Reviews in Colchester

First time eating at Skylark. Beautiful evening sitting outside. All staff very welcoming and advised how ordering etc worked. Ordering and food service very efficient using scanning and pay as you go process. Food served hot and delicious straight from wood fired kitchen . Serving staff were warm , friendly, attentive and all with s mile. Had a red wine and cider with meal - all to be highly recommended. A well thought through business model kept simple for all to enjoy in a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere. The only missing was a salad and/or a fresh slaw otherwise seamless and faultless. Would like to try brunch next .

Pleasant environment. Courteous staff. Food excellent.

Always look forward to eating here, although not sure what they’ve done to the mushrooms at breakfast. In some sort of gravy/sauce, did spoil it for me this time. Please change back to normal mushrooms.

Another absolutely fabulous evening at the Skylark. Superb food & drink. Staff are fantastic. Music by ‘The After Party’ was brilliant. Can’t recommend highly enough.

Service excellent as usual- coffee lovely Had Cinnamon toast with maple syrup For me personally I felt it was a rather thick slice & needed to be toasted more as was a bit soggy to eat I wondered if it was made by dipping bread in egg as quite yellow inside but flavour of it was nice

Food is always amazing, we eat here often for breakfast and lunch . Staff are always friendly, service is quick. Atmosphere is a nice buzz of people chatting and relaxing.

It is a pleasure to sit outside when the weather permits. The food is always great. The cocktails amazing.

My friend and I enjoyed a delicious breakfast on Sunday at the Barn Cafe. Lovely staff and great food!

Good quality tasty food and such friendly staff

Great quality food, Lovely setting Good service

Really pleasant experience.

Lovely, but costs are slightly high

Yesterday was the first time we have eaten at your resurant and it was a most enjoyable experience. Great buzz and atmosphere with the other diners and the food was excellent which included local vegatable produce. I've told my friend to give it a go. Thanks

Our father passed away last Thursday, so we decided to come to his favorite gardening centre to have lunch and pick some plants to remember him by. After placing our order, my partner and son ordered the burgers. They specifically ordered them plain. Just cheese and paid the extra for Bacon. All ordered and we waited. It was quite busy so we understood it wasn't going to be quick. The food eventually arrived. My partners burger came with no bacon, my sons came with everything on it..lettuce, tomatoes, burger sauce...everything we ordered not to have and again no bacon. After calling someone over to explain this is not what was ordered, they took the food away It took so long to remake, that the rest of the party had finished our meal and then had to sit and wait for the other food to arrive. It was such a sad day for us, and unfortunately wasn't made easier by having to sit and wait for the wrong food to be remade.

Enjoyed a very relaxed and delicious lunch with a friend. The environment and tables were clean and service was attentive and friendly. Food arrived within a short time and was presented nicely, with homemade vegetable tart, a fresh salad and beautiful buttery new potatoes. There was no pressure to vacate the table and the whole experience was pleasant, and just as I've always found it...... I'm a regular customer!

Great setting, food and service

As always the Barn did not disappoint- a lovely afternoon having the most delicious asparagus risotto with tarragon oil and wild mushrooms .. better than any London restaurant. A beautifully curated floor of gorgeous accessories for the home. It is guaranteed happiness all under one roof … I only wish they would open one closer to Chelmsford … amazing !!!

The roast was superb. Beautifully cooked, potatoes crispy on the outside but soft inside, veg just right, but mostly the lovely flavours coming through - fennel, rosemary and nutmeg in the cauliflower cheese. The price was slightly high but worth it for the quality and flavour. Atmosphere a little noisy and service adequate.