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I just "catered" a family birthday dinner at my house by doing Carry Out from WFF. I took a chance because I'd never actually had their food before, but I'm on Yelp for the recommendations, so why not? It turned out to be a good gamble, because the fried chicken was really good. The mashed potatoes, gravy, and coleslaw were nothing special but fine, and the corn fritters were unique, quite fluffy and sweet. I added my own green vegetables to the dinner, and pie for dessert, and voila, everyone loved the "home cooking".
I appreciated the fact that 1. I did online ordering and it was ready for pick up in 15 minutes and 2. By doing Carry Out, I fed 6 people super cheaply! (Carry Out pricing is different from Dining Room pricing).
Ok if you like Casa Bonita you'll love this place 'cause the food is actually edible!!!
It is a very busy place since there is a retirement home right next door; which was made specifically with this place in mind.
There is a small farm animal viewing area; a huge pig, bull, chickens, goats, etc. You can feed them by purchasing the grain food for a quarter in one of those handy "gumball" type machines. If you bring your kids be sure to stock up on quarters! I'm 37 and I love this part! LOL.
There is also a coy pond where you can purchase fish food; same way as the grain food. Huge fish w/big appetites! :)
There is also a horse carriage ride pulled by a huge Clydesdale or Belgian, but at $4 per person..ouch. However, I took my daughter and her friend just one time 'cause we had to! LOL.
The gift shop is adorable! There's so much to look at. There is also an area near the gift shop where you can purchase fudge and other goodies!!
In the gift shop area there is a stage for the good ol' country musicians! When we went on a Tuesday evening there were all the old folks from next door doing their square dancing! It was so cute to watch!!!
There's also an area upstairs for the little kiddos to play and have fun! Even a slide that goes down to the first floor!
Ok and now the food. I like it. The chicken is tasteful and the sides are yummy. While I'm not too crazy about their drink prices, its all part of the big package. I did purchase their "cheep eats" card for $7.00 which gives you discounts off the gift shop, your drinks free the night you purchase the card (just made your money back), and the meals are like $2.00 off each person! The only downside of that is the card is only good for 3 months. But I think that night I saved about $30 even after the purchase of the card because we bought some things in the gift shop!!
Its not an everyday kind of place. Its like a once every couple months fun time kind of place.
Oh I almost forgot!! There's a really nice playground area for the kids! This really is a kid oriented kind of place!! If you get the chance you must visit this place at least once!
I gotta agree with Melissa, this is Cracker Barrel on crack, and possibly why I enjoyed it! I must be a dork for liking their cute gift shops, plus I appreciated their petting zoo (I am an animal lover and appreciated the fact most of these animals were rescued from abuse). I love the tacky vehicle outfitted like a chicken for local delivery.
Oh, then there's the food which is almost an afterthought. While they are known for fantastic chicken, I found the turkey much better. It was extremely moist. Consider this basic home-cooking and enjoy it for what it has to offer.
An okay experience for me. I was expecting more farm animals. Over all, a bit over price but the service is good. Not sure if I will be back anytime soon
Great place for the kids. A slice of Americana.
This is the place to take the fam. The out-of-town guests. The in-laws. Anyone under age 10. Truly; this place is great if you have any kids in the group--there are lots of things to keep them entertained and happy. How many places in Denver have a pen of farm animals you can feed, a treehouse, live peacocks, an antique store, live music, video arcade, toys galore, and BOOZE for the grownups?
Foodwise -- eat up on the yummy retro-salads, the heavenly little corn fritters, and order the mashed potatoes with the chicken dinner. Eat your chicken with the gravy. The chicken is tender, moist, light crispy crust... but lacking in a lot of seasoning. So dunk each bite in gravy and mashed potatoes; it's truly yummy this way. Take your baggie of leftovers home (seriously, I wish they would lose the baggie and step up to real containers) and make chicken salad with it; it loses it's crackly-crispness by day 2.
The huge barn offers all kinds of things; a big silly slide that my kids never tire of, a gift shop with lots of cute boutique items, live music, cocktails available, a video arcade, and a safe atmosphere that feels like the luxury living room of a big country home. There's even an area for little toddler-sized children to run around with comfy couches nearby.
