The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

A mixture of menu choices, ie mixed grill, variety of small plates, kids menu. All arrived at the same time, and were well presented and hot. Good value for money. Staff were welcoming and checked that we were happy with our meals, which we were. We will be back.

As always excellent service, good hot food. Andrew and Tina make this Toby special. Always a friendly welcome. The view overlooking the sea is a bonus.

Great food and great service. Food came out quickly and hot, with little tweaks that we’d asked for sorted, no problem. Friendly and really helpful staff, particularly Tom. Thank you

Long cue to get served at bar, one miserable bar tender. Ask management why such long time to get served and told it was a Sunday, I responded that Sunday busy so need to adjust staff shifts to accommodate busy periods. Management at this establishment clueless and need re training or changing. I won’t pay high prices with appalling service to match. Will change location. I assume a lot of these 5 star reviews are staff / family lead as impossible, I guess they try to cover up the complaints.

Had breakfast in Estuary arches many times but never again. Food was very average and at £20 a head with a tea very expensive. White cheap thin bread for toast and some of the food was cold. Charged extra if wanted scrambled instead of poached/fried. One small sausage, one bacon, one hash brown and beans £13.95 plus £1 extra for scrambled egg. Two halves of the worst white bread. Steer clear - there are better places to have a breakfast along there.

Great staff great food great service highly recommend Georgia and the team were the best Best Fish and chips I’ve had in a long time.

Had a booking for 7.30 and we had left by 8.45! Before we had even sat down we were told only three steaks left . A table of 5 young lads knee deep in red wine were inappropriately drunk and none of the staff seemed to mind . We said we were had decided to leave and staff didn’t seem to mind …. Other dinners said to us that they wished they had gone too but hadn’t been so brave . Come on The Globe get your act together and we may come back !! No customer service to boot ☹️

great…staff always friendly table always set food great brilliant with kids go every friday lunch fantastic service x

Great location with a warm and friendly atmosphere. Nicely decorated clean venue. The food was perfect in both taste and quantity. Table service provided by Karla was perfect with a good knowledge of the menu and additional advice on the salad bar was well received! The discount received from the App voucher was an additional bonus!

This is a great place for a family meal. The staff is very friendly, and the corn bread is out of this world. A special thanks to Karla who looked after us during our meal.

Always a good meal. Barbara and her staff are lovely - always welcoming to my mum.

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

Tried the Lock and Barrel for lunch today after a long walk from Walton but due to the poor quality food, we will not be returning. I chose the burger which was extremely salty and seemed to have been made with very poor quality meat. I tried eating it but after a few mouthfuls, I couldn’t cope with the taste or texture and left most of my meal. My partner had the prawn linguini which he said was ok and contained plenty of prawns so I think he chose the better option. The table behind us also sent back their jacket potatoes as they were not hot. Despite several disgruntled customers, the staff remained pleasant and were extremely helpful and deducted the cost of my meal from our bill. They also offered the table behind us a free drink. Frinton has lots of eateries and based on our experience today, I would recommend trying one of those instead of the Lock and barrel.

The restaurant is out in the sticks so there was plenty of parking. The room was very quirky, full of pig ornaments and pictures. The table decor was very simple. The food was amazingly good. Simple dishes cooked just right. Mrs Barganax opted for the belly pork and black pudding. I had the half bbq chicken. Alas, there was no room for dessert.

Got seated immediately which was great, that’s kind of where it ends! Waited at bar to place order for too long and although drinks came straight away they were drank up way before any sign of food. Had to chase food due to long wait times just for three light bite plates! When arrived I was so disappointed with size of portions which is a shame as cod bites and chips were very nice just a very poor portion as plates used are just too small, so not good value at £8.60. We felt absolutely ripped off, 25.40 for two drinks, plate of chips, light bite cod bites n chips and light bite sausage n chips! Would not return or recommended and was still hungry!