Minnetonka Orchards

We love visiting Minnetonka Orchards every fall! It's filled with fun activities to do, yummy donuts, and plenty of space to run around with your little one(s). The staff is always kind and willing to answer any questions. We will be back next Fall for more!

My review is solely based on the pizza and wine night vs. other parts of the orchard such as kids play and the special event tent. The wood-fire pizza concept is adorable and overall a fun experience as it's outside, served from a food truck, contains live music and lots to observe amongst the large area. The pizza once ordered and delivered is extremely fresh with the dough being rolled on-site. My friend and I split the pesto pizza and an appetizer of the caprese salad. The service was excellent once we got through the giant line. There are also a variety of tables and chairs to leverage. The negatives are that the pizza is ordered in one giant line which for us took 1-hour and the tables are hard to snag unless you do in advance. A beeper is provided once ordered and you walk up to claim when the buzzer goes off. I would return just to check out the other areas of the space as the land is gigantic. Contrary, I would probably pass on the pizza experience as once is enough. Parking was easy too which is always a worry for me with a big unpaved lot with lots of signs directing to the right area. Note: there is no admission fee. Enjoy!

I was excited to go here for apple picking because online it looked spectacular, but I was beyond disappointed. Honestly, this place is just a money grab. You pay for entrance, pay for apples (prebagged or YouPick), pay for food, and it's all vastly overpriced - the small YouPick bag (pictured) was $20! We bought hot apple cider and apple crisp, which both were just OK - tasted like they were both from the grocery store, definitely not fresh made, which was super disappointing. Sure, it's pretty scenery and there's a free hayride and a couple of cute little places for photo ops, but the bad far outweighs the good, and it's just not worth spending money on.

Cute apple orchard with LOTS to do for the whole family. If you go during the week it's free but some attractions aren't available. The apples grown here are delicious! They also grow their own grapes and make their own wine here as well. They have a super cute gift shop. There is lots of parking on property.

Food took way to long, had to wait in line for 26 minutes just for a burger, then I wanted a pizza and that took an hour just to be told that I have to wait even longer, and the lines were just awful, and the place was so dense, it felt so bland, and we couldn't even pet the animals even tho it's labeled "petting zoo" and the place was trashy, I do not recommend. :/

Checked Facebook page and website. Signs on road read pizza Wednesdays n Sundays 5p. Drove there with 4&6 year olds and small dog. Place was dead at 455p. No activity. A non event! Went to Joey novas for pizza after driving thru the property at 5p. What the heck anyway. Why post something on the road and then hv nothing. No signs, no info on FB or website and probably no pizza, music or wine. Probably won't return

Wanted to give a 2.5 but that's not an option. I wasn't very impressed. This is the most expensive apple orchard I've ever been to. $10 to get in. $6.50 for a glass of hot cider. And the smaller of the two bags to pick apples was $20!!! We didn't pick any because of this. Other places have a hay ride, this place had one but it was so short! There's a large area for kids to play which is nice but the equipment kids were playing on was very old and needed to be updated. Oh also, in order to get a bad cheeseburger it cost $7. The grounds were large to walk around but we won't ever be back.

two girlfriends and I stopped by on a Tuesday afternoon in September. We had a lovely day walking around in the sun and picking our Sweet Tango apples! There were barely any people there which was nice, and entry was free because it was during the week, but the fun activities like the hot cider were closed. The apples were delicious, but because of when we went, only the Sweet tango was available. I wish I had made the trip out for other varieties, but I never did. They have the most adorable gift shop on the campus as well! Some cute apparel, puzzles, jewelry, and other fun knick-knacks were there. One girlfriend got a lip balm and lotion that she absolutely loved. I bought some tea that I really enjoyed. I also saw local honey from my favorite place, Ames Farm!

A friend and I went to the pizza and wine night and it took over 2 hours to get our pizza after our order was placed. Additionally, seating was limited and we had to sit in the pitch black with no lighting as there were no tables in the lit up area available. Then, an employee went around passing out free charcuterie boards and had the audacity to give them to people that were already served their pizzas which was the last straw. Absolutely outrageous - livid would be an understatement.

I won't go back. Pay to get in and then wait to get a bag for pick your own. Was told they only had 2 kinds and that they might be hard to find and at the top of the trees. They said they'd top off your bag if you didn't get enough of what you wanted. Went to pick (as that was the experience of going in the first place). Didn't find one good apple. They were rotten on the trees. The trees themselves looked diseased. Wanted to get my money back, but no refunds. They "filled" my bag when I went back and they asked if I found any. I said no. Then was told yeah, I thought that would happen. You know how many apples I got for $21? 5!! Ridiculous. I'll go to the store. Why are you charging an entrance fee when you know you're not gonna get anything? Waited about 1/2 hour for a brat and asked for the apple saurkraut on top for an additional $1. Only to watch people that didn't pay for it ask to have it put on and they did. Went to get a glass of wine, they gave the person ahead some and then said they were closing and shut the door. The orchard was still open for several hours. Mini donuts? Try $11 for 12 mini donuts! Nope! Took the grandkids over to the play area that was complete unorganized chaos. Don't bother, go somewhere else.