We attended the Boo and Brews festival this past weekend and it was an overly crowded dangerous situation during Covid times. First you cannot bring in ANY food or water into the farm, even a small snack and water for my kids I had to throw away so there was nothing for them to eat or drink while you were forced to wait on a 2 hour line to get food during this event. There was very little social distancing especially in the food court and tables area. Some attendees did not wear masks, the line for most of the food and beer attractions was more than an hour long and people were packed together in the line without anything close to a 6 foot distance between parties. Far too many tickets were sold for this event and there weren't any tables or chairs available to sit down. They make you pay $25 per person (over $100 per family) to come to a dangerously crowded event. As for the "Brews" part, it was nothing... just offering the same exact beer selections sang other day the place is open. read more

Complete ripoff. The activities provided does not justify the 27$ admission fee. Admission includes tiny petting zoo, corn maze, apple picking (but you still need to pay for the apples), hay ride, small pig race and that was it. Lines were insane for drinks (9$ for alcoholic cider), long line for donuts, and long line for hayride which was pretty sad as it just went around the tiny park. Also when you buy tickets, there is no receipt, no nothing so you can't even leave and come back. We bought donuts and pie but we had to lug it with us the whole day since we couldn't put it in our cars. Bathrooms are just porter potties with also long lines! They don't allow water so we had to buy water and apple cider was so hard to find! If this is a farm that sells apple cider donuts, shouldn't I be able to find cider easily?! There was mini golf but i wasn't sure if we had to pay. Since everything else was so pricey we assumed so since there was actually a worker managing a station but who knows. The maze was ok. Overall super pricey and it def wasn't worth it. I knew from the beg it was bad when they didn't let you bring in water . Apples were so pricey for a bag. The whole place was just overcrowded. If I'm paying 27$ I would expect more activities and things to see read more

What a terrible time and waste of $83 for 3 adults. It was absolute pandemonium, overcrowded, lines everywhere! 1 hour to wait in line for apple cider donuts that were delicious. The place is dog friendly which is why I chose to bring my family but honestly there isn't much that is with the money. The animals are surrounded by dirt, there is no decor or ambiance. The pig races were cute but lasted only a few seconds. My dog loved the dog park. At least throw in an apple for that price! read more

I have really enjoyed Barton's in the past, but don't think I'll ever come back after my experience this weekend. That place was a money trap mixed with a Covid-19 breeding ground. I would avoid this place at all costs on any weekend in the Fall. No social distancing, everything costs extra, atop the $20 pp entry fee. They stuffed thousands onto this farm, but once inside, there were no guidelines set by NY State being followed. No one wore masks, no one kept their distance, the lines were 1+ hours. I also did not see one staff member even attempting to have people follow these guidelines. If you choose to come to Barton's, try going on a weekday, where it must be less crowded. What a shame for a place that could allow social distancing. All they want is the money. read more

The worst apple picking experience I've ever had. Stay away from this place. No social distancing and very dangerous in a pandemic. Overpriced, undergood. Bad crowd control, mediocre prepared food, and even the apples themselves are subpar. There are much better orchards in the area - find one of them if you can. But honestly, maybe just don't do it. In hindsight, the whole experience of apple picking is a super spreading nightmare and we should all be ashamed of ourselves. read more

In theory this place seemed great. Live music, drinks, food, fun park, petting zoo, allows dogs etc. However, they let WAY too many people in and only one line for food and one line for drinks (which was two hours long!). After paying ahead of time and driving over an hour to get there to see the crowds and the lines we were HIGHLY disappointed. They need to either add about 50 more spots to grab food/beverages (at least water), or let you bring your own. Best part about the farm is Dolly... the pot belly pig. OINK OINK. Would not recommend during these times which is unfortunate because it could have been a great day in a beautiful spot. read more

This place get very crowded. For 27 dollars for adults and 15 dollars for kids it overpriced! The food trucks were overpriced. We purchased beef Pattie's from the Jamaican Truck and they were horrible at 5 dollars! They are the golden crust Pattie's you microwave from Dollar Tree! I've gone here many years and it's sad to say todays my last time! I can see 10 dollars per person but 27 is a bit much especially if you mainly walking around and then you still have to pay for the apples! read more

