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Hi,
we’re four guys, and we’ve put together Westminster’s restaurant scene in an app called Vota. The concept is simple: you see two places side by side (for example Famille vs. Kachina Southwestern Grill), you choose the place you’d rather go to, and the ranking updates instantly. The more people vote, the more accurate the list gets over time. There are still a few duplicates here and there, but I’m continuously cleaning up the data.

Here’s the iPhone version, with categories that actually fit Westminster’s food scene:
https://apps.apple.com/app/vota-restaurant-ratings/id6744969212

And here’s the Android version (finally live):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vota.app

P.S. I’m not from Westminster (I live in Gothenburg). I’m not collecting data, not selling anything, and the app does not use AI-generated content. I’m posting in a few different subreddits because we now support more regions, and I genuinely want honest feedback from people who actually know the area.

u/TheShynola — 8 days ago
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Trick or Treating

Hi Reddit, American here (where Halloween/Trick or Treating is almost universally participated in) living with my British wife and children in Colchester,

Are there any good places in the Colchester area where I can take my kids Trick or Treating? Last year we must have bypassed 100 or 200 houses in the process of walking my 2 and 4 year old children around looking for a few places to trick or treat.

Thankful for any suggestions as both of our children are absolutely obsessed with Halloween and we would love to find a place where it would be a bit more fun for them.

Graciously,

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u/ComeRhinoComeRhombus — 11 days ago
▲ 10 r/colchester

Desperate for a job

Can anyone help? My partner has moved to CO and I struggling to leave Cambridgeshire to come be with her. I'm qualified, I have an MA and got denied for a barista job.. I'd laugh but I'm so over it. If anyone knows of anything please let me know. I do drive.

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u/PegasusRS — 13 days ago
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Looking for an Essex commuter from Friday 14th August 2026 Elizabeth Line to Stratford

>Hi everyone, I'm trying to find a lovely guy who I shared an intense moment of mutual connection with on the Elizabeth Line train and Stratford platform back on Friday 14th August 2026, and I suspect he lives down the Colchester mainline.

He was travelling with friends who were playing rock-paper-scissors in front of me, pushed one of his mates off the train as a joke 🤣 and then pushed him directly into me.

I have blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a pink maxi dress with see-through flower shoes. He tried so hard to get my attention on the train. He made a playful joke about having 4 JLS tickets to get me to look up, and his neck blushed red when he was pushed into me. He even said 'tough crowd' as we got off the train at Stratford because my body battery hit 0% and I froze from the adrenaline rush and intense office heat from my work and couldn't speak!

I had to walk away in a complete autopilot daze to catch my breath after that Elizabeth Line to Stratford trip and head over to catch my train because it overwhelmed me, but that look of pure attraction on the platform was 100% mutual. If you or your mates remember this train ride, please drop me a private message on here. Please help me find him🤞

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u/Lizzylinegirl14 — 11 days ago