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Best Western Rose And Crown Hotel

Location pin

East Street, Colchester, CO1 2TZ - 

  • Users

    Up to
    150 guests

A beautifully romantic and historic venue, the Best Western Rose and Crown Hotel is the perfect setting for your wedding. With a dedicated, experienced team of professionals on hand throughout, your dream day will become a reality and a memorable event for both you and your guests.
The combination of thought, care and quality is the hallmark of a Rose and Crown wedding. With such attention to detail and precision going into every detail, every wedding is planned to perfection. The hotel can offer tailor-made menus, a carefully designed wine list, beautiful fresh flowers, immaculate table linen and so much more.
The hotel can host weddings with between 10 and 140 guests. At the Best Western Rose and Crown Hotel, we are proud to have been licensed for civil ceremonies for over 20 years, meaning we understand how to host a whole day of wedding celebrations.
When your special day draws to an end, enjoy our romantic four-poster suite as a present from us on your wedding night.

Capacity & layout

Standing

Standing

up to 150

Theatre

Theatre

up to 150

Boardroom

Boardroom

up to 20

Cabaret

Cabaret

up to 150

Location

Reviews

  • Les Cooper

    October 2024

    I attended a wedding here, but I didn't stay. The preparations for the wedding were superb and the staff were kind and efficient. The food was excellent, and the atmosphere was very welcoming. A super venue for events.

  • Aaron Hunt

    November 2024

    Once you are this 600 year old building you feel the ambiance of this place. So, we are getting wed here next year , tonight we came for a taster and quite honestly it is really good. I’d give the sea bass a 5/5 absolutely on the money. The staff EXTREMELY friendly…. Glad we made this choice. Our wedding coordinator Sian is brilliant, highly recommended

  • Louise

    December 2024

    We had our ladies’ social group Christmas dinner at The Rose and Crown yesterday evening. The venue was lovely and very cosy. I was greeted on arrival and asked for the booking name, there was a very nice real Christmas tree in the Reception area. The bar was very busy though I was served in less than 10 minutes. The venue had a good system in place whereby table bookings were called to the dining room one by one over a speaker. The food was enjoyable, standard fare with reasonable portion sizes and was warm enough. The only slight downside was there could have been more turkey and the gravy was made from granules. I asked for a pot of extra gravy though this didn’t arrive unfortunately. The serving staff did an excellent job of getting everyone’s meals served, as there were multiple tables in the dining room with many people to be served. The staff were friendly and attentive. The menu at the time of booking had mentioned that tea, coffee and mints would follow though this didn’t materialise. The sit down meal was followed by a disco afterwards with all the popular party songs. We paid £45 each which seemed reasonable value.

  • Saro Maz

    November 2024

    I stayed at the Best Western Hotel for a wedding event, and unfortunately, it was a disappointing experience. The bar and reception were severely understaffed. Despite the hotel knowing about the wedding, only one bartender was on duty, resulting in long waits. Breakfast was equally chaotic, with only two servers handling the entire breakfast room. We waited over 30min for someone to take our order an hour for our food, and there were no clear instructions on how to order. Very bad The bathroom was very clean, but the bedroom had issues. The carpet was dusty around the bed edges, and the mattress was extremely uncomfortable and outdated. I heard from other guests who shared similar complaints. Front desk staff needs better training. My interaction with them felt unprofessional, as if I was a bother rather than a paying guest. Overall, this best western Hotel needs to improve its management, staffing, and customer service standards.