The Greyhound in Colchester

Delicious food and good sized portions. Thoroughly recommended.

What a great pub, well priced and presented food and a great selection of beers, friendly staff and a great atmosphere, well worth a visit.

Friendly pub with excellent food and a relaxed atmosphere. The Greyhound never has disappointed me.

Lovely pub, nice atmosphere, very good service. Loved my whitebait !

Amazing food great staff and sometimes amazing bands that play in the gardens, keep up the good work!

Havn't been to the Greyhound for a while, nipped in for lunch and will definitely be back. Staff were lovely, good choice of well kept beers, and despite being really busy found a table easily enough and food was fresh, good value and came out quickly despite having a couple of big groups in. Had run out of their home made pies (was quite a late lunch!) so will have to come back and try soon!

Great pub. Lovely food. Helpful staff. Even kept my jacket that I left behind ...

Love the food. Staff are friendly and will have a chat with you. Great garden for the summer

Very good! 4 of us came here for dinner. Typical 'pub grub' as you would expect. Angus burgers had sadly sold out but the chicken burger was more than worth it. Fresh and home made. Quality and flavours wete there! Feeds the hunger perfectly!

Friday 13 th January 2024 Today i visited this great Real ale and Eating pub in Wivenhoe This pub served 3 hand pumped ales and it was full of people eating the pubs' home cooked food The Adnams ghost ship ale was scrumptious today, and i felt so comfortable drinking in this old-fashioned pubs easy-going atmosphere The bar staff /owners today are so polite and helpful

V well run and welcoming pub in Wivenhoe

The best! Always so pleasant and accommodating, a proper local pub with a great team running it. The best food and such a cosy pub interior, while in summer months the garden is a real sun trap.

Great pub. Great atmosphere. Friendly staff, good beers, wines, spirits and snacks. Great menu providing good honest pub grub. Comfortable with a variety of places to sit. Log fire in winter. Occasional live bands and quizzes. Dog friendly. Best pub in Wivenhoe!

Great local pub. Very friendly staff and superb food.

Great pub with lovely atmosphere and good beer selection.

Great food, friendly staff, highly recommended.

Fantastic Sunday roast at The Greyhound, they managed to fit us in on a busy Sunday and I'm so glad they did, the staff were friendly and polite. They have a really good offering for a Sunday with roasts and normal pub food too. The food came out quickly and tasted great! We both had Pork Roasts and the pork was cooked perfectly. The atmosphere in the pub was cosy and welcoming, will defiantly be back to try the rest of the menu.

Lovely warm and welcoming pub. The beef stew was absolutely wonderful - good portion, superb flavours, the sort of dish you just don't want to end. The burger is up there with the best we've had.

Popped in here for a “light bite” for lunch and chose a sausage and onion jam sandwich…..which turned out to be a bit more than a “light bite” Thick very fresh bread filled with 4 meaty sausages and rich onion jam…..an amazing sandwich. My partners bacon,brie and cranberry sandwich was just as generous and tasty.

Fab meals and service last night for the 8 of us. We were all very happy. Thanks ...we'll be back.

Great service good quality food

Fab food for all ages including fussy children, great beer selection. Lovely warm welcome, friendly staff. Plenty of room in the beer garden. Definitely our favourite place in wivenhoe

Excellent local pub, traditional and friendly staff

Went for a lovely roast on Sunday with my young son and family. We all had the roast beef and it was absolutely delicious and a great price too at £16! We had a lovely time and they even boxed up my sons leftovers (although he demolished most of his roast!)

Amazing food, amazing range of drinks , amazing atmosphere. Best pub I. The area by a long way. Lovely big garden, friendly staff and owners.

It was quite cold in here Friday lunch time . It was a cold and bright sunny day but I felt it could have been warmer. There's lots of seating in here, but where we sat you could hear the hand dryer going on in the toilets. I really think they should be replaced with paper towel as it was quite distracting. Anyway, the Staff in here are exceptional. The service was good and our Lunch was very nice. In the Summer their Beer Garden is absolutely great and this is where they really excel. There is good Parking in the Public Car Park opposite.