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. We came here during the week, drove over an hour to see the sunflower fields and the playground with the big slides and both were closed. I scoured their website excessively for information regarding the sunflower fields and there was nothing stating that these attractions were closed. When we asked the staff member, she proceeded to say that it was on their website and then we asked her to show us where because we could not find it, she was unable to find it herself. We were able to walk towards the sun flower field and noticed multiple open gates with no signage. Upon an attempt entry to take a quick photo, the owner and staff aggressively drove over to us and threw us out with no regard for their inability to properly provide the correct information regarding their grounds. We were then forced to leave while the owner aggressively stalked us as we walked out. read more

Years ago Barton Orchards was just the hay ride to apple picking, the corn maze, a small petting zoo, a big fat hog and the food stand/tap room with live music under a dusty tent. Since then Barton has expanded to include a massive Tree Top zip line ropes course (that needs a separate day to do), a fun park for toddlers with a low ropes course, hog racing, a haunted mansion for older kids, multiple live music shows, live kid shows, chain saw carving, and special events every weekend. In addition to apples, there are lots of other fruits, plants and veggies that you can pick or buy. This long list of all-inclusive activities makes the $15 weekend/holiday entrance fee a bargain. Sadly it gets so crowded that if you come at the wrong time of day most of your time here will be spend waiting on lines. One Columbus Day weekend as we were leaving there was a line of cars from the parking lot all the way down the road for miles to the Taconic/Beekman Rd exit waiting to get into Barton. I have a dash cam video of that on YouTube. At the end of the day Barton is still the best place to visit for a fun Autumn weekend as long as you show up early and have a solid game plan for staying ahead of the crowds. This is how to do Barton efficiently: First if you are NOT bringing kids and ONLY want to pick apples then do not come here. At $15 to get in and $26 for a bag to pick apples you may find it more expensive and more crowded-with kids than other apple farms. Second and most importantly I recommend to get here at 10:00am. Don't even think of coming to Barton after 12pm. They are four main sections: Petting Zoo/Haunted House/Corn Maze at the front, Food, Beer and Main Music Show in the middle, Apple Orchards in the back, and Kid's Fun Park in the far back. Each section has a peak time and all sections are in short walking distance from each other. When you get inside first take the Hay Ride to the orchards to buy your apple-picking bags. At 10 am there is no line for the Hay Ride and no line to buy bags. You are not picking apples yet. Just buy your bags early, keep them safe, and move on. Next buy donuts as early as possible. The line to buy donuts gets long after 11am. Also always have cash since many registers only take cash. Next go to the petting zoo/haunted mansion/corn maze sections. These sections, because they are right at the entrance, get congested before other sections so do them before noon. Right before noon go to the food section for lunch and beers. The crowds here are unavoidable but getting here earlier will be the difference between standing in line for ten minutes or sweating in line for one hour. After lunch go to the apple orchards. You will be smiling as you walk past the brutally long lines for apple-picking bags and Hay Rides since you already have your bags and did the Hay Ride. With crowds concentrated in the food section this is the best time to pick your apples in one of the few places at Barton with lots of shade. Barton's orchards are not as spread out as other farms and you can fill your bags in under an hour. After apple picking the last section left is the kids fun park at the back. Tired parents can sit down and watch their toddlers burn off energy on many of the fun things they have for kids in this safe and fenced-in section. This will be your last section before heading back to the car and driving out. There is no outside food or drink or empty water bottles allowed into Barton. It's always been the rule but this year they have been enforcing it. It didn't bother us because we always buy lunch and beer here and bottled water ($1.50), like everything else, is fairly cheap. If you have toddler's sippy cups and baby bottles, child snacks you can bring them in. Also the line to get in was better this year due to additional cash wraps at the entrance. Barton Orchards is definitely worth the visit but if you don't have kids and just want to pick apples in peace go elsewhere. read more

