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Nº 277 in 553 in Colchester

Nº 47 of 97 British in Colchester

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A really great experience everytime, fresh hot food served by people who care

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Tony Leonard . 2025-03-12

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Lovely exposed beams make for a nice old feel. Staff are friendly and accommodating. Food was nicely presented and tasted great

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Sarah L-Z . 2025-03-12

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We had a great experience! Shanon was looking after us and she was more than polite and patient! Great service!!!! ❤️ very family friendly!!

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Vesna Senih . 2025-03-10

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Fantastic cosy pub with reasonable priced good food. The many staff were extremely friendly and welcoming. The characterful wooden beams might cause a few headaches as your likely to bump your head if you don't watch where you're going. Only 1 downside I found was the mens toilets.... they are in desperate need of a revamp. Plus there was no soap, or even a soap dispenser.... this is unacceptable in a restaurant. Needs to be sorted now.

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sweet stuff . 2025-03-10

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Lovely helpful and friendly staff. Great olde world building.

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Christine Rafferty . 2025-03-08

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Went on Saturday , had a lovely time , bar staff and waitress were lovely and the food was lovely, the bar toilets needs sorting out smell disgusting and broken sink wobbly taps , needs a revamp , restaurant ones are better , sort them and it’s a great pub

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Jason Nicholson . 2025-03-03

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Food was excellent,highly recommend it .Toilet was disgusting.

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Carl Gonzales . 2025-03-02

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When to Rovers Tye today no post mix and then no milk to have a coffee. Absolutely ridiculous when they are surrounded by shops not good management

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Lisa Dean . 2025-03-02

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Lovely food and lovely staff. Come often and always a pleasure

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Tia Foster . 2025-03-02

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Absolutely amazing meal! Food was delicious our server Ellie Was awesome and made sure all our food was correct & was super lovely! Would recommend and definitely be lucky to have that server! Did us an awesome table for 21 of us!

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Kieran Bowen . 2025-03-01

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Amazing service from the incredible Shannon this evening. Thank You.

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James Parsons . 2025-02-28

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The staff are warm and welcoming. Our waitress was absolutely lovely. A real credit to you. Spoilt for choice food wise. Only suggestion is that the pub is looking a little tired or in need of a refit.

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Guy Lomas . 2025-02-27

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Ladies were lovely and polite My dad loved being called sweetheart You may be losing Sharon to move to Spain

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Vicky Roden . 2025-02-24

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Amazing dinner out with the family, food was incredible and the waitress Abbie was so kind and very helpful!

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ruby mason cherry . 2025-02-23

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Food was great, service was friendly and fast. The bathroom had no soap but other than that, really happy with our experience! Thank you to the whole team.

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Dan Dawkins . 2025-02-22

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Abbie gave amazing service. She was very polite and friendly, she is a great asset to the team. She was very quick to rectify a mistake that was made by someone else and she was very apologetic about the situation. She also made sure everything was okay and checked in with us. Can not fault her at all.

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Brooke Emmerson . 2025-02-22

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Food was excellent, we was served by Abbie who was superb; very polite and friendly, someone else brought out the wrong food which Abbie noticed immediately and took it away and rectified the mistake and was very apologetic even though it was not her mistake. Lovely lass thank you Abbie :)

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Lisa . 2025-02-22

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Sadly was very understaffed, I felt sorry for the 3 members of staff that were literally! Running around. It wasn't enough though my food was cold and my chicken was worse than my own cooking 😆.

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Floss . 2025-02-21

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Excellent food for the price you pay. The staff are so friendly and knowledgeable. Food is cheap and steak is always well cooked. Would recommend the slow and low short rib.

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Bored_Brit_Reviews . 2025-02-18

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Family went out today to eat rovers tye we 2 mixed grills 1XL steak and ale pie and a chicken burger all was nice apart from the mash it was hard and looked like instant mash not like fluffy no butter and it was like smash shame

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Wayne . 2025-02-18

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First experience was of the toilets which were very poor, poor decoration, poor cleanliness and very old. The restaurant is very tired, carpet warm, tables have lost varnish. All in need of fully refurbishing….Badly. Seemed to stand for a while to be served. Once at the table we ordered from the app and the drinks and food arrived promptly. The food was really nice, portions a lot less than several years ago but very tasty.

