Jamaica Blue cafe in Chelmsford

Great place for brunch with friends. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff.

Great food & service, only let down by weak tea, which I allowed a good 5mins to brew, but just needs more leaves !

Staff were very helpful and informative breakfast was excellent

Really lovely diner. Bit hidden...but that's a plus too. Has a really upbeat atmosphere and clever decor. Good lite bites abd good coffee.

Fantastic coffee! Very attentive staff

This is a decent venue to go to for breakfast or brunch. Good selection of food and it is always lovely. Service is good when the staff are not standing around on their mobile phones ignoring/not noticing customers waiting to be served.

Amazing signature coffee indeed. Nice food. Cosy atmosphere.

The best chai lattés in Chelmsford! I have enjoyed many great breakfasts here, my only criticism is that when coming in for just coffees and cakes I have had a discretionary service charge to the bill. I can understand for meals but for coffee seems a bit much.

My perfect place for breakfast ☺️ Visiting them frequently since I first visited them 3 years ago

Big Brekkie - on par with a Wetherspoons breakfast. Cups stink, not rinsed properly from dishwasher. Tables too small for a group of four, elbow clashing. Average at best.

Jamaica Blue in Chelmsford is a fantastic spot for breakfast. They offer great food at reasonable prices, and the atmosphere is welcoming and vibrant. Highly recommended for a delightful morning meal! Fabulous!

Popped in by chance, extremely clean, nice ambience, service and food were great.

Visited this lovely cosy restaurant on 6th May. The chicken burger was perfect. Even the oatmeal and flat white coffee was brilliant. The hostess Ruby was lovely and she was very caring towards my DD. Best place for a quiet brunch and quick service!

Only my 2nd time at this place! Had to send my meal back because I was served rotten fruit on the pancakes! Obviously just scrapped off the fruit and replaced it with another rotten banana!

Top notch coffee and bacon bun. Good friendly service too.

Early Elevenses whilst hubby did the local Half Marathon. Enjoyed a lovely Vienna Latte and delicious slice of Lemon and White Chocolate cake. Great service. Extensive menu choice. Good prices.

Against my better judgement, I ordered the steak stacker, which, apart from one other time, has always been delicious. I explained to my serve at my previous disappointment, and he assured me that every care would be taken to provide a decent plate. As before, sadly, the stake was tough and totally unseasoned. The asparagus was supposed to be grilled, however, they were raw. The tomatoes were a nice touch, but also uncooked. Such a pity. I had two types of coffee The first was far too weak, and I did mention this to the server, however, the second one I selected the Jamaica blue range and it was strong and good. I will not be ordering the steak platter again.

We’ve been here a few times now and while it is a lovely dining experience and the service is good with friendly staff, the food is really where it lets itself down. Mostly it is tasty however there are a few issues like poorly cooked eggs, over cooked veggie sausages and the biggest problem is the money you pay vs the portion sizes. The veggie breakfast doesn’t come with toast, and a portion of toast separately is £3!? The kids food was £3 something and to add on a singular sausage was £3 also (which is inconsistent with our last visit where we paid similar for 2 sausages). If you do have a dish with sourdough it is one slice cut in two, which just seems a bit stingy for the price you’re paying? Coffee is good but honestly, with these prices we won’t be rushing back.

Hungry for breakfast, we found this Cafe and what a find. Clearly a popular eaterie as it was full when we arrived at 10:00am but seeing so many folks obviously enjoying what they had, we decided to wait for a table. Estimated time was 5 minutes but it was much later, probably nearer 15 when the first movement occurred. We were immediately taken to the table by a very apologetic waitress. and within a few minutes, we had ordered, had our drinks delivered and not long after the huge plateful of "Eggs your way". Lovely sourdough bread, a mound of scrambled egg, 3 large rashers of crispy bacon and a pot of the most amazing Chilli Jam I have ever tasted. Total (inluding tip) cost around £25 - true value for money considering the quality of the food, service and surroundings. Just found out that we have one of this chain reasonably local to me, so guess I may just test them out to see if the standard is the same.

Cold and wet food, slow service.

