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Lovely quaint tea room service was spot on food was great . Recommend to anyone visiting Colchester . Seating area was lovely to see all old items everywhere.

Dogs allowed on the patio/garden where food still served. This suited us find in the summer. Staff really friendly and food really tasty. Portion were also a good size.

It was one thing to order from here when the food was amazing but the service was incredibly slow, but when you now order and the food tastes like the bottom of an ashtray and is completely cold, that's when its time to give up. This might be the most incompetent resturant in the country. We once booked a table for 8pm and when we arrived we were told there would be a 1 hour a 40 minute wait despite the place basically empty. We were told this was due to them prioritising Just-Eat orders. Your food was the one thing you had going for you, now you got nothing. 🤷‍♂️

Great food! Amazing pub and really nice staff! Couldn’t recommend the roast more

Amazing breakfast bap at an extremely reasonable price. Highly recommend and can’t wait to go back and try the delicious looking cake 🍰

Went to hotel chocolat bury St Edmunds with my friends for a hot chocolate, my friend asked the man at the counter if you do white hot chocolate, to which he shortly replied 'look at the board' This to me is rude and poor customer service. To me a reply like 'yes we do, what size would you like' is more reasonable. Maybe hotel chocolat need to check that their employees are happy. I cannot understand why would said person work in the retail industry if he doesn't like being asked a simple question. If someone asks if you do white chocolate hot chocolate they are pretty much saying that's what they want if you have it

Buena comida. Originalmente teníamos la intención de comer como lo hicimos hace un par de meses, pero pensamos que habíamos dejado demasiado tarde para reservar así que ordenó una comida para llevar. De hecho, había mesas disponibles, así que cualquiera que lea esto, trate de reservar no importa lo tarde que crea que lo ha dejado. La otra cara es que las comidas para llevar también son sobresalientes y no tuve que caminar mucho para llegar al sofá después! Hemos tenido dos cenas y dos comidas para llevar en los últimos meses, Royal Gurkha nunca pierde un ritmo. Gracias por la comida encantadora y Kailash lució increíble en uniforme completo de Gurkha en honor al inminente Domingo de Recuerdo. El año que viene, por favor, déjanos hacernos una selfie... ¡Perdí mi oportunidad! Esperamos con interés nuestra próxima visita. -Muchas gracias.

Friendly staff and good food. We have been a few times and the restaurant has always been on the quieter side and unsure why as it’s great! Cocktails also really nice and great presentation.

Great always… been eating fish and chips here for 10+ years. Shannon is always a joy polite and very welcoming. Great variety with plenty of Fresh fish

Been here before as we are fairly local and it was good. But this time terrible and very expensive we had roast pork with apple sauce, stuffing and crackling. Meat was mostly really Fatty and baguette was filled mostly with stuffing best bit was the crackling. At £8 each I expect far better just ripping off the holiday makers. Don’t think we will be going again. It was barely warm so back to the pie man at sheringham for us.

Second time we have been here for takeaway. Fish and batter nice chips nice. Crisp and not greasy. Salad very large and nice. Not too expensive either. Would recommend

Really lovely lunch at San Fairie Ann. We were a table of five and we had four different dishes, all were great. On ordering we were advised of cooking times as some of our dishes were cooked to order which was helpful to understand. We also had side dishes which were not listed on the menu but were no problem for them to provide and were very yummy. Friendly and attentive staff and nice atmosphere. Would definitely return if visiting Southend.

We had a wonderful roast dinner with our family of 9. The staff were so friendly and welcoming. The food was amazing. We had starters, main and dessert, pork belly was a great choice, everyone loved their mains and the Oreo Cheesecake was definitely a winner for the children. Thank you again for your hospitality and laughter. We will see you again very soon.

We went for afternoon tea & it was very enjoyable,all nice & fresh ,The staff were lovely & service was excellent We will definitely go again

I went today at 8/01/2024,I went as a friend had told me about how helpful the owners are with people who are struggling with the basics like food and it took a lot of courage to ask for help.However when I arrived and I arrived in the specified time I was not even able to explain why I was there when I was just told were closed and the person then completely ignored me,I know I'm not entitled to hand outs this is a service which they do not have to provide however because I came to use the service does not mean I am not entitled to be treated how they would like to be treated and from what my friend told me they were the most caring empathetic people who work there but this was not what I found I understand people can have a bad day but it made me feel embarrassed and ashamed that I had come.