This place gets kudos in my book for having events that help orphans get adopted. I know it sounds strange, but the White Fence Farm hosts regular events that help match up adoptive families and kids who have been through the system. I think it's great.
Our family regularly celebrates events here, and we always use the 'library room' if we want some privacy. It's really a nice room that allows all of us to spread out and the kids can get up and down, without a lot of fanfare, and it's a nice, book-lined room that is quiet. You pay a little to use it, but for us it's worth it. Sundays are super-busy at WFF, so we just put our name in to wait and plan to use that time to shop around and play. Seriously there is enough here to entertain you that having an hour wait is no big deal at all. There are little TV monitors up all over the place (inconspicuously) and when your number is up, you'll see it on the screen. Genius!
Food Poisoning...need I say more? Okay I will anyway. This place is assembly line style seetting, cooking and serving. Not super friendly, not that great and yes 5/8 people in our party got sick the night we ate here. We won't be returning.
Fantastic family place. Wonderful for out of town guests. Fried chicken is not my favorite but the Corn Fritters are almost too good to be be true. The petting zoo is great for the kids. The gift shop is wonderful to pass time in.
WHY? WHY? WHY did I waste my Saturday night here? Oh right... dinner with the boy's family.
Stepping out of the truck, you could smell the greasy goodness in the air. I was feeling fairly hopeful about this place, but that all ended about 10 steps from the truck. The trek (yes... think over the asphalt and through the playground) to the dining room, you'll have to carefully watch your step or you could step on some animal droppings or quite possibly a little kid running from the tire swing to the tree house.
It was Saturday night around 5:30, and our wait was over an hour for a party of 13. The Farm only takes reservations for parties of 15 or more. I'll probably go to hell for saying this, but we should have lied and said we had a part of 15. That long of a wait for mediocre, overpriced food is just plain silly. Fortunately there is A LOT around to keep you occupied -- gift shop, petting zoo, pond, play ground, checkers, live music, and a John Deere Tractor.
Fast forward an hour... We're finally seated, and the service was HORRIBLE. Maybe it was because she was responsible for two large parties at once. Maybe it was because she was a mere 16 years old and inexperienced. Whatever it was, it should NOT take 15 minutes to acknowledge your table once its sat. Anyway, we order and the food eventually comes out. Best fried-chicken dinner in Denver? Absolutely not. The KFC down the road has more flavor and at a better value for your money. And $7.95 for a kids plate? Yikes!! I'm sure that has to help recoup the costs for the little grab bags the kiddos get after they eat, though. And on a random side note, I don't get the logic behind serving drinks in plastic glasses to adults but glass to the kiddos. Logic says that for being such a kid friendly joint they should have the plastic "sissy sippers."
I don't get the hype. Not. At. All. Although I wouldn't mind another round of those corn fritters....
First of all, I know it isn't their fault but seriously could the location be any worse? There must be a better route to get to this place. I felt like I was in little Mexico when I got off the freeway. I think I saw the world's largest taco stand off Sheridan. I'm certainly glad I decided to try this place before bringing visitors from out of town to it; before I even get there I'm thinking I'll never take them here because I am embarrassed about the surrounding neighborhood.
Now I am not one to easily give a 1 star review, but this place definitely earned it. So here goes nothing.
You pull up and you are OVERWHELMED by the smell of greasy fried chicken. You can't smell anything else, which is impressive given the large quantities of foliage that abound the compound. Yes, I called it a compound. The whole layout is slightly confusing, you walk in and get a number like cattle then hurry up and wait in a place where you can hear the loud speaker because the PA doesn't travel far enough for you to wander much of anywhere.
Turning your back to the reservation stand you are assaulted with shelves chock full of trinkets you would probably only buy for your grandmother's birthday present or Mother's Day. Wander further down the hallway, and you notice your ability to hear the numbers being called has diminished. So you turn back around and in attempts to avoid the throngs of people moping in the hallways you open the door and step out onto the patio.
A few short steps from the door the distinct smell of animal piss and dung tickles your nostrils and being a bit masochistic you march toward the smell out of curiosity. The animal lover that I am, I just couldn't help but get a little angry at the fact that they have got so many animals cooped up into such a small area for petting. The place doesn't look well kept, the fence paint is peeling and you wonder if these animals are even being fed on a regular basis when one of the smaller sheep tries to nibble on your fingers.
