Ulnaby Farm Shop & Cafe in Darlington

Often take my elderly in laws here for coffee. They love the huts when warm enough. Staff great. food brilliant with good choice. And quality from the shop is 1st class. Father in law was a butcher and says he's never tasted better beef.

Visited a few times, dined in the cafe and bought products from the shop but after what I witnessed when I was in this week I will not be back.

Visited here last September 2023 had a really good visit beautiful lemon scones and tea. Looked forward to our return journey this year 2024. However, no lemon scones so we opted for bacon sandwiches what a big mistake 2 bacon sandwiches plus 2 teas and 1 sausage for the dog £20.20!! The sausage cost £1.25 never paid that for one sausage in my life!!!! The bacon roll came with crisps and salad on opening the roll we looked at the bacon it was like cardboard. It could be used for a sole on a shoe. An expensive outing with inedible food. Our dogs wouldn’t even eat it.

Really nice place for lunch as well as a gift shop. Smashing staff and the food was delicious. The Beltie stew was so tasty. A few lovely animals outside as well.

Brilliant stop if you’re on the A1M and need a break. Huge jacket 🧥 potato 🥔 with cheese 🧀 baked beans 🫘 salad 🥗 and crisps filled me up. They have indoor seating, picnic tables and huts outside. Many dessert and ice cream options. Plenty of parking and even a little farm zoo with a donkey 🫏 to destress you from the road.

Brilliant stop if you’re on the A1M and need a break. Huge jacket 🧥 potato 🥔 with cheese 🧀 baked beans 🫘 salad 🥗 and crisps filled me up. They have indoor seating, picnic tables and huts outside. Many dessert and ice cream options. Plenty of parking and even a little farm zoo with a donkey 🫏 to destress you from the road.

Always a pleasure to come here. Staff are great, food is amazing and it's such a lovely atmosphere. Love seeing the ower to she's soo kind and caring.

Lovely cosy cafe set in the quiet countryside. Had a nice lunch there that was reasonably priced with proper farm shop quality meat and cheese. The farm shop was stocked well with local produce and worth a look around. Goats donkeys cows and alpacas onsite for the kids to see

The park is not there and no animals

Good cafe and shop.excellent food

Called 23/6/24. A lovely sunny day sat outside in one of the animal themed huts beautiful clean & tidy plus cool. Food as always very tasty, nicely presented & hot served with a smile & chat. It was very busy but staff still find time for each customer which makes Ulnaby the delightful place it is. Great management,staff, food & cleanliness.

A charming little cafe with outdoor huts and tables set against a picturesque farm backdrop. You can enjoy the unique experience of touching and feeding donkeys, alpacas, and cows. It’s an ideal spot for a dinner date with a rustic charm.

Small farm shop just off the b6279 a few Miles down from the village of Ingleton . The premises have a small cafe upstairs ( poss 20 covers) has a lot of gift ideas , jams and chutneys . Downstairs are a lot of freezers with various meats , fish and pre prepared meals and puddings. The outside space has about 5 to 6 tables

Best dry cured bacon that I can remember eating, beautiful ❤️

A lovely place to visit. Food and drinks spot on. Location stunning. Staff friendly and extremely helpful. A choice of seating inside and outside.

Loved sitting outside in the little cabins for a coffee and cake. Brilliant as usual

Great place to visit. Has lovely sheds outside to sit in and the table service is excellent. Food was delicious. I got some sausages from the farm shop downstairs they were lovely. There was a big selection of items and homemade food there too.

Been several times for lunch. Always enjoyable whatever we choose on the menu. The soup is always good too. We stock up on steak pies and quiches (frozen) on our visits, pricey but well worth it! They have a good selection of cards at reasonable prices too, and a small gift area selling tea towels, oven gloves etc. The staff are always very friendly.

Good Cafe with farm Shop. Childrens play area and outside sheltered eating area.

