点评:I suggested meeting my friends to Sharnfold for coffee/cake and a mooch around the beautiful farm shop. Admittedly I hadn’t been for a while and knew it had been bought out by a corporation.
But what greeted us was quite frankly abysmal! The farm shop was no more and the kitchen area was a ghost town with hardly any cake.. any that were there were factory made.
It used to be buzzing with kitchen staff making the lunches and cakes and queues out the door for their food.
The coffee was served in disposable cups and the cake arrived in paper bags! It used to be a place to meet up with the kids for a few hours play and a treat for the grown ups.
They have built up the play area, I agree there is more to do outside for the children, at a cost, but sitting on the lovely terrace with a pre packed cake in a bag and a disposable coffee has now spoilt the old experience. The previous owners I’m sure would be so upset to see what has been done to their beautiful farm shop and cafe.
I was told they stopped doing all the lovely food and cakes because there “wasn’t a need for it anymore”. I’d hazzard a guess it’s the extortionate fee just to go and play and walk around, what was once free, farm land, enjoying the animals.
So sad to see it all so depleted and unwelcoming for just having a coffee.
I won’t be back with friends or children nor will I recommend it anymore.
End of an era for us after 24 years 😞
翻译:我建议和朋友们一起去 Sharnfold 喝咖啡、吃蛋糕,在漂亮的农场商店闲逛。老实说,我已经有一段时间没去过了,而且知道它已经被一家公司收购了。
但坦率地说,迎接我们的是糟糕透顶!农场商店已经不复存在,厨房区域也成了一座鬼城,几乎没有蛋糕……那里的蛋糕都是工厂制造的。
厨房工作人员过去经常在这里忙着做午餐和蛋糕,人们排着队等着吃。
咖啡是用一次性杯子盛放的,蛋糕装在纸袋里!这里曾经是孩子们聚会玩几个小时的地方,也是大人们享受美食的地方。
他们建起了游乐区,我同意孩子们可以做更多的户外活动,虽然要花钱,但坐在漂亮的露台上,吃着预先装好的蛋糕和喝着一次性咖啡,已经破坏了以前的体验。我敢肯定,以前的主人看到他们漂亮的农场商店和咖啡馆被毁了,一定会非常难过。
有人告诉我,他们停止供应所有美味的食物和蛋糕,因为“不再需要它们了”。我猜想,只是为了去玩耍和散步而要支付高昂的费用,而这些曾经是免费的,有农田,有动物。
看到这一切如此枯竭,只是为了喝杯咖啡而变得如此冷漠,真是令人难过。
我不会再和朋友或孩子一起回来,也不会再推荐它了。
24 年后,我们的时代结束了😞