The Ivy's Farm Shop in Boston

Booked a table but didn't need to as very quiet at 5pm. Lady who greeted us was really nice and jolly, we are regulars and think she must be new. Food was cooked fresh and didn't have to wait long for it to arrived. Both my partner and i ordered off the specials board and it was lovely. We were asked later on our opinion as they were new and the chef wanted our feedback. Desserts looked lovely as usual, but we took one home as were too full. Good portion for the childrens meal, which we upgraded so he could have a drink and ice cream. Good generous portion of ice cream. Good prices, friendly staff, cant wait to go again! Just a recommendation, but try the sizzlers, you wont be disappointed!

A break on a journey to visit friends in Norfolk. They had recommended the Ivy Farm Shop. There were lots of cakes on show but they were large portions so we decided to have a drink and share a large scone. We had a relaxing dinner and a large glass of wine waiting for us. Imagine my suprise when they brought us the drinks, scone, two knives but only one plate. I politely asked for a second plate as we were sharing the scone only to be told they were not allowed to give us a second plate. I was suprised to say the least. The young lady said she would check. I saw a group of cafe staff standing around and laughing etc but she did not return and a second plate did not materialise. I used a saucer, it’s no biggie, just not good customer care. I won’t be back despite the cute lamas.

We booked the 4pm sitting for Mother’s Day. Upon arrival, after queuing a short time outdoors, we were taken to our table. We sat down, and the lady walked off, without telling us the ordering process. It was chaos. There was a huge queue at the tills. We tried for a while to get someone’s attention, to ask what we needed to do. Eventually someone came, and when we asked for help she said ‘Have you got your tickets?’ We explained no-one had told us what to do. We were told to join the queue to order and get tickets. We then had to ask for children’s menus. We queued for several minutes to pay, order drinks, and get tickets for the carvery. We were told to sit and wait to be called up to the servery. After waiting longer, we were eventually told it was our turn. We waited in line, to arrive at the meat counter and find they were running out of meat. Three of us wanted Turkey. There was only enough for one, and it was cold, and just the ends of the meat, with some pork thrown in. That meant two of us had to settle for beef, not our first choice. The other disappointing factor, was that I’d contacted the restaurant earlier in the week, to ask if they could let us know if any cancellations came up, for an earlier sitting. This was due to my Mother needing to go into hospital the following day, and us going to stay over the night before. I was assured a note had been made, and they’d let us know if any came up. This hospital appointment arose after we’d booked the meal. It was disappointing therefore, to notice after our visit, that there had been several tables become available for earlier sittings on the day, but these had been advertised on the Facebook page, and no-one had contacted us to let us know. The food we had was nice, however the customer service sadly lets the establishment down.

Excellent service and food in a beautiful setting 🫶

What a lovely place. Only had a drinks. If in the area, I would definitely use again.

Love it here. Large open dining area, with a large covered deck outside (when it's warm enough) . The food is good and a good price. The waiter is lovely. All on a level, so wheelchair friendly. Llamas outside to keep children amused. The shop next door sells amazing veg at a very reasonable price. We stop here every time we pass. Oh, nearly forgot to mention the cakes....oh my goodness....this is a sweet tooth paradise x

Was turned down for food on mothers Day to say they couldn't offer us food due to unknown reason not explained, but could have a drink at a table. They weren't particularly busy, and by the time we had our drinks, we could of easily had food, etc. Some of the staff kept walking through narrow gaps to pass by with food and drinks as it was the easiest path, rather than walk around us, but also felt I had to lean away from being spilt on etc

