The Orchards of Concklin

Best apple cider donuts around — love the home made pies and cookies and love the local honey! They have tons of jams and preserves and lots of wonderful seasonal events…

Not sure I want to pay $ 9 per person for a mandatory bag of apples. I tried to enter with a family of 5 their «deal» was for family of 4. Decided to go to a real orchard with hayrides etc in Orange County. Done with them.

My family had an enjoyable time although it was a little expensive. Anyone over the age of 3 has to buy a $ 9 bag. The apples were delicious. It was very tacky however to inspect my wife’s personal bag for stolen apples on the way out, especially when my young children are each carrying bags full of apples which we know are more than they’re going to eat!

Just speaking about the orchard itself.
$ 9 per person (ages 3+). So if you have a big family, it gets expensive.
Limited in picking selection when we went this Sunday– only macintosh apples.
We filled 2 bags to brim and one of the guys stopped us and told us we are going to get charged a 3^rd bag because he thought we were cheating.
I nicknamed it the Orchards of Rip Off.
If you have ability to drive further away from city, there are way better apple picking places.

Way too expensive for apple picking. $ 9 minimum per person (including 3 year olds) is excessive.

We picked this spot because it had good press in a list of top apple picking spots in NY. Also, we wanted to try someplace new, and it’s well within the zipcar mileage limitation.
This place was hands down the lamest apple picking experience we’ve ever had. There’s only one small area of trees to pick, and they were all the same type of apple. Stupidly, we paid extra for a bigger bag (the baseline bag is TINY) before we knew there was only one apple type to choose from.
Only took about 8 minutes to stroll the whole «orchard» and we ended up with about $ 10 of bland apples for $ 25.
It’s no fun to get all the way out of the city just to feel ripped off.
We thought the store (which is not connected to the same lot, so you have to drive again) might make up for it, but it felt like a tiny supermarket. Pies and doughnuts felt/​looked factory-​made, although I don’t doubt the doughnuts are made there. They were all packaged and cold though, so what’s the point?
No maze. No community feeling. No apple variety. Tiny orchard. WASTED SUNDAY.

My first experience was positive. I forgot my phone after leaving for work and they let me use their landline to make an important call. But the next time, a man claiming to be the owner was extremely rude to my wife and our friend. Like, really rude. That was it for us.

This places is great, this is the tun around points from one of the best rides in NYC, the only thing I have had here is the apple cider donuts which are awesome.

I have always loved this orchard. The Apple treasure cookies are amazing!
BUT on a couple of recent visits to the store the cashier staff has been really unpleasant. My husband and I both greeted them with a warm hello and both times the cashier said nothing. We’d say thank you and again nothing back. I found it really rude. I love this place but the customer service needs help.

Was looking forward to spending a nice day picking apples with my family. Instead, we found out this company started charging $ 9 per person, even if some people weren’t planning on picking any apples! Yes, when you factor in the bag you have to fill, the price per pound is reasonable. But to get that reasonable price, you are trapped in the orchard while everyone tries to fill that bag. Including your 4-​year-​old niece who also has to pay $ 9 for her own personal 5lb bag of apples.
I’d be fine if they charged a nominal entry fee and also for apples. But $ 60 for an afternoon and more apples than any one family could reasonably expect to use is highway robbery. (And they only take cash, which makes me think there is something else shady going on.)
As for the baked goods, meh. I’ve had better. The jar of Cheddar Ale Mustard we took home was pretty good, though.

We had previously come to your orchards for a 10+ year annual family tradition that hosted approximately 25 people. We typically purchased a large amount of apples and many pastries from your store to bring back to our party afterward.
This all ended yesterday. As your greed got the better of you we politely declined spending $ 225 for 25 of our family members to simply enter your orchard. Yes, we understand that price included apple picking. Unfortunately, like many others, we simply did not need apple for every single person.
You lost a growing 20+ family from not only purchasing apples from your orchard, hundreds of dollars in lost revenue from shopping at your store year-​round. We will 100% never be coming back and definitely continuing the tradition elsewhere.

OK maybe I haven’t ‘priced out’ apple picking other places but I’ve been coming here since 2007 and was really disappointed they now have $ 9– PER PERSON minimum of apples you must purchase! WTF! Between spending $ 40– on their bouncy houses, $ 14– for a pumpkin and roughly $ 20– in the bake shop they’re now trying to force us to purchase their PLASTIC bags and pay $ 9– as well! For a family of 4 this is a bit much. Maybe this is the usual but it feels like an out and out gouging of city folk. So disappointing we just walked away. We won’t be coming back Conklin-​sad since we been going there since our kids were babies. OH and anyone who complains about eating ONE apple while you’re picking must not know they obviously build this into the (over)price per pound… Anyone who has been picking any type of fruit know everyone does this, EVERYONE!

Reviews of over pricing at pick-​ur-​Own at the Orchard are just plain incorrect! Check and you will discover that they are competitive with other orchards in the area close to NYC and driving to Orange County will add $ 30. to the expense of picking. Last year I witnessed a family of 8 just sitting around eating apples they picked and then just buying one $ 6. bag. That is stealing in my world. People who eat their way through the orchard or throw fruit around are destroying the business for everyone and soon there will be NO farms left. Unfortunately the orchard is not a picnic park probably because I have seen disrespectful customers, in past years, leave garbage all over the beautiful Orchard of Concklin.
The fruit here is great and the baked good in the store are to die for. There is sugar free items, gluten free products, and organic fruit and meats. And it all supports our local economy. The Orchard of Concklin products can be found at many Farmers Markets. Just call them for the one near you.
To me, a $ 9. hand picked bag of apples straight from a tree in a beautiful Orchard is a bargain. If you want them cheaper, you can go to Wallmart, but the atmosphere is not quite the same.