We stopped by here for there Brews and Boo festival to enjoy some fall activities since we were in the area. We read a few negative reviews and decided to give it a chance anyways because the website stated there would be tons of food trucks and activities to do there. They mentioned a few food trucks we really wanted to try and went on our way. The entrance fee to our surprise was $30 per person. On entry to our disappointment were only 3 food trucks and non that were mentioned, a petting zoo that lacked animals to pet, apple cider donuts you could only buy by the dozen, fields of apple trees that you could pick at an extra charge of course and two kids slides that we did ride of course which were about the only thing that was included with the entry. Don't waste your time or money coming to this event it was a complete rip off. Very disappointed with this event and how it was coordinated. read more

Christ this place is a horrid mess. I really regret my time here. Food lines were wrapping around the food trucks, their whole staff consists of like 10 people. Bathrooms were gross, and everything was over priced. I've been too almost every farm in NY and this was by far the worst. read more

**REVIEW FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY INCLUDED** My sister and I have brought our kids to Barton Orchards 2 years in a row and we truly love this place. I had the bright idea to book my son's 8th birthday party here since he is a fall/October baby..and I couldn't be more pleased. I booked a private bus for our friends and family from Brooklyn..... and brought everyone up this past October. Kathy Jennings was a pleasure to work with and answered all of my questions...FYI - I booked 3 months prior - as they only do ONE party per day - which I love.... We had the LARGE private barn area for my son's party - with dedicated staff. (They were awesome and so helpful - which included getting donuts for us - so we didn't have to wait on line - thank you so much! )...The room was clean.. 2 bathrooms.... tons of space for storage..tables for things that we brought in *cupcakes/juices/etc.....and even a great haystack with pumpkins to take pics with the kids. The staff assigned could get anything that we needed. They were the best. Only complaint - They need to put a big sign outside that says "Private Birthday Party" - as other patrons kept trying to come in and use the restrooms..and we had to shoo them away.... but other than that.... the staff kept the doors locked and kept an eye on our things for the time-slot that we confirmed. There was always someone in the room and nearby. Barton Orchards is our favorite because of the abundant amount of activities available. There is something for everyone...all ages.. Despite there being a Food Truck Festival the weekend of my son's party - which made it extremely crowded - but wonderful for those that wanted to partake --- you can always find respite in so many large areas... We could barely get the kids away from the play areas and the haunted house - so that we could apple pick :)....Each year, we never have enough time... I swear the time flies in this place... I need to get here at opening time next year and stay later lol...So that's my advice to anyone reading this.... get there early....so you can really enjoy it all... Thank you Barton Orchards for giving us a wonderful day... for the kindest and sweetest staff.....and of course for our favorite apple cider donuts! We'll see you next year! read more

This was our favorite orchard for many years but we will not return. Overpriced, rude staff, over crowded. The bigger they gre, the worse it got. We have found many other apple orchards that are much better. read more

It's great IF you go when you dont need to pay for entry. Theres lots of things to do. We picked a bag of apples (18$) and I enjoyed the petting zoo as well as the apple cider donuts and cookies. Dog park is pretty big but there is no shade so bring an umbrella if its sunny out. We also got a pup cup for our doggos. read more

Barton Orchards - Pup cup - Farmers Market Near Me - Poughquag, New York

Terrible experience. First now where does it say there is a price for admission. It cost us $27 per person just to get in. Then the lines are ridiculous to get anything to eat and it wasn't even good. Got the BBQ plate at one of the places and the chicken was undercooked, the corn bread was terrible, and the Mac and cheese is not good. Lines everywhere for anything. Terrible experience! read more

