Blairmains Farm Shop And Coffee Bothy

We popped into the coffee bothy for a takeaway order a few weeks ago. We were served quickly and the waitress was lovely. We ordered 2 portions of soup 2 toasties all to takeaway. We were charged £19.80 which at the time I did feel was expensive but had heard good things and was staying positive. After around a 20 min wait we were given our bag of food and we headed out to the car to eat our lunch. All I can describe this as is daylight robbery. I opened up the bag to see two toasted sandwiches wrapped up in tinfoil for the price we paid I was expecting a takeaway box with a nicely presented toastie and side salad. The soup was a takeaway cup size which I appreciate is probably standard and it was tasty. To make matters worse the chicken inside the toasties was of terrible quality, very rubbery and chewy and the cheap mayo wasn’t much better. Shame as this place looked really nice, however the prices they are charging definitely don’t match the portion or quality of food they are producing.

We actually didn't go in to the coffee bothy, my partner popped his head round the door and asked if we could sit outside with our 2 dogs but the answer was NO DOGS so they lost out on a sale. We take our dogs with us on lots of trips and most restaurants/cafes allow them inside or an area outside so we were quite shocked that we couldn't sit anywhere with them. Think they are missing a trick, won't be back.

I know they do other foods here and they're nice too but I usually opt for the home made soup with warm crusty roll which never disappoints. Nice farm shop attached which, while not cheap, has a lot of nice stuff, fresh and frozen. Try the soup though you won't regret it.

We have had lunch here many times and always lovely .Today was disappointing .We ordered a toastie which was £8.95 and .60p to toast.The plate consisted of 2 small slices of toast with a lovely filling and salad garnish.What happened to the lovely thick bread we used to get which looked like a proper toastie.This is extremely poor value for money and really annoying as it puts us off coming here again and this is one of our favourites.It takes us just over an hour to get here. I read another review of a similar nature so please do something about this. Last week we had a small fish and chips with peas and a large side salad for the same price in a garden centre so you can do better.

False advertising! The special sandwich was describe on the board as sandwich with salad and chips, but what we actually got was sandwich with a little salad garnish and a tiny bowl of crisps, although it was all tasty it was not what the board said and was not value for money. I felt a bit cheated and disappointed