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Lovely atmosphere. Service was friendly but somewhat slow even though it was not particularly busy. Had to grab a persons attention on more than one occasion. Cake, this time, wasn't great. Seemes like it had been frozen over the festive period and didn't taste particularly nice. Lunch however was delicious and the Sunday roast look delicious.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterWe have had several breakfasts and lunches at The Barn. Yesterday's breakfast was, as usual, delicious. Highly recommended and definitely worth a visit.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterEnjoyed our lunch immensely. The food was great and the service was really good, nice friendly staff. Definitely recommended.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterAbsolutely love it at the barn, great staff and great food … would highly recommend
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterGreat venue, great service. Food was lovely, great choice of drinks. Really enjoyed the Colchester Buskers. Top night. Thank you
Skylark Social – ColchesterI have eaten from breakfast menu for a number of times and the odd lunch meal with no problem. However my friend and I booked for a lunch meal Monday this week which I was extremely disappointed with. I ordered beer battered fish and chips which arrived lukewarm and very quickly got cold. The chips were disgraceful. My meal appeared to have been heated by microwave (not fresh) hence got cold quickly. The four drinks we ordered were also substandard as above. I am sad to give this negative review but trust it will improve your services.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterExcellent food.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterWe didn't eat here as we had booked but on arriving we discovered there was only 2 veggy options ie a cold sandwich and a cold salad There was no hot vegetarian option (bar soup). It was disappointing so we left. One of the staff was helpful saying the menu was changing in the new year to offer more veggy options, of course this didn't help us today. The tart of the day had salmon in too. The place is lovely and staff friendly but poor in food options for vegetarian even more so if your vegan!
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterFive stars for the food and drinks, staff are very friendly and helpful. There was a pleasant festive atmosphere and lunch was excellent we had the turkey club sandwich which was delicious and very filling. It’s becoming a regular venue for us coffees and cake as well as lunches . Happy new year to everyone.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterMy partner and I have eaten at The Barn many times for full meals as well as the quick coffee and cake stop. The food quality, taste and execution is consistently high. The staff are always welcoming and friendly even under the pressure of a full on service. We recently had the the turkey roast and it was impressive and great value. (Well done chefs). I highly recommend The Barn to everyone I know. Looking forward to our breakfast in the next few days. Thank you guys, keep it up!
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterHave had lunchtime meals here with friends, afternoon tea and coffee and cake. Always been amazing quality food, nice seasonal choice and really good service (rare nowadays in many places) Sunday 14 th I booked four adults, myself Mum and two dear neighbours from Hertfordshire who we have known for many years. We all had roast Pork, two were small portions for the 85 year olds, and two normal portions. Great to have that choice for people, we were all more than satisfied. Nice variety of veg, fab gravy, all hot and promptly served but pleasant engaging staff. We finished with Pavlova, which also was full of flavour and looked very festive. Our visitors were thrilled with our choice of venue and very appreciative of our choice of The Barn. Thankyou all for making four people very happy. Merry Christmas
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterGreat food and service. We always enjoy our experiences here.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterMatt & Dan (locally sourced and in no particular order) the dream team. Everything just works at this venue, the service is always spot on and much better than most these days. Food fab, beer great, wine even better, entertainment always a winner, no pretense, old skool vibe where clients come first, always fun place to visit...keep it up team!
Skylark Social – ColchesterWent to The Barn for breakfast and it was delicious! The garden center was beautiful to look around after. Service was great and prices reasonable.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterVery nice meal- usual excellent service & good atmosphere Only issue was one of the poached eggs was covered in Hollandaise sauce which I do not like and I didn’t notice it on menu as it was quite small writing - maybe should be made more obvious but otherwise no complaints
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterBeautiful setting, warm atmosphere, service excellent. Food superb with a lot of choice.
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterThe Salmon en croute was tasty but the veg too few and over salted. Fish and Chips very good. The service was rather slow on this occasion with it taking 50 mins for dinner to arrive. It’s quite hard to get the staffs attention but when you do they are very pleasant. We’ve been a few times and I’m sure will return. I love the Bhudda Bowl dish but fancied a change today
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – ColchesterI have been here a few times before but unfortunately yesterday was not the best experience. We ordered 2 open sandwiches, although they tasted very nice for £15 each we found it just to small. 1 slice of bread with salmon on it, no side salad or a handful of crisps nothing, we left feeling hungry. For a cafe, I think these prices are high and insufficient amount of food, unfortunately we shall not be returning
The Barn Garden Centre Cafe – Colchester