East Anglia Restaurant Guide

The name says it all: this purpose-built contemporary restaurant occupies the shell of an old boatyard by the Thames Estuary, and you can gaze out over the river towards Two-Tree Island Nature Reserve from its panoramic glass frontage.

8-13 High Street, Leigh on sea, Essex

'A lovely meal and great value for money' raved one UK Restaurant Guide reader after eating at The Carvery House, a traditional British carvery restaurant in the heart of Chelmsford.

34a Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex

This seventeenth-century village pub is tucked away near Buxhall's 'no sails' windmill. Inside, the Crown manages to combines the virtues of a thriving traditional hostelry (open fires, hop-garlanded beams) with the style of an upmarket gastro pub.

Mill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Situated on the banks of the Chelmer & Blackwater navigation, the aptly named Waterfront Place is a vibrant, family-friendly restaurant.

Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex

There's a lively Mediterranean buzz about this colourful town-centre restaurant, especially when crowds spill out onto the flower-filled terrace and listen to the occasional session of summertime jazz.

48 St John's Street, Colchester, Essex

The big, white, timber-framed building looks just like a traditional market town inn, which is exactly what The Starr at Dunmow used to be.

Market Place, Great Dunmow, Essex

A charming sixteenth-century beamed cottage is the setting for this likeable restaurant, which succeeds in providing 'beautiful food in a beautiful location' deep in the Essex countryside.

Rumbles Cottage, Felsted, Essex

Baumann's Brasserie is very easy to find right in the centre of Coggeshall. The original sixteenth-century, half-timbered building was converted into a restaurant in 1986 by world-renowned