The Barn Garden Centre & Cafe in Colchester

Had a lovely breakfast at the Barn Cafe. Danny is an excellent chef and came over and asked us in detail everything we wanted about the breakfast and he got it spot on. It tasted amazing! Can’t wait to come back already. Our server Marlene was also lovely and polite and made us feel very welcome, well done you two! Highly recommended. You can tell the breakfast was of a high standard and was thoroughly enjoyable. We will be back 😃

It can get busy but the staff work extremely hard, today was quieter which was nice. Food was amazing, had omelette and side order of chips, slice of cake to take away. Yummy. They have lots of choice on the menu and everything is always really fresh. Staff are hard working, professional and friendly. Book in advance so you know you have a table, really easy to do online. Really reccomend a visit. Thanks Team.

A very pleasant and calm place for lunch. You get shown to your table and then waiting staff take your orders. Service was friendly and efficient.Seating available inside and outside (shaded and unshaded)Good menu selection for mains with good portion sizes.Nice decor and well maintained.

My daughter and I have just returned from an afternoon tea for her birthday. It was one of the nicest and prettiest looking tea I've had. The staff very attentive and I would thoroughly recommend this cafe 👌

Nice and relaxing place to have a bite to eat and lovely plants and furniture

Went to the barn today for lunch , very disappointed . Food was greasy chicken burgers where dripping g fat and burnt. Chips where so greasy like cooked in old oil tasted horrible . Menu is over priced and not much selection , trying to be something their not .No childrens options available .Pre covid. Used to love going there , had lovely food and great sandwiches selection . Would not go there again or recommend to anyone. Especially families

Always love The barn garden centre and cafe , staff in garden centre are informative and helpful. We had breakfast which was delicious, I had eggs royale and my partner had a cooked breakfast. Perfect!

DisappointedWe visited at 1:45pm for 2 coffees. Got told to wait 15 minutes which was fine. But when came back at 2pm there were at least 4 empty tables around us. We were told someone would come over. After 15 minutes of waiting I went up to the counter and told no can not order 2 coffees from the counter someone would be over. Few minutes later someone did come over. Ordered 2 coffees. By 2:45 we still had not received 2 coffees went back to the counter cancelled and left.Such a beautiful place but 45 minutes to not receive 2 coffees is unacceptable there were empty tables counted at least 5 people serving.Service is a must!! Such a shame as beautifully decorated but will not return.

We visited, intending to frequent the cafe and thoroughly enjoyed our mealGoats cheese beetroot tart was to die for so was the roulade.It would've been a 5 star but for the wait for attention. Eventually having to go up to the till for service

My partner and I visited on 23/08 for breakfast. We had pre-booked the day before. The food is incredible! Friendly staff too. Will definitely recommend.