Carlson Orchards, Massachusetts, United States
4.5 (11 reviews) Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #4 in Harvard Farms
Hidden Gem in the open
We went to the Cider Barn at Carlson Orchards in Harvard, MA for lunch. The Cider Barn offers flights and pints of their 3 hard ciders (currently) being Oak Hill Blend, Honeycrisp and Summer Shandy (lemon). They also have a few different flatbread pizzas (we had a delicious peach one), baked pretzels and cider donuts. This operation also has a pick your own for apples and other fruits and a store to buy fruit, veggies, sweet and hard ciders and of course cider donuts. The Cider Barn has physically distanced tables both apple crates and stools for couples and tented picnic tables. There is good parking at least on weekdays, but I could see it stretched on weekends with the restaurant, store and PYO. Beautiful orchard scenery at top of hill. Servers were excellent and accommodating. Everyone required to wear face coverings, except when seated/eating/drinking. Definitely a repeat destination.
Address
115 Oak Hill Rd, Harvard, MA 01451-1744
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Website
http://www.carlsonorchards.com/index.htm
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 4:04
User Ratings
4.5 based on (11 reviews)
Reviews
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5SeeSmellTasteTouch 5:00 PM May 14, 2022
A delightfully delicious place to spend an afternoon!
I highly recommend a visit to the Cider Tap Room at Carlson Orchards in Harvard. It is absolutely beautiful right now with the apple trees in bloom. The Tap Room is a lovely open barn with plenty of well-spaced seating indoors and out, and a surprisingly wide variety of delicious craft ciders made in-house. We enjoyed a flight of 6 excellent flavors before settling on a favorite or two to sip while listening to wonderful live music! Pat Took good care of us. She recommended the sweet corn nachos, and the big apple pizza, which were both exceptionally good! We will definitely be going back for more tasty treats among the apple trees!
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5Carla B 5:00 PM Nov 2, 2020
Wonderful Time @Carlson Orchards
Our family visited Carlson Orchards for the first time in October. We went on a weekday and easily found parking. I was truly appreciative that you paid for the size bag you got and not per person like at other high priced orchards. We got a large bag and felt the pricing was perfect! My sons picked apples and I snapped photos. The orchard was beautiful and well organized. The apples are so fresh and delicious. On the way out we made a visit to the farm store and they had everything from pies to ice cream to hard cider. I would make a visit back just to go to the store. My boys especially liked the honey sticks and dried apple slices. There was also a little restaurant in a adorable red barn with outdoor and indoor seating. I was really wishing we hadn't eaten lunch before coming, but we will definitely be back!
