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Occombe Farm

Preston Down Road, Paignton TQ3 1RN , England
01803 520022
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Ranked #1 of 3 activities in Paignton
Type: Farms, Classes/Workshops
Owner description: FREE to visit Organic farm on the edge of Paignton open to the public 7 days a week featuring farm shop and Bakehouse Cafe celebrating local produce,... more » Owner description: FREE to visit Organic farm on the edge of Paignton open to the public 7 days a week featuring farm shop and Bakehouse Cafe celebrating local produce, wonderful kitchen garden including wartime allotment with air raid shelter, farm animals including cows, sheep, goats, chickens, pigs and alpacas, lovely 2km nature trail and bird hide. New Visitor Centre just opened with exhibition about the farm and environmental issues. The farm is run by local charity Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust with all profits going to support its conservation and education work. The Trust run a comprehensive events programme at Occombe and it's other sites. Check out the website for details. Become a member and get free parking and 10% off events! « less
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Torquay, United Kingdom
2 of 5 stars Reviewed June 9, 2013

We took our visitors to Occombe Farm last Monday and sat outside as the weather was good. We selected the only vacant table with an umbrella which was covered in dishes and the remains of someone else's food. We all had a drink and sat for around 25 minutes, during which time 2 waitresses brought out food but went back... More

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Devon
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 28, 2013

We've been here lots of times for walks, the farm shop and cafe. The food is great home cooked flavours with quality local ingredients. Sunday lunch was lovely braised beef with a large Yorkshire, great gravy and broccoli cheese. The breakfasts are delicious. The staff are friendly and helpful. The only down side is the wait for food. Today it... More

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Stevenage, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 11, 2013

We visited Occombe Farm on a trip to Paignton. We both had cream teas in the cafe, and then shopped in the farm shop. The food was lovely, and staff very friendly. The only downside for us was that the bus fare to the farm was expensive (£10) - perhaps not worth the trip if you don't have a car.

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Torbay, Devon
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 11, 2013

I visited with my family for lunch, and we were all disappointed. It was not busy, but the chair I was going to use had greasy child's handprints on it, so I had to make sure I cleaned it before sitting down. My jacket potato tasted as if it had been left over from the day before and re-heated, even... More

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Wells, Somerset
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 7, 2013

Well you don't get much for free these days but visited the farm and had alovely walk around the gardens and on the nature trail. There were few animals to see: alpacas, ducks, goats and sheep. Animals are not to be fed.It was a very cold April day so there may be more aninmals when it is warmer. There were... More

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Brighton, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed March 29, 2013

Just been to the farm to get some breakfast and do the Easter egg hunt with all the children. Very short staffed big tables full of people with one cup off coffee staying in out of the cold. No Easter egg hunt. For years they have done this. They are doing the Easter egg hunt but the catch is its... More

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Torquay, United Kingdom
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed March 10, 2013

Service was very slow girls had a breakfast bap each and liked it .My husband and I had scrambled eggs and smoked salmon to wait for it took at least half an hour to arrive to find eggs were cold and rubbery toast cold and hard .Not a luxury breakfast in my opinion .On a good point there was plenty... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed March 1, 2013

The whole breakfast was disappointing, no attention to detail such as butter being brought out with the toast. It's brought out after when the toast is cold and only after we asked for it. The egg was hard and greasy and the tomatoes, which I'd specifically asked to be well cooked, were just warm. You get very little for a... More

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Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed February 25, 2013 via mobile

Have visited Occombe for a number of years & have never been disappointed, sorry to say that this year was a little different! Ordered a bacon & egg bap & I have to say it was very poor, bacon was undercooked & tough & the bap was very ordinary. At the prices charged I expect better. I really think that... More

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Julian C, Manager at Occombe Farm, responded to this review
February 28, 2013

Graham I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your visit to the cafe, generally we get very good feedback so it's disappointing we let you down. We will look in to your comments and try to address them. More

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed February 25, 2013

We have been going here since it opened and have always enjoyed the breakfasts even though the staff were either hopeless or unfriendly or both. Then last year we noticed that the staff were much better and had a bit of training and smiled. Today we popped in for a breakfast bap, not given a choice of bread (you get... More

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Julian C, Manager at Occombe Farm, responded to this review
February 28, 2013

Carol, I'm glad the service was good but apologise that you didn't enjoy your breakfast bap. We will look in to your comments as we are continually trying to improve the experience for our visitors. More

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