Just look at photo, it says everything!!!!

Great choice of beer, great food & exceptional staff. Service is always friendly & efficient. Our number 1 pub in Wivenhoe

So I’ve been going to The Greyhound for 47 years plus and remember the lovely landlady from then Mrs Smith who is still resides in the village. Today I walked in at 5.30pm and was banned! I was there with my family just over a week ago and the tables, chairs etc are always reserved however, unless your face fits the landlord and landlady will not take a booking unless it is in the back bar. However we did sit on the sofa which had a reserve on it we advised the landlady that we would move as soon as the person arrived we would be happy to move. No problem! Prior to that the large round table was also reserved and the party that were using bad language but nobody questioned them to keep quiet. However I was with my family and was told that we were too loud and to keep quiet however there was nobody in the bar! This has always been our local and they are happy to take our money and have never had a problem apart from their bad attitude which we have ignored. Never a greeting or a hello or acknowledgment. We are just a number to them and they love their authority to ban anyone! How unkind, unfair and rude and we have supported them through their bad times! We are on a long list and just a number on their long list to be banned and we all know in the village that this is not an isolated incident and the list is growing and know of many many locals that have been banned! They are bullies and I will stand up for myself! However being here so long and knowing so many people in the village it’s about time everyone should speak up about how the owners treat us all and this is the first time that the ‘Landlord’ has ever spoken to me or acknowledge me and to ban me. As to you Lynne you served our drinks that night and if we were too loud etc why did you and your staff keep serving us?

After a 2 hour walk from Brightlingsea to wivenhoe the greyhound pub was a welcome site great service nice garden food excellent so was the beer . Recommended to anyone who likes a nice atmosphere. Definitely going to visit again

Excellent Pub, best beer selection in the area with Leffe, Erdinger & Neck Oil on draft to name a few, really nice vibe and atmosphere.

Had a really nice Sunday lunch, food was great and plentiful! we live local so always like to use the greyhound as it has a really nice warm atmosphere.

Always very welcoming, attentive service, friendly and helpful. Lovely garden and great atmosphere inside

Whilst visiting Wivenhoe, we came across the Greyhound pub and decided to go inside and have a drink. I was with my wife and son. On entering this delightful pub I enquired to the lady behind the bar if it would be okay just to have tea and coffees. The drinks soon arrived at the table we were sitting at served with a smile and a biscuit for each of us. The pub is deceptively large with a good size outdoor area at the back. Food was being served while we were there and it looked delicious. I noticed they had real ale on tap as well. A lovely pub with good service and friendly staff, recommended. Just to add, finding parking anywhere in Wivenhoe can be difficult especially at weekends.

This a great pub with lovely food

I attended my sisters civil partnership at weekend and the reception was held at your amazing pub! Everything was perfect, and thank you for making everyone feel so welcome. The room was perfect and the food was delicious ( especially the vegan tart). Highly recommended.

Always a friendly welcome, lovely atmosphere, and the food hits the spot every time!

Came onto Tripadvisor to leave a review for our genuinely great evening and really shocked by the run of negative reviews recently. This has not been my experience at all in the 5 or 6 times that we have used The Greyhound in the last 18 months. The food is absolutely excellent - both in terms of value for money, and quality, and quantity to be fair! Yes it is pub grub, but it is ridiculously good value for money with many main meals around the £12 mark and there are very few places round here that are still pulling that off in the current food price crisis. The Chicken Tikka Masala was absolutely amazing - great quality chicken breast and full of flavour, served with three dips, naan bread and a popadom for £12!!! The ham is delicious and of excellent quality making the Ham egg and home made chips a great option and the little mini sausages in honey and mustard sauce with a chilli dip are cracking every time. It has a lovely beer garden, nice atmosphere inside and is always very busy - so it can't be that bad!! It is truly excellent value for money in a time that this has never mattered more. We will certainly be back!

