Cholderton Farm Shop & Cafe — Restaurant in Test Valley

Who isn't at least slightly weary of so-called services along our highways? Functional, yes, but often repetitious, uninteresting clusters of concrete and plastic, offering the same dull experience, arid and nurture-less.

Well, for those facing the seemingly marathon drive to Devon and beyond on the A303... a very annoying attempt by planners to cause endless frustration to travellers from switch after switch between dual carriageway and narrow arterial flow - if you're moving at all... There's a great alternative at Cholderton.

Get off the main road - a relief in itself - by less than a mile, and you might enjoy a much more civilised and refreshing comfort break in the very friendly atmosphere of this working farm tea shop, and more relaxed, personal service too. The kids, maybe you too, will love the hens in the farmyard.

Good tasty food choices - we had a wonderful breakfast of fresh local ingredients - are accompanied by a warm welcome from really nice people, and a restorative atmosphere far from the screeching traffic - if only for 45 minutes. Lovely. Sorry, no one-armed bandits. But you could pick up some scrummy home-made scotch eggs or fresh vegetables to carry with you. Go on......

Such a gorgeous place! We needed somewhere nearby for lunch and a farm shop café sounded like our type of place. Firstly, the coffee was delicious. My girlfriend had the best Dirty Chai Latte ever here! Plus my mocha was also delicious! Then for lunch, we had to take advantage of the homemade pies. I went for the chicken and ham pie on the recommendation of the very friendly staff, and it didn't disappoint. The seating outside in the barn is lovely on a sunny day. There was plenty of parking. It was fine to have the dogs with us although they were slightly confused seeing random chickens wandering around! We're moving to the area so we shall be visiting...

Nice clean and friendly. We had a ham ploughman's each which was very tasty with salad, peppers, sweetcorn, onion, tomatoes. Plus very tasty bread ( don't no how to spell the type of bread but it was nice) The toilet (only 1) was very clean and large, so good for Disabled plus had a baby changing area within the toilet area as well. We would of given 5 stars but we couldn't find a disabled parking bay, but it was quiet easy to park, but infront of the cafe there was no pathway so cars parked all across the front and I couldn't get through with my walker. If I had a wheelchair or mobility scooter the management would of had to get a customer to...