Reviews of Little Qualicum Cheeseworks (Zoo)

Shawna Erskine Olson

Great lunch in the bistro. Fresh milk and cinnamon buns.

Rob Black

Worth it if you'd like some neat cheese. The winery bit is... A work in progress! But the cheese is fantastic. Bring a two litre jug and fill up on the freshest milk you'll ever get.

Bryn Erickson

Great cheese, the wine is good too. Fun place to visit.

Mike Mamula

Loved this little farm! Great place to bring your family to see the operation, sample some awesome local cheese's, and taste the wine! Awesome staff, very friendly!

Steven Astle

Friendly staff and great cheese and wine

Sarah Hermsen

It was amazing to get to visit this working dairy farm. The cheese they produce is absolutely amazing and their winery produces, by far, the best fruit wines I've ever tasted and they are very reasonably priced. The wines aren't sweet dessert wines and aren't too dry that they lose their fruit flavours. I was blown away by how perfectly delicious their wines are! Wine and cheese? What a great place to visit!!

Andrew Morrison

Great fun, great cheese!

Sean “Dirty” Bradford

Cheese curds... Delicious!!!

Brenda Booth

Informative and very pleasnt

Goran Popovic

Great place by all means

Luis Masaya

Great cheese tasting.

robert slaughter

Great farm smells

Valerie Danyal

A must visit when in Parksville or Qualicum. A good place to visit with kids of all ages.

Nik C

The 3 G’s !!! Great Farm Great cheese Great Price

Don Little

The curds are amazing. Take time to check out the animals.

Tushar Jagota

Nice visit. They have a small winery too. Loved the tasting.

Andrew Simpson

Great farm, good cheese. Wish they had more barn animals.

Travis Hill

The farm tour was okay, but to be honest I didn't pay much attention. I was here for the store, which contains excellent fruit wines and cheeses. The wines are much better than you would expect. Not sweet at all. The gooseberry wine is as tart as can be, and the blueberry wine smells faintly of lavender. And the cheeses are delicious. I especially liked the red wine cheese and feta with herbs.

Justin Krem

Tons of different cheeses to choose from. Also have a working farm with animals that you can visit. Fun for the whole family.

Kirk Watton

Fun! Cows, horses, goats and cheese curds. What more can you ask for. Get a litre of milk from the self serve fresh milk dispenser.

Bev Dranchuk

It was awesome. Tried the wines and cheeses. Very good. Also, tasted the icecream which was excellent.

Stevi MacGillivray

Recommended by family, this place was really great to visit. The lady we met with had a lot of information about the wines and the cheeses and was very sweet. Both cheeses and wine were very unique and we purchased a cooler so we could buy more to take home.

Emily Dreher

Free fun! Loved the baby calves ❤

Kale Stedman

Really neat small working farm with a shop full of their products: cheeses of all kinds and a cool milk bottle filler machine thing. The shop also has a ton of local foods and gifts from local farms and artisans, as well as wine tasting for local fruit wines (so good) and a cafe serving up fresh baked goods and coffee drinks (featuring their cows' milk!) - including Irish coffees ;) Best part, though, is the fully automated milking machine: the barn has a room where cows can wander in on their own accord and hang out chewing their cud contentedly while a robot locates their udders, attaches and starts milking, detaching automagically when the cow is done. Apparently the cows love it so much they get themselves milked about 6 times per day (compared to 2x for traditionally milked cows) - and when I was there, I saw 3 cows queuing up, so I believe it! There was also a robot that was essentially a Roomba for manure, which is disgustingly clever. Such a cool, high-tech farm, and it's super cool to just wander the grounds exploring (and abiding by the signs) - don't miss the baby cows or piglets! Also, it stinks. The whole place smells like animals, animal poop, and animals covered with poop. This should be expected when visiting a working farm, but I overheard a lady complaining about it while I was there. Go fig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ken Rymer

Very cool place. Worth checking out for sure!

Kala McKenzie

A great place for family fun! A delicious cafe for lunch, and a fun petting zoo for the kids. There's a very informative tour as well. Don't forget to stop in the store for cheese and wine samples!

Alley Zone

A great place to visit for kids and adults. Tour the farm, sample and buy cheese and wine. And now they have a milk dispenser that dispenses their own grass fed cow's milk. They have a robotic milker that lets the cows decide when they want to be milked. Also new, they have a coffee bar and picnic tables. We didn't try anything there though

Michelle Gibbs

Thank You Little Qualicum Cheeseworks for your great products and currently offering delivery !

Anson Li

Great short stop to bring the kids. Change area available along with picnic area. Then there's the animals and cheese, of course.

Áine

The staff were friendly and the cheese was delicious, the animals were cute and the milk machine was fast and fresh.

Quinte Group

Great place for a visit and to pick up some cheese of course.

Charity Condez

Super fresh milk from grass-fed cows!

