The Bottle Kiln in Tendring

Fantastic food and speedy service. Excellent value for money.

Nice place for good drink and is cheap and aslso nice food too ok

It's big and it's busy. Nice enough atmosphere inside. Right old mix of Essex folk. Comfortable enough.

Amazing food and service. The man with the moustache was incredibly polite and helpful. I had a breakfast. It was amazing however I only had one mushroom on my plate. I think that wasn't great considering I ordered a large breakfast

Pizza was incredible! Wish they did those in all wetherspoons

Outstanding service where the cut up my steak because of my disablity... very helpful lovely and accommodating staff. Good selection of beers and excellent value for money

On 20 September member of your staff called ricky told us we could give our grandchildren cake as my husband birthday we spent about £250 that night but he let another party do birthday cake not happy we spend alot money every day kind regards jackie broadley I like some done about this harwich weatherspoons

Didn't stay just went on for a drink. One of the best Wetherspoons.

A breakfast and tea visit. Furnishings looked tired, Breakfast was ok, I've had better.

It's an ok Spoons, in a town with hopeless few other options especially re food.

Food generally good. Had breakfast and eggs were overcooked but otherwise ok. Prices reasonable

Really great place to stay.food excellent and rooms and food great valur.

Great!great service, clean environment, pleasant staff

Freindly staff, good food for the price, toilets clean, good beer.

Customer service was brilliant but the chips was cooked in old oil as it was dark brown like dirty oil soaked in chips was dry also, tried giving me half cook egg with runny white which can cause solomilla poison the sausage was great so was beans , staff handled it straight away after me telling my concern came back with perfect cooked egg so they do give there customer extra care when it comes to not liking how it cooked staff was polite however and handle it with good manners

Great breakfast for the price quick service too.

Nice food cheap beer get meal with a drink not dog friendly really should have section where dogs can be only

We have been to a number of different JD Wetherspoon locations. It is a great concept to have something to drink and eat for a good price. In general the locations look fine. Don't know anything about the rooms.

Good basic accomodation. Worth a visit. Location ok but parking difficult. Be ready to walk for a few minutes after parking. Bus dtop and Train Station nearbye. Handy for ferries.

Staff are not good with deaf people. Restroom floor was sticky

Just went to have a breakfast with family. Food arrived missing the fried eggs, went to food counter to get eggs. so far so good. However i then saw the "chef" pick up an egg from another plate on the counter under the heat lamps to put on mine. I have no idea if this plate was someone elses breakfast or just spare eggs sitting on the side. I quickly ask if he was actually going to do that to which he put the egg back down. Then the duty manager appeared and told me that this is the way it is done, it is their policy to pick cooked eggs from one plate to put them on another, using their hands. I was clearly unhappy and said i wanted a refund as i wasnt accepting it. He kept talking over me and talking down to me. I was then told because of MY visual display of unhappiness that i will not be getting my refund. I asked for his name and still in a mood walked away. The duty manager then approached my table, still seeing my unhappines, I informed him i wasnt in the mood for talking, however he ignored me and proceeded to tell me that this is how they do what they did and that it is policy. he said he can check the video as they wash their hands before doing such things, i said he hadnt washed his hands. He said he would check and would deal with it if he hadnt, i asked if i would then get a refund if he hadnt washed his hands and was told no. I was still clearly in a disgruntled mood and not accepting his explanation I got told I am banned from entering The Bottle Kiln again. Yes i got banned over 2 friend eggs. Sound pathetic but if this is how Wetherspoons are training their managers then I will be boycotting every Wetherspoons in the country. I visit many all over England due to my work. This has now put pay to that. I may come across as petty but witnessing what they did would put into question that they do when you cant see them working in the kitchen. For the sake of 2 eggs being handed instead of using a utensil, Wetherspoons has now lost a customer forever and will discourage anyone else to eat there. The manager wasn't interested in me having a pleasant experience in his branch but more so wanting to criticism me for my displeasure at what i witnessed. I know this won't apply to all Wetherspoons, but at present I am extremely annoyed at how i was dealt with. The duty managers attitude was very confrontational and bullyish. Great customer service Wetherspoons!!!!!!!

