Reviews in Colchester

Very helpful staff. Food good. We weren’t rushed. Service good. Easy to book on line. Excellent. Lovely garden centre. Highly recommend.

Had another great meal at The Blue Anchor, while meeting up with friends! Staff were so friendly and helpful and the food was amazing. I would have given 5 our of 5 for the food, only one of our party enjoys a fillet steak, unfortunately this was not on the menu. The sirloin steak chosen was good though. Looking forward to returning soon.

Have been coming on several occasion and I have to say that this time the food was not as it was previously. Few items were not on offer from the menu we came 12:30. Service was good.

Lovely food and good service

Lovely place to eat but on the day the menu was a bit disappointing with only burger or fish and chips that we would eat. Would like to see perhaps fresh fish dishes or chicken? Also they had staff shortage that day which meant a few things were not available.

Second visit yesterday for breakfast and just as amazing as the first time. Great food, great staff, great atmosphere, lovely and warm and great shopping afterwards. This lively place was recommended to us and I’d didn’t disappoint.

Had yet another great meal at The Barn. Food, staff and service as good as always. My only criticism would be that it can sometimes be a little noisy in the restaurant but that is outweighed by all the good things.

We had a lovely, cosy meal with our family. Despite being held up in traffic, our table as held and staff were very friendly and kind. The food as excellent too! Big portions and really tasty! We will be making this our regular Christmas meal destination - thank you!

Was a little disappointed on breakfast recently, long delay in receiving food, had already finished hot drinks before food came.

So lucky to get a seat in the cafe today,very busy. Thankyou for accommodating us. Annual tree purchase,they are always the best Just love this place so much

I was meeting up with a friend who I hadn't seen for over 2 years, so we were long overdue a catch-up. As usual, The Barn didn't disappoint and made us both welcome. All the staff are friendly and helpful. We only wanted coffee and a toasted teacake, which was delicious.

Eaten her on many occasions. Always great food, good value for money and service. Will be booking again soon!

fabulous restaurant, fantastic food, glorious service ! very attentive staff who couldn’t do enough to ensure our family birthday celebration was great x

As always food was fantastic wasn’t rushed but ff after eating and staff helpful. Reasonably priced.

I’ve often thought your restaurant looked lovely. However in the past I wasn’t keen as people had said it wasn’t great. Recently I picked up on your advertising maybe or something that caught my attention and decided to try for myself. I was really impressed and even my request was acknowledged and replied to. The food was lovely the staff most pleasant the ambiance perfect! Especially fitting for a miserable Sunday afternoon. I will definitely be using it as a regular choice of restaurant now. Many thanks for a most enjoyable afternoon.

Wonderful lunch at the Barn Cafe, great service and such lovely food. Always such a lovely place to enjoy food & drinks. We ordered the ham, egg & chips, plus the open club sandwich, all so tasty and hot. We love this place :)

The Blue Anchor is half way between my friend & myself. I had high hopes that this could be a venue we can meet regularly at & we weren't disappointed. The food, staff & ambience were all excellent. My friend had ribeye steak (cooked perfectly) that she enjoyed very much & I had tomato pasta, also very good. We will definitely be going back.

Food and service lovely.