Saku Mantere

Interesting dry fruit wines and cheese. A nice petting Zoo for kids. Great welcome.

Craig Barry

Great little farm and cheese shop. Spent about an hour here with two small kids and they enjoyed it. Self-guided tours are perfect to go at your own pace and check out the cows and other animals.

Julie Rice

Your cheese is lovely and your winery is special too! I only have one complaint and it's a biggy! Your calves are taken from their mothers and never allowed to be weened. I don't understand this cruel practice that prevails in the dairy industry. Why is a mother not allowed to nurse her calf? If she produces 40 litres of milk a day is this not more than enough? Could you not let her nurse her own baby that would only drink maybe 8 litres a day. A baby cow , 3 days old, in a tiny stall that it cannot even see out of seems unnecessarily cruel to me. This is what I witnessed on your farm today. I was told by the kind lady in your shop that cows are not maternal and they do not care about their babies.Wow! This is so not true. I cannot even imagine how a human being would presume to know how a cow feels! The whole dairy industry is in for a big wake up call soon and if you are really such a quaint little family friendly farm it might be in your best interest to be ahead of it and change the way you do things. Lead the way, so to speak. Or at least be honest and stop calling it a milking parlour and call it what it is...a place where you steal all the baby's milk and then make cheese to sell. Please think about it and at least let these babies be weened and not ripped from their mothers less than 24 hours from being born.

Michel Durocher

Beautiful little farm and facility! Nice to see happy staff and animals!!!

Kellie Lapshinoff

Delicious cheese and wine! How could you not love this place. They have milk on tap that is not like your store bought one. So yummy!

Michelle Avent

Buy here! Staff was very professional, polite, and so helpful. My mother loved the cheeses! All of them! Thank you!

Tania Van Tuinen

We visited because we love their cheese! The experience was wonderful... The farm is beautiful and efficient

Kevin Gourlay

Pretty decent

Stephanie Churcher

We took our toddler here and he loved the animals. Wine and cheese were excellent. The store had a great selection of farm trucks and animals which was very hard to resist buying all of them. You can buy fresh milk too at a great price. Will return.

John E

What a beautiful little spot brimming with local goodness. We went on a whim after hearing great things about their "Free Range Box." This needs to be ordered a day ahead of time; however, the very helpful and friendly lady working at the store helped us select a variety of delicious choices to custom make our own. As a result, we had the most awesome combination of cheese, crackers, and jelly spreads to make any picnic a stellar event. Also, when you go, take time to walk around the beautiful farm and displays. This place is a local treasure. 5 stars.

Elena Winkel

Great place for dairy-lovers. The farm looks great, good place for kids to learn something about the procedure to make cheese etc. Lovely animals and great display in shop, you can try the cheese and wine before you buy it. Good value

Arnie Joe

Fresh produce

Laura Ogden

Such a lovely variety! They have a great offering of local products in addition to their own. We were able to get most things on sale because we got ends of cheese rather than whole blocks. We did not do the self guided tour because it was cold/snowing but I look forward to coming back on a nice day and checking out the grounds!

Nala Peters

It was OK. Lots of funny signs.

Sabrina Schoor

Very cute spot to stop by if you have little kids. Splurged on some cheese I had never tried before, got fresh milk from the dispenser which we all enjoyed very much! And got some famous 'squeaky cheese" , oh is that ever the REAL stuff! I am originally from Quebec and I have been craving this stuff for a while but couldnt find an authentic cheese curd! Well, now I found it!!! Now they just need to make real poutine! I would drive from Ladysmith just for that! Haha! Sad side note though, the wonder maker retired so they do not have the winery anymore and when we went there wasnt any ice cream...thank goodness I had cookies in the car so I avoided a meltdown from my kid wanting ice cream!

Connor Hawkins

Very cool spot! Tasty cheese!

Ian Campbell

Always a great place to visit when you are in Parksville. Wonderful cheese and a great farm environment to wander and explore. Always a family favourite.

Megan Atha

Seemed like a nice family fun place. We came for the fresh milk but it was being pasteurized. Shame we drove all the way from Victoria!.

cindy amimer

Little Qualicum Cheeseworks offers free cheese tasting. They have different types of cheese for sale. They close at 5pm.

Christina D

Fun family outing! There is something for everyone. Love the whole milk, and the dispenser is neat. The wines are great. The cheese is so scrumptious. Thursdays at 4pm they have fresh cheese curds. This place is the only place we can find this sqeaky cheese on the west coast. Must see!!!

Damien Merx

Friendly animals and great staff. This was a great place to take the kids for a little farm life and they have really good cheese and wine!

Matthew Sattlegger

Amazing!!! So many things to do, great cheese, soft serve, coffee, even had baby cows and rabbits!

sean graves

Loved this place for all the samples they gave out. When I say samples, I mean you can sample every product they produce. All the cheese and the wine. Then you can tour the farm which is great for the little ones.