I love Barton's! And honestly most of the reason I do is because if you go during the week you avoid all of the problems the 1-3 star reviews are upset with. If you are able to go during the week the hours are pretty good! - they are open 9am-6pm. There is barely anywhere there during the week, it's like a ghost town! There is no security during the week, I understand how that would be stressful on the weekend to go through security at an Apple orchard. Not everything is open, but the important things are! The bakery open and the shop where you purchase your apple bag. You also don't have to pay to go in during the week! if I went here on the weekends I would probably have the same complaints as the others because it's a pretty steep charge to get in. $15/pp is insane! But people pay it. The grounds are beautiful and there are quite a few apple varieties to choose from. The trees were still very full mid-September. During different times of the year there's also PYO vegetables as well. The cider donuts are DELICIOUS! Oh and the apples are great too! All in all, if you are looking for a nice laid back apple experience without the frills of a live band on the weekend or the atmosphere of a "fall festival weekend" I'd say skip that and enjoy the place during the week what you lose in entertainment you gain in peace, serenity, and calmness. We travel from Connecticut to Barton's when there are places much closer because we love the atmosphere and variety so much! My husbands favorite apple is Honeycrisp and not many orchards grow them but Barton's does! Happy apple picking :) read more

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I've lived near Barton my entire life... But lately Barton has not been the same as I remember it as a kid. Paying about 50$ to get into a shitty ass place with a corn maze and music???? I don't think so. I went to Barton a couple weeks ago and the workers on the field were incredibly rude to me and my friends who were just looking at pumpkins in hopes to buy one. But let me tell you about last night. Halloween night is Sunday night the day before work, and they decide to do fireworks at 11pm????? I have work at 7am and the thing stopping me from sleeping is FIREWORKS? Kids have school trick or treaters in the house by 8:30-9, but fireworks at 11??? Barton is just going downhill and everyone knows it. I would recommend Dubois farms it's across the bridge friendly workers, free entry and better cider donuts! DO NOT WASTE UR TIME COMING TO BARTON!!!!! It is not what it seems anymore. read more

Admission is $15. They don't let you come in with water bottles, and the food is kind of awful. Look at this bratwurst sandwich offered on Oktoberfest! It's all bread and sausage. Everything else is fine otherwise. Last year, the food was amazing, but they changed the menu and upped the price for the worst.. don't know what's gone wrong. read more

Barton Orchards - Farmers Market Near Me - Poughquag, New York

This is one of our favorite orchards. We go practically every year. There's so much to do here besides apple picking. On the weekends they have live bands and performances. There's a cute wooden playground for the kiddies. And for the older kids there's the play area with a giant bounce pad. There's also plenty of stuff to eat and purchase at the general store. read more

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Which I saw yelp before coming here. AVOID AT ALL COST. throw money in your garbage instead. Long lines. No social distancing. PAYING 25 pp ENTRY FEEE FOR WHAT!?!????!? Update: the tap house workers are very nice so that deserves two extra starts read more

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Solid 3 stars - really huge place and good to bring the kids. I did not enjoy paying admission ($5.41) to pick apples (1/2 peck is $16 a bag) but I think the admission is fine if you will fully take advantage of the hay rides, the entry into a corn maze or some haunted house, etc. Kids run wild here - I think parents could do a better job of teaching their children not to pick fruit/food to throw around here and there. It's a shame how much food was going to waste (on the grounds). All in all, I wouldn't come back to PYO fruit, especially if you have to pay admission but if you take advantage of all the activities there are for kids, then this is a fun place to check out! read more

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Very disappointed drove 2 1/2 hours for the 1st day of the sunflower festival 8/6/2021 and their was not one sunflower. Brought tickets in advance the older lady at window 5 said their are none and come back to her if we go and wasn't satisfied and she will refund me or I can come back the following weekend. I went back to her window and she acted as if she didn't know what I was talking about and to just come back the following weekend. The following weekend still wasn't any flowers and I spent over $140. Why promote the sunflower festival and take people money if the flowers didn't bloom!? Smh read more

Barton Orchards - Farmers Market Near Me - Poughquag, New York

Last time I went there was 5 years ago and there was this goat that was friendly and happy and lovable so the other day I was looking through my pictures and saw her so I wanted to go back to visit. Well, we went back on a Sunday around 5 PM and went straight to the animals... I was brought to tears by how dirty and unhappy the animals looked. There were 93 degrees outside and they had a duck... with no water in the pen. She looked really bad. The bunnies also had no water and they were sprawled on the floor. The goat, my happy sweet goat she wasn't happy anymore. She actually stood up and walked away from us and went inside. I went to see her and she just didn't want anything to do with us. She looked old and poorly. They had a basin that was filled with 4 inches of water... there was poop and pee everywhere inside. I am truly worried about the conditions they are kept on. So worried that I am really thinking to call the authorities on them. Please give them access to water, especially in the summer and also please check on the poor duck. I left the place in tears. read more

