Best Seafood Restaurants in Colchester

Visited for my wife's birthday. We have been for bunch a few times, but this was our first dinner service. I booked the Chef's Tasting menu. The service was fantastic and energetic. We were expertly served by Jen, but I feel like 8 different team members came to our table. The tasting menu incorporated locally sourced items and was adventurous. My wife also had the wine pairings with the tasting menu, and the sommelier chose varietals which worked well with each course. We enjoyed his back story for each of his picks. I highly recommend Shipwright's Daughter.

We never have anything but the best experience at Max Fish. The food is high quality, and adventurous. We love trying new things, but we also love the usual menu items such as the Chicken Parm, Tuna, Fish and Chips, and Steamers. Last night my husband had one of the specials, ink pasta with squid. He said it was very good. I had salmon, their awesome mashed potatoes, and butternut squash with a light pomegranate sauce. So yummy. We love their rolls(takes me back to school), and although we did not get dessert last night, you cannot go wrong with any dessert on the menu. I do want to mention that this restaurant has a fine dining room that is business casual to much dressier attire, and a bar area and seating that is nice casual. Diners are a mix of business, date night, special occasions and those that enjoy the ambiance of the restaurant for a nice night out after a long work week. As a heads up this restaurant is not conducive to small children running around and a super loud party atmosphere. Children on the loose could inadvertently hurt themselves and/or staff members carrying heavy, very hot plates and bowls of food or dishes. It’s just not that kind of restaurant. We cannot say enough good things about the staff and the food. We tell everyone it’s our favorite place to be.

Amazing service & food! We will go back again & again.

The food was amazing. Great to have a menu with so many gluten and dairy free options. Our server, Mark, was great. Wonderful meal and we’ll definitely be back.

Food was all good. Our waitress was friendly. Inside is cute. I would imagine on a sunny summer day it must be really pretty. I would recommend this restaurant, and I would absolutely go back if I was back in that area.