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th42uk . 2025-02-17

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Great food and very friendly service!

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Oliver Wickham . 2025-02-16

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Tried to have a nice birthday meal out for a partner but only to find out that the attitude of the server stank from the very beginning. Server spoke to the manager behind the bar at the time to check but they didn't want to know. And that we couldn't use Greene King own staff discount nor the friends and family staff discount code on valentine's day and on the email that was sent out, there's nothing mentioned there about it. but it got spoilt by the rudeness and stinking attitude. They just didn't want to know. Rude attitude issues and rudeness directness in an unprofessional manner. Won't be going there again. Avoid it like the plague.

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Laura S . 2025-02-14

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I hadn’t been to Rovers Tye for a while and was hoping to see some improvements, but unfortunately, things seem to have gone downhill. The garlic mushroom starter was far too oily, which made it quite unappetizing. Additionally, I was disappointed to find that there was no soap in the men’s toilet by the front door. In my opinion, in a restaurant, basic hygiene should be a priority. Overall, it feels like the quality and attention to detail have slipped. Hopefully, these issues will be addressed soon.

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dan paraschivescu . 2025-02-13

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This is a very old place full of character with a good atmosphere. The staff are all exemplary. Polite, kind, helpful and friendly. I cannot fault them or the service. The food is generally, technically OK but my otherwise well presented "XL Mixed grill" was good except for the supposed "star of the show", the steak. I had ordered medium but it was well done, only a minor issue, but the cut was the toughest, most sinue and tough gristle laden 8oz of steak I think I've ever had. A few bites were literally unchewable and I was forced to spit them out... a bit embarrasing in a public dining area. It's a shame and may have been a freak occurrence. I wouldn't avoid the place... unless it happens next time too.

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Stuart Clarke . 2025-02-12

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I visited Rovers Tye this evening for a nice, relaxed dinner and I was absolutely provided with one! Our waitress, Shannon, was brilliant! She has such a friendly and welcoming attitude towards everyone, she lit up the room! The customer service provided was amazing, I would 101% recommend your next meal to be here!

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Callum Wilkinson . 2025-02-11

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Excellent food for the price you pay. The staff are so friendly and knowledgeable. Food is cheap and steak is always well cooked. Would recommend the slow and low short rib.

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Nicholas “Nico” Farthing . 2025-02-08

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Really good Shannon was very helpful x

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alison burch . 2025-02-07

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Really enjoyed our evening - excellent customer service - really friendly staff. Couldn’t be better

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Melissa Collins . 2025-02-07

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Food is always hot and the staff are always polite!

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jessica byford . 2025-02-07

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Lovely food promt service always friendly staff great atmosphere.Will certainly be returning to this pub for the lovely food they serve

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Ellen O . 2025-02-05

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Came with friends for food before our night out was such a lovely atmosphere brilliant food and set us up perfectly for our evening out

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Sean Aldis . 2025-02-04

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This was a lovely experience for my boyfriend and I tonight, friendly staff and Shannon was very attentive and helpful. It was a lovely, clean environment. Food was lovely and just a great experience overall. We’ll be back soon!

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Charlotte Howell . 2025-02-02

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Wow what an amazing place to eat. Come from lowestoft and it's well worth travelling for will definitely be back. Food was 10 out of 10. Service was great even though it was packed only down point was I was to full for dessert. Thank you all so much

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Emma Greenwood . 2025-02-01

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Great service, Shannon at rovers tye was so lovely, we went out for my daughters 3rd birthday and she played with her and my other daughter to with the presents, the food was hot and Shannon made our experience fun, thank you ☺️

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Chelsie Marles . 2025-01-28

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Fantastic evening 25/1/25 Booked for 13 of us for our son and nephews 17th birthdays. Food was amazing and came out quickly and hot. Service was brilliant by all staff especially Abbie. Thank you so much, we'll be back soon!

