The Old Siege House Bar & Brasserie — Restaurant in Colchester

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.

Pan Fried Scallops with Pea Purée and Black Pudding Bon Bons. .A generous portion of scallops cooked to perfection sweet and tasty, but I have to say the idea of the black pudding bon bons was genius little balls of rich flavours balanced the pea purée and scallops beautifully.

Pan Fried Sea Trout Fillet, Curried Mussel Velouté with New Potatoes and Samphire. 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. . Well that and the cracking espresso martini that replaced your standard filter coffee. . 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...

Dear THE OLD SIEGE HOUSE Management,

I am writing to express my extreme disappointment with the experience I had at your restaurant recently. I visited your establishment on [date] and ordered the fish plate from the menu. Unfortunately, I was appalled to find that the fish on my plate had a strong unpleasant odor, indicating that it was not fresh.

The smell coming from the fish was so off-putting that I could not bring myself to take more than a few bites. This ruined my entire dining experience and left me feeling disgusted and unsatisfied. As a customer, I expect fresh and quality ingredients when dining out, especially when it comes to seafood.

The lack of attention to the quality of the food served at your restaurant is unacceptable, and it has certainly made me reconsider ever returning to dine at your establishment. I had heard positive reviews about your restaurant before, but this experience has completely tarnished my perception.

I hope that you take this feedback seriously and take the necessary steps to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future. As a customer who values good food and service, I must say that I am deeply disappointed and will not be recommending your restaurant to others based on...

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...