Tasty in Tendring

Updated 7/11/2024. Not very good today. Pulled into the carpark at about 6:30am. A few spaces were blocked off and I patked in an open space along the row. There was only me and one other van in the carpark. He had parked in the same row, in a non barrier spot as well. But soon as I parked, I hot a McDonald's worker come over and say I can't park there! So had to move. Takes the piss. Why not put barriers on all the spots you don't want people to park? Why was the other van driver allowed to do the same thing, but I wasn't?. Came back out the restaurant and they had barriered that spot. Those front row spaces are the best spots for us in vans as you can turn around and drive in forwards, so of course people will want to use them. Poor carpark management. Photo shows the barriers. I parked where those small trolley wheels were, right in the middle , before they were there. As you can see, hardly looks blocked off , does it? Yet again the reciept printers don't work. Classic way to try to prevent feedback reaching you to hide complaints. This is why I have had to put this here. Updated 29/9/24. Not very good today. I was order 7 (muffin and coffee)and nobody in front. Waited for food. Order 8 orders at till. Order 8's food given out (2 people's meals) . That was quite annoying, but hey ho. Server (Katie I think it was) asks them "is this yours", they say yes, and take it. Then they say why do they have too many coffees? I'm then asked what I ordered. Yep, that was mine. Now it had to be remade (I guess due to policy on contamination). Ended up being over 10 minutes. Not really good enough. Think Katie was having a bad day as I heard her moaning about "how hard is it to get coffee made". Obviously as hard as giving out the right order it would appear. Why not chuck in a compensation hashbrown or something at the time 🤔. Got a bad review now instead. Usually good when I visit 6:30 aprox. Was very slow today. Only ordered a muffin but wait of 12 minutes. Usually its about 2 or 3 minutes . Might not sound much but when you have 8 minutes to spare in the journey , it becomes an issue.

Lovely view and food has always been first rate.

Had Sunday roast, potatoes were amazing.

My first negative experience since moving down here. Went to Youngs Other Plaice for fish and chips and stood in the queue. Got to my turn and woman behind the counter says ‘you’re next’. Another couple walk in behind me and she starts talking to them about Gluten free fish. They then proceed to place their order ahead of me! Ok, I thought, that’s annoying but I’ll be next. Then another lady walks behind me and places her order. Meanwhile I’m standing there like an idiot waiting. After the second lady was served instead of me I said ‘they clearly didn’t want to serve me’ at which point the other lady behind the counter said ‘we do want to serve you’, glared at me and then promptly walked away! All this in front of their customers. I walked out in disgust. Not exactly a shining example of customer service and a rude bosh first impression to make on a new customer. Ended up walking down Connaught Avenue where I ended up getting dinner from Pier One which was lovely. Who knew getting fish and chips by the seaside would be so difficult

Lovely food. Fast service. Would recommend.