The best restaurants in Colchester East of England

Excellent for younger children. Food is good x entertainment good for children

We came to Colchester Dough & Co as we had been given a £60 gift voucher from Dough & Co headquarters for 3 absolutely disgusting takeaway meals from Maldon Dough & Co shop. Burgers not cooked properl

This is welcome spot to refuel if you’re on the Constable walk. The service was prompt and friendly, the cafe was spotlessly clean and very pleasant to sit in, but sadly the food was pretty poor. A sw

Great breakfast, lovely atmosphere. Had a full English breakfast, sausages were particularly tasty.Always a pleasure to visit.

Great host. Our room wasn't quite ready so he gave us free drinks until it was. Nice room, very clean. Really comfy bed too. We'll definitely come back

Ordered 3 x cod and chips and one curry sauce. Staff were really nice but that’s the only positive. Cost £35 and it was really not great. Chips tasted like cheap frozen chips, not chip shop chips, and

Booked for a party of 16 for a Saturday night, absolutely hassle free. When I had a query for the restaurant I received prompt and helpful email replies and was very happy with the customer service I

I live on the island and Mersea Barns has long been one of my places to have breakfast or lunch. The staff are friendly and the breakfasts have been consistently good. See you again soon.

Excellent standard of fish and chips, as often recognised at this place over the years. The food is considerately packaged in boxes to also prohibit chips sticking to the paper. Good value for the mon

We decided to meet for Coffee at the Minories as we often met there in our 45 year history with the Minories our intention was to go else where for Lunch but as it smelt really good we decided to stay

Visited Fillpots cafe today and was so disappointed. In short we will not be visiting this establishment again. It’s not the cheapest place to eat and in the past it was excellent but not now. Where

I am surprised to hear the great reviews for superb afternoon tea . Unfortunately it was not the same for us. Went for a Mother's day gift afternoon tea. Standard but would not return. Sandwiches we

Slightly slow service and food not hot. Also nearly empty when I was there no atmosphere and little other diners. Not sure how it stays in business.

Took advantage of the dinner, bed and breakfast and stayed two nights in the lovely top floor Mehalla room. The bedroom was really spacious, with a little view out to the sea. Beautifully decorated wi

After a bit of shopping we were looking for somewhere for lunch and came across Poppy's. Very quaint little tea room set out very nice with 50s music playing in the background with lots of old 50s pos