Harden's survey result
Summary
“Just wow! This is vegetables supreme” – eating in the canteen at the organic veg box operation’s farm guarantees a “variety and intensity of flavours that’s a feast for both the eyes and palate”. “The last time I came to Riverford I thought it had lost its mojo – but on this occasion its mojo has returned!” – “Covid means you no longer share large bowls of food on long tables and the dessert buffet is no more, so it’s more like a traditional restaurant – but you’re here for the interesting salads and veg, freshly harvested from the farm”. Top Tip – “in the summer, eating on the terrace with the smells from the surrounding hen garden is a delight”.
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”.
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Have you eaten at Riverford Field Kitchen?
Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0JU
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £32.00 |  |
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| Dinner | £35.00 | |
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Traditional European menu
| Veggies | Pudding |
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| £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Drinks |
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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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