Big Red Orchard

Everyone was super polite and kind, there is a free play area for kids including a huge hay stack, basketball, and more a big open field and more, there’s also a haunted hay ride which I haven’t been on but it looks really cool! The cider was amazing and the donuts were great. We went apple picking but I suggest you go earlier in the year because all the apples were pretty much dead but the were good!

We went the end of September. Apples were just turning ripe . Very large apples . Excellent experience. I will return next year , and will tell everyone I know . 👌

My family and I are trying different orchards and cider mills this year since Blake's donuts and cider have gotten worse over the years. Big Red Orchard was nice! The donuts were a good size and they were soft and melted in your mouth when warm. They also have quite a huge store and what looked like a bar. My dad and brother liked the cider a lot but I would give it a 3.5/5 because it kind of tasted like Blake's and I don't really like their cider anymore. Still, a really fun place to hang out at! 9/10 will visit again!

I recently hosted a large group for my daughter’s birthday, and I couldn’t be happier with the experience. The staff were incredibly accommodating and went above and beyond — even helping my 90-year-old grandmother so she could join us on the hayride. The food, drinks, donuts, and cider were all amazing! This place is truly a hidden gem and so underrated. Highly recommend! 🍎

New owners and new awesome experience! We brought our family and cousins for U-Pick apples, cider, and donuts. The kids loved the hayride! The kids zone was so much fun. Can't wait until the bar opens! The cider and donuts are soooo good!!

October 2024 - came back here a year later for some good donuts and family time picking apples. A great place to visit and worth the drive. October 2023 - we came here on a Sunday and it was busy. Not many trees in the back had apples, but they had a lot of apple trees on the property. Closer to the barn in walking distance was many rows of apple trees. In the back you could pick pumpkins, but they had many with a price point near the front door. In the building, you could buy bags of their apples, apple sauce, hot sauce, shirts, and many other things. Their donuts were good. The kids loved their cider. I was asked how their donuts match with Blake's and Yates. To be honest, I think all 3 have really good donuts. Yates first, Blake's and then big red. Blake's and Yates were warm, while Big Red it was not. Big red has these donut nachos and my kids loved those. In the back or on the side of their business is a big area with picnic tables, a big hay bail pyramid. Also near there are some games to play and there was a business that was selling food. This place is by far the cleanest and up-to-date then other places that I have been to. Overall my family really loved this place. Some things maybe a 4, but just the overall experience from my family was a 5. I have 3 daughters from age 6-11.

Great bar, very cozy. Food was also excellent, the boneless wings are probably the best I’ve ever had (and I’m from Buffalo), get the creamy ghost pepper, spectacular!! My wife had the golden orchard salad and it was also excellent.

For a quick stop in and out to grab some apple cider, and some other fall goodies. This place is nice. The cider was good, the donut is just ok. But being a native Michagander I am a cider mill donut snob. I have my favorites. The is a pick you own apple orchard. I'm Not sure about how much it costs.

The Avondale School District has been coming to this Orchard for many years now. This year, we were able to bring our Adult Transition Program to go on a hayride, pick pumpkins, have fun outdoors, and enjoy a cider and donut. The staff was AMAZING and super accommodating to our students' needs. We had such a nice time. The students look forward to visiting each year. We would give them 10 stars if we could!! Thank you for your kindness and generosity!! :)

Everything was amazing! Perfect ending to a beautiful Fall day. The burger was great, the Rubens were great and that homemade sourdough bread is to die for. All of the Orchard Season Cocktails sounded delicious, but we had the Apple Cider Bourbon Smash which was a total smash! Kudos to the bartender, Megan, she was great. Wish we didn't live so far away or we'd probably find ourselves here once a week.

Nice to stop in and see all the work and energy being put back into this place. Great crew working to make it a nice experience for all. Food has only been open for 3 weeks. Reasonable prices, everything tasted fresh and was served quickly. I got the chicken sandwich with a side salad and I liked it. Fresh salad lightly dressed is exactly my preference, add a little salt & pepper and I'm in my happy place especially with the chicken sandwich. Husband got the salmon burger and while it is in theory a good sandwich, the salmon was too fishy for my preference, sweet potato fries were delicious and just the right amount. Too much packaging and plastic for a dining in place, real silverware would be nice and if serving in disposable, make it easier for carry out then putting it in another disposable package. Really like the place, can't wait to watch them grow. we will definitely go back and so happy to have them in the community!!!

