Reviews in Essex

Very nice meal, good service would visit again

Had a lovely lunch with my friend yesterday

Very good food

Great

Food and service have always been good. Cakes are especially good. It's one of our main meeting places for lunch.

Good food, great staff no rushing us out, will be going again

Family have come to stay and we all went to the Hare & Hounds. Ages ranged from 11 - 78 and there was something for everyone. The food was excellent and the service and atmosphere helpful and friendly.

We had Sunday lunch at The Ship. The restaurant was quiet, and the service was excellent. Our waitress was so attentive, and polite. She knew her stuff, and had everything covered. It was a lovely sunny day, and that would account for the quietness, as normally this lovely pub is packed. We enjoyed a rare meal out, and had a lovely walk in the park afterwards. Highly recommend and nicest pub in the area.

My husband and I treated ourselves to lunch at Stoked on Sunday 6th April and it was absolutely fantastic. Very generous portions carefully crafted and presented by a very diligent chef, Billy, while the loveliest lady took care of everyone out the front! I feel awful for not recalling her name! An absolutely amazing experience and well worth the trip out!

Had a lovely Saturday early evening with friends Staff were welcoming and friendly Food was great Good value too

Food good, amosphere excellent, staff not so much. Have been coming for a long time but this was the third visit on the trot where the staff and service was not good. One waitress was outright rude to me yesterday, which was embarrassing. Such a shame as it used to be very good.

Used to be our go to for lunch when we lived locally, and thought we would try it again as we were in Colchester for the day. Unfortunately it's not what it used to be. Staff, except for the clearly out his depth front of house greeter, were great, but the menu has go e backwards under the new management, with prices also significantly higher. Regret, likely to be our last visit.

Food was fabulous. Service quick and friendly. Will definitely return.

Excellent all round!

Our group was meeting up from 3 different counties and had an excellent lunch experience. It was a well balanced menus with a wide variety of meat, fish and vegetarian options. We were welcomed by polite, friendly and efficient staff.

Good food in a nice atmosphere. I was on a restricted diet and they kindly prepared a plain omelette and toast, which was not on the menu, with no fuss. Greatly appreciated

Eight mature ladies visit Barnplants cafe every first Tuesday of each month for tea and cake in the afternoon. The service is good and cakes are delicious, but we don't understand why the restaurant refuses to stock Redbush (Rooibos) tea, despite constant requests, as we all drink this tea by preference.

Unfortunately, the food wasn’t the greatest but the service wasn’t all that good either. The options for food was amazing but the quality in food was poor. On top of that all the servers were on their phones which isn’t the greatest look for a business, right through the hour and half that myself and my family were there. No music was being played just the sound of people’s voices, felt as though I was at a funeral. The servers all looked tired and like they just hated their jobs