Afternoon Tea at The Barn

Hidden in the 'far and beyond' of the Essex countryside and loved by locals who know where to find good, home cooked, meals.

The good: - great the idea of farm + food - Good menu - Ginger beer - Amazing bread types The bad: - parking lot is packet at lunch

What do you do with an old barn? Convert it to an amazing cafe, store, flower shop, of course! The Blue Egg store sells greeting cards, wines, soaps,

We had a fabulous roast dinner with friends. Excellent wine and very reasonably priced. Staff were extremely helpful and friendly. One of the best roast dinners we have had.

We had a wonderful Sunday lunch at this restaurant. The food was excellent and the service was very good, despite the busy restaurant. All courses were cooked and presented well, and we enjoyed every aspect of the meal. Special thanks to Mo for making us feel welcome. Thank you!

The Barn with its high vaulted ceiling was ideal for our romantic evening dinner on a hot Summer evening. The food was good and the menu suited the weather, one of the big advantages of a privately owned restaurant using local produce. The ambience is never too loud, allowing a relaxed and enjoyable meal. The staff were helpful even though it was a busy night.

The Barn is a lovely dinning experience. The restaurant is lovely place to sit and dine. The food we have found always to be very good. The only thing in my opinion that lets this restaurant down is the table services. It is O.K. but not then best and for the price of the meals and what i believe is the audience this restaurant is trying to target the service could be better.

Didn't know that the main restuarant was all booked out for a wedding and so didn't even know they had a small room off the building where we were taken to eat! Was small and really hot in there, tables quite close, luckily we were in the corner otherwise I would not liked to have stayed to eat! Staff were pleasant and helpful and my Salmon was nice, but menu seemed very limited obviously unlike large restaurant! Wouldn't go again if had to eat in that little room without many window, but clostaphobic, Shame!

Always a beautiful venue. We were greeted at the door. Had drinks and chatted on the sofas. We had a lovely round table which is perfect for conversation. The food was lovely. The staff put a candle on my mums dessert for her birthday which made it special. Our only complaint was that it was cold!! One of our guests actually stood up and stood by the radiator between courses. I appreciate that the restaurant had been closed for two days and it takes a while for the building to warm up ... but it spoilt what was otherwise a lovely meal !