Just had the best lunch with my family at the Greyhound in Wivenhoe. My parents, who eat out a lot, commented on the fantastic food and compared it favourably with far more expensive restaurants that they’ve eaten in. Generous portions, fresh and beautifully prepared and presented food, friendly staff and lovely atmosphere. Highly recommended

I feel compelled to leave this review after leaving this venue. I was advised I would be unable to order food for 30 mins, fine happy to wait. Returned 30 mins Later and told the same thing. Despite other tables orders being taken. I accepted that they may be busy and decided to wait. Then several table that had ordered after us were served food so I decided at this point to ask for a refund and express my dissatisfaction. At this point I was met with what I can only describe at the worst customer service I have ever received. I was told I was attacking the staff merely for asking for a refund and an explanation. All I was left with as a response for the bad service as there’s something you don’t know. I was honestly left upset when I left.

Wonderful food and friendly staff

Very nice food, not your usual pub grub. Had to order in advance which I did find odd for a pub as it's not often I know what I want to eat until the day. Food took a while to arrive despite a pre order but it was very tasty none the less. We did actually pre book the duction room upstairs for our group but was told it was unavailable, would have been nice to know this before arriving as we felt crammed in to the corner.

Good pub, but I wish they would bring back the pool table.

My vegan bean burger was bland and totally lacked any flavour, my so called seasoned fries were not seasoned. Couldn't use the salt/pepper grinders as they were gunked up. This was served to me on a split skanky board really grim. I went and got myself a plate. My husband ordered the special; shell on tiger prawns with a sweet chilli sauce and garlic ciabatta . The prawns were served shell on and covered in bottled sweet chilli sauce!! Why on earth would you put chill sauce all over shelled prawns when the customer has to peel them!! Very unpleasant sticky mess. Surely the sauce should be in a pot. The tiger prawns did not look like they had seen a hot pan but possibly a microwave. They were tough to peel as the skins were tight. His small portion of double cooked chips were burnt and the waitress looked rather embarrassed. All in all memorable for the wrong reasons.

The owners of this pub are truly horrid people. The tall bearded man said some foul things I wish not to repeat, using swear words towards me and my family because we all we did was politely address the fact we got the wrong order and would appreciate the correct one. The food wasn’t even nice! My friends fish had hair in the batter! After speaking to other locals it would appear this is not an isolated incident and that him and his wife are very rude towards many people in the town. I won’t be going in there ever again and will be sharing my experience with my local friends. I would advise the owners to maybe think about a new profession as customer service is not their forté.

I had a catered event for my 50th birthday from the Greyhound and what I got was a totally end to end service from Niall and Lynne. It was so personal and amazing. I make no exaggeration when I say it made the whole night. The standard was off the scale exceptional and my entire family have nothing but praise. I have never given 5 stars, even for top London venues, but no hesitation here. Oh my god, it was fantastic. Please don’t change a single thing as you have got the recipe just right!

Lovely food, friendly staff and really nice cozy atmosphere

Very good food, highly recommended. 👌

Nice food, friendly service, pleasant atmosphere

Excellent food, prompt and friendly service! Very dog-friendly and welcoming to all. Also hosts great quizzes for the local community on a Sunday evening.

Good place for a drink and food in Wivenhoe

Absolutely amazing pub the service was spot on. All the staff were amazing the food was fantastic and the section of beers and ales on tap our spot on. We had a meal with family and friends, we tried our luck as there was a lot of us but they had space and welcomed us in. The food was amazing and considering there was 10 of us we only had to wait about 40minutes. Will definitely be returning and enjoying the atmosphere and trying some more they have to offer.

Good food beer atmosphere.. get yourself in there

After innocently walking in ~11:50 was told to 'leave and come back at 12:00'. I left.

You know that weird feeling when you grab your husband’s mug and get a mouthful of tea instead of coffee? Yeah. That happened to me when I ordered a cheddar cheese a chilli jam toastie with my soup, but got a mouthful of Brie - I LOATHE Brie - and no chilli jam. So, soup only then.