My husband and I enjoy going to Big Red, no matter the time of year! I really like their regular apple cider (both hot and cold). We have enjoyed the food their as well. We have always been pleased with the service, whether we sit at the bar, or at a table. If you are looking for a relaxed atmosphere, you will probably like Big Red. :)

Very cute orchard with the best donuts I've ever had. I just wish that there was more to do outside of picking apples. There's literally literally nothing to do. They can make it more immersive especially for adults.

It's a beautiful property, the buildings are new and the orchards are beautiful. Now there is a restaurant, I would love to come back.

They have done a great job with building an event center, the shopping, the Legacy Bar and all around in general. Fantastic cider and donuts. Highly recommend!

So please don't let the previous reviews influence you. This place is under new ownership and it's wonderful. The Legacy bar has a great selection of drinks and today was the first time I tried the food. Already trying to figure out when we are going back! Give the apple burger a chance. It's excellent! You can tell the burger is homemade and everything is super fresh. Sweet potato fries were cooked perfectly. The sauces (berry BBQ and ranch) are all homemade and really good. They have a kids menu as well of Mac and cheese, nuggets or burger. A couple near us ordered the nachos and they were able to share them. They looked really good as well.

We love going here, the food is always amazing every time we go! The atmosphere is great and the staff is always so friendly.

One word, extortion. They are not the brightest folks here. We went here last weekend to get donuts and cider. This place has terrible business sense for sure. The staff actually rejected us and told us we had to get a minimum of a half dozen donuts, no less. They wouldn't take our money for anything less than a half dozen donuts. They really wouldn't let us get any less than half a dozen donuts. We only wanted one or two at most. A small cup of cider was three dollars, that's highway robbery. We decided not to get any since this was our sixth Cidermill that day. This is the most expensive and outrageously overpriced orchard we've been to today. It's not worth the money. Even the higher end Orchard Mills sell cider and donuts for less than this place. If this place had any business sense, they would have at least sold us two donuts for two bucks or even three dollars. Not the brightest folks working here. We left empty-handed and will not be back as a result of this horrible experience.

Not a great experience but it should have been. They have done a great job remodeling this place and the atmosphere is very nice. However, the service was not great. We sat at the bar and I watched the bartender pick up dirty dishes and without cleaning her hands then pick up an orange with her bare hand and put it on a beer glass. She did it multiple times. Then I watched the glassware get washed in their 3 compartment tubs. They were not washed or sanitized properly. It was such a shame because my burger and fries were very good but there are some basic cleanliness standards that need to be followed for everyone's health.

Good experience! Place is rather new but will compete well being the only restaurant in the area. Solid snacks and drinks, good vibes, and friendly service! Will be back in the warmer months to have a good time with family and friends!

It was open with limited stuff during covid. Good selection of apples, a few other things to browse but limited selection there, homemade caramel apples were good. Hot cider would have been better with spices, it was good but didn't taste mulled or anything like that. Very clean, lots of places to sit, no sanitizer or anything like that for guests, bathrooms were open.

Genuinely don't understand the negative reviews. Came here on a beautiful weekend day in October and there were no lines, staff were all friendly and helpful. The petting zoo, hayride and bounce houses were included in the price, and apple trees were reasonably priced. Clean bathrooms and multiple covered eating areas a plus.