Steve Boultbee

Fun spot to get some local cheese and pet the farm animals. We picked up some blueberry wine which was great.

Paul van der Eerden

The kids loved the animals and we loved the cheese!

Jason V.

Very cool place to wander around and see the production of cheese and farm animals. The wine tasting was very good too. You could spend a couple of hours here taking it all in. Ample parking too. It was busy but not crowded. A great day trip. Prepare to purchase yummy cheeses too!

Amber MacDonald

Great little farm with a huge selection of fresh cheese and local sausage and jams! Take a walking tour and see the baby cows and get your fresh milk from the dispenser. Best cheese curds ever - fresh every Thursday afternoon!

Nicole Stalker

Amazing place , great products and enjoyed taking the kids around.

Eric Hansen

Most amazing place ever! That's all there is that needs to be said... Not to mention a open farm petting zoo style. Rabbits, Chicks, Goats, Cows, Chickens, Sheep, Ducks, and then on top of that there is super tasty fruit wines to scrumptious cheeses and so many super tasty treats and and souvenirs and jams and bbq sauces and the list just goes and on! YOU MUST COME TO THIS PLACE!

Melissa Gutierrez

Nice little farm, you can buy cheese and other goods at the store. Nice spots for pictures, you can go and see the cows, the parking lot is big.

Thomas Mirtle

So fun! There was wine and cheese and farm animals! Friendly helpful staff and good parking. Will go back!

Eggo less

Very friendly staff, good wine & cheese and puns; what more could you ask for?

Heather C

So cute! Amazing staff, including the cows <3

Samuel Clemance

This place is a must if you have kids. They make amazing cheese and its a blast walking around seeing the animals. I loved it and the kids loved it!

Danika McDowell

Fun spot. Pick up some cheese and pet the animals.

Cara Denney

Friendly owners and staff, great animal care, and open to viewing public, delicious and lots of cheese variety! Great place for family day, kids, gift shop.

Scott Ores

You definitely have to check out the shop, I didn't know that many cheeses existed, they have blueberry, raspberry and two kinds of blackberry wine, one of which tastes like wild blackberries right off the bush!!

Selim Dost

Great place to take the kids. Awesome cheese, wine, and now fresh milk.

Angie Brown

Lovely little place with local treats and sweet animals

Chris Scoates

Interesting to see the robot farm. I love their cheeses and their wines are very interesting!

Peter Leadbeater

Best cheese curds in the West!

Bran-tastic

The cheese is to die for and it's SPCA Certified!

Camrynn Myronuk

A great place for all ages, awesome customer service by the girls in the shop and just over all a great experience

Jennifer Owens

Terrific place to pick up some fresh, happy milk ???? (VMS) and cheese ???? with a bottle of Berry wine ????. FYI: it doesn't have wine tours, but does have the sweetest calves. ????, some grouchy horses ????, and some cute bunnies ????. ????

Rhian McKee

Vending machine milk!! Cheese curds, and cows!!

Neil A Bliss

Visitors day, children everywhere learning about farms...Sweet. love love love the cheeses we picked up, and the berry wines are awesome.

Leanna Cheung

Great way to spend time before catching the ferry

Thomas Ivines

Positive: Gravel but level campsites, woodsy, shady, quiet. Nice place for meditation. Don't forget to check out the falls. They are quite amazing. Negatives: No showers, outhouse style toilets, and no sewer dump for campers, only water spigots scattered throughout the campgrounds.

Xinli Liu

Not many farm stocks as I expected. Cafeteria is nice, fresh milk served. Wine tasting is good.

Nina Zurita

I didn't go on the tour of the farm, as I had 3 soaking wet dogs with me, but everything I purchased today is robust in flavour. Ethically raised cows is a win for everyone. Balsamic vinaigrette, hot jill cheese, Qualicum spice cheese, cheese curds, artisan crackers... All amazing. A+

Sung Ahn

Pretty neat little farm with petting zoo set up and daily milk products line. Cafe n store that sells cheese, wines, milk.... Wine tasting and cheese sampling was good.

Matthew Skalik

A great place for the whole family! Cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, llamas and a wonderful sheepdog. Plus great cheese!

Morgan Donald

Friendly staff. Cool Roomba for the hay. Great cheese. But no tasters on the hot sauce that looks delicious.

Stan Dean

Great place for cheese as well as great for kids. The farm yard has lots of young animals for kids to interact with. And don't forget the Mooberry Fruit Wines.

wayde johnston

Great experience on where our milk comes from and how to get the freshest on demand milk available.

Ben Oldham

Overall an amazing place. There wasn't a cheese I didn't love, and seeing how it all operates is really fun and educational. A wonderful place to take your family on a weekend.

Sanne Stockwell

Great little cheese shop, excellent ham and cheese barn sandwich.

Mark Beuerman

Farm fresh milk is the bomb. Thursday's the cheese curds are made fresh, the kids love em.