#jamaicablue what has happened use to be one our favourite places.. but today 😧 I ordered a cheese salad sandwich on sourdough.. first I’m given a toasted sandwich which I sent back didn’t ask for toasted.. then when my sandwich arrives it’s cheese,tomato & pesto which I ate but not what I ordered.. so I told the waitress when she asked if everything was okay.. she said it was because I pointed to the chicken sandwich in the display… I was merely showing her what sourdough looked like.. her attitude was atrocious and when we got the bill I was charged for chicken 😧 you need to up your game #jamaicablue 3/10

Dirty, very run down and poorly maintained. We strongly suspect my Mum has food poisoning from our visit here

Lovely little cafe / restaurant.. Food is amazing. Every time I come to Chelmsford I pop in there for a brunch..

Had a great time at this restaurant. We did have to wait for a few minutes to be seated as it was very busy. The food was very good although wish there were a few more options to choose from. Staff were lovely and wait time for food was very fast

We love this place! Just wish they allowed dogs … we’d be there every day!

Really enjoyed brunch at Jamaica Blue, great atmosphere, friendly attentive staff and really enjoyable food and coffee. Would recommend, and will be back!

We really enjoy coming here and my husband specially loves the Jamaica coffee blend.

I was served by Adam ( big guy with tattoos) honestly friendliest staff ever, warm greeting he was also having a laugh with me when working, would reccomend 10/10 experience

Cramped. Cold and cold air by constant door opening.

I have been visiting regularly for a year since i moved to Chelmsford. I often have a breakfast where I change 2 meat products offered for one veggie one. However, for the first time I was told that i need to pay extra to make thus change. A waitress was tasked to impart this fact by her manager.Apparently this wasn't necessary last week or 2 weeks before that. Also the meat products had a higher monetary value than the 1 veggie substitution. This is unacceptable, they have now lost a regular customer because they decided to take this approach. There are many good breakfast places to eat in Chelmsford. Not sure this approach is a good one, given the compettive market this business operates in.

Popped in here for breakfast. The service was very good and friendly staff. My vegetarian breakfast roll looked appetising only to be met with disappointment at seeing inside was a square fried egg the tiniest I have ever seen! I am aware that eggs can be cook on a tray and cut but this was like the end corner! Didn’t have time to say anything and it all tasted lovely but a fried/baked egg should be of a decent size!

Delicious! Food is very fresh. The staff are so friendly, I really appreciate their kindness the other day.

My wife and I came for a coffee, a table became available and we were told we had to wait 10 minutes before ordering which was no problem. I asked if we can at least sit at the table and wait, but we were told we had to stand by the door as if we sat down it would confuse their ordering system. EXTREMELY POOR ATTITUDE TO LOOKING AFTER THEIR CUSTOMERS.

First time there wint be the last

Really good food, good service and clean

9am breakfast meet, excellent food and service with good portion size (a nice bonus these days) competitively priced.. Well worth a visit if you are in or around Bond Street. Nice mellow atmosphere first thing was a real plus..

Nice food, great service, reasonable prices. Recommended place for a quick bite to eat.

Good quality breakfast and coffee. Staff are very friendly and normally you don’t need to queue for too long even during the weekends.

Difficult to sense the style of the place at first. Breakfast served all day, I think. If it's a cafe then it's unusual to wait to be seated. Quite nice meal.

our server Essy was really welcoming and made the experience much better! Great food and great service overall :)

Great breakfast menu and coffee! Highly recommended.

Went Sunday morning. Very busy. Waited for about 10 minutes. This was no big deal. We were seated at a table for 2 and waited patiently to be served by young waiting staff. We then watched her serve all out of sequence to the guests which were arriving so we were the last from approximately 5 tables entering. Food came out for all the other quests . When we asked where our food was, the young lady went to check she did not come back to us to reassure us our order was being prepared. So after another 10 minutes approx we decided enough was enough and decided to leave. We told the manager that we hadn’t been fed and she said that she knew and was sorry. So with regards to food cannot comment but what I can say is service is poor and chaotic. Will not return

Jamaica Blue, does what it says on the tin, the food is good, bustling atmosphere and good service. Nothing is done badly and a good place to visit. I personally found it a little noisy due to the acoustics and felt that I needed to eat-pay-leave. That’s more of a reflection of me than anything that one could critique. Coffee as you would expect was excellent. Worth visiting and certainly are doing what they well as it’s nice and busy.

