Christines in Tendring

We were visiting Finton for the day and needed somewhere to eat. We searched the web and settled on the lock and barrel. The menu looked great with a lot of choice and good prices. We rang up and booked a table. When we arrived we were given a totally different menu with limited choice and vastly increased pricing. When we asked we were told that the venue had changed hands the week before and that this was now the menu. So we ordered as we didn't have time to find anywhere else. The food arrived in good time but we had to send the burger back as it was not as we ordered. Also the chicken and bacon salad went back as it looked like it had been through a food blender. The meat was so hard to see let alone taste. A disappointing visit. Hopefully it improves and they change the web site.

Visited today, had the best roast dinner, three had beef and one had chicken, ample portions,definitely compliments to the chef, lovely food and lovely staff. Ray & Jackie.

Great cafe, thanks Karl for being ultra quick polite and helpful

This is so unlike here, normally everything is good but… Chips were terrible, all wrinkley and dark, looked like they had been cooked several times and tasted awful. The fish was sloppy and watery. I don’t know what happened today, but it really was bad.

Grate shop just being real prices are the best for fast food and it's good food so has to be a 5 star review