The best restaurants in Castle Colchester East of England

Service is shocking. Server was too busy on his phone to take our order and then they took forever to bring our food, with people who ordered after us being served before us. I think they simply forgot about us. The food, when eventually served, was nice.

Vi koste oss på den gamle og hjemsøkte puben The Fox & Fiddler. Sarah var en kammerpike, og hun går igjen her. Betjeningen tør ikke å låse alene etter stengetid 😳 De ser skygger og av og til blir ølkranen skrudd av i kjelleren. Vell verdt et besøk.

In Colchester I heard the coffee was great . ....... it was not. Flat White - tasted like cheap filter. Terrible. Really terrible.

It’s a nice place whenever the owner or his son or there , however whenever they are not the staff always look unhappy and the place is dirty , the cream from the frappe chino tastes out of date and it always gets me I’ll . But when the owner or his son are there , they make everyone feel welcome and cheered up and the drinks are to die for . It’s a shame really .

Food and drinks are OK. What you would expect from a tiny kitchen in a small venue. Good enough for quick sandwich-based meals. Quite nice for tea/coffee though. It used to be an excellent venue for families with small children and breastfeed, but they remove all that area to expand the second-hand bussiness. Bad move in my opinion.

Invited here for Grandmother’s birthday meal. Thankfully we did our research beforehand and realised that parking was limited so car shared with others. One guest got so frustrated with trying to find a space that she gave up and drove home again! The place wasn’t big enough for all of us so we were sat on 3 big separate tables, not their fault but hardly a ‘family’ meal when you’re all sat separately... Table(s) was booked well in advanced, yet food choices were limited because they’d run out of certain meats. The food was beautiful and the portions were generous but the service was slow and some people had finished their meal by the time others arrived! Pudding was limited, there was no actual menu and the waitress didn’t really know what they had or what was in it so we didn’t bother in the end. Prices were reasonable & the facilities were clean. Overall, I just don’t think it was a great choice of venue for so many of us but that isn’t their fault and they tried very hard to make us all feel welcome. Would return again with a smaller group.

Staff were very friendly and helpful, great little shop right in the middle of town and open till 1am

Was nice pizza but didn’t get my garlic bread or chicken wings

Really enjoy the food we've had from them so far. Prompt service

3rd time I've been and the cola is basically cola flavoured water, they've really cheaped out on the mixing ratio. Also given awful burger sauce in Chicken, bacon, avocado burger, sauce was way too spicy and not burger sauce! Couldn't be bothered to make a fuss but can do a review now I have time! Sort your cola out, get some chefs who know what burger sauce is.

Very friendly staff highly recommended

Rude staff, very limited hot food, place was a total mess.

Ordered flat white and it was very average…

Wouldn’t use Zizzi again. Placed my order at 4pm, over 3 hours in advance. I assume they chose to prioritise in restaurant customers as the delivery time just kept going back. Don’t think they should be on this service as it reflects badly on just eat and is unfair on your customers.

Not the best of experiences! We did think it was closed as it was dimly lit from outside! This place used to be absolutely thriving with a great team and very good food. My food was so lacking ! It didn't look anything like on the menu. It was so disappointing! The staff lacked enthusiasm, there was loads of them but only two staff appeared to be actually putting in an effort. The woman who was constantly working in the kitchen and what looked to be the manageress. It could do with a refurbishment in here! We took a guest for his birthday. Perhaps we will go to the one at the Tollgate!