The Anchor in Worcester

Excellent food and service for a works Christmas dinner. We had a wonderful evening. Great food served hot from lovely staff in a timely fashion. Unbelievable value for money. Couldn’t recommend this place more and wonder why the rating on TripAdvisor isn’t better. Well done everyone thank you.

Excellent service, food, ambience and value. For out works Xmas dinner. Staff were so friendly helpful and nothing was too much trouble. Food was served on time and was piping hot. Well done all. 3 courses for under £30. Well done!

Lovely cozy snug with lit log burner, tasty sausage sandwich with very good cheesy chips - friendly staff. Recommended.

Absolutely fantastic great food, fantastic service, loved everything about it

A huge thanks to everyone at The Anchor for helping us celebrate our wedding! We booked The Boathouse and adjacent outside area and from the very start, everyone was friendly and only too willing to help, even decorating the space for us on the morning of our wedding which was a huge weight off us and definitely made it such a relaxed afternoon / evening. All our guests enjoyed the food and relaxed vibe, plus great drinks! A special mention to Emma, Harriet, and Remi, who are wonderful people and their support meant a huge deal to us - you are true assets to The Anchor and to all the team, the very best for future events. We'll definitely be back for a drink and bite to eat! Dan and Rhianna Levi Burton 👻

Myself and my family really enjoyed our time at The Anchor. A great atmosphere with drinkers snugged in the bar area. Emma who served us was brilliant she really made us feel welcome and at home. Compliments to chef, The food was lovely and fresh (especially the Lamb Kofta). We will be back again and I will recommend to friends and family.

Thank you Chloe, you were the perfect hostess. The katsu curry chicken was delicious and for our diner who doesn't like curry she will be willing to have that next time but her chicken, chips and salad looked amazing. She enjoyed the red onion in the salad and A very good evening.

Lovely pub with chatty friendly helpful bar and kitchen staff. Good selection of food and drink available. Neat compact rooms ideal for a one nite stay. Hot shower in the morning as well as a full English breakfast served compliments to the chef. Stone oven pizza available as well and the Hawaiian pizza I had was massive. If in the area would definitely stay again. Large beer garden would be ideal in the warmer months.

We had a fantastic Sunday lunch on 6th October. The Eton mess was the best I have tasted. Would highly recommend.

Fish and chips are great! Lovely area to sit outside definitely recommend to couples and family’s and lots of different drinks

Popped in yesterday for a coffee with my friend, staff were very attentive, quick service really although they looked short staffed, coffee and treat were delicious and was a friendly and warming environment. Will come again soon maybe for food next time.

We were the only people in for breakfast, service extremely slow tea served after a 15mins wait, served a tea bag in dirty mug I cleaned mug out then poured the separate water pot to make my own tea only to find hairs in the tea I guess from water or milk Toast burnt with salted butter saturating it also mushrooms tasted like last nights steak just a very bad experience, dirty environment would never eat there again

On holiday and found this pub near airbnb. Staff were very helpful with accessibility for my daughter and found us a suitable table in the sunshine. Nice atmosphere! Lunch was delicious (my fish and chips especially) . The ale was very paletable and we really enjoyed our visit. I strongly recommend this pub.

On holiday and found this pub near airbnb. Staff were very helpful with accessibility for my daughter and found us a suitable table in the sunshine. Nice atmosphere! Lunch was delicious (my fish and chips especially) . The ale was very paletable and we really enjoyed our visit. I strongly recommend this pub.

Lovely pub next to the water, good menu, outside seating , friendly and helpful staff 👌

Lovely pub next to the water, good menu, outside seating , friendly and helpful staff 👌

We have always enjoyed our previous experiences at the Anchor but on this occasion the service from the bar staff was just dreadful. Having arrived slightly earlier than our friends, we ordered drinks, and I asked the bar person what time the kitchen was closing and was informed 8.30-8.45pm. 15 mins later, I ordered some drinks for our friends and again I asked another bar person what time the kitchen was closing and was informed again 8.45pm (the time now was 7.30pm). At 7.55pm we went to the bar to order food and was informed that the kitchen was closed. I mentioned to the member of waiting staff that both bar staff had advised me that the kitchen was open until 8.45pm. We both checked with the bar staff who I had initially spoken to, and they both denied what they had said and effectively called me a liar. I appreciate that things can change but being told that they hadn’t spoken to me in the last hour was just completely incorrect and out of order. It’s a shame as the pub is great and in a lovely location, but on this occasion very poor customer service. It was also the start of the bank holiday and even more surprising that the kitchen was closed before 8pm. We had did have a nice takeaway on the way home.