Dinner then breakfast the following morning can't be faulted for value for money and service. Also very clean and tidy including toilets. Didn't stay in hotel.

Favourite Wetherspoon's hotel so far, pub also definitely in the top ten! Located literally next to the impossibly beautiful seaside of Harwich. Will be back during the summer ⛱️🌞

It was nice,clean & staff were polite. Just that the order was wrong & the chicken tikka meal was luke warm.

Great pub/restaurant/Hotel good value family friendly couple of minutes from the beach 20 minutes from historic harwich and near the train station. Good selection of food and drinks lovely and clean lovely beer garden staff very friendly and helpful.

As hotels in Harwich go, the bottle kiln was great! Rooms were spacious, quiet, well stocked and equipped. Food was ok, nothing special, and parking wasn't as great as hoped. There are very few parking spots and they are pretty much taken all the time. On certain times, you can still park on the streets for free though. The ground floor was sort of a pub, but not so loud as pubs can be. Felt very homely.

Recommend this place... a really nice wetherspoons with great garden... we stayed here in the hotel recently what a pleasant room with comfy bed. Thank you!! Will definitely stay again.

The food was delicious and the service was quick.

The best possible for the money ,thank you ,for a fantastic stay and I look forward to stay again 😀

Lovely, spacious rooms. Of course downstairs a big pub/restaurant, with nice dishes and large variety of drinks. Price/value is excellent!

Great place very clean and rooms are lovely . Good and drinks at a good price to . Just get a little busy but understandable

Stayed at the hotel. The room was very spacious, clean, and comfortable. Food was good at the bar. Staff very welcoming and efficient. Definitely recommend for a cheap night away

My food arrived about 10 minutes after every one else's.

Food was really good but not much cheese on the cheesy garlic pizza bread 🙁

Proper pub with an excellent breakfast service. Drinks are very reasonable priced.

No stars terrible staff attitude 🙄

The room was fine, basic but fine. Room service needs improving, cleaners shouting outside the doors in the morning and they just enter the rooms after a single knock, no notices available to not disturb you hang on the door handles. Worst part was our room came with conservative propaganda, shown in the photo, which really wasn't appreciated

It is alot nicer and clean than the 1 in Clacton. There is plenty of space between the tables. The 1 in Clacton is very cramped and closterfobic. The food was okay and the service was good. The toilets are nice and clean. But you do have to go upstairs to them. They do have a disabled toilet on the ground floor. Would recommend trying it. The parking is a little hard as you have to park on the street. Which could be a little difficult as all the shops are right there. Not sure where the nearest car park is.

Fast service (food) and friendly staff. Was served by a clearly new member of staff who didn't know how to make Guinness and black, but went out of her way to check it was perfect. We all have to start somewhere but her attitude couldn't have been better. A+++ for customer service.

I was feeling lazy so I decided to let somebody else. Do the cooking for me. I had a Chicken gel frazy, peanut Rice. Naan bread and a drink of coke enjoyed myself

Absolutely disgusting experience, attitude of staff is appalling! Not to mention the sticky tables🤮

The rooms were lovely. Very clean and very comfortable. The housekeeping staff, Channel & Pauline were outstanding. The pub, however, was disappointing. Most of the staff were standoffish and unfriendly. Every table I sat at during my stay was unclean. Cups and glasses were below par too. My daughter, who has worked at another Wetherspoon, was astonished at the cleanliness and staff. She had to clean the glasses that came to our table - picture attached.

Lovely place to chill and have a drink. Good selection of drinks, tables cleaned quickly. Will return

Staff don’t acknowledge you for ages, food comes out fast and id decent but place isn’t very clean and tables are left dirty for ages.

Good food fast service great value

Lovely Wetherspoons pub. Quick service Lots of space.