FINALLY, your number is called and you scamper back in the doors, fighting your way through the people you get back up to the number issuer only to stand there for 5 minutes while you hear your number still being called. When the reservation specialist finally acknowledges your presence, you feel an internal sense of overwhelming joy as you have made it to the front before they decided you weren't coming... at which point you are told you are at the wrong desk.
What? No one told me there were two desks?!
You make your way around the corner and are told to go to door number 2. WTF? Judging by the décor in this place you start wondering if this was all a trick and you are really on some sadistic retirement game show.
Alright I've dragged this out long enough now, so for the sake of brevity I will be a little less detailed about my less then stellar dining experience. We're seated at our table and our waitress who is dressed like someone straight out of a polygamist society comes over and takes our order. Shortly there after we are brought tiny bowls of a couple of different items that 'come with' the meal. Right, they 'come with it' are you sure I am not paying extra for these? Because $14 for 4 pieces of chicken seems a bit high. Hmm I dunno maybe it's just me? Being that the amount of food in these bowls could fit into the palms of my hands (and I have small girlish hands) we all but finish everything but the pickled beets in about 5 minutes flat. Then we wait 15 minutes to be checked on again and inform the waitress that we would like some more bean salad. 15 minutes later another tiny bowl of bean salad comes out almost immediately before our food. My boyfriend ordered the broiled chicken and is now having second thoughts... it looks like someone up-chucked a couple of chicken breasts right onto his plate. Meanwhile, we get a ridiculous amount of refills from this intensely creepy guy that looks like Lurch's twin.
The waitress comes back after we've finished and have been sitting staring at each other for at least a solid 10 minutes, feeling like we have matured to retirement and have been put in a home. After a few more issues with ordering extras of something else we are brought our check and told to take it to the counter at the front.
So lets review: the food was bad. The service was bad. The staff was creepy (Family owned and operated? There must be some inbreeding going on here...). The décor was even MORE creepy. The patrons were creepy. The prices are high. The place is run down. The menu variety sucks. The highlight of my trip was a sheep nibbling on my fingers. They should have let this place die with it's original owner...
P.S. They don't do reservations unless you are have a group of 15 or more... that should tell you something about the place.
White Fence Farm is best experienced with several generations of your family. The atmosphere does seem suited to the either very old or the very young, but everyone else can find something to enjoy about it as well.
Their fried chicken is flaky and light but with plenty of spices to accent to their farm raised fowl. The sides are what really send me over the moon though with perfect mashed potatoes, creamy cole slaw and a kidney bean salad that I never thought I'd like, but frequently crave. And the corn fritters - the corn fritters are worth running away to a deserted island with, they are just that sexy and delicious.
The parking lot is huge and you have to cross a playground and possibly a petting zoo and gift store, so if you aren't hungry when you get there you can build up an appetite on the hike in.
So my first experience at the farm was at age 28. I think to properly enjoy this experience you need to be a kiddy.
Me, my dad and brother arrived, after navigating the HUGE parking lot, and walking around the entire building I found the entrance. We took a number. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, they finally ushered us into our dining room. The dining rooms are set up to be like little house on the prairie.
Our server was weird, sort of like one of those brainwashed Disney employees that decided to take a summer job after finishing dinner theatre school. Not that she was acting in a country way. But she was very concerned that "her" waters get delivered to the right table and so on and so forth.
We were greeted by the "bottomless" sides first. I can't imagine who would load up on canned beets, or cottage cheese for that matter, but we tried a little bit of everything. Who decided that kidney beans complement chicken? The server was nice about making sure we had enough to eat, "Do you need any more sides?" she must have said about 40 times. But between the three of us, one little dish of each was plenty.
So we had the chicken, and the chicken was, better than KFC or Popeyes, but to call it the best chicken in Denver is a disservice to so many great Denver eateries.
One nice thing, they do give you plenty of chicken for your money, and you'll have to bring at least half of it home. The downside is they give you these icky little plastic bags called people bags. Gross. But you don't want people taking advantage of the all you can eat beets i suppose.
