials” board. We had wanted to order the sausage ciabatta but they had run out of all rolls - this was about 2pm. So anyway, the sausage sandwich was delivered - two slices of bread and two sausages, no garnish of any type, bit expensive at five pounds we thought, but then my special arrived. The fishcake looked dry but next it it was a chick pea “salad” that looked like it had just been vomited up.