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Waited on a line just to get in the place for 45 mins. Paid $27 each just to enter. Waited on a 30 min line for grilled cheeses. Waited 20 mins after ordering to get our "grilled cheeses" to find it was cold cheese on bread. Asked for it to be actually melted and then waited another 15 mins. Waited on a 25 mins bathroom line. We knew it was going to be busy going on a Sunday but it was unreal how crazy it was. They can't sustain the amount of people. They should have porter potties throughout and food trucks for all the people. I understand they want all the money for the food but for thousands of people, they can't keep up. Have been going to Barton's since I was a child and it's just gone completely downhill. read more

The petting zoo is great with a really neat goat bridge. We went when they had a lot of live music. The bakery line was ridonkulously long, so we did not partake in the bake. Lots of food options when you walk around, but we couldn't find apples sold in the market. Beware of the branded market items. Most of the stuff is not made there but made "for" Barton Orchards. Fudge was (and still is) awesome. We bought a lot, so it lasted a while. The bloody mary mix (zesty one) has a nice kick to it. This is a great place for the family, a date, or with friends. read more

This place is for the birds. Literally. I'm all for supporting farmers but c'mon. Hire more seasonal staff! sell tickets on the 45 min standing lines to get in! Get more then two high school kids manning two registers and be less aggressive with what families and kids bring in. If you want to be commercialized then be prepared with what commercializing a farm will be. Crowds and trash. Worse and worse year after year. Don't have an appetite and eat before. The lines are 40+ min long for chicken fingers and fries. Used to be a family place not any more. They try squeeze every bit of $$$ out of the families that go there. People come from all over and ransack the place. Research and go find a smaller farm to frequent. I'd rather buy Apples at the local market then trek through there. $12 admission for what?! They must've brought in about 100k today and then some. The place was mobbed. I write this review but gripes were coming from all directions believe me your on line long enough to hear them. If you like standing online this is the place. H There are few places my wife and I say we'd never be back to. And I only write reviews when I laugh at what a joke a place is. This is one of them. Go have a nice fall season experience somewhere else. Unreal. read more

Very disappointed that the entrance fee has increased so much. We got in last year for $5, so I was surprised to be charged $12 this year. They say the price includes the live music and rides.. since we weren't utilizing the rides and the live music included one person singing with a guitar, I don't see that the $12 price is justified for every patron. It's possible that they decreased prices for apple bags to offset the high entrance fee. The picking is good, both for the apples and at the vegetable garden. The farm store and bakery have nice offerings. Tips: if you're going, GO EARLY!! Get on the donut line ASAP so you don't have to wait on that line, and be sure to ask for hot ones (the donuts are good). read more

Be advised, no handicap parking. Came up from South Carolina to see the grandkids. We visited your establishment on Saturday May 14 for a festival. We drove up the road to fence to see no spots posted. We then drove past the fence down the road. There was a secondary posted public parking lot at the end of the road. All the activities and pavilion were right there. We were stopped half way down by a guy with a radio and said there was no handicap parking up there. There were 20 cars there. We had to turn around go back to the main parking area and park five rows down. Not a problem normally, but we had a 90 year old on a walker. If it wasn't for our grandkids we would have left. Very poor policy and customer service. I will finish this by saying this has nothing to do with the festival itself. Just a poor unaccommodating management policy. We will not be back. Down south we go out of our way to be nice and accommodate people, especially our elders. read more

Had a wonderful time with my family. There's lots of activities for all ages. We picked all types of apples and also were able to pick some peppers. My daughter enjoyed the bounce house and the activities in that area where she was able to hop of balls, and ride a kids tractor. They have a petting zoo with different farm animals and an amazing spooky haunted house which my daughter refused to go but it a must go when you visit Barton Orchards. The food is ok their donuts are amazing!! And the views of the mountains is just beautiful. It's definitely a fun filled day for the entire family! read more

