The best pub in north east essex. Great soup and pub food and a superb range of real ale…read more Deservedly popular with people from all walks of life and friendly staff. Just what a pub should be.Some live music as well. Fantastic!!!

Stayed 3 nights at a reasonable rate, especially as it was the Sea Celebration weekend.The landlord…read moreBob and landlady Trish were lovely. The breakfast huge and very tasty. It's a real local with some noise but that's because it's friendly and people enjoy going there.! We enjoyed it and will certainly return . Sue Hardman

What a lovely hotel and restaurant in Harwich. Spent a few nights here in room 2. Very comfortable…read morebedding with nice space and a beautiful view of the pier. Highly recommended. Just a note, no ac however that's standard in most Europe and England hotels. Their restaurant on the first floor is fantastic. Had managed all three meals over the course of days. Photos are some of the great options they offered. Their chef and waitstaff was great during my stay. Very accommodating for allowing me motorcycle parking as well close by. They also have a private parking area for their hotel.

Having escaped Volcano-induced entrapment in Germany and made it by train and boat to Harwich, this…read morewas an excellent place to recover some humanity. Sunday lunch at the Pier was the perfect counterpoint to a weekend of railway couchettes and ferry chips. The menu, a reassuringly short one with a fixed price in the 25-30 pound range for 3 courses, had a great selection of locally-inspired seafood dishes with a sprinkling of meatier offerings. I had the dressed crab to start, beautifully presented but resonant of childhood seaside holidays in its simplicity. For main I chose a Venison and Hare pie cooked with a wonderfully rich Madeira gravy. Other members of my family enjoyed a range of fish dishes including skate, plaice and cod. One of the high points, though, was my desert - a bramley apple and apricot fool served with two deep fried apricot and almond doughnut fingers. It had a fine balance of the sharpness of the fruit with the sweetness of the pastries and the creamy richness of the fool. Very nice. The building itself has been very nicely renovated and is one of the better examples of the trend in British gastro-pub design towards natural wood floors, plain painted walls and simple, modern furniture. Table linen and elegant but simple glass and china reinforce its status as a fine restaurant rather than just a pub with pretensions. The decor also incorporates some nice reflections on Harwich's storied nautical past with classic ferry advertisements and modern nautically-themed original artworks. All in all, a very pleasant spot for a family Sunday lunch.