Colchester Oyster Fishery Reviews 

Sorry, but having eaten oysters since childhood, am now 74, I can hand on heart say the pyfleet sanitised / treated are not the same as natural oysters, which I have had from this supplier. I ordered 18 in 3 x vac sealed 6,s, firstly, the shells are not that simple to open, as described in the marketing, I still had to use my oyster shucking knife to prize open, albeit, a lot less effort than opening a regular natural shell. Secondly, the oyster meat is a not attractive, greyish bloom, thirdly, the meat is incredibly salty, I had to smother in lemon juice and sherry vinegar to tone down the salt. The I suppose possible upside would be, these oysters would probably cook well, in steak pies, hot smoked and maybe added to a fish pie. I won't be buying again, but happy to buy regular Colchester oysters in season.

We moored up in pyefleet creek and the platter was delivered to us by boat. If you're ever looking for something to do that is very special and not too expensive you wouldn't regret this.
Amazing service and food!

We had the Mersea seafood platter for my birthday. It was fresh and delicious. Generous portions too. Friendly and efficient service. Would highly recommend

Found this company online as wanted to do something a bit special for my sister 30th in lockdown so we ordered their platter for 6 people. It was so, so delicious, extremely generous portions, extremely well packed. Communication was fantastic even down to a warning that the couriers sometimes advise it arriving a day later than requested but to not panic as they have all been arriving on time...as ours did. Great value too compared to lots of other places I looked at and a better selection included in the platters in my opinion. Would definitely use again.

Ordered two Large Canadian lobster to be delivered on Friday for an anniversary dinner on the Saturday. We're currently in Tier3 so no restaurants etc.
I've used COF a few times in the past without issue.
Anyway, Friday comes and I get an email from COF saying that there has been an issue with the delivery company (NOT COF) and that the delivery company can't deliver until the morning of Saturday... not a huge issue and I was very appreciative of the proactiveness of COF to let me know.
Anyway, Saturday morning comes and more issues with the delivery company but COF went above and beyond to get my two lobsters delivered to be by midday on the Saturday. I can't thank them enough, the delivery wasn't their direct issue but they made it happen and we were both very happy... and the lobsters were great. Many thanks again, Ray.

Without any doubt this has to be one of the best Seafood Platter combinations we've ever had consisting an array of the freshest and finest Seafood from thick and juicey Crevettes, succulent Oysters, superb Smoked Salmon ( definitely the best we've ever eaten ) Prawns, Crabs and Lobster; the Geedon and Pewit Platters combined made for a wonderful Seafood eating experience that we'll definitely be repeating.

The Quality of Service was second to none and the Quality of the Seafood goes without say....FABULOUS !!!

Why settle for anything less, we certainly won't and will now become loyal customers of the Colchester Oyster Fishery.

WELL DONE everyone !!!

Ordered bespoke oysters and lobster pack for special lockdown occasion.
Hugely impressed. Quality packaging ensured goods arrived safely and well chilled, as well as on time.
And the taste experience was fab, clearly super fresh.
Bravo and thank you !
Gareth

A whole of our family poisoned after eating their oysters.