The Anchor Inn in Rochford

OMG - fantastic food delivered locally. I had the king prawn Thai red curry. It was the best I’ve ever had. Tonnes of prawns, red peppers and mushrooms. Plenty of jasmine rice, vegetable spring rolls and prawn crackers. My husband had the ribs, chips salad & coleslaw. Equally as delicious. The food arrived on time as was piping hot. Never disappointed.

First visit since lockdown & wasn’t disappointed- lovely food in a beautiful old pub - service very good - friendly staff - this is under fairly new ownership & they have done a lovely job making it a warm & friendly atmosphere- we’ll be back! Pretty beer garden too - Highly recommend this lovely place & surrounding area with beautiful countryside.

I was very impressed with the cleanliness & sanitising.The tables were well spaced out.The pub has a lovely atmosphere & parts of it go back to the 13th century. The staff were friendly & attentive.The food was perfect. There were 3 of us & we all had a different main course & a different dessert. All of us said our meals were delicious & we cannot wait to go back again. Compliments to Lee , the chef.

Just had a lovely Sunday roast, beef with all the trimmings & salted caramel cheese cake to follow, the beef was tasty & tender roast potatoes golden & delicious veg perfectly done & as for the cheesecake heavenly with a base that just melted, can't wait till we can eat there & enjoy a beer & great atmosphere, nice one Lee & team.

Went for a family lunch on Saturday. Good choice of main meals and also smaller lunch menu - sandwiches etc. Three of us ate and all the food was great. Tasty, good portion size and well cooked with fresh salad on the side. Also the pub had a very nice friendly atmosphere with the open fire burning on a cold day. I'll be happy to pop back for an evening meal rather than travelling further afield.

Lovely food, friendly service. We popped in for dinner and had all three courses, all courses were cooked perfectly, great portion size and came with a smiling, friendly and polite service. Good wine choices and reasonable prices. Looking forward to going back, so pleased this my local pub. Hope it is continued to be supported.

Have eaten here a couple of times now food is excellent, a welcome change to our local pub, can recommend the tagliatelle.

So pleased the Anchor is putting on food again and even more pleased that it is so tasty. The staff were very attentive and nothing was too much bother.The food was piping hot and our vegetable sides were cooked to perfection.Great atmosphere in the restaurant and bar where we finished our night.Will definately be booking again

Called in on Saturday lunchtime as we heard the pub was serving food again. Ordered two burger meals and a linguini carbonara. All meals arrived at the same time and were piping hot. Burgers were huge but we ate them all and the pasta was tasty with lots of bacon. Reasonable price and good service. Will definitely make it a regular thing. Was going to book for Sunday lunch but couldn’t get a table so advise booking in advance.

Well done lee what a successful few days for reopened restaurant. The menu, even though a taster menu, is varied and plenty to choose from. lee has tirelessly spent the last year revamping the kitchen and putting his own mark as a chef in the pub. Couldn't have asked for a better start to the restaurant opening..

We've been waiting patiently for the restaurant to reopen and it was worth the wait. Everything was fine for six of us for lunch today (Sunday). Nice bright surroundings, great food, hot plates, good service, and friendly atmosphere. Will come again.

Hooray! Food again at The Anchor! Only the2nd day but hubby & I decided to pop in for a spot of lunch. We both opted for the burger and we weren’t disappointed. The relish and pickles were deelish. Portion was just right. The lady who served us was very accommodating and lovely. Nothing would be too much trouble. We’ve booked for Valentines and can’t wait! Can I make a tiny suggestion? With the fish and chips could you offer a choice of peas or mushy peas? I’m a pea hater unfortunately, but love mushy peas!

The Anchor Inn is finally up and running, serving food again. This was only a tester menu to iron out any teething problems. Well if that is the case, can’t wait to return when Lee considers the kitchen up and fully running. The choices were varied and everything our party consumed was amazing. Flavours fully complementing each other. Portion size was ideal and very reasonably priced. Can’t wait for my next visit.

We tried so hard to like the food in this, our local pub after new management took it over but we were constantly disappointed. We persevered thinking it can only improve and as it's our local, we should support it so we went in maybe every other Friday evening, sometimes every week. The food was hit and miss, sometimes a small portion, sometimes better and the last time we went in there, 2 dinners were actually burnt so hard it was difficult to even cut the lamb. The clientele got less and less each time we visited, which says a lot. I think they tried hard to get it right but never managed it.

The weather was bad so we decided to go to the Anchor for a meal and a drink

We attended this pub for a wake, And it was a great send off to a wonderful man.

Called here in passing around 3pm on a weekday and pleasantly surprised to see the picturesque setting and the fact that it still serves food out of the core dining hours. Although the place has different lunch and dinner menus in between these times it does have a cut back version of a menu to enable the kitchen to prepare for the evening setting.

We visited yesterday,superb food friendly helpful staff and very reasonably priced absolutely nothing to fault. Well worth a trip out to but would probably advise booking ahead.

Went here today for lunch and so glad we did, I had the roast chicken and my husband had the lamb. Both were absolutely delicious, the chicken was amazing and the vegetables were really fresh and perfectly cooked. This is a local village pub with lots of locals but as "outsiders" we was really made to feel welcome, excellent service and delicious food will definitely be back!

Had dinner here with my wife. Main course and desert. Food was very tasty with good friendly service in a good idea of English pub. Will go here again.

Having moved to Canewdon a couple of years ago, the only thing that spoilt village life for us was that there was not a decent pub in the village. To be fair, there was a pub - but the caged Parrot in the bar - and copious amounts of 'Halloween' tat adorning the bar meant that it was a 'haunt' for the dedicated few; rather than for the village as a whole.

The Anchor has recently been taken over by Brian & Natalie. We've eaten here a couple of times & thoroughly enjoy the food. The best fish & chips and Sunday lunch to die for. A must to try out.