The Harbour View, Bistro & Bar
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Being located in Tollesbury Marina, CM9 8SE, The Harbour View is one of the prettiest places to eat in Essex. With our beautiful views and fresh, home cooked food, The Harbour View is an ideal place to enjoy a hearty lunch or an evening meal while winding down and letting our head chef Joe cook for you.

Joe's menu is always changing so check out our menu page and stay up to date with the new things on offer. Our location allows us to have some of the nicest fresh seafood Essex has to offer and our passion for food means great things when it comes to our seafood dishes. Throughout the week we have different promotions on different days.
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Being a coastal located restaurant we offer a wide selection of seafood dishes. We have brand new, cooked seafood meals to enjoy and our head chef Joe's passion for thinking up new and exciting ways to spice up already tasty food is always good. If you like your seafood from sea to plate then try one of our seafood platters.
Reviews (9)
Maggie Earl
Maggie Earl
Sep 27, 2021
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The food was amazing, we were a party of 8 and had a mixture of dishes; some seafood some not. All were delicious and beautifully presented. Staff were friendly and efficient happy to wait while we dithered over the menu. Definitely recommend.
Sophie De Renzy
Sophie De Renzy
Aug 31, 2021
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We had lunch at this restaurant on Monday 16 August. It looks over Tollesbury marina and has friendly young staff. Whilst my father in law (92) was happy with his haddock and chip special, my husband and I did not enjoy our shared seafood platter. The prawns, cockles, mussels and crayfish were all extremely watery and tasteless, as if they had been frozen. We asked the waitress to check this with the chef and she confirmed everything had been freshly prepared that day or the day before and kept in the fridge overnight. We did not finish the platter, paid up and left but felt increasingly unwell
Keerthi Killy
Keerthi Killy
Aug 01, 2021
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It was delicious, been a long time since I went out to eat and the service was great. Food was given promptly, the waiters were very attentive and it never seemed like there was a disruption during our meal and conversations.
A. Right Touch Of Fishing
A. Right Touch Of Fishing
Jul 01, 2021
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Nice and friendly quick service tasty food beautiful views. Definitely worth a visit and will be going again.
David Cottrell
David Cottrell
Nov 06, 2020
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Disappointing, however the view from Bistro was excellent, but the food was at best just about OK. The fish and chips with mushy peas not good at all because the fish, Haddock albeit frozen (no big deal over that) it was not very nice, the texture was not good either, it was soft mushy and not flakey at all. More like something from the freezer section at a store. Not good for a bistro which advertises its a good fish place by the sea. My steak and kidney pudding was nice, full and filling but overall as a family lunch time, meals for 4, half of us were really disappointed, the other half just
Peter Menter
Peter Menter
Sep 06, 2020
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The Harbour View cafe bistro has an elevated view across the harbour and if there is a very high tide it is reached via a single track lane through the ship yard at the rear of the bistro. The food is Essex pub style but the haddock and chips is great, the seafood platter is mundane.
Devrim Hozman
Devrim Hozman
Oct 03, 2019
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Beautiful place and location. Food was great and people were friendly. Tucked away and peaceful. The only reason I gave 4 stars was because the food is a little on the expensive side and I probably waited 20 minutes stood at the bar just to order food when there were only two other people at the bar. Generally very pleased. Worth a visit even if it's a one off.
Darron Welch
Darron Welch
Sep 10, 2019
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Very pleasant here, we had been recommended by Friends, who had told us about the lovely Roast Dinner.
Unfortunately they don't do Roast in the Summer, but there was a lovely Fish Menu and a lot of Specials!
We had a good meal, bottle of Wine and some Beers and spent a very pleasant lunchtime!
Trevor Anderson Blackwater Locks
Trevor Anderson Blackwater Locks
Oct 22, 2018
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Delicious seafood platter, followed by warm waffle and a latte. Happy, friendly service with a great view over the marina across to Mersea.