Windermere Berry Farm — Restaurant in Manawatū-Whanganui

Eggs Benetricked - Such Promise, Not Such Delivery.

It was inspired by a beautiful Easter sunshine that my party and I stopped upon Windermere Berry Farm. Upon exiting the car, we smelt the scent of eggs and bacon and could not resist the promise of breakfast. Especially in such a setting! Oh my, the sights! One can almost hear the strawberries grow! While we were utterly enchanted by the experience, the food did not lead to such gleeful contentment. Please see below for breakdown of disappointment.

Here pictured is: An eggs benedict - not so divine after all, despite Easter. They were covered not in hollandaise, but in mayonnaise… Those words may rhyme but we are no fools… $22 for bread, eggs and ready-made sauce? Nay. A panini with no sufficient insides. See aforementioned appendix photography for evidence.

The coffee also came out 10 minutes after the food.

We did appreciate the vegetarian options, for such a removed location. And the photo cut-out llama selfie wall? Stupendous.

All in all, we were disappointed with the food, given the big city costs. Our final piece of wisdom? Purchase...

So close, yet so far…

Great berries, cool farm, and Alpacas!

Unfortunately, though we were in line at 1:55 and the place was exceedingly busy, the arbitrarily stop serving pancakes at 2:00. We were pretty disappointed as we saw many of the guests eating them and they look pretty amazing.

This was mildly frustrating, but the real problem lies with how they package their drinks/berries — all non-compostable plastic!! Very disappointing to see this sort of eco-hostility from a bustling farm in 2022. C’mon you guys, there are heaps of affordable, eco-friendly, plastic-free alternatives out there.

I hope they fix the plastic packaging issue as this was really sad to see. Would also be great to be able to get some of their famous pancakes after the arbitrary cut-off time of 2:00, especially if they’re as busy as they were at the time (must have missed out on hundreds of dollars worth of orders by closing down the grill), but I’m not going to hold that against them. The plastic is unforgivable, though, there’s really no...

My family would go to this place each time we visit Wanganui. But lately the service is getting slower. Today, we waited for pancakes for over 40 mins. Midway to this way, my daughter asked to follow up with the order. Our order slip was not on the board. But we were told that it’ll just be five mins. The said she doesn’t understand what we’re trying to say. We clearly are waiting a long time for pancakes. We had appointments to go to. So after she said five mins we waited another 15-20 mins for a very sugary, maple drenched $20 pancake loaded with strawberries. It's a great idea to have this in Wanganui. However, it is under serviced... as a lot of people have already pointed out on online reviews. It would also help if their staff would be more attentive to customers who are waiting and not just say they don't know or understand why they are following up. Unfortunately, we may not come...