Lakeside Theatre Café is Square 5’s catering outlet, offering wonderful parkland views of our Colchester Campus.
Lakeside Theatre Café is a great place to pick up a coffee and pastry en route to campus. Through the day, this stylish café situated in the Lakeside Theatre foyer, offers hot and cold drinks, paninis, pastries, sandwiches, cakes and snacks.
From 6.00pm on show nights, the Lakeside Café becomes a bar run by the theatre, serving alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and bar snacks.
We're now serving Change Please coffee in Lakeside Theatre Café. 100% of the profits from the coffee that Essex Food purchases from Change Please go into giving people experiencing homelessness a living wage job, housing, training, onwards opportunities, and a fresh shot.
8.30am - 3.30pm, Monday to Friday
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Lakeside Theatre Café is situated in Square 5 at the front of the Lakeside Theatre next to the Library.
Lakeside Theatre Café is operated by
Essex Food are no longer accepting cash payments. Please pay by card or contactless payment method. Thank you for your cooperation.