I know it was Mother’s Day and lots of people were there but the service today was not good. We arrived at our Allotted time and were seen to our table and we ordered our drinks we then joined the queue to order our main meals and waited nearly an hour before we went up to get our food. There were others who came in after us who went up before us. We ate our main course and then went up for our desserts. My grand daughter asked if she could have a chocolate brownie with custard and as she paid for a two course dessert one lady said yes and when it came she was told no she couldn’t have custard with it. Luckily Grandad came to the rescue and shared some with her. We was a large table so surely a little custard wasn’t a problem. As we didn’t have our main course until after three we were later finishing our dessert and although a lady did apologise for the back up of people getting there meals another party came in and complained that their table wasn’t ready for them. Another member of staff was heard to say well these should have gone by now so when my husband finished his dessert we vacated our table .we all felt rushed and were offered a voucher for twenty per cent off the next time to the person who booked the meal. The next time will be a while away as we feel this spoilt our normal experience and Mothers Day for us all

We came for Mother’s Day and unfortunately we won’t be coming as a large group again. There was 9 of us and it was booked back in February before they had the decided on what they were doing for Mother’s Day. There was a complete miscommunication between staff. We went and paid within 10 mins and had to sit over 50 mins waiting to go up to the carvery. We were then told to go up and we overheard two staff asking why we hadn’t ordered our pudding when we hadn’t even had our main. Having 3 diabetics in our group we were getting worried one would be taken ill. Before we left we overheard a conversation between the manageress and another customer who was complaining their table wasn’t laid out how they wanted it. The manageress said well this table will be leaving soon. We hadn’t taken our time and we left quickly. Yes a 20% voucher was given but only to one of our group. But we don’t plan on coming in such a big group again. My sister is a local who visits a lot but even she said it was beyond a joke how long we had to wait today. Maybe set up 2 serving tables and 2 lots of veg if doing a big day like Mother’s Day to get the volume of people through more effectively.

Just been to Ivy's for our late dinner and what a lovey meal we both had. We both had the mixed grill and i have to say it was first class. The service was excellent and nothing was to much for them. The sweet which we had was all home made and tasted wonderful. We have been there in the past and we have never had a bad meal there ever.

Never let's us down! Whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Polite staff, nice food, yummy cakes, everything you expect...well done.

Had dinner with my sister here today food was excellent staff were friendl y would go again

Great breakfast,my friends and I take some impressing when it comes to Saturday breakfast but this really was good we couldn't find fault with anything Lots of seating inside and out and plenty of variety on the menu from afternoon tea to Sunday carvery The cakes on display looked absolutely delicious but unfortunately I'm not slim enough to have cake for brekkie There is plenty of parking and a good sized farm shop as well I think because of the design it will be quite noisy here when it's full as it had an annoying echo when we were there but I guess the food more than makes up for that

Been here today bought some potatoes from the farm shop.Decided to have a coffee in the Cafe and a scone the scone was huge so asked for an extra plate only to be told its not policy to give extra plates not very friendly place and staff not particularly polite.First time I have been here and will not return disappointed. LEFT all the crumbs on the table lol.

I had cottage pie with seasonal vegetables my husband had beef stew and dumplings, both were very delicious. Didn’t have enough room for dessert so took one away. Staff were very pleasant.

Another local car meet place serving a superb English breakfast which would be hard to beat especially for the price all amazing food , and if you're still hungry after that (I doubt it ) they have some amazing puddings and cakes All served by friendly staff Well worth a visit

Have been on a few occasions during daytime and breakfasts are really nice. This was first time for evening food. Have to say the meal was not the best. Bit disappointed. Reasonably priced and nice quiet environment with no kids.

Just because there’s a cheaper alternative at the wholesaler, it doesn’t mean you have to buy it. Visited a couple of years ago and found the food to be delicious. We’ve driven past most Saturday’s since and this morning decided to pop in, but wish we hadn’t. Firstly, service was excellent (that’s what the two stars are for) and I can’t fault that in any way, but the food was beyond bad. How can you mess up a bacon baguette? I’ll tell you. You mess up the simplest of breakfast foods by using the cheapest, nastiest spread (I won’t insult butter or margarine by referring to it as anything other than spread) and then refilling your Hellman’s ketchup bottles with Booker Chef’s Larder ketchup. It’s beyond vile. If you can’t make decent food for the price you’re charging then charge more. I’d rather have paid 50% more this morning and enjoyed my breakfast, than saved a fiver and felt sick for a few hours afterwards. I can still taste that awful spread!

