Chef thinks it's fine if a fly lands in your food as they can't do anything about that. Food…read morearrived quickly but some of it was cold. Even boiled corn was cold. How unless it was from yesterday, at least pretend by warming it up. Beer was flat but replaced, thank you. Do better please. Wait staff were nice. Pie was hot and tasty.

Used to eat here a lot, definitely worth the drive out of town!read more

The Yew Tree, although it's a chain pub, is very friendly & has the feel of a private pub…read more Good place for both an intimate meal for two & a family gathering! Good food & reasonable wine list too. I love it as it's within staggering distance home! The header for this pub says closed Fridays, but this isntbthe case, open 7 days a week 12- 11pm

While the pub is a nice enough environment, the food leaves a lot to be desired. Twenty minute wait…read morefor a baguette and chips and even once it arrived things did not improve. It should be quite hard to mess up a baguette and chips but somehow they managed it here. Awful, dry, salad that had gone brown. Mouldy peppers sitting in pride of place on top. No butter on the baguette, hard dry chicken in one and a prawn cocktail, that you could hardly tell contained prawns in the other. Chips were dry, looked days old and tasted worse. When asked the usual question, 'Is everything ok with your meal.' We expressed our displeasure. The waiter did offer to change our meals but we were so put off by their initial offering we simply paid up and left. Won't be going back for seconds.

Dog and pheasant seemed a good choice for Sunday lunch as was meet by friendly staff…read more It all went downhill from there as was told it was a 30 minute wait for food and we ended waiting an hour for food which we were not alerted to. My fiancée had to ask where food was.

Terrible choice,food was absolutely horrendous.They claimed to be vegetarian friendly they…read morecertainly have no sense whatsoever claiming thus,as the lunch menu offered only 3 veg options. Moreover they could have been cooking fish in the kitchen which stank the place up and there was the occassional mosquito buzzing about.Very dull atmosphere indeed. Shall never recommend to anybody.

Perfectly acceptable. This was our first meal in the UK, and…read moreit was in walking distance of our hosts' home. It was suggested by a friend who we were meeting with because it was close and basic and convenient for our meetup. She hadn't made a reservation (pub reservations being a thing I quickly learned about during our 10 days in England!) but we came at a weird off-peak time so getting a table wasn't a problem. Beer and cider were cold and tasty. The food got the job done. I got a savory mushroom thing that was pretty alright. We had a really lovely time, but that had more to do with the company than the venue. Not particularly memorable, but totally fine.

I stopped going there because of the girl with dark hair with a ponytail, as she is always rude,…read morelike the world owns her anything/everything. Due to her not having a uniform, I assume she is a manager. So this weekend, after looking for other places and being fully booked, we all decided to go to Rovers Tye, as the food is excellent. I was over the moon with Maxi; super polite, always with a smile. She was all over the place, and you clearly could see she loves what she does. The same manager was there, but again no smiles or greetings from her. Because of Maxi, we felt very welcome and enjoyed our meal. Thombs up to Maxi, who provided excellent service from the start to the end, which is why my massive FIVE STARS. The manager should learn one or two things from this girl.

V bar is definitely one of the best bars in Colchester. It is a popular little venue on the high…read morestreet serving drinks and cocktails, and food during the day. It also has a function room available for parties and conferences. It mainly plays indie and alternative music, from old classics to the latest hottest tracks. The drinks are fairly cheap and there is a massive variety of shots and cocktails. The bar is mainly student-orientated but is very popular in the evenings with all sorts of people. Definitely worth a visit if you are looking for a nice place to drink.

Another supb bar in Colchester, not as atmospheric and amusing as Twisters, and the music is…read moreparticularly catered to certain tastes for certain nights but there are always some interesting people and the building itself is more spacious and comfortable than Twisters.