Grendy Skald

Delicious curds served fresh @ 3pm Thursdays... Get em!!! Very cute cows. Self guided tour with bunnies, sheep, and llamas, and very kind staff. Delicious lattes made with whole milk and a self serve whole milk dispenser!! Amazing and inexpensive! Highly recommended. Best curds this side of the Rockies.

Michael Thain

Lots of animals to see, samples of cheese and fruit wine available. Cheese is very good!

Dave Kachanoski

Cheers wine and a trip to the farm. Paradise walk was.

ChelSea

One of the best free activities on the island! Visit the animals: bunnies, goats, sheep, ducks, donkeys, cows, and even fish and all their babies. See and learn all about their automated milking system and how it is tailored to their cows, healthier, and by the cows choice. Visit the shop for samples of Little Qualicum Cheeseworks cheeses and MooBerry Wine fruit wines and take some of these or other souvenirs or food items home with you. They even have a milk machine where you can fill up your own bottle (or purchase one from the shop) with milk straight from the cows; it is the only machine of its kind in Canada, $2 per litre.

Deepali Raiththa

Was a cute lil cheese factory, existing since decades, self guided tour. A small shop inside the facatory to buy fresh cheese.

Mary G

Fantastic place to visit and see the animals and equipment. Delicious cheese! The automatic milk dispenser was fun to use and the milk out of it was amazing. Went back for a second visit on our way back through the area!

Dave Matun

Great little outing. So nice of them to open up their farm for people to visit.

Louis Chartrand

Perfect family outing. Young kids loved the scavenger hunt and farm. Could have brought the kids a few times in the same week and they would have had fun. Oh, and the cheese is good too.

Bob

A great place to take the kids and no entrance fee. Lots of critters and livestock to observe on a working farm and some to touch. They have an awesome milk dispenser with the day's fresh milk. ($2/liter Container extra). Oh yeah, there is cheese and fruit wine too. There's plenty to sample.

Richard Dey

The best milk ever thumbs up....

Laura Gill

Such an awesome place. We had a wonderful time seeing all the animals and baby cows. And the cheese was just delicious!

Marcel Clermont (midmac48)

Cheese samples great nature walk with fairy house cute

Kelli Gherasim

Love LOVE LOVE! bring a milk jug to fill your own and take home! So awesome.

Carline Calado

Great place! Delicious cheese, a great shop with local items and a coffee shop inside! The farm is great to see. We saw a baby cow that was 3 days old, it was precious. We got to feed some bigger baby cows and chat to some adult cows (they are SO loud it's surprising every time)

Thomas & Jenna Elwood

Great cheese selections with local influences! All of the cheeses are unique and delicious, and if you go on a thursday you can buy their cheese curds made fresh that day! They have what I think is the BEST raclette cheese that I have had in North America- with a lovely nutty and fruity taste, which is delicious melted on potatoes and veggies. However, any of their cheeses would make an excellent addition to a dinner party, charcuterie board, or gift basket. Such as their fromage frais with cranberries and pepper-perfect for the holidays! The farm is a great place to bring kids along, there is a place you can have a picnic with views of the fields and the mountains. And don’t forget to bring along your milk bottle to top up on some delicious whole farm fresh milk.

Susan Wignall

Amaaaaazing food and the cutest cows!

Shawn Corkum

Would be a great place for kids, as there are bunnies to pet, and they can see how a farm works. Great to be able to sample all of the cheeses, which of course made me buy some. I love the Hot Jill and Sunshine Feta.

Simon Snow

I live nearby so I visit with the kids often. Great facilities (recently updated, with a cafe and outdoor seating!) Friendly staff and delicious cheese and wines!

Noel Nissen

I try to stop here every time I come through Parksville. Beautiful spot! The staff are friendly and the animals are cute! Great spot to stop, especially if you have younger kids!

Jordie Yow

Good cheese, cool small farm, you can look around and very reasonable jigsaw puzzle prices.

Agia Doering

Love this place!

Chris Hedstrom

Great product and friendly staff!

Rob & Tammy Nuttall

Popular and busy market with a variety of restaurants and stores.

Nicole Kathleen

Such a sweet place to visit if you want to learn about milking, cheesemaking and farm life!

Ceyla Taylor

Yummy

DJ Jarvis

Fresh Cheese available along with a self guided farm tour, sheep, goats, rabbits, cows and chickens available to see. The only downside was the 30 min trail... It needs more upkeep to make it passable.

Everrett Martin

Did the quiet self guided tour of the cheeseworks and found it to be a short but quality adventure. The store was nice providing samples of all of their cheeses and had a nice wine sampling to try as well. Be prepared for some tart gooseberry wine! The cheese was outstanding and definitely caters to many degrees of palette sensitivities.

Jonathan Colvin

Great milk, good cheese. The raclette is the only cheese to my taste, others are rather bland. Wish they would make some more aged cheeses.

