August 2025 by Jeffrey Soley
Visited on Tuesday, 17th June 2025, after a walk around the basin. It was mid-afternoon, and the bar was dirty and piled with unwashed glasses. The kitchen had closed, and all that was available were bar snacks and drinks. Inside, the bar had a 1970s/80s vibe and is in need of a refurb and probably more staff. Nice outdoor seating, but suggest you stop for a drink and eat elsewhere.
August 2025 by J S
A lovely pub with a lovely location!
August 2025 by s P
Good place to watch the boats and shelter from the rain
August 2025 by Morgan Mad
Went here today with some mates on bikes & in Morgans.
A basic honest pub with good food & ale at fair prices.
Great views of the basin & people watching.
July 2025 by john aldridge
Great bar staff very kind and friendly
July 2025 by David
Big old pub with great views out to the Blackwater and Heybridge lock. Open all through the weekend for visitors and walkers. The beer was decent, with a few choices of ale on tap.
June 2025 by Oliver White
The views and the food are both amazing here.
June 2025 by Louis Burke
We never actually had food so can?t comment , but we rode our kayak to the old shop and had a few beers the staff are lovely and friendly.. I asked if they could had a charger and they they charged my stuff they was more than happy to help really appreciate them all , thank you for an enjoyable afternoon up the canal
June 2025 by dave
A lovely pub with great views across Heybridge Basin.
Great food, great beer, great service and friendly staff
June 2025 by Mark Batten
Great choice of beers
June 2025 by Steve Morris
Didn't eat but service and cold drink was both great ?
June 2025 by Sherri Bennett
A disappointing visit to what?s usually a lovely visit!
Went here today as we visited The Basin for a walk with the dogs. Outside always looks so busy with people stopping for a drink and we decided today to eat. Was told 30 minutes for food which consisted of two main meals off their specials board and a portion of chips. Food turned up 1 hour and 20 minutes later after asking twice how long it would be to be told it was being plated up. The pub was not busy inside and there was not a lot of people eating.
One of our meals was the hunter chicken burger and my husband was looking forward to it but when it arrived on the table he was deflated. It consisted of a piece of chicken in batter that didn?t even fill the bun, a slice of bacon that was mostly gristle with plastic cheese melted on the bottom of the bun. The bun was not even a big burger bun it was a small bap like you get in a kids meal at McDonalds. Very disappointing.
The steak and ale pie though that was also on the specials board was lovely so it wasn?t all bad but this review needed to be given as we were so disappointed.
April 2025 by Mark
Wonderful location shame about the food and service.
April 2025 by Diane Chapple
We eat Here quite often
And this week I asked if they could do me some roast dinners as a takeaway and that was for six of us
Omg What a roast dinner this was
Meat exceptional vegetables totally amazing plenty of variety and cooked perfectly
Home-made Yorkshire puddings, unbeatable roast potatoes again unbeatable home-made Gravy to top it all off
I cannot thank staff and the owners enough for letting me do this. We were there again yesterday and we had the prawn baguette and some garlic mushrooms and a ham baguette and again. Cannot throw anything
Everyone makes you feel welcome. The staff are amazing in fact the whole place is brilliant and we wouldn?t go anywhere else.
Again, thank you all very, very much
Diane Margaret Dave
March 2025 by Ryan X
Good atmospher always welcoming i prefer this pub out if the two it has better views over the sea wall and across the navigation lots of seating outside and along the lock
