Wayfield Farm Shop in Mid Sussex

For my money they do the best all day breakfast in Brighton & Hove. Good toast, plenty of mushrooms, beans and bacon plus the best sausages. Most difficult thing is not giving too much away to the friendly dog.

Oh, where do I even begin with Wayfield Farm Shop? Let me just say, if you've ever dreamed of being herded around like livestock by a disgruntled farmer who clearly took a wrong turn into the world of customer service, then this is the place for you. The burly, ruddy-faced owner is like a character straight out of a Dickens novel—if Dickens had decided to pen a story about an irritable farmer attempting and failing to run a shop. I must admit, I had high hopes for the authentic farm experience, but who knew that authentic also meant being barked at like a border collie who misplaced the sheep? The staff, poor souls, seem to have mastered the art of tiptoeing around their own workplace, as if they're navigating a minefield of manure. I have to give them credit for maintaining their composure under the watchful eye of our not-so-friendly farmer-turned-shopkeeper. It's like a real-life episode of "Survivor: Customer Service Edition." And let's not forget the charming ambiance of the place. The constant soundtrack of shouting and being told off really adds that extra touch of rustic charm. It's like being transported to a quaint countryside farm, except instead of serenading birds, you have the delightful melody of the owner's voice letting everyone know how cross he is. If you're in the market for an unforgettable experience that leaves you questioning your life choices, Wayfield Farm Shop is the place to be. Just be prepared to be treated like one of the herd, because customer service here is udderly non-existent.

Lovely farm shop and breakfast, what more could I want. Very friendly and a great big dog in the middle.

Popped in for lunch despite having read mixed reviews. It was a lovely sunny day so chose to sit outside, the available table was in the sun and the umbrella did not work so we lifted the table to move it into the shade. maybe a foot or so, almost immediately we were told not to move the furniture. We explained the situation and moved the table back, had we not already ordered and paid we would have left. The two salads ordered took a while to arrive and were underwhelming, a lot of pea shoots, the tiniest half avocado I have ever seem and maybe six slithers of halloumi, expensive for what it was. Lots of signs saying keep dogs on lead yet there was an admittedly gorgeous dog (owners?) who cruised from table to table begging. Would I recommend no, would I return no.

Nice place to stop for coffee. Friendly staff and service. Selection of local produce. Some road noise when sitting outside.

We absolutely love this place. They really make you feel welcome and the food is second to none. We eat here most weekends and have NEVER had anything we're not happy with (and i have damn high standards for breakfast). Strong recommend.

Have been here many times for breakfast and it is always fabulous, great value and really tasty wholesome food

Awful service. Told to sit where we wanted and come to the counter to order. Paid and waited over an hour for our order - got moved as our table was 'reserved', watched as that table had its order taken at the table and then their food arrive within 10-15 minutes. Asked at the till when we could expect our food only to be told they weren't aware we had an order in. Ended up getting a refund and left as hungry as we went in and with a fed up baby. Only worth going to if you enjoy watching other people eat or if you're on a strict diet where you can't eat

Often have brekkie here, always great. Farm foods are lovely too, fresh and appealing. A bit of the beaten track, but google it, you'll be pleased you did.

Hands down the best breakfast around. Me and my partner go there whenever we can to get bits from their lovely farm shop and eat a big brekkie, we've never been disappointed it's always good service and good food, real farm food cooked with care.

Good quality snack and coffee in a friendly coffee shop off the A23 and cycle path, with a reasonable supply of farm/local produce. Staff very friendly.

Not been here for a while (pre covid) but returned on bright brisk Sunday.. had the all day farmhouse breakfast which was as good as always. Quality produce, cooked well with friendly attentive staff.. my trips here will become more frequent again ....

Had brunch here two days in a row, it was so nice. Very kind and attentive in catering for multiple food intolerance and allergies! Fresh, hot, beautifully cooked eggs, sausages and chips, and gorgeous green things on the side, presented with care. Farm shop overflowing with gorgeous local bread and produce. Worth the short detour from the highway.

Our visit was ruined by a very rude and angry manager who felt the need to shout at customers about social distancing, when a friendly reminder would've sufficed. Made our table feel extremely unwelcome during our visit.

visited this place first time with a walking guide it was an hour before closing but they had washed floor and cleared up to close and did ot want us in there. there were 6 of us all wanting tea and cake. so damn rude and unwelcoming. They have a resident dog that just continually barks at every customer as soon as you drive in and begs for food. Visited again with my son and husband and dogs to get a takeaway to bring on our walk. Again two very rude ladies in there serving no personality whatsoever then the husband comes out and starts telling us we cant leave our car there which we were going to ask before anyway.

My partner and I love this place - very friendly staff, efficient service and the breakfast is different class. The sausages are SO good!Lovely spacious interior with a farm shop and in the summer you can sit outside and fuss the adorable golden retriever. Super dog-friendly and literally one of our favourite places to grab breakfast

Wouldn’t recommend to anyone! They are rude, no wonder why the tip jar was completely empty. The food was extremely disappointing, especially when paying over £10 for a breakfast. The cutlery was dirty. The owners dog was begging at our table whilst eating our food and would bark. Honestly, really really disappointing!

