Plough at Great Clacton in Tendring - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Unfortunately this pub is not family friendly. My family and I left abruptly after it was implied to me that breast feeding in this establishment was not appropriate. I later messaged the pub with the following message: Hi, I just wanted to leave a quick message as my family and I left the pub really abruptly this afternoon, after I was approached by someone about breastfeeding in the pub. This the first time in five years that anyone has spoken to me about breastfeeding, ever. Luckily, I am an experienced mum of two and this will not impact my ability to breast feed my child in the future. Please, please in future consider how difficult breastfeeding is. Next time it could be an inexperienced mother of a young baby who is building her confidence. Conversations like this can be the turning point between continuing to breast feed and not. If you are going to continue to be an open and friendly family space then this is something that is going to happen, either be family friendly or don’t let children in. I personally felt humiliated after the interaction today. I was asked to cover myself, which I was already doing under a baggy jumper. I was told I could sit somewhere else, I should not have to sit in a corner because I have chosen to breastfeed my child. Thank you if you have read this far, and I am terribly sorry we left the way we did as up until that point, we were having such a lovely afternoon. This was responded to with: ‘We have read your message and noted your comments‘. A very disappointing response, so all in all I guess it fits well with the experience I had there today. In addition to this I have not rated food because we didn’t have any. And since this happened, the people that we were in the pub with have been barred due to this review. 👌

My first visit. Only had a pint. A fair price. Quiet cozy. Sells food might get to try. Live music. Enjoyed my pint.

Had a quite a few lovely nights in the plough with mo and her staff everyone was very friendly and welcoming ,not being great at leaving the house very often recently my partner booked us a meal here on steak night where the chef Chris made me an alternative meal as I don’t eat steak was well and truly the best hunters chicken I’ve had great value for money .we will deffo be booking another dinner with them and visiting much more

WHAT AN AMAZING PUB! The Plough is such a wonderful place to visit. Mo and her staff are very welcoming and efficient. The food is also excellent and Chris the chef is very enthusiastic and hardworking. It's a real community pub.We love The Plough-it's an amazing pub!

Lovely Landlady and waitress. So lovely on our last visit on Valentine’s Day. Food was delicious. Not the first time we have been there for food and looking forward to the next Steak night. Good value and great atmosphere.

Just had Christmas dinner excellent food great service great atmosphere,couldn't do enough for us

Had a lovely dinner here today. Will definitely go back. Food was fantastic, service was excellent.

Very warm and friendly atmosphere ☺️

We had the wake after our Dad's funeral yesterday (13th September 2023) at The Plough and would like to thank them for the wonderful buffet and service they provided . The food was excellent and the staff were friendly , polite and respectful of the occasion . Would highly recommend them .

Great service. So warm and friendly. Vegan diet wonderfully catered for. Great pricing. All the great traditional pub games and raffles. They have done a great job on the garden. Wonderful place to visit.

Roast potatoes rock hard, no taste to veg,did not enjoy roast dinner.

Lovely staff good beer and wine

Went today met family there, Sunday roast was amazing, portions were good overall brilliant service by staff very welcoming definitely be returning.

Recently held my dad’s refreshments after his funeral at The Plough, Great Clacton. We were made to feel welcome by Mo, Archie and their wonderful team. Chris their chef put on a lovely spread of freshly prepared food, everyone attending commented how nice the atmosphere was in there, we would throughly recommend this pub for events or even a quiet meal and drinks. Thank you all so much for making a rotten day a little brighter.

We love going to this pub. The food is excellent the staff are lovely.

Had a lovely lunch here today with a friend. She had the Hunters Chicken and I had Jacket potato with loads of prawns. Will definitely go back an recommend to my family and other friends.

A very child friendly pub. Staff are fantastic Mo and Archie make you feel welcome. Meals are beautiful and a great price. Fair price for drinks and got a great outdoor garden for the summer months.

Wouldn’t even give 1 star. Tried to come in for a drink with my partner and young baby today. Lady at the bar aggressively told us we couldn’t sit where we were trying to, bearing in mind we didn’t even get a hello as we walked in. Then completely ignored us when we asked where the correct place for us to sit was. We also had our pram with our baby in. We decided to leave as she made us look like right idiots infront of everyone in the pub. Not a pleasant experience. Would recommend ‘The Ship’ over the road if your looking for a pleasant friendly drink.

