Reviews in Colchester

Excellent quality food. Fresh ingredients and very tasty. Service is efficient and courteous. This is a very attractive venue for breakfast , lunch or just drinks during the day.

Excellent quality food. Fresh ingredients and very tasty. Service is efficient and courteous. This is a very attractive venue for breakfast , lunch or just drinks during the day.

I’ve had many lovely meals here but the coconut broth with tofu on Sunday was disappointing. Not a great taste (not bad but poor compared to others I’ve tasted) but very poor value at £13.95 plus £5 for the tofu for something which is little more than starter size. Usually the food is good, the service is always great but I can’t recommend this particular dish as value for money

Fabulous Sunday lunch, cauliflower cheese delicious. Could do with sharper knives on the cutlery. Staff very good. Always look forward to our visits.

Excellent well cooked food - we enjoyed a Sunday lunch which unusually also included a vegan option. Highly recommended!

Spent a lovely afternoon at The Barn having coffee and cake with a friend. The staff were very friendly, excellent service and the very generous slice of cake was delicious too.

Great food and service as usual. It is advisable to book, as always busy even midweek.

Food and service 10 out of 10. Very noisy and a bit cold.

The food was great and the atmosphere spot on but i must say the service let the whole experience down. It appeared that there was enough staff, however to wait over 30 minutes for some simple desserts following our meal, especially when, by that time it was not busy was surprising. It also took a long time for the staff to take our initial order. Staff could be a bit more friendly, detected a level of arrogance in their manner. In all we visited for a simple light lunch and in all spent 1hour 40minutes, bit much!

Excellent food - as always, friendly and attentive staff

Had lunch with my family, 4 hot drinks, 2 burgers, 2 sandwiches £80! Lovely place but I do feel it’s expensive.

Visited for Valentine's lunch. We both had pizza, which were fantastic and fresh from the oven. Also the best baked cheese that we have ever had, a local cheese much nicer than a camembert. And the crispiest side of seasoned fries. Paired a lovely glass of local rose and Suffolk spiced rum and cola. It was nice, cosy and quiet. I also have to say the most amazing music playlist that suited the setting and atmosphere perfectly. All round a great lunch trip

Super atmosphere, service and food! Despite the most rude, aggressive manner of the staff member checking the bookings! We arrived ten minutes early to be told in the rudest manner, that we were to “go away and look around, as I need these ten minutes”!! The cafe didn’t appear to be too busy. On return to check in with her, she didn’t even acknowledge we had tried to check in earlier! Sad, as all other staff extremely pleasant!

Great food, lovely decor, great service

I’ve been to Skylark many times and it’s always a great service with lovely food. It’s got a great vibe and it’s one of my favourite places.

Very good visit as usual, coffee excellent, as was rest of our meals. Would come again anytime I'm nearby, as dont live locally.

Prompt service and lovely food . Had emailed to say it was my friends birthday and she was gluten free ! No greeting to her or gluten sausages ? Extra bacon offered but still disappointing after advance information .

Lovely cafe, really buzzy for a Monday, food was fabulous and service was excellent - will I return? Definitely