Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm Cafe — Restaurant in Tasmania

A visit to Tasmania isn't a visit unless you've tried the farm-to-table food all over the state. Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm is one you should definitely put on your list with their raspberries and raspberry dishes rolling out the red carpet.

Pumping up ourselves for dessert, we started lunch properly with a not-just your-ordinary chicken salad. The picturesque plate was immaculately adorned with tomato wedges, cucumber, beetroot, onions and salad leaves glimmering with dewy freshness. It was not long till I found myself among a delicious garden of lush flavours with the occasional acetic zap from the beets. The bountiful cuts of chicken are rubbed with their Moroccan inspired marinade including a peppery touch of cumin and a grassy oregano fragrance. Though the tenderness of the chicken is inconsistent with the mouthfeel wavering being juicy in some parts and dry in others. That's where the sweet and sour dressing plays its part, its tangy viscosity moistening the chicken and binding the different textures of the salad together.

Healthy choices soon reverted into decadence with the raspberry sundae,  raspberry sauce gushing down a scoop  raspberry ice cream with a lone wafer sticking out of it. Put the wafer to the side because you'll need your full attention to comprehend the splendour of the raspberry ice cream. Usually, raspberry ice cream is laced with a sickly artificial flavouring found in your cold medicine. Christmas Hills' ice cream is a toothsome cure-all with an exact fifty-fifty of a raspberry's softened sweetness and tartness. The raspberry sauce further enhances the inherent sweetness to be striking and delectable. Below the ice cream is a helping of plump raspberries, bulbs popping and seeds crunching like a vibrant parade in your mouth. At that moment, I was in absolute bliss. The dollop of airy cream was just what I needed to curb the sugary high, a revitalising cleanliness as if it came right from the cow.

We took home with us a jar of their raspberry sauce and the cherished memories of raspberries at their fullest potential. Raspberries will never taste the same again without overlooking the poised meadows of...

We stopped by Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm for lunch during a little road trip, and it turned out to be one of the highlights of the day. The whole place has such a warm and inviting atmosphere - set among beautiful countryside, with raspberry bushes growing right on the property. You get the feeling that everything is fresh and thoughtfully made.

We started with drinks and couldn’t resist trying both the Raspberry Fruit Smoothie and the Raspberry Hot Chocolate. The smoothie was delicious - super refreshing, full of berry flavour, and not overly sweet like some can be. It tasted like real fruit, not syrup or artificial flavours. The raspberry hot chocolate was rich and comforting, with a really nice balance of sweet and tart. It’s the kind of drink you’d crave on a cold day, but honestly, I’d order it year-round.

For food, we shared the Pulled Beef Steak Sandwich and the Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon. The sandwich was packed with flavour - the beef was tender and juicy, and it came with a generous serving of fillings on fresh, crusty bread. What really made it stand out, though, was their smokey Raspberry BBQ Sauce. It added the perfect sweet and tangy kick, tying the whole thing together in a really unique way. Definitely something you won’t find just anywhere, and it worked so well with the richness of the beef.

The eggs Benedict was beautifully done, too - perfectly poached eggs, velvety hollandaise, and fresh smoked salmon that added just the right amount of savoury depth without overpowering the dish. It was light but satisfying, and the flavours were really well-balanced.

Service was friendly and welcoming from the moment we walked in. The staff seemed genuinely happy to be there, and they were happy to give recommendations and check in throughout the meal without being overbearing.

Overall, Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm is more than just a café - it’s a whole experience. Whether you're stopping in for a proper meal, coffee and dessert, or just browsing the gift shop for raspberry treats to take home, it’s absolutely worth the visit. We left feeling full, happy, and already talking about coming back next time we’re...

Visiting from Adelaide and my wife and I asked our waitress if we could have eggs on toast seeing it was not on the menu. She assured us that we could so we both ordered poached eggs on toast. When they came out we each received ONE egg on ONE slice of toast!! We eagerly ate our breakfast with a feeling that we were not completely satisfied but put it down to experience. When my brother-in-law went to pay the bill he queried the charge for the two poached eggs and was told that it was the correct charge of $39 with $2 taken off for not having bacon. (If you want EXTRA bacon you would have been charged $4 each). So in the end we were charged $18.50 for one egg on toast each!! Most cafe’s that I have been to all around Australia have never charged more than $12 for TWO eggs on toast so I believe that my brother-in-law was well and truely overcharged. I will not be visiting this restaurant again and warn others considering to check what they will be charged if they order something that is not exactly on the menu.

I don’t think that you read my original review properly when you stated that we ordered the Small Classic Eggs and Bacon. We did not. I specifically asked the waitress if we could just have Eggs on Toast knowing that they were not listed on the menu. She assured us that we could so we ordered “Two servings of Eggs on Toast”. We were surprised when we were served only one egg on toast each but put it down to a miscommunication between us and the waitress. My guess is that the order was placed with the chef as Two Bacon and Eggs on Toast without the Bacon and hence we were charged $39. All we wanted was Two Eggs on Toast…. Too easy? We ended up with One and paid for two meals that we didn’t order hence my review. PS: I have edited the photo of the receipt as...