A 1970s milking byre, restored by the family who farm around it, now selling artisan food from Irish producers only — with a barista at the counter and a pergola looking out over the Fermanagh fields.
What you'll do — shop cheese, fresh bread, cakes and store-cupboard things from small Irish makers, get a speciality coffee from the barista, and sit outside under the pergola with the fields in front of you.
How long — an hour, easily. It's a stop on the way somewhere, and a good one.
Closed Sunday and Monday.Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm — a shorter week and a shorter day than most, so check before you drive out.
Irish producers only — that's their stated buying policy, not a marketing line. The jams, chutneys and cheese accompaniments are made on site, and the traybakes, scones and baked goods are made in-house.
Sit outside if it's dry — the garden seating under the timber pergola looks straight over the railings to the fields, which is a better view than most cafés in the county manage.
Worth knowing — 4.6 out of 5 from 57 Google reviews, and the building is the point: an original milking byre and crofter's cottage brought back rather than knocked down.
Plan your visit
Five days a week, and only until four
The Croft opens Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm, and is closed Sunday and Monday. That's a short week, so it's worth checking the day before you make a trip of it. There's no booking — walk in, order at the counter, sit inside among the shelves or outside under the pergola. It sits on the family farm on the Derryhillagh Road on the edge of Enniskillen, so it pairs naturally with Castle Coole or a run out to the lough. Ring 028 6632 6597 to check anything before you travel.
Tue–Sat · 10am–4pmSpeciality coffee, barista-madeIrish producers onlyGarden seating over the fieldsParking on site
Small shop, short hours, worth the detour:
This is a genuinely small operation — a converted byre on a working farm, not a food hall. That's the charm, and it also means a shorter week and an earlier close than you might expect. Go mid-morning on a Tuesday to Saturday, take the coffee outside if the weather allows, and treat a wet day as an excuse to sit inside among the shelves instead. Stock, prices and hours change, so confirm anything you're relying on.
What's on site
A byre, a counter and a garden
🧀The shopCheeses, fresh bread, cakes and locally produced essentials — with a buying policy of Irish producers only, over the mass-produced alternative.
☕The coffeeSpeciality coffee made by a barista rather than pushed out of a button machine, with traybakes and scones baked in-house to go with it.
🍯Made on siteTheir own jams, chutneys and cheese accompaniments, made here and sold in the shop or online.
🌾The gardenTables under a timber pergola on the gravel, looking out over the railings to the fields. On a dry Fermanagh morning there are worse places to be.
Good to know
Everything before you go
Cost
Free to walk in. You pay for what you eat and what you buy.
Opening
Tuesday to Saturday, 10am–4pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Booking
None — walk in and order at the counter.
Food
Speciality coffee from a barista, traybakes, scones and baked goods made in-house, cheeses, fresh bread and cakes.
The building
An original 1970s milking byre and crofter's cottage on the family farm, restored rather than replaced.
Buying policy
Artisan foods from Irish producers only — their words, and the reason the shelves look the way they do.
Seating
Inside among the shelves, and outside under a timber pergola overlooking the fields.
Parking
On site at the farm.
Dogs
We haven't been able to confirm a dog policy — with outdoor seating it's worth a call to ask.
Accessibility
Level access off the gravel into the shop. For anything specific, a quick call is the surest answer.
Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Closed Sunday and Monday, and closed by four every day — so it's a morning or early-afternoon stop.
Is the coffee any good?
They employ baristas and call it speciality coffee, which is a claim you can hold them to. Reviewers rate the place 4.6 out of 5.
Can I sit outside?
Yes — there are tables under a timber pergola on the gravel, looking over the railings to the fields. It's the best seat when the weather allows.
What's actually in the shop?
Cheeses, fresh bread, cakes, traybakes and scones baked in-house, their own jams and chutneys, and store-cupboard essentials — all from Irish producers, which is a policy rather than a coincidence.
Is it suitable for children?
It's a small shop and a coffee stop rather than an attraction. Fine for a scone and a run around the garden, but build the day around Castle Coole or the lough.
What's nearby?
Castle Coole is four minutes away, Enniskillen town about the same, and the Erne is all around you. Easy to make a half day of it.
Getting there
The Croft Farm Shop, 41 Derryhillagh Road, Enniskillen BT74 4DX — on the family farm on the edge of Enniskillen, with parking on site.
There was a milking byre here, put up in the 1970s, and a crofter's cottage older than that with mortar made of clay and straw. Both had done their work. The easy thing would have been to take them down.
Instead the family who farm the land around them restored the byre and made it a shop — and built the shop on the same idea the original buildings were built on, which is that a place like this exists to support the small producers around it. So the buying policy is artisan foods from Irish producers only, deliberately set against the mass-produced version of the same shelf in a supermarket.
What that gets you is cheese, fresh bread, cakes, and jams and chutneys made here on site, alongside traybakes and scones baked in the building. And a barista on the counter, which is not what you expect down a farm lane on the outskirts of Enniskillen.
Take the coffee out to the pergola and look at the fields for ten minutes. That's the visit. Then go on to Castle Coole with something good in a paper bag on the passenger seat.
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