Review of: Riverford at Kitley

4/5 (minimum 1)

by Fin on 11 Feb 2007

Kitley is to the east of Plymouth, on the road to Modbury and Kingsbridge. This set up is the younger brother/sister of the Riverford Farm shop at Saverton , near Totnes, which for many is the byword for great organic food. Kitley is more spacious and better laid out than Staverton. This is great but for some it wont have the heart of the original. The range of products is impressive with a fabulous selection of meat, bakery, dairy, vegetable and general groceries with an organic label on most of it. Kitley also has the bonus of a cafe. We were there on a Saturday morning in January and had an excellent breakfast. Delicious, as we have come to expect from Riverford, generous and nicely served by friendly and knowledgeable staff. The down side was that the cafe was very cold and at this time of year not the place to hang around. This was a pity as it sounds like they want to develop the breakfast theme, and we would want to support it, but it was just a bit too spartan in January.

We liked the breakfast so much that we went back for tea and cake. Oh - what a disappointment. Mean portions and dull staff. When I returned the hot milk they had seved with the tea I was told by the young woman who served me, in a disinterested way, "Oh, I thought that was what you asked for" - no apology or acknowledgement that this was careless. Not good and I hope the team at Riverford can sort this poor service out quickly, or they will seriously damage the set up's undoubted potential.

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Riverford at Kitley

Tags: cafe organic-food riverford
See Also: http://www.riverfordfarmshop.co.uk