Great food and good if on a budget

Incredibly quick service, nice and spacious.

I went here with my friend and our 4 children from the moment we walked in we didn’t feel welcome. It’s the worst place I have ever been to in my life I cannot even begin to start or share our experience without being angry. We arrived for an early dinner as we know some weatherspoons have a cut off time for kids fair enough. We were here from London as my friend owns a holiday home locally. So we would essentially be repeat customers. After asking at least three staff and 15 minute wait we got a half cleaned table fair enough we went to the bar to order some drinks. Having purchased drinks only to be told oh you cannot give them to your 20 year as she doesn’t have physical ID fair enough. Why not tell me before I placed the order? We then said ok take these two drinks as we won’t drink them now don’t want you have an issues so told in a rude way you need to pay we didn’t care at all paid and handed them back full. Order our starter eat those. Then I ordered on the app only to have the manager to come over and tell me that after one drink he wasn’t going to serve us no more “they couldn’t monitor who was drinking what” also then told we drove there according to “someone”. So he was only singling us out from the whole pub actually people that were spending money. So I asked him to explain and I was very polite did not loose my temper at all when most would. 1. How do you know we are over the limits sorry after order three drinks first time and one cocktail essentially pouring two drinks away? Sorry do you run a pub that’s not over the limit nor did we have a drink before coming to the pub. So one cocktail the smallest amount of alcohol and one double between myself and my friend is over the limit one drink each. 2. My 20 year has a driving licence and insurances to drive the car probably hard to believe also 101 possibilities came into my head. So I didn’t know it was your job to watch how people arrive nor did I think the manager was the police. My daughter whom wasn’t allowed to drink was going to drive us home. Not that I need to explain. 3. No one else was of colour in the pub only our table was singled out sorry I am not playing the race card but it’s something that makes you think. Having discussed with others they agree. Especially when the manager agreed I showed him respect and gave him the drinks when others wouldn’t do that. So where was your respect for me sorry maybe we didn’t fit. 4. Why didn’t you tell us when we got there not this was the case. What was it your customers didn’t like us spending money or what was it as still the next morning I don’t understand. 5. Yes my friend I pay my taxes and work very hard and yes we do own a nice car as we work hard so maybe instead of wasting you time on us educate your customers. 6. You practically kicked us out of the place without eating which to me is still a shock you didn’t want us there so just say sorry I didn’t know that us sitting in a corner quietly eating was going to be an issue, really scary two women with their 4 kids 20 year old , 16 year old , 13 year and 4 year old. We did get a refund for our mains and drinks thanks for doing to the so quickly. I have never been embarrassed in my life and it’s something that my kids shouldn’t have to experience especially at this age when the younger three are learning about society. You have really disappointed us and I would recommend to anyone going there not to go it’s the worst experience ever. Having experienced different cultures and been to different countries never expected this from the one that I have lived in my whole life. I wish I could give a zero to this place as they don’t deserve to be open the manager didn’t even care about how we felt and was proud and when I said I am going to leave a review he said “ok”.

Stayed overnight Reasonably priced smashing accomadation and a few ales on tap

Great Wetherspoons as they go. Larger than average portions, clean, tidy, great loos!!

The food, drink, service time was fantastic. But the most amazing thing was that I received a very distressing and upsetting phone call when I was in this branch, and a member of staff noticed when they were serving our table and asked if I was ok. Later, a member of staff named Ricky came to the table to ask again if everything was OK and check in on me. I really appreciated the care and attention in that moment and that the staff took the time to ask if I needed anything. Thank you so much.

I'm a recent convert to Weatherspoons and having today enjoyed a very good breakfast for less than £6 (with coffee), I don't know how they do it. The Bottle Kiln is as good as any Weatherspoons I've been to. Food was quick and well prepared, the place was clean and tide, the staff polite and helpful. It's obviously extremely well managed.

After attending this establishment since its opening I am today very disappointed in the food. Cold chicken bites and nachos were more like a bowl of crisps.

