The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

Got told the only option for the steak on the mixed grill was well done. Found that very bizarre. Staff were mostly lovely but the waitress downstairs said they don't serve food outside whilst the upstairs staff had no problem with us sitting outside. Very very strange place.

Chrissy was very friendly and the food was great!

Great venue and friendly staff.

A family lunch turned into an embarrassing experience. Freezing restaurant with warm air blower’s randomly placed on the floor around the tables, starters was OK, BUT it all went down hill from there. Mix grill, sausage half burnt half raw, steak completely inedible as tough as old boots, one solid fry egg one half cooked. Fish & chips, fish batter was still very wet on the underside and the fish was completely tasteless. Veg lasagna had no taste at all, very odd. While waiting for mains to arrive we observed the chef scratching his ear with no gloves on then handling food… After a very disappointed meal we waited what seemed an age just to pay the bill.. This restaurant has not changed since our last visit a few years ago, it’s terrible..

Lovely service by Bella and the roast was amazing!

I booked up a table for me and my family for a birthday meal and was so angry when I got a call ONE HOUR before my booking to say they weren’t serving food. Now I understand that things can happen but if they saw something happening in the kitchen earlier (the lady told me) I should’ve been contacted way before so I could find another restaurant for us to dine at as being a booking of 6 it can be tricky to find a short notice slot. Not happy

Best carvery I've had in years, potato's cooked to perfection gammon was very juicy and fresh very friendly staff. What more could you want

We only had a drink, but a lovely old pub, nice people

I would highly recommend the Victory at Mersea the staff are lovely the food is amazing and they are dog friendly they even have a dog treat menu

Excellent lunch as part of Norfolk Restaurant week. Had 3 courses, delicious chicken breast with parsnip purée, fondant potato, cavolo Nero and mushroom sauce. My husband had bream with a Chinese twist. We both had the steamed Guinness sponge pudding with whiskey caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Staff are lovely and very attentive despite a busy restaurant. Have been meaning to visit for ages and it was worth the trip! We will be back.

Cheapest vegan breakfast you'll find anywhere! The Moon and Cross in Waltham Cross has become our regular spot, and it’s amazing value for vegans. Tons of cafes around here, but none can touch this place’s price—just £2.25 for a full vegan breakfast! I mean, you couldn’t buy all the ingredients for that. The breakfast is solid: two vegan sausages, grilled tomato, mushrooms, beans, two hash browns, and white bloomer toast. Add tea or coffee, and it’s still under a fiver. Bargain! Only a couple of funny moments—sometimes they bring dairy spread with the vegan breakfast, so we’ve had to remind them to switch it out. And once, when I asked to swap the tomato for an extra sausage, they offered me a meat one… which, yeah, doesn’t make sense. But honestly, for the price and taste, I’m not complaining!

Food always good and great value for money.

Lovely afternoon spent with good friends. Friendly staff and lovely food.

I have been receiving consecutive parking tickets this week yet I paid for parking. (4 parking tickets to be precise). Quite traumatising because now i have to spend my precious time appealing 4 tickets. The parking arrangements are awful and for that, I'm never going back there. I asked each day as I paid whether my parking payment has registered and they assured me I wasn't gonna get any tickets and now boom!

A lovely clean, friendly, welcoming hotel. Nothing was too much trouble.