Award-winning farm shop, Forage, is a go-to destination for families looking for good food and somewhere to keep the kids occupied – and well fed!
Another bank holiday weekend is here, yay! Panic planning about doing something worthwhile with your extra time off – boo!
But do not panic as if you’re looking to get out of the city, eat some great food and get some fresh air – hopefully some sun, there’s an award-winning place that’s perfect for your bank holiday day out.
Forage Farm and Kitchen just outside Cowbridge is hosting a hog roast on the lawn on Monday, May 4. And while you’re kicking back on the grass with some great grub, there’s a brilliant play area for the kids to entertain themselves.
Tuck into slow-roasted Penllyn Estate pork with salad and potatoes, no booking is needed, either. From 11:30am – 4pm there’ll also be live music on the lawn. The event is weather-dependent, so check your weather app before setting off!
Forage was recently voted the best in Wales by OpenTable in its round-up, the Top 100 Brunch and Lunch List for 2026, and you can read our recent brunch review, here.
The modern, but sympathetically natural-looking building, houses a decent sized restaurant and a farm shop selling fresh meat, eggs, bakery goods and store cupboard essentials from independent producers around the country.
But aside from the shop and the almost always busy café, is that there’s a huge outdoor space with a lovely wooden play park, tractor race track and, if you’re there with the whole family and you fancy another snack, there’s a pizza hatch outside, too.
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It’s a great spot – found just outside Cowbridge – where the kids can burn off some energy, and potentially one of the restaurant’s brilliant themed milkshakes, and grown-ups can continue with a coffee and cake outside.
Inside, if you’ve managed to book your table for the airy and bright, but busy restaurant you’ll find a breakfast menu with no surprises at first glance – full breakfasts, eggs, breakfast baps, but the true quality shines with the on-farm sourced ingredients, from the Penllyn Estate.
As a destination for a special occasion like Mother’s Day, birthdays etc, Forage is a brilliant choice to get out of the city, but it’s also the perfect place to take the kids when you’ve nothing better to do than a weekend drive, a stop for coffee and a snack while they make the best of the outdoor activity.
Also ones for the diary are Forage’s special events, at Easter, Halloween and Christmas. Their festive Forage experience is by far my favourite in terms of the quality of the entertainment – there’s a fun elf show before meeting Santa and there’s always lots of activities, tattoos, marshmallow toasting – usually all in the price of the kids’ ticket.
