Ya Ya Farm and Orchard

This place is adorable. The sign is so little you may drive past it like we did. Friendly people and sweet pups hanging out. We went mostly to get cider donuts and we are happily satisfied! So yummy! We also got apple juice tea. It’s genius and delicious!!! That’s a must try. And we also got Apple butter and Apple blossom honey. Such a sweet little farm, we will most certainly be back. Yay!

We planned a family outing to this apple orchard weeks in advance. A car in front of us parked in the last spot out front. However, there was more space within the partially fenced area so we parked there. Sharon ran toward us and told us to park a different direction. She didn’t greet us first and there wasn’t a sign saying how to park. Anyway, we were trying to re-​park and their yellow lab kept running behind our car. My husband grabbed his collar to prevent my sister-​in-​law from accidentally running him over. Sharon didn’t seem to care at all. My niece then took over holding him back and Sharon snapped, «Just let him go! He’ll be fine.» That… is how she greeted 7 customers. We weren’t off to a good start. That’s when my mom-​in-​law revealed Sharon was also rude to her over the phone.
Walking toward the orchard, we quickly realized this place was very small. That in itself wasn’t a problem. If the customer service had been decent, we probably wouldn’t have any complaints. The champion horses didn’t seem to be cared for very well. They were dirty and their manes were scraggly. It was a sad sight.
Next we went inside the shop. My husband inquired about the family tractor rides. She wasn’t friendly either. He was telling her how many people we had in our group (7). Her response was «We charge by household.» Well, 3 of us live in the same house, 2 of us live in another house and my mom-​in law plus her friend live separately. What difference does where we live make? She’s crazy if she thinks we’re paying $ 10 for two single people to take a 1/​32-​mile tractor ride. The guy driving the tractor was seriously the only nice person on their staff.
The apple cinnamon donuts, cider root beer and apple cider were really good. Other than that, this family trip was a bust. We were really looking forward to it. Luckily the weather was nice.
Feeling shafted, we looked online to find another apple orchard nearby. That’s when we found Anderson Farm. It was too late in the day to embark upon another adventure.
Save yourself from a disappointing experience and pick another place to visit. Sharon wasn’t just having a «bad day»… as you can tell reading the other reviews too!

The cider doughnuts are so good we had to come back the next day and get more. Other than those this place is nothing to write home about. Its small and the owner has a better than thou attitude.
I do feel bad for the horses in such a small crappy place, and I do mean crappy. They are dirty and smell bad.
The doughnuts are good, but you can not eat them at the farm because of the smell from the horses.

DOES NOT ALLOW DOGS. Makes sense, being an outdoor attraction and all. I’m currently waiting in the parking lot waiting for my wife to return, thinking about how much I’d like to be picking some apples. But not today, thanks to your bullshit policy of not allowing dogs. If it was up to me I wouldn’t have given you a penny!

Why can’t I say zero stars? Just driving away from this place after being completely ignored for 30 min. We drove out of our way after biking in ft Collins very stoked for fresh apples and some donuts. Upon arriving we were greeted by 2 friendly dogs who were interested in our dog who stayed in the car. Yes they have a sign saying no dogs. But we often leave our dog in the car w the air running.
The owner/​employer/​whoever greeted us and asked if we wanted something… um yeah, we came to an apple farm for apples (and donuts).
She told us she wouldn’t have any donuts for 40 min so we said we wait in the shop. Where we didn’t see her. At all. For 30 minutes. Then as we finally decided to move on, out she comes w her 2 dogs in tow.
I don’t understand how this place is a business. You welcome visitors and then ignore them. The place is just lovely. But I found the complete lack of common courtesy a big turn off.
If you wanted us to move the car we would have been happy to do so. Or post «no dogs on premises». Or wait! Here’s an idea!!! Use your words and have a conversation about the apparent problem we are presenting.
So now we are donut and apple-​less.
HUGE disappointment.

My husband and I took our 3 children and service dog in training to Ya Ya this afternoon for some apple picking. The entrance would have been difficult to see if they hadn’t had a dozen blue ballooms in the front so that was a plus. Upon entering, our service dog was greeted by their dogs, and shortly after, a woman told us we weren’t allowed to have our dog there. We were about to leave but then who I presume was the owner, nicely explained to us that this is the other dogs’ home and that they have a no pet sign at the entrance (which we didn’t see) but that this once she would allow us to enter. We really appreciated her willingness to work with us! I’m not sure she knows how much of a help that was to allow our pup to experience the sights and smells of a farm. Due to the wet spring weather, they had no apples for us to pick, however, they did have hayrides for $ 5 per family and the kids had a blast riding on the tractor and taking in the mountain views. We would definitely be back!

What a beautiful orchard. The staff is so super nice and helpful. In fact, my (now) husband and I loved yaya orchard so much we decided to get marry there. And it was amazing. Such a great find!!! Everything about our wedding was perfect and it was just such a magical evening. The venue, the food, and especially Sharon’s cider donuts. What a fairytale wedding and a beautiful place to visit with friends.