Kaylie Belcourt

This was a lovely little hidden gem. You can do a self guided tour through their farm. They have fresh milk, cheese, meats and other things as well as coffees, teas and some snacks (I had the salted caramel latte and it was delicious). The of course have sweet farm animals that consist of cows, calves, sheep, llamas, goats, bunnies and we managed to find a cuddly barn kitty. The animals there are very loved and well taken care of and the staff are so friendly! They do have washrooms and a cute little gift shop too! Definitely recommend making a stop here if you can.

Ken Dowdle

Always a great experience. And cheese curds!

Kathy Sopher

Amazing cheese great service love to see all the animals!!! Keep up the great work

Kathryn Taylor

I got licked by a calf! Such a cool place. See the cows that you can buy cheese and milk from! Also bunnies and goats. Could have spent way more at the gift shop. The cheese is amazing. A good stop on the way to Campbell River or up north. I'll be back for more cheese.

John Bellini

Simple self guided tour farm that makes cheese. Cheese is good, animals seem to be well kept and happy. Quite, simple.place to visit.

Andrew Tosczak

Really good place to take your kids to see some farm animals. Free to park and walk around. They have a store that's sells there chesse and other items. Coffee shop with various drinks and a few food items. Wine tasting is available with really great staff. They have automated milking that is worth seeing. Seasonal events are also hosted here so worth looking into.

Itz_ Ally

Nice to vist

Jesse McEwan

The soft serve ice cream here is to die for! My favourite part of this farm is their cheese & milk, I'd reccomend the Hot Jill if you like a little spice.

Matt Baillie

Farm animals! Cheese tasting! Wine tasting! Great experience, my children got to touch and play with calves, rabbits, chickens and goats, got to see horses, cows and pigs too. There was a lovely covered picnic area and parking was free. My wife and I enjoyed the wine and cheese tasting and ended up buying two bottles of wine. Great family fun. Recommended: Letting a calf suck on you or your children's fingers.

Jo-Anne Casselton

Lovely place to visit. Not as much cheese ad I was hoping for. Cute gift shop and great pumpkin lattes.

Sandra Davis

Best cheese in Canada excellant varieties and prices

Anthony Lee

The best cheese on the island!

Guy H-B

Great cheese selection and full line up of fruit wines.

guru prasath

One of the must see places around the Parksville/Qualicum area especially for the kids. They have cows, goats (to pet), rabbit, horses and self guided tour. A cute little play area. Store to buy the in house made cheese and lot other products. Clean washrooms. Benches for relaxing and tasting. Milk(organic and local) vending machine. Plenty of options and kids never wanted to leave even after 2 hours.

Don Bowden

My kids love this place. There are lots of farm animals to see. The staff is always very friendly. The cheese is awesome, especially the curds which we use for poutine

gail thomas

Love this place , cheese ,wine, sausages,!! Fresh milk !! What more could you ask for!!!!!

Ryan Sykes

The babes love it. Hot date spot.

Ravi Reetoo

A farm that does the kind of cheese that I love. They have animals that you can pet in open spaces, I went to the horses and they were very friendly there are also rabbits that you can pet. The main attraction for me was the tasting room, they have a large selection of cheeses for sale there and you can them all before buying. I personally loved the hot Jill! If you love spice it's a must have!

Mitchael Randle

Awesome little farm and lots for the little ones to see and do. They can go and see llamas, sheep and see the cows get milked by a robot!

Gee

Lots of cheese, animals, and delicious fruit wine!

Angeli Chitale BSc ND

Bad customer service !

Emily Côté

A great little getaway. Wonderful people, cheese and wine.

Sean Turvey

A fun place to buy fresh cheese and visit a farm.

David Carley (Redkiwi)

Fantastic cheese, and wonderful farm experience, great for kids too.

Joseph Dutko

The seasonal "calfé" is my new go-to lunch spot. Incredible sandwiches, beautiful surroundings, and awesome and amazing people who work here who amazingly open up their farm to the public free of charge. Our kids love this place and talk about it all the time. This place is a true blessing to the community and we're grateful it's here.

Christopher Kennedy

CHEESE!!! They have a delicious selection of cheese made on premise. Can't find fresher, tastier cheese than this. The only issue I have is trying to limit the amount I buy.

Amy Archer

So much to see and do. Great seeing the open barns and the robot milking process! Enjoyed the wine and cheese tasting!!

Jennifer Denny

Adorable little farm with delicious cheeses and unique fruit wine

Allan Miller

Good choice of locally made cheeses.

Susan Harding

If you come here for the milk alone it's worth the trip! Best milk I've ever tasted! But we always pick up some cheese, wine and maple syrup as well. There's a cute little self guided farm tour you can take with lots of goats, pigs and cows that love some good scratchies! We stop by everytime we come to Parksville.