Staff was poor and the assistant manager with beard is in the wrong job l hope Tim Martin closes this one down

If you want a decent pint, decent wine, decent prices, decent pub pub an amazing toilets, there’s no need to go elsewhere. Good Wetherspoons this one.

We were staying upstairs for our first visit here. The restaurant is standard 'Spoons with almost too much to choose from. Service via the App was really good and quick. For value for money, it's very hard to beat. Around £10 a head including drinks. Absolutely recommended - especially if staying here, which was equally impressive.

The very best Wetherspoons we have been to. From an unassuming entrance we entered into a clean, warm and friendly environment. Polite staff and speedy service of well cooked food, all of which was in stock. This is the cleanest Wetherspoons we have been to.

Mistakenly ordered the Beyond Burger expecting a fully loaded burger meal thinking it was going to be something exceptional.Did'nt have my glasses on not realising it was Vegan plant based.More fool me.No problem my fault.I'm nether vegan or vegetarian.But what what I actually got served up on my plate was beyond a joke.Tiny kids sized burger & a handful of chips for £8.75 including a drink.Absolute joke!Couldn't be bothered to send it back,but will think twice about ordering it again.Curry Club Thursday wished I had ordered that instead.Rip off!

There was nothing particularly good or bad about this experience. The service and food was good (at best). But that’s not what my bad review is about. The atmosphere and people there were awful. A group of drunk men were very loud and began to start arguments to everyone including me and my elderly mum. The staff gave them a warning the first time but then did nothing about it. It was an awful experience. TERRIBLE THROUGH SOME FAULT OF THEIR OWN.

113f hottest day of the year sat outside Wetherspoons having a smoke & a bottle of wine.No shades,no umbrellas at the tables Nearly empty.Smokers to the left non smokers to the right.New table layout. Burning hot with nowhere to sit in the shade exceot two smoking tables.Even on an average summers day.Could drum up a lot more buisness if only could cater for people who like a drink outside in the summer months.Smokers & non smokers. Love Wetherspoons good service,great value,ever helpful staff.Cheap & cheerful.But could invest in some extra shades when it gets too hot during the summer months.Hence minus one star.

What a surprise we had from this Wetherspoons, the standards are so much higher than the one in Liverpool, Navigator Old Swan, meals warm, presentation fantastic, I had the Pasta Alfredo with huge big chunks of chicken, you can see the care and attention, shame all other Wetherspoons cannot follow suit.. Well done to all staff who work there..

Excellent food and service.Such good value for money and we all loved our meals.The menu choice was huge too.Would definitely recommend and will definitely be returning.

Shocking... management need to brush up on there customer service skills and a particular member of staff called Natalie should not work with people.. my mum stayed in the hotel above the pub for the night in the morning me and the kids went there for breakfast to meet her I placed my order a breakfast and a side order of scrambled egg I had to repeat my order several times as I did that I thought she would have done the order as it's simple and was repeated a few times while the bar staff member called Natalie huff and puffed through it .. I answered my phone as I thought the order was done this rude lady continued to roll her eyes and have a stinking attitude I asked what her problem was and she got very angry and swore and shouted in front of my child this lead me to get quite angry and her customer service skills from the start was awful I called for management he was useless , he stated that she would not have sworn even tho he was bit present at the time of the incident he would have not none this unless he had super eating powers .. I said I wanted the matter dealt with he was not taking the incident serious and continued to stick to for his member of staff and just brush it of he than stayed that someone had broken the fire exit door and was loud and making noise unroll early hours in the morning and asked my mum what had happened my mother is 60 years old and stayed there with a 80 year old man she takes care of and who has terminal cancer so doubt he was partying in the early hours of the morning ..he was putting the blame on the them and this was just total nonsense.. How can you have staff who swear in front of children storm of and shout all because they can't take a simple food order.. we will be taking this matter further untillsomething is done of this member of staff behaviour and it is noticed properly. If you want service with a smile don't come to this pub !!!

