The best restaurants serving British food in Rochford East of England

Always a nice welcome. Cakes are FANTASTIC. Good value for money. Lovely food and a relaxed setting. This is our Friday ‘go to’. Had afternoon tea in January too, really lovely and excellent value. Can’t think of one negative thing to say.

Terrible arrived 11.45 for lunch not overly busy after being shocked at the price's went up too order as this is the new system 2 people in front lady came out from the kitchen saying to the server I need some help in here then turned to tell us all queuing there will be a 45 minute delay on top of the usual wait time I enquired what is your normal wait time was told 20 to 30 minutes so it will probably be over an hour I said there are lots of empty tables so how can it be so long she replied I don't know just do what I'm told, needless to say we walked out speaking to a gentleman on the table next to us who had eaten his food he said they had waited 45 minutes for 2 sandwiches and a coffee and had asked twice where there food was. We will not return again such a shame was a lovely friendly run restaurant before cannot see this lasting.

Staff were so accommodating. Food was plentiful & delicious. Would like more Vegetarian options . Can’t wait to return.

Really helpful staff, lots of choice for gifts and parties. I love this shop, it feels so homely and welcoming. Great balloon choice

A lovely atmosphere. The owner must be a decent person. Apart from perhaps selling the false grass that we walk on the Bean Machine and play area can not make a fortune Thank you Mr Geoffrey.

Organised a Gala Charity Ladies Night in the Chrystal Hall on 09/11/24. Amazing food well presented, staff were eager to please.Thank you Jade, Claire & staff Kind regards. Micky Elliott on behalf of Thorpe Bay Lodge

We always have such a good time here, we’ve made it our local go to! Paul and all the staff are very friendly and welcoming, and the food is always spot on. Keep up the good work guys! Xxx

Excellent & friendly service from Diane and all the Staff. Food was fresh and wholesome - even the Decaff Coffee actually tasted of Coffee. Highly recommend! 👍

As soon as we arrived Kira made us feel very welcome. The food and service were excellent. I was very happy to receive complimentary prosecco for myself and guests with my voucher from the app. It was a very good evening I can't wait to return again.

Arrived yesterday for Sunday lunch for my mother's 92nd birthday sat down at 1 15 as booked an hour later still nothing we mentioned this to staff no reason or apologies given apart from will be 5 minutes.2 35 meal turned up after all the other customers were served before us I said have you forgotten us 3 waitresses said no still no reason or apology just be honest would have been nice obviously after that long wait the food was not enjoyable and still no apologies.

Popped in for senior lunch . Service quick and Sonya our server was very pleasant. Sadly chicken was a bit dry but refund or different meal was offered with apologies . Had lovely replacement, served with a smile. Very good experience.

Very good Sunday roast, excellent value for money.

Used to always guarantee a lovely quality meal here but my last two visits were quite bad food, gave it another chance to see if just a one off but disappointed for a second time, over priced and not good food. A real shame as used to be so nice.

What a little gem this place is! We needed a dog friendly pub to dine with a friend but as we're no longer locals we had to choose based on reviews. Delighted with our choice. It was a treat to eat here. A friendly welcome, fairly priced and fantastic food (the fishcakes were delicious!) And our spaniel really appreciated the dog's menu too! Will certainly return when we're next over this way.

Chips under cooked, Curry sauce pot open in bag, sauce everywhere, they blamed driver instead or their second rate plastic containers. £2.49 service charge, what service? 99p delivery charge. Ordered and paid for two picked onions at £1.25 each, they only delivered one but charged for two. When we phoned to complain we were told they could not do anything about it now, you could tell they were not that interested. They said we could have 50% off the next order, what makes them think there will be another order. Paid by paypal so they could have offered a part refund, but they didn't want to do that. Going to try and get paypal to claw back the payment and then pay them an amount that better fits the food and service we received. Its sad when you are simply a number and the poor service you received means nothing to them, they just move on to the next customer. Not good enough, I serve the public and would never dream of leaving one of my customers unhappy...