Lovely Sunday Roast today. I had the succulant Roast Beef and my wife went for the equally tender Roast Turkey. Bothcane with all the trimmings , Yorkshire Pud and Stuffing and fresh veg with of course plenty of roast pots, nice n crispy and luffy inside and lashings of proper home made meaty gravy. Excellent meal and good friendly service. Thanks and be back soon.

Lovely clean pub serving great food great service at a great price great selection off Drinks would recommend 100%

What a fantastic evening for valentines, fantastic food, management and staff go the extra mile, amazing

Barstaff having off day very rude

Website says dogs allowed - no they're not! Food not available when I visited!

Lovely pub. Had lunch there, it was very nice. Staff were very friendly.

Really friendly people great Beers and a lovely garden

Great little pub. Great beer. Great service.

Lovely pub great atmosphere and superb food

I only had a pint of Guinness but it seemed a nice friendly pub

Great pub, friendly staff and great entertainment!

Just had a lovely Sunday roast staff were really friendly and helpful service overall was excellent happy to recommend

Lovely pub, friendly atmosphere and lovely staff thanks

Very friendly staff and great kareoky nights

Had a fabulous afternoon an sunday roast with lovely friends. The staff can't do enough for you. See you soon.xxx

Friendly atmosphere The bar Staff were on the ball and served with a smile 😊 Great background music

Nice quiet lil pub for a catch up

Went for coffee but none available so we had cola. Felt very cliquey and not welcoming. Felt the locals were laughing behind our backs because we didn't order pints and resented us invading their territory.

Lovely welcome and cozy feeling

Always a nice place for a drink

A great little pub, good choice of drinks at good prices

Lovely atmosphere and you will not get better hosts or bar staff cannot recommend highly enough 👍👍👍

I loved this pub. Me, my girlfriend & dad were passing through on Saturday afternoon & I suggested popping in. Very glad we did. The barmaid was so friendly & was a cosy pub. Will definitely return when back in Clacton

Lovley surroundings .. warm welcome.. lovely pub 🙂

Had a lovely afternoon with friends, won meat on the raffle, and money on horses.

Lovely clean pub with friendly staff.

Really friendly staff, always get told to watch my head. I always sit outside, so as not to bother the locals.

Wonderful friendly pub with excellent service! Clean and welcoming. Has a lovely and interesting beer garden too! Lucky for those who like a flutter on the horses!

Friendly staff, well presented building with Covid measures in place 👍

what a very nice pub i started drinking their just before lockdown staff are super cool nice to see your open again

Always an excellent time, lovely staff and always made to feel very welcome

Comfortable old style pub, pleasant staff.

Always a warm welcome and you're guaranteed to have a great night

Always great atmosphere and friendly staff.

Nice atmosphere pleasant surroundings

Proper pub lovely pint and friendly people all round .

Great pub and very friendly too

A nice little friendly pub, with a great landlord and staff.

Very friendly and approachable, having not been in there for few years I will be back again. The darts team played as darts should be played, a nice night out.

Lovely place to eat and the little snack baskets are well worth every penny,,Pete the chef is a star and all the rest of staff seemed really nice,👍thank you for a very pleasant meal and pub..

Very friendly pub and nice food

Best food i had in clacton cod bite wow my friend had a the chicken bite she love waiting time was under 10 mins and the straff are so freindly we had the onion rings amazing. Beautiful english food in a bucket will be seeing next week thank u all for great serives

Food was great. Loved the burger, had some of the Fire Sauce in my burger and for my chips. Would of been a 5* place but the chef wouldn't take me to the beach.

good pub brilliant darts night one

Lovely pub always have a laugh with the locals and toilets always spotless

Nice landlord, friendly people.

Great little pub full of friendly people who make you feel welcome

Lovely little local full of great characters and always a happy atmosphere

Recently kept us waiting over an hour for a table we had reserved 30 hours previously. Quality of the cooking is unreliable to say the least so we simply do not go there any more,

Love this pub so friendly and lovely staff and landlords great Nice crowd ..love it

Great pub traditional clean great staff

Nice does a nice 🍻 pint freadly staf

Wonderful service with a smile and no rubbish to come with it.. lovely establishment

Great little place friendly clean and beer is good

Whats all this then! We'll have no trouble here! This is a local pub for local people! Strangers go in and are never ever seen again!

They very rude people and they don't like different culture

please dont call the number on this page as its an old lady thank you