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Ashlea Reeve . 2025-01-25

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Food was good and reasonably priced

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David Dalmon . 2025-01-23

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Great place to go for a meal, with friends, family or by yourself. Staff are kind, courtesy & always see if there's anything else that you want

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Peter Gollings . 2025-01-22

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Absolutely amazing friendly staff best pub I have ever been into

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Anthony Kleingeld . 2025-01-22

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The service was great, no complaints at all, definitely coming back , thanks to our server shannon

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Taylor.c.123 . 2025-01-20

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Came for birthday meal for 8 of us, food perfect atmosphere good and Shannon was 10/10 service. Lovely girl

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Sophie Clark . 2025-01-20

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The staff at Rovers Tye are always polite and accommodating, especially when my mother requested a different table due to my SEN daughter continuously running out of the restaurant. They are fantastic when it comes to allergies as well which is why it’s our go to as we have 2 children with allergies and can always count on Rovers to make her feel included! And a huge bonus is the food is always fantastic, especially the low and slow beef rib which has been a great addition to the menu.

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Courtney Cox . 2025-01-19

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Best gammon I have ever had so have it on every visit

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Debby Boswick . 2025-01-19

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If you fancy a nice treat go to the rovers tye in Colchester the food is great the range of drinks is very good and the staff are friendly and polite you will really enjoy your visit.

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craig thompson . 2025-01-17

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Our server Shannon was an absolute pleasure. So friendly, warm, welcoming and went out of her way! Will definitely be back ☺️

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Shaunna Lynch . 2025-01-14

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Shannon was our server, and she was great, definitely coming back!

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Nolan Pereira . 2025-01-14

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The meal was Amazing,but nothing will ever replace my pride and joy the chicken platter I beg I will sell my soul for the chicken platter

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enzo semmence . 2025-01-12

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normally serves good food but this time served stale tasting food that left me sick to my stomach.

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Ashita Chavakula . 2025-01-10

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Nice easy experience. Family friendly. Steak was a bit tough and chewy so may want to stick to chicken but we enjoyed ourselves :)

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Nathan Redmon . 2025-01-09

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Maja was amazing great service!

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Jem Gilks . 2025-01-07

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We always get good food at amazing value. The service is always extremely good and accommodating - food allergies considered and pet friendly when needed.

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Zena S . 2025-01-06

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food was amazing, service was very polite.

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Leah Jade . 2025-01-05

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Festive Dinner with friends. Some had ordered off the festive menu and the rest chose to order off the standard menu. Even though it was very busy our orders were taken very quickly and the food served in good time. All had a great time with the staff being very helpful.

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Tony . 2025-01-02

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Reasonable pub grub. If you like steak, avoid busy times, the standard tends to drop. Update, most recent visit: Bar was busy, not many serving staff were working. Food took over an hour to arrive, mine was cold, though my wife's was warm. The drinks were nice though.

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John Keleher . 2024-12-28

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Good pub food and a good evening was had by all !

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Chris Hasanally . 2024-12-27

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We've been coming here for years but gone down hill lately and won't now return. Some grumpy and rude staff mainly the problem with bad attitudes. Mainly the one who addresses everyone as "my lovelies". Poor quality steak and beef too. Portions reduced in size. Shame but we'll find somewhere else

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KEO . 2024-12-27

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Met up with friends for lunch, we go on average fortnightly. Had a good meal, desert and drinks. Service was quick, the staff doing a great job of looking after us. It was busy but enjoyable.

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Ollie Beakus . 2024-12-20

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The bar was very busy which was only to be expected at this time of year. My wife and I ordered a mixed grill, and a steak flatbread with side order of chips and onion rings. It took over an hour to come out of the kitchen. My flatbread was cold, as were my sides. My wife's mixd grill was hot. The drinks were ok, and served quickly enough.