Then when you're ready to pay, you go to a register, and drop your gratuity in one of those weird mystery envelopes.
We took a stroll around the property, and it was quaint. Think of like Disney, or Heritage square. It's kitschy and cute. I think if you had kids they'd like the petting zoo, or huge slide. We fed the fish, but the fish had already been over fed as the pond was over-green with algae and the fish were lethargic.
I had to try it once, and now I never have to go back. For your 1 time experience try it when you're 12.
WEAK! This place is overpriced, and not too good. The fried chicken is par at best. The other dishes do provide some neat variety. Our server was not nice, nor was he smart. The menu was confusing for me, and I got even more confused when the server "attempted" to explain to us how it worked. This is like a country non-mexican Casa Bonita!
The kids do like it though.
Please take note that I 1) don't like fried chicken or, really, many fried foods; 2) I only eat seafood; 3) I don't like big servings of food because it makes me feel icky and gluttonous.
Now if you're OK with those three things, this is the place for you.
I went there with my brother and his family, including my 9-month-old nephew, my mother who was visiting from California, and our friends and they all LOVED the place.
I found the place super cute and kitschy, but not my style.
Oh! Okay, so I know I said I wasn't a big fan of the fried foods, but the hush puppies are delicious! They're more like little donuts - a lot sweeter than any hush puppy Ive ever tried in the South or east coast.
This would be a great place to take your grandparents and kids and anyone who's into downhome cooking, especially if they love fried chicken.
OK, I'm a big fan of fried chicken, in all it's fried chicken glory. Thankfully, KFC this place ain't!
The food is good, the grounds well-kept, but there's something a little odd about this place...
Like someone mentioned, they have an interesting concept of side dishes. Beets? Cottage cheese? WTH? Also, everywhere I looked, it seemed as though the walls were a tribute to "The Family"... Kinda creepy... I even noticed a sign that asked parents of unruly children to take their kids outside...
Here's the thing, when my kid starts acting up, I take him outside as a matter of course. Some folks don't, and that bothers me as much as it bothers the anti-breeder crowd at a Sunday brunch session. However, if this were truly a "Family" establishment, as they would like us to believe, they would understand that a) sometimes kids act up, and b) it's not their place to tell someone how to parent their child.
I'll probably be back, like when someone else suggests it or the folks are in town. There, I said it.
I love this place. It is cheesy - think Cracker Barrel on crack - BUT their fried chicken and corn fritters are awesome, OMG. They serve family style with kinda some weird sides (bean salad, cole slaw, cottage cheese, beets, choice of potato) but somehow it works. My dad grew up on a farm and loved it. Plus I like the candy store... :-)
Again, really the best fried chicken - food network even did a special on them. They give plastic bags for takeout because it is family style, so theoretically you could order food to the week... Their take-out is cheaper and maybe better if the atmosphere freaks you out.
WFF is where you take your grandma:
--She'll love it. And you'll feel really good about that.
--The chicken will be pretty good, so you won't starve.
--The decor and outdoor barnyard "environment" will, hopefully, amuse you -- rather than give you the heebiest of jeebies .
Did you see the size of that chicken??
This place is very overpriced for what it is. I came here for the fried chicken and I'd have to say it was pretty damned good. We went there about 1 hour before closing so it wouldn't be a mad house but it still was when we got there. For 2 people with 2 large drinks, the total came to about $35 for the fried chicken dinners. They brought out weird old people food at first: hot corn fritters, pickled red beets, creamy coleslaw, kidney bean salad and cottage cheese. I never liked coleslaw from any other place besides KFC because they know how to do it right but this place seemed to get it better than KFC! As far as the other sides, i wasn't too impressed. If you want to save about 50% of the bill, i would suggest ordering from the carry out menu. 1 person chicken dinner meal from the carry out menu is $7.25 (with sides) and 1 person chicken dinner meal with unlimited sides (which weren't that great anyways) is $13.75. huge difference and that's why i only gave it 3 stars. I'm going to get it to go next time. I didn't enjoy all of the unleashed children running around and listening to the crying baby that desperately needed to be shaken.
White Fence Farm is, hands down, the best fried chicken in Denver. It is.
