Monday, August 31, 2026

  1. A narrow, rustic little restaurant tucked among the shops of a charming Essex seaside town, run with the kind of warm, engaged energy that makes a small room feel genuinely welcoming. The menu shifts with the clock: tasting menus after dark, a set lunch by day, and a roast on Sundays. Creative, visually arresting food with a quiet emphasis on provenance and wellbeing. Plant-based options run through every format, no special pleading required.

    One honor, in evidence:

    The record strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 69

    How we score

    The dishes from the writeups

    Tasting menu only. The dishes change too often to put on record.


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