Popped over for a brunch, ordered food, took them quite a while to make it, then they mad it wrong, although we told the bar lady what we want 3 times, never asked what side we want for the dish that comes with a side dish (soup, salad etc), they just brought it with salad, the roll itself was verry small. The all day breakfast was quite small :( cost £7.99... I was expecting it to be a bit bigger for this price, we ordered food at 12.20, before 12.00 AM the breakfast is only £2.99, so I do not really get why the price is so extremely different, eggs were overcooked, dry and burned.. Was not impressed at all.

The Duchess is the kind of pub that you may walk past several times before you even realise it is there, but once you find it you wonder why you haven't been in before! Situated at the end of the high street next to the Williams & Griffin department store, the pub has been open for just over a year (it was previously called the Wig & Pen). Very tastefully decorated, the pub has comfy seating, low lighting and pictures of Colchester in times gone by on the walls. Some nights a pianist plays in the bar adding to a chilled out feeling (although not if you sit too close to him - it's quite loud then, as we have found ...  Read the complete review