We've been to Big Red but it was years ago. How sad to visit today. We went here to avoid Blakes crowds. Well, we accomplished that goal as no one was here and we soon figured out why. Today is Oct 2nd and we were told apple picking season was over but we could go to the pumpkin patch. We were very surprised to hear that but decided to go get a pumpkin. After paying $5 a person to ride the tractor to the patch we discovered the "pumpkin patch" was a bunch of pumpkins thrown onto a field filled with pricker weeds. A small pumpkin was $8! And when I say small, I mean like a pumpkin pie sized pumpkin. And yes, you had to buy these pumpkins. I bought a huge one at Costco for $6, here it would've been $30. They did have some black berry bushes but they were scary and my toddler almost got a branch in her eye when we tried to pick them. We noticed the apple trees were not groomed and looked not healthy. We rode the tractor back and got food for the animals which I became concerned for. Many of the animals looked sick and were hiding in their little huts. Only a few wanted food. We went to wash our hands where they had sinks and discovered only sanitizer. The website hasn't been updated as it said they had all kinds it things to do. No corn maze even though they said they did. The workers seemed confused and bored. It was such a strange experience and probably our last. So sad because this orchard used to be so great.

Such a great opportunity to have a great experience. But instead there's never any hand sanitizers the sinks are never working there's no towels and the garbage cans are overflowing. What a dump. Don't waste your money. I know it wasn't just a fluke because this is the third time we've been here and it has been just like this every time.

We come here almost every Oct for donuts and cider and to pick pumpkins. It's a small yet very neatly organized place. My only complaint is the lack of Apple variety. I wish they had some of the more common apples such as honey crisp or gala to self pick. Overall, a nice experience.

First it is really disappointing when you go to cider mill and the donuts are stale and it is a Sunday morning when they should be fresh. Second the prices are a bit outrageous. Everything cost money which is not the way it used to be. It's sad to see when places get to big and they lose there charm.

New owners, so rude, terrible experience. My mom bid on a Big Red package at a community charity event and won. It had no expiration and was for apple picking with a hayride, petting zoo, corn maze, cider and donuts. We showed up with our kids and the lady working the checkout was so rude and asked us several times where we had got the certificate. She said "we don't even have a corn maze and there are field trips so you can't have a hayride, you have to walk to the apples." We had three toddlers and an infant with us, so she said she'd see what they can do - great, thank you. No corn maze, no problem. But she seemed baffled by the certificate and continued to question it. Meanwhile the line was building with people trying to checkout, but she was the only one working. She finally said she needed to check with the owners as they are new. She came back in even a worse mood than she was already in and said "you're not getting a hayride and we're not going to give you the half-dozen donuts and half-gallon of cider. You can apple pick and do the petting zoo, that's it. We have new owners so you should have come in with the old owners." She said the hayride driver was done for the day and now pressing cider and we'd have to walk with small kids. Oh, and the apples up front we' picked over so if we wanted good apples, we'd have to go to the back corner of the orchard. By this time it had been at least 15 minutes of this holding up the line and everyone was rightfully angry. No cider and donuts, really? Does that cost you so much. This was a charity package for a local library. The new owners never changed the name of the orchard and we're still operating 100% as the same old Big Red - they should've honored the certificate. Their pettiness and horrible attitude were absolutely appalling. Before we left I went to buy a half-gallon if cider and while waiting in line with a bunch of other customers and many children, a man who appeared to be the owner was openly yelling at group of employees about how they needed to yell at a vendor. He was shouting and swearing - and real swearing, said the f-word and bull**** several times. And all of this in front of children and customers! The room got quiet and everyone was so uncomfortable. I can't believe this person runs a business this way. It's running into the ground, and honestly I hope people stop patronizing Big Red. They treat their customers and employees terribly. Not the same Big Red we grew up going to and we will NEVER go again. Please take your money and spend it at a deserving family orchard!!

They were already out of everything (we wanted donuts and cider, and the windows were closed to the kitchen) - save for sad, random produce and sparse jelly - by 4:30 p.m. on a Saturday and it was a ghost town in the parking lot and inside. This should have been the first clue that things were not going to go well. It was advertised that they were open until 6 p.m. Absolutely nobody was inside the cider mill except two employees sitting on stools that barely acknowledged us, and the couple ahead of us that was coming out as fast as we saw them go in. The "staff" grunted hello and went back to staring at their laps. They couldn't even be bothered to get off their phones. I'm very embarrassed for two grown women to behave like that on the job! We were there long enough after that to note that the cider and donuts were priced as very expensive, the bathrooms were gross - since the staff couldn't tear themselves away from their phones long to help us out, we decided to use the bathrooms and get back on the road - and we left empty-handed and irritated. Not worth the drive! Despite the BBQ/taco joint on the grounds (nice try, but Chip Gaines clearly does it better, guys), I don't see this place lasting much longer between the prices and the poorly trained staff they have working on site. I'll stick with Westview, Blake's, Yates and Franklin in the future. Lesson learned.

