lookout farm
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Stopped going there a few years ago. They are too expensive and too commercial feeling. The staff seemed like they didn't want to be there and were frustrated with their customers. Not a fun family experience at all.
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Apple-picking season is a great time of the year in New England and Lookout Farm is a beautiful and convenient location. We spent a really nice day with our six year old grand- daughter who was happy to look at some farm animals, climb a hay pyramid, go on a hayride, see a magic show, go in a bounce house, and take a little train ride. It was convenient to have specially pruned low trees that little arms could reach and there was enough fruit available at 4:00 pm ( with a little walking into the orchard ). But, was the experience worth the high admission charge for us all? No. Were the apples worth the high price we paid? No. A token fee to cover the cost of upkeep would be fine---but even though the apples were "delicious", this was not a "gala".
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If you want to go to a gigantic PYO farm, don't go to this one. They charge an expensive admission with no break on cost of fruit bags, the train-shaped-tractor is pretty lame, and the kids area is not worth the admission. I went here because it's slightly closer than Stow or Ipswich, but it really wasn't worth it for me. The quality of apples is terrible, and while the grapevine arbors are adorable, the stink of the dropping fruit makes it unpleasant. Their store stocks the same sort of apple-related items you would see at a major grocery store. Why even bother?When I visited, the train operator didn't speak a word of english and drove pretty fast.
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It saddest me to read all of these poor reviews. I spent alot of my childhood at the 'original' Lookout Farm where my Godparents were the caretakers and lived on the property in the big grey farmhouse. I spent wonderful times picking apples and walking the fields. Sorry to see it so commercialized.
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I'm just going to reiterate what the previous travelers reported. This place is a massive ripoff. They charge admission (more expensive on the weekends) AND they charge for an itty bitty bag to carry the 6 apples that will fit. If you failed to do your research (like us suckers) then I suggest you fill up your coats with apples and eat your fill to try and get your moneys worth. Don't waste your time here.
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We visited this farm on a Monday morning to avoid the crowds. By not doing our research, we didn't know that they charge an entrance fee for all people in your group - including a 4 yr. old. You then also pay for a bag to put your apples and pears in. We had wanted to walk to the orchards for exercise, but you are only allowed to get to the picking areas by tram. There are 3 stops you can get off and on, but must wait for another tram to travel to the next stop. They rope off huge areas where picking is not allowed, (even though we saw lots of ripe fruit) leaving small areas where we could chose from. We were also disappointed to return to the shop area only to learn they were not making cider donuts and had no pies available.They do have a very nice playground area, but overall the adults were unhappy with this farm and agreed we would not return. There are better farms available.Only restrooms available are port-a-pots and they had not been cleaned after the busy weekend.
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Ridiculously overpriced! We took our grandson and paid $40 for our admission tickets and another $18 for a 10 pound bag of so-so apples. I've purchased better tasting apples at the supermarket. Not a single smile or welcome from anyone on their staff the entire afternoon. I felt like we were bothering them just being there. Also, portopotties are gross.So . . . $58 for a bag of apples. That's the long and the short of it. Don't bother.
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Can't believe I just paid $56 for one adult and 2 small children to pick apples...only 1 section of apples open to pick, most areas all fenced off. Add another $10 for a pony ride in the kids area, which is actually a really cute area for the kids to play. Not worth the $ in my opinion.
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This farm is very large, very beautiful & very misleading, although in the end my family & I did finish our day having a good experience where i would return but the prices are shocking! You need to pay separate fees for admission & then for which fruit size bag to use. Both costs are ridiculously overpriced. My family of 3, 2 adults & 1 child, plus a medium apple picking bag (costs for bags: $18 for med & $32 for lg bag) a med/lg pumpkin & some food, cost us a bit over $100. The taste & size of the apples are definitely worth it in the end without a doubt but finding those apples are a challenge in itself. We arrived at the farm within a few hours of opening on the 1st Sunday of this month, October 2014 & myself, along with numerous other families were all upset about the same thing, we could not find ANY apples for almost an HOUR (keep in mind only about 3/4 rows of apples available for each kind & only 3-5 different kinds & small rows on smaller trees) They advertise & have this huge orchard yet only a tiny percent of the orchard is available for picking. They close off all the spots with tons of apples & pears and make the public scower the few rows available. After 40 minutes we finally found apples. Only the red delicious kind & 1 other, but I forget the name. We had to go to the very last rows to the very back of them also, to find any on trees. When we did though, then there was plenty. I can't even tell you how many people asked me where I found apples & how did I end up finding them because they were so limited. Thankfully we found them when we did because only moments earlier my 4 year old was crying saying she was bored & not having fun and complaining she couldn't find any apples & wanted to go back home. That right there should say alot about the apple orchard. Myself, along with other families were very frustrated with this. But once we found those apples & tasted them, everything turned around. My daughter who never has eaten an apple without being peeled & cut, ate 3 of them in minutes. They are the most juiciest, delicious, biggest apples I've ever ate/seen. That alone ended up being worth that crazy price. We also went to the play area and animal farm area. The play area was probably hands down the best 1 I've seen. The tree house with the slides, was my daughter's favorite. The BBQ/snack area at the play ground had tasty food & compared to the high prices of everything else on the farm, the BBQ was reasonably priced. My daughter even rode the horses which for a separate fee you can. Overall, in the end we enjoyed ourselves and would come back, crazy prices and all. If there was another orchard with similar things and just as good, but cheaper prices, I'd have to go there, too be honest. The prices alone deter people and the lack of apples and having to wait in very long lines on the weekends to go to each orchard stop by train, is a bit time consuming too. You are not allowed to walk from orchard to orchard or to the play area, etc. I don't understand why but hey, the kids love the train rides.
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I really dont know where to start probably one of the worse expierences ive ever had first of all you go into the place and they charge you $14 to get in and if you have a aaa card you are supposed to get $3 off and the lady at the window ended up giving me $2 off not that big of a deal. So i got there with a family of about 11 of us and we take the tram up to the mountains to start picking and when we get off mind you ive never been there before so we get off the tram and everyone is picking grapes from the vines so i decide to grap a bunch and this 19 year old decides to say hey you those arent to be picked there only for decoration when there were about 50 other people picking them and he didnt say anything to them. thats one of the expierences then we go to the peach trees that are all fenced off and i decided to get a couple and as im walking towards the peaches and eating one another one of there friendly workers "not" decide to come out and once again hey you, those arent to be picked while there were another bunch of people picking them so ive invested so far $46 for a pleaseant expierence that totally sucked so im finally annoyed enough and i just hang at one of the benches while the kids are playing and am waiting to go back to the bottom of the hill where everything started.So the best part comes here i go to the store that they have ask for a manager she asks what can i help you with i explain the whole situation to her and her answer was we are not a apple picking farm people dont come here to apple pick they come here to use the play area cause we are a wholesale company so i said your charging me $14 to come in and $18 for a bag when on the bag on the side of it states this is the season for peaches and her response to me was her laughing at me saying yes so i told her this place is totally highway robbery and her answer was sorry about what happened. one another thing everyone in that place has a different story you go on the hay ride they tell you to pick and enjoy the peaches and grapes then you go to area to pick and you have people treating you like crap telling you that you cant do it....so to whoever reads this save yourself a trip dont go there you wont have a plesant expirence there are much better places out there there rude and dont care about customers...