A........k

When I walked into this place I was sure I'd made a mistake and that it wasn't the same as the one that has 4.7 stars on Leafly. The entrance was obstructed by drunken homeless people lying on the sidewalk, one of whom was smoking something so nasty that all of the staff and customers inside the shop were literally having coughing fits. If you look at the address listed here, this is not in Gastown like another review says, this is smack on Main and E. Hastings, the epicentre of Vancouver's out-of-control homelessness epidemic. I don't want to sound like some snob who complains if he has to walk through a sketchy neighbourhood, and I'm extremely sympathetic to the people who are forced to be in these kinds of conditions, but in terms of being a customer at Farm the smell of piss alone is enough to make it an unpleasant experience. Inside it's a bright, bare room cut in half by a counter with a plexiglass window to keep people from robbing them. I could barely hear the clerk through the hole in the glass and she could barely hear me. When I asked if she had any strain recommendations beyond what I'd come there to buy she gave me a blank look and said she didn't really. However, if price is the main thing you care about they are cheaper than any place else I've seen (so at least they're putting what they save on rent into a better deal for their customers). Wasn't blown away by the quality of what I bought but it was on par with plenty I've had from other shops. That said, I won't be making the trip back unless they have a strain that can't be found anywhere else.