T Edwards

Love it here ! Good outing for little ones and grown up alike :)

Erin P

Berry wines, delicious cheeses, fresh milk, and gift items all available in a small store on the farm. Open winter hours until 5pm

Kevin Wang

Great place for a family trip. Self-guided tour through the farm and lots of farm animals.

Garrath M

Great place to spend the day ????. Tasting rooms to shopping for lunch and lots of beautiful spots to have a picnic.

DEVO84

Great place to take the kids to see farm animals and the products they produce.

Robert Oconnor

A must stop for excellent cheese curds.

Danielle Meadow

Love this place! I visit everytime I am up island. The animals are fun and entertaining for all ages, and their gift shop is cute with lots of variety of local goods. But nothing tops their cheeses. I get cheese curds everytime I am there. Highly recommend this place to anyone wanting a little afternoon trip!

Abhinav Rai

Absolutely a joy to visit. Lovely setup, ideal for kids. The cheese is delicious and so are their fruit wines. The experience of their whole setup is simply worth partaking in. They do cheese demonstration, but it's early morning, so time it accordingly.

mike croft

Great place to take kids. Will be returning many times. Milk is awesome

Lissette Lemus

Love the lay out of the premises great for looking at things, having ice cream and shopping. Products are amazing

Stephen Shipman

Lovely place to walk around, but I was hoping to see more. I specifically went to this place hoping to see and learn how cheese was made. There was one small window where you can watch them cut and package and no one really wanted to explain anything about the process. I would say it might be interesting to a family with children under 6, but it was not that interesting to a 10 and 14 year old. The cheese was very tasty! The wine too. A great place to buy stuff, but not a place to plan a tour of.

Jarrod Lehman

Some of the best fresh milk on the island. Their assortment of jams, wines and ice creams are simply fantastic. I'd go as far as to say it's a must see for the region. Here you can view the farm's history as well as the the process of creating their delicious fresh produce. The fresh milk vending machine is worth the trip alone.

Danny Larouche

SIMPLE FUN like you don't get nowadays. Just park your car. follow the signs. Walk around the farm to see and pet the many farm animals, newborn calf to cow, sheep, goat, donkey, horse, pigs, rabbits, cats and dogs. We LOVED it. There is a little 30min walking trail too. Pretty muddy in the winter and not too many animals around but a little cat hunting and so many geese (or swans?!) Beautiful! would try again in summer for sure! Little peaceful couple outing. Went to the gift shop after that, tasted some cheese, then wine tasting (fruits wine!). Charming! Took many pictures but uploading just a few; go see for yourself! :)

Dawood Francis

Awesome place to visit. Delicious cheese, wine tasting and of course the happiest cows anywhere!

TKP

Great place to spend an hour walking around seeing and petting the animals. Small market has a nice selection of house made dairy products and Island made foods. The daily fresh, dispense yourself ($2 ltr) , high fat milk milk is amazing. The Cafe serves the best grill cheese's this side of wherever grill cheese's are from.

Matthew Lettington

freshest glass of milk money can buy can be had at this location

Brenda Daniels

Very lovely stop at this farm, the animals were content with their food supply, enjoyed the information provided with a self tour guide. The wine wasn't to my taste buds liking, but not a connoisseur of wines. I only liked the apple flavored wine out of 3-4 tastings. The tourist souvinir shop was okay as I bought a souvenir of horses for my granddaughter. The cheese tasting was delightful.

Melissa Stone

Such a fun welcoming and affordable place to spend the day! Perfect for individuals and families of all ages and abilities. Lots to see, do and explore. Happy to support a local business that has been acknowledged for its good animal practices.

Dave Swenson

Good cheese and wine. Friendly service

Bryan Dwyer

Fantastic

Katie

Such a lovely little farm where the animals all look happy and the cheese is delicious! Look forward to coming back for wine tasting

Kurtis Bougie

Good cheese

Brittany Marie

My kids love it here, we visit 2-3 times a month! They love seeing the cows, goats, sheep, chickens and horses - all for free. In the summer the “calfe” has yummy snacks and really good coffee. And the cheese you can purchase in the shop is so tasty.

Lindsey Wolchyn

Such a well kept place. The animals are beautiful and healthy. The gift shop had lots of cool items. Cheese is so good. Brought home the cheese curds and made the best homemade poutine!

Warren Druskin

Quaint place love the farm and the choices of products were great. Will be back for sure

Ryan G

Amazing. Love the open access to the animals and process. Self guided tour was a blast with the kids. Bought lots of cheese and fresh milk. I love that they have opened up the farm to educate and allow consumers to be part of the experience.

Lynne Bartok

They are great very friendly helpful great cheese and farm fresh milk you fill your containers or purchase glass bottles from them or bring yours

Ela

You really can't beat the free, high-quality wine and cheese tastings.

Faye Chezick

We buy milk eggs and cheese there once a week the service is fantastic wine.

Grant Wilson

I buy my milk here, good stuff!

Alexandria Hadlington

One of my Families favorite places to go!

