General Chat

Hi Sharron, try HIGHDOWN carvery. on the road between Littlehampton& Worthing. Midweek, £6 something verygood

"The clientele in any establishment in central Braintree are never going to be anything other than rough around the edges, and this place certainly does not buck that trend."
(Trip Advisor)

If it befalls you to visit Braintree and you are looking for a decent place to eat at any price then hard luck. Once a small and busy market town Braintree is nearly entirely surrounded by ring roads and by passes while the town centre such as it is denies access by car. Sainsbury is easy to access though... Most of the population live in the developer housing estates which encircle the town all built in some kind of faux Essex style. There is a Weatherspoons in Fairfield Rd converted from the old Embassy cinema ( it has the original name of "the Picture Palace" ) next door to the old police station. It has a decent pint of beer and good value steak at least.

Ah, Braintree, home of 'Cholesterol Corner' (near Freeport), a waypoint marker for us when visiting rellies. There do seem to be endless roundabouts in that area.

Even Wetherspoons vary. (even the same one on different days). We have three we go to near us, all are usually good but we have had indifferent meals in each of them. We do avoid the Gloucester one if Gloucester are playing rugby at home. do like their Ham, eggs and chips.

I too had never visited a Carvery until this year.

I met up with Susan NZ, Cooper and Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend. I was pleasantly surprised.

Decent food and well priced.

:-)

my son delivers microwave meals to resterants and says you would be surprized at the resterants and pubs that have themloads of chains and posh places even ones with 5 stars and celebity chiefs

if you ask to look at the kitchens they have banks of microwaves in them

sally w <3

In the early seventies when we lived in Southampton we used to invite my mum & dad over and take them to the Berni Inn, which was at the junction of Portswood Rd and Welbeck Ave. We used to have delicious meals and the restaurant was always cosy and the service good :-)

I remember Berni Inns, they were good. I used to enjoy going to Bella Pasta but they went downhill, and I walked out of one of the ones in Norwich because of poor service.


Going tonight to Brewer's Fayre, I managed to get a table at 6.15pm, as the girl told me they had two large parties in at 7pm, one of 35 and one of 19. I can't imagine how they will get all those meals out without one person finishing theirs as another starts lol

Must make sure we get our order in first

Lizx

Goodness Liz. How can they justify booking in such huge parties on one night, unless they increase their kitchen and waiting staff. And it will be soooo noisy too. Hope you get your meal ok.

There used to be a roadside chain called AJs which were excellent. Their food and service were far,far superior to Little Chef but that's not really difficult anyway!

We were in the Chichester one when a coach party came in, not even pre-booked. The manager, a consummate professional, turned it round in twenty-five minutes.

ann

they just zap the ready meals in microwaves all done in no time

sally w <3

I remember Berni Inns .......

...... my brother liked them, and insisted on taking us to at least 2 when we were visiting the UK in the mid-1970s