As I was passing by, I only stopped for a coffee. The place is interesting and nice. It was nice the only thing I didn't like was that they assumed I would like the coffee to go. I would have liked to drink a coffee sitting at a table, not behind the wheel... I'm tired of coffees behind the wheel... Another time I'll specify that I don't want "coffee to go" 😁

Lovely fresh cooked food as always

The staff at the counter assumed you'd been before and knew the ordering and serving system. They were clearly too busy to interact with customers which was a shame. The food was freshly prepared for each order. It was delicious and good value

One of the best in the area. Often use as it's not far from home but a nice change to get out. Always friendly and good service not to mention food . Recommend to anyone . Brilliant

Lovely place to eat food was proper quality made and service was very good. Eating area was very clean and toilets were nice and clean. A+

Great farm shop, food was really fresh and staff are friendly.

We stopped here for a bite to eat with our baby. We were incredibly surprised. This is no frills but very high quality food. We ordered the fish and chips which seemed to be very popular and the vegetable lasagne. The staff were very friendly and helpful but the most pleasant surprise was the quality of the baby changing facilities. A dedicated room that’s beautifully upkept. Will recommend others to stop here

Great meal and friendly staff serving

Coffee and cake hor 3 people very good staff very attentive

Excellent cafe with good menu and specials board.. we had jacket potato with chicken, bacon and mayo which was served with side salad and was delicious 😋 The cakes looked great (very deep.!) I noticed Chocolate and Victoria ..there were others but we didn't indulge today.. the resturant was busy so quite noisy which gave the place a 'canteen' style feel but well worth a visit 👍

Full English breakfast was lovely. Loads of food for the price, will be going back. Highly recommended.

Been here twice now first time waited two hours wait for a breakfast but gave them the benefit of the doubt as it was busy second time waited an hour and a half and the breakfast never came then it Turned out, they couldn’t find our table number even though it said number eight on the receipt then gave us the food off the hot plate that had been sat there for over an hour

Super place, food is amazing. Staff are friendly and helpful.

Terrible food, the beef was awful and chewy. Service very slow and poor, no customer service skills. Found an hair in my food!

Love this place, easy for parking, good menu friendly staff

Met my friend here for coffee and cake for her birthday its halfway to where we both live so perfect meeting point ,or so we thought, big mistake we were seated by staff ,went to counter to order two members of staff were filling drinks cabinet s who completely ignored us just left us standing there , then a third member of staff came took our order ,no smiles or pleasantries, coffee and cake brought over , literally just finished coffee and cake was thinking of going for second coffee to be told we need to leave as they needed the table for lunches at no time were we told b4 hand we only had this short window of time there were at that current time 20 plus empty tables in the restaurant and certainly not that amount of people waiting to come in what was supposed to be a birthday treat and catch up completely ruined by such rudeness, have never felt so uncomfortable in my life cannot believe they have any custom if this is the way they treat people absolutely disgusted will never ever return

Decent food portions and Coeliac options

Sadly, I feel this restaurant has gone downhill recently. Today was probably the last time we will eat here, unfortunately. Chips pale and tasted like they were cooked in stale fat, presentation on the plate last alot to be desired, portion sizes have decreased.....just extremely unimpressed. There are alot better places to eat locally for the same amount of money. Sorry Ivys!

Sat outside as we took our dog. Had two very poor blt's. Bread was bit dry, very little bacon. 2 x coffees not very hot. First and last visit to Cafe. Farmers store was very good, good quality food on offer.

Hoping for a cuppa after a long journey but not dog friendly and not sure what the cafe offered as main door was to the farm shop. Low on stock and looked like a lot of prepackaged, brought in items. Did purchase a bakewell tart for £3 something, not a bit of almond flavour in it!!! Staff were lovely though.

Lovely selection of fresh food. Taste good. Serve quickly.

The last two times has been very good and friendly.

Did not go to the restaurant only the food hall

Love this place, would recommend.