Seriously...over eight pounds for five scampi, chips that were hard and tasteless and a minute salad. Won’t bother again, shame used to enjoy going, oh and the serving staff...go on you know you can give us a smile and a ‘bye’!!!

Our first visit after lockdown Breakfast price no longer includes a hot drink Mushrooms were very oily Toast was rock hard Black pudding different recipe

Great food and atmosphere, dog friendly with lots of dog walks close by - a lovely treat. Parking can be a bit tight.

A friend told me about this place - hidden from the A27 but worth a diversion and definitely on the trail of the cyclists and walkers as a path runs alongside. Once we found the location (Google Maps) it is off the main road and on a real farm. No views from the cafe though. We popped in for a quick snack and drink on our visit. The car park out front was full so we parked around the side - rather a muddy walk from the car - but no worries, people left their muddy walking boots by the door. Dogs were welcome - muddy feet or not! Great to find they stock redbush tea. Coffee was O.K. - no crema on the top which I do normally rate. My muffin was really yummy but my husband's scone rather dry and tired - unusual for him he didn't finish it. The majority of diners were there for brunch - a big fry up and I must say it did look good. Will try that next time - but will wait for the mud to dry out before a repeat visit.

My mate suggested we go here as he had been there for coffee before and hadn’t eaten. Neither of us knew about the place until a friend told him about it. The full English breakfast I had was quite simply the best I’ve had in a long long while and was excellent value to boot. This place is tucked out of the way but is obviously very popular by the amount of people that turned up whilst we where there and is dog friendly as well. Highly recommended and will definitely go again.

Highly overpriced for what you get too many dogs in there really gone down hill in the last couple of years and wouldn't hurt for someone that works there to smile

Great food in a relaxed environment. Families, couples, bikers, cyclists and policemen enjoying the extensive menu.

I have been following the Wayfield Farm fb page for a while and finally got around to visiting for a lovely lunch.I had the Sussex Rarebit and my husband had the Baked Potato with cheese and both were delicious. First dessert my husband had the treacle sponge pudding which had good flavour, but could have done with more treacle sauce as it was a little dry, even with ice cream on the side. I had the Apple and BlackBerry Crumble with custard which was lovely. The staff were wonderful, and the Farm Shop has a nice ambience. Even enjoyed meeting the friendly dog. The Farm Shop is dog friendly too. Highly recommend as the prices are great too.

We were a large family group. From 17 months to 85 years old. Staff kind and helpful. Very friendly. Delicious food. Hot and beautifully cooked. Food is locally sourced.

Whilst not liking breakfast much came here with a mate. The breakfast was incredible! The sausages were unbelievable. Will definitely be returning.

Found thisw almost by accident, as it's a hidden gem unless you use the slipway from Pyecombe onto the A27. Fabulous breakfast, soups are delicious and they also serve up brilliant cakes

Pleasant staff and wonderful food in a great setting just off the A23 and South Downs Way. many cyclists stop off here.

Stopped for brunch on route to Wookey Hole with a large group of friends. Great service and the breakfast was superb - highly recommended.

If you want superb food, excellent surroundings and brilliant countryside then this is the place to visit. Food is first class and there is a varied menu, then there is the bonus of being in a farm shop and purchasing locally produced food.

The seating area of this pleasant farm cafe/shop has been enlarged recently which gives an idea of how popular it is. The breakfasts are good and the lunches can be cooked or just sandwiches, you take your choice but they as all good. If I had a complaint (and it's minor as we go a lot) it is that the service can be a bit slow and the weekend schoolkids who serve need to up the smiles.

Great food although quite a long wait (waitress did explain due to staff illness- short staffed). Glorious sunny day so happy to get sit in the sun and wait. Moved inside to eat as a space became available. Liked the onsite Golden Retriever coming around to say hello.

The Bubble and Squek served with a perfect egg, ham and dressing is divine . Breakfasts are awesome . Some barista training needed and we could have a perfect 10

Went for a four day holiday to Hove and went for breakfast here 3 times (went on the second day of the holiday- so would have been 4 for 4)! It’s what you would expect from a farm cafe! Full English and all the variations of it, but the difference here is all the food is from the farm and all the food is of the best quality! The most outstanding thing though is the sausages!!! Knock your socks off good!!!! If you find yourself in the area give it a go, and nose around the shop while your at it buy a pack to take home!!

Visited here as an anniversary treat, with our two dogs. We went off for a lovely walk over the South Downs and then rewarded ourselves with breakfast. We had a small farmhouse breakfast each which was cooked to perfection; crispy bacon, tasty sausage, thick toast and butter and a beautiful fried egg. The staff are lovely and friendly and the service was great. There's a great selection on the lunch menu if a cooked breakfast isn't your thing and next time we'll be trying their Sussex Rarebit. Highly recommend trying their breakfast, it will be the benchmark for all other breakfasts in the future.

