Ashvale Farm Shop - Lisburn

My missus and I used to love this place, this is the 4th time we have had a poor experience, After 3 occasions of being served mediocre food we thought we would give it one last chance to see if things had changed, after queuing for 20 minutes we were sat down near where the counter is situated, I had asked when we where waiting could we be seated in the Orangery and as we were being ushered in I asked again and was abruptly 'told ' NO, cant you see we are very busy......well that just put a dampner on everything, there is no need to be rude, When ordering I asked for a couple of changes to my dish, that didnt go down well, when a waitress tuts at a paying customer that says it all, When my toasted sandwich came out promptly it was something you get out of a garage forecourt, actually it wasnt, a garage forecourt fayre is better, luke warm, limp and tasteless, I didnt even bother to complain, there wont be a 5th time, extremely expensive, pure execution and rude staff, Why would I go back? Very sad since this used to be the go place, not anymore.

We had lunch here today Come here quite often Food is good.

Great food but the staff are seriously lacking. Zero attention to detail. When you consider the extortionate prices you expect top quality food but also good service and we didn’t get the latter. I got the impression we were an inconvenience. Won’t be back in a hurry.

Excellent cafe/restaurant, food all fresh and very tasty, nice large chicken ceasar or seafood salads, we also had a fish and chip special main course which was fantastic and rounded off with a beautifully light Berry roulade with cream and ice cream,dont forget the small farm shop on way out, lovely homemade buns and lunches, all highly recommended

After having been here quite a few years ago I decided to give it another go. To be honest I don't get what all the hype is about. The setting is nice and yes the food is nice but in my opinion very overpriced for a Farmshop cafe. You can most certainly expect a queue no doubt a number of the clientele are returning customers. On the couple of occasions I have been I always feel rushed to finish and move on. Yes I know there is a queue but it's to relax for a short time post eating.