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The full English breakfast here is one of my favourites!

There were three of us for Sunday roast, meat was dried out and vegetables over cooked. If I had gone to the loo before I sat down to eat we would have walked out the toilet was disgusting Sandra Daventry

Managed to snag an outside table with a view of the castle. The chai latte had real depth of flavour and the cappuccino was good. My felafel salad was very good and the felafel were moist instead of dry like in most places. My partners chicken and bacon sandwich was generously filled and all at a very reasonable price. We’d deff go back here when next in Colchester.

Ordered tea, employee who I ordered from promised to bring it out, he then left. It took 15 minutes for just 2 cups of tea..

I got rained off work and the power company were replacing the pole outside ours, so no electricity for the day. We decided to treat ourselves to lunch at the tea room: I ordered the Irish Breakfast tea, while my wife had hot chocolate and the children had juice and milk. For the lunch we ordered sweet potato fries, cheese scones, and a ham and cheese panini with chili jam and side salad; afterwards the children had a slice of Victoria sponge cake and a slice of carrot cake. The food was absolutely delicious and the tea was of the highest quality - this coming from a bit of a tea snob. The two staff members were rushed off their feet, but they were very attentive and there was no delay in taking our orders, in clearing the plates afterwards or settling the bill at the end. They were not just polite and professional but lovely, and made us all feel very welcome! It's a privilege to have such a wonderful tea room in our village and so close to home, and I highly recommend it to anyone who either loves tea or would like somewhere to eat out, or both 👌

Just having coffee and cake orange drizzle cake (absolutely delicious) And lovely friendly staff Highly recommend will definitely be back

First time visit and I will be returning. Very friendly and helpful. The food arrived very quickly and was cooked perfectly. The sourdough was amazing, drinks were HOT - so many cafes do not have tea/coffee hot enough. There is uncover wheelchair parking next to the cafe.

Have been a few times when in the city. Superb Pizza, and tremendous Pasta. Great authentic Italian Food. Small and informal dining.

THE BEST 👌 RESTURANT IN HOLT AS MY LATE MUM CAROL LOVED 😍 GOING IN FOR A MEAL SHE DIED IN 😢 2019 FROM LIVER CANCER I HAVE MY LOVELY MEMORIES OF BOTH OF 😊 IN THERE AND I WILL DO SO AGAIN TO REMEMBER MY LATE MOTHER 👩 CAROL WHO LOVED CHAPEL YARD CAFE!

The hidden jewel of traditional public houses. Great atmosphere amazing selection of fine ales and ample parking. 😎and to the best of my knowledge no noisy gaming machines. 10/10

The lovely staff here need help, not nearly enough of them. A recently introduced gluten free menu has been considerably reduced, and the wait to order and receive a couple of cold drinks, a panini and a scone was in excess of an hour, the two staff I saw were flat out and did try to keep us informed. The food although perfectly acceptable was not as good as I have had here previously.

I cannot stress how amazing our experience at Ivy & Bond was!! We were a family of six and we had afternoon tea….. the tea room is beautifully decorated and had a lovely ambience. The staff were wonderful and friendly! The food was absolutely delicious and there was plenty of it! We have some children with food allergies and these were catered for without any issues! Everything was just perfect! We all left with full bellies, leftovers to take home and a wonderful experience!! Thank you to all at Ivy & Bond for a lovely afternoon! X

Very welcoming staff, beer good and food excellent. Would highly recommend the carvery and for desert the crumble with custard and ice cream

Just had our first delivered Sunday roast. Found these on just eat. The turkey dinner was absolutely amazing. Very happy wife.

We were a big party of 16. We booked our food in advance to speed up the process and this worked beautifully. The communication prior to our visit was fantastic. There were lots of comments from our group about how friendly and welcoming the staff were once we arrived. Every dish was hearty and received lots of compliments. The pub also offered to make the mushroom stroganoff as vegan dish.