Lakeside Theatre Café
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 Change Please coffee and pastry en route to campus. Through the day, this stylish café situated in the Lakeside Theatre foyer, offers hot and cold drinks, 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.
Opening hours
- 8.00am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday
Get a FREE hot drink
Visiting an Essex Food café outlet? Buy 5 hot drinks and get your 6th for FREE - simply scan your Essex Food Rewards UPAY app at the till. Plus, bring a reusable cup and you'll SAVE an additional 25p.
You could SAVE around £5 per week, based on getting your 6th hot drink FREE and using your reusable cup each time.
To download the Upay app visit the Apple Store or Google Play and search for 'Upay'.
Enter the affiliate ID: ESSEXFOOD during registration. No referral code needed.
Get more than just a cup of coffee
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.
Cashless payments only
Essex Food are no longer accepting cash payments. Please pay by card or contactless payment method. Alternatively, download the Essex Food Rewards app to pay and save at the same time! Buy 5 hot drinks and the 6th is FREE. Don't forget to use your reusable cup and save 25p.
This outlet is run by Essex Food. Find out more about Essex Food, what we stand for, and the rewards we offer.
Interested in working for us? Email us today at efood@essex.ac.uk