Rainbow Orchards — Local services in Placerville

I had the worse experience here encountering a rude lady who worked at your farm. My family and I were there on Veterans Day. (11/10/23) We were waiting in line to order the hot apple cider donuts along with other goodies. There was a long wait which wasn’t a problem at all, it’s a holiday and on top of that a Friday. My two year old was getting impatient waiting in line so I decided to let him pick out some apples for us to purchase. While he was reaching in the container for his apples, a kid that was on the other side of the bin (no idea who he was) threw an apple across the bin. A elderly worker came up and yelled at us to not throw apples (we didn’t?, this other kid did) I proceed to tell her that my husband is in line and we are purchasing together the apples and donuts. She yells in a rude tone that we need to make sure we pay for them. (Like I wasn’t going to?) I’m not sure if she thought the other kid was my kid but her yelling and staring at me hard when we left, like I had stolen and thrashed the place was uncalled for. The breading on the corn dogs were too doughy and soft, and the donuts weren’t hot and were doughy too. So the food isn’t even worth coming back for despite the...

My kid & I visited here last October during weekday afternoon because not many orchards opened during weekday. The place was kinda hidden on a small road. There were still lots of people but it wasn’t crowded. I went straight to the barn to order some yummy food. They also sold pumpkins & other things inside the barn. After we got our food, we went to the back with chairs & table to enjoy it. Everything was made fresh & the food was still warm when we got them.

donuts: good while they were warm. Not too sweet and fluffy (not too dense). However, I couldn't really taste apple cider in it apple cider: delicious & refreshing. Not too sweet and not watered down corn dog: good but nothing special. My kid said he liked it & finished it fast. apple crumble: just ok. lots of apple but not much crumble. I like my apple crumble to have very intense cinnamony flavor but it was just lacking.

My kid was kinda disappointed that we couldn’t pick the apple & they didn’t sell any apple on the premises. But still it was a good...

Fall is here! Had to drive up & check out Apple Hill. I had 5 stops on my itinerary and of course Rainbow Orchards was one. It's the home of the famous Apple Cider Donuts.

Let's just start with get that dozen of the apple Cider donuts you won't regret it! Sooooo yummy. They have a bake shop with pies & cider jugs also, the trunk smelled amazing after this stop!

Everyone's super friendly & helpful, grounds are very pretty, nice sitting area outside to enjoy

I think September/October are perfect months to visit.

It was nice that constantly busy but not crazy overwhelming busy like some of the other stops so you'll find parking & seating...