Harvester Stanway in Colchester

Came for my birthday meal had the rotisserie chicken and turkey Christmas burger the food was lovely and the waitress we had was very welcoming will be coming back again

Very nice visit. Food was better than the average Harvester, and the service spot on.

Superb festive meal could not beat value or meal 5 stars at least, again fantastic staff. Leaving Colchester soon but this place is a gem.

Nice staff, all OK and what you would expect. Staff gave a great tip on registering for app to keep a saving Thank you.

Friendly service but my steak was over cooked and chicken very very dry

Couldn't complain. Great food and company. Service was good

Great service and food was good too

The service was great. The food definitely an A. We were assisted to our seats immediately. Excellent service.

Had a good lunch here. We had tasty rotisserie chicken and tacos for mains, as well as deserts. Would give the normal sundae a miss next time as it's literally just vanilla ice cream and squirty sauce. Not cheap like it used to be, but the excellent inclusive salad bar and fizzy drink refills just about makes up for the increase in prices. Although they're now more comparable price-wise with perhaps more upmarket venues. Though having said that, the chicken here is better than the Princess Charlotte 'Chicken and Grill' pub down the road! Staff were also very friendly and efficient, despite it being pretty busy on a Monday lunchtime.

I visited the Harvester to be harvested. I enjoyed being harvested. I visited with friends so we could be harvested together. They also enjoyed being harvested. Overall I'd give an 11/10, would harvest again.

Haven't been here for years, and it certainly looks nice, clean, and modern. Car park is a bit tight on spaces (still think cars are the width of minis). The food was good, apart from some very sweet and odd things added to half chicken, which definitely didn't go with it! Service was ok, and a bit slow on bringing the bill, but it was busy, so fair enough, I guess.

We spoke to the shift supervisor kirsty who was very helpful, as the service from Gill was very very poor to put in polite words, she was very slow, didn't ask if anyone had an allergy on the table, I'm allergic to nuts, it wasn't mentioned when we was told where to sit, at this point the rest of the table was sitting I was parking. There was no check in on how the food was, asked for some more drinks but never got them bit got told that she, Gill, didn't know what was going on with the bar and didn't bother to check or chase them, we then requested for them to be removed from the bill as we didn't get them. Gill wasn't happy about that. When food was brought over items where missing, so she brought over some of the missing items and didn't want to check to make sure we had everything or apologise for the issue. We the waited a very long time after eating for the plates to be taken away and to receive the desert menu, so much that we went looking for them. While waiting for her to come back to take the order there was another gent, waiter, taking an order while sitting on the table in a different section and didn't bother to clean it after, very hygienic.... not, when we got the desert we had ice cream in a very hot glass, so most of it was melting before even getting it. It seemed like the staff, minus kirsty, was more interested in chatting to each other by the kitchen and talking to friends that come in and stand in the middle of the restaurant, where 1 female waiter hugged someone while holding napkins and then placed them back on the pile of the others, how does the customer know that they are clean. Over all this was a very poor experience where kirsty then brought it up form being overall crap.

Joel was a brilliant waiter. Unfortunately the manager was wearing normal clothing not a uniform like the other smart waiters which I found very scruffy and unprofessional. Food was OK I suppose but it was very busy but then again it's always busy there

Had a private section for a baby shower staff vary helpful

Great experience, always is at this Harvester. Staff are always really friendly and nothing is too much trouble. Food is always nice and fresh too!

Not the best for food, I aways find when I leave, the best bit was the salad!

Another enjoyable visit with no complaints.

I had my 40th birthday meal there on Friday. The staff were out of this world! Made me feel so special! Nothing was too much trouble. All the staff wished me “happy birthday” when I arrived & when my birthday cake came out all the staff stopped & sang “happy birthday! Made it extra special. Claire was our waitress, she was outstanding!

We spent a lot of our time here. We enjoy the unlimited salad bar very much All the food is always cooked to order and always very fresh. Staff are amazing Service with a smile ad always

Our waitress, Clare, was brilliant. She was very attentive and was always there just as we needed her. We never had to wait for her attention. She was friendly, helpful and polite and made our visit extremely enjoyable.

Lovely lunch today at The Harvester Stanway. Served by Laura who couldn’t have been more attentive & even took the time to refill our drinks in between serving other customers. Food was cooked perfectly & salad was nice & fresh. We then realised we had a voucher for money off so was even more pleased. Perfect spot for lunch.

Great place and amazing service from the lovely Laura. She’s amazing with my little boy.

Our meal was made even more special by the lovely Laura. She is so incredible with our little one. The food was also very hot and served quickly.

Good location with parking, though when o went it was a really full night so had to wait a bit for parking. It had the bar section and the restaurant bit. Went to the bar side which was cool. Had the tiki and lemonade which was fruity and nice. Though would say was more fruity. Ordered the charchicken skewers, didn’t enjoy it, was super dry, the chips was nice though. My friend had the ribs which was good, maybe I try that next time.

Amazing breakfast of pancakes, made even better being served by Laura. She always makes us feel welcome and nothing is to much trouble.

