Essex Skipper — Restaurant in Tendring

Was so looking forward to having lunch here as chose a booth out side arrived 12.45 for 1pm lunch last Sunday starter's arrived at 1.15 very nice 3 starters ok 4th starter very small then we waited and waited for our roast dinner twice we asked how much longer to be told you are next people who came in after us were being served it was like we were forgotten finally we had enough and went back inside to say this is unacceptable finally the meal came out at 2.40 nearly 1hr 30mins after having starters the Roast was awful roast potatoes were frozen not fresh potatoes broccoli and stuffing were rock hard meat was very dry only decent thing on plate was the Yorkshire pudding we had enough by now 2 meals hardly touched wish we had gone in and complained about the meal but staff were not helpful before hand so just thought lets get out of here we will not be returning

After our bad experience at the skipper we had a phone call from the manager Louise who was very concerned at how we were treated she kindly offered a complimentary meal of which we accepted as it was coming up to my mums birthday we decided to go on that day when we arrived we were taken to our table where there were birthday balloons and banners for my mum which was a lovely surprise we had a lovely meal and Louise and staff really looked after us...

A modern pub, on the edge if the Triangle shopping centre, we stopped for some lunch before retuning home from a day out in Frinton There was ample parking in the attached car park. We were shown to a nice table in a well decorated dining room. The staff were friendly and welcoming, service was quick, even though the pub filled up quickly. The food was very good, I could especially recommend the Steak and Ale Pie, mash and broccoli. They also have a light senior's and children's menu which are extremely good value. I noticed in the outside courtyard there are individual open beach huts with tables and chairs in, all brightly painted in colourful stripes. The ladies facilities were very clean, soap and tissues, all provided. The only fault I could find, which is a minor one, you have to walk through the public bar to access the restaurant. The pub organises events during the year and weekly...

We were quickly greeted and shown to our pre booked table, and orders for food and drinks were taken in a timely manner. Starters arrived promptly hot and tasty, as did the main course, when ordering just 1 dessert it took over 25 minutes to arrive, it appeared to be forgotten about as i did have to ask for it, once he was eventually served his dessert it was served a soup spoon and not a dessert spoon. The lady who served us came across as she did not want to be there and was on her phone behind the bar. From where I was sitting, I could see into the kitchen. Instead of working, someone was around standing, eating most probably why the dessert took such a long time to get to us I went to pay the bill, and when asking for it, I was told they could not print it out as there were no till rolls, so whether I was charged correctly or not, i do not know We will be back again at the moment we...