Barton Orchards - Pumpkin Patch - Farmers Market Near Me - Poughquag, New York

This place is a zoo. Long lines for everything. We waited 25 min to get in and another 20 for a beer. We haven't even braved the food lines yet. Hopefully the Apple picking is decent. I will not come back here. There are so many other orchards that are great and much less crowded. They charge $12 to get In so you're basically paying to stand in line all day and that $12 does not Include picking apples. They also do not let you bring in any food or outside drinks. The orchard set up cannot handle the amount of people the let in. It seems that they are only interested in making money and not about making people's experience a good one. They should hire more staff and limit the number of people they let in. There are many other orchards in his area that do not barge an admission price. read more

Barton Orchards - Food line - Farmers Market Near Me - Poughquag, New York

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We came to this farm because it advertised that it was pet friendly but you cant bring your dog into the corn maze, but yet it even has a dog park inside the farm. We came on November 2nd and it was pretty empty. Pros is that it had live music, petting zoo, mini golf, mini go carts, besides other little things. Tried it once but wouldn't be back to this apple picking farm though. read more

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. IF I COULD GIVE ZERO STARS, I WOULD! List of major complaints: -crazyyyyyy crowded -bare trees (more apples on the floors than the trees) -plenty of rotten apples on the tree though (bug bitten or over-ripened) -way too pricy now -ALL lines are ridiculous (for admissions, for bathroom, to buy apple bags, food and drink stands) -one dozen donuts PER FAMILY (wtf?! Don't advertise that you have the best donuts in Hudson valley if you can't supply the demand!) -to add to the donuts- you have to wait about 1 hour to buy 1 dozen...‍ -pumpkins aren't even grown at their own farms -veggie selections are all dead and shriveled up -obnoxious crowd -no more potato sack slide -WAYYYY too many dogs running around and found their dropping's in the middle of the orchard aisles This is not a family friendly place anymore. The crowds are rude and obnoxious. The staff doesn't seem pleasant. Quality has gone down significantly. I've been going for a few years now, and it seems year after year, it just gets worse. Definitely not returning next year and won't be recommending any of my friends either. I'm all about supporting local businesses and proud when they make it big, but learn to be scalable if that's the direction you're headed in. In the long run, if you don't work on your product, you're only going to lose business. read more

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I decided to knock off a star after my most recent visit here during Fall 2016 season. Why? A. We bought some apple cider, super excited to down some while enjoying cider donuts. But that didn't happen because they refuse to hand out cups! I've been to several orchards before, and all have given you a few plastic or styrofoam cups to enjoy the drink then and there. Especially considering they have picnic tables set up, AND we ordered food as well. That's seriously ridiculous. B. Prices have gone up. It's now $5 a person to enter, and $15 per person to really do anything they have to offer. C. Is this cash only or not? Half the stands take credit cards, half don't. Want some cider donuts? Hope you have cash. Best part? All the credit card machines AND ATMs went offline after we got in. If our friend's hadn't brought extra cash they were able to spot us, we wouldn't have been able to buy a single thing. D. I know we came late in the season (October 30th), so we weren't expecting any apple picking or good pumpkins. But the pumpkin patch was FILLED with rotten, fly filled pumpkins. At the very least clean up the bad ones! We had two 1 year olds running around the patch, but we were constantly pulling them away from disgusting pumpkin remains. I will not be returning here in the future. There are plenty of other orchards in New York, of which I'm sure don't mind you drinking their cider on the premises (and therefore possibly buying more when we run out!). read more

