The best restaurants in Ardleigh and Little Bromley Tendring East of England

Great place. Bit of a wait,but worth it. It seemed to very noisy ( might just be me )

A pleasant country pub and restaurant. Our second visit. We had the chicken burger and the pan fried sea bass, both very good. Sauces are a strong point of this establishment. Service a little slow but friendly. The car park is handy but could do with some repair.

Lovely cafe great food and service

If allowed i would have given this place a zero. Worst place I've ever been to. Not family friendly. ..customers sticking their tongues down each other throats in front of young kids and older ppl. Person in charge/manager/owner pretty much laugh in my face when I ask him to speak to them and further told me its a public place and the customers are longterm customers. Not for people of colour as you will be treated as 2 class citizen by owner/manager or whoever is in charge. The food was very bland and cheap quality too.

Tasty steaks. Good portion sizes. Good selection of dishes. Dessert chocolate and pecan tart was a bit disappointing but fine. Staff were great, fantastic service. Wine very expensive. Though £35 for a bottle of Proseco was a bit over the top, but suppose you expect the price in a hotel.

Came in for breakfast here, everything is very worn and tired. We ate breakfast with a family of house flies which instantly made us feel dirty as they kept landing on us and were seen on the continental breakfast items. Staff were pleasant and friendly but due to the flies and how tired this place is, I wouldn’t recommend.

This was the first time visiting The Wooden Fender for me, and it certainly didn't disappoint. I would absolutely recommend the Salt Marsh Lamb Sunday roast, it was to die for!! The service was very good and the staff are very attentive. Overall, a very enjoyable experience..well done The Wooden Fender a very well deserved 5 stars from me.

Had a lovely meal this evening. Great food very friendly staff. We also went back in July to celebrate my 70th birthday again very good food enjoyed by everyone. Also staff very polite and efficient helped made my day special. Thankyou

Sowmya was pretty much attentive and friendly. I would recommend her!

I always take my Nan here on a weekend when I visit her. She is in a care home just up the road with severe dementia and this is the only place I feel safe taking my Nan, as I know everyone is so lovely and understand the situation. They are patient whilst she decides what she'd like, friendly with her and chatty when she is in the mood and so so kind. It is the only place I will go now for lunch with Nan, I cannot thank the team here enough, incredible food, great value for money and the best customer service I've experienced I can honestly say. Thank You all so much x

Fabulous pub & restaurant! Great choice of food, beautiful location, brilliant service & good value, too! Definitely worth a visit 👍

I don’t normally write reviews, but the service by the rude receptionist was shocking. In the evening the guy at the desk was super friendly and helpful, in the morning the woman was rude unhelpful and hostile. We came down for breakfast at 7.00 am and she shouted at us where are you going as we tried to enter the breakfast room. She was sat gossiping with a long term tenant who had a super aggressive dog and could be heard bad mouthing other staff and ourselfs. We felt uncomfortable and didn’t know breakfast didn’t start till 8.00. In the morning we asked to stay another night. She said there were no rooms available. On booking. Com 3 rooms had been available as we wanted to stay another night. She was so rude it felt personal. We paid for breakfast and it wasn’t included the deal was b and b. Over all we over look how run down the room and loo was due to the historical building over all sad trip. The building has many people living and treating the hotel as home and it’s intimidating.

It was the worst KFC that I’ve ever had, chips were soggy the bun was burnt and the chick piece I had was literally little bones and fat!! It’s disgusting they can sell this crap, and they don’t sell full fat drinks!!