Proper prawn cocktail is actually tiny shrimp no “proper prawns” included! Such a shame that it was a very average meal as I had looked at reviews and was really looking forward to it.

We had a fantastic 60th party in the boat house. Great food, service and hospitality. We Highly recommend this venue for all ages. Customers were also very helpful with an elderly member of our party . Lovely atmosphere.

Nice spot by the canal basin - great food and service. Really hot day, so we sat outside. Neck Oil on draught so a refreshing beer in the sun. Would recommend a visit here if you are in Worcester.

Agreed for family members to meet here as it was almost halfway between our locations very glad we did The service was beyond being great we were made to feel that they existed just to please us. The food was great nicely cooked very well presented ,better than some london restaurants The young waitress needs a page of her own as she was professional and took an interest in us nothing was any trouble to her well done .

I regret having to write this negative report as most of mine over the years have been complimentary. It was a hot day and we wanted a pub with a beer garden. I'm afraid I would not describe their outside space a beer garden. More like a concreted area with benches more suitable to a prisoners recreational area. NO chairs. On the drinks options they wanted £25 for a bottle of Pinot Gricio ( £9.95 @Wetherspoons ) so we opted for a large glass of wine and a real ale pint. There were no dark malted beers just HPA , a very light lager type beer with no guts. That came to over £13. Total robbery for the surroundings on offer. Sorry, but cannot recommend this place.

Thank you to Emma and her team, we held a baby shower in the boat house, Emma and her team were a great help from start to finish in helping me and my family throw a great baby shower. The room is a great space for an event of any occasion, we had our own bar and barman, The food was AMAZING !!!! thank you chef Dave and his team. Thank you all again for making my sisters baby shower a fabulous one, will definitely book again.

A lovely little pub and food place. I was really pleased with my visit here. The staff were absolutely lovely and the food was outstanding. Dog friendly pub outside so good to see the cute doggos. I've been here twice now and both times were superb. Very easy to find as it's just down diglis road and by all the boats in the harbour. Such a pretty view if you sit out in the garden at the back. I prefer the outside as it is more spacious and was very chill. I loved the atmosphere out there. A little bit loud and cramped inside. Kitchen opens at 5.30 for tea time. It also opens at 10am and closes at 2 for lunch. I had the gammon the first time and then the burger and they were so good. 😍 Definitely would like to come here again. Really chill pub and amazing food.

Sadly, this used to be a great place to eat (it's our local and we've been coming for years) but the standard of food is just not very good anymore. The last few times we've eaten here, something has not been right - undercooked ham, fish that had gone off, uncleaned prawns to name just a few. Staffing seems to be an issue too, they try their best but there aren't enough of them. I really hope they get their act together because until they do we won't be eating here again

Friendly staff. Food was mixed. Caesar salad was fine. Madras curry had no flavour at all. If you were blindfolded you wouldn’t guess it was supposed to be a curry. So overall overpriced for what we had sorry.

Busy pub in Diglis Basin. Decent range of real ales.

Welcome spot for a drink along the canal and by the docks in the daytime. Great coffee and a good choice of beers.

One of the best pubs in worcester, cracking when the sun's shining

Nice spot for a pint, very close to the Worcester canal system, which has lovely barge boats moored just outside the pub, dog friendly pub 🐶😀👍

Lovely little pub with nice outdoor space right to the canal basin. Nice selection of beers and good coffee. Not the best but good. Reasonable priced for good quality food. I had a English breakfast, everything cooked well and not greasy at all. Have been here a lot and is a great spot for summer drinks outside. Good meeting place with friends and is dog friendly.

