Blackwater Bistro - Maldon

We visited the Blackwater Quay today with family. 6 adults and 4 kids. The service and food were excellent. I had the fish and chips it was superb. My daughter in laws ploughman’s was huge. It was also good value for money.

Another lovely lunch at the Blackwater Quay. The garden is looking lovely and the food good. My two visiting friends were really impressed. It would have been a 5 but just a couple of niggles. We picked up menus and no one mentioned no fish was available. We were at the far end of the garden so I had to nip back for new choices as we'd all opted for fish. When food arrived, we hadn't been reminded that cutlery and condiments were in the bar so off I went again. Small things that didn't affect a great lunch though. Really great work done by the new team there

Absolute top notch cooked breakfast. The food was delicious and hot with really good ingredients, local sausages and bacon, perfectly cooked eggs and lovely hash browns. They have a seriously professional coffee machine and my decaf was great. The service was so friendly too.

We have now visited the restaurant for the breakfast on a Sunday morning and the fish and chips on Wednesday evening and thoroughly enjoyed both occasions, food was first class, the restaurant lovely and the staff friendly and welcoming, I look forward to trying one of the Thursday theme nights soon.

I rang up to ask about fitting in a large group in and they were very accommodating. Set table up in the bar which we asked for. Lady behind the bar was lovely and welcoming. We ordered our food with a man and all the food came out looking amazing and tasted amazing. But one thing let them down. We asked about 3 of the same side with our Oder. Only one came out and the man said we only ordered one. We did order 3 but it wasn’t too much of a problem and was going to ask for 2 more of the same side, but the man serving us became very argumentative. Saying he took the order he should know and adamant we only ordered one. He seemed to be fairly angry about it. We then told the man it doesn’t matter we will make do. We were very shocked with how he became confrontational over it. As much as the food was lovely, this has put us off a bit. Can’t fault the ladies in the bar, they were lovely.