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

Had to wait 40 minutes for my full English. It was nice, not that cheap

Booked their private room for a retirement party, the food was excellent and the staff could not have been more helpful. Our every wish was catered for and more. The evening was enjoyed by everyone, cannot recommend this venue enough

Very enjoyable food which was served piping hot. We had roast lamb and roast turkey.

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.

It was nice and quite, food really good and service was great. Plenty of space

Was recommended to me and my family, I'll start with best bits, service was good and staff polite, atmosphere ok. Out of 6 adults and 3 children, my sons chicken was inedible and very dry, therefore he never ate it, and my chicken was hard and rubbery and bacon was basically all fat, so was left on plate....I had to stock up on my children's leftovers! I'm not one to complain and I did tell them at the table it was inedible and my brother in Law's girlfriend was the one who recommended them, so was a bit embarrassing.

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

A nice and organised place to buy food.

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

Ate at the Swan yesterday and ordered the Pork Belly. It was definitely sub-standard. There was hardly any meat, the fat was not rendered, the crackling was limp and inedible and the broccoli, ordered as a side, was cold and overcooked. However, the gravy was good and so was the mash. We have eaten at the Swan many times and usually have no complaints, so perhaps yesterday they were just having an off day but still, I would not recommend this dish.

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.

Staff ignored us, didn't understand what we asked for. They were standing around chatting and clueless Place was messy and they got the order wrong We had to wait over 10minutes watching this incompetence Food was greasy and chicken was cut up and coating falling off Never again