The Haywain - Speisekarte

The Brantham Bull

➤ The Street, Babergh, United Kingdom, CO11 1PN

Speisekarte • Meat • Steak • Salads • British

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"We are so lucky to have such a fantastic pub/restaurant on our doorstep!! We are blessed locally to have a lot of pubs in the local area, but none come close to the food, atmosphere and friendly staff at The Bull. Dog friendly bar area and upper restaurant seating area, and dog free restaurant over looking the rolling fields towards the river stour (which is amazing in the summer). In the summer time you get the opportunity to sit on their large patio or garden with some of the best views from a pub garden in Suffolk. There is a 5-a-side goal for kids to play football with, as well as a ground level trampoline. They also have a large permanent marque that you can hire out for weddings, birthdays or just family events, which comes with private garden area for guests."

Marlborough Head Inn, Dedham

➤ Mill Lane, CO7 6DH, Colchester, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Steak • Vegan • British • Vegetarian

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"Stayed on december 9th Saturday. What a lovely, friendly, welcoming place. The room was amazing, very clean and fresh, and the bed was like sleeping on a cloud. Dinner was fantastic, and we had a good choice of vegetarian options. Staff were very attentive and pleasant. Would highly recommend staying here and we are looking forward to a return visit in the future 5 Rooms: 5"

Riverside Fish And Chips

➤ 7 Riverside Ave W, CO11 1UN, Tendring, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Fish • Seafood • British • Fast Food

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"We do love the fish and chips here, please do take Curry Sauce with it, it takes the whole experience to the next level! We were slightly disappointed with our last turn out. Since we were in a rush for a long drive that evening, we called to order 2x Fish and Chips and we've been told it would be done in 20min. After 20min we went there and we find a long queue waiting. We waited for at least 20/25 more minutes. My boyfriend wasn't happy since we arrived quite late on our destination. For the rest I can't complain, they do have good food!"

Lucca

➤ High Street, CO11 1AH, Tendring, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Pizza • Pasta • Italian • European

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"Overall 4/5 My main course which was a seafood pasta came out barely luke warm and when I told the waitress, she apologised and took it back to the kitchen to have it reheated. I specifically said that I'm happy if the kitchen just put it in the microwave to heat it up (I'm not a fussy customer, but would like to have my food hot). When the dish came back out the second time, there was genuinely no difference to the temperature. Being British I just ate the food as by this point my guests were already halfway through their main and I was only just starting! After I've finished the meal, I went up to the same waitress and left her my feedback regarding the dish. She was very apologetic and asked if I wanted to speak to the manager. I didn't want to get anyone into trouble so I kindly declined the offer. When it came to dessert time, I fancied having their special G&T whilst my guests had something sweet. When the drink was delivered, the same waitress said to me that she's told her manager of my experience, she apologised again and said that the G&T was complimentary, as a way of saying sorry. I was pleasantly surprised that they actually did something to rectify this. I thanked her and the manager before I've left and felt a lot better, not because of the complimentary drink but because they acknowledged the issue and found a happy medium to move on from the situation. Overall, it started weak and disappointing but the evening was saved by the floor staff taking their initiatives and tried their best to make things right. Hopefully next time my pasta will be steaming hot, especially with the weather changing now! Kevin"

Mistley Thorn

➤ High St, Mistley CO11 1HE, CO11 1HA, Manningtree, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Kebab • Pizza • Mexican • Seafood

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"As a fan of their sister restaurant [Lucca at Manningtree], we were keen to try The Thorn but sadly, it didn't come up to our expectations. The lunch table I'd booked via email on 11 January had since been reserved for other diners and the staff spent a few minutes trying to re-organise another suitable table for us, despite the fact that we arrived at 12noon prompt and only one other couple were already dining. After sitting at our table with a couple of glasses of Prosseco, we ordered a main course only and it took at least 50mins for this to arrive. We both had the Plaice which was OK but not memorable, although the skin-on fries were tasty and the salad was OK. We enjoyed a couple of large glasses of number 17 [Tin Pot Hut] at £8.45 each. I then choose the Tart of the Day for dessert and my partner had a Vanilla Pot, both of which were OK. However, my pastry was so tough and I had to request a dessert fork to enable me to eat it with the dessert spoon. They clearly don't automatically set the table with both items of dessert cutlery, which should be normal for a restaurant of this standard, despite my initial pleasure at noticing very nice linen napkins at all place settings. The restaurant quickly filled up [well, it was Valentine's Day] but we were surprised that a couple who arrived at the next table to us were given only one menu with apologies from the waiter saying that he was waiting for more menus to be printed! We felt the male member of staff who appeared to be in charge was very poorly dressed in a rather tattie pair of jeans for a restaurant of this quality, although the other waiting staff were nicely dressed, very polite and helpful. All in all, an OK sort of lunch but for £80 [including tip] it was pricey and we'll undoubtedly be heading back to Lucca next time."