So why only four stars?
If I could give four and a half, I would. If my review were only based on take-out, it'd score an easy five! But dining inside the restaurant, in my opinion, is a little weird.
Up until last week, we'd only done take-out. My husband and I are take-out people... that's just the way it is. And the take-out at White Fence Farm is PHENOMENAL. I recommend the basic Farm Chicken Dinner. At $6.95 for a half-chicken (impossibly light-fried, no greasy KFC gut-bombs here), your choice of potato, cole slaw, and a healthy handful of their delicious dessert-like corn fritters, it's a serious deal. And believe me, you'll have leftover chicken.
Having been so satisfied by our take-out experience, my husband and I decided to do the Dine-In Thang last Friday night. It left a lot to be desired.
First off, the place is-- well-- for lack of a better word, creepy. It's like walking into one of those Period-Themed restaurants at Disneyland. Striped wallpaper and wainscoating abound, and there are disconcerting portraits of old people everywhere. The staff is dressed in gingham aprons (for the ladies) and matching gingham vests (for the men). Okay, I get it. We're doing the "colonial farm" here. We're doing Americana. We're doing Heritage. It's just... well... creepy!
Never mind that there's a huge gift shop to your right. And an arcade. And a "pig chute" slide. And a Fudge Shoppe. And a petting zoo.
I always want to make friends with my dinner just before slaughter.
But let's get to dinner. Imagine my surprise to look at the menu and notice that the Farm Chicken dinner was a whopping $12.95! A full six dollars more just for the pleasure of eating it in one of the many ("here's your number, when it's called please proceed to door number three and wait for your hostess") many dining rooms?
Well, as our waiter explained, you get a salad with that. And unlimited fritters. And "community helpings" of all the side dishes, which included cole slaw (decent), kidney bean salad (really delish, basically just kidney beans with cole slaw dressing), pickled beets (gagworthy), and cottage cheese (yay... cottage cheese).
Seeing as how we never polish off a whole half-chicken apiece anyhow, my husband and I decide to split the chicken dinner and order an extra side of potato.
"Actually, you can't do that," our waiter warns us. "In order to have access to all the 'community' sides dishes, one person needs to order the "Lite Meal," which is all the side dishes and a potato-- just no meat."
It was $7.95.
"SCAM!!!" warnings were starting to go off in my head, but we were out having a nice dinner, so I pushed them to the side and just ordered the full she-bang. After all, for a mere $5 more at least we'd have leftovers to take home.
The food, of course was great. Hence the four stars. We did have an awkward moment with our waiter when, after he plopped down our 'community' side dishes (honestly, the portions are tiny and only the fritters are of a "bottomless" supply) and my husband proceeded to take a bite of slaw directly from the dish, the guy erupted into a fit of nervous and uncomfortable laughter.
"Those are COMMUNITY dishes," he twittered, all a-fluster.
"We're MARRIED," I assured him, resisting the urge to smack a little spine into the poor boy, "trust me, I'm not worried."
Later still, when we got our check, we discovered that the all-but-unnecessary salads that we'd been told were "included" with the overpriced chicken dinner were actually NOT. They were $3.95 a pop. And as far as take-out boxes go? Forget it... you get BAGS. That's to discourage people from taking advantage of the "unlimitedness" of certain side dishes and stocking up before it's go-time.
So in summation: the Dine-In experience was met with a creepy vibe, a theme-park feel, a friends-before-slaughter petting zoo, a neurotic waiter, and a $46 bill.
The same exact dinner, ordered Take-Out, would've cost us less than $20... and possibly preserved a wee bit of sanity.
You make the call.
This is a great place for kids and older people that love home style cooking. The food is okay, the chicken is good. I'm not a huge fan of home-style cooking, so the sides are definitely not my thing. You are really paying for atmosphere here.
This place is about the experience more than the food. The kids love this place, I loved it as a kid too. There are about a million things to look at and there is a slide for the kids. All kinds of nostalgic posters and country decorations. The store is huge and you can buy homemade fudge. This is probably the best fudge in Colorado with lots of great variations.