Great food, friendly staff, and of course, the llamas make this a great place to visit.

It's the first time I've visited in 18 months , obviously , and I'm pleasantly surprised by the standard and quality of service and food . The baking goods are impressive and the shop is well stocked . Lilly the cat is still in charge .

Lovely place very friendly. Good prices in restaurant and farm shop. Great butchers also.

Decent food and drink. Good clean toilets The farm shop is handy for snacks and drinks if you want them

It was our first visit today and couldn't believe the amount of goodies we came away with. Well worth visiting and will definitely be going back x

Miserable staff baguettes dry/not fresh & tastless sausages

Took my friends out for lunch as it was her Birthday recently . 3 had the Fish & Chips and Birthday girl had Lasagne and all had empty plates .. We enjoyed the atmosphere and openness of tables not too close together .. Waterloo area was spacious and clean ..we also called at the farm shop . Well done everyone

Excellent service, excellent food They accommodated 9 of us on a busy Sunday and they couldn’t have done more for us We would definitely recommend this restaurant

J'ai passé une nuit inoubliable à Ivy Coffee Farm. Le lendemain matin, j'ai dégusté un café exceptionnel produit sur place, accompagné d'un délicieux petit déjeuner dans un cadre magnifique. Après ce moment paisible, nous avons fait un tour du village et découvert les productions locales. L'accueil chaleureux et l'authenticité de ce lieu ont rendu cette expérience inoubliable. Je recommande vivement ce petit coin de paradis pour tous ceux qui cherchent à se ressourcer au milieu de la nature.

Food was really nice here, what a great stop on our journey. Very chilled for the kids and plenty of space to stop to walk the dogs. Staff are really friendly, we did have to wait about 45minutes for our food to come out.

From our very first visit to our most recent being today ,the food has definitely gone downhill . The lady on till needs some customer service training ,so rude ,never smiles ,if she doesn't want to be there stay at home love !

Very large restaurant. Good menu choices- the brunch was especially generous and very good value as were the other choices. Sausages excellent Lincolnshire ones- made in the Farm Shop by Trevor. Service was prompt albeit not a smiling/happy service.Attentive though and not intrusive. Very popular with locals and passing trade. The Farm shop was large, clean with an excellent array of choices to cater for all. Sausages we took home as the butcher we recognised from some time ago who we always felt made the best Lincolnshire sausage. Well done Trevor.

We had our dog with us so had to sit outside. Food took about 40 minutes to arrive (bangers and mash, fish and chips, burger and chips and a fry up). Food was very good and eating would have been higher but for the dog!. However, it got dark outside and no lights were switched on although it looked as if there are fairy lights strung to the roof rafters. They have no outside heaters so our food cooled rapidly and we were cold even with coats on. So many restaurants are dog friendly now that I don’t understand why Lincolnshire appears to be quite so dog unfriendly from its shopping outlets to its pubs and restaurants.

I had the steak and stilton pie with mash potatoes. mashed swede.peas . carrots.and gravy my friend had the vegetarian lasagna and I must say it was delicious 😋

Great butchers and good resteraunt

Brilliant find. Ideal location when traveling. Food generous and well cooked will definitely return again.

Lovely food.swift service, and friendly staff. 10/10

Staff at the till in the restaurant and in the farm shop were a tad miserable. Not friendly at all. I was blatantly ignored at the till in the farm shop and it was made obvious that my custom was not wanted.

Nice food and large car parking, quaint farm shop nearby. Service was alright, although we were stood by the “wait to be seated” for a while, as staff continued to chat between themselves, and we found the lady at the counter to be quite sharp in her speech.

Really enjoyed our stop off dinner. Great outside seating. Very clean inside and out and rest rooms were immaculate, food was a fair price and very nice.

We did a pit stop here to break up a long drive. Had some breakfast and it was lovely.

We always make a point of stopping here on journeys up North and back. The whole family love it. The food is freshly prepared and the staff are great. My daughter loves seeing the goats.