Eric van Halderen

Very farmy

Rob MacDonald

What a great place. Fresh, whole milk, several types of cheeses, and Mooberry Winery as well. Very friendly staff! This is one of my most favourite locations in the whole area!

Ralf Korus

Fun place for your whole family

Anna B

This is a regular stop on my shopping day. I love the outdoor bulk milk dispenser and straight-from-the-udder milkfat percentage! There's also cheese, frozen local meat and a farmyard full of animals. I bring a glass milk jar or even mason jar but you can buy a container there too. The cows lined up at the rotating brush make my day.

Kenny Fung

Good place to bring your kids. Cheese was good but a little pricey considering you're buying directly from the "factory".

Valentyna Naboka

The most delicious grilled cheese sandwiches I have ever tried in my life!!! Loved the milk dispenser machine! You can buy fresh milk by a cup or a bottle right there!

Jason Wallace

Just wonderful for the whole family.

Dillon Chrimes

tasty dairy and 2 dollar milk dispensary

Rachel Fisher

Amazing experience. Got to pet calfs for the first time and had a blast. Awesome for the whole family. Yummy cheese ???? for a bonus!! Loved it so much!

Gabriella Vallillee

Best place in the world. Wine, cheese, and animals!

Twyla Darrah

Great farm grabed some milk and cheese curds awesome ????

Pam R

Great place for kidscto learn about farms not so interesting for adults

B. P.

Lots of reviews about a great place to see animals - true enough. However, I found the cheese, and wine, over priced and under whelming. It's great to support local products but at what cost? The blackberry wine I bought sure didn't taste like the sample that was offered on the premises. I'm going to use it for cooking. Cheese curds were good, but the others, just all right.

Barry N Jones

Very good quality and lots of variety. Wine tasting as well(Mooberry Wines)

Barbara Wilkinson

Amazing dairy products, great fruit wine, and the best part was cuddling the baby cows!

A lex

Fun and customer-friendly. A mix of a store, petting zoo and just a good place to stop by when on Vancouver Island. Cheese selection is great, milk from a "vending machine" is ice cold and oh so tasty. Rabbits are cute, but goodness those 4 week calfs are even cuter. And all the funny signs just add to its character and appeal. Recommend.

Diane Walsh

Superb variety of cheeses. We were encouraged and tasted all the fruit wines. Delicious! I was fascinated with the robotic milking operation and the way the cows queued eagerly to enter.

C Rogers

Very friendly and well-run family farm. Great place to wander around. We appreciated the efforts they put into giving their milk cows a break each year as well. Suggestions about the young calves, since this is so tourist reliant - could they spend a few more days with their mother before being separated? And could the 4 week old calves have a small field to run around in? Great to see the cows enjoying themselves, and the care given to the animals.

Shawn van Donkersgoed

Kids love this place. Scavenger hunt. Can pet the animals. Cheese is awesome here. Can sample before you buy.

Pamela Johnson

Best wine and Cheese in BC!

Daine Jarvis

This place is awesome, great cheese and a cool place to check out.

Ralf Schroeder

Love it what's not to love milk cheese and wine it's all hear

Michael Hovey

A little gem off the beaten path. I have lived here for nearly two decades and never been here. I am not sure how they can have a working dairy so close to a cafe and not smell like a barn. But they do! Really interesting cheese and whole, unpasteurized milk for sale...along with normal tourist mix of souvenirs. What is very notable is the interesting selection of locally made fruit wines. They run wine and cheese tastings and suggest pairings. It was quite fun! Excellent parking but not easily found. However, follow the GPS and you will have no difficulty.

RA H

Small working farm. SPCA approved. Family and children friendly. They make cheese and wine. The first robotic system for milking the cows that I've seen. We saw a just born calf and how they get the colostrum from the Mom to feed the calf as soon as possible. Friendly staff, ready to explain the activities and story of the farm. There is a store for the dairy products including cheeses from the farm.

ML Kayra

Pet numerous friendly farm animals, on the hour watch the robot do it's thing, buy fresh milk from the dispenser...Mmm cheese

Michelle Dyer

It was raining hard today so we popped.in to the.cheeseworks. I can see that kids would really enjoy this place....as it was , we enjoyed checking out the dairy barn and the robotic milking system:)

B C

You NEED to get the feta whip. Oh my gawd. Best cheese I've tried. The farm is also super fun and we are old!!! It would be fun for kids as they have scavenger hunts through the farm and you get to see all the animals. We saw calfs, llamas, sheep, goats, and cows. It's very cool for a stop on your trip. But! Get the cheese.

Robbie

Awesome place with awesome cheese

Craig

Great quality store with wonderful equipment and very knowledgeable staff. Respectful and professional environment.

Keenan B

Neat place with animals, milk, cheese, and wine

heather dunne

Delicious cheese. Nice berry wine tasting.