My husband and I got married at the Orchard in early June.
To start, Sharon was very friendly and helpful. We had a very thorough walk through with her and our event coordinator to discuss the details and what we could and couldn’t do. Everything seemed fine up until the week before.
It had been rainy that week so there was a lot of mud in the tent area. I asked her if there was anything we could do like buy wood chips (which she had everywhere except the tent area), put hay down, etc. But her only solution was to rent flooring for $ 5000+. I found it very frustrating that she would not let us do anything to cover the mud considering she told us at the walk through that she would be putting grass down in those areas.
During the walk through, we asked her what the rules were as far as when we could set up/​clean up. She said that we could drop things off any day that week and that we had all day Friday to set up. When my dad arrived to help the rental company on Friday, an elderly woman who helps at the farm told my dad that it’s a shame people like us come in and take over the farm. To say that to a paying customer who was told they were allowed to set up the day before was incredibly rude.
We asked Sharon during the walk through if we could move her port-​a-​potties elsewhere so that they weren’t the first thing guests saw when they arrived and she said yes. When we went to move them on Friday, she yelled at us and said we couldn’t.
The worst part of the entire experience was her dogs. I am an animal lover and have dogs myself so normally animals are not an issue for me. During the walk throughs with the vendors, the dogs would jump on everyone and get them muddy. Then, the day before our wedding, I was standing under the tent and her black lab ran into my legs at full speed. It flipped me up in the air and I landed on my head and got a concussion. I do not remember the entire day, including the rehearsal dinner. When I woke up on my wedding day, I could barely move and was still very out of it. I don’t remember most of the wedding either. Since I got injured, we told her we did not want the dogs out during the rehearsal or wedding (they normally are) and she agreed. She let them out at the end of our wedding before everyone was gone and the black lab ran into my grandmother’s legs but thankfully, it did not knock her over. I would never allow my dogs to run around a venue If they had the potential to hurt someone so badly.
Sharon accused a friend of leaving a cigar bud in the grass and yelled at him in front of everyone. It wasn’t his, he doesn’t even smoke. It was clear that it was old and from a prior wedding. We made sure that anyone who smoked cigars disposed of them properly.
It truly is a beautiful venue and for that reason, I am glad that we had our wedding there. I am not the type to write negative reviews about any company/​vendor but I feel like I owe it to other brides to be honest about my experience.
If you fall in love with the farm like we did and decide to get married there, make sure you get everything in writing and require the dogs to be kept inside at all times.

The cider donuts are some of the best I’ve ever had. Very flavorful. We stopped in to grab a jug of cider and some apples. It’s not busy at all in November. The property is lovely and the folks that work there are friendly and informative.

Such a beautiful farm! We had our wedding here and the pictures are breathtaking! Sharon is so wonderful and helpful that she made the wedding day even easier. This is the perfect location for an outdoors, rustic wedding. May was perfect because it was warm, but there was still snow on the mountains. If I had to do it again, I’d have my wedding here every time. And of course, best Apple cider donuts ever!

Not sure why there are so many negative reviews?
This was so fun for my son and I
Yes there are bugs, its all a Organic orchard there are going to be bugs
Yes there are some rotten fruits, again its NATURAL. Go high with their sticks and pull the good ones down
If you want tons of perfect apples and no bugs go to the grocery store.
Your not here for perfection, but for the natural experience.
Yes you have to have reservations and I’m THANKFUL they do this so that the fields are not crowded. Its more enjoyable when there are not so many people.
Everyone was nice. Didn’t encounter not one rude person there
We will be coming back!
LOVED IT HERE.

Don’t waste your time! First of all, there is no apple picking unless you have an appointment. And appointments are booked out for 2 years! They have some in their barn to buy but that’s about as exciting as getting them from the grocery store. They didn’t have any bottles of cider either because some mix-​up with the vendor. So if you wanted any you could only buy the large jug for…$ 18!!! Why don’t you crack one of those jugs and serve some up? The donuts were pretty good and they have quite the selection of honey sticks. But «stay all day at the farm» turned into a 20 minute stop that was highly unsatisfying. And you have to pay for everything here, it costs money to feed carrots to their horses. The best part is sitting by the lake at the end of the property for a few minutes. Never again!

