The Beehive in Colchester

Afternoon Tea Advised of severe nut allergy at point of booking. Served coffee and walnut cake !!! Waiter took it away and said its only touching a couple of other slices. Brought back 2 plates, one with the coffee & walnut cake and another without and proceeded to place both back on the table ! Severe nut allergy means severe nut allergy !!! Cakes were shop bought and not fresh, one small scone each, brown bread sandwiches stale. The pot of tea was lovely and the highlight

Lovely staff, very polite and helpful, but wrong meal arrived, my husband had finished his by the time the correct meal arrived. The hot meal was served on a cold plate and the food was not thoroughly heated. Not an enjoyable meal or experience. We were offered 1 x complimentary drink to compensate. :(

Horrible cafe. Brunch is basically reheated & leftover breakfast items. Can’t be bothered to bring your food over; instead leaving it out in the open for plebs to breathe over.

he sido regularmente usando este restaurante / cafetería durante muchos años y nunca hemos tenido ningún problema con ello. Hay una gran variedad de tamaños de mesa, así que si estás cenar solos o con amigos usualmente hay un sitio apropiado para sentarse. Como es un internet café hay obviamente ordenadores junto a una pared para aquellos que desean navegar por la red.

Awful experience, we came here for an early dinner/late lunch was completely empty which was fine we thought our food should be on point… it was the complete opposite we ordered starters and mains. Starters came out, the chicken skewers tasted spoilt so didn’t finish it as we didn’t want food poisoning and my prawns and crayfish was completely disgusting. We was starving too but couldn’t eat another bite so we decided to cancel the mains and just paid for the starters and drinks then left. Really and truly we shouldn’t have paid! It’s the second time now that we have had a bad experience food wise. Lesson learnt we will not return again. Drinks are good just too expensive!