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Nº 266 in 553 in Colchester

Nº 46 of 97 British in Colchester

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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

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Janine Evans . 2024-11-14

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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.

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Maria Archer . 2024-11-11

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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.

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Nicola M . 2024-11-06

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

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Vikki Montgomery . 2024-11-04

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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.

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Vikki . 2024-11-04

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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.

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Gary G . 2024-11-03

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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.

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Eyitoyosi Onadipe . 2024-11-03

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

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Mark G . 2024-11-03

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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

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lisapadbury . 2024-10-31

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

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Michael Cowley . 2024-10-29

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As always a great place for food and service.

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Paul Stoneman . 2024-10-28

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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

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Dan Kirby . 2024-10-23

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Good quality food excellent service.

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john hubbard . 2024-10-19

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Great food, and our server Laura was a gem!

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Anthea Atkinson . 2024-10-19

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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!!

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Gretta Davies . 2024-10-18

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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.

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K Lianne . 2024-10-16

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

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Dick Fitzsimons . 2024-10-14

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

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Chris Rogers . 2024-10-12

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

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Natashia Taylor . 2024-10-12

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

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Neil Daines . 2024-10-12

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

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Molly Hamilton . 2024-10-12

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Great service and food. Improved from last visit.

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Mark Jones . 2024-10-11

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

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Rebecca Teager . 2024-10-09

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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.

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Alfie James Productions . 2024-10-06

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As always, does what it's meant to.

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Darren Harrison . 2024-10-01

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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.

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Josephine Cook . 2024-09-30

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

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Simon Lacey . 2024-09-29

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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 .

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charmaine Bartlett . 2024-09-28

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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!

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Deborah Marsden . 2024-09-27

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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!

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Wendy Lawrenson . 2024-09-26

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Lovely place to go have something to eat

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Jamie Cook . 2024-09-24

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Laura made the evening a memorable one. Many thanks

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Ade Ruddock . 2024-09-24

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Very good service! Tasty salad bar!

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Siobhan Fay . 2024-09-24

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Very friendly and efficient and food was great

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Michael Mills . 2024-09-23

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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

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Kiki Lewlew . 2024-09-21

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Great food served quickly even though the place was packed

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Spencer Clark . 2024-09-21

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

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Chesney . 2024-09-21

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

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Karen Peskett . 2024-09-14

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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.

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Lee Hellier . 2024-09-13

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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 😊

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Alex Hens . 2024-09-13

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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

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helen cooper . 2024-09-13

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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,

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Claireoose1986 . 2024-09-11

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

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Sue Ettritch . 2024-09-11

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All ways enjoy my visit to the harvester

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Jean Anderson . 2024-09-11

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Good service and salad bar excellent.

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Heather Chinery . 2024-09-09

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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

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Stephen P . 2024-09-07

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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.

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Callum R . 2024-09-06

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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.

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RachelK1717 . 2024-09-01

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

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Jennifer Powner . 2024-09-01

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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 👍

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Ollie Dunn . 2024-09-01

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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.

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Emma Lynaugh . 2024-09-01

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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.

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Mike . 2024-08-31

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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!

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Connor Brady . 2024-08-30

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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 .

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Maggie Vybiral . 2024-08-30

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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

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Matthew Thowney . 2024-08-30

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

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Aaa Aaa . 2024-08-30

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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.

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Steve H . 2024-08-28

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

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Les Long . 2024-08-27

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1st time in one. Would definitely recommend it.

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John Mc Intyre . 2024-08-25

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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.

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Lisa Taylor . 2024-08-24

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

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Loz Mcgrath . 2024-08-23

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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.

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Peter Hosking . 2024-08-22

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

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Nicky Bailey . 2024-08-21

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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 👏

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Becky Young . 2024-08-20

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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,

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James Rose . 2024-08-16

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

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Gill Scott . 2024-08-15

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Good experience on last visit, couldn't fault

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Rustina Jenkins . 2024-08-15

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

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Mark Titman . 2024-08-13

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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.

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Ben Barnes . 2024-08-12

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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

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Jo Tanton . 2024-08-09

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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.

