Reviews in Colchester

Always a treat to visit, food, service and staff wonderful. Can never fault anything. Food is fresh, beautifully presented and always very delicious. Thank you

This has turned out to be our favourite garden centre and the cafe here is just amazing! The Sunday roast in particular is highly recommended. Lovely attentive staff who always seem happy and are always very helpful. The chef and pastry chef are excellent - better than most restaurants. Looking forward to returning soon

We haven’t been to the Barn for quite a while… We were delighted by the service and the meals we and our 3 friends had were all very good….as were the cakes! Thank you for a lovely experience.

Lovely food and service Friendly staff Enjoyed our lunch with you

Little bit on the warm side but the food was amazing

Food as always great, staff friendly and efficient,, atmosphere relaxed. Look forward to my next visit.

Excellent service very friendly staff, loved the food, great atmosphere

Service and atmosphere was as good as always. My friend and I normally have a breakfast. I have the vegetarian breakfast but this time I didn't enjoy the mushrooms that are normally my favourite. The sauce on them was very strong and the spinach was to peppery. Eggs were perfectly cooked.

My friend and I met for a breakfast, as we do fairly regularly . As always, the food was delicious, well presented and freshly prepared. Staff were friendly, helpful and efficient and the whole dining experience was relaxed & enjoyable. Love the place and would recommend it any time.

Fabulous Fabulous Had the slowed cooked lamb that was cooked by the chef. Have got to say that this was one of the best meals we had tasted in a long long time. The quality and tenderness of the lamb cutlets was absolutely delicious. This quality of food is rarely matched and this meal would not have gone out of place in such eating establishments such as the Ivy and Le Caprice Restaurants

Sunday lunch was generally good a bit short on meat. Two fairly small slices of beef seemed a bit mean. Good veg and roast potatoes.

Wonderful Sunday lunch, and although the usual delicious 'roasts' were on the menu, my husband and I opted for the Chef's Special- Tuna Tartare. It was sublime and beautifully presented. As always, the staff were welcoming, warm & friendly which all made for a lovely relaxing atmosphere, and we really enjoyed the whole dining experience.

The barn cafe is my go to place for lunch with friends, food is fab, staff always cheery and of course a great garden centre to add to the experience

Enjoyable breakfast as usual with plenty of choices . Restaurant very crowded yesterday but staff ran around efficiently as usual .

Breakfast was very good , but the staff were very unfriendly, delayed taking orders and serving the food . I felt that the staff were all stressed and does not how to handle large groups!

Lovely breakfast as always! If you are vegan you are a bit limited to what you can have, but none the less the vegan breakfast is my favourite and a great take on a classic! Always love coming here!

Had the braised pork shoulder with papparadelle pasta in a lemon and herb sauce. The meat was tasty and tender, the sauce had a nice hint of citrus and the portion size was ideal for a lunchtime treat. Our waitress was attentive. All in all a very pleasant lunchtime.

Yet another delicious lunch , we all had the Asian salad, two of us with chicken one with smoked salmon - we all really enjoyed our meals and would not hesitate to recommend the Barn cafe.