Reviews in Essex

Very good food, great atmosphere but we did have quite a long wait after we had ordered

Everything about this venue was excellent, especially the food. Will definitely visit again. Probably the best Sunday roast you can have. Thank you.

I regularly meet friends at The Barn cafe. I would recommend booking a table as it is always busy. Food is delicious and the staff are friendly and helpful. Quite a limited menu but we all found something we liked.

Excellent food and service. Only negative was the wait between ordering and arrival of our desserts which required no cooking. A good venue to meet friends.

Me and my mum had the beef brisket and it was DIVINE!!! Absolutely loved it. Considering how busy it was the service was still delightful and food was lovely and hot when served to us.

Absolutely love Stoked! We had the smoked tofu and mac n'cheese wrap with corn ribs to the side and key lime pie afterwards. What absolutely divine flavours! And what's even better is that everything is plant based. Service was first class too. I would highly recommend Stoked and we will definitely be visiting again.

It's was a basic roast. The lamb was difficult to cut and when I went cold it was like tissue paper. Nice potatoes and veg and absolutely love the Yorkshire pudding

Food was really good plenty of each course everything was clean and welcoming service was excellent will definitely be going back

Wonderful Sunday lunch, food and service were both perfect.

Had a delicious evening meal and staff could not have been more helpful, including a table near the door and biscuits for our dog. I would highly recommend and will be visiting again soon.

There’s an old saying: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. My wife and I have spent five years enjoying the lovely atmosphere of the Barn Cafe, the brilliant hard-working staff and the delightful mixture of simple, wholesome food and a few more cosmopolitan recipes. But when we sat down to lunch last Friday, it was all change. No, we couldn’t order two Buddah bowls, with its unique combination of exotic tastes. We had to choose our own three salads, plus other ingredients and the result was an unappetising mess. My wife left most of hers, I persisted for a bit longer but eventually gave up. Apart from anything else, I don’t want to work that hard choosing lunch. Please stop indulging your chefs and remember who keeps you in business: Your customers. Your menu has succeeded in the past by catering for ordinary people with ordinary tastes. If I want the exotic, I’ll go to an exotic restaurant.

Lovely atmosphere, food was good but it felt like there was something missing, like the chicken and sweet corn soup needed salt.

Fantastic food, friendly, welcoming staff and a great choice of Beer! What more do you want....ps. we aren't even vegan but it's that good!

Great lunch yesterday. My friends first visit, she loved it. The new salad bowl choices are such a good idea.

Fantastic. The staff were so helpful making my boyfriends birthday special.

Everything was great except one staff seemed the pot washer he was leaning on the wall just staring the whole hours and 10 mins we were there every time someone walked past he would be giving them dirty stairs and then he came and sat very close to us on the empty sofa made us very uncomfortable the reason we left early

Great food, with special attention to dietary requirements, good beer, great service

We arrived at a busy time having booked a table. We were told it would be a wait for food but were able to order quickly and had no longer than normal wait for the food. Absolutely delicious main course, beetroot gravlax, excellent staff and overall very good experience.