Tollesbury Marina Cruising Club

Just back from a lovely camping weekend. Not knowing rural Essex this place was a lovely surprise. Magical landscape of marshes and boats. Peaceful flat field that allowed a campfire. EHU. Yes, it's a bit of a trek to the facilities but it was a small hardship.... had a good cooked breakfast on the Saturday morning in the restaurant. Staff member on was really friendly. Will be back

We stayed here for couple of nights this week on the Segas annual east coast cruiseMarina easy to find, have to aware of tides as the is a bar to cross.Easy finger birth with power and water. Marina dries out but with 1 metre keel we were still afloatClub house with superb food try the bartered skate it’s out of this world probably the best fish and chips ever watched England in semi final Staff service was supreme thank youFacilities ok. but would like more space in shower cubicles Overall a great place to visit with or without boat

If we had the time or the energy then yeah we would schlep up to London and go to the theatre plus dinner etc but lets face it toddlers are exhausting! This place is amazing for some real restaurant feel, nice ambience, friendly staff and most importantly fabulous tasty food (inc fishy fishy options, nom nom nom! . With that lovely tinkle of rigging-on-masts coming from the adjacent marina if you close your eyes and think warm thoughts you could almost be in the mediterranean. Keep up the good work guys and thanks for a lovely night off. See you soon.

Years ago I kept my boat in Tollesbury marina and I thought I'd take a friend to see the place and possibly have a drink in the bar. We found ourselves looking at the menu which seemed very appealing and decided to have lunch; I'm very glad we did ! The food was excellent and served rapidly despite a large party also eating in the restaurant. The food is largely, but not exclusively, seafood and offers quite a wide range of choice. Our starters and main courses were so good we've already arranged with friends to take them there !The view over the harbour is attractive and peaceful , there's plenty of parking at the rear of the building and also the opportunity to do a coastal walk before or...

Positives: Camp site doesn’t have that many pitches so not too busy Guy who checked us in was very helpful Harbour restaurant food does takeaway and food was very tastyImprovement areas: Camp site is too expensive for the facilities provided. It is £30 a night to stay here on weekends peak season. We have stayed in much better conditions for £15 a night with stunning views. Facilities need to be modernised and basics provided (eg one toilet didn’t even have a toilet brush! Toilets are quite a walk from the camp site Needs to think about more dog friendly options as those with dogs can’t eat indoors in the restaurant (not good if it rains , can’t use swimming pool or the small beach. I do und...

I can only suggest that you phone in advance to check 1: they are open (do not take any notice of their opening hours) 2; they haven't run out of all beer and 3; they are doing food. It started so well again but hasn't taken long to go back to utter chaos. On two weekends they run out completely of all draft beer and larger (one being the bank holiday weekend). They seem unable to cater for more than five people and are so inconsistent when it comes to having to book or not. They only do a summer and winter menu which to say the least is limited in choice so you would expect it to be both consistent in size and quality which it most definitely is not. sometimes they close early sometimes the...

Slightly unfairly, the HJarbour View Restaurant does get reviewed with the campsite. I will review seperately.We visited in August during the Covid 19 debacle. The staff were very friendly and set up well to cope with the rules on Covid. We sat outside as the weather was good and we had our Dog with us (Dog's not allowed inside the restaurant but, are welcome outside The menu is predominantly seafood based but, had something for all.The waitress took our order swiftly and the food appeared very quickly. it looked cracking and it tasted delicious. I had Haddock Chips the Haddock was really fresh and was nice chunky white flakes of fish and not greasy at all. The batter was really crispy and l...

We visited on Saturday 9th September for drinks and lunch with a very dear friend. Having enjoyed a lunch last summer when under a different management we decided to return. We sat outside in the sunshine which was lovely. My husband asked for menus and when we had selected I went to the bar to order. You can imagine how surprised I was when told if I hadn't booked I wouldn't be able to have food as 2 parties were due in! I asked the member of staff to check with the chef as to how long a wait it would be. She didn't seem keen to ask stating as I hadn't booked it wouldn't be possible. When I insisted she reluctantly went to ask returning to say definitely no way we could have food for 3 gues...

Its actually shocking that this campsite promises so much, offers so little and gets away with it.Firstly, the cost is £34 per night. Compared to a site nearby, offering beautifully manicured lawns, heated bathrooms, wifi throughout and a 24 hour warden on site, all with a similar cost, I thought Tollesbury would offer similar options.On their ukcampsite listing Tollesbury offers the following Wifi Disabled friendly Sea views. Recycling optionsNone of this is true. Wifi is only provided at the restaurant which is nowhere near the campsite The campsite is not disabled friendly. The toilets and showers are a very long walk away, in the restaurant and can only be accessed by climbing several st...