patch — Restaurant in Colchester

Firstly, Patch is fantastic little gem in Colchester. My gf and I took a punt on the taster and wine evening on a Saturday night.

The menu contains 6 different plates, plus breads, a mixed board and some a couple of desserts. They recommend 2-3 dishes per person, so as there was two of us, we just took all six of the main plates. The menu is entirely vegetarian, with most being vegan friendly.

The chef/owners really know how to mix flavours; each plate was perfectly balanced for flavours and was absolutely delicious. I cannot fault anything that came out, including the desserts.

Service is good - things came out fairly quickly (although it was relatively quiet in their the evening we went in), and our waiting staff was friendly and attentive.

Wine list is limited but decent; we had a Riesling which was very good and went well with the food (not at all sweet for a Riesling). As usual, it's more economical to buy a bottle. Ours cost £25.

Overall the bill came to £93 (Inc alcohol) for the two of us, so it's not cheap, but you're getting very good quality.

My only criticism is that the vibe/atmosphere for the evening opening could be improved - it would be good to do a bit more done with the lighting and interior to make it feel more cozy.

Overall Patch is A1 - absolutely...

Wow! I was given a £50 voucher for this establishment from my class children, as an end of term thank you gift. Not being vegetarian myself (although I absolutely love vegetarian food) I would probably never have thought of eating here - how daft am I?? I went with my husband, daughter (who is vegetarian) and her other half. We all had different dishes and two sides of the best hash browns I've ever come across! Honestly, the food is amazing - we all tried each other's dishes and agreed, everything was faultless. I'm yet to discover what the little dark 'seed like' bits in my salad were (so delicious!) - when I asked, the lovely waiter said he'd check for me and came back quickly to say that they were capers. They definitely weren't - but as he was so busy, efficiently serving other tables, I wasn't about to ask him to go back to the kitchen to ask again! I'm just pleased that I've got many reasons to come back again - among those being: the food was awesome, my daughter was truly enamoured with what she described as decent food and a decent choice (for a change!) and the need to know what this delicious 'seed like' ingredient was! I can only very highly recommend that you try this place! We will certainly be going back as soon as we can. Thank you Class 3 - a truly...

We asked Patch to cater our wedding because we love the food and vibe of their amazing cafe, and they brought that exact same vibe to our wedding day. From the first email through to the food and delivery on the day the whole team were a TREAT to work with. The sharing menu they whipped up was incredible - focaccia sandwich canapes, an incredible selection of salads, a tagine (in tagine pots!), followed by a trio of desserts. It was different, it was plentiful and the service was next level too. They even packaged up left overs which we enjoyed the next few days. The Patch team love what they do, and that came through on the day in their warm service and with their endless smiles which added to the atmosphere of the day and so many of our guests commented on. We're plotting future events just so we can work with them all over again. Thanks...