Reviews in Essex

Food was good only negative comment 2course meal £20 festive menu but you had starter and main meal was not allowed main course and dessert

Had Xmas meal with people from work … amazing service and banter with the staff .. the chef excelled the food was amazing all 10 of us had an fantastic time … thank you to all the staff for a great experience

Another fabulous meal at the Blue Anchor! We had the festive menu; food was delicious as always, service impeccable. There was enough time between our drinks order to our starters, then from the starters to the main courses. We never felt rushed, and enjoyed our afternoon yesterday. TY again!

Very helpful staff. Food good. We weren’t rushed. Service good. Easy to book on line. Excellent. Lovely garden centre. Highly recommend.

Had another great meal at The Blue Anchor, while meeting up with friends! Staff were so friendly and helpful and the food was amazing. I would have given 5 our of 5 for the food, only one of our party enjoys a fillet steak, unfortunately this was not on the menu. The sirloin steak chosen was good though. Looking forward to returning soon.

Have been coming on several occasion and I have to say that this time the food was not as it was previously. Few items were not on offer from the menu we came 12:30. Service was good.

Lovely food and good service

Lovely place to eat but on the day the menu was a bit disappointing with only burger or fish and chips that we would eat. Would like to see perhaps fresh fish dishes or chicken? Also they had staff shortage that day which meant a few things were not available.

Second visit yesterday for breakfast and just as amazing as the first time. Great food, great staff, great atmosphere, lovely and warm and great shopping afterwards. This lively place was recommended to us and I’d didn’t disappoint.

The Chinese food was quite pleasant but the Indian food and Thai was very bland. None of the food was particularly hot. The staff were rude and unhelpful, most of them were standing around with their arms crossed doing nothing. The toilets were disgusting. One was out of order, one was flooded and one was covered in toilet paper - perhaps the staff could sort out the toilets rather than stand around or be rude to your customers? Definitely will not be returning.

Had yet another great meal at The Barn. Food, staff and service as good as always. My only criticism would be that it can sometimes be a little noisy in the restaurant but that is outweighed by all the good things.

We had a lovely, cosy meal with our family. Despite being held up in traffic, our table as held and staff were very friendly and kind. The food as excellent too! Big portions and really tasty! We will be making this our regular Christmas meal destination - thank you!

Was a little disappointed on breakfast recently, long delay in receiving food, had already finished hot drinks before food came.

So lucky to get a seat in the cafe today,very busy. Thankyou for accommodating us. Annual tree purchase,they are always the best Just love this place so much

I was meeting up with a friend who I hadn't seen for over 2 years, so we were long overdue a catch-up. As usual, The Barn didn't disappoint and made us both welcome. All the staff are friendly and helpful. We only wanted coffee and a toasted teacake, which was delicious.

Eaten her on many occasions. Always great food, good value for money and service. Will be booking again soon!

fabulous restaurant, fantastic food, glorious service ! very attentive staff who couldn’t do enough to ensure our family birthday celebration was great x

As always food was fantastic wasn’t rushed but ff after eating and staff helpful. Reasonably priced.