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James Hadden . 2024-08-08

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

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June Burry . 2024-08-04

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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

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Cherri Moon . 2024-08-03

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

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Karen Elles . 2024-08-03

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

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Leanne Shingler . 2024-08-02

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

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Cassie Niner . 2024-08-02

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

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Lisa Niner . 2024-08-02

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

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Sharon Norcross . 2024-08-02

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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.

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Emma whitfield . 2024-08-01

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Food was good and service was very good

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Vince Howlett . 2024-08-01

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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

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Charlotte Storrar . 2024-08-01

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

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richard Prentice . 2024-07-31

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We had burgers and it was so dry couldn’t swallow it with lots of ketchup. There was not passion making and plates either. Not going back there again.

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shayganful . 2024-07-31

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Excellent service tonight! Served by a lovely Ralph! Food was amazing like always

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drahoslava havrlova . 2024-07-30

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Lovely food at a reasonable price. Staff always friendly.

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D T . 2024-07-30

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Great food any time of day and great team- Laura is fab- really looks after you.

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Dawn Beaumont-Jewell . 2024-07-29

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Lovely breakfast. Ethan was very nice and friendly to us.

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Cracker . 2024-07-29

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Recently moved to the area so this was our first visit to the restaurant in Stanway for breakfast and we received the most friendly welcome from Laura, who was then attentive, helpful and clearly a people person. Great visit.

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steve brampton . 2024-07-28

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Sorry didn't think much of the harvester. People behind us came in after us but got served first. The meal wasn't anything special. Wont go there again.

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Elizabeth James . 2024-07-28

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Really enjoyed my time at the Harvester today. Laura was a legend, bubbly, fun and gives great service. Ask for Laura if you go and you won’t be disappointed

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Luke Uwins . 2024-07-27

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amazing service by Laura . After we left she ran out with my son’s hat to return it to him as he had left it on the table by accident . Best waitress that we have had ever had just outstanding !

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Lorraine Kearney . 2024-07-26

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Excellent value for money and good service.

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Jo Banks . 2024-07-26

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Laura was very helpful and cheerful. She made our visit very enjoyable with her sense of humour and service. Thanks Laura

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Chris Rockall . 2024-07-24

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Been to this harvester multiple times. Staff always friendly, today we had Laura who we have had many times before. Food on point salad bar stocked and restaurant clean. Always busy which gives it a nice buzz.

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Chris Chapman . 2024-07-24

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Had a end of term meal tonight. From the start our host Ralph was spot on. His service should be commended. The bloke didn't stop running around all night. Scampi for me Rump steak for the wife Pasta for my eldest Rump steak for the middle daughter Goujons for my little one Brownie for the toddler (he slept through meal) Chocolate Sundays all round to finish off Ralph's service couldn't have been better if he tried. I managed to knock my drink over and he instantly sorted this out for us. Food was banging and couldn't be faulted for the price. £83 for the lot inc drinks for 6 of us!!!! (With a 25%discount voucher) Management thanked us as we left. Nothing was drama and felt very welcome. Well done all and thank you Ralph you deserved the tip 👏

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The budding Reviewer . 2024-07-23

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My wife and I have recently moved from Southend (which boasts a choice of Harvesters) to Clacton (with none) as such it had been quite a while since we’d been to a Harvester. We always knew the menu had great choices but we didn’t recall just how good the food quality and freshness was, from all the salad items to the meat and poultry we had, everything was cooked to perfection and tasted great too!

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Ian Wright . 2024-07-23

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Great stop off for dinner on way home, staff very attentive, great venue, excellent food and at great value.

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Stance 118 . 2024-07-22

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Brilliant at dealing with allergies and always friendly

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Jackie Pitchford . 2024-07-22

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Great food, amazing service from Ralph today. Thank you so much

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Jessica Bunyan . 2024-07-21

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We had a dirty burger and chips and beyond dirty burger and chips which is vegetarian.the food was very nice and the staff on the ball and polite.plenty of parking. Children friendly, would recommend.

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Deborah Edwards . 2024-07-21

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