Nezinscot Farm — Restaurant in Turner

Cute location and love that ingredients are fresh, locally sourced etc. The small open kitchen is charming (and clean!) and I appreciate the use of cast iron. Very rustic and quaint.

However, the ordering process is a bit bizarre and I felt like I was in the Soup Nazi episode of Seinfield when heavens forbid I accidentally asked for my beverage first. The girl at the counter barked at me “Food first, then drinks!” Granted, there is a sign with instructions on how to order, so shame on me, but she was rude and cold in her communication. You are then given a ticket for your food, which you don’t pay for until it’s done (with hopes that you will shop around) to which I did. I didn’t see any hand carts for said shopping so awkwardly walked around with items in my hands. If there are hand carts they were not in plain sight. When the food was ready my number was called and it was placed a mere 2’ from the cash register. Why? Why not bring it to the register? So I pick up my food & other things & pay … and have no tray or hand cart or the option to purchase a paper bag to carry everything. (If they do it wasn’t offered) The entire process was very odd and very inconvenient as a customer.

The egg quesadilla was actually really good with a lovely balance of flavors, the home fries on the other hand were bland, unseasoned and rubbery. (I assume from being precooked) The price point on the quesadilla was fair given the ingredients, but the $4 for a scoop of overcooked & under seasoned potatoes is absurd.

The trash… awesome that they use compostable materials, but why also have single use packets like ketchup etc. and rely on the customer to sort? Wouldn’t it be easier to use glass bottles and refill? Seems counterintuitive to have compostable take out containers and 100s of tiny condiment packets. I’m sure it’s easier, but also silly. As silly as relying on the customer to put their compost in the correct overflowing fly ridden bins outside.

I had higher hopes when visiting. Based on reviews and their James Beard award I thought it would be a good place to take friends from out of town. Sadly, it was not the best experience, not horrible but definitely didn’t live up to the hype. The fruit flies surrounding the baked goods, rude and uptight service, weird ordering and trash policy and pretentious vibe outshined the fresh farm to table experience.

Unfortunately it was a one and done experience for me, which is sad because I enjoy supporting local, but overall it was not worth the cost.

*Edited to add: My in store purchase included a loaf of oatmeal bread and a donut. The donut was standard, pretty tasty but nothing mind blowing. The bread, purchased Sunday and sliced into today is dry, crumbly and dense. Very much not worth the $7. I also just noticed the bread does not have a “made on” date noted, although there is a space for it on the label. No clue how many days old it is but definitely not fresh.

All things considered: Cost, friendliness, flavor, and quality I can really only give 2 stars for my specific experience : a flavorful egg dish and a humble donut cooked in a clean kitchen with a staff that made us feel like an inconvenience for even being there. A huge $30 mistake...

everything in the store was incipient overpriced drivel, poorly organized and hard to navigate and, the food tasted like compacted sludge and fertilizer. We were given an order each of poutine, tacos, French toast and a cheeseburger that someone else had ordered but was left behind for so long they gave it to us. My brother ate the tacos, but he'll eat anything so that's not saying much, the rancid concoction they told me was poutine was in reality something more similar to hash browns with watery gravy, the single slice of french toast tasted like mushy half raw eggs, I couldn't take a second bite, and the cheeseburger was a pathetic, floppy, overdone hockey puck with hardly any cheese between 2 slices of grainy, floppy, soft slices of sandwich bread! I repeat, UNTOASTED SANDWICH BREAD on a cheeseburger with barely anything resembling cheese and a patty I could cut glass with. Guy the counter was preachy and talked too much about the universe and our place in it, it just made me uncomfortable. Whoever gave this place an award needs to be investigated for bribery because I wouldn't feed this to starving orphans

EDIT: the day after eatingthe gulag grade excuse of a cheeseburger, my mom becomes very ill and is currently debilitated on the couch, puking her guts out, I suspect because of the food served here! How dare you serve this to unsuspecting customers fo this...

We went yesterday, we had two tiny little dogs with us. Mine a miniature poodle is a service animal with paperwork to prove. They got upset because they have animals there and asked us to eat our $30 meal which consisted of two burritos and two coffees which was not all that great however we had extra guests at our table after they made us go outside to eat our $30 meal we couldn't even eat are $30 burritos because of the Flies. Needless to say the staff were rude and ignorant so don't go there and do not bring your animals because you will be unwanted even though you spend $30 there and anyone else that ever asked me I will tell him me Scott Farm is not pet friendly however I am going to make a complaint to the disability rights Advocate because my miniature poodle is a service dog registered in the town of Lewiston as well as the state registry. I have called since and they apologize and said they would Compass another meal we will see about the next...