A few years back my classmates and I lived on the top floor of the George for a month. The price…read morewas fair and The George is home to a lovely pub and restaurant. This historic hotel was only slightly haunted and had some lovely stained glass upstairs. It's conveniently located near some lovely restaurants, M&S, and a Spar. If you're visiting Colchester I highly recommend this place.

The George hotel is situated on Colchester high street, in the heart of the town. It is a 14th…read morecentury listed building, which has a lot of history. As it is a smaller hotel than many in Colchester, it has minimal facilities but all rooms have an en-suite bathroom and there are some rooms with a living area guests also have the opportunity for room service. There is a restaurant in the building and a bar, and also a conference facility. As the hotel is very old and traditional, the rooms are decorated accordingly. The owner of the George hired a team or interior designers for the room, so they are tasteful. The staff are professional and helpful, and the room rates (most importantly!) are fairly cheap considering it's centralised location.

What a wonderful Tudor castle! Spend a real good weekend there, rural old English country side…read more Golfing is place next door. Nice little and old villages around, good for a walk. Friendly staff, spacious rooms and very delicious food.

Seckford Hall is a beautiful Jacobean, or Tudor, house just outside of Woodbridge, Suffolk. We…read morearrived minutes before a wedding party, which was lucky as the reception is in a tiny corridor and it was crowded with just the two of us there, let alone a party of revellers. We were shown to the Dairy Suite, in the Dairy Cottages, which is 'in the annexe'. We hate being put in the annexe when we have booked stay in a beautiful hotel. This annexe is quite a way from the hotel as well. The Dairy Suite door opens onto a sitting room with galley kitchen and there is a downstairs bathroom. Upstairs is the bedroom and an ensuite loo. The decor... well, dated iis one word for it. The promotional photos of the rooms in the main hotel show modern, updated, bathrooms and bedroom decor. This Dairy Suite is full of pink carpet, dark wooden varnished furniture and the bathrooms are pink suites. It's yucky. The duvet and pillows were pretty poor quality. No spare pillows provided. There are modern, flat-screen tvs upstairs and downstairs but only terrestrial channels and the buttons on the remotes only partially worked. There are tea and coffee making facilities but they are of the most instant kind - Nescafé sachets, herb teas, Darjeeling bags and yucky, yucky UHT cartons. It makes such a difference if there is a coffee percolator and fresh milk. There is a fridge so it's easy to provide fresh milk. There is wifi and it is free - but it is weak an a bit slow, but still. The plus point about the whole stay was that the main hotel could have pretty noisy with a wedding party (or three) whereas our room was very quiet and I ended up having a surprisingly good night's sleep. We had dinner in the Bistro (the fancy shmancy £39 for three courses restaurant only had one table at 9pm, too late for us) and actually it was very very good. We had Guinea Fowl and a roast lamb and it was tasty home cooking. Not fancy, but tasty an perfectly coked. Pudding was sticky toffee pudding, a favourite of mine, and it was perfect! The bill for three, with a good bottle of red wine was approximately £75.

A refreshing suprise. My last BW experience was not a good one so I was not really expecting much…read morewhen my company booked this hotel for me. However I was pleasantly suprised on arrival. The hotel looks like it has recently been refurbished. The reception staff were very helpful. There is a comfortable residents lounge, bar and restaurant. The menu had a typical hotel style selection of options but the food was prepared promptly and was very tasty. The duck breast starter with cabbage, ginger and honey was particularly nice. The room is clean and fresh and very spacious with good lighting. The toilet had a touch of luxury about it including extremely quilted toilet roll! Added bonuses in the room are freeview and free Wifi. The only thing I have been disappointed about is the lack of a proper glass in the bedroom (plastic bathroom tumbler is the only option) and the room doesn't have air conditioning. I would recommend it as a place to stay for business and pleasure.

We stumbled across The Crown while we were staying the night in Woodbridge (a town close to…read moreFramlingham, where Ed Sheeran grew up). The menu caught our eye and it didn't hurt that they had a Michelin 2017 rating! We got the following: Pork belly Sous vide squid Catch of the day All of their food was beautifully plated and OMG the seafood was so fresh and cooked so well. I had never had a dish prepared by sous vide method and it blew my mind. It was also a nice bonus that they had WiFi since I could check in and post my photos. I hope to find another place back home (los Angeles, California) that is just as great as The Crown. One day we'll be back!

Pretty much everything a successful pub with rooms should be…read more Relaxed and casual dining at its best, the food (although the menu has changed radically since my previous visits) was still of an outstanding quality, genuinely excellent. Add to that the location, the ambience and the general relaxed air and you have yourself a 5 star dining experience. Really rather excellent.

