The best restaurants in Wivenhoe Cross Colchester East of England

One of the cafés that I’ve had at the very top of my ‘must-visit’ list. In addition to the coffee and pastry menu, they also have an impressive range of food.

Had an utterly scrumptious afternoon tea at Wivenhoe today, fresh soft bread, warm scones and lush carrot cake. Special thanks to Vusi for the tour of the hotel and for being so helpful when booking. Thanks to Megan for being a fabulous waitress and all the staff were just so friendly. Very attentive service and the food was really delicious. Definitely worth a visit - can thoroughly recommend.

Booked a room with breakfast with booking.com in January2024 for a wedding in september they took my money . Then 6 months later the hotel cancelled my room booking.com gave me my money back and said the flag have cancelled the room, i went on another site and it said 1 room left and it was £15 pounds more. If you treat to many people like that you will not have a business.

Great time here, ordered a steak and a guy called Tom (skinny, Tall and receding) cooked it for me. I asked to speak to him as my burger was perfection. That’s right ordered a steak and got a burger. But it was delish. Would highly recommend this place, but ring and make sure Tom is working first of all👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

We came for a pre booked afternoon tea for my mum’s birthday. We were sat for 50 minutes before the food came out, with no apology or explanation for the delay - you could understand if it were a cooked meal that was ordered on arrival but an afternoon tea that had been prebooked so they knew what we would be eating to have that much delay seemed unreasonable. The food was reasonable, though disappointing that the one (slightly dry) scone each was plain and not fruit as described on the menu. We had to ask for more tea as were not offered any more. The food would have been ok if it were accompanied by great service but by the time it arrived we were all a bit fed up and ready to leave.

This fish & chip shop came highly recommended. So was disappointed on Saturday evening receiving totally tasteless halloumi in a wrap & dry chicken as another part of the order. We most likely won’t be returning which is a real shame

It sucks and everything needs to be improved

During the first week of August 2024 I visited the University, after almost 40 years of graduating. Used this restaurant two times. The staff are friendly but food needs more variety. The place is clean and possibly I go there again