The best restaurants in Fordham and Stour Colchester East of England

Absolutely lovely different place for tea and coffee yummy yummy bakes such wonderful staff and so polite and friendly a lovely place to relax and refresh after picking fresh fruit at the farm will definitely be going again

OMG! 😍 We ordered a tiramisu for our daughter’s 21st birthday, Pantry 61 did not disappoint. Penny was great, she made sure that all our requirements were met and was fantastic to deal with. The actual tiramisu tasted AMAZING and was excellent value for money. Thank you so much Penny and Beverley, you made our daughter’s birthday! 🙏❤️

Arrived without a booking on a busy Saturday evening and they found us a table within a short time. The food was good and the service was second to none. We were attended to by a number of waiting staff, all of whom were personable and engaging and who were a credit to the Crown.

They gave me Ligma. Which made me go erm what the sigma.

I have visited The Three Horseshoes three times. The first time my daughter and I just had starters which were delicious and beautifully presented. The second time was for a Sunday roast which was hugely disappointing, I did email to point out the issues but I was told Sunday roast is very much a personal thing - I agree but I don’t agree that poorly cooked vegetables are a personal thing - however I gave it another try. The final visit and without question my last was a birthday celebration. The starters were nice almost all of us had the tasty heritage tomato dish. The mains were awful. Pasta just boring and amateurish. The steak covered in an unpleasant sweet jus. The chicken was really well cooked but the butternut squash was unpleasant and the nasturtium pesto even worse. Overpriced for what you get.

Popped in for lunch for the first time with my partner and baby, proper family pub/ restaurant, the bar is separated from the restaurant which I liked, the bar side has pool table and darts, the staff were lovely, very helpful, made us feel very welcome, the whole place is very clean, toilets spotless & they have a big outside play area in the garden, the food was delicious, I recommend the quarter pounder cheese, bacon Burger and chips, come last with a side salad, they have a good verity menu, they also make their own home made ‘school cake’ was amazing, definitely going to be returning

Warm welcome and great food. Dog friendly. Been before will be back again. Thank you all.

We had breakfast here and although they were very busy the young staff were excellent and the food very good, many thanks to all, Terry White..

Food and coffee good, new restaurant extension a little soulless. Good range of products in the actual garden centre

We visit regularly and the food is always missing items. Very poorly stocked kitchen. And the team don’t communicate this effectively to customers. Today’s food came out just about warm. I’m not really sure why we visit so regularly any more!! Bar manager is happy to pet dogs but not so keen to speak to humans

Excellent Sunday roast. Landlady very friendly. Good service and nice decor. This pub has certainly had its problems over the past couple of years but it is now certainly on the up.