The best restaurants serving British food in Rochford East of England

Oh Dear!!! What on earth is going on? We stopped going to the Shorehouse, before there refurbishment, due to the appalling food and bad management. When we heard that it has been refubished, we decided to give it another try. What a great experience. The food was good, and hot, the management were great and the waitresses superb (especially Abby). BUT what on earth had gone wrong. We went on the August Bank Holiday, all three of our meals were appalling. We left it a couple of weeks, and thought we would try again, which we did yesterday. My husbands meal was O.K. my daughters was fine, but my simply chicken, was uneatable. The chicken was too tough to even cut, and it was only just luke warm. (The same as the Bank Holiday experience). I told our waitress Tiana, who said she would tell the kitchen, don't know if she did or not, but we certainly did not get any feed back. Are they reverting back to the appalling food, before the refurbishment? Oh! I do hope not......

Came for dinner with hubby, was well looked after by Pearl. Got the Scampi and chips, my partner got the Orginal Combo. Amazing food. Amazing service. Will definitely be back. Thank you

cold food every time i’ve been in, lack of food on display and always seem to be replaced last minute. a waste of money when they can’t even keep pastry warm! rude hostile staff who can’t even give a friendly smile. make me want to go to costa instead !!!

Had a lovely family meal at the lodge, staff were more than helpful, food was brought out quick and hot. Amazing service bar staff were lovely couldn’t rate the place more

I booked my wife’s 60th birthday party here, two months before they cancelled all bookings and keep all the deposits. Please do NOT book this place they ruined birthday party’s and weddings

We visited in December one lunchtime there was around 6 of us and we were the only people in here however not sure if lunchtime is a really busy time for them. Food was really nice and from what I can remember wasn't all that fast but not slow either, it was nice to have a cooked meal made for you as no doubt we all had something different from the menu - which wasn't set for Christmas which was nice for this time of year.

I had prebooked a table online for the outside seating area. We were allowed to select the table to sit at. The three staff members working were polite, friendly, and welcoming. It was fairly busy at the time we arrived, so the staff had a lot to do such as cooking and serving. It did take 15 minutes from sitting to receive a menu and again roughly 10/15 minutes to get our order taken. Though, I do understand the staff had a lot to do, with there being so few of them. Saying that, the staff were always smiling and happy to help customers. Prices for drinks are reasonable, but I feel the food was slightly on the expensive side for the amount you got. The paninis we ordered tasted delicious and had a good amount of filling. They were accompanied by some doritios and a small portion of salad. It would have been nice to have the option to choose whether you wanted doritios or ready salted crisps, as I don't like doritos. So I was practically paying £8 for a panini. We also ordered pancakes for dessert. These were of a good size, and you were given 2. There were a good amount of toppings, and it was also served with whipped cream. The pancakes were tasty! All food was served promptly. There are two covered areas outside and a few tables which aren't undercover. They have decorated the outside area nicely with flowers and fairy lights, which gives the place a nice touch. They also have a cabin that you can sit in, this looked pretty and cosy. This was my second time visiting here, and both visits were good. The staff working here are doing a great job.

My wife and I have visited this café many times and I’ve enjoyed good food e.g. their fish and chips discount after 3 pm, or the wonderful cream tea. We have always been met with friendly service and very little delay.