We went here when staying at Dovercourt Holiday Park as their food was terrible and over priced. People may dislike spoons and the owner is a horrid man but the food is always good and so cheap too.

I stayed at this weatherspoons for two nights the rooms were very clean and comfortable the staff were excellent very friendly and helpful the food was superb

So lovely to have this in our town just wish the staff would take more pride in keeping it clean and tidy . Glasses were dirty , tables needed a good clean . Just grubby

Clean good size room. Bit noisey as we were on the main rd. Shower was ok but partner didnt like it as it couldnt be adjusted to not wet her hair.

I had an evening meal with a few beers and breakfast the following morning. The evening meal was great, nicely cooked and tasty. App to Table service quick and easy. Breakfast though was exceptional. As a hotel guest I was met by Harry when I...

If only i could give a zero, went today for some lunch with my mum and 2 kids, shocking, a member of staff started swearing and throwing pens and pads around, the moment I said to my mum that I can't believe shes acting like...

Attended with family for lunch, good value, nice food, good service and good Covid procedures in place.

usual standard good value for money food . friendly and quick service . in current situation following guide lines of social distancing and sanitation everywhere

I went for my bday and this was one of the best burgers I have ever had The onion rings were brilliant and waiting time wast bad

Stopped here for a drink and were able to sit outside as the weather was warm. They offer table service which was very good. Pub was clean and good selection of drinks on offer.

Immediately walking into the restaurant you can see no guidelines are being met! You have chefs and waiters/waitress hugging customers and joking around together. There was a waitress using a customers phone! The table we sat at was sticky and had old food left on...

Considering all the measurements needing to be put into place due to the coronavirus, we turned up with tables too close to each other, no one at the front to explain the situation and how to order. Staff were shaking hands with customers and swearing...

Went on Friday morning, it was quiet. Staff didn’t seem like they wanted to be there, hardly any words were exchanged. Where we were sitting it was very unclean. Bombarded with flies as well.

Ordered a tuna and Cheese panini to get it and only half filled, looked like couldnt be bothered to cut rest and fill it, waitress not helpful at all. Def will not be going there again

Just had the worst mixed grill in my life here, steak was dry and burnt, so was the gammon and lamb and pork steaks, cold fried egg nothing runny about the yolk, cold peas and cold chips, good job it was eat out to help...

Can,t phone to find out information about restaurant and always have clean own table so how do you get in touch with the restaurant with out being bombarded about the hotel

Ontbijt, lunch of diner altijd goed. Zelfs de koffie is goed en dat is een hele prestatie. Wij zijn redelijk...

Typical Wetherspoons. Its not going to blow you away but for the price you cant go wrong. Been here several times when visiting family and not had a bad experience yet.

Same menu as all Wetherspoon pubs. Ordered one burger and one baked potato - nothing to write home about. Cheap and cheerful. Staff friendly. Very busy and quite noisy. Later on in the evening bouncers on the door and the Police called to a fight outside as we sat and finished our drinks!

The Bottle Kiln is a relatively recent addition to the Wetherspoons chain. As such, it's still quite fresh (although table clearing is typically random) and the food and drink is the usual Wetherspoons bargain - nothing exciting, but very good value for a pub. On a quiet Sunday evening, Service was prompt; a side salad, though inexpensive was only lettuce, cucumber and onion, so not really worth even its modest cost. Beer (draught real ale) was cheap and well kept. There was free on-street parking right outside. Inside there's been a good attempt to contextualise the location, both as being the site of a former bottle kiln, but also in terms of a former Le Mans 24 hour driver (Roy Salvadori) who was born close by (see photo uploaded).

Very good beer here. Extremely busy of an evening waiting a long time to get served. All in all would recommend! Didn't try food so cant comment

Always dirty old food left on tables, staff swear Infront of customers. Disabled toilet smells dreadful.

