Monkland Cheese Dairy

If you're a cheese lover, welcome to heaven. What's not to love about a hot, buttered cheese scone served with the warmest of smiles. Lovely outside seating area. The cake offering looked tasty too!

The cafe/ restaurant remains unchanged and there are still a wide range of cheeses available at the take away cheese counter . However for the fans of cheese made on the premises such as MONKLAND , Little Hereford , the Other Monk etc sadly no cheese making takes place on the premises any more and those cheeses will no longer be made. So fans must hope that the dairy will be resurrected at some stage in the future either on site or somewhere else close by . We live in hope that those cheeses will come back, meantime the cheese counter range is still very good.

This restaurant is a true hidden gem. The waitress who served us made, in my husband's words, "the best cheese scone he had ever tasted." I opted for a slice of Herefordshire apple cake, which was absolutely delicious. The atmosphere was very warm and welcoming.

The lunch at this restaurant was exceptional, particularly the ploughman's cheese and ham. They have a wide selection of cheeses at their counter and various cottage-style chutneys to accompany them.

Absolutely loved the fact that nobody batted an eyelid when we asked for a cheese platter with our morning coffee. A great low carb way to try before you buy. Lovely, knowledgeable staff, relaxing garden to munch cheese in and (of course) the change to buy the cheese you can see being made.