Used to be a great place now they became a rip off. Charging nine dollars per person for three-​year-​olds. Is very expensive there are cheaper ones around.

So I’ve never actually been up to Pomona NY, but every so often I go out of my way to take the 2 train to Park Place and walk up towards Chambers so I can check out the City Hall Park Greenmarket.
The only reason I do this is for the Apple Cider Donuts. They are the best! 6 homemade donuts rolled in cinnamon/​sugar, confectionery sugar, or kept plain if that’s how you like it, for $ 2.85. I’d spend that on those any day of the week.

This orchard is closer to the city than ones in Warwick, NY, so my guess is they get a lot of patrons. But I wonder if it would have been worth the extra 15 — 20 minute drive to get to Warwick. I went with a group last weekend which may be later in the apple picking season. They charge $ 33 for a half bushel bag and $ 18 for a quarter bushel. This seems expensive compared to other orchards that list mid $ 20s for a bushel.
They don’t allow pets or outside food where some other orchards do, but not all.
Signs describing the type of apples were okay and sparse. There were no attendants helping or directing you in the orchard… only at the entrance where you paid.
There were some tasty apples but just wish I knew what type they really were. And by the time you fill up your bag, it’s hard to tell some of them apart.
The store has a small grocery look. They certainly picked some of the better apples and saved ones that weren’t available in the orchard anymore like Macouns. Pies were reasonably priced. A small (6″?) peach blueberry pie was good. Top crust was nice but bottom turned gluey. We also tried a tomato, onion, broccoli quiche that was tasty but texture was mushy and didn’t hold up when cutting slices.

This is my second time here and I’ve loved it both times! You can buy and a small bag of apples for $ 18 or a bigger bag for $ 33and you fill them up as much as you can. You can’t bring your own bags, but that’s fine. Their apples were DELICIOUS especially the empire apples. There market has some great pies and jams and such! It’s absolutely beautiful here! great way to spend a fall day :)

I really enjoyed apple picking from their Macoun and Cortland fields. It was super easy and lots of fun. Apples are crunchy and sweet when we went picking on October 6^th. The field wasn’t packed on a weekend at noon-​time. Granted, it was a drizzling day, but it was still so much fun!
There are lots of reflective vest wearing staffers directing you to the field where you want to pick. Very easy. Very good service. The address for picking is slightly different than the actual market location– so do some research before you embark on your adventure.
While I wasn’t thrilled about renting a picking pole which looks like a spikey lacrosse stick ($ 7 down, $ 5 back when you return so a net charge of $ 2). Unfortunately it is advisable to purchase these as the Cortlands were up top. The Macouns were easier to pick at my height level (5’5″). A large bag which averages 25lbs cost us $ 33.They take plastic-​WUT? YES! We thought this was the best deal to share. What is also notable is that you can purchase a 25lb bag to share between 4 people. If there are more people in your party, apparently you have to purchase more bags. Not sure how I feel about this one… but I guess they have to make a profit. I guess. No charge to pick you own apples. Beware: some orchards hide this fee as a «membership fee» but not at Concklin! The only thing you can’t really do is hop from one Orchard location to another Orchard field and for good reason.
Overall, we had a great time! I would definitely come back to Concklin. It’s not too far away and its just the right amount of «rules» to enjoy apple picking. I wish the older ladies who man the info tent right before the register was nicer but hey, whatever. I’d be crotchety if I had to stand in the elements every weekend during apple picking season too. I guess…

As a kid, apple picking was my favorite Fall activity where we would go to an orchard for the day, hang out, try apples before we picked them (to make sure we enjoyed the apples we were going to purchase) and lay under the trees (plus pick apples, corn mazes, etc).
This weekend my family and I decided to visit this orchard as it is closer to our home than other orchards. When we arrived were subject to a «check» to make sure we weren’t «smuggling» in bags. We had a bag with a blanket and were told we couldn’t sit down, nor could we try apples, plus we had to buy 2 bags if we had more than 4 people. The attendants were down right mean to boot. (i.e extremely rude and accusatory, as if we were there to steal!) We decided at that moment to run away as fast as we could. I’m not in the business of spending my money on a business who takes the fun out of apple picking and makes me feel unwelcome.
We ended up driving to another orchard (the one I attended as a child) and enjoyed a day of apple picking, a picnic and family fun.
Yes, the second orchard was more per bag (though you aren’t required to purchase apples if you choose not to, even if I don’t actually think that’s «fair» to the business) and further away. However, we weren’t forced to buy apples we couldn’t try and had an actual experience, isn’t that what apple picking is about?

I am writing this review literally 15 MINUTES after having the WORST experience with The Orchards of Concklin cashier at the farmer’s market in front of the 30 Rockefeller Plaza. I was going to purchase a box of chocolate chip cookies along with two other guys who were ahead of me. We were all huddled around the cashier. One guy was served, then when I put my box of cookies on the counter, the cashier, who is a 20-​ish brown-​haired guy, said the other guy came first, so I said fine. Assuming I was next, I started to pay. Then all of a sudden two other ladies come up behind me and put their stuff on the counter. The cashier looked up to me again and said that the two ladies came up first. The ladies weren’t even there when I was arrived. Really shocking! And when the ladies started yapping about how I should get on line and the cashier started to take their side, that got me pissed off.
So there you have it. Based on one visit to their stand at the farmer’s market in front of Rockefeller Center with a cashier who willingly ignored me and dished out abuse to boot, I can say I cannot recommend patronizing the Orchards of Concklin to anyone.