Reviews in Colchester

lovely breakfast and service from the team, it has become a regular venue for a business breakfast.

average service. cake quality fine. other food poor, overcooked and dry. expensive considering the overall quality. will think twice before returning.

Lovely food, lovely staff, wonderful setting. My second visit in two weeks both times couldn't fault it! Thank you

Very warm welcome from the restaurant reception when we arrived. We were shown to a nice table in a very busy main restaurant area. Menu for breakfast had the usual choices ( nothing different from most cafe breakfast menus) 2 guests ordered the Barn breakfast (full English) 1 guest orderd Cacloe peppers eggs and salmon I ordered a round of white toast. Our drinks arrived very fast with a small waist for our breakfasts which was expected as the restaurant was very busy. The main restaurant area was very bright, spacious, clean and tidy. Unfortunately the 2 Barn breakfast were very disappointing ( bacon, black pudding & bubble disc were all very over cooked, dry and cold. Possibly from being left under a heat lamp or tray too long) One breakfast was missing its bubble. The salmon choice was nice with a good amount of smoked salmon. The 1 round of toast was fine (can't really go wrong. Delicious choice of Stokes condiments. Whilst we paid at the counter, we were asked if everything was OK. We gave an honest opinion and the girl just shrugged her shoulders to our constructive criticism. Over all 5/10 Not sure if we'd rush back for breakfast

Food was absolutely amazing but we waited 50mins after being seated with a booked reservation for our food. That was the disappointment outside of a lovely food.

My first visit- pleasant venue, pleasant staff, nice table, not too noisy. Food was very nice and prices reasonable. However we waited half an hour for our order to be taken and a very long time for our food. No one took our plates away or offered desserts or coffee and we gave up on our plan to have desserts and just had coffees and left.

Our table was booked for 12.30 pm but our order was not taken for 40 minutes. However our food was delicious!

Amazing Breakfast. The best we have had in a long time. Great produce and fabulous customer service. Well worth a visit. We will be back.

Having visited many times found the recent visit found the food and service very dissappointing not up to the usual standard

As always, friendly & attentive service in a pleasant & comfortable environment. Food was mainly really delicious and presented nicely, and came at areasonable price. One of our party of four, had a bacon sandwich and felt the bacon was a bit too fatty and the white bread was very dry. Very rare to find anything to complain about though.

Lovely setting. Good food and choices. Staff courteous.

Food was lovely and well presented, staff were friendly albeit a little rushed. Drinks took a while to come but were delicious when they got there!

Nice place , service just a little bit slow and.while the food was top notch can’t help but think one slice of good quality beef was a tad skimpy

My 2nd visit to the Cafe in a week, once with old work friends & then again with my Husband. The atmosphere in the Cafe is lovely, especially at the current time with the Christmas tweek to the the interiors. The menu is very accommodating with things for all tastes from coffee & snacks to a full lunch menu so something for everyone. Nicely cooked & quickly delivered & at a very reasonable price. We were on a table for two but I could see tables for 6, 8 & 10 so accommodation for groups of all sizes. A heart recommendation & a garden centre & gift shop as part of the deal!

Absolutely excellent meal & superb atmosphere, and will be more than willing to visit again :-) The only small issue is the same as when we previously visited......the main meal & drinks are served within good time (10 minutes), but we had to make several requests for the dessert menu.......both at the counter and passing waitress. It was 12 minutes before we was handed one. It comes over that there is a reluctance to oblige. Again the dessert was excellent.

This is the second meal in a row where the standard has really dropped. My meal was bad bad value for money and 50% was fat--not edible. The quantity was pathetic. Our friend was barely able to cut hers with a steak knife and my partner said there was little or no taste. What has happened???

Lovely lunch yesterday to cheer a friend up. Food served quickly and was delicious, thoroughly recommend.

We are 3 friends who often enjoy going to The Barn for a catch-up. Scrambled eggs on gf toast and toasted teacakes are our choices, which we thoroughly enjoyed.