The best restaurants serving British food in Tiptree Colchester East of England

well over an hr late. had to ring n get resent . and definitely not the large portion I paid for.. very disappointing.

Excellent pub, good food good atmosphere

Absolutely quality food.. chicken nuggets are 12/10.. friendly people.. highly recommend!

After finally reaching the ordering point at a few minutes before noon, I was told I could not order hot food until twelve! However I could only order a panini. So on a chilly November day I had no choice after queing for 15 minutes. In hindsight I should have stood there until dead on twelve, but was shocked by the attitude of the staff. We manage to find a table easily but we had to wait and wait and watched plate after plate of fish n chips, Jacket potatoes and pies, which must have been ordered after our order. Finally our paninis came with chips, I couldn't eat it the chips were so salty and the panini it wasn't even a panini it was a under cooked half baked roll, it was vile. I would like to also ask why there is no drink included in the children's picnic lunch? At £7 for a sandwich a couple of crisps and a few carrot and cucumber sticks and a biscuit. That is extortion. The garden centre is excellent. Bring a picnic to eat in the car or avoid meal time.

As with all visits to Wlikins' tea rooms, the food was good quality. This time we had toasted sandwiches with tea to drink. The problem was with the service. It took around 20 minutes for our order to be taken; 20 more for the tea to arrive and then another 15 before the sandwiches came. By which time we'd finished the tea. They did offer us a free second pot, although when it arrived a different server gave us a bill for it (although this was retracted when I carefully explained). The issues were clearly that (a) not enough staff (b) staff covering too wide an area - there are three zones - inside, outside and the marquee- and staff appeared to be flitting all over the place. We weren't the only ones - st least two other couples walked out and one couple had a similar wait for their cream teas. And this was at around 2.30pm, not the lunch hour rush. Sorry it out, Wilkins We love your products but this has really put us off your tea rooms. Which is a shame.