/England/Restaurant

The Layer Fox

2 Malting Green Rd, Layer de la Haye, Colchester CO2 0JH, United Kingdom

The Layer Fox
Restaurant
4.4
327 reviews
8 comments
Orientation directions
RVV4+J4 Colchester, United Kingdom
+44 1206 738723
thelayerfox.co.uk
Location reporting
Claim this location
Share
Write a review
Kelly vargas
Kelly vargas271 days ago
Lovely lunch with my elderly Dad today. The battered cod was perfect as were the chips plus a delicious home made tartare sauce. Dad enjoyed his homemade Burger, niether of us could completely finish our meal, the portions are very generous. Staff were very friendly, patient and attentive. We enjoyed our visit and look forward to another visit in the future.
Lee Williams
Lee Williams271 days ago
Visited without reservation, warm welcome by staff.
Selected Nachos, Wings and Fish & Chips, finishing with Crème Brûlée and Ice Cream/Sorbet.
Nachos was fine, made mistake ordering the Hot Wings rather than BBQ Sticky, they were too hot for me lol, had a problem with the fish which was resolved with staff without any issues, desserts were fine.
Drinks were reasonably priced and very good, also complimentary iced water supplied.
Pauline Knowles
Pauline Knowles302 days ago
We received a lovely welcome at lunchtime from the lady behind the bar, our servers were very attentive and friendly but not annoyingly so. Food was delicious sensible size portions, garlic bread comes highly recommended piping hot and beautifully garlicky. Opted not to have desserts but they sounded interesting, next time.
Melanie Erd
Melanie Erd302 days ago
Never again, this was the worst pub food I had in years. Had the curry and the only edible thing on the plate was the chutney! The naan was stale and burnt. The rice cold, and the carrot broccoli curry flavourless and overcooked. If I hadn't been very hungry and pressed for time I would have sent it back. My partner's roast chicken was very dry and flavourless. Even our drinks were awful, we ordered apple juice but received some strange super sugary drink! The only upside was that service was friendly. All in all a really sad experience.
Tina Johns
Tina Johns302 days ago
Lovely pub deco very nice staff helpful food looked amazing but didn't eat this time will next time when I return
Bridgit Cooley
Bridgit Cooley332 days ago
We visited today after having several good recommendations for a family meal (6 adults and a child), sadly it did not live up to expectations, its a lovely pub with nice decor and friendly atmosphere but unfortunately the food let them down massively.
Starters wise the squid, whitebait, prawn cocktail were nice but the homemade scotch eggs were dry and overcooked. The mains cod was OK but the chips were not cooked all the way through, the mains were luke warm and had cold spots, the pulled pork on its own was ok, but the roast beef was tasteless extremely tough and inedible, the gravy watery and tasteless, the roast potatoes and roast parsnips hard and not at all crispy and appeared to have been badly reheated in a microwave.
The cauliflower cheese was tasty and would have been the best part of the meal had it been hot!!!! We complained to the waiter who said that they could reheat it, we declined and were told that it would be taken off the bill.
We did receive a slight reduction on the bill after complaining again regarding the quality of food but were made to feel very uncomfortable by the manageress, surely the full plates of food should have raised alarms when waiting staff cleared the tables.
Sadly won't return.
Andras Zoltan
Andras Zoltan363 days ago
Food is very good value for money (incredible fries and onion rings, and the roasts were very generous). Good ale too. Will be coming back!
Katie Ellrich
Katie Ellrich1 year ago
Just a fabulous place to enjoy a drink, bite to eat or just catch up with friends, staff are lovely, atmosphere is amazing absolutely lovely pub, always a warm welcome. Highly recommended.
Recommended locations