Reviews in Colchester

5 of us came for lunch yesterday (4 December). We were very well looked after, all the staff were unfailingly polite, cheerful and very efficient, despite the restaurant being extremely busy. All 5 meals were delicious. A very enjoyable experience

Always a pleasure visiting The Barn, I always feel a sense of calm when I’m there. The food is always yummy, I had the eggs royale and it was delicious, and the Christmas display is beautiful will definitely be back soon as I’m a regular

Service was extremely slow. As a Sunday roast goes it was ok.. nothing to get excited about

Lovely food great service. Looking forward to next time

Very pleasant evening for a girls get together, food, service and atmosphere was lovely

I recommend that, because it's popular, it's better to book a table. I did it online. Excellent food!

The tagine was excellent- the meat melt in the mouth tender and the flavour outstanding. Well done chef and please have on the menu again.

It is just amazing here. The fish goujon sandwich and the smoked salmon sandwich are the best I’ve eaten anywhere. Lovely cosy place and friendly service.

Discovered your wonderful barn yesterday. Wow, how beautiful. Came again today to get our lovely Christmas tree and a few other items. Of course on both days I visited the cafe. Just fabulous, lunch yesterday and breakfast today. You will be seeing a lot more of us. Thankyou.

We were a party of 3 adults and my 10month old grandson. The service was good and the food was of the usual high standard.

Dined in a party of 8 - from start to finish an outstanding experience. Warm welcome with a prompt serving of pre dinner drinks. Chris was his normal helpful and professional self guiding us through the menu and wine selection. The food was delicious and the service attentive. The menu had excellent choices and was balanced. Our party thoroughly enjoyed the evening which was reasonably priced.

We've dined here twice recently, we booked for the Peter Watts wine tasting event having previously had a delicious dinner only a few weeks prior with friends We had a wonderful evening. The food and wines were amazing, James from Peter Watts Wines was exceptionally knowledgeable The staff did a super job. Excellent value, we'll be returning again soon.

Went to the blue anchor with friends for lunch. We have been before, the staff are friendly and polite attentive not intrusive. The food is delicious good menu will be going back in December. They are slightly pricey but it’s worth it for what you get even the decor and ambience are lovely. If you haven’t tried give it a go.

Attended the Peter Watts wine tasting event, matching wine with food. Excellent evening, friendly and knowledgeable staff and great value. Super menu and interesting wines. We enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to the next one.

We sat in the seating area near the shop floor out of choice because of the background noise in the cafe side ( we are hard of hearing! ) it was really cold though even though the overhead heating was on, our legs were frozen , rugs would have helped. The chairs weren’t very comfy either I am afraid The food was very nice we had quiche , pricey for the portion though .

Great service. Friendly and helpful, polite staff. Lovely cake.

I love coming here and really look forward to the food. This time I ordered the open club sandwich and I was a little bit disappointed as it looked good and wA fresh and tasty but was a bit small I felt! I was still hungry afterwards which was a shame. My friend had the quiche which seemed much better value for money,

We always have a lovely meal at The Barn and the service is excellent, with friendly helpful staff...but like a previous customer has said, the chewy inedible Kale ruins the Buddha Bowl, however the beetroot and fennel seeds were delicious. Please leave out the Kale and perhaps replace with Hummus?