The best restaurants in East of England

A rare find, a pub/restaurant with a great choice of drinks, an excellent range of food and very attentive staff. If it’s pub grub you want it’s maybe not for you but don’t let that stop you sampling the menu as you’ll be surprised how good it is. The staff go out of their way to make it special. An added bonus is that it’s dog friendly.

My wife and I plus several others had a family dinner here for my brother in law's 70th. Lovely food ,great service and convivial atmosphere.

Absolutely brilliant night service atmosphere and food amazing booked to go back next month highly recommend

Always a pleasure dining here. 12 people for birthday Sunday lunch. Excellent attentive staff, good food, and great vibe. Thanks as ever Eric, Charlotte, George and the team.

These folks know how to treat people. Getting in might be a little tough but it is worth the wait.

Loved everything here. We went on a Saturday evening without booking, no wait at all to get our table. The hot seafood starter was delic and such good value for money. The mixed grill as a main dish had nice soft meat with pleasant chargrill flavour. The live music was very entertaining. The only negative side was that plates were sliding on the table. Please put some plate mats on the tables to prevent people knocking plates off the tables when trying to cut their food. :D

First time at the pheasant inn and it won't be the last. Plenty of car park space.The Sunday lunch menu has a good variety of dishes which made it very difficult to pick up what we wanted. The staff is friendly (they are also dog friendly). The Sunday roast was delicious; lots of different vegg. The stuffing was eaten with the Yorkshire pudding and soaked in gravy... Yummy.

Had massoman curry and jasmine rice. Absolutely fab!

Sadly to say this is supposedly one of the best restaurants in Clacton is very misleading, my starter wasn’t available and then when my main came the veg was over cooked and the mash potato was lumpy and a horrible colour and very poorly presented, upon closer inspection around the restaurant there was lots of flys around and it is looking like it’s a little run down, when an elderly gentleman entered the restaurant the staff pounced on him and then kept sitting with him on his table before he could even order food, it made me wonder if I was eating in a “adult” venue the way they were pouncing on him

We spent £82 on food for 6 of us tonight and it was absolutely awful, we had missing food, undercooked fries, cold food.I’m not sure if this was an off night but I’d think carefully before ordering food from here to be delivered. Very disappointing.

Everyone should go here just for the milkshakes. We even had an extra milkshake instead of dessert because they are soooo good. Rayna May was a friendly, efficient, knowledgeable waitress. The place was really clean and comfortable. The food was very reasonably priced. My salad was amazing, my friend really enjoyed her burger and did I mention the milkshakes 🤣🤣🤣

Took the grandchildren to the Merrivale model village which was excellent. We ordered a large bowl of chips each at £5.40 I'd hate to see a normal size portion. When we asked for some vinegar we were told they had been busy and had run out. We then had to eat a dry bowl of chips, fortunately not to many! They had also run out of toilet paper which we did tell the staff about, to prevent customer distress.

Super friendly and the burgers are amazing. Would probably travel back here just for this place. Chilli loaded chips are also fantastic

Starting of with the Shakshuka it was beautifully poached and the eggs were cooked to perfection as the yolk was runny and broke smoothly. The Shakshuka was nice with the veggies added to it. All the flavours were perfect and the bread was really good quality as it never got hard. The Medi breakfeast was perfect with the little dips. It’s not soemthing we would go for but I’m glad we tried it as it was really nice. French toast was aesthetically pleasing to look at and tasted Devine. The fresh fruits, clotted cream and maple syrup was amazing it worked really well together. If you love a sweet breakfeast this is for you! With English breakfast you just can’t go wrong. Everything was cooked to perfection. The hashbrows were really nice and crispy. Eggs royal was amazing it’s one of the best royal we ever had. We have never tried it with brioche before but it worked perfectly.

Every month, with a group of friends, we have supper here. There's an excellent menu, always cooked perfectly, served without undue delay, by a lovely team. Mine host Ross usually greets all guests as old friends, making our visits most enjoyable. The bar has an excellent range of beers and wines with non alcoholic drinks for those driving. I used their excellent facilities to entertain 40 friends at my recent birthday party.