I am a small business owner and did business with Jeff back in 2014. My company, Kari Lee's Specialties, makes cute little baking mixes and has had the pleasure of serving many amazing orchards on a national level. In my 25 years in business I only not been paid ONCE. That would be from this orchard! They placed an order for 1 case of every item I sold at the time - 19 products - they sold every one of them to the public, made their profit, and never paid me! $903.11 still due today. I have reached out every year since 2014, giving them the opportunity to make right with a payment - even on a payment plan and they refuse to contact me or acknowledge my attempts. The only way I would go to this place is to make a collection call! If you are looking for any orchard fresh baking mixes feel free to visit my website at www.karilees.com Kari Beutell Kari Lee's Specialties www.karilees.com

This was place made for a nice little outing for our family. We went late on a Saturday afternoon, too late to go out for pick your own apples. But we still found plenty to do. There is a petting zoo, but it costs $5 per person to walk in (yes parents, that's right ... even if you have no intention of actually petting an animal, you will have to pay for yourselves too and not just your child). There really aren't many animals you can pet in the zoo though -- a couple of bunnies, a couple of pigs, a llama, a handful of goats, and the rest are fowl of some sort -- chickens, ducks, turkeys. There was a hay "mountain" that was included in the price of the petting zoo which my son really loved. It's basically a pyramid made out of hay bales but kids were crawling all over it and having a great time. There are a number of kid-related activities to try out -- several bouncing apparatuses, the requisite bungee jump, and a couple of carnival rides. There were also some huge inflatable balls that your kid can crawl into and then you can roll them all around the lawn (this also cost $5 for 5 min.). And that right there is why I can't give this place a higher rating. I want to, I really want to, but they nickel and dime you to death here. Each ride/child attraction is exorbitantly priced. Every single activity/ride your child will wish to take part in is no less than $5, so if they did everything you could easily end up spending $50 per child on that alone. Another thing worth noting is cleanliness -- it's obvious they try, but when we were there they were completely out of hand soap and sanitizer around the petting/animal area and empty bottles of soap littered the entire area by the hand-washing station. Ditto used paper towels. Also, the sink area was a mess with what appeared to be chewed/left over food items smeared around. (On the other hand, the ladies restroom inside the snack area was spotless). The animal pens weren't dirty with feces, but they were pretty stark -- not much hay (packed dirt/mud in the stalls), and empty ice cream cone cups littered each animal stall (I can only imagine they were being used to hold the animal feed which could be purchased from dispensers in the "zoo"). I'm not sure how healthy that is for the animals ... On a more positive note, there is an excellent variety of food stuffs for sale -- fudge (delicious), donuts, cider, roasted ears of corn, sausages, pies, jellies, etc. There are some reasonably priced gourds and pumpkins (we visited recently, in the fall) as well as other produce you'd typically find at a farmer's market. The staff is also very helpful and friendly. The place was packed, and we did have a very nice time. Unfortunately, my son left disappointed because I refused to pay for him to take part in more than 3 or 4 of the activities (and this didn't include the cost of the food items we bought before we left). I realize they're in business to make money, but I really think they should consider charging an admission cover charge for families, or selling different levels of "packages" which could include/exclude certain exhibits and activities.

Donuts are dry and tasteless. Go to Verellen's instead: you'll thank me for it. By the way, the ownership group did not pay their employees at the restaurant group their final wages due to them in July, although the ownership group paid the staff at the Orchard for their full two weeks. Pretty sure that's fraud. Please don't patronize a place that commits fraud. Stay away from their tent at Peach Festival, too: the peach pies are made with frozen fruit. More fraud.

