The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in East of England

I visited the restaurant for a Sunday lunch with a group of nine. In summary, I thought there were some good points, but we waited far too long for our food, which would mean I would not come to the Hub again with such a large group. The good points: • The set up and décor of the Hub is excellent and there has clearly been a lot of investment. • The staff were generally confident, friendly and responsive. • On the whole, the food was good and for the price, very comparable to other local Sunday lunches. Some things that didn’t go so well were: • We were a group of nine, who had pre-ordered. I had sent the final order around Friday lunchtime, so 48 hours before the booking. The table was booked for 12:15, whilst initial drinks orders were taken quite quickly, the starters did not arrive until 13:15. That is a far too big a gap, when we had pre-ordered. Given, we had pre-ordered, I would expect to be served quite quickly. You should be ready for us. The main courses didn’t arrive until 13:45, a full 90 mins after we had sat down. • When the pre-order was made, there were some comments on some of the orders. These has clearly not been picked up by the kitchen. Eg, I asked is my daughter could have some things from the bar menu. These needed to be ordered again which meant my daughter got served last after everyone had received their starters. There was also an issue with one of the cheeseburgers being initially very undercooked. • During the meal, we did ask if we would be served soon, only to be told we were next. It then took another 10 mins to get the food. It didn’t feel like there wasn’t enough capacity in the kitchen for the number of people in the restaurant. After all of these issues we refused to pay the service charge, which to his credit, the waiter had no issue with. As a comparison, we had gone to the another well known pub on the road to redbourn for a meal (10 people) before Christmas (23rd Dec). Again, given the size of the group, we were happy to pre-order. When we arrived, there was a print out of what we had ordered, so people could remind themselves. The staff also asked if there was anything additional to order at this point. We were served the starter within 15-20 mins of sitting down. This was a much better experience. So whilst there were some good points to the lunch, I wont be recommending the Hub as a place to go for Sunday lunch with a large group.

A very busy Coffee Shop, with lovely cakes, milkshakes and of course coffee. Saturday morning and not a spare table to be had outside, nor on ground level inside. This large coffee shop was exceedingly popular despite plenty of competition. The five of us sat downstairs and enjoyed our visit, food and drink. Would definitely return. A 10 minute queue did not spoil the occasion.

Poor, overpriced. chip portions very small prices gone up not great service won't be using again shame how hard is it to make decent food.

We have been calling in here for a couple of years for a snack and coffee. It’s pricey but the view is nice and the food was ok. Staff have always been pleasant but unfortunately we went in the other day and a chap we have never seen before seemed to be in charge. He appeared to be having a bad day and was rude to me at the counter. So. That’s it, we won’t be returning.

Let's keep it simple, we ordered a cheese and fruit scone with 2 cappuccinos. Both scone's were obviously bought from a supermarket within their budget range. We could only assume they were old and heated up in a microwave to a pulp to hide it. The drinks were very watery and bland too.. We try to buy from independent businesses but wish we had gone to Costa across the road.. AVOID!

Excellent food for both "normal " and gluten free needs. Thank you very much . Appreciated by all my party guests

Stop everyday for a flat white staff amazing and friendly..

ten members of our family joined us and the both the food and service was good Prices were very reasonable too

This is normally my go to for a breakfast, waited at till to be seated while one of the staff nattered to the knitting fraternity for about 10 mins, then apologised saying we short staffed today, so why the standing around nattering. One person in front of us gave up. When finally had a breakfast which is normally really good value for money, bacon was thin, sausages over cooked and basically in this visit, I shall not be returning paid nearly £40 for 2 breakfast and a milkshake and a coffee, I shall find a different place now for service, value for money. Such a shame

Excellent food ,good friendly staff ,well kept beers ,very clean,,dog friendly small bar ,last old type pubs.

Lovely place to stop for a friendly greeting, a delicious sandwich and a great pint. Stopped there on our way to Colchester.

Very friendly staff and offered to help with my friend’s buggy. Service was good and polite. Food was tasty, had the hot deep fried chicken, but found the salad portion very small and the gravy just a pinch too salty. The croffle was nice and presented well. But overall I would visit again as it’s a nice place.

First time here. I went for a coffee and cake after cleaning my parent's grave. The cafe is lovely and welcoming. Prices are good. My cappuccino was first class but my fruit scone was awful. It was dry and didn't taste great, which was a shame. Either it was stale or the ingredients were not great.

When with my elderly mother we order jacket potato one with cheese and beans and sausage one with ham which bear in mind the last time we was there they put the ham as bacon but this time oh no we had to buy and extra meal to get the ham. This was a ham sandwich meal an extra £5.00 it was more but cannot remember the full price. I ask for one salad no tomatoes and one no cucumber. I don't realise till I got to my table and my mum said did you say no peppers so I went back and spoke to the man and he said it all came mixed in the bag which was bull. They couldn't even get it right with no cucumber or tomato so it had to go back. I then had to ask for the sausage I order which took another 10 mins this then came out white like it hadn't been cooked I asked for a brown sausage as it did look like it had been cooked he took it back, to my dismay they sent the girl whom had served me back out with the same sausage by this time I was getting pissed off she said we can't reheated it this is how they all come out again bull as the person behind us had brown sausage I said I not eating that I want my money back she said she would ask the man he said it was ok todo that wow. The potatoes were Luke warm we asked for butter in them there wasn't any. The person who was behind us commented as they left your not having a good time so I think this says it all. Mum couldn't eat hers after the messing around which up set her and she is diabetic what a waste of good money no apology either

What's not to love? Very good and tasty coffee, chilled atmosphere, and friendly staff always full of smiles. Love it x