Tymperleys

We love coming to Colchester for Tymperleys. It's always such lovely food. If you're visiting on a sunny day, the outdoor seating area is an excellent little sun trap with a pretty garden close-by. The menu consists of the usual favourites; sandwiches, jacket potatoes, salads, etc, but there is always something a little extra on the specials board worth trying! I had the pan-fried seabream with sautéed potatoes and Tenderstem brocoli. It was incredible! I highly recommend this place for a stop during your visit to Colchester, even if it's just for a coffee and some of their delicious cakes.

As a girl who loves her food, I have been going to the places that I kept saying I'll go try but never did. So here we are at Tymperleys. And what a stunning location it is!! You walk underneath an old carriage entrance & past a lovely bookstore that you can while away many hours in, to get to this fantastic place. It's set in this beautiful majestic olde worlde house that has its original wooden beams, diamond glass windows & an absolutely gorgeous secret garden that you can walk around & enjoy. You can sit in or out doors. Rain or shine I always love to sit out by their gorgeous garden. You wouldn't know the garden was there, you have to walk as I said above through an old carriage entrance & down to the house itself, as you do you'll see the beautiful garden at the very end in an enclosed brick wall square. It literally is a stunning location! As for the food.... The menu covers breakfast, lunch & afternoon teas. It may not be the widest of choices menu but for me it has all that I need for lunch. I usually go for rose lemonade or the rhubarb drinks to accompany my lunch. Yesterday's lunch I sent for the ham & gruyère cheese ciabatta with salad & chips. My not so better half went for fish of the day, a herb encrusted haddock with broccoli, kale & new potatoes. Nothing was left on either plates!! If I'm in the mood for dessert I will always choose their Eton mess. O to the M to the G. It's absolutely delicious! Prices are very reasonable as well. I so highly recommend you try Tymperleys out for yourselves. As always love a rainbow haired girl who loves to try new things. Enjoy!! xXx Pictures attached are from an earlier visit to Tymperleys.

A small oasis in the middle of colchester city. The cream tea is delicious, the rest of the menu is of high quality, the staff are friendly and professional. The restaurant is set in an old timber framed building with gardens to dine out side if you wish, I believe this was once a clock museum which closed around 2011. A quiet place away from the hustle of the city.

Had the loveliest afternoon tea here this afternoon for my mum's birthday, gorgeous selection of sandwiches, loads of cake and 4 scones! With tiptree jam and proper clotted cream! We went for prosecco afternoon tea and we're given a very generous glass of lovely bubbly each. Gorgeous setting and amazingly friendly staff but what was most incredible was they brought my mum a brownie on a plate with "happy birthday" written on in chocolate, it looked amazing! I didn't request this I simply told them it was for her birthday and they did such this lovely thing she was so so happy so thank you tymperlys! Would highly recommended ❤️

This is a beautiful old building steeped in history. It is an oasis of calm away from the rain and shoppers outside. We had a full English and a veggie breakfast and both were really nice and well presented. The staff were friendly and it was altogether a lovely experience. Not sure about the modern glass entrance doors though