Such a scam. Paid $40 for a bag for apples and not a single Fuji Apple was out there. All their other apples were the weird outsider kinds if you were even lucky to find any to pick. $40 for a half full bag. Ridiculous

My mom and I go here every year to pick apples and I think we get more disappointed as the years go on. We were surprised when we bought a bag to go apple picking that they now charge $5/person for a hayride to the orchard!! The orchard is right out back and within walking distance....That is pretty ridiculous. To get your $5 worth, they now take you on a tractor ride in a different direction so I guess you feel like your $5 was well spent. Next year we will probably go to Blake's. They are making so much money already...really, $5? There was a family in front of us and it cost them $50 just to pick ONE bag of apples! Also, the kids they have working there are not knowledgeable on the different types of apples and their locations. They were asking me and my mom where we got certain apples! (And there are signs in front of the trees...) I ordered a cup of cider that was listed for $2.00 and they charged me $2.50! I guess they charge whatever they feel like there? For $1.75 I can get a larger cup of Cider at Blake's. If you are looking for an orchard with activities for your kids I would choose Blake's or Westview over Miller's Big Red.

New management in the last few years! This place has been saved!! There is nothing this amazing place doesn't have! From the petting zoo, to animal rides, hay rides, pumpkin patch and apple picking, my son loved the bouncy houses and we loved the market place! The hot dogs, cider and slushies, fudge and pie were amazing too! Best of all was the corn on a stick! The place was clean and all the people were friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back next weekend! Can't wait till the winery and restaurant are open!

This was the worst orchard I have ever been to. The only perk was they sold wine and had Cornhole to play. The lady behind the check out counter was down right hateful to us because she had to wait on a THREE YEAR OLD to show us where the orchard was because the tractor driver had left early because he wanted to. So we paid $20 a couple for 1 peck of apples that included a "hayride" that we didn't get. Who knew we would be trading in a hayride for a bad attitude. The guy who sold us the wine was super friendly though! Only 2 types of apples to pick today... The gala's were pretty good. Cider slushies were amazing but the plain cider isn't anything to right home about. I would just suggest you find a different orchard to go to.

We came there by chance and found very delicious hot sider and well baked donuts . I consider that mill to be very nice place to spend your time with family and friends

The cider was good, but nothing special. My biggest problem were the doughnuts. They are without question the worst doughnuts I've ever had from a cider mill. Think store bought entenmann's doughnuts. They were room temperature and with zero crunch. I had a glass of cider and half a doughnut and threw the rest away. And what's the deal with no dogs allowed? You're a farm... would it really kill you to allow dogs?

Paid $25 for a bushel of peaches that looked decent, but turned out to be mealy and tasteless. Not sure how the apples are, but I would definitely recommend you stay away from the peaches. Very disappointed, it was a long drive from Illinois to get terrible peaches.

This place is the best. I have been going here for almost 25 years now. I have always loved there donuts and cider in the fall. My daughter loves going here now to pick pumpkins. the hay ride is the best. Always a great selection on pumpkins out in the fields. I almost agree with the other reviews on how expensive it has gotten, but when you think of it everything has. The times are a changing. lol But I will keep going every year

saw the bad reviews did not believe been here before good times. well now overpriced donuts, overpriced apples and a waste of my time other farms in romeo area much better. never going back.

This place has gone downhill- apples and baked goods are still fine, but like the poster before me said, they charge $5 per person for an anemic petting zoo and they have a "how tall are you now" orchard-themed thing that parents can take pictures of their children next to that used to be outside the petting zoo area, but is now inside the petting zoo area so you have to pay the $5 PP. Understand it costs them $$ for animal feed, vet appointments, etc. but I think $1 PP would more than pay for that- and yeah, the carnival like stuff entertains kids but is just another way they price gauge the parents. Stick with Blake's and Westview Orchards are our preferred orchards these days.

My family (wife and two young - under three - kids) recenlty went to Millers Big Red Apple Orchard to buy a few pumpkins. We decided to come here instead of the grocery store because we wanted the kids to get the experience of visitng a pumpkin patch and seeing where the pumpkins come from. We went on a Monday afternoon (not very busy) and were suprised that they wanted us to pay $5 per person to gain access to the pumpkin patch. Maybe I am naive about pumpkin picking, but I thought paying $20 before buying the pumpkins was rediculous. We would have received some of that money back had we purchased four pumpkins, but we were so turned off by the experience that we went to a nearby orchard and picked our pumpkins for free (just had to pay for the pumpkins themselves). Millers Big Red Apple Orchard looked like a beautiful place, but I think some of their prices are out of line with other orchards.