Great food and the service I always find great.

Went got a cheese and onion pie it wasn't a pie it was in a glass bowl the pastry was black it was burn to the pastry of the so called pie turned it over was completely black I complained he said I w.ill do another one I said as long as its not like the last then they came and said they didn't have any can I give you something else I said a tea cake couldn't eat it it was burnt didn't offer a refund it cost £17 90 for somewhat was all left on table stay clear of that place worst place in warrington to eat

Great place many special offers,

Hit and miss, but at least the food is warmer than the staff.

There was slow service even when not many customers many of times where our food was ready but not given to us and giving us the wrong food we had to speak to the employees multiple of times to get our food or to get the right food the place looks very aesthetically pleasing but didn't live up to its standard

Stumbled across this restaurant and wow! The food was delicious. Great atmosphere, very friendly staff and all freshly made food.

Loved the vegan all day breakfast with sweet potato fries, and oat milk latte. Nice atmosphere and friendly service.

Very welcoming and friendly. We enjoyed a very good vegan brunch here with an oatmilk latte. Only dropped a star as the veggie sausage was quite hard, but everything else was lovely. I would have preferred a non processed item instead of the sausage, maybe homemade beans would be good?

Went with my girlfriend today, food was nice but ordered a tea and ice peach tea. The mug for the tea was really dirty so we asked for another one it was the same. And regards to the ice peach tea it was fizzy which my girlfriend couldnt drink.

Had lunch here recently and food choice and quality very good. Service excellent. Maybe the tables are a little close together but I understand this from a business point of view. However, people seem to use the restaurant as an extension of the office for a working lunch and you feel you are in a meeting with them if they are a bit load. Maybe a separate area for business meetings would better for the overall atmosphere.

I used to go here quite a lot when it first opened. The staff are super. Very attentive and they care. The food on the other hand has been on a slow downward spiral. The sausage I had with the all new american diner breakfast was appalling. They have changed the brand they buy in. Now they're just fatty and tasteless. I actually had to spit out a lump of fat from the sausage (see picture). The pancakes are tiny, they used to be double the size. I don't see how using half the batter would make a huge difference in cost? Batter is flour, eggs and milk lol we're talking pennies. The hash browns I think have changed as well. I will go back one more time at some point to check it out again but its very dissapointing to see this place go down hill. On a side note, the prices have gone up too, when food prices have actually gone down ... I hope they are able to find new management so they can improve and turn a new leaf 🙏🏻 Here's hoping.

Lovely fresh cooked food with a good choice of different dishes. Lovely Coffee and other drinks. Polite, friendly and attentive staff.

Service- 9.5/10 Food- 10/10 Drinks- 9/10 Aesthetic- 10/10 Great for breakfast and lunch will definitely return 💯 The chips with the peri peri burger were the best crispy on the outside fully inside perfection

A really nice place ,lovely and clean The staff were very accomodating to the lady I care for who has special dietary requirements Her food was freshly cooked and nice and hot

Great brunch - would highly recommend- the salmon was really fresh and everything was cooked well

First time ever and impressed with the service by friendly staff and thoroughly enjoyed the American Diner breakfast. Will definitely be going again.

Great food service and atmosphere

Best coffee I’ve tasted, good portions, friendly staff

Wow we love this place. Food and service never disappoints. We travel from Witham to come here for breakfast on birthdays, anniversaries and anytime we find an excuse. The best place for breakfast ever, delicious x

Always super yummy, great place for breakfast!

Great food served by friendly staff would go back again I would highly recommend this place to eat

Nice environment good food and service

Best Coffee that you will get in Chelmsford, consistently too. The food is not quite to the same level but still good :)

Small frontage but goes in and back a way. Enjoyed lunch. The place was a little gem

We had a fabulous meal here today, from the staff to the atmosphere was best i've had in a long while in Chelmsford. Will definately be back.xx

We love it here Food is always delicious friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere

SHAMELESS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION. Looked to this cafe thinking I would get some culture. This has less culture or value to the Roots it claims as Ronald McDonald. Do you give a percentage of sales to support Jamaican Coffee growers? Do you have one Jamaican person on the payroll? It’s sad misappropriation like this that leaves the taste of plastic in my mouth any time I venture near Chelmsford. Plastic town, plastic people, plastic jokers

Went here on Valentine’s day, we were served by Dougie who was attentive and served us our food very promptly. The avocado toast and turkish eggs were amazing, in both quality and size. We even ordered a spaniata and the quality remained. The coffee was great and the iced peach tea was amazing! Great cost for brunch, will come again.

