The Layer Fox in Colchester

Lovely little pub for food but felt like the food took a while to come out starter and dessert mouthwatering the main wasn't so great but overall it was quite ok

Our visit to the layer fox was nice. The menu was a bit limited, and to be honest a little more expensive than we was perhaps expecting (there was no indication of what we might expect on the website as couldn't see a menu). For example kids meals are £7.50 each, which is a fair bit more than I would normally pay for my 3 year old...Thankfully the food was very nice and the pub itself is quite nice inside. The roast was good, perhaps not the best but pretty good. I had a lovely chilli squid starter as well as cheesecake for desert.Staff were all friendly and there is parking available. Note - they automatically add 10% to bill for service charge, not a big fan of places doing this, although on our visit the service was good and I didn't mind too much...!

We popped in for a meal tonight ....soup served with crusty bread and garlic butter ...one tiny thin piece of bread no butter !Main ..pork belly ...under cooked not crisp top , baby carrots ..whole with tops my horse will enjoy them later . Hard and poorly preparation, tender stem broccoli...haha massive half inch hard stem with smallest top ever . Mustard mash ...awful. Dessert....bad as starter not worth money or effort . Better pub down the road with better food and service .

had to ask for a steak knife to eat a steak. But other than that perfect. Has a dog hall of fame photo wall, great if you have a dog.

We chose The Layer Fox for our small wedding reception having been regulars there and always enjoyed our visits. We were so glad we chose The Fox, such a relaxed atmosphere which was important to us. Service was exemplary and food was to a high quality standard that everybody enjoyed. They also let us decorate our table however we liked. I would highly recommend The Layer Fox to anybody.

Me and my fiancée first went to the layer fox a few years ago when we were visiting the area. As we sat to eat our food in the gorgeous surroundings we started to look at properties in the area as we were looking to move at the time. Fast forward a few years and now we live just down the road and decided to revisit for a Sunday roast. They did not disappoint on both occasions! Food was hot (you'd be surprised how many places get the basics such as hot food wrong) and delicious! Service was impeccable and we could not fault a single thing. We will be back soon!

Handy for wedding venues in the area. Annie and her team made us very welcome and cooked up a lovely breakfast each morning. Pub is getting back to normal which is great to hear; too many have suffered unnecessarily in the last two years

Lovely pub and staff. Unfortunately the Sunday roast today was dreadful and had no taste to it. The potatos were quite hard and the gravy was like water. The veg was tasteless like hospital food. We paid extra for cauliflower cheese which was the best part of the meal. Very disappointed.

Good to see our village pub up and running again. Its a comfortable restaurant/pub where you can go just for a drink without feeling that you should be eating. Good range of beers, gin and wines. Comfortable, clean and friendly - just what the village needs.

Food here is abysmal! We had a couple of meals; a not so "Festive" Burger and a Turkey Roulade, both at £18!The burger was an atrocious stack of 3 horrendous meats - one an overly dried biscuit of burger (possibly overcooked leftovers from a previous sitting?), one a soggy pork mess wrapped in soggy bacon, and the the third a burger almost up to the standard of a cheap roadside burger van. Do not forget, this was £18!!!As for the the Turkey Roulade, this was equally dreadful. One thin slice of meat wrapped around the stuffing on a bed of brown water masquerading as "gravy" with "roast" potatoes which were starchy throughout; not crisp on the outside and certainly not fluffy in the middle.The decor is pleasant and the staff are friendly, and drinks are reasonable.Overall, this was severely disappointing. I will never venture here for food in the future and advise others to give this venue a wide berth when considering food.