Millstone Creek Orchards — Local services in Ramseur

I visited Millstone Creek Orchards on Saturday, October 12th, 2024, with my boyfriend and had an Amazing experience.

I mainly wanted to go for the Highland Cows. There were so many other activities included in this particular tour. It cost $18.95 and with tax and fees about $21.88, but it was totally worth it.

There was a hayride that takes you up to the sunflower patch. The sunflowers were beautiful! You have the option of purchasing an $8.00 vase before going on the hayride and then you can clip your own sunflowers once at the 🌻 sunflower patch. This is also where the Highland cows are located.

Before you leave for the hayride you get some information about pumpkins and you get a free pumpkin seed tasting. There are three different types. They were delicious.

You get to try the orchard’s famous Apple donuts made fresh I believe daily (not sure). They are for $4.50 per order. They come with a dipping sauce. They were great! Just a warning there are a lot of bees around the orchard.

There is a family that has these cows and they are a part of their farm. Candy, is the name of the lady and she was friendly and answered my boyfriend’s questions.

Her daughter, Mina, has been doing this kind of work (farm) since she was 4 years old she said. She is only 14 years old and she took the BEST pictures of me and the highland cow and my boyfriend with the highland cow too. The Highland cow pictured with me is Rooster. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Highland cows as I love animals.

There was also a cider demonstration. We attended the 2pm demonstration. The person that did the cider presentation was Serenity. Serenity did a wonderful job. She had someone to assist her. I was really glad we could make it. At the end of the demonstration you get to try a little bit of the cider at no extra cost.

The establishment also has a restaurant. It is a new addition to the whole place, so please be patient when waiting for your food and drinks. The food was delicious! My boyfriend got a burger that came with fries.

My boyfriend treated me to the corn dip that was phenomenal! The small scallion pieces and tomatoes were chopped perfectly and the dish had a nice kick to it.

I am not sure about the other ingredients that were in it because I skimmed the description of the dish since the tables were getting full outside. It came with Tostitos chips AND celery and carrots. I thought that was good to have a healthy option too.

When I first saw the dish, I wasn’t sure if I would like it, but the minute I tasted it I was in heaven!! Super delish! I would rate it 11 out of 10!!

I was even able to meet the owner, Beverly, of Millstone Creek Orchards and got to chat with her for a couple minutes. She is so down to earth and friendly.

I love to cook gourmet dishes at home, so I know good quality when I see it. The presentation of the food gets a 11of 10 too.

The orchards also has a vast pumpkin patch. The sunflowers and pumpkins are not included in the $21.88. They also have a market store where you can purchase...

Where do I begin? Most of the staff was polite minus one woman in the gift shop that had a cast on her arm. There are clearly no pet signs when you enter however my small 5 lb dog is a Service Animal. I carry him in a bag around my neck so he can alert me before I have issues.

When I arrived I immediately went to the front counter to let them know he was my service animal. He has a small tag but as he was in a bag I didn't see a reason for him to wear his vest. I was immediately asked for his paperwork. With a simple quick Google search you can confirm that a business is not allowed to ask for this. They can ask you two questions only. I will not bore you with those details. Again it is an easy Google search AI will even summarize it for you.

I politely informed the woman I did not have this paperwork and that it is not required. I let her know he was trained to assist me with a disability. We moved on and I went back to assisting with my son's daycare visit. Honestly we should have probably left. Their website fails to inform you that you can not even pick apples and can not tour without a reservation of 15 or more.

We took the kids to the playground and after their snack decided to buy apples to split between the kids and make the most out of the 1.5 hour drive one way with 3 and 4 year olds.

My service dog never left his bag, never made a sound, and even was kind enough to allow distractions to be petted by a couple children that asked. Several people commented that they didn't even notice he was there until they spoke to me.

After checking out with apples for myself and popcorn as a treat for the kids. The woman who was rude to our daycare director then informed me that next time my dog must wear a vest and I must have paperwork.

I politely attempted to explain that service dogs do not require either of those things under the American disabilities act. She was then super rude and told me they did. At this point she had both triggered my anxiety and embarrassed me. I should have informed her I could file a complaint with the dept of justice. Instead I told her to please check her facts as politely as I could but trust I will never return to this business.

If you have a service animal I would avoid this place. Seeing as “registering” your service animal is not required and those agencies are not officially recognized and only for profit.

I wish now I had not advocated to support their business by buying from their gift shop only to be scorned in front of other customers with...

Oh my goodness! Where to begin. We drove 3 hours to go apple picking at this farm. When we arrived we were told to pay $3 per person for the privilege of picking apples. Then we were told we had to ride the hay wagons to and from the farm as it was 'dangerous' to walk , and that we would be stoping at the gourd and pumpkin patch on the way back for an 'opportunity' to pick those....hmmmm , seems more like a way to make sure they control the crowd and cash flow, but ok. After being loaded we bumped along our hay ride and given more instructions. We were told there were 3 varieties of apples for us to pick, under no circumstances were we to eat any apples before paying and absolutely NO picking apples that had been roped off....like the Pink Ladies....because 'something' might have been sprayed around there and it was 'dangerous'. There's that word again. Well, they had just opened the Gold-(something) apples recently so those trees had apples but as for the Winesap and the Granny Smith, those trees were mostly bare except for a few at the top ( which couldn't be reached unless you were over 6 ft) or rotting apples laying at the base of the trees. Also the few you could get to ( because my husband is 6 ft 3) were very small. Since we could not taste them I was reluctant to get any thinking they would be sour. When arriving at the pumpkin patch i elected to wait on board rather than pick. After all i came for apples not pumpkins, but I was told by other customers that only small ones were left in the field. No medium or large sizes. How disappointing to come all that way for so very little ( size and variety) to choose from. It's a shame they were not forthcoming on their website what they were allowing people to pick. Then there was a 45 minute wait in line to purchase the 8 gold-something apples I had picked. To make things absolutely positively the worst Apple picking experience we've ever had....when I tried to explain my disappointment to Nick, the farm owner he said and I quote : "If you don't like it then get off my property and never come back". Wow, no problem there, why would I ? In fact why would anyone? Look for another apple farm folks, one that actually is interested in pleasing the customer and not just trying to separate people from...