Very expensive, as several people mentioned. This place is more like a carnival than an apple orchard. Don't go if you actually want to pick your own apples... we walked out when we saw that they charged a flat $5 per person just to get in. I guess if you are just going to entertain your kids for awhile it is a good deal. Otherwise, skip it and go down the road to Stony Creek Orchard. They do not charge per person there. You actually just pay for the apples you pick.

We drove to your cider mill yesterday. We waited for donuts for 1hr. We were told they were still not ready. I was wondering if you want to give us something for our trouble. I will have find another place to go.

was sold cold refrigerated donuts from the previous day. unbelievable! never again! money grab! shame on you! big red! never again!

100% rotten tomatoes for upick. Waste of time. They refunded is our money without hassle. Not much else to say - when you go apple picking, you want to pick apples. We didn't see a single one that was edible.

Wow was this place a bummer... And a rip off. I always go to this cider mill with my kids and end up leaving and going somewhere else, forgetting how lousy it is. First, we got ripped off. Two adults, three kids that are older and one baby and the lady charged us $37 to ride out to the orchard and get a little bit of junky apples. THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS for probably twenty small apples. The variety just plain sucked - golden delicious, Ida red and Granny Smith apples that were all small and not very impressive with not much to choose from. People were getting so tired of waiting for the wagon that they started walking to the orchard themselves. We got ripped off, the old lady working the line was just making up her own prices. The line took soooooo long that my kids were just becoming pretty disinterested with the whole thing, and everyone in line was complaining - but t was easy to see why it took so long when you got your turn and realized the old lady working was senile. After that, we went and waited for nearly two hours in line for $30 plain donuts and cider. We proceeded to take the kids to see the petting zoo and hay tower where they wanted an additional $10 per person - that means SIXTY DOLLARS for us to take our four kids for a half hour of entertainment. At that point, we said NO and left. Went down the street to Rochester cider mill where they had an even better hay pyramid with built in slides and petting zoo for FREE and our kids loved it. Skip this place and take your business to Rochester Cider Mill where you won't get price gauged and taken advantage of. My advice to Millers: if you're not confident enough in selling your product where you can't offer free activities for the kids, at least make a reasonable one price admission for everything with clearly posted signs to help people out. Your cider mill is extremely disorganized and there are not very clear posted signs on the cost of activities. I'm sure the old lady loves that because she can get away with charging whatever she feels like. Your donuts are good, the only reason for a star at all!

Growing up, this was always our go-to place to pick apples. It had been a couple years since we've been here, so we decided to go this weekend. I was appalled when I learned they wanted $5/person just to step into the orchard. So for my family of 4, that was a $20 for...? It literally included nothing. You still had to buy the apples (which were the same price as I remember them being- before they charged an entrance fee). If you wanted to partake in any of the other farm activities, it was an additional fee. There are plenty of other orchards in the area who charge far less and offer far more.

Definitely needs some improvements at this cider mill. Most of the u-pick pumpkins were picked over, partially rotten and the u-pick pumpkin area was mucky. They could put some straw out to help with the muck and move the u-pick pumpkin area to one of their other pumpkin fields. There were some great apples left to u-pick but the orchard was full of high grass and weeds. Not good for little ones to have to wade through to reach the apples. They need to mow and maintain the orchard. The area to buy donuts and cider was awful. The line was over an hour long and there were only two windows side by side where you could get donuts and hot cider. There were three additional registers available, one for the very empty restaurant, one for the misc items-also barely being purchased and one for the hayride to the u-pick. At the very least, the hot cider and donuts should have been available to purchase at the restaurant. That would have cut the line down considerably, and possibly boosted the restaurant sales. It was nice they had some free areas for children to play, but the prices on what was not free, more than outweighed that. I had been to another orchard in Clinton county the same week and the apples there were delicious. They were also 1/3 the price of this orchard. Folks in the Detroit area should venture farther afield for a much better orchard, and u-pick, experience. This orchard needs to take a hard look at what they are doing or they won't last long.

