The best restaurants in Hamford Tendring East of England

Stopped here for an impromptu lunch which was absolutely superb. Due to having our large Newfoundland dog with us we sat outside where there was a dog bowl of fresh water. The two ladies who served us were lovely and our meals were excellent. I had the Chicken, Mushroom and Leek pie with mash and vegetables. The pie was probably one of the best I have ever had and the mash and veg were perfectly cooked. My wife had the chicken burger which she said was fantastic. When we return to Frinton we will definitely eat here again.

Beautiful exterior and interior and absolutely spotless hygiene levels. Food was cooked to perfection by friendly and welcoming staff, can’t recommend big bird and bean enough it goes so hard.

Have visited The Skipper several times now. On each visit the food was good, as was the drinks. The staff were polite enough, however each visit was ruined by the same thing. Very loud, over the top women, normally with children that they cannot control inside or outside of the pub. When eating out with family & friends, I do not wish to hear every detail of what these women have smoked, drank, eaten or who they have knocked out the night before or where they next plan the next tattoo to be placed! I do not wish to hear them announce at high volume every time they are going for a fag, or going to the toilet (though a different phrase was used for that). The staff were ok, but seem quite friendly with these women & the guys playing pool who really do drag this pub down. Language used around their own children is dreadful & ruined every visit for us all. It is a real shame, but we shall not be returning because

Condsidering it says under new management but you still have Debbie working there who according to the A Board outside I am afraid thst the food was to say the least Poor We went it there ordered two tuna and cheese wraps and two pots of tea, The tea arrived I poured mine into my cup which I had already milked from a small jug and it curdled.We smelt the jug and it was sour. This was replaced with small milk packets then our supposed lunch of the two wraps came up. There was no Cheese half or even less than a small lettuce leaf a very small slice of tamato each 4 chrisps (not big ones) one slivver of red pepper. It cost £4 pounds each for just the meal which wasnt anything in any way enough to feed a cat a dinner let alone a person the wrap was super small Very dissappointed as I am a local resident I do not think your going to have many customers return again to eat there and indeed I wouldnt even have a cup of tea there again. Can the new managerment who ownes it do something to educate the cook there how to provide adequate and sufficient value for money to their customers. The young man who served us was untra polite a credit to the younger generation and was very obliging . I did not complai at the time even though I was asked by him was everything ok.

Provided delicious ice-creams and gave us a generous discount when they discovered we were on a day trip for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. We will definitely be using they guys in the future for trips to Frinton.