I typically don't write reviews, but this place deserves one. I typically go to another farm, but this year I decided to join my cousin at this farm in hopes of a new and better experience... I was wrong. The lines to get in are very long, and immediately upon entering the line they ask you to dump all beverages (including the water in my flask) and no outside food is allowed. Then when you get to the register they charge everyone $12. Everyone! I thought well at least​ maybe this includes our apples, it doesn't! Then in order to get food we had to divide and concur and stand on lines for 40 mins to get terrible food. The meat is cheap and the oil is dirty. The apples were great! But by the time you try to experience any activities you're exhausted from standing in one line to the next. There are a lot of activities for kids, but this should really be about the apples and spending quality time together. Not about having small talk on several lines. It was my first and last time. They are extremely money hungry and I will not recommend this place to anyone. No place is perfect, but I'm looking forward to going to Masker's Orchard this weekend! We picnic, we relax, we pick apples, eat apple pie, get donuts, and the kids have a lot of fun in nature. read more

Get ready for a pretty long but all encompassing review on the biggest ripoff in upstate New York: The absolute worst apple orchard I've ever been to. Where do I even begin? OVERCROWDING/UNDERSTAFFED: What a sh$* show. Coming from the city, I know a thing or two about crowds and lines but this was the most crowded place I've been to all of 2020. Every single line for literally anything (food, activities, and even apple picking itself) was at least an hour long. With food vendors, there was only 1-2 windows or registers open for thousands of people- I'm not even exaggerating. I wish yelp allowed me to upload the videos I took of these lines. they would wrap around in a loop because they were so long. Me and my boyfriend made friends with so many people on these lines who also swore they'd never come back to this place again, many getting off the lines and just heading home. The people played water-nazi at the entrance and would not allow anyone to bring in any type of outside beverage or food. When I explained I tend to get heat stroke very easily and dehydrate, I was told to buy water inside. So basically, I had to wait dehydrated on an hour long line to get a bottle of water that I could've possibly brought in but I couldn't because you're so money hungry you'd rather me spend an extra $3 than worry about my safety??? The overcrowding was so bad that there's no way it abides by COVID-19 health guidelines. Half the people there weren't wearing masks and not a single person was enforcing it and there were THOUSANDS of people. We wound up not going on the hayrides due to overcrowding. The corn maze was too many people running around so we just wound up heading back half way through. So unsafe and so disorganized. Now let's talk about how DISORGANIZED this place is. This place is huge but there's no signs, no workers around, and every man for himself. The apple orchards itself is confusing let alone how to get to it. We stopped many of families to ask them questions and they would laugh because they were equally confused. It was just so bad. Every little thing was sold at a different store with an hour long line. So not only did we lose time on lines we lost time trying to find little thing we'd promised to bring back home like apple cider, fudge, etc. altogether, we estimated that the amount of time we were lost/confused and the amount of time we spent on lines was over an hour and a half. We had tickets for 4 hours. Half of that was spent on lines and being lost/confused. Now let's talk about how DIRTY and UNSAFE DURING COVID-19 this place is. When we first walked in I really needed to use the bathroom. Unfortunately, the entrance only has portapotties which was unappetizing but I really had to go. When I got out to wash my hands- there was no water only soap. I thought I was nuts until I was met with the next set of porta potties with again no water. I've been to many of outdoor concerts that have used porta potties and never experienced a lack of sinks, usually they were the portable peddle-sinks. But nope. Just soap. So you overcrowd this place, don't enforce mask wearing, have people spend an hour on a line in close contact and you don't even have a place to allow them to wash their hands??? Finally as we were leaving, we saw ONE sink. ONE. For thousands of people. Now let's talk about the PRICE: $40 for tickets to hear some live music, experience a sub par corn maze overpacked with people, to see like 4 farm animals (the way they advertised it I figured it would be more), to get on a squished like sardines hayride and that's about it. We had to pay for bags used for apple picking which is bizarre considering we already had to pay for tickets I figured cheap plastic bags would be included but nope two small bags was another $40. Thank GOD we saw how rotten and disgusting the vegetable garden was before paying extra to pick from there or else that would've been an extra $20. And with the food we had to wait on massive lines for (oh yeah they ran out of pies and other baked goods by 4pm and the apple cider donuts we waited an hour for weren't fresh or warm), we spent about $100. We spent $100 to be frustrated, pissed off, confused, and probably to contract COVID. Awful. Hope this place gets in trouble for it's selfish desire for revenue but disregard for the experience and safety of its patrons. read more