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John K . 2024-12-20

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Used to be one of mine and my family's favourite places to eat we would have every birthday meal, works meal etc here but last few times we have been its been awful, the menus are sticky the staff (apart from 1 waitress) don't look like they want to be there I stood in dog poo in the beer garden while having a vape we was trying to eat and a dog kept whimpering and wineing (I'm a dog lover but when I'm trying to eat....its not really want I want to hear) 2 of the toilets didn't have toilet roll when i asked all i got was theres other toilets over there, only good think was the food....it was genuinely the worst experience we've had here. Don't think we'll be bak.

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Sophie Finch . 2024-12-16

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Considering this pub serves food I was disgusted by the loos writing all over the walls and to kick it off no soap to wash your hands

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daniel kent . 2024-12-13

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Go to place for the family eat out meal. Food has improved recently and not too expensive either.

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Seags . 2024-12-13

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Excellent food Excellent service and the atmosphere was just as good will definitely be going back.

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Glenn Frisby . 2024-12-11

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We sat in one of the booths, and the seats were filthy. There were flies crawling over them. We had the christmas dinner and the brocolli was very hard. The turkey was one of those Bernard Matthews round joints.( yuck). My friend had christmas pudding with brandy sauce, but the girl who served us didn't know if brandy sauce was supposed to be hot or cold! We had to tell her ourselves! We were also kept waiting for our drinks, when we ordered them. The girl who waited on us was very pleasent though. One good thing though, the hot chicken strips were very nice! Xx

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Lesley Kemp . 2024-12-10

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We sat in one of the booths, and the seats were filthy. There were flies crawling over them. We had the christmas dinner. And the brocolli was very hard. The turkey was one of those Bernard Matthews round joints. ( yuck). My friend had christmas pudding with brandy sauce, but the girl who served us didn't know if brandy sauce was supposed to be hot or cold! We had to tell her ourselves! We were also kept waiting for our drinks, when we ordered them. The girl who waited on us was very pleasent though..

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Lesley K . 2024-12-10

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We had our Christmas Meal here last night and it was very disappointing,The prawn cocktail had hardly any sauce on and the lettuce looked horrible,Our Turkey roast dinner was very disappointing,The Turkey slices were round like it came from a Bernard Matthews joint???The broccoli 🥦 was very had and the runner beans ,Roast potatoes were mushy and Yorkshire pudding didn't looked cooked properly,Deserts were just as bad

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Doris Gillies . 2024-12-10

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Our waitress Abbie was absolutely amazing and perfect, so professional yet also incredibly friendly, absoloustly brilliant night

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Alice W . 2024-12-02

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Shannon was so lovely and food was very tasty

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Lauren Edwardson . 2024-11-28

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Maxi was amazing, such a credit to the team. The food was lovely.

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Blue Red (Redderssx) . 2024-11-28

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Shannon was such a lovely waitress, very attentive, helpfull and quick food service.

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Steve Bayes . 2024-11-25

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Very nice food and quick service

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Sam Bird . 2024-11-23

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Good food and excellent service, as ever.

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Susan Tunstall . 2024-11-19

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Very good service, I had forgotten to mention one of our party was in a wheelchair and they were able to change our table accordingly. Attentive staff and speedy service. Thank you!

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Sarah Pearce . 2024-11-13

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Food was OK although we were made to feel unwelcome as soon as we finished eating. Apologies for the inconvenience we caused by showing a blue light card when we suddenly had the bill put in front of us

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Linny . 2024-11-11

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Pub with a friendly atmosphere, in a great location for Colchester with lots of parking.

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Rob Theobald . 2024-11-11

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Our server was outstanding and went above and beyond to make our 4yr old son’s birthday lunch as special as possible.

