The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in West Mersea Colchester East of England

lovely meal and good service, had the sticky beef and noodles followed by the brazilian seafood stew which was fantastic. others had steak, all dishes were first class. hopefully everyone will now know you are open as a great addition to Mersea.

One of our favourite places to eat when we visit Mersea Island. The food is fantastic and the staff are always helpful and pleasant. My mother is in a wheelchair and gets very apprehensive going out but the access here is perfect and the tables are really spacious.

Stayed on Mersea Island for a few days with friends for birthday celebration and was looking for somewhere to go for afternoon tea. Found The Gilt Rooms on Tripadvisor and decided to give it a go. We had to book for the afternoon tea but wow so worth it. Everything from the freshly made sandwiches to the warm fresh out of the oven scones and home bakes cakes (chocolate eclair, victoria sandwich, lemon drizzle and choc brownie were amazing. All washed down with a perfectly chilled glass of prosecco and lashings of tea or coffee. It was the absolute best afternoon tea I've ever had and have had a few. Will definitely visit again when there.

A few days ago I visited this cafe on my visit to Mersea Island... and was a bit disappointed! The location in the town center was (strategically) good because it was right at an intersection with a lot of people, but it was also a bit "noisy" due to the cars and two-wheelers constantly driving past. But that was completely ok for me! Ordering a simple sandwich or two pieces of toast with a fried egg turned out to be a bit difficult for the serving staff... and although I was attested to have first-class knowledge of English... it was impossible for the ladies to do something like that for me (simple and by the way typically English) to serve!? I then had to make do with a baguette with roasted bacon, which wasn't really a problem for me at first. But: The bread was toasted "rock hard" and was barely "biteable" and the bacon was also completely burnt and therefore hard as the sole of a shoe. When exactly what I actually wanted to order was served at the next table - but (apparently) wasn't "feasible", I was quite irritated... If I (after a long wait!) hadn't explicitly asked again after serving the baguette about the coffee that was still missing... who knows when I would have gotten it (ever or at all)?! Meanwhile, some of the other guests (who came after me) had already received their orders! Unfortunately, the totally overpriced and absolutely "watery" coffee couldn't console me for my wait. For a professional coffee machine of Italian proportions, I was hoping for something much better with an "Americano"! There were (at least) 6 visible ladies working in the cafe at the time and, according to my observations, they were totally "overwhelmed" and were more busy with their private things and conversations/discussions than taking care of the guests and their orders - just sad ! 3 experienced operators who understand their job would have been completely sufficient here... At least my table was dirty and totally sticky, but nobody cared about that...!? I could list a few more unpleasant observations...but this should be enough to underline my assessment of this place: NEVER go to this place again!

Really disappointed with this place. The setting is great hence the two stars but it’s just let down by everything else. The tables were not cleaned after each customer, so all tables we tried were sticky and dirty. What’s worse is the children’s high chairs were filthy, I tried three that were all as bad. They closed the kitchen half an hour earlier than they told us they would so we weren’t able to get desserts. They didn’t alert us that it would be closing earlier. This was because they wanted to send the kitchen staff home earlier (because the football was on). So that didn’t make us feel particularly welcome. The food had obviously been microwaved, the roast potatoes were hard and overcooked because of this. We also witnessed staff bad mouthing two customers that had just left, again not making us feel very welcome. It’s such a shame because the place could be so nice but is just let down by the people working there. There was no table service.

Dog ice cream. Good selection of coffe and ice cream