Dreadful service. Wouldn't serve us a cup of tea even though they were officially still open for another 15 minutes. Won't bother again.

Pork belly chinese, amazing Beef & onion pie. The best, fighting over last piece x

Really nice staff also food was tasty. Would recommend.

We get all our fruit and veg from Ivy's. Also, occasionally drop in, sometimes with friends, to enjoy their fish and chips and choose from a great selection of deserts, sponges, and cakes. Excellent value and portions. Also their "Afternoon Tea's" are wonderful!

Big portions, reasonably priced. Tasty meal. Staff very friendly and helpful. Loved watching the Alpacas next to the restaurant.

We stumbled upon this amazing farm shop / restaurant complex whilst travelling home from a weekend away. It was a massive indoor restaurant with an equally huge outdoor dining area. We sat in the outdoor area and both had tuna baguettes which were enormous, served with crisps and a nice fresh salad. The staff were all friendly and efficient. The farm shop next to the restaurant was also great. We’re very glad we stopped!

Lovely food, lovely service and wonderful alpacas and goat for my 1 year old to say hello to after he enjoyed playing on the grass area with the toy tractor provided

Ok, cafe style lunchtime. Staff helpful and friendly.

Called in this morning for breakfast and a drink and was served by a very personable polite and happy young lady called Jasmine.

Food and drink was ok. Nothing special but still worth a visit

We absolutely love this place. Delicious affordable food with plenty of variety to choose from, for both children and adults. Nice quiet atmosphere with the option of sitting inside or outside on the decking area. Perfect for a meal or just for coffee and cake, delicious range of fresh cakes on display. Huge car park so no issues parking. Would recommend booking for a weekend as gets busy.

I have given it a higher rating than it probably deserves, but the portions were good, and the quality was good, down side, nothing was hot. Excellent value for money.

Reasonable priced restaurant in the village with a variety of food choices. Has good amount of vegetarian options. However, the cakes look good but don't taste as good.. we tried cheesecakes, and they were not great.. just cream and base.. Can be noisy at times, especially during lunch and phone can ring constantly.

Food fantastic, staff brilliant can't fault the place

Honeslty isn’t worth it. When going into the farm shop a blonde women with glasses was complaining about something. Telling one worker in Particular to go do this. Go do that because she couldn’t be bothered to do them herself not only that when she was serving she didn’t put any sort of happy face on and just didn’t care. Then a man came through what was probably the kitchen and came up to one of the staff and chicken something down her top making her squeal and get put off. Honeslty there very unprofessional and isn’t something they should be doing whilst serving customers. I brought some chicken fillets which still had the fat on and were not appealing. I didn’t want to get anything else as it all looked dry. Stingy and just not appealing. Then I went a brought a sausage roll and when biting into this there was a sort of wrapper around the sausage which I can only assume was the outer part of the sausage not only that the women that served me never washed her hands in between touching my chicken fillets and going and getting my sausage roll which I do think isn’t acceptable seems as it was raw meat. That carries salmonella.

When in for breakfast, lovely, took cake away for our Grandchildren

Have been here many times in the past, it has always been busy, but this is the first time we had to wait 40 mins for food. The food is good (onion rings were very greasy), but I feel it's gradually losing it's reputation for 'great food'.

I went with my best friend, her little sister and her parents to the farm shop and we ate in the restaurant, the egg was undercooked and the bread was extremely soggy. About an hour and a half after leaving the farm shop I was sick and lo and behold i’ve come to the conclusion that it was the egg sandwich.

Excellent farm shop. Excellent butcher on site. Great choice of everything you would expect. Good sensible prices.

Service slow. Chips were undercooked then the panini was cold. These were replaced, but overall the quality of the food was very poor. First and very last visit. Very overpriced for poor food.

What a joke. Turned up at 3pm and got a, "we aren't serving hot food anymore" when the menu clearly states they do up until 3:30. So we ordered a toasted sandwich and ciabatta...a bacon, tomato and mozzarella cheese ciabatta...that didn't have bacon in, and it was cheddar not mozzarella...oh and it took them 40 mins to do this. Look if you can't be bothered, just say...don't pretend to be a business when you obviously don't want to be. Be a petting zoo instead

Become a regular here since moving to the area. Fresh veg and a well stocked butcher. Would recommend a visit.

