The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

Sometimes the service and food is okay but when they change their staff (which is often) it's awful. Last time my family and I were there is ordered all our food, asked the new bar 'boy' if they had the meat we requested to which he said 'yes'. I was not confident it was and was right. So I ordered a salmon salad and approx an hour later my salmon come out and looked like it had been deep fried as it was drenched in grease. This is not the first time we have left the place after waiting a long time for food, disappointed and hungry. We will never eat there ever again!!

I know I have put visited in. May 2022 but the last time I visited was back in 90s, & no later dates to put in. was visiting the area with my ex husband family & stop off at phillpotts, not sure if they still bake the scones on premises but they use to make the scones, & jam themselves back then The best cream tea I've ever tasted, shame they don't do a phillpotts in newcastle as I moved back to my hometown It was still owned by one of the phillpotts family back them, a remember a guy with dark hair beard & glasses , but I was in my mid 20s then in the 90s Recommend such a lovely place & I do recommend the cream teas 👌👌👌

Fuimos hoy aquí con los compañeros de trabajo. Hay una habilidad para hacer cócteles y uno que el personal todavía aprender. Son caras en £9 + e incluso en 2 por 1, simplemente porque no estás bien y imbebible. Pedí probablemente el más sencillo de hacer. . Un Kir Royale, era tan malo que tenía que tener que mezclado con agua de soda sólo para el añadido más Kir daba asco.

Almorcé aquí y me sorprendió gratamente la deliciosa comida. El personal fue muy amable y eficiente. Recomendaría

Usual poor food hygiene whilst handling both food and money with bare hands One person wearing gloves but using same to handle money and rolls Three of the staff always pick rolls using serviette so where the manager training the others Certainly no training in food cross contamination and guessing Greggs are not customer focused as I’ve left many reviews but never a reply!

No sunday roast, metal chairs and no atmosphere . No longer a traditional garden centre but a place fukk of everything

Food in bar ok but not brilliant. Young staff don't know what Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry is. Function food ok but service is late and chaotic.

After having a brilliant day trip to Southend I looked for a fish and chip shop to eat in before heading home. I usually call in at any of the fish and chip shops along the opposite side of the promenade but this place looked very cool and welcoming from the hot sun. I should have had second thoughts when the staff were clueless about the food on the menu. The order was eventually taken and we took a seat and waited for the food to be brought over. When it arrived it was in a cardboard box and only wooden cutlery was available. The fish was OK the chips were tasteless. My grandson's chicken was so overcooked it snapped the fork. He tried to eat it with his fingers but it was inedible. The toilet (singular for the whole building) was flooded and the floor covered in wet paper. When we told the staff they said "We know". The entire staff were just teenagers with nobody mature to guide them regarding customer service or basic hygiene. This experience spoiled an otherwise perfect day.

Arrived on the Friday to check into our room only to be greeted by ladders, Open and exposed ceilings, This carried on throughout our 2 night stay, Woken up by the sound of drilling which again carried on throughout our stay. I wish I could upload a sound recording of the noise experienced. A truly awful stay

Rock hard bacon, sausage tasted sour like it was on the turn, raw fried eggs, and the mushrooms I don’t even think had been cooked!! Thank goodness for toast and beans on the plate as that is all I ate. Such a waste of food, cooked so terribly

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.

Went there for the first time for Sunday lunch what a treat absolutely loved it had a good selection of meat and when carved for my plate plenty of it also a good selection of veg . Can't wait for the next visit .

Absolutely discusting AVOID , outdated, discusting carpets, full of dust everywhere, rubbish chucked on top of wardrobe, no towel for showering, absolutely dirty in bathroom, Blackpool gave it a run 4 it's money that's how bad it was ... £80+.... I wouldn't give £10 for staying, AVOID AVOID ... needs closing down

I telephoned an order through to collect, the order was ready and on time - however !! This was probably the worst experience I’ve ever had of buying Fish and Chips - WHY - although my piece of fish was white and ok the batter was awfully soggy, my partners fish was grey in the middle - threw it in the bin, the chips were mostly awful - and the price for one large cod and one medium cod with one portion of regular chips - £21.30 WOW !!!!

Food - horrible Drinks ran out of most ordered one finally but came nothing like the picture to have kids sprinkles on top not a cherry. AwfulBad atmosphere 50% off pizza night they had nothing but gluten free bases with limited toppings and looked nothing like advertised looked like a £1 frozen pizza from Iceland at best. Disappointment. Shall not be returning anytime soon!!!!!!!