The best restaurants in East of England

How lucky we are to have this place in Colchester. The food was delicious and the portions generous when compared to many chain Italian restaurants. We had a tasty selection of breads and olives to start , followed by delicious arancini and then a sublime pistachio tiramisu. Relaxed and friendly service too. Highly recommended.

We would just like to say a huge 'Thank you' to all the staff who were involved with organizing the reception following our mother's funeral. The food was superb, varied and plentiful and tea and coffee was served all afternoon. The views were beautiful over the golf course and the seating was comfortable and spacious. We particularly liked the screen where we were able to show pictures from our mother's life. A special mention must go to Helen who discretely and professionally took care of us. Thank you. We highly recommend.

We hired these guys to do our wedding breakfast. We had a New York theme and wanted to have a relaxed day with nothing too fancy so we decided on pizza. Heard great reviews so went ahead. The weather was beyond awful and the team struggled to cope. I was always worried it would rain and reassured they would set up the tent as close to the marquee as possible so the guests wouldn’t get wet. They couldn’t set up the tent because of the wind, something that hadn’t been considered. Overall they tried hard with the pizzas, cooking them then running them into the marquee but it was a shambles and people waited ages for pizza. In the meantime they ran out of side salads when we were only halfway through serving. I had ordered salads for 80 and was reassured it was enough food. We had 70 guests and still ran out only feed half of them. Embarrassing to say the least. We had to ask our evening caters to start serving early! When I wrote to them after the wedding to say thank you but i was disappointed I was simply told the guests eat too much not leaving enough for others.

What a wonderful little cafe! We stumbled across this lovely little cafe tucked away at the back of the Natural Way Health Store in the High Street. Such a friendly place. And staff were so knowledgeable about gf options. You can eat in or out - or take away, of course. We opted for eating out and enjoyed watching the world go by. One of us enjoyed a vegan gf filled pitta with lentil crisps, the other a most delicious vegan chocolate cake. So moist! We will definitely be back!! Visit if you can!!

4 of us went to The Orchid for a birthday tapas meal. We ordered a variety of dishes and a paella. Everything was freshly cooked and really enjoyable and the service was friendly and efficient. Full marks to Simon for running this business which is such an asset to Cuffley. It is lovely to feel so welcomed even if you just pop in for a coffee earlier in the day.

Lovely Cosy Cafe down Market Row (DownLeftHandSide) Friendly and professional Family run business With Lovely food to enjoy or just a Brew and Cake, everything served is just Great. Even the Limited edition Fairy Looking forward to my next visit Thank you

Frequently visited. Excellent coffee and bacon rolls. Recently taken to their milk shakes. More seating added a few months ago. Greenwood Park is very popular with dog owners. Saturday morning can be very busy if wanting to park.

The Wheathampstead Fryer is a great village chippy servings a great selection of freshly cooked take away meals. Although they take orders by phone a website with the menu and the ability to order online would be useful.

Beautiful lodge in a peaceful surrounding.We stayed for a week in The Florence lodge.The lodge itself had everything you needed. The hot tub wasn’t quite hot enough so messaged the Elton Furze team. Lisa messaged back straight away and came to have a look. She explained the temperature is always set at 38 degrees but turned it up 39 degrees. This was better but it did soon cool down. We did not let this impact our break at all. Visited lots of surrounding villages and towns and ventured into Peterborough. Would highly recommend staying at Elton Furze and would definitely come back.

Great service and delicious food - every dish was a knock out and I only wish I lived nearer so that I can sample all of the dishes on the menu!

We’ve been here before after finding this little gem on Trip Advisor. We returned to the area for an overnight stay and came back for another delicious and filling afternoon tea. The place is very warm and welcoming and super friendly and attentive staff. The staff was was served in a beautiful teapot and tea set. The sandwiches were a delightful BLT, hot bacon and soft fresh bread and juicy ingredients. The scone was perfect and this man has eaten a lot of scones. The cake will be taken away for another sitting. If you’re anywhere near Hemsby, make the trip here and you won’t be disappointed.

Can never fault them. Always friendly and always consistent with their food. And I've tried a handful of different things from their menu. If you haven't tried their new menu, you have to try their smoothies. Their mango smoothie tastes like summer and is my new addiction.I often get their stuff to take away and am never disappointed

Four of us went here last night with our 3 dogs and had a fantastic time. The atmosphere was perfect as was the music, service, etc. Paul (owner/barman) is a top man and couldn't do enough for us. They weren't serving food at the time but I've already booked for one of their Caribbean nights, can't wait. I highly recommend you try this place if in the area. Superb.

My favourite mr whippy ice cream anywhere- and some nice scooped ice creams too. Plus nice coffees and really nice decent sandwiches at a very reasonable price. Lovely views while the kids can play in the playground.

Probably the best coffee in Hitchin! And amazing Caramel Egg Cookies... baked with a whole Cadbury's caramel egg inside (and there a creme egg version too!)