Harden's survey result
Summary
The “really imaginative, fresh and creative food served by engaged and enthusiastic staff” in the canteen at this organic veg box company’s HQ is “top, top grub – enough to turn the staunchest of meat-eaters into a temporary veggie!” – although some meat is served, albeit in a supporting role. Long-term admirers, though, regret that “the buffet of puds is no more, so you have to choose just one pud off the menu. I understand why COVID had this impact, but I do hope it isn’t permanent”.
Summary
“A vegetal cornucopia delight!” – this canteen at an organic veg box company’s HQ “oozes with enough excitement and deliciousness to make even the most hardened of meat-eaters squirm with pleasure”. They do serve some meat, but “vegetables are always the star” – “though the puds are pretty tasty too” – “all homemade of course and quite delicious”.
Summary
“Proper country cooking, with wonderful flavours” greets you at this organic veggie box company’s base. It makes for a “stunning restaurant with a great ethos”, where you “feel like you’re eating healthily, despite consuming the puddings (even at breakfast)!”. The set meals include meat, but “you come here for the veg, which have probably been picked that morning from the fields across the yard”. “I’d eat here every week if it wasn’t for the drive – and my waistline”. Top Tip: “you do have to put up with sharing long tables (and the bowls of food) with strangers, so get a largish party together if you want a table to yourselves”.
Summary
“Incredibly tasty”, “healthy, hearty organic food” wins universal high praise for this “custom-built hangar” at the HQ of the organic veggie box company. The “wonderful meals” – “not strictly vegetarian but giving full emphasis to the vegetables!” – are “served on large refectory tables”, “by informed and friendly staff”. “The formula works, and I continue to be impressed”.
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Have you eaten at Riverford Field Kitchen?
Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0JU
Restaurant details
Riverford Field Kitchen Restaurant Diner Reviews
"The last time I was at Riverford I thought it had lost its MoJo - but on this occasion I think it’s MoJo has returned. COVID has meant that you no longer share large bowls of food with others on long tables - and the desert buffet is no more. Sadly the blackboard listing the food being harvested that week has also disappeared. So it’s more like a traditional restaurant - but you still get what you are given (the only choice is a meatless option). Of course what you come for are the salads and the veg - which are freshly harvested from the farm. In the summer - eating on the terrace with the smells from the surrounding hen garden is a delight. "
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £29.50 |  |
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| Dinner | £33.50 | |
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| Wine per bottle | £30.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0JU
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 12:30 pm‑3 pm, 7 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12:30 pm‑3 pm, 7 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12:30 pm‑3 pm, 7 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 9:30 am‑3 pm, 7 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 3:30 pm‑7 pm |
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