The best restaurants in East of England

Amazing food. Amazing service. I’ve become a regular for the past 8 months. Edit: I think this place shut down :(

We had great food from here, very yummy. The only thing that annoyed me slightly was that we ordered prawn cocktails and there wasn’t any in my order/bag 😕.

Sorry to say it was the worst breakfast I've had in the cafe. But if I pay £15.10 for coffee and full English I expect the highest standards. Bacan was so bad I couldn't even eat it. The picture says it all. Who would serve a customer food that looks like that. Lovely staff but all they did was apologised for the drop in standards.

a couple of friends who are regulars invited me for a late birthday treat, it was very nice, staff were welcoming and helpful

Food is always delicious, the young lads taking orders kept getting them wrong and spend more time chatting amongst themselves. Service is very slow

This beautiful small restaurant which has retained all the original features sits in the middle of a small historic town. Its divided into three eating areas downstairs plus there is an upstairs section too that can also be used for private events. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. The menu was varied with a specials board in addition. The food top rate.

Wonderful trip yet again. Haddock was massive and was spot on. Brilliant curry sauce,all served with happy staff (sally has a great team) See you all again soon.

Had Sunday lunch, very efficient service, very friendly and clean. Also very full!

The best African/Nigerian place to visit in southend. I had their Afang and bitter leaf soup, it is second to none. The best I’ve had in the Uk

The Best! Never dissapointed with howards chips are always so good never dry, the ribs and battered cod, curry sauce 10/10.

Extremely disappointed. Booked as a joint birthday meal with family. Firstly, it was freezing cold as soon as we walked in the door and was very cold at our table. Took a good 15/20 for a waitress to come and take our order. Food then took about 30/45 minutes to come out to us and there was only 1 other table occupied in the restaurant. Food very bland and basic, plate was filled with fries (average) and the chicken burger I had was more like a chicken nugget in a tiny bun, very poor. No flavour. Had mac and cheese as a side, don’t bother it was pasta in a strange herby sauce, not cheese at all. Bought as a side for my little boy to eat too but he did not like it at all. No kids menu. Waitress offered a free drink due to the birthdays which was a nice touch. However doesn’t make up for the poor food and crazy prices for mostly a plate of fries. Really not impressed with the sizes of the burgers. My partner upgraded his fries which were just smothered in Cajun powder what a rip off. Spending nearly £20 a head on a tiny burger and plate of fries is disgusting. Overall, extremely disappointed as we were really looking forward to our birthday meal. Not what we expected at all. Wish we took our custom elsewhere.

Cosy little restaurant. Enjoyed a perfect Sunday roast. Reasonably priced. No background music drowning out conversation … bliss!

Great little tea rooms, with home made cakes, breakfasts & light bites, all made to order. Very friendly staff to us & our dog, with quick service. Had a lovely large pot of tea for one & cherry almond scone. Although struggled to choose a cake, as so much lovely selection. Prices very reasonable. Would go again if passing the area, but currently on holiday.

Thoroughly enjoyed my evening here! The staff were very welcoming and had good recommendations. The food was delicious, meat cooked perfectly, tasty and tender. The staff even bought out a birthday dessert without us asking as they had just noticed the presents on the table! Such a lovely thought.

The food was fantastic and so was the service. Everything was well cooked and obviously all home cooked. Would go there again and reccomend to my friends. Price point was very good, quality of the ingredients and being home made is still better value than the restraunt chain we sometimes eat in. Thank you