Had a lovely breakfast at the harvester, served by the lovely Laura! Excellent service, very friendly and helpful. Thank you for a great experience Laura.

Laura our host was very friendly, attentive and engaging. We were here on holiday and the food was lovely and service was fast and great

Food is always good in Harvesters, but the service here was exceptional

As always a great place for food and service.

Food has increased in price dramatically since my last visit while the quality has dipped. Burger, chicken and ribs that we ordered were all overcooked and dry, yet were cold on arrival. Sauce was used very sparingly and the salad bar was at least 50% empty for the whole time we were in the restaurant Worth noting as well this was on a weeknight so hardly during rush hour. Used to visit quite regularly but won't be returning anytime soon

Great food, and our server Laura was a gem!

Good quality food excellent service.

Laura is an amazing server and treated us really well. We had a lovely meal and time. Definitely come again soon. Laura is a 10/10!!

Visited without reservation on a Friday evening and they squeezed us in... Very busy and bustling restaurant but very friendly staff. The food was ok... It was only my second time ever at a harvester so wasnt sure what to expect... was quite expensive for what you got. The corn bread and honey was slightly strange.

My jacket potato was a bit hard. Not very good. Everything else was good.

Chef did a marvellous job with our meal. Server was fantastic. A lovely experience as always. Thankyou

Back again as service and food is top notch, served be Ela who was great and made our breakfast really enjoyable😀

Great breakfast. We were served by Laura who was lovely and helpful.

The service was lovely and was very pleased with my food like I always am. Love this place some much .

Great service and food. Improved from last visit.

I have been to the harvester in Ipswich, and it was lovely. Sadly, this one was disappointing

Always been a fan for years, but things have taken a bit of a nose dive. The new menu isn't great and the whopping increase in prices is far from fair. I normally pay £10.50 for scampi and chips in london. Here it was £15. The quality and quantity of the meal didn't give justification to the price increase either. The only positive I could say is that with the scampi tasting processed and the cardboard chips I was rather thankful that the portions had also decreased. My dad had the chicken which used to come with a vegetable choice or sweetcorn. But not now. His chicken wasn't even cooked properly. The dessert wasn't great either. My mums treacle pudding was cold. Custard lumpy and my chocolate brownie was more like a good chocolate sponge which was also cold. Sorry Harvester but until you bring the prices down and food better we'll be eating elsewhere.

As always, does what it's meant to.

Love the new food menu, so many more choices and options inc for vegans. Our waitress Ayu was lovely and very informative on the menu as I've a nut allergy. Food was excellent and full of flavour. Thank you we will be back. Highly recommend.

Fantastic evening with family, good food and outstanding service from Laura. Thank you!

Myself and family had a fabulous meal , really impressed with their food !! We was served by laura who really bubble and lovely , service was quick , we had food at our table in less then 30 mins which we was amazed at , considering the restaurant was quite busy !! We also had a newborn with us which they catered for and was able to keep our baby close and tucked away . Now you have to try the desserts as they are really good and tasty. 100% I'd be back again .

had a lovely meal . Laura as our waitress was par excellence! her welcoming personality and attention to detail and knowledge of menu along with her upbeat energy made the meal very enjoyable and as coeliacs safer to eat out. will come again!

We had dinner there last night and was served by a lovely lady called Laura. She went above and beyond for us and definitely made our evening! Such a lovely lady, thank you! Hope to go again soon!

Lovely place to go have something to eat

Laura made the evening a memorable one. Many thanks

Very good service! Tasty salad bar!

Very friendly and efficient and food was great

Great food served quickly even though the place was packed

Laura was very sweet and went above and beyond to make sure we were happy and content with our dining experience

If you have older children I would order from the adult menu as the kids menu port Charlotte seemed quite small even after dessert. We went home and he had a sandwich

Lovely evening, great food 😋 Waitress Laura very friendly and helpful.

They do what they do and for me that means good value with decent fresh food (which upgrades to really great value with the lunch menu). Can’t knock it IMO - but my shout out goes to Laura who served us today. She was absolutely cracking 😊

AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE Haven’t been here for a while but received an email with a 40% off voucher so took the family yday and had a great time. Laura really made it for us, she was brilliant, extremely attentive and had us laughing with her great banter. Will definitely be returning due to this. Laura you are a real credit to your employer.

Excited to eat here but food a little bland , salad bar didn't look appealing as some of the trays empty but service from laura was fabulous

Good food & good value. Laura, our waitress was Fabulous, nothing was too much trouble.

All ways enjoy my visit to the harvester

Was quite busy when we wait, had to wait at the front for a little while before we were seated. Once seated we were sorted with our order quickly by Laura, she has served us a few times now and is always polite, helpful and funny. Lovely lady. Food was lovely, only letdown was the drinks machine ran out of pepsi max syrup, and no pasta at the salad bar the whole time we were there, other then that everything was fine,

Good service and salad bar excellent.

We visited this harvester for the first time we was quickly seated lovely lady very shortly took our drinks order and then our food order my wife hadn’t even finished her salad and our food arrived exceptional service and will be coming back first class experience

We had dinner there great portions and staff our waitress Laura was quick and kind and a great contribution to the staff at this harvester.

