Belkin Family Lookout Farm

It is a little on the pricey side compared to other farms in the area.
There is a lovely restaurant on site, we just haven't had a chance to try the food there.
Lots of parking available. They have live music on weekends and a lovely outdoor seating/dining area.
Their cider donuts are delicious. The farm is very picturesque with lots of photo opportunities.
One of our most favorite fruit Asian pear is grown here and it's not very commonly grown in the nearby farms, giving us yet another reason to come here.

If you're looking for a spot for apple picking in the fall with family, a date with your significant other or friends, this is the place to come! (I think they also have berry picking in the spring season). It is a beautiful farm (they also have animals and a park for kids (although we were late and didn't get to enjoy this part). The apples are always fresh, the grape vines smell amazing! They have dining and live music. The food is the definition of farm fresh! It's just way too good. The staff are very friendly, always smiling and welcoming. The drinks and hard cider are also good!

Have to say it's a nice farm with varieties of fruits to pick by seasons. They have outdoor dining and live music on weekends . But the steep price to enter and buy a bag .. price for a tiny bag on weekdays is $36 bucks which will store only maybe 8 apples is the most . It's ridiculously overpriced for a tiny bag. Not even worth it to come here if you're into apple picking. There's better places out there that provide double the size of the bag .

Overall great place for Apple picking in the September-October time slot. Belkin does not do refunds, but the business is flexible in rescheduling due to weather conditions. We ended up going the following weekend after a rainstorm and everything went smoothly with our tickets and transactions. $30 per person, or really per small bag, which I'd say is a bit pricey but the experience is part of the price. We got some great apples and pictures. They had four kinds of apples and other fruits. The farm is pretty big with lots of bushes and space to walk, so you don't feel like you're rushed even on a crowded weekend. The one slight potential issue to keep in mind is that there is a large bee presence on the site, so if you fear bugs be wary. Other than that, great experience!

In summary: Feeding Trough, Environmental Disaster, & Just 'OK' (but super heavy) food.

You know, I'm rarely moved to write a bad review--would rather write positive ones--but this place rubbed me the wrong way on a number of levels.

Went with a few friends for their brunch in the Greenhouse to check it out.

The person at the front lackadaisically leads you to a table, doesn't explain anything.

The entire greenhouse looks a bit grimy. Pieces of food and wrappers littered around some tables on the crushed gravel ground. Actually no greenery--the place is bare, save for some old small christmas trees.

The 'dining' is completely hands-off, as if one is sitting in one's own house or apt.

There's a QR Code taped to the tabletop, and one discovers one is supposed to order everything through the Toast Takeout Food App, as if one were ordering delivery. When you get on the App's page, it says you need an account to use it. You actually don't, can just click through, but no one has explained, and you have to find someone to ask.

No way to customize food items, ask for anything particular (like, for instance, adding two eggs). The only 'water' option is your run-of-the-mill drugstore bottle of Poland Spring for $3.50... Later, by looking around a while, you discover a help-yourself water cooler in one corner.

The brunt of the people working there are pretty apathetic & indifferent, like acquaintances hanging out in a high school parking lot.

*Everything* is brought in plastic and styrofoam. Ev-er-y-thing. (See photos.)

One would think that a Farm, you know, would care about the environment. But, no. It seems like they're willfully trying to destroy it.

Why use silverware and china--man, that, like, takes time to wash; and "time is money"--or even paper plates or biodegradable containers--man, that, like, is harder to order--when you can just create the equivalent of a plastic-filled landfill every day.

The coffee cups are styrofoam. Who uses styrofoam anymore.

During the meal, noticed one person apparently cleaning by walking around with a rake and raking some food pieces and errant plastics underneath the gravel.

The food is 'just ok.' A few items were decent. But super heavy, with a processed-wheat feel, and like soaked in butter and whatever else.

None of the ingredients *seemed* 'locally sourced' or 'farm fresh.' Were they using any of their own ingredients?

Everything was a bit overpriced. (Even accounting for inflation.)