Ulnaby is a great place for a breakfast or a lunch the staff are friendly and the food is very good highly recommend the beef stew all that and an amazing farm shop’s

We had a great lunch in this lovely little cafe, a good selection of home cooked offerings on the menu friendly staff. There is a farm shop which we didn’t buy from but there was a steady stream of customers and we were advised that sausages are very good.

Small but cosy cafe, with an attached farm shop. We enjoyed our visit .

Loved it!! Go out of your way to find it!!

Excellent service and quality at a good price 👏 👍 👌

A very serene and nice place located in the heart of the countryside. Friendly staff who serves coffee, tea, and bakery. You can also do some grocery shopping as well! Bought eggs, flour, and locally made butter… try it, you will enjoy it for sure🥰

Lovely cafe with a farm dhop. Outside huts are snug. Staff were very friendly.

Lovely little find just outside Darlington.

Had a very tasty lamb burger with salad and crisps. Staff were lovely and friendly too.

Good food & service. Dogs welcome in the outside area where they are wooden huts with tables & chairs for dining outside.

Best short ribs I have ever slow cooked.

Nice cafe good selection of farm food and what looks like homemade cake/scones. My one gripe is the opening hours they shut at 4 they stop serving 3.15 they seem to close down mop up at 3.30 .

Lovely Farm shop and cafe,great selection of meat and produce in the Farm Shop,reasonably priced to,we will definitely be back

Excellent meals value for money

Coffee was bland. Pretty disgusting. We went for lunch they don’t do lunch just jacket, potato scones and Panini‘s we had 2x lasagna with salad, £21 with two coffees, very small portions. Oh yes and a pile of crisps. We won’t go there again. Small portions, expensive

Really great - get there about 10:10 and the fruit scones are just coming out of the oven - pleasant staff great selection of local produce in the shop and a small play area for children :)

Good farm shop and cafe. Food is tasty and staff are friendly

Nice little farm and coffee shop

Always good. Great cakes, nice place to grab a coffee with friends.

Great coffee and cheap potatoes!

We came across this place by chance when my sat Nav redirected us off the A1. How great a find! Very quaint patio area with sheds to dine in as well as an indoor cafe. Animals to fascinate the kids in the fields. We will be back next time we're in the area.

Nice cuppa coffee, toilets play area cake few animals parking easy to find, nice staff.

Can only say about cafe bit but it feels homemade not mass produced .drinks were tasty .worth a visit also do a shop cant comment

This place is a little gem. The food is lovely, the sourroundings are great. A couple of animals bordering the play area (behind fences). Grand kids love it here.

Lovely place, animals are very friendly, quirky little play park and a cafe. Lost a star for not accommodating allergies/intolerances.

Had an excellent meal here today, always busy but staff are very professional and well organised . Would definetly recommend.

Gorgeous little shop. Lovely friendly staff.

Such a delightful place. Few little animals, fabulous farm shop and homemade food served in the cafe and in the open. Also 4 snug little huts animal themed.

Bit featureless, nice food tho.

My grandson loved feeding the animals and the food in the cafe was fantastic also farm shop hase good quality meat and cakes all frozen

Lovely situation, friendly staff and lovely food

Small but lovely farm cafe and shop. Great staff, good food, excellent home-reared meat in shop - take home some Belted Galloway burgers!

Great little cafe and farm shop selling meats, sausages, pies and cakes. Bought a medium joint of beef and pork plus other chops and sausages, staff wrapped in bubble wrap for journey home. All still perfectly frozen when we got home after 3 1/2 hours. Thank you...

Small cafe selling home made food Farm shop small all meat seems to be frozen We went for Acorn butter which is excellent

Absolutely lovely but really expensive £2.25 for a can of lemonade in the cafe

Great cafe selling tasty food, produce and gifts. Great for a family outing as they have a play area too. If you want to taste the best beef ever then try their black belted Galway. You’ll never want any other type of beef again!!

Bit expensive for my taste .But food and service are good.

Lovely little cafe with a small but tasty menu. There is plenty of out door seating including some pods to protect against the weather.

Lovely seat in the sun outside on a bright day. Our flat whites needed more coffee.