Barton Orchards - rotten vegetables. Aren't these the saddest tomatoes you ever did see? Literally how all the vegetables looked. - Farmers Market Near Me - Poughquag, New York

I have never been to an apple orchard, so Barton Orchards is pretty good for my first time apple picking. My boyfriend and I got there at 11:30a on a Saturday, and we were amazed by how many cars there were already! Parking wasn't difficult. After we parked, we went to line up to get our tickets. We did general admission ($5 per person) and spent a total of 2.5 hours at the farm. We figured that we don't need to do the kiddie rides and that we would not be staying at the farm for long, we didn't need the $15 wristband. We went to the petting zoo (there's this very friendly llama that always comes over and let me pet it!) The place is clean, the apple cider donuts are so good! Although I couldn't taste the apple part. They have food there, nothing fancy, but everything on the menu is very inexpensive. Then, we went to pick apples! The line to get the apple bag wasn't too bad either, we waited from approximately 10 minutes. We did the $16 bag and were able to get a lot of apples. I would say that by the time we went, most of the apples in the lower end of the trees were already picked. That means that there are still a lot of apples, but they're just a little bit harder to pick - unless you pick green apples. I guess people aren't liking the green apples too much ha. Overall I had a really good experience here! read more

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I hope you like waiting -- because that's all you're going to do here. Made a detour to stop by this weekend on my way down from Boston. As soon as you hit the road - SMACK! Traffic. 35 mins lost waiting in traffic to park. Fine, it's a big place I figure that's somewhat understandable. We then wait on line to get tickets just to enter. You see, unbeknownst to me at the time, Barton is like a mini carnival inside. Rides, petting zoos... etc. Sigh. All I wanted to do was pick some apples and pumpkins. After another 30+ mins of waiting in line we finally enter. 2 tellers were sharing 1 credit machine greatly slowing down the process. After we finally get in we see the GIANT lines to take us to the fields to pick apples. I sighed and try to muster up what little enthusiasm I had. We started walking, among the screaming children and people everywhere. After about 5 mins we started to get fatigued and hot. That was the last straw. We got fed up and turned around drove home. It just wasn't worth it. I don't have children to entertain so when my patience is used up I'm pretty much done. By my estimation, we would have had to been there over 3 HOURS there dealing with the hordes of people just to pick some fruit. In summary? We spent an hour in line and paid $6 to use a porta-potty. Lesson learned. At least the ride back home was beautiful. read more

I concur with a lot of what's said in the reviews. The place is over-priced for everything. $12 in (including kids), but $15 if you also want access to the food truck area! That doesn't get you any food, just the chance to wait in line for average food. $16 to pick 10lb of apples? Crazy. Also, there was ridiculously loud bad live rock music everywhere. Not sure who that was aimed at. And long lines for everything. Intimidating looking Security checking you on the way out. On the plus side, the free haunted house was v good. Also, the apple pie ($13 to take away) is very good. read more

A fall activities experience made for city tourists. Ridiculous line just to get in, can't even bring in water. I didn't realize it was a 'special weekend' cause there was live music, so what I hoped was free or a few bucks was $50 for two adults. And there NO signage, so you wait in line for 45 minutes and by the time you find out the high price you says fine, we are already here. We asked what that price got us? More lines. Crowds that were meant for Disney - not a day at the orchard. We did not stay more than 15 mins, my fiancé used the port-a-potty which he then claimed to be the most expensive bathroom ever, as we pretty much left after one look at the place. Lines to every activity including the food trucks and drinks. After looking at other reviews happy we didn't not stay to eat. Looked for someone to complain to but no employees in site, literally just the two entry booth attendants. Ruined the weekend for me. Support a local farm not this tourist trap. read more

I love it, I love it and I love it. My family arrives by 9 am most times. We get our fresh apple cider doughnuts/coffee, my daughters ride the ponies, then we pick pumpkins and then we pick apples. After getting our fill, we go to one of the food trucks for lunch and listen to the live music. I had a bbq brisket sandwich and it was sooo good I wanted more. Apple picking is a big family thing in NY is early fall so it can get busy. Either way, I really like this particular place. read more