Address: Cross Inn, New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales SA44 6NN

Telephone number: 01545 560822

Website: www.thehoneyfarm.co.uk

Date of visit: 4 August 2010

Opening times: Easter – Oct 10am-5.30pm. Nov-Dec 11am-4.30pm

Summary:

This is supposed to be one of the largest honey farm in Wales. On site are an exhibition of the history and the making of honey, a meadery, shop and café.

The shop offers a variety of honey and honey products – honey vinegar, mead, honey beer, honey mustard etc. It is not cheap as a jar of honey is over £4 – Gales of the same size retails at around £1.60.

The café or tea shop offer snacks and tea (no alcohol) of a high standard. For example, pot of tea is £1.60, open top sandwiches £4.50, welsh rarebit at £5.50 ….

The sandwiches and welsh rarebit were advertised with white bread whilst the hummos was with brown bread.

I asked for an open top egg mayo sandwich with brown bread. The lady at the till said it was all right to change the white bread to brown. However when it came, it was on white bread. I took it back and the lady at the till apologised and said that she would sort it out. Then, the chef came out and said that they only do sandwiches with white bread because the brown bread is the wrong size!

I had to go back to the till again and complain. Finally, they decided that it was better to let me have my brown bread than to argue.

Well, what a load of nonsense!

E

PS  The Honey Farm is sited about a mile east of Cross Inn. Within Cross Inn, there is a shop which sells wonderful bread and cakes – especially Welsh Cakes. The store has no sign and is sited opposite the post office. There is a rack of vegetables outside the shop.