The Old Siege House Review

Had a lovely meal with family, fantastic service, will come again

Lovely venue and staff/waiters went out of their way to make it a great evening. Really good food at reasonable prices. Highly recommended.

Never been before but will certainly go back, a facinating place. A bit pricey but worth the money for surroundings, food and service

Nice relaxed atmosphere with good food and good service. Plus parking!

Really nice place, great food and service and not overly expensive.

No a bad place to eat but expensive in our eyes. We go out every month to somewhere different. My friend and I had the burger but he does not like breosh buns. Asked the waiter if the burger came in the breosh bun and was told yes. When mine came it was in a normal bun.

Nice atmosphere. Slightly over priced food for the quality. Are better options for this price

Very nice restaurant. We have been twice now for our friends Christmas meal each year. Friendly staff and lovely atmosphere

Exquisite food, good value for money, very friendly staff

I couldn t recommend them more. Just got back from a lovely birthday lunch with my Mum and my one year old - They couldn t have been more accommodating. They were simply WONDERFUL to my daughter - service was excellent, food was just delicious, simple and fresh, the decor is gorgeous - and on top of that it was really reasonably priced! Just go - you won t regret it and you ll have a new favourite! A***

Cosy atmosphere with a warm welcome from the staff.

Christmas lunch at the siege house. "stuffed" it was really delicious. Wonderful staff and service. Highly recommended.

I liked the old bulding, very friendly staff and good food!!

Honestly the best steak I've ever had in my life. Each time I go I order steak and each time its consistently good. Friendly staff and fast service too. I love it here!

Best restaurant in Colchester! Great service and beautiful food!

Great staff altogether. Respectfull waitres and managers ready to pass on usefull information.The owner is a knoledgeable hardworking chef who used to teach cookery at the institute. He takes good care of the restaurant elaborating diffrent menus thoughout the year and cooking with fresh seasonal ingredients. The food here is real fresh and is served in a superb, rustic ambient.

I've wanted to go to the Siege House for the 8 years I've lived in Colchester. The food and staff were amazing enhancing my experience. However no disabled parking or toilet facilities detracted from an otherwise amazing birthday treat.

Beautiful setting in this ancient building.
Very friendly knowledgeable, polite staff ; only 2 waiting on tables so I'm unsure if that was the reason it was quite delayed in serving each course on the 15th February.
(The was a large family eating there too , so that didn't help I'm sure but at least it says they can cater for larger groups.).

Our meals were absolutely delicious!
Great choice for vegetarians ; unusual options from the run of the mill choices I normally am offered.
My husband had seafood starter & pork for main which he said was very very good. I think he would have liked a little more ! But really ,after a short while we were full up so don't be fooled & let it go down is my advice !
Fantastic selection of gins.
Overall competitively priced meal.
I only dropped a star because we had no parking spaces & it was heavily raining that day and I had had my hair done ! Flimsy reason perhaps but with the parking issue & a 25 minute wait from Starter to main meal I have been a bit mean & knocked off a star for this occasion.
But I genuinely look forward to coming again & highly recommend The Old Siege House to everyone.

Prompt service , staff friendly , food was delish. Not to pricey. Recommend. Will def go again. Xx

Excellent menu and excellent staff.
Food was delicious and very well cooked with a wide range of dishes to choose from. Fantastic wine and alcohol list as well. A shame to see only one vegan dish on the menu and the deserts are a little disappointing but everything else was superb. Definitely would recommend going here for a nice meal out.

This place is full of character a 17th century half timbered french style building proudly displaying the original musket shots from the era. But more importantly the food doesn t let the surroundings down. Offering European food with a modern English twist.





Great looking fish, trout was full of smooth flavour and the curried mussels were awesome the sauce was to die for and with the sharp salty taste of the samphire was a great match.

Apple and Cinnamon Crumble Tart with Vanilla Ice Cream.
What can I say does what it says on the tin, loved the crispy pastry shell and the crumble was sweet and well, crumbly, to be honest and this is my fault I was expecting it to be warm like a crumble rather than cold, but it is a crumble tart so i guess a tart is cold. But a great way to end the meal.
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Well that and the cracking espresso martini that replaced your standard filter coffee.
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Whilst the food was great I have to also comment on the excellent staff for making us feel so welcome in the current times, it s hard to be a great host with so many rules but they pulled it off brilliantly. We will certainly be back.

Haven't been to The Old Siege House, for many years, visited with the family and will be back soon. Food excellent, staff very attentive, and all in a building steeped in history. Thoroughly recommended

Visited today for the first time food and staff very lovely but absolutely no disabled facilities from no designated spaces in car park to allow for more door space opening to not even one toilet with a rail round to assist people with even minimal mobility issues let alone if a member of the party I was with had been a wheelchair user.

Very nice friendly atmosphere the staff are very helpful and the food is good would recommend

Excellent food in a pleasant, comfortable surroundings. Staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. This historic building makes for an interesting venue for groups of all sizes as it is quite spacious without feeling too open. A definite return is in order

Great staff, superb food and a great atmosphere. Highly recommended

Good food and surroundings. A little empty for a Saturday night but enjoyed our meal!

Wow. Love this restaurant. It's not too expensive and the food came out just at the right times and the Salmon Brochettes are excellent.

Pretty good as usual but my friends belly pork was tough. Heard other people complaining about it too.