Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm Café. Raspberry Inspired Meals

 Lunch break at Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm Café on our travels. There is plenty of free parking available BUT… this place was overly busy with visitors. If you’re planning on having lunch at this café, please make reservations, as we were put on the waiting list. Staff told us, in the meantime, to have a stroll around their grounds and then come back to see if there are any tables available. 

Their grounds is quite charming, with impressive surrounding lake and native trees / plants - we even spotted an alpaca. From a distance, you can see rows of white greenhouses, which I can only assume to be raspberry farm – you have no access. 

Our walk only lasted about 15 minutes, we then returned to the café and our table was waiting for us – not a long wait, considering it was a full house. 

It is ‘table service’, we were seated outside on a wooden deck with the view of the lakeside setting and grounds we have just explored. We were given menus and then the waitstaff returned shortly to see if we were ready to make our orders. The menu reveals a brief history about the café and stated that wherever possible they support local producers and their produce – I love that idea. 

Their menu is definitely unique – most meals are inspired by raspberries. This is definitely the ‘go to’ place if you’re in need of a raspberry fix. Their raspberry drinks pack a punch and looks impressive – ‘Lassi’ @ $5.50 small, $8 large (blended raspberries, Tasmania’s yoghurt and Stephen’s golden bee honey). ‘Juice’ @ $4.50 small, $6.50 large (Spreyton Apple and In-House Natural Raspberry Juice). ‘Simple Raspberry’ @ $4 small, $5.50 large (raspberry syrup with lemonade). I had ‘Iced Coffee’ @ $5.50 small, $8 large (with ice-cream, topped with whipped cream) – we all had a sip of each other’s drinks, all deliciously satisfying. 

Our meals arrived 30 minutes later and they too looked impressive. I had ‘Great Southern Breakfast’ @ $28 (fried eggs, bacon, raspberry sausage, grilled tomato and chef’s own potato rosti served with relish and café cut toast) – generous portion and delicious, you can actually taste a hint of raspberry in the sausage, an interesting flavour that actually works. 

One of my daughters had ‘Tequila + Raspberry Pulled Pork Bowl’ @ $28 (Tasmanian slow cooked pulled pork marinated in tequila and raspberry, served on a bed of rice with Mexican beans and topped with house-made guacamole and sour cream) – she quite enjoyed that meal and finished the lot. 

My other daughter had ‘Chat Potatoes’ @ $11 small, $17 large (roasted local potatoes served with onion, bacon pieces, crème fraiche and strawberry chilli sauce) she too enjoyed her meal. 

No complaints from us all, service was great and reasonably fast, table was spacious – plenty of elbow space, comfortable chairs; mid-range priced meals and the ambience of the place was fun. 

When you are finished with your meals, you then go to the counter and quote your table number to pay for your meals. Within the café, you can also buy gifts, ice-creams or take with you some frozen raspberries. 

For something different, give this café a go – truly unique but a yummy experience.

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