Didn’t eat so can’t comment a lovely dog friendly warm pub - just ideal for me

Excellent value for money for breakfast, friendly staff and welcoming for our (noisy) dachshund!

The anchor took us to and from Cheltenham races on the Thursday with a breakfast upon arrival, a real bargain and superb service. Breakfast was spot on, my friend can also recommend the meatless breakfast (in-house joke!!) but worth every penny and will be back again.

Family meet up 7 adults 4 children under6. Food was really good,well cooked and generous portions!

Used for a group booking. Lovely separate room.

Big shout out to this place, they helped me organise a little suprise birthday meal for my other half, reserved the specific seats I asked for, cooked an off menu meal for a fussy eater and had no gripes that we took our own birthday cake. All the food was well cooked, tasty and hot with ample portion size and reasonably priced. Special thanks to Emma who sorted things for us. Looking forward to visiting their new venture at the swan.

5 of us went for Mother's day luncheon.......amazing food and sevice......its a great place........go visit and see for yourselves........thank you so much the team you are all fantastic

Lovely food the chicken pie was delicious. Highly recommended

We booked and used the Boat House for our post funeral wake. The food was delicious and the staff kind, friendly and extremely helpful. Relatives & friends who from all over the country who were visiting Worcester for the first time were suitably impressed with their visit. The day considering what the event was went extremely well, and was assisted & helped by everyone at the Anchor - Thank you Andy & Toni Price

Good food, plenty of it, went early lunch time so unable to judge atmosphere

Food and service was very good.. Will certainly be returning as seen many items on menu that we would like to try.. not very busy so the longer then expected wait time reduced to a 4 star over a 5.

Great food, family and dog friendly. Nice proper pub atmosphere.

A belated 'thank you ' for the amazing Summer Party you hosted for my workplace in The Boathouse. Great to have our own bar and outside area. The staff, party food and venue were all amazing. Lovely touch bringing out food boxes at the end of the night so we could take the food home. Needless to say my family have since eaten at The Anchor on numerous occasions since. Many thanks again.

Lovely canalside pub. Great staff, food and drinks. They accept dogs too which my Labrador loves!

Fantastic breakfast,freshly cooked great place and really friendly people. Prices are really reasonable

Great food and drink. Lovely pub

In an age where tiny portions as the norm, this thankfully doesn't follow the trend. Lovely roast with plenty to fill you up, well done all involved. Top Roast

Recently had our work Christmas meal here, food was delicious and arrived quickly, staff were friendly and were happy to change the set menu slightly for the few fussy eaters amongst us! Second Christmas meal here and will definitely return in the future.

Fantastic! Nic & his team hosted our works Christmas dinner, and it was a resounding success thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Food was excellent, and all served effortlessly and professionally in a way that allowed us all to relax. The Boathouse was a great setting, intimate and festive, and perfect for our private function. We were made to feel very welcome, and nothing was too much trouble. Even when it's was closing time, we were not rushed, but politely allowed to leave at our own pace. Our evening ending with the same friendly and genuinely warm customer service that it began with. Thanks for making our night a great one!

Came for a works Christmas party in the boathouse, which we had to ourselves (24 of us), the food was incredible, the blade of beef was melt-in-the-mouth, and all came out on time and everyone’s order was correct. The boathouse was nice and warm and the bar in there was well stocked. We all had a brilliant night and this is the second time we’ve done a Christmas party here. Each year it gets better and better!

Went here for the first time for our 12 volunteers Christmas get together. Really well organised, great food and service, and really clever sorting out the complicated settling up at the end of the meal. We will definitely return!

A small group of us stopped there on a cold damp afternoon. The bar was quiet but warmed by an open fire. We all chose to drink hot chocolate with marshmallow - no alcohol! For us - we spent a pleasant hour in comfort, even though we spent little time or money there, but it would be good to return. Thank you!

It's really pretty good but was slightly underwhelmed as I recently had Sunday lunch at the Plough (Harbourne) which raised my expectations ..

No hair nets on service staff no Ash trays in smoking area we were going to have a meal but the person found a hair , they told us ,but never told the staff !