Popped in as we hadnt been here before, liked the look of the place and decided to stay and have a drink as it wasnt that busy at that time, ordered and paid for the the 2 drinks, inbetween 2 other people being served, 30 minutes we were still waiitng so i went over to ask where i drinks were and we had been forgotten, no apology so i asked for my money back and left, oh dear what a shame as we will not be going back here in a hurry, the worst thing is apart from no apology is that this is local to us !!!!

As newcomers we were not disappointed. With so many over rated and over crowded garden centre restaurants in the area, this place makes a pleasant change. Guaranteed you won't come out feeling hungry if you have gone in for breakfast and the lunchtime sandwiches are good as well. All good value for money, well presented, cooked to order and in a reasonable time, unlike the long wait in other nearby establishments. Friendly helpful staff. Not a big menu, but what they do, they do well and there are some dishes of the day as well. It's not a big place but there's enough parking for the tables they have, with some seating outside. Breakfast or lunch we recommend this place, they have got this right.

The breakfast menu here was good but we did have to wait a fair while. Then our food and drinks didn’t come all at one, with the rest to come in ‘just a minute’... problem is we had heard ‘just a minute’ from other tables a number of times already and so weren’t particularly satisfied with this. Ice cream also had the taste that it had been slightly thawed and then refrozen a few times... a bit icy. But this was a dog friendly place with dog treats for sale and the resident dog (lab or retriever?) was really the star of the place!

I was looking for somewhere to stop for breakfast and stumbled across this café. Fantastic, breakfast bap with bacon, sausage and egg - all excellent quality and perfectly cooked - and a great pot of tea. I’m set up for my long drive home now!

All I can say is, if you like a good quality English breakfast I would thoroughly recommend Wayfield Farm.

Very nice full English breakfast and brilliant freshly pressed orange juice.I only had the middle size breakfast and it was big! Super setting on a nice day and very comfortable on a bad one! Good service nice staff and very reasonable prices.

We visited today as we had friends from Holland and Greece staying and they wanted to taste a full English breakfast.

This is not a restaurant but a farm shop with a delightful cafe, the food is excellent and all local produce too. It is beautifully cooked and presented. Well worth a visit

My brother has been twisting my arm to visit for ages so today 3 of us met up with him at the Farm Shop.It is not easy to find so he led the way starting from The Texaco Kia Garage on the A23 culminating in a long farm type road (!) up an incline .We were greeted by a lovely friendly Labrador and 2 more when we went inside.Essentially it's a very large space the rear section of which has the "shop" but the food for sale is mostly in freezers so there's not a huge choice.There were nice eggs ( which we purchased after eating).The Centispiece is a very shiny red Tractor which demanded that we took it in turns sitting on it for iPhone pics.

Fifteen of us went here after a family Christmas get together and just about managed to get in. We went for brunch and managed to get round two tables after grabbing almost every available chair. We were there for brunch and the menu choice was excellent, all made to order by a hard working staff in what seemed to be a very small kitchen. The all day breakfast is a great idea plus loads of other choices for those that wanted paninis etc. I had a Suffolk rarebit which was really good made with local cheese with a side salad. The farm shop is really good too and while you're waiting for food, it isn't difficult to be enticed to look around and spend. All the prices seemed reasonable and of course there is the home bread and local veggies to buy too. Definitely a place we would go to again.

Stopped here for a quick cappucino and also bought some fruit and vegetables, plus chocolates. Breakfasts looked very good. Will be returning probably on my bike to sample something other then a coffee. Cappucino was delicious and hot and staff very friendly. There was a wide variety of goods in the farm shop.

If you are looking for good breakfast or light lunch then this is the place to go. Brilliant local produce. Nice shop to buy some produce. Great breads! Say hi to jasmine if you go.

What a nice "Coffee stop" . Took the time to hunt this farm shop/coffee n cake out Very warm welcome and lovely coffee. Just DON'T mention the cakes!!! YUMMY :-)

Stopped here this weekend whilst walking the south coast path for breakfast after it was recommended by our hosts.

In the middle of the South Downs way you have a Farm shop with a twist, fresh produce, friendly staff and a great place to have breakfast. Excellent.

I use this for its cafe facility as the food is nice and it is dog friendly. On cold rainy days it is nice to have the dogs with me while I have a cuppa instead of leaving them in the car. The resident dog is a softee and there is seating outside too.

A lovely place to stop whilst cycling around Sussex! Tasty cakes and big breakfasts, what more could you want! Buy local produce in the shop and give the dog a cuddle but no food!

I was doing the South Downs Way and planned to eat at the pub in Pyecombe. Just before I crossed the bridge over the A23 I saw a little sign advertising a breakfast at a farm shop only 3 minutes walk.