Lovely cafe and shop with farm fresh produce. Excellent quality food and drinks. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Lovely little peaceful place, nice food, friendly staff, plenty to browse through in the shop and some nice covered outside seating.

Great place for tea and a cake. Also has a lovely well kept playground for small children. Views are lovely on a clear day.

A lovely find while enjoying the Yorkshire countryside a perfect place for a coffee and a bit too eat.

lovely food . good service family friendly cafe, with a hint o history and a great play park for the kids.

Just been to the Ulnaby Farm Shop for the first time since lockdown. Just as good as ever, but now with eating “pods” in part of the car park. EXCELLENT! 👍👍👍

Simple yet tasty food, all home made, with caring staff. A perfect example of a family run business at its best.

Llama, donkeys, goats, farm shop and cafe. Their menu is a bit more limited possibly due to Covid but service was fast and the burger was decent. Friendly staff.

We had a lovely visit here last week. It was a nice suprise to find it as none of us knew it was here. Staff were very helpful and our lunch was nice. The Farm Shop was very impressive & we left with full shopping bags🙂Theres a an outdoor play area and some animals. Its in a quiet spot & suitable for young or old.There is a ramp for wheelchair users so that you can enter the cafe.Theres also an outside seating area & some small sheds to sit in if its raining.Our 2 1/2 year old neice loved it too.

Nice little farm shop and cafe, with gorgeous views. The food is very good with the best potted mushrooms I've tasted. Please dont ever take them off your menu!

Lovely food, play area for the children and animals to pet

Great cheese burger and cake, luckily weather great to sit outside, there is restricted seating inside but prefer to be out

Beautiful little cafe and shop. Not really busy so feeling that this is a hidden treasure! Very friendly staff and lovely surrounding. Park for the children and little huts to keep you out of the sun. A MUST VISIT place..

Picked up some tasty food at the farm shop, and had delicious coffee and cake in an outside booth. Nice refreshments while listening to the birdsong. Good selection of cards and things too

Nice farm shop I can visit on my way to Piercebridge farm shop for something different

Always a pleasure to visit and able to enjoy good coffee.

Lovely staff and location. Didn't eat this time, but the food is always good. The shop has lots of amazing food and quirky gifts.

We walked to Medieval Ulnaby Farm shop and arrived at 15:30, website states open til 17:00. Sign at entrance said open til 16:00. No problem still plenty of time to grab a take away coffee. Unfortunately and much to my chagrin staff told us they were now cleaning up and were no longer serving. 30 minutes before the place even closes. The staff were unapologetic and showed no empathy that we had walked 4 miles to the get there with 30 mins before closing timeAs we stood at the entrance we saw the same staff driving out at exactly 16:00. I guess their priority is not the customer.I unequivocally can say I will not darken their door again. No customer should be made to feel that they are an inconvenience.

Really great place to shop for meat. Excellent quality, lots of unusual cuts and competitively priced. I go every week for pork, lamb and beef. Favourites are lamb henry, short beef ribs and oxtail.

Lovely shop and cafe staff friendly service tip top

A real hidden gem with amazing staff and absolutely first class produce!

Excellent Farm shop full of locally sourced produce as well as quirky foodstuffs from slightly further afield. Wonderful cafe with a delicious selection of homemade goodies. Also quality gifts! And to top it all off? A wonderful play park with cute animals! A dream within a dream!

Lovely. Great scones .and coffee.

Very friendly staff. Nice food. Using covid safe practices at the moment.

Very friendly staff. My granddaughter loved the play area and feeding the animals.

Coffee served in disposable cups and cake in a paper bag! Off to Mainsgill next time.

Meet friends for coffee on a wet day so sat inside felt very safe good covid rules in place. Staff all wearing masks and visors, asked for name and numbers for track and trace. Coffees very nice and served promptly. Only one family at a time allowed down stairs to shop. Well done Ulnaby.

Always a pleasure to shop and eat here.