Great atmosphere, food, staff, location, bit expensive.

Wonderful atmosphere, great food.

Lovely atmosphere and excellent ale.

We had lunch for four here. The atmosphere is quiet and relaxed, the service warm and friendly and the food was excellent - generous portions, nicely cooked and seasoned. The cost for four with drinks was just £61; so it was also good value.

Just had the worst restaurant experience ever. Booked a table for 4 at the greyhound for 3pm. Me, mum, lindsey and Paul. The 'barman' looked at me and then ignored me for 5 mins. We sat at the table for 40 mins. Lindsey went to the bar to ask if it was bar service. Geezer who had ignored me at the bar came over and told us that they had sold out of roasts, but we could have Ham,egg and chips for£11-95. I went to the bar to complain and asked to speak to the manager. The geezer was the manager. Ended up going in the railway for pints and a pickled egg. Mum enjoyed her gin though. Getting a take away curry now. He was about 20 wearing shorts, very unprofessional. Reckon daddy owns the pub and made him manager. Gonna stick it on trip advisor

Had lunch here today with my husband daughter and our dog. We received a very warm welcome …we sat at the rear of the pub… nice clean and comfortable. We had lunch which was piping hot well presented and plentiful…. Ioved the broccoli and Stilton...

Never had a bad meal or service

Last pub on our Wivenhoe pub crawl and certainly not a disappointment ... Great little pub with a fantastic atmosphere.... Thanks 👍👍👍

I would like to share a very unpleasant experience at the greyhound pub yesterday which I feel I need to bring to people’s attention. I was out with my friends and our children for lunch at the greyhound pub, we chose to sit at the restaurant area at the rear of the pub away from the public bar as we had children with us, bear in mind there is limited areas to socialise in Wivenhoe and our favourite coffee shop was closed. The premises was almost empty apart from a few local publicans. We were welcomed into the pub our orders were taken the children were well behaved before lunch. Once we had eaten the girls (one 3 and another 2 year old) became restless and wanted to have fun much to the owners dislike who started shouting from the kitchen - “I had enough of you” , “It’s time to go home” , “Get out now”. Also the owner was very aggressive and confrontational towards my polish friend. His wife was very rude and tried to tell us that our kids were uneducated. This unpleasant situation happened in a blink of an eye which made us feel very uncomfortable and unwelcome. Bearing in mind they waited for us to pay the bill first before they were so rude to us and our children. My husband who was born in Wivenhoe confronted the owner this afternoon but he just denied the whole situation. I wonder if they are racists or they just hate kids?? We all feel very very sad about what happened and going to report it further! Tatiana

What a vibe! Love this place. The food is Delish and the pub is always full and cozy. Love it.

I would like to share a very unpleasant experience at the greyhound pub today which I feel I need to bring to people’s attention. I was out with my friends and our children for lunch at the greyhound pub, we chose to sit at the...

A pub to avoid! Nasty and rude behaviour from the moment we sat down to the time we finished our meal and we are a very polite family. The food was ok, but if you want to enjoy your weekend/week avoid this pub and go...

Lovely pub with nice local and cosy atmosphere, make their own mulled wine

Lovely local pub with a great selection of beers, nice atmosphere and great food. Staff and friendly and in the warmer months the garden is very welcoming!

Great people great food and drink. Outdoor garden too

The food was decent, although the worst cut of meat is served and it’s full of fat and hard bits. No drinks menù, not sure what wine was served to me. Grease sticky tables. The staff is not friendly, no one ever smiled at us even when my little one said to the waitress “thank you” four times, she didn’t even acknowledge her. The place stinks: when we got home I had to put all our clothes in the washing machine, and have a shower, my hair smelled of grease and deep fried… I had to spray all (designer) coats with febreze but I think they will need to go to the dry cleaner. No need to ask if I will ever go back there! Not my choice in the first place, I would have spotted a place like this just from the website, pictures and front door.

