Name: Milsoms
Address: Stratford Road Dedham, Colchester, Colchester, Colchester, CO7 6HW, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

Terrace

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No elevators

Reception desk

Electric car charging

General

Non-smoking rooms

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Cable TV

Minibar

Hairdryer

Flat-screen TV

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Iron and board

Laundry

Safe-deposit box

Luggage storage

Wake-up service

Telephone

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Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Restaurant

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Free parking

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Fax and copy machine

Meeting and presentation facilities

Business

Pets allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Bridge Cottage

London Southend Airport

London Stansted Airport

Milsoms

Colchester

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

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shared-bathroom

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

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water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I've visited Milsoms on numerous occassions for lunch and business meetings and am always impressed by the warmth of welcome and excellent service. The food is always impressive, well presented, with a varied and interesting menu.

It's been a few years since I stayed overnight and I was still impressed by the accommodation. I'd suggest a room on an upper floor and away from the bar area if you want a quiet night. Well appointed with an excellent shower and comfortable bed.

Overall, very good hotel, relaxed and informal.

Comfortable Bed

I’ve been to Milsoms many times and the food is always excellent. 
You do have to take your own order - write it down on the paper supplied and take it to the bar but I don’t have a big issue with this. As a waitress myself I can understand the reasoning especially for larger tables. It allows you to order at your own pace and you never feel rushed. It does, however, take away from the dining experience somewhat as you’re unable to build any rapport with your waiting staff. 
The food is excellent, although, over the years the prices have increased while the portion sizes have decreased. Again, as someone in the industry, I can appreciate the increase in suppliers costs however as the prices increase I would’ve appreciated a step up in service (having someone take your order would be nice) 
I will still leave 5* as the service we did receive from bar staff and attentiveness of the wait staff when clearing is brilliant. 
My only complaint is that you can’t book a table and I find myself arriving earlier than I’m really wanting to, just to secure a table for the evening. 
Overall very happy evening and I will continue to dine at all the Milsom restaurants 

Excellent overall

Great food/drink and peaceful location in Dedham. Nice variety on the menu with no need for a booking but also never been turned away. Definitely recommend! Especially on a summers evening.. and particularly the duck tacos which are a favourite

Great food and location

Our second stay here this year and the staff and management continue to make guests very welcome and comfortable. Even though our first visit was just after lockdown, both visits were of superb standards of cleanliness and professionalism. The staff at all parts of the hotel and restaurant really enjoy their roles and to very high standards. Small but very comfortable bedroom. One of the best nights sleep we have ever had in a hotel or away from home. Room was very well equipped and lovely decoration.

Shout out to Sharon from Essex ( her words not ours) who made us feel very comfortable and relaxed.

True professionals who really enjoy what they do and have a ready smile on their faces!

Only smiles for Milsoms 😀😀😀

Friendly and helpful reception staff. Spacious car park. Room was clean, adequately appointed and sufficient for our needs during our one night stay. Enjoyed the full English breakfast the next morning. 

Overnight stay and Breakfast

We have been coming to Milsoms for many years, and always enjoy it. We had fathers day lunch here today, and it was a lovely relaxed lunch, but felt a few things need tweaking, especially at this price point.
The waiting staff are (in the main) pretty sullen, and the service standards have dropped. 
There was a really long wait for starters (all cold) and between courses, which was fine but for anyone with you g children could be tricky.
The starters and side dishes seem to have shrunk... 3/4 spears of tenderstem broccoli for 4.95...!?
The food itself is lovely, and it's a great relaxed setting. We always enjoy coming, but feel it just needs a bit of attention to make it great!

A few tweaks required...

We’ve been visiting Paul and his team for over 30 years. Never disappoints.

As a stop over when we return to the area ( we now live in Cheshire) this is one of our “go to” places. 

Milsoms gives you friendly casual accommodation and food. Loverly atmosphere.

Good parking as were were travelling with a substantial trailer en route to Goodwood. Parking was not an issue to these guys.

Enjoyed the “pit stop”

Quick pit stop

Clean and tidy .friendly greeting. I chose pork. My friend shepherd s pie. Pork was tender.  Shepherds pie was big chunks of lamb. Both were good. We would definitely visit again. Enjoyed a walk in the grounds afterwards.

Lunch

If this is a four star hotel you would have thought good customer service in the restaurant. Food good but expensive for what you get. Be prepared to do all the work, take your order on a piece of paper to the counter after getting up to find the menus . No contact with waiting staff during meal whatsoever. Ask for plates to be cleared away then get up again to get your dessert and coffee selection and take your handwritten order to the counter again. Oh and when you have finished you have to go to the counter to pay with an option to leave service. What for? Would not return in a rush!

Where's your customer service 

Very underwhelming brunch.
We visited for a brunch for my sisters birthday. The menu was very small. On the menu it stated freshly baked pastries, when we asked we were told there maybe some left from breakfast. So not freshly baked. We had to ask for butter/toast to go with the scrambled eggs, extra coffees etc. overall we felt an inconvenience and it wasn’t a special birthday treat as planned. 
We have been previously for a meal which was lovely but they failed on the brunch this time. We did speak to someone on the day who offered a discount and apologised just a shame they haven’t sorted there breakfast offering.

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