Henri's Diner — Restaurant in Maldon

AVOID IF YOU'RE THIRSTY/HUNGRY/WANT TO BE SERVED LIKE A REASONABLE PERSON

I have never written a review about a restaurant before (good or bad), however i felt compelled to write one today. I also apologise for the length of this review.

I have literally visited 'Henris' and having only arrived there 45 minutes ago, left shortly after. We expected the restaurant to be busy, given it offers a carvery (the reason we were going) and considering we were going at 12:45 on a sunday.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by 1 of the the 4 - 6 staff waiting on customers, and the restaurant not busy at all.

Given the amount of space throughout the restaurant, we were seated right at the back and were given 2 menus. After waiting 15 minutes for a staff member to come over, despite numerous attempts and looks to get somebodys attention, I was fed up with being ignored (and being thirsty), and went to the bar to ask to place an order. I was then told to wait for a waiter/tress to come over. When i asked how long, i was told "somebody will be over in a minute" I then returned to my table and waited another 5 minutes before totally giving up.

Given that the staff members were all standing around chatting, rather than waiting on customers, i had lost the will to wait any longer and not wanting to line the pockets of these morons, we left after 20 minutes without even the offer of a drink. I find this absoloutely disgraceful. Shame on you Henri's.

A short walk across the building we went into 'Izumi', and although a little more expensive and not what we ideally wanted on a Sunday, the food and service were 1st class. Worth paying the extra money! Thankfully our sunday wasn't ruined in the end.

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