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Luke Harman . 2024-11-09

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good food and good prices great service.New menu now lots of new things to choose from and all tastes great for a brilliant price. Need to spend some money on the toilets as they are a discrace painted over tiles scratched through, leeking toilet or urinal water all over the floor, realy lets the place down, Its a shame

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Steven Torpey . 2024-11-06

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Had a lovely meal me and my partner was served by Abbey and she was amazing. Told use about all the offers that you had on and also persuaded use to get double gins instead of singles. Food was amazing good price 100% be back. Highly recommended

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Jasmine . 2024-11-06

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Visiting a friend for the weekend and decided to go here for food , we couldn't have picked a nicer place. Lovely atmosphere, very friendly staff and delicious food . Thank you

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Karen Weed . 2024-11-04

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The meals were in the £13.95p for two Mion-Fri. Would definately reccomend. The puddings were also awesome, but purchased separately.

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Steven Winter . 2024-10-31

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Absolutely best staff I’ve ever met … all helpful friendly and smiling .Duty manager Sian excellent customer service looking after her customers and staff

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Sue B . 2024-10-30

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Excellent meal friendly service

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Jeffrey Green . 2024-10-30

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I've given everything 5 star based on this visit. Tbh, I've never had a bad meal there and really enjoy it. The price is absolutely perfect for the style of food, £36 for 2 drinks and dinner is, ideal for a mid week treat.

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Phillip Wiltshire . 2024-10-30

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Large party for a birthday. Food was great

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Gemma Prior . 2024-10-30

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Lovely atmosphere, all staff were very friendly and attentive. Enjoyed the food and would definitely go back again. Really quick service.

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Mary T . 2024-10-28

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Just came back from having meal with my family and it was horrible, I had turkey roast and it was cold and un edible, the Yorkshire pudding was rubbery and had biscoff cheesecake and it was solid unlike a cheesecake, so not somewhere I would go back to to answer your question, we never got asked whether it was all OK, in fact because it was busy, we had to keep finding a waitress to order each time, if we was asked then I would have complained

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Carol Marshall . 2024-10-27

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Had the Sunday Roast today the rib eye beef it was so yummy The waitress was very friendly too I would recommend you all to try the Rovers Tye in Colchester Essex Was very impressed with our lunch & dessert & Lattes too

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CAROL CHAMBERLAIN . 2024-10-27

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A lovely off chance meal with my mum. Excellent service by Abbie. Be back again soon!

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Daniel Bull . 2024-10-26

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Great service as always!!! Prompt service! And good beer

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Danny Burgess . 2024-10-26

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A table was booked by telephohne for seven people for a reunion and particularly asking about bringing a dog.When the couple with the dog arrived to sit down with the others already seated They were told they could not sit in this area. They mentioned they had driven from the south coast for two and a half hours and were told they had to sit in the confined dark bar area away from the other five or all seven could move to there - the table available seats four! The staff were uninterested dismissive and unhelpful. They were unaccommodating . When the meal was finished and all joined together in the confined bar area seven attempting to sit around a table for four and bring chairs to the table they were told not to move the chairs and get them from an area around the corner! The staff were not attentive or helpful in any way towards us.

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denise B . 2024-10-25

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We come every few months and always happy with the food and service :)

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Rebecca Lane . 2024-10-23

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Was very pleased with the service from staff and was impressed with the food and will be coming again

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Pauline Fenner . 2024-10-18

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Lovley food and brilliant service

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Louie Whelan Dorney . 2024-10-18

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Lovely food and great service!! The team were very accommodating as always!

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Amelia Chapman . 2024-10-18

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Spot on, excellent in every aspect.

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Ken M . 2024-10-15

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Excellent service Excellent food thanks for the afternoon.

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Steve Buckingham . 2024-10-12

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An absolute delight. 10/10 would smash it again.

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wanda perkins . 2024-10-12

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Staff very attentive, great place for a beer or two!

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Dave Slater . 2024-10-10

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Very friendly and convenient location

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Rayson . 2024-10-10

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Lucy was so so nice and helpful, Sian also really friendly and helpful. Both are a credit to the establishment!!!!

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Ricky Schaffter . 2024-10-10

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service was fantastic such polite attentive staff

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Mercedes Adams . 2024-10-08

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