Lovely farm shop selling nice food and has a play park and animals for the kids to see

The cafe is doing an amazing job of putting in place safety precautions for the current pandemic. They have a one way system in place. They are also only letting one family downstairs at a time which makes me feel safe to return. The cafe is open for take aways and has a selection of foods available. They do a delicious bacon sandwich and my daughter enjoyed one of their homemade scones. The staff were really friendly and happy to help. They were reminding people to put a face mask on if they didn’t have one on.Would highly recommend and will definitely be returning.

Was told of this place by a customer and she was not wrong, little gem fabulous food play area and animals to say hello, will be back very soon

Ive never written a negative review before and try give businesses benefit of doubt, especially in these strange covid times.Sadly can no longer recommend this cafe.Have visited many times with family members and friends and been happy with quality in past. Today served cup of pale beige fluid I thought was weak tea..no probs, they got order wrong i thought(id asked for an Americano)...nope told was actually americano. Speechless, weakest coffee I've seen let alone an americano. Chose not to make any further issues of it as they weren't interested at all.So voted with my feet.Shame they did this.

Nice ice cream, litlle cafe inside and a shop as well as a park for kids and a little donkey.

One of my favourite places to eat when allowed. So during these unusual circumstances we are continuing to support them. Take away drinks and scones also farm shop open. Great one way system in place. This time we bought home made frozen cake, home made scones and bread.

During these unusual circumstances this Farm Shop is offering takeaway coffees. One way system, hand sanitizer and only two in shop at a time.The shop is open with all it's usual delightful food. Meat, cakes, biscuits, fresh veg, fruit, eggs, etc. So had a coffee, brought home frozen cake, scones and our usual bits and pieces.

A great place to go. Lovely cafe serving home made food and meals at a reasonable price. There is a small shop area with interesting gift ideas. Stairs( which may be too much for those with restricted mobility) go down to the area where all locally produced meat and other homemade pies etc are displayed in freezers. All the staff are very friendly and obviously good cooks. Not able to comment on outdoor staff as we never met any today. The toilets are located in the car park as is the entrance to the children's play area. There are various farm animals that the children can see ,sited adjacent to the playground so they will have a fun time. We really enjoyed our visit and will definitely be going again.

We needed somewhere local to Darlington for a family ‘meet-up’, and Ulnaby farm shop had been recommended to us.Although we hadn’t booked, the staff were very accommodating and actually moved tables around so that the six of us had plenty of room.There is a blackboard with daily ‘specials’ and also a general menu with plenty of variation.We all thoroughly enjoyed the choices we made, the service was brilliant and we would highly recommend this venue.I can imagine it will be even better during summer months. There is a lovely play area for children and alpacas, donkeys and sheep in a adjacent field.If you want a tasty lunch, with great service, then look no further.We will definitely return.

Great place to visit. The cafe serves delicious home cooked food. We bought some produce from the farm shop. Very good quality and reasonably priced. Nice outside area with plenty of parking and a large children’s play area. We will definitely visit again!

Our first visit of 2020 one of our favourite places to have lunch. Limited menu but everything is freshly cooked so may be a wait at busy times. Home made cakes, scones and desserts.

Staying at my son's in Darlington and he introduced us to this gem. All the meat is either from their own stock....Belted Galloway Beef, or is sourced from ethically reared or grown suppliers. We had Rb of Beef for Christmas dinner and it was tremendous, succulent and beautifull flavour. We also bought cheeses once again absolutely delicious. I'm only sorry I don't live anywhere near enough to frequent this place on a regular basis.

Called in Cafe this morning for first time, it will not be our last. Food was delicious and so was the coffee. We bought some meat from the little farm shop downstairs all good quality and reasonable. Staff are lovely, thank you for a lovely experience in your Cafe.

A helpful website gives details of opening times. There are no reservations, so just turn up. We thought we were in for a long wait as all tables (about 18 two person, less if fours) were occupied. However, one was quickly available. It is clearly popular. The waiting staff were good; attentive, but not overly so. As they were full, the order took a long time to arrive. Pleasant food from a small menu, and they were happy to change some bacon from one meal to another. If you need a gift or some farm produce you can buy these as well.