Reviews in Essex

I met some friends here for lunch, it was lovely, cannot fault the service or food. Such a lovely experience and will be back.

Excellent, fresh and delicious food. Very good service. Lovely atmosphere.

Pleasant atmosphere in The Barn, family friendly, we had a 1 year old at our table and staff were very accommodating. I ordered the quiche but was disappointed, the rest of the meal was ok but there were whole mushrooms in a small individual quiche which made the inside watery and tasteless. But everyone else enjoyed their meal, including the 1 year old.

Excellent food and service as usual

Excellent quality food. Fresh ingredients and very tasty. Service is efficient and courteous. This is a very attractive venue for breakfast , lunch or just drinks during the day.

Excellent quality food. Fresh ingredients and very tasty. Service is efficient and courteous. This is a very attractive venue for breakfast , lunch or just drinks during the day.

Wonderful Sunday lunch again at the Dukes!

I had fish & chips and it was super: cruncy and good flavor. The Sunday roast were also very attractive. Good service and clean site. Nice area also to sit outside

I’ve had many lovely meals here but the coconut broth with tofu on Sunday was disappointing. Not a great taste (not bad but poor compared to others I’ve tasted) but very poor value at £13.95 plus £5 for the tofu for something which is little more than starter size. Usually the food is good, the service is always great but I can’t recommend this particular dish as value for money

Fabulous Sunday lunch, cauliflower cheese delicious. Could do with sharper knives on the cutlery. Staff very good. Always look forward to our visits.

Excellent well cooked food - we enjoyed a Sunday lunch which unusually also included a vegan option. Highly recommended!

Really nice, helpful staff and good meal. Thank you for a fun Sunday lunch.

Spent a lovely afternoon at The Barn having coffee and cake with a friend. The staff were very friendly, excellent service and the very generous slice of cake was delicious too.

Visited here to eat on Saturday 21/01/2026. Booked in advance to be sure of a table for our party of four. Were given a great table in the window. Food was served very quickly and was excellent. The atmosphere and service was very good. I didn't feel that it was too expensive and was certainly happy that I received value for money. I have visited The Owl in the past and will definitely do so in the future!

Excellent food Excellent service

Great food and service as usual. It is advisable to book, as always busy even midweek.

Food and service 10 out of 10. Very noisy and a bit cold.

Visited on 16/2/26. Food was good for the most part but when I asked the man that cooks the steaks for medium rare steak he shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes. That part I can get over I guess but basic manners would be nice. Not a single plate was removed from our table so we moved them ourselves onto the table next to us which were then rapidly taken away as that was a clean and set table. Later on when I took my children over to the “chocolate fountain” if you can call the dribble of chocolate a fountain, we found a boy roughly 12/13 with his tongue in the fountain of chocolate. Of course his parents should be teaching him better but when I raised the problem to a waitress she couldn’t care less. Obviously we couldn’t eat from there after that. On leaving we headed up to the ladies which were vile! 5 cubicles, 1st one is out of order, 2nd was full to the top with tissue, 3rd no lock and no toilet paper, 4th full of faecal matter and 5th no lock and no toilet paper. Surely for a restaurant as busy as you there should be sufficient paper and cleanliness. Absolutely revolting toilets, crappy staff attitude, unsupervised children left to lick the chocolate fountain… not the birthday we had in mind!!