Back to basics. Forget your smartphones, connect to your travel buddies by playing the LOTR monopoly set (thoughtfully prepared by the host). Or pick a book from the collection neatly stacked on the shelf in the room. Or soak in the divine swimming pool (if it's not too cold during your stay). Or sit at the deck and gaze out to the green landscape right in front of the room. Do everything you are either too busy or don't get to do in your everyday life. This is THE place that allows you to do all that.
If you are going for the Hobbiton evening banquet tour, this place is the PERFECT place to book for the night. Mainly because it's the nearest accomodation spot from the Hobbiton movie set. However, even if you are just going for the day time tour (like us), this place is still a great place to experience a farmstay.
For food, make sure you swing by a supermarket to stock up on eggs, bread, any food that your want to cook for yourself because this place is very remote and not near any restaurants or supermarkets. The nearest cafe is at Shire's Rest which is the pickup point for the Hobbiton tour. The kitchenette of this place is fully stocked including 2 induction stoves on the kitchen top, microwave oven and heaps of pots and pans. The fridge may not be the full size ones we have at home but it's definitely bigger than the tiny ones in hotel rooms.
I'd definitely recommend this place to my family and friends who want to fulfill their dream of visiting hobbit holes.