Constantine Hatzipanayis

This is an integrated cheese-making facility that has cows that produce milk that is then used for making a variety of cheese that can be purchased in their on-site store. They also have calfs and horses for viewing. Great for kids. The cow milking facility is automated, which is neat. We bought the Mt. Moriarty cheese and really enjoyed it.

Cj Monty

Such a cool working farm ???? .... Grest cheese and wine as well! Baby ???? are super friendly

J&J McHerman

Nice little place to take family

Lindsay Suddaby

Beautiful place with fantastic cheeses! We had lunch at the "Calfé" - the maple baked brie was TO DIE FOR. It's neat to tour around the farm and see the fancy barn for the milking cows. They get milked by a robot whenever they feel like it! And I got licked by a three-day-old calf, which was adorable.

Verona Bakajic

Very good.

Gregg Bowman

Great attitude, friendly... Interesting

Ryan Pan

Great cheese, nice cows!

Ada

Great place to buy good cheese and berry wines, while also being a fun stop for little ones. I feel like the two listings of Qualicum Cheeseworks and Mooberry wines should be one, even if they're separate labels or whatever. But in any case this is a great place to get local cheese (including curds!), ice cream and wine. It's also a neat stop for kids to see cows with their calves, bunnies and ponies.

Clayton Heffernan

Interesting self guided tour and friendly staff. Cute knickknacks and toys in the shop and cheese, of course! I think Zola recognizes her name when we were talking to her.

Kori McCallum

Delicious selection of cheeses and gifts and I love the "Milk on Tap.!

steve doering

Great market, milk is awesome

Kaylee Whitelock

Wonderful farm with very well cared for animals. Absolutely delicious cheese! Would recommend checking out their wine as well at the Mooberry Winery.

Ken Kerr

Always very clean, great fresh milk every day .

Peter Morton

Great cheese, and kids love the farm!

Karen W

Always fun place to visit. Cows were in the shed and there were some baby calves to see too. Also bring a container for fresh milk. It is delicious and so creamy. 4.25% fat content the day we went. Yummmm. They also have meat from local farms that they sell in the store. And of course their cheeses which are awesome.

jeremy smythe

Amazing people it's like a big family

Marie A

Cute little place. Great cheese and fun for the whole family.

Ar Ohl

Good variety of cheese but they ran out of their popular wines and sparkling wine.

Jackie Roberge

It was so cool to see the farm life. The wine and cheese were great.

Hammond H

Wonderful way to spend the day. Great cheese too.

Anne Wilke

Great place to visit, unique items for sale in s farm setting. Wonderful cheeses made on premises.

adam rossner

Friendly staff, petting zoo is amazing. Great place for all ages. Free cheese samples too

noel boucher

A neat litl place to get cheese and berry wines! Their is also a litl farm of sorts!, where you can introduce litl people, to a few of the farm animals.

chris andrew

Bronco Bleu cheese is unbelievable!

Coleen Battel

Loved seeing the cows and their new babies

Morgan Parker

Great place to bring the whole family. Many different artisan cheeses to choose from and taste in house. Farm animals and activities for the whole family to enjoy. Can also do fruit wine tasting, all great flavours not too sweet or tart.

Ichigo Ryu

Tasty fresh cheeses. Definitely need to try the curds and cheddar. However, the brie is something I would highly NOT recommend.

Kira Warje

Love everything about this place

Tony Choi

Interesting little place, You get to essentially walk around their farm and look at animals. Great place for kids. If its just adults going, i wouldn't bother unless your trying to kill time.

Suzanne Van't Haaff

Love it here ! Good outing for little ones and grown up alike :)

Matt Sokalski

Great place to go with the kids and look at a working farm. They milk cows and make great tasting cheeses. Great place

TOM CHEN

Great self guided farm tour and kids loved all the farm animals. Amazing auto robotic cow milking system!

Ashley Stone

Despite it being a farm, its cleaned and clearly well taken care of. The animals look healthy and loved. A great area that my children and myself enjoyed

Maureen Grandison

Located on the Morningstar farm & is open to the public. On site is an automated dairy farm, Mooberry Winery & Qualicum cheeseworks. Feel free to walk around the property to watch automated cow milking, visit the rabbits, horses & donkeys. There is even an automated piece of equipment that works like a Roomba to keep pushing the hay close to the cows so they can continually feed. Be sure to stop at the store to do some wine & cheese tasting. During the summer there is also a "fairy trail to explore. Love this pla

Simon Grounds

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeese! And animals!

Emma Kirkland

Great tour of dairy cows farm

Kai Kai

I really liked seeing the cows and rabbit

Suzanne Van't Haaff

Awesome

Mat L

A bit on the pricy side compared to a few places I have been but the products are all fresh and flavourful. The inclusion of free samples for all the wine and cheeses makes it easy to determine which is best for you. It is nice to have the other features of the farm available (such as petting zoo) making for a fun family experience. Gotta love the cheese curds! Check it out if you are in the area!