Silcocks Farm Shop - Ashford

We have just had an amazing traditional turkey Christmas lunch, very generous portion, extremely well cooked followed by a very tasty Christmas pudding served with brandy source. Highly recommend, excellent value for money. We often enjoy a circular walk from Tenterden and stop at this lovely farm shop cafe/restaurant where we always find the staff very welcoming and friendly.

Called in for a coffee before going for a walk in the adjacent countryside. Very friendly, helpful staff. Plenty of seating inside (not dog friendly) and outside (dog friendly), with some of the outdoor seating being under cover in case it's raining. The coffee was good and, although we didn't have any food this time, we have on previous occasions and, then, the food was as good as the coffee.

Open Farm Sunday 23 was a great free day out. A guided tractor trailer ride showing all the fields where all the different animals graze. Was able to see the cows being milked. The farm opened up to see how they produce food. The Farm shop and cafe was good. A enjoyable day out.

Maybe I visited too late in the day? Because when entering the cafe we were greeted immediately and asked what we would like; at this stage I couldn’t even see what was on offer. I was advised cold drinks were in the lower counter, which made me feel like this was all was on offer at this time; it was around 3pm. I also felt pressured into actually buying a drink. She wasn’t rude, but I felt rushed. The shop was nice; it’s small, but if you’re local or passing, it’s handy to pick up a few items. The ice cream was tasty although whoever labels them needs to check their dating, mine said 6/9/2022 my friends was the later batch number so I trusted this was just a typo.

We arrived Friday morning, the lady in the cafe told us she was short staffed so we were expecting a long wait as there were lots of people outside eating as the sun was out. We were pleasantly surprised to have our full English breakfast order taken by a very friendly waitress. Breakfast was delicious obviously all locally sourced sausage’s, bacon, eggs. As well as hash brown, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, and brown toast. The best breakfast I’ve had in years, thank you ladies.