We had a birthday party in the boathouse at The Anchor. The food was spot on and the staff couldn’t do enough for us. We would just like to say a big thank you 😊

We were shoved into the boathouse. Not the greatest if ambience.

Thought we would pop in for lunch on Friday. This place doesn't look much from the outside but we were impressed. Lovely relaxed bar area with comfy seats to the right and a snug and small restaurant to the left. Very nicely decorated. Nice pint of Wainwright beer and we both had the Basin Banger (Lincolnshire sausages and red onion chutney with cheese in ciabatta with salad and chips. This was fabulous and a very generous portion. Highly recommended.

It was just ok. Not bad enough to complain about, but not good enough to want to return for food. It's a shame, because it used to be very good. Had the Prixe Fixe menu. Disappointed that the sea bass skin was soggy, and the potatoes could have done with a bit more cooking. Chips were nice. Ham nothing special.

I had a birthday party in the boat house for 43 people,we had the 3 coarse dinner,the food was exceptional and all delivered piping hot,the staff were very helpful and friendly and professional,I would definitely recommend the anchor Inn.we will be back

Sat down and waited for 25 minutes at a table outside. We asked a young male server if they were still doing breakfast which he said they were. 3 younger members of staff and what appeared to be a manager then walked past and saw us and not one of them offered us a menu or offered to take a drinks order so we left. Appalling lack of service, will not be going back.

Nice pub in Diglis with good service and nice patrons

We have family meal over all was good just alittle over priced we are in living crisis 9 quid for fish fingers sandwich bit high even for Worcester prices would been nice too if you had bit for kids to do ie colouring service was great apart from they was quite clearly was under staff and comes down to living crisis again your not got many staff on because pay and people who on are doing 3 people jobs just isnt fair put more staff on less time for people to wait but service was great because they doing more then they should

One of the worst pubs I've ever been in. Expensive Aggressive staff

Visited on a narrow boat holiday great pub and atmosphere, food was delicious and service first class and was dog friendly!!

Great food lovely sitting in the sunshine 🌞

Really good pub for a pint or a bite to eat. Does get very busy on a Friday eve

Great food and beer. Good atmosphere. Nice outdoor courtyard.

Excellent food.. Tomohawk steak and fish and chips were a triumph along with great service. A return visit on the cards soon

Very nice parking could be a problem

Decent food and service. Get in well before 2:30 if you want food at lunchtime.

Great little find while visiting friends

Had a fab breakfast here after a nice walk. Food was really good and the service was first class from Kirsty. She was super attentive and dealt with our somewhat fussy party with grace and humour.

Great bar with quality food. Fantastic location and dog friendly.

Love this pub 😍 it offers you everything, fabulous food, great atmosphere or just a drink outside watching the boats and tourist's with a drink! We often have a crab sandwich here but with 4 of us fancying the sharing seafood platter we thought we would give it a go, it did not disappointment! 9th September, another visit a another fantastic lunch 😁

I'd there is 2 of you, just go for the shared steak! Generous in portion, beautifully presented and served by energetic staff. Youd be foolish to miss this meal out! X

Half a pint of Neck Oil costs £4.50????? 2 Scallops with bacon in one shell £10?? I feel robbed

Always love our local but Rosie was especially wonderful this evening even with our annoying child.

Nice place. Didn't get the food order right. One portion of fries missing, waitress forgot to ask if we required white or granary bread. We returned the steak sandwich as it had cheese on it even though we'd asked for no cheese. The steak ok but a bit chewy. Sorry but wont be rushing back !

This Pub & Kitchen can't be faulted. Lovely Team. Always made to feel very welcome. Great Chef & Kitchen Team. This place has become our favourite place to meet with friends and have a lovely leisurely lunch. Great choice of lager, quality Pinot Grigio. What a lovely afternoon today (2 Sept 23) amazing food (Great Chef - Top man) , great service. Need we say more 10 out of 10. Customer service is alive and kicking - well done The Anchor Pub & Kitchen. Sue & Steve. See you all soon

