Anchor at Walberswick Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very friendly, but I did find the service frustratingly slow at points."
• "The staff team were all very friendly without being overbearing."
• "The service at the Anchor is also excellent and everyone is real friendly, we will return."
• "The staff were really friendly and the service very good."
• "The staff were so so friendly and professional, I would highly recommend this pub to anyone visiting the area."
• "The staff were incredibly polite and helpful, couldn’t have asked for more."
• "The staff were wonderfully friendly, informative, and genuinely enthusiastic about their menu!"

Cons:

• "They rushed my 80-year-old father when he was trying to choose food and wine."
• "Staff were posh boys and girls on their summer hols and not that interested in the customer experience."
• "Perfunctory almost aggressively efficient service."
• "However appalling ‘service’ from Jane who was so rude to us that, had we not known you all, we’d have walked out immediately."
• "Having booked a restaurant table in advance, no one greeted us on arrival even though 2 staff members were standing by the bar unoccupied."
• "We waited over 20 minutes for a disgruntled bulldog faced member of the service staff to take a drinks order."
• "A member of staff rudely and very aggressively accosted her demanding to know what she thought she was doing??"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing - loved the mackerel fillets in masala paste and the oysters were unforgettable."
• "Visiting from London and was expecting basic pub fare but the food was of restaurant quality."
• "Wonderful food and attentive friendly service."
• "The food was very tasty."
• "The food was delicious, maybe a little on the pricey side but it's to be expected and wasn't too bad."
• "Friendly intelligent service returned one of the best plates of fish (cod steak) and chips I've eaten."
• "The food was excellent a little pricey but worth it."

Cons:

• "I bet you have never seen a burger like that before, between 2 slices of tiger bread. The dressing and salad for the burger were not nice."
• "The only option was roast pork, no beef or chicken. The portion size was good but nothing was seasoned, the gravy was watery and flavourless, veg mediocre and generally just really disappointing."
• "Paid £17 for a roasted courgette with some cous cous in it, compared with huge portions of fish and chips and other meals at the same price."
• "The hummus was overpriced considering the size of the portion and the stingy amount of chips."
• "Imaginative menu let down in the execution, the day we visited."
• "Had a great meal here 3 nights ago so returned again but my wife had a poor Crab Linguine."
• "The vegetarian option felt like an afterthought - only one option on the dinner menu and it was quite bland."

Accommodation and Location

Pros:

• "The staff, the accommodation, the location, the food and the overall ambience combined to result in myself, my wife and our 2 children (and the dog!) have a fantastic week!"
• "Large car park and plenty of outside seating areas, front and back of the property."
• "These eco-friendly rooms are wonderful, with a big comfy bed, seating area with sofas and a flat-screen TV, a luxurious bathroom and large dressing table."
• "It's a great location and the rooms look lovely, online."
• "A lovely pub with a couple of outside areas. It is close to the beach and inlet for crabbing."
• "The rooms are really warm, comfortable and private - it's so quiet you'd never know you were staying in the ground of a busy pub and restaurant."
• "The accommodation was close to the sea and very smart and comfortable."

Cons:

• "The Chalets very roomy, in need of a little TLC and spruce up."
• "Overpriced room for what it was."
• "The let down was the room. We had 2 dogs and the room was too small for us."
• "The only table in the corner with ketchup and grease stains, food around the table with a plant pot with a half-dead plant in it."
• "Unfortunately, sitting in a tent on a park bench, with a dead plant on the table, wasn't quite the Birthday treat I had in mind."
• "Basic room. Asked staff to sort tv out. Finally, a nice young member of staff sorted it 4 us the night b4 we left. Also asked 4 a light bulb 2 b fitted. Never happened. Room unclean."
• "Dining was in a marquee, to the side of the pub, which was pretty shabby, seating and tables not great either."