We only go every few years and I recommend making sure this place is open, as they are seasonal. Recently we went there and they were having some sort of party with banjo's etc. It was very entertaining. If you know what to expect and you are open minded this is a really fun place to go.
Highly recommend visiting this place one time for the sake of having the "White Fence Farm" experience.
I think a couple of the previous YELP reviews have done a nice job summarizing the place and food.
That being said, this place makes me feel like I just got ripped off big time. OVERPRICED for chicken! Greasy balls of dough with no sugar gross me out. Seriously, does anyone eat beets anymore? Mmmm......Cottage cheese?
Denverites love this place. Why?
I remember when we used to live in Denver as a kid, this used to be one of my favorite places to go. My family didn't go often because we usually cooked at home, but every time we did go, it was always a treat.
The menu is pretty simple, but the food is finger licking good. There are a variety of distractions for kids - petting farm, peacocks, etc. If you're in the area, definitely treat your family to a different kind of experience.
Great place to bring the family for an hour or so and let the kids run around in the fun play area. Maybe do some shopping in the gift store or something. But if you decide to eat here consider yourself warned. Ok, the food isn't bad but it's very expensive for what it is. I guess this is what people call "comfort food". Fried chicken and mashed potatoes, fritters and beets. You know, food that overweight old people like. For the same amount of money you could eat at a real restaurant and maybe order something besides fried chicken. The design of the farm itself is real quaint and all that. Your grandma will appreciate it. But the dining room itself is straight out of the high school cafeteria book of architectual design. And for $60 to feed a family of four you're going to at least expect Applebees-type quality. Not fried chicken and beets (yuck). And this is barely a notch or so above KFC (which is also too expensive for what it is). Occasionally my extended family will try to drag us here and I flat out refuse to do anything but let the kids play and we do not go to the dining room. It makes me sick to spend $60 on poultry in any form because chicken is the ramen of the meat kingdom (unless enjoyed as a nugget or a buffalo wing)
so i grew up going to white fence farm. and it has to be one of my favorite places in colorado. where else can you find a petting farm, peacocks, a country store, a barn with a huge slide in it, live music and great food (CORN FRITTERS!)?
but after a visit there a few weeks ago, i've realized there are some bummer points to the place:
-you can only take home leftovers in these dinky little plastic bags
-service can be iffy depending on the server
-almost always have to wait to be seated (get there early)
-the menu is very LIMITED
-if you want healthy, then don't expect getting it here
-they don't allow candles on birthday cakes, but will put those blow torch sparklers on
i don't think any of the above should deter you from going to the white fence farm, just know what to expect.
A Denver Tradition. High marks on the kitch and 60's and 70's vintage food style. You will not leave hungry. Good for large groups and kid-friendly.
I don't think there's anything quite like it in California, to even call this place a restaurant would be an understatement. I think we'll be OK though, considering we already have Disneyland. With that said, this "attraction" is sprawled out on several acres of land, surrounded by (surprise!) a white fence. Great place for the kids, let them enjoy a horse and buggy ride, or explore the petting zoo while you await your table(and you will wait). At night, the grounds are a magical sight with twinkling lights on the barnyard exterior and seemingly everywhere else. I don't know if people in Colorado are less jaded(probably), but the staff is as sweet as cherry pie. Speaking of sweet, this would be a good segue to mention my only gripe. The food is served family style which is cool, and all the side dishes are bottomless, great! However, a few of the sides are so laden with sugar it's unbelievable. Hello! Obesity epidemic?!? The beets and corn fritters specifically, must have no trace of nutritional value whatsoever. Apparently, it's almost mandatory that you try their coveted fried chicken, which is golden, crispy, and just right. After dinner, attempt to avoid heartburn and take a moment to wind down in the adjacent barn house which has a stage for round the clock entertainment and nearby gift shop containing all the country themed souvenirs your little heart could possibly ever desire.
Outstanding! Chicken is their speciality but other entrees offered. Delicious side dishes, all you can eat, come with the entree. If you're a chocolate lover, you'll fall in love with the lava cake dessert. A fun place for young or old. Lots to do if you have to wait for a table. Highly recommended!
In the 70's /80's much more appealing, needs some sort of change to spruce up the place. Exterior still beautiful, but missing something on the inside.
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