We were looking for a place to purchase donuts and cider. Being from back east, that is something we miss and don’t see out west. So, we decided to try this place because of the fact their website stated they had fresh cider and donuts. First, this place is hard to find. We drove right by it twice. They do not have a lot of signage nor is the signage that they do have big. We pulled in and my elderly mom walked ahead of us. Our kids were just waking up from the long drive. As my mom was about to enter an area near the back she was chased after by a blonde girl who was extremely rude to her. The girl told my mom she could not go back there because a wedding was going on. My mom would not have known this and apologized. The girl was extremely hyper and told my mom she needed to leave and head back up to the front. As I saw my mom turn around the girl walked past us and did not say a word. I met my mom who explained to me what happened. We turned around to where the girl was standing with two other boys. They were in front of a cart that had some apple cider, apples and 2 bags of donuts. As we approached the cart the girl said rudely, this is all we have left so you can pick from this. She also made a point of telling us that they closed at 3:00. It was 3:05. I apologized and told her we did not know this. She proceeded to tell me that they had a wedding going on and it was posted on their Facebook page. I told the girl again, we were sorry, but we didn’t have Facebook. We looked on their website. She then told me that it was posted on their website. I told her the wedding was not posted on their website because I looked at it before we came. She proceeded to tell me that they close at 3:00 anyways and that is on their website. I felt like she was arguing with me which was utterly ridiculous! She then proceeded to tell my husband he could have a bag of apples or half a bag but that was it. The apples looked old and when I picked up a bag of donuts, it had grease dripping from it. It was obvious she wanted us out of there. She was just outright rude. Another car drove in as we were standing there and this girl became visibly upset. She told one of the boys to go and tell the people that they had to leave because they were closed due to a wedding. We had enough by then and left without purchasing anything. My kids were extremely disappointed but said the girl was so rude they didn’t want to stay there anyways! I have never experience such RUDE customer service. If their goal at this place is to drive the customer away, they did a FINE job of doing so! It took us 1 and ½ hours to drive here and I felt like it was a total waste of our time. I would definitely not recommend this place to anyone! Don’t waste your time… EVER!

Very cute place. The chickens are beautiful, if you can say that about chickens :) the owner (?) Sharon is extremely rude. I was there for business reasons and you couldn’t pay me to go back for business, or fun. Sad too. Such a beautiful farm! Too bad the attitude of the staff doesn’t look the same.

I’m so happy to be back in a city with seasons, and I was hoping to find a place to get fresh cider donuts like I’d enjoyed in New England. Google brought me to Ya Ya Farm and Orchard.
The bf and I drove out and spent a little time walking around, looking at the animals. They’ve got some impressive horses, as well as chickens, turkeys, and donkeys. We fed the donkeys and horses and did some shopping. We didn’t pick our own – it costs a little more, and I picked plenty of apples from the trees in my front yard as a kid. I’m happy to let someone else do the picking for me.
We got a bag of apples (which later became delicious pie, cake, and more) and some honey. And we got cider donuts. They were hot off the donut conveyor belt like we saw in Vermont and in Pennsylvania, but they were still good.
They offer a CSA package, which could be good if you are able to drive out to pick it up. You can also stop by in the fall for your fill of country charm.

BIG disappointment. After driving over an hour from Littleton, the parking was difficult, there were no apples to pick and the store had very little fruit choices to purchase. The poor horses and donkeys are standing in mud all day in very small corrals.
The majority of the trees in the orchard are too young to produce much fruit for the next 10 years, I know because it took my own trees 5+ years to yield any decent apples.
We’ll try Happy Apple or Delicious Orchards next time, they might be worth the drive time.

We went to YaYa’s on a Saturday, and had a wonderful time. Although you need to have reservations to pick apples, there was still plenty to do and enjoy; lots of horses, donkeys turkeys and chickens, a $ 4/​family hayride, cider donuts, apple cider, canned pickles and freshly picked apples. The farm has breathtaking views of Longs Peak and Estes Park. This is the perfect place to get beautiful fall pictures of your children and family; barns, antique farming equipment and a silo. We really enjoyed our visit! Everyone who worked there made a point to say hello and make suggestions of what to do.

We were turned away from Estes Park because of the flooding today and saw a sign for this place on the way back to Denver. We thought we would stop in to get a few apples or peaches but once we made the turn and went down the driveway we realized the place was not just a fruit stand. The place is tip top, which we appreciate, and fully functional with all sorts of nice surprises. The owners take pride in the place and was one of those nice finds when out on a drive. The coops and barns are almost flawless for paint and repair, the animals are friendly
(if you have a bucket of carrots) and has boards explaining what’s going on. There’s also excellent interaction with the owners who are just about as friendly as you’ll find, fresh cider doughnuts in a case that had steam on it and great atmosphere and vibe once you step out of the car. We walked away with cider, crisp apples, tomatoes, tractor envy, and grapes that were top notch.
Definitely a diamond in the rough and great find, not a waste of a few minutes by taking that turn. Ask Mike about Saratoga races!

I haven’t yet been to this farm, but I decided I will not be going based on the customer service I received from Sharon over the phone. I submitted a request to come pick apples online as we were wanting to tak my nieces the following morning. I called to follow up because it made it sound like they don’t get to their requests for quite some time. Sharon was quite short with me on the phone and told me that she was just beginning to review requests from July 17^th. That’s ridiculous!!! Who plans almost two months in advance to go apple picking. are you kidding me??? And you aren’t even able to pick a specific day on their website when you submit the request. you pick a particular month and then keep your fingers crossed I guess that you are available on the date they tell you that you can come. Thanks… we’ll pass.

Fun animals for kids to see and touch. Beautiful horses. The apple cider donuts were so delicious. Fun hay ride for the kids. Our son really enjoyed feeding carrots to the horses. The orchard was beautiful, and the entire place is in a great setting. Everyone is really friendly.
If you go, make a reservation! Sometimes they have special events, and you can only partake of the food if you have made a reservation in advance.
If you live close, I would recommend this place. If not, it may not be worth the drive. It’s a very small orchard so don’t set your expectations too high!