Reviews in Colchester

Had a lovely meal at The Blue Anchor. I could have eaten everything off the menu. Service was great and I'll definitely go again. Very good portion sizes too.

Excellent brunch - perfect poached eggs - brilliant staff and good value for money..

food was very nice you can tell effort has been put into the food as the flavour is spot on .

The food is always very tasty and good value for money, but the service lets this place down every time.

We had a roast dinner and was really disappointed with it . Greasy vegetables . Potatoes and parsnips obviously deep fried Hardly any gravy . Very slow service . Have been many times before but never had a roast dinner and would not recommend .

Lovely place, great food and friendly service Would recommend

As always excellent service and excellent food. Attentive waitress, friendly and helpful. Love coming here.

Very welcoming and friendly staff , service excellent and the food was delicious. Have been many times, and will be returning.

Always amazing food, drinks and service.

Friendly and helpful staff. And a lovely restaurant. Very atmospheric. Good food too. My husbands chicken Kiev was huge and very good, he said. My tart was also very tasty. The only thing I didn’t like was the sweet corn starter. Very dry and too spicy for me. But detail despite that, would definitely come again.

The staff took 25 minutes to take our order and when they finally did (which we had to ask for) the lady was rude and uninterested. We have been here many times so this was very disappointing. Food was nice when it arrived but the service let it down.

Have only been here twice but on both occasions we has the taster menu for a birthday dinner. Food was excellent both times and we have a lovely waitress, howeveri didnt get her name (long blonde hair in a plait, older lady (well she told us she has grand children)), she served us the first time as was pleased that she was serving us again (party of 4 adults), she had bit of banter with us, which made the evening fun, however we were served the desserts by a man who more or less threw our plates on the table and no niceties! He clearly wasnt happy about being there but this should never reflect in his work!, also the barman looked fed up the whole time we were there, sitting opposite where he was doing the drinks for the waiting staff. Again lovely food and will go again but just hope we get the happy servers and not the miserable ones!

Fabulous as always, service was a little slower than normal but it was very busy.

Although the restaurant was extremely hectic the service was still good. The staff were dashing above and certainly earned their corn this day. The food was a little slow in arriving but very understanding but it was well worth the wait A very happy morning.

Although the restaurant was extremely hectic the service was still good. The staff were dashing above and certainly earned their corn this day. The food was a little slow in arriving but very understanding but it was well worth the wait A very happy morning.

We're regular customers. It's always busy these days, even more on a Monday. Just read a previous review about probs paying by card; can't understand that, as we've never had a problem paying by card. Always good coffee and food and staff very good.

Need to book as always busy even on a Monday. Food excellent, freshly cooked, good choice and staff all very helpful. Lots to look at before or after your meal.

Young guy on desk was lovely and welcoming and so was our waitress food was nice only complaint very expensive limited menu and still not happy about being held to ransom about only paying by card !