The best restaurants serving British food in Harwich East Tendring East of England

We were here for lunch with an aunt who lives in Dovercourt. She came here at Christmas with friends and recommended it. Although it was off season, we booked a table as it’s a small pub. The food was good, with very generous portions. We can recommend the ham egg and chips and the salmon and broccoli fishcakes - but bring an appetite. The staff were friendly. Parking is limited and their car park is round the back.

Visited at lunchtime when their Facebook page said they were open, but closed and shutters down. They need to publish accurate opening times on their website.

Well worth every penny portion sizes huge,well presented

Great location and nice decor, however to charge £6 for two teas in paper cups is unacceptable even if they are named designer tea bags and “responsibly sourced fully recyclable” paper cups, surely washing up real cups is kinder to the planet ? As said by others, this cafe has been recently taken over by another well known chain who have several other upmarket venues in the area. Perhaps they are trying to gain a monopoly hold in the harbour area ? My advice would be to try the burger van which is often parked up nearby for better value.

We came here for a Saturday afternoon lunch. The staff were very welcoming and friendly. We had the starters and main meals and the portions of everything is massive, so be careful unless you're really hungry! It was worth it though because the food was very tasty. I would also recommend the black forest cheesecake if it is on the dessert specials.

Having visited the Alma before for food and drinks, we were excited to stay for the night this time, however we were absolutely wowed by the service from start to finish. From the moment we arrived we were given the warmest welcome and felt at home, the room was lovely- cosy, very clean and not at all noisy considering the pub downstairs was busy. The food was also exceptional on every occasion- we ate in the pub several times over the weekend and each meal we thoroughly enjoyed and were very impressed by the freshness and quality of the food (special mention to the crab linguine which was delicious!). However, the thing we were most impressed by was the customer service. Nothing was too much trouble and we truly felt so welcomed throughout our stay, it really was like a home away from home. Every single member of staff we dealt with was lovely and incredibly helpful. Couldn’t recommend highly enough