None eventful meal, but based on individual taste. Would go again but maybe annually rather than frequent. As said might suit different peoples taste more. Nothing wrong with staff they were good. Toilet a bit weird as has a sliding door directly to restaurant.

I no longer live in Chelmsford but luckily for me some family does and each time I visit them I make sure to meet at the Jamaica Blue Cafe. For me it hits all the right notes for good brunch/ lunch spot. The staff have always been friendly and attentive, the food is always good and the coffee is worth the visit alone. The menu choices are always well planned too. My family can at times be quite picky and yet the range of dishes here cater for all preferences. Will I visit again? Absolutely, at the next possible opportunity.

The service was fast, the staff was friendly, the coffee presentation was great and delicious

First time visiting here, staff very attentive and food and drinks arrived in a timely way. The food is amazing, fresh, healthy options We will definitely visit again

Andreea was my waitress, I must say a huge thank you as she was very attentive, funny and friendly which added to my experience 😊 Great light food options too! I will be back

I’m a regular at this place. Always receive great service and a lovely brunch - tend to always get the eggs benny but will have to branch out at some point! Definitely worth a visit for a quick brunch in Chelmsford.

Really good and affordable restaurant in Chelmsford city centre serving delicious hot breakfast. Quick attentive service. Five stars

Good food and coffee, friendly efficient service. A bit cramped when busy

Took mum for lunch . Coffee is always amazing and it was her first experience in Jamaica blue she loved it

Absolutely delicious breakfast. Well worth paying a little more !

Pre-booked a table for 12 at 9am on a Sunday morning. Friendly and efficient staff, food as ordered - would use again

Busy place. Decent prices. Slow service.

Breakfast 🍳 was overcooked never had such a fricking diabolical breakfast toilet facilities need a good clean around the floor and walls with a strong cleaner only one toilet for the amount of seating🤷toilet is really close to where people eat food so I don't know how someone in a wheelchair would get into the toilet as tables and chairs cause an obstruction so that is why it only has 1star🤔 Main door is difficult to get through so try another café for breakfast

The best coffee in Chelmsford you find it at Jamaica Blue 😃

Didn't know this restaurant existed. So pleased I found it. Excellent food. Staff very friendly and professional. Prices reasonable too. Really worth a visit. Scrambled eggs are not my favourite but this was delicious.

This is a GEM. Great food, excellent service.

Hands down, best chai latte in town! Wonderful brekkie. Efficiently run by a small 'on-the-ball' team. A gem in the heart of Chelmsford.

Delicious food, english breakfast was 👍. Big portion, good price. Nice and cozy, friendly staff.

Nice Vanilla Latte ( coffee ) and that's good enough for me.

Very nice coffee and chill environment

Great coffee here and the food is great, nice sized portions aswell exactly what you want for the price

The food was poor horrible slimy scrambled eggs they did take this off the bill however the black pudding tasted yukky toast was hard overall poor breakfast, Place was filthy to include toilets miserable staff clearly not happy in job We used to go a lot we won’t be back very overall poor

The food was nice and loads of options. The coffee was a bit disappointing.

My favorite place to come for breakfast! Staff are always friendly and polite and the food never disappoints.

Lovely and friendly atmosphere accompanied by great décor…but that is not why you should come here! The breakfast is amazing! Great place!

Actually really disappointing Long waiting times, don't think server took order for drinks or drinks took a long time to come and had to ask someone different

Lovely food. Great coffee. Very quick service and loved my breakfast there.

apparently I was going to eat sirloin in a sandwich and I can tell that was not sirloin at all. The lady at the entrance is many things but kind ... even my drink was wrong...never going back again

Worst smoothie I ever drunk, it is more like a milkshake. And since when are smoothies made of syrup??? Horrible. The staff was untrained, they couldn't answer basic questions. The design is nice but everything else is a big no.