Reviews in Essex

Booked a table for 4, Had a lovely family meal on 31st May, wasn't rushed. Seated very quickly. Lovely variety of food. Will go again.

Food was nice staff was great

Lovely breakfast, good service would definitely recommend

What a lovely breakfast good price and staff are so friendly highly recommend and worth booking

The cafe is absolutely lovely and the food is amazing. It is more on the expensive side for a garden centre café and so will probably only go back on special occasions. The service although friendly, was on the slow side. We weren't checked up on and had to ask for assistance twice during our stay there. Once to re-request the menu for dessert and then again to pay.

Everything and Everyone at Grumpys is perfect.

Everything and Everyone at Grumpys is perfect.

We were staying at the Blue Anchor and ate in the restaurant. The food was excellent and service was great. We all really enjoyed our food and the evening in general. Would highly recommend this as a place to stay and eat

My family enjoyed a wonderful lunch here. The food was perfect, from the portion sizes to the quality, absolutely scrumptious! We never felt rushed and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you to an amazing team.

Atmosphere and staff were superb. Enjoyed my first time being there. Really wanted the ribs but hopefully next time

We were staying in the area and booked an evening meal at the Hare & Hounds. Lovely friendly pub with very tasty food. Would happily return if we were passing.

Very nice full off food different choices food fresh and top up often First time visiting but not last

Fabulous food and excellent service

Had a lovely meal, well cooked and there was sufficient on the plate when served plus an adequate choice from the menu. Service was good.

Food is of high quality. Delicious and well presented. Fresh ingredients. Service is efficient and friendly. My 9 year old granddaughter said the sausages were the best she had ever tasted.

Have visited fairly often for breakfasts which are always well portioned and reasonably priced. Went off piste last weekend and had a Sunday lunch!, which was lovely, had the lamb which was cooked perfectly as were all the vegetables. Will definitely return for another Sunday lunch in the near future. Staff couldn’t be more attentive. Have recommended to several people.

My family and I visit Barn plants cafe quite frequently and decided to bring my parents that were visiting yesterday. We booked a table for 1pm and had to ask a couple of times if our order could be taken and it felt like an inconvenience , we waited until 2.15pm to receive our food order despite the table behind us (arriving around 40-45 mins after us) receiving their food at the same time. I don’t know whether it was a day that the cafe was short staffed but if that was the case some communication would have been appreciated either that or we’d been told when we were taken to our table that food orders were currently taking over an hour. The food was very good (as it usually is) however on this occasion the service was disappointing and it was a frustrating lunch.