Clacton on sea Travelodge is a great place to stay when in clacton I've stayed here many times and…read morethe rooms are nice and hotel is well kept and looked after in side and out and staff here are friendly just 5 minutes walk to seafront and one road behind high street with banks and post office etc... major supermarkets are also 10 minutes away .

Always pleased to be at Milsoms and so was delighted to have my birthday dinner there with friends…read more We arrived around 7pm and had no difficulty getting a table straight away indoors but it was tempting to sit outside due to the good weather. Lovely food, super service and a great atmosphere. We've been several times so are quite used to writing down our own order and don't think twice about it now - it makes it more relaxed and informal in my opinion. We didn't have room after two courses for a pudding but I was delighted to receive a 'happy birthday' plate with complimentary dark chocolate brownie complete with lit candle! Yum! I've also published this review on Trip Advisor, hope that's OK.

Beautiful setting - gets one of the stars just for that!…read more Needs a bit of a make over though, as it's had the same decor in the restaurant since it opened! They've surely got the cash to make it sparkle a bit more? Food has been a bit hit and miss over the last few times we've been - sometimes it's outstanding, sometimes it's VERY average - the price is always on the higher side though! Food is always very fresh and beautifully presented. I always find that there are loads, and loads of dishes on the menu but actually very few that I fancy. Some of them have so many ingredients & then they always end up having mushrooms or fennel that I can't eat! I'm really NOT a fussy eater!! The desserts are generally more appealing. Good wine list but always on the pricey side & v expensive to drink wine by the glass. Great to be able to see the kitchen and the food being prepped. Pretty good service usually. Still an absolute pain in the bum trying to get a table on a Saturday night - we don't even bother trying any more, wish they took bookings as it's frustrating when you've got guests & want to take them to such a lovely setting - we tend to go to Seckford or The Crown, instead. On the whole, "nice" and a popular place with good atmosphere.

Somewhat old fashioned hotel and restaurant, very popular with the well-heeled older folk of the…read morearea, and their equivalents in tourist form. I am in my mid-40s , but I was comfortably the youngest in the room for dinner, barring the staff. The menu was reasonably well executed but in no sense ambitious; my "Chicken Supreme" was nice but did not rock any boats. Similarly, the chocolate fondant with peanut ice cream was unspectacular. A very "safe" place to eat.

Recently celebrating my birthday, my mum bought me a spa visit and afternoon tea at The Swan in…read moreLavenham. The spa is actually Weaver's Spa and Shop, which is a separate entity to the Swan, and we had very different experiences at both. When we finished our spa day, a lovely member of staff walked us through the many (many!) hallways through to The Swan's restaurant - there is an outside walkway but, as it was raining, they were kind enough to take us this alternative route. We were seated at a nice intimate sofa and table, very relaxed after our massages, and ordered our tea to go alongside the food. The tea arrived fairly quickly with some lovely crockery but there was a huge wait for the food, during which time we felt very neglected. The eventual explanation was that the staff Christmas party was also taking place in an adjoining room - fair for them to have a party, but it shouldn't affect service this much! The food itself was good, with a very tasty warm bakewell tart and meringue swans filled with cream. The scones were also delicious, with both fruit and apple & walnut flavours served. The sandwiches were a let down with very dry bread and seemed to be an afterthought compared to the delicate pastries and cakes. We had a lovely time together but the afternoon tea didn't add much to the experience overall. A bit of a shame.

Super cute hotel. Room was decorated so well, breakfast was delicious. Manager was beyond helpful.read more

Lavenham is not short of tea rooms, but there is only a handful of pubs/restaurants and we decided…read moreto go for the one located on the lovely market place, close to the Guildhall. I took a liking to the pub sign, a slightly creepy smiling angel blowing in the wind. The menu seemed interesting enough and my companion was sold on the pork belly, so we went inside. The decor is OK, but there are not a lot of tables; the ones closer to the front windows are clearly the most popular choice - the others, by the kitchen door, can be quite dark during the day. My starter (smoked duck + waldorf salad) was ok, just a bit mean on the duck. The salad was unremarkable. For my main I opted for the burger and even though the skinny fries were on point, my burger was just a shrunk bit of dried meat bang in the middle of a good brioche. What can I say? The bread + cheese tasted better than the meat. My companion ham hock was much better than anything else we ate there; his main course was fine, but he had to ask for an extra piece of crackling since the one he originally got was ridiculously tiny - I mean TINY. It's a pity, since the staff is really smiley and lovely and location is great. They do have wi-fi, though - a must in the area. :)