All the hype myself and my wife heard about this place, all their Facebook posts showing amazing seafood and other dishes ……… that was definitely not experienced last night! The menu on offer was fairly standard of any pub with maybe one or two seafood dishes, the food tasted as expected and was certainly nothing special. The anchor is over priced compared to the food they produce, over £75 for 2 mains, 2 desserts and 4 drinks was shocking and they add on a service charge! I shouldn’t have to ask for the service charge to be removed, shouldn’t be there in the first place, I’ll tip if I want to. Not a single member of staff seemed overly bothered by us, while we were served our food in good time, not a single staff member came to check everything was ok, I mean they always ask when I take my kids out to Nando’s! All in all a disappointing experience and certainly won’t be heading back any time soon

Stopped for a quick pint outdoors with mates. Nice patio area, next to the marina. Nice location, good beer!

.. but Tripadvisor don't allow that rating. Anyhow, I had the fish stew which had some well-cooked pieces of fish; had lovely prawns but also very chewy & rubbery calamari rings; the sauce itself reminded us more of a few packets of passata poured on top so not recommended. My partners fish and chips were very good but nothing special.

I came with a very good friend from work and had a great time in the beer garden 😁🍻🍟my food order was late (mix up /technology problems) but it was definitely worth the wait ☔👏👏😊😋👍

Very friendly staff nice location

Drinks outside in the sun , lovely pub overlooking the dock for the canal barges . We didn’t eat but had a pint then a G & T , really lovely place . Will re visit if I go to Worcester again

The hake was so good we went back again the following evening, and it was just as good the 2nd time.

Good honest food cooked well. Very good portions at a good price. Very welcoming and even cooked a sausage for our dog. Will return

Great canal side restaurant and bar, the food here was really nice and the portion size of the starters was excellent, set by the side of the canal the views and atmosphere here is really nice went down on a sunny afternoon and the setting was perfect will most definitely come here again for a pint.staff where friendly and helpful

Good food. Server's look as they didn't want to be there. Didn't pass the table change on to the kitchen. Nice atmosphere.

Great spot near Diglis in Worcester. Right by the marina with a cracking outdoor area, highly recommended

Amazing food, great staff, lovely place and dog friendly too Was really busy when we arrived , so when we ordered our food , we were warned there could be a 45minute wait. HOWEVER, our food arrived within 20 minutes and was top quality.

Just had a family meal here. The lemon sole was amazing.

Absolutely had a lovely lunch super friendly staff excellent food great service totally recommend this little gem of a pub!

First time eating and drinking at this place. I don't know why everyone raves about it. Drinks on tap are very poor, not a great selection at all. The food was terrible. I had fish and chips and was looking forward to it. The fish was very overcooked. Batter was completely burnt to a crisp, and the fish it's self was so hard and dry and really chewy because of this. It was really bland because all the flavour had been sucked out of it. I felt like complaining at the time but honestly just wanted to get out of the place. Will never eat or drink there again. Didn't help that the people we were with ordered before us by quite a few minutes, and yet we got ours first. Place is clearly disorganised, especially when the chefs arrive late. Also, over hearing of the employees telling some other customers that chefs aren't very good and slow as they are not the weekend chefs definitely doesn't fill me with hope. How can such a simple meal be so mess up and burnt. I make it myself at home all the time. I can say I can definitely make better fish and chips

Great food, Quick service, comfortable and dog friendly.

a great place to relax with family and dog friendly 😊

We visited here as a group of 11. We had to pre order as the group was large, but this wasn’t a problem. We had a drink in the bar before we sat down for something to eat. The bar staff were so polite! And there is a lot of choice for wines. The staff found us to sit down promptly which was lovely as we didn’t have to check the table was ready. We sat down, had our order confirmed, a couple of tweaks which were fine. The food came out and we had so many different meals, the food envy was high. The fish and chips came out on a fake sheet of newspaper, a bed of chips with a massive piece of fish on. The burgers were lovely & the roasts looked amazing. Would highly recommend

Great Sunday lunch with friends. Healthy sized portions, delicious variety of veg. Doggy box provided!

Delicious Sunday Lunch Meat beautifully cooked and a good selection of fresh vegetables. Generous portions without being ridiculous - we cleared the lot not because we were still hungry it was just too good to waste!