Great real ales lovely food friendly staff thanks guys

Great place for food and a drink, served by attentive staff. Good atmosphere in a proper old style friendly pub.

The 6 of us had a couple drinks in there the staff was very friendly we will be going back again

Fantastic sharing platter… falafel and blanchbait. Perfect!!!

This pub never fails for us. We had lunch today and it was great. The staff were all so friendly. Food and drink were high quality. Service was friendly, professional. Brilliant!

Food wasn't great. The chicken in the burger was tasty but no other additions to the burger except watery unflavoured coleslaw. staff were strangely rude the second we got there. Wouldn't go back.

Lovely food, staff a bit overwhelmed by the demand but very friendly and did their best.

Lovely beer garden in the summer. The chips here are some of the best I've had in a long time. The twice cooked hand cut chips are creamy and taste like roast potatoes, and the skin on fries are beautiful too. Had a great veggie burger here and apparently the sausage sandwich is nice too.

Nice restaurant upstairs for a larger group of people. Waited a VERY long time between courses! Garlic bread/ houmous, whitebait and pulled pork balls = lovely. Out of four roast beef dinners one was extremely fatty although the vegetables etc were ok. After another long wait, decided to have the cheesecake as a takeaway. O.M G £6.50 for that was a rip off! Needless to say won't be having Sunday dinner again.

Booked a family Sunday roast for 14 people of various ages. Food was plentiful and delicious. The service was top class...very attentive to individual needs. Will definitely book again 👍

Really good food. Staff very friendly and helpful and great atmosphere

First time, but food great x we will be back.

Fab. Probably the best pub food I have had in the last 10 years. Fabulously fresh salad and beautifully cooked food. Awesome!

Really nice sized beer garden, and fair prices for the quality and amount of food

Excellent service, friendly staff, very tasty roast lunch.

Was expecting a dog, but got a pub

Good lunch at a good price in a loverly beer garden.

Lovely pub lots of seating and food was great, they have a good selection of gluten free food too. The beer garden is large which is nice when its a warm evening you can sit outside.

The food was very nice, lots of choice and reasonably priced. The drinks are pricier than most other pubs. The upstairs dining area was so hot that we had to request waiting outside til the food was ready to be served. I get that it’s...

A nice place to eat or drink or Both!

Our favourite pit stop on bike rides through Wivenhoe. We used to come here in the past quite often, then there was covid, last time we visited a year ago and then again just today. It feels the menu is even better than it was in the past. All dishes were very tasty, great customer service, lovely drinks including Aperol Spritz perfectly executed. Nice garden. Looking forward to our next visit.

Lovely welcoming pub. Plenty of space inside with a huge outdoor area - booking advised if you want a Sunday roast! Delicious roast (had the rib of beef) and a cracking range of beers to compliment (Adnams Ghost Ship, Broadside & Leffe being the standouts). Friendly, attentive staff, reasonably priced. 5 mins walk from station, would recommend a visit

This was our second visit after our first was excellent. Today however the food was mediocre and £3.80 for a can of soft drink was rather pricey.

Excellent service, a dog friendly pub, if you're driving they serve alcohol free beer, will come back to try the food on offer.

My partner was refused to be served a beer when he walked in . I have spoken to him and he’s not drunk or rude . His money is as good as anyones . He often pops in on a Friday eve for a quick...

Where to begin. We sat outside surrounded by fag ends and with dog poo on the grass. We both had 'pulled pork' but it was more like something unrecognisable out of a tin. Chips were delicious!

We were made to feel very welcome. We added a extra five people to our reservation at the last minute, doubling our table size. It was handled very well.Thank you! Drinks service was immediate and quickly delivered to our table. The food was very good. Piping hot, tasty and plentiful. All ten of us had roast lunch. The waiting staff remembered everything and were friendly and professional. The desserts are homemade and delicious. Definitely worth a visit. Nicely priced too. There’s a free car park directly opposite the pub.

A super Sunday roast beef lunch

Lovely food. Superb staff very attentive to customers. Superb choice of beer