Heritage Farm Pancake House — Restaurant in Sanbornton

We brought some friends here while vacationing in the Lakes Region and we all left stuffed and impressed. You won't be able to get Eggs Benedict or waffles or a lot of the stuff you get at a standard breakfast place, but the food is all local, mostly their own product (the cook said he had gathered the eggs we ate just that morning from the hens), and delicious! They serve "family style" meaning you play a flat rate per person ($12 for adults) and get two eggs any style; two slices of (very thick and nice) bacon done either "floppy, crispy, or dead" or two sausages, two pancakes and some home fries. It all comes out on a communal platter and you pick off of it. Hot drinks like coffee, tea, or hot chocolate were $2 extra but juice, water, and milk were included.

They have quite a list of pancake flavors, all done to order, and you can even mix and match if you see something they don't have spelled out explicitly (my husband got pumpkin chocolate chip even though they didn't list it, because they had chocolate chip for an option and pumpkin for another option). You can even get each of your pancakes a different flavor if you want. In all we tried eggnog (our friend raved about them), pumpkin chocolate chip, plain, cornmeal, apple cinnamon, and blueberry.

They give you real maple syrup, no extra $ required. One of our friends didn't want eggs, so they offered her two extra strips of bacon as a substitute. Very accommodating.

The staff was very friendly; it felt very homelike and more like we were eating at a friend's house. A woman who was weaving a basket on the porch greeted us as we walked up and gave us the lowdown when we said we'd never been before. They invited us to wander out back after and check out their chickens, geese, goats, rabbits, a very large and friendly dog. All in all it was charming, delicious, worth the price and worth the visit. Definitely check it out if you're in the Lakes Region. In fact, our friends are from Hanover, NH and they said they'd make the trip some weekend from their home just to enjoy breakfast there again, so you know they were impressed.

One more thing: yes, they take credit cards! We were somewhat in a panic when we arrived since it didn't occur to us until then that the place might be cash only, but they do take Visa, Mastercard, and Discover at least so...

Been here two years in a row. This year (2023) it has become a LOT more expensive and we will not be heading back. Just our breakfast for 2 adults and 2 kids under 5 came to over $40. Ordered 2 eggs sunny side up and only found out afterwards it didn’t even come with toast. Ordered white toast and that was $3.50. The playground is an insurance incident waiting to happen—make sure everyone has their tetanus shots prior to arrival. The petting zoo (not much of one to begin with and I’d avoid petting the geese) suddenly sprouted up a “donation” sign which wasn’t there last year. A few chickens and a goat—that just adds insult to injury. The petting zoo would’ve come to $40 if we were to pay that too.

The farm has a great atmosphere and view. It’s such a pretty area and has plenty of opportunity. Great bacon. Good pancakes. Bring an electric fly swatter. But they need to bring the prices back down to planet earth. What they’re currently asking for ($3.50 for two pieces of white bread that should come with eggs really???) is absolutely a total shakedown. Especially considering there isn’t any table service.

Also, please for the love of all things holy, FIX or better yet replace that “playground.” It’s not suitable for little kids. Jagged metal and plenty of really dangerous drops that could easily send a kids to the hospital or their afterlife. Live free or die, I suppose they don’t...

We came here on the recommendation of our family that lives in the area (I'm from out of state) and how great the huge pancakes are. We were seated promptly and liked the cute family style menu. When we got our food, we were only given a tiny half full bottle of their syrup (picture below). Keep in mind, they are known for their generous pancake sizing and we ordered 3. Once our waitress finally came back upstairs we asked for more and she told us that they gave us plenty and will have to charge us $4 for another bottle! We tried to explain that they only gave us half a bottle but she told us that they don't want customers abusing the syrup amounts and have to restrict how much they give out. What? The pancakes are the whole reason we came here! Luckily, the ladies at the next table got involved since they were given a full bottle of syrup for only 2 pancakes and they ended up giving us their syrup. Our waitress then disappeared again for the rest of our stay without ever offering a coffee refill. Considering the previously positive experience of our family that sat downstairs we can only guess at what the disconnect here today was. We gave 4 stars because while we will probably make the drive back out at some point, overall they did not live up to their...