Extremely busy but service with a smile. Salad excellent fish and chips very good reasonably priced

Beware no customer service at this restaurant. . I actually live very close to this restaurant. I would have preferred not to leave a negative review. But due to the lack of customer service I feel I have little option. On the evening of 28th June 2024 I visited the restaurant with some friends for our evening out. I ordered the Louisiana double chicken burger with chips costing £12.95. It initially looked great but after eating some of it, I realised the burgers were very burnt (black on the underside). The staff never check in on us to see how our food was at any time. I carried on eating the chips & left the burger. I eventually found a member of staff whom I assumed was the manager. She admitted they had not come by to ask how the food was. She took the food to the Chef who apparently apologised but as I had eaten some of the food. Then no replacement or refund or gesture of goodwill would be offered. I did say I will leave a review. The lady said oh well that’s up to you. I had been a regular customer to this restaurant. if you do come to this restaurant then be aware there is no customer service if the is problem. The food here has always been hit & miss sometimes it’s good another time, it’s average but on this occasion it was terrible.

Came for Father’s Day, arrived just before 11am to order breakfast & were told it was no longer being served, yet on the menu certain items said before 11:30am. Lady at the till taking the orders was very blunt & quite rude. I asked if I could order for lunch & was told no it doesn’t start for half an hour and to come back. Ordered & ate, food was fine, servers who bought food & drinks over were lovely, polite & friendly. When we were leaving just before 12:30pm we saw a couple eating breakfasts, asked them and they had no issues ordering breakfast items from the menu. Not really happy with that level of service & how we weren’t allowed to order. Wouldn’t be in a rush to return.

Came across this place by accident ..wow what a find ..Had the steak pie with veg and gravy ..10/10 proper home cooked food ,the pie was to die for and the gravy was thick and rich ..would 100% recommend to anyone ..fter finishing our food went next door to the butchery and shop .again lovely friendly staff made very welcome ..

Good choice of food and cakes. Lovely staff.

I have visited on a few ocasions at various times of the day and always found the staff friendly and the food good will be visiting again.

Very busy and quite popular. Clean and spacious with plenty of parking spaces. Salad portions with the baked potatoes could do with being a bit more generous. Prices are reasonable and not too long to wait. Need to wait to be seated, then go to counter to place order and pay. Dishes are then brought to you when ready.

Great looking place from the exterior, farm animals outdoor seating under cover. Food was average, cafe style, cheap and cheerful. Met for a birthday meal, 11 of us and after our mains we asked if we could do a birthday cake we brought ourselves. The waiting staff then asked if we'd like it cut which we said how lovely then it was mentioned a charge of £1 per head. We said we'll leave it but because we'd lit it we would still be charged "I don't make the rules". Very odd and never experienced this before being frequent eat out diners. We didn't pay the £11 and probably won't be back. Goats were very friendly.

Brilliant place. Very laid back and farm styled. Waiting staff friendly. Cooked breakfast was good. I had the smaller one my partner had the larger one. The cakes looked amazing and not overly priced. We don’t buy purely because we were driving back to Hertfordshire 😁

Loved this cozy restaurant and the farm shop!!! Absolutely fabulous staff

Lovely food and seating area but staff are so rude it's shocking. No customer care skills whatsoever. Rude as hell and just ignore customers waiting to be served whilst they gossip. Love to know who the boss is. Horrible place

Food always great. Good choices on the menu. Staff helpful and friendly and they all worked well together. Very popular place to eat at. Sunday lunch served, but you need to book beforehand. Nice nice.

Great restaurant just off the A17 food is fantastic

A good place to stop on the long, long haul to Suffolk along the A17. Good food, reasonably priced but the service was a bit slow as it was so busy. The goats and Alpacas provide good entertainment too