The best restaurants serving British food in England

As a family we have used the regal fish and chip restaurant over many years, we visited again this week, the quality of the food was amazing and the portion size of the large fish and chips was huge especially the fish which over hung my plate on both sides. My daughter and her friend had Gluten Free fish and chips and chose to have haddock, they said the batter was light and crispy and the best Gluten Free fish and chips they had ever had, would highly recommend and we will definitely be returning.

Very friendly welcome from Kelly, she was very polite and professional. Tasty and well cooked by Neil and Bridie - katsu chicken. Thanks for a lovely lunch!

Really lovely stop at the Watermill. We checked in and had a fab meal on the Thursday night. The local Halloween beer was excellent!! Room was lovely & the eves made it cosy😉. Lovely Cumbrian breakfast - lovely staff - we'll be back.

Me and my partner stayed in Room 4 on 10th July. It's very expensive for what you are getting. The room was absolutely boiling, had to open window wide open, and have a fan on all night and still too hot, so I barely slept. The room is also very dated and needs refurbished for the price. Dinner was nice but long wait and again overpriced for pub food. Breakfast was disappointing, coffee disgusting, bacon dry and tough, cold beans and black pudding tough as old boots.

If you want a warm welcome, good service, good food , clean and authentic room you have it all at The Old Smithy Inn . We decided to go off the main road and found this gem. Well worth the visit and if you are lucky enough to be there on a Thursday ( every second week so check the date) there is live local folk music . Don’t miss this pub if you are near !

3 of us had a different pizza each All enjoyed and what I left was booked up to take home Reasonably priced and they also do takeaway

If you have an allergy don’t bother! I popped in this cafe the first time today. I had just been swimming and we decided that we’d go for a lunch. The café is just around the corner from the pool. Wow I honestly can’t say that I’ve ever experienced anything this bad. We walked in there was no menus on the table or anything we could see that you just had to go to the counter so you can actually see what you wanted when we’ve got to the counter. There was so much choice. The staff member of the service area was the worst one of all. My friend has got a dairy allergy so ask the staff member if the mayonnaise contain dairy. The staff member simply looked at her and said “does mayonnaise contain dairy” we told her that yes some does could she check for us and she simply said it’s Hellmann’s. So anyway, my friend chose to have a different meal and went for a jacket potato despite telling the staff member that she was allergic to dairy the staff member then asked her if she wanted butter I’m pretty confident that she wasn’t listening nor did she actually care that she could make someone unwell Service was absolutely terrible. We didn’t have a drink because we couldn’t be sure that they actually had any understanding of allergens. The food wasn’t awful actually the food was pretty good but disgraceful service. I’m going to contact environmental health they need to investigate the lack of allergen understanding in this building. Somebody could die.

Had a great roast yesterday! Complimentary butternut squash soup to start, both mine and my husbands roasts were amazing! Staff were super friendly and attentive! A local place doing it right!

Having done the brunch there twice before, I can’t say this was third time lucky. Just too tight and slow with the drinks. A party of 8 and after an initial two bottles of Prosecco spread down the table they wouldn’t give us any more, only by the glass and that was classed as a round. Been trying to think where else does this .. oh that’s it - NO WHERE! Half the time we were “dry” - I can only assume the drinks were been poured and carried down from the Wetherspoons as the place was dead, yet each round still took 25 minutes to arrive. Told we could get vodka and coke, yet the coke looked like it had been defrosted and squeezed from a Mr Freeze ice pop (the rola cola one that no-one likes) To give them their due, they were consistent in that the staff still walk past looking like they are on a stealth mission and excel in not giving any eye contact in the hopes you don’t ask them for anything 😂 I have already contacted them prior to me posting this for their answer and it just said that because it’s a two hour brunch they have a responsibility for people to drink responsibly. Not a “bottomless” brunch then is it.

Our favorite place for fish and chips. Just excellent. Food tasty, great service, great prices, lovely atmosphere. Top marks

I visited this gem of a cafe on the quiet end of Clacton seafront for breakfast this morning and I will definitely be back. Located right overlooking a beautiful beach this family run cafe deserves every one of the five stars I have given it. Spotlessly clean, with welcoming courteous staff and great all day menu of breakfasts and traditional family cafe meals. What more can you ask for? Good value and quality products and yes you’ll get them too! Popular with locals and visitors to the area alike a lot to enjoy about the Greensward Cafe!! Oh and it has a great crazy golf to enjoy as well, perhaps when the weather is a bit better! An absolute credit to the proprietor and team - visit and enjoy a real seaside treat !!!

I pop in here every now and again brilliant place food fresh staff attentive. not expensive and have been coming here now for some time. They close early and I like to eat late is my only complaint.

Just came back from an over night stay for my husband's birthday and as usual we were not disappointed. The staff were very friendly and efficient even though they were busy. The food, in my opinion, was as delightful as always, it looked good and tasted perfect. Staff are well informed regarding the dishes and explain them with a smile . Already booked to go back.

The place itself is situated in a nice area and staff are nice. However the food was expensive and not of a good quality. I ordered the BBQ chicken panini and also a steak panini. The bread was not traditionally what you would expect of a panini it was more a soft white baguette and wasn’t very toasted. The chicken was clearly pre-cooked chicken, the bbq sauce tasted like something out of a bottle that had been squirted on and the steak was obviously some sort of sandwich steaks (cheapest you can buy) which was chewy and bland. There wasn’t much to the panini’s a few bits of each topping at most. The food also took around 15 - 20 minutes to arrive which was a bit crazy to say the quality of the food and how there were only around 6 other customers when we ordered.

My family visited Barge East for dinner .We were seated outside on the Barge and it was just great. The staff were great and the food was excellent. What a great place for something different and very close to the Abba Voyage venue. We had a slight problem with the bill which in my opinion was handled very professionally and quickly by the staff which resulted in a refund onto my credit card. For me this says a lot about the staff and I thank them for dealing with it so quickly. Best in class customer service!