The Artisan Farmer

The 3rd time eating at the quality road stop and unlike any of the other horrible places on the M1. Quality food and ingredients, reasonable prices and great service. We will not stop anywhere else on our trips up the coast as the rest are mostly rubbish and they should take a good look at how to run a quality food stop.

Great place to stop – Quite frankly the best place to stop and eat between Sydney and Brisbane. Food superb. And a great spot to stop and let the kids stretch their legs.

Plan Your Trip So You Stop Here – What a welcome change from the standard highway fare of Macca’s and Hungry Jacks. The Artisan Farmer as far as I am aware, is the first of it’s kind at least in NSW to offer great freshly cooked food all sourced from paddock to the plate, great coffee, cakes and top quality produce to take on the road and even a beer of wine should you not be driving.

We’re locals and often go there for breakfast and lunch, it can get a little noisy when busy however the food and location more than compensate. This place was a long time in the planning and boy has it payed off, the owner/s should be very proud of such a massive undertaking, they have thought of literally everything. Theres’s plenty of parking for cars, cars with caravans and boats, Coaches and B Doubles not a single stone has been left unturned in the planning of this place.

Some people have complained that only card is accepted, but when you see this place when it gets busy you will understand the thinking behind the decision to go cashless. I for one am not in agreement for a cashless society however, with two registers running cards through the lines of people dissipate quickly. I can only imagine if cash was accepted there’d be people complaining about the long queues and having to wait to be served. The Artisan Farmer reminds me of when we were in Italy travelling on the road, there’s these petrol stops called AutoGrills where you can sit down to freshly cooked hot meals and on your way out buy blocks of cheese and salami and even wine.

So finally, if you’re travelling up or down the coast on the Pacific Highway M1 plan your trip so you can refresh and revitalise at the Artisan Farmer, you will not be disappointed unless of course Macca’s is your thing.