Decided me and my girlfriend wanted to go out for a meal told us it will be a 20 minute wait took are name down to call us when there was a free table and waited well over 20 minutes and completely forgot our names and on the previous order completely messed up the order and will not return back don’t go 👍

We came here on a Sunday afternoon with the kids and we seated in Ralph's section. He was extremely kind and friendly, made us feel right at home. A lovely waiter makes all the difference and we will definitely remember Ralph! Great food, excellent salad bar, all 6 of us very happy.

Visited with friends and had a lovely evening. Food was good value for money and the service we received from Laura was brilliant. Nothing was too much trouble and her friendly approach made the evening. A credit to the Harvester.

Laura provided fantastic service, she is always happy and conscientious.

Was not sure what to expect as we hadn’t been in a Harvester for a number of years, but was pleasantly surprised. The food was definitely value for money and very tasty. The salad bar was well stocked and we saw it being replenished regularly through the evening. However, our evening was made by the wonderful service we received from our waitress Laura. Friendly, helpful and exceptionally good at her job it was a pleasure to be served by her. We will be back.

Great for family's. Service from Laura was fantastic as always!

What lovely service and have to thank Gemma for such great way of looking after us tonight. Certainly be coming back here, made us all feel right at home. Thank you again

We were passing by and decided to get something to eat, never been here before. Excellent service and lucky to get a seat considering no booking. Wonderful food and a great deal .

This Harvester restaurant is a particular favourite of ours and especially so if we’re seated at one of the tables Simone is waitressing. She’s polite, professional and great fun. No complaints on the food front; the salad bar (for the rolls) is visited frequently. Ribs are a personal favourite of ours and are featured in their 2/3 courses deal if visiting Mon to Fri. Not expensive, usually always a table free and the food tastes great! Get the Rocky Horror sundae!

Living local to this restaurant makes it a very easy choice. I’ve been there a few times the food is what it is. Nothing special the staff are very helpful.

Disappointing. Overcooked fish dry and hard. Melting ice cream sundae, having been served in a glass still hot from dishwasher.

1st time in one. Would definitely recommend it.

We were staying locally. 2 adults 2 kids, we utilised the kids main for £1 deal. Food was really nice, we were served quickly, we didn't wait long for the food to come out which is perfect when you have hungry kids. Really nice atmosphere. Very friendly staff. We would definitely return.

Lauren was fantastic and really great asset to your team, really good service . The food was lovely. Can’t wait to come back

We popped in by the off chance.The food was excellent and Laura was excellent at her job.Very funny and good at her job.

Had a lovely meal at The Stanway Harvester. Our waitress, Laura was fantastic, very helpful and attentive! Thank you Laura

Lunch date with mum asked to be sat in a quieter area and they did so Salad bar fully stocked and nothing was to much to ask Kat was brilliant this afternoon area was kept tidy and clean 👏

Service was great but felt like quite a generic run pub, food was good but portion sizes seemed skimpy, staff was polite and good service, not much atmosphere and wasn't very warm or welcoming, luckily staff saved it with being helpful and polite,

Good choice of food limited for vegetarians and vegans. Salad bar great addition.

Good experience on last visit, couldn't fault

We go twice a week to eat out and are always happy with the service !! Good food and great staff !! Thank-you.

We had a lovely lady with short dyed blonde hair . She was funny and great help . The food was great too. And all you can eat salad bar. Never been to a harvester before it was great and lovely definitely going to go to another one if we can.

Been years since I visited a Harvester, and I will be back very soon. Fantastic food, great service, reasonably priced, absolutely nothing to complain about.. Delicious! Well done Harvester!! Not many top notch restaurants around nowadays

Had a lovely well-cooked breakfast with the add-on steak which was cooked exactly medium rare as requested. Laura our waitress was amazing as always and couldn’t help us enough. Lovely experience, highly recommend.

The service was great food was lovely enjoyed the atmosphere as not too noisy

Laura was a lovely pleasant lady thank you for our lovely service and food

Great service from Laura once again the Colchester branch. Always make us feel welcome & notiing is too much trouble. Great breakfast, everyone enjoyed the sausages especially x

Laura was so lovely, really speedy & kind. Lovely food!

I was served by Laura this morning, who is always very attentive and makes me feel very welcome. Great service as always - thanks Laura

fantastic food Great atmosphere Server so friendly and efficient Laura so friendly

Laura is so helpful and very lovely! Hope to have her service again.

Food was good and service was very good

Lovely lunch for an excellent price. Laura was our waitress and she was just amazing. We've been coming for 7 years with our children which isn't always an easy experience with 4 children under 7 but every time Laura waits on us nothing is too much trouble. She makes it such a pleasurable experience, she's kind and she always includes and talks to the children. We keep coming back and are delighted when she's on

Always love a trip to the harvester, a firm family favourite. Laura has been the best waitress there in all the years we've been coming, great with the kids, friendly and helpful.

Thank you to Laura who was a credit to the restaurant with excellent service