Reviews in Essex

Absolutely wonderful evening and music

We visited with family from London who always ask to have breakfast here. As always, the whole experience was fabulous. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious food. Plus a very tempting shop and nursery to browse afterwards. 100% recommend a visit but be sure to book. Thank you to the whole team for your hard work.

Lovely food and service. Don’t like the new thing of playing music though. It makes the main dining room far too loud Prefer no music please!

As always food was delicious, our issue was where we were seated in the centre of the restaurant, noisy and sitting below the music speaker. Eventually got moved but only after we said we were leaving before having our lunch.

Lovely breakfast. Wide menu of breakfast staples plus more inventive options, all cooked and presented well. Good coffee too. Staff were friendly and efficient.

Sunday roast was lovely and the Lamb was very tasty, Sarah was so very helpful and so kind

We had a really terrific meal here on Sunday. The lady who was running the reservations and front desk was absolutely brilliant at her job very calm and unflappable, but also kind, understanding and made quick adjustments to the seating plan to be able to accommodate my father in law who can't walk or see very easily. The gentleman who looked after us at the table was also excellent. Both our drinks and our food came quickly and were of great standard. I had roast beef was. the best that I have had in ages - and we are a family of good cooks! The wider garden centre is also delightful and a great mix of plants and gifts so thoroughly recommend it as a lovely day out.

I have been using the barn for years I took my friend out for her 70 th we ordered fish and chips and to be honest 3/4 of the fish was over cooked fried batter the fish flesh was minimum my friends was no better , I didn’t complain as 1 it was my friends birthday 2 it was the hottest day of the year , they were closing the shop to be honest was very hot , very disappointed , sorry .. been lots of times and meals always been lovely , I guess a one off

Excellent customer service from the team at spoon. We were well welcomed.

Love this place, the whole customer experience: craft coffee; excellent wines from their own vineyard and other local producers; craft beers; tasty food at reasonable prices; really nice, friendly, staff….in fact everything about it is great. I’ve been for breakfast, now a lunch / afternoon, so it’ll be evening next time.

Highly recommend.

The food, service, ambience is all first class at the Dukes Head. At £70 a head it is pricey but very much worth it. I’d rather it cost more and walk away fed and happy than pay less and feel disappointed with the food. I highly recommend you pay them a visit and enjoy what’s on offer.

Excellent

Wonderful meal for a family 21st birthday. Big Daddy challenge was a lot of fun (failed it though!) made it memorable! Loved that the kids had fun games to play with, and customer service was great. Would highly recommend

The barn is just a glorious place to visit!! The staff are always very friendly, welcoming and helpful!! The restaurant always has something on offer to enjoy and appreciate all the efforts and quality that goes into all the dishes big or small!! The garden area is just full of beautiful things for everyone!! I love it!!

Lovely place - food was lovely as were the staff. Bought some gifts and plants on the way out.

Had a lovely late lunch at The Owl. Aa a coeliac it was an easy pick as the menu was clear. Ok arrival, I informed them of my dietary requirements and completely reassured. I had the best pub burger in years! The sticky toffee pudding was also fab... Staff were polite, friendly and very welcoming. The pub itself and the grounds are lovely. I have waited 24 hours to post this, I can confirm that no reactions were had!