Small orchard, and very few good apples to pick. Lots and lots of apples with blemishes, but that's not really what you want to see. Also, no dogs allowed. I'm not sure if this is standard practice at u-pick places, but it was a disappointment for us.

I went this past weekend to Millers with some family and friends and couldn't believe how much they have done with the place! It was so nice to pay one price for everything (cider, donut, petting farm, etc) rather than paying for everything indvidually. It's great to see a renewed spirit in MIchigan! There's nothing like Fall time and Cider Mills, especially at Millers!

We went there a couple of days ago with a couple of 3-year olds. I realize a lot of people here say the pricing is high, but it seems to be in line with or less than a couple of the other area orchards. Yes, I think they could come up with a better price structure for the various attractions or keep the picking separate -- or have a discount package price. On the good side, the employees are very friendly and try hard to please. The bakery and produce pricing is very reasonable and they have a great array of fresh baked and homemade goods. They've made a lot of improvements in the last few months since our last visit and I think they'll keep getting better as time goes on, especially if they take comments and constructive criticism to heart.

HAD A GREAT TIME! The line was long to get the tickets but it was worth it! The employees were very nice, the girls in the pumpkin greenhouse explained everything to us thoroughly. We were in the produce area and we had employees come up to my husband and I and ask if they could help us with everything! Very nice!! The prices for the animal farm were a little high ($10) but blakes charges $10.95!! The sinks were a little bit of a mess but I understand from how busy they are. The young boys that drive tractor weren't very nice, they seen rushed but overall great cider and donuts!!

The pick your own apples is a nice way to entertain the kids, but it was a HUGE turn off how much they charge for every little thing. We were 2 families with 5 kids, 3 of which are 2 years old and under (2yr, 1yr, 9mo) and yet some of the things we found charming about Millers last year, now all cost $$$$$ per person now, including the toddlers & infant. Sure they have a family friendly petting zoo, but $60 to pet a Llama and a goat? Some may think I'm being a bit cheap, but $20 to pick apples (which I understand b/c you're paying both for the apples and the activity), $20 for some treats (I'm okay with this too, since it's part of the experience), but $60 for a petting zoo and a pile of straw bales? Come on!?! Try explaining that to your 4 or 2 year old. We didn't even price out the corn maze or haunted hay ride (thankfully the kid are too young). Prices on pumpkins were ridiculous too...but that's typical given the venue. Either times must be tough or they've just gotten too greedy. We'll take our $$ somewhere else in the future. I don't mind spending a few bucks for a nice fall afternoon, but it's gotten out of control

We went to Miller's last year (end of summer) because we were in the area- It was a nice place with a petting zoo- their market items were awesome. We just made a trip back 2 weeks ago for a fresh pie and was impressed with how much they have put into the place... I asked one of the workers about the updates and found out they are under new ownership. They have a petting zoo, u-pick, awesome baked goods all freshly made and a number of organic items. From what I heard they are still making improvements and could possibly be adding some cool features. Our kids had a great time, we left with good food. I look forward to seeing what is to come. Just a few things we noticed was landscaping changes (which was great because it was not all dirt and dust- very green), The market area changed, a pavilion where they sell food and you can sit and eat with your family. They had 15 types of apples, the Zucchini Bread, Pies and Donuts are the best- that is why we took the hike back this year!

Have you seen this place this season?! Talk about a makeover- they have redone the whole front market area with really cool rustic bins and signage. From what I understand some of the signage and decor is re-purposed materials. Love that! When we went 2 weeks ago, it was a perfect day- we were probably there 3+ hours because there is so much to do and see. My daughter loves the haystack and checking out all the animals and what kid doesn't love to play on a few bounce houses?!!! We did a wagon ride too but are super excited to go back to do it again for apple and pumpkin picking soon. Other than that the cider and donuts get my vote and overall this is our favorite place not only because of the activities but it's also the least expensive of the orchards in the area! I've been to the others and they are also nice but they definitely cost more. We paid only $30 for the 4 of us to get in and that gave us access to everything!