The best restaurants in The Three Colnes Braintree East of England

This lovely friendly little cafe has the best cakes and the best tasting coffee I have ever had. Lovely staff. Highly recommend.

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Had an absolutely delightful afternoon tea here for my husbands birthday. Staff were wonderfully friendly and welcoming, cafe is lovely decorated, comfortable chairs and great atmosphere. The Afternoon tea was absolutely delicious, a savoury plate, scone plate and sweet plate. Some unique Creations and flavours which we thoroughly enjoyed. The savoury choux buns were yummy! We enjoyed the mini sausage rolls, smoked salmon, coronation chicken and egg mayonnaise sandwiches. We will definitely be back! Thank you for a lovely lunch.

Perfectly cooked fish and chips

Had a few drinks in here Saturday after a dog walk and it was a lovely pub. Enjoyed chatting to the staff. Mellow atmosphere.

I used to be a frequent visitor to the five bells when Caroline and Darren ran it. They Used to pride themselves on good food and ales. Admittedly, not the cheapest, but you were getting quality. The pub today just seems unloved, had a pint of Brixton lager which was off. Had to swap it for ale which was not much better. Pub is now mostly mass produced lagers It’s a shame the pub is not what it used to be or have the owners it deserves. Believe it’s owned by a chain?. Sorry….. just seen the pub at its best and it feels like a pub that’s lost its soul.

Our local tea room closed so we thought we would give this new tea room a try. It is part of a small art gallery. The setting is lovely and we sat outside. The menu was very limited with just one main dish and some cakes. The service was not good, with drinks not turning up and parts of the meal turning up after we had all finished. Hopefully with time the service will improve and there will be more choice. The staff were very polite and were keen to make a success of the business. My wife has been back since for just tea and cake and had a better experience.

Really nice food . Just moved to village and will deff be using more. Team are great and can make all sorts. Would recommend!