The bathrooms are four semi-dirty port-o-potties up an incline, without any soap to wash hands after.

Do these people *want* to run a Farm? Or did they inherit it and are just going through motions? Are they misguided? What's going on here?

Can't speak to their other enterprises, but guessing at least some must reflect what's going on with the dining dynamic.

Really want to support local businesses--but we need *responsible* businesses.

Went today holiday and they surpassed my expectations. Parking was easy. No crowds love the private apple picking experience. We had reservations for the picnic area and with toast ordering everything was easy and awesome. Food was great food portions were generous. I would call it worth every penny spent for admission was extremely worth it. Wonder experience!!

This is a review of the place as a concert venue only. I was there for Carbon Leaf on Sunday, June 35, 2023. I am going to try to not let me impressions of the performance (the show was AMAZING!!!) influence my review of the venue.

Parking is easy - in and out. There is a 2 wrist band policy that seems redundant, but there are actually 2 different organizations working each event. One is to prove you're over 21 and can drink, the other is to show where your purchased seats are.

I am not sure there is a bad seat in the house, honestly. We got there about an hour before show time, had reserved a large table, which is a picnic table, and were 30 feet from center stage. There are a few - a very few - smaller tables and a bunch of Adirondack chairs that could be purchased, too.

Picnic tables, as you're aware, have no back support, so make sure you see someone perform who makes you want to get up and dance! Some in our party ended up laying in the grass because of a sore backs. But then, we're old.

Oh, and only some of the tables have umbrellas for shade, so plan your sun screen supply accordingly, too.

Food and beverage is better than any other venue I have been to recently. The beers are delicious and I am told the ciders were great, too. Among our party there were pulled pork sandwiches, their fried chicken sandwich, a cheeseburger, French fries, and - the best thing we got - frozen grapes! Aside from the fries, which were just ok, the sandwiches were good. Prices are more than what you would expect at a restaurant but way Way WAY less than the crap that Delaware North serves as the Garden and Fenway or any of the swill at the Xfinity center.

Service was efficient and friendly. Rest rooms are Port-a-Pottys. Staff was friendly and helpful. I will definitely be following this venue to see who is playing here.

This place is outrageous. $25/person for admission over age 3. Each person gets a small bag. The majority of the honey crisp apples were rotting on the trees.

Also, the hard cider was undrinkable.

Very disappointing and expensive experience!

My spouse and I visited the farm with our kids and grandkids on Saturday, August 19th. My spouse had recently injured her knee and was having difficulty walking longer distances. After we paid our $260 for our family, we learned that the train had stopped running. Since there were 2 golf carts parked right at the entrance, the 2 of us asked if we could get (half mile) ride to the orchard, where we would meet the rest of our family. Being in the hospitality business myself, I wouldn't have waited to be asked seeing a SENIOR walking slowly with a brace on their leg. RELUCTANTLY, one of the women gave us a ride but didn't offer a ride back. Aside from their lack of consideration...$20 per person regardless of age is not worth it. Our family won't be retuning.

Nhung N put it nicely: how much are you willing to pay for the memories?

In truth, Belkin is among the most expensive u-picks i-pict: half a peck per person is mandatory, at $20 a bag, and the whole experience lasted less than an hour. But the hour of picking was extremely well managed, the orchards were brimming with the honeycrisp apples, and the kids had an amazing time. Organization is at the forefront: for crowd control, your party must have a reservation, and to prevent spread, none of the farm fun activities (hay rides, bale pyramids, etc) are available, so it's pick and bounce!

Loved the look of the outdoor dining - very far apart and you're out on a farm, so of course the air is fresh and the space is abundant. But we didn't plan ahead, so grabbing a table for lunch was impossible. Really dug the convenience of the pop-up farmstand that featured cider, beer and THOSE DONUTS. Goody goody (save the IPA - not my jam), but again, on the expensive side.

Employees were nice, and the scenery is really beautiful. Wouldn't call it quaint, but hipster chic?! Still lots of fun.