Reviews in Essex

Lovely breakfast as usual - pancakes delicious. Great setting with a fab buzz about it. Staff lovely, food lovely, setting lovely...what more can I say.

Great place, and friendly service. Love your scones and cakes. I would love to have a choice of your home made soups that you used to offer. Not sure about your main meals. Had the platter this week, but was very messy to eat. Your Sunday lunch is the best ever. Keep up the good work x

Excellent as usual . Our favourite place for breakfast . Lunches are also very good , especially Sunday lunch .

Food was very nice. When being served it was always friendly and polite but it was slow at times.

Our favourite local restaurant. Great location and staff. Always busy and buzzy but what about the food ? The menu shrinks on each visit. Bring back the wonderful salads and omelette's . A soup in the winter. Choice is extremely limited !

l am a very regular visitor! But the new menu was disappointing, rather generic, no dishes of the day, very bread oriented. l had the Buddha bowl, my favourite, but sadly not as good as previously!! The staff, as always, are delightful. If the menu remains the same, l don’t think I’ll be visiting as regularly, which will be a huge shame, as The Barn is my go to place!

Went for lunch, really accommodating for a disabled friend. Great service. I love the mixing of breakfast and main menus. Definitely our go to place for lunch.

We visited on 28th January. Our drinks came quickly, but our food did not arrive. Our daughter asked about it, & on checking, it had not been done. Without us asking, we were told that all our drinks would not be charged for, and offered more. when our food came it was lovely, and it was appreciated about our free drinks. Thank you. We have been before, & will visit again.

Breakfast on Sunday 28.1.24. first visit of 2024. Been here too many times to mention. Always greeted with a smile, food excellent every time. Would definitely recommend.

Brilliant place loved it

Excellent food and service Waiting staff are attentive but not all over you . With a mixture of roast dinners and vegetarian meals all being great the food was excellent

A new menu yesterday! Initially a bit disappointed by the lack of choice and no dishes of the day , but that could have been due to first day after new kitchen fit. The ham eggs and potato terrine was delicious . The Buddha bowl not as nice as had previously .. sorry! Will be back though ! The staff are always lovely and helpful . One thing though the last 2 visits we have felt really cold round the legs in the restaurant , I think having the door open is the problem .

As always, staff very welcoming, nice atmosphere and good food. My only dislike is the cutlery especially the knives! However, that doesn't put me off going!

Always have a brilliant time at Stoked - the food is amazing, you get big portions too so good value for money and it has a great atmosphere. Also hands down the best selection of no/low alcohol beers in Southend! Billy is so passionate about what he does too and his enthusiasm is infectious - I always leave with a big smile on my face!

Came in last night with my Mum. Lovely chilled evening with excellent food and great service. Chef was cooking and serving - fully one man band and couldn’t fault a thing. Brilliant drinks and food. Wasn’t my first visit and won’t be my last.

Lovely cosy evening catching up. Food was good as was he service and the atmosphere. Perfect evening thank you.

Best food I’ve ever eaten, top notch service, amazing atmosphere, such a great little place that’s so underrated

We visited Grumpys after going to the theatre. The diner is very nice and the kids loved it. We all thoroughly enjoyed the food, the service was great and staff were very nice and friendly. The Philly Cheese went down a treat and the Curly fries and Ribs were great. Not a morsel left.