We ordered the Salmon & Avocado Wrap.....NO Avocado in it! Also ordeed the BBQ Burger.....NO Onion Rings with it. This is a regular occurrence in this Spoons...we've learnt to expect something missing with each meal these days. The food used to be good when it first opened...its gone down hill in the last year or so. The toilets are cleaner than the restaurant! And so, we don't visit as often as we used to. It's a shame as we used to like it.

This is another nice wetherpoons hotel. It only 200 metres from Dovercourt railway station. Check in was at the bar and simple. Room was nice and clean and although the pub was absolutely buzzing friday and saturday night you could not hear it in our bedroom but as ours was above the entrance there was a bit of noise outside with taxis pulling up and smokers talking etc. Security was high as we had to swipe our door card on 3 doors before we even got to our door, then again to access our room.The food was very nice and as for most wetherspoons it can be hit or miss, it was mostly a hit in this one although our breakfast on our last morning was a partial miss as the bacon was cooked to much and quite hard.The wife had a mixed grill one evening and i had the bbq chicken and bacon melt, it was very nice with all the meat being cooked just right.Remember to pay a visit to the redoubt fort which from 1st oct onwards during the winter is open sundays only.

Excellent service and exellent value for money as with all of the Weatherspoons that we have visited.

This was one of five Wetherspoons my wife and I visited during our stay in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex and probably the best. First impressions are good as it is bright, spacious and clean. I was not impressed with the barman in the first of five visits he was serving two people at once despite there being only two of us at the bar. He took my money and gave me my change without ever telling me the cost. I had no problems after that.We ate twice on the steak night and the chicken night using the app to order food and drink and service was very good as was the food. What impressed me most was the attitude of the staff, once a table was vacated it was cleared of glasses, plates etc very quickly and thoroughly cleaned. This is very unlike many Wetherspoons that I have visited and is my pet hate.

Arrived to dirty tables on a Sunday around 4pm, had to ask for the table to be cleaned and cleared, lots of dirty tables. Food arrived quite quickly when ordered. Good price. Food was hot and nice. However I did find a food lable in my mixed grill. Their was no staff to complain too only those at the bar. Iv attached a photo

What a difference, coming back to my local Wetherspoons in Dovercourt/Harwich, from the one in Saffron Walden. Dovercourt Bottle kiln fully deserves to be the best in Essex. HOWEVER, the Temeraire in Saffron Walden in my opinion, have to be the worst. I was very disappointed in the apparent unclean look about the place. The queues to order food or drink were just unbelievable. One staff member to serve, with another flying about the place, trying to clear tables. Not enough seats around the taller tables. Clutter 8n cluding dirty dishes on all tables. The toilets were not at all up to QA Bottle kiln fir a decent breakfast, excellent service, and staff that actually cared to give good service. As i said above, the BOTTLE KILN , fully deserves to be number 1 in Essex.

We stayed here for 5 days.They do a lovely breakfast,also other foods,salads as well,staff really work there socks of for you and are polite to you.

Although this venue has been open for a while,I always steered clear because of other persons views--agreed to meet friends there for a drink but was pleasantly surprised at the atmosphere and ended up having a sit down meal.food was surprisingly good,service acceptable as it was very busy and enjoyed it all-will probably return to try something other than a steak

I have been to many Wetherspoons with total satisfaction but my experience this morning was awful. Waiting to be served with one person behind the bar and two other members of staff, ladies laughing at the end of the bar. I asked if anyone was serving to be told abruptly yes me. No apology or even trying

We had breakfast and dinner in this popular pub, it offers great service and good food, well worth a visit.

Large open plan dining area with standard Wetherspoons menu and drinks with usual low prices and quality

Nice Spacious Spoons with decent outside area on a sunny day. Fish & Chips and a pint great value at around £8. Good selection of beers, wines etc and the coffee was good too! Will call again nextime in DoverCourt.

Popped in here at 1.30pm on a Tuesday and was surprised to find it almost empty.

We would just like to say how fantastic siobhan was . So helpful and friendly. She us a credit to the pub .