Reviews in Colchester

Excellent Sunday lunch

Has a wonderful family Christmas meal. 18 in total over 2 tables. Food and wine were excellent. Service was great. Nothing was too much trouble. Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you to the chefs, kitchen porters and waiting staff. You made our family event a lovely experience.

As always friendly staff, great service and delicious food.

Went for my daughter’s 17th birthday. What an excellent meal, the food was excellent, the service great, totally un rushed, unlike some places and the decor and atmosphere really lovely. Our starters and mains were exceptional however our desserts were just ok, but it didn’t spoil the evening and we will definitely return.

Our first visit. Impressed by the beautiful exterior and interior. Friendly welcome. Great service throughout. Food outstanding. Lovely atmosphere and we were able to chat to our friends without being drowned out by loud music. We will return.

We had breakfast with Santa on Saturday the 14th December. The whole experience from start to finish was outstanding. Service on welcome was so lovely. My little boy was really excited and found the Santa experience really personal. Santa made his way round all the tables taking time out to speak to all the children. We found it so pleasurable. The breakfast and drinks so tasty too were are delivered in a timely manner all with excellent service. Gift given to our son was so nice too he was really pleased with it. Well worth the money. We shall treasure this experience and will definitely return again next year. Thank you to all the staff at the blue anchor.

Wonderful breakfast with Santa. Enjoyed by adults and children. Excellent food great attention to details both on the table and in the restaurant. Great Santa and good presents for grandchildren. Highly recommend.

Excellent Saturday lunch ,lovely food and tasty cakes would thoroughly recommend

We had a lovely meal from the festive menu. The surroundings and service was excellent.

Dan kindly allocated a larger table at very short notice when my group increased on the day. We received excellent table service that night & everyone agreed the food was A1. Nice atmosphere in the pub/restaurant too. Great night out thanks to the team at the Blue Anchor.

I had the tart, I too found it dry,and the new potatoes were cold and needed some butter. hope it's better next time as the Barn is a great place to shop

Delicious food. Great service. The table was a bit small.

The atmosphere is briliant. I have had cheese scones with butter so frozen, it was useless Yesterday I had a Bailey's dessert. And I think they forgot to open the bottle, there was no suggestion of it at all. Highly disappointing

Me and my husband celebrated his birthday with a meal and a stay. We were so happy with our choice, lovely staff and wonderful food. Couldn’t have asked for better. If I could change anything it would be a firmer mattress in the room but that’s personal choice.

We had a vegetarian tart which was a bit dry. The salad needed a dressing and potatoes needed some butter - overall quite disappointing

Everything was great. Serving staff were helpful and lovely. Light lunch was delicious One of my favourite places. And that you can pre book a table is a great bonus. Extremely fast email response to a change in the booking

An enjoyable lunch. Prompt service, tasty food, and polite friendly staff. A bit noisy, but that was because everyone was enjoying the ambience of the surroundings

Booked ahead and enjoyed tasty lunch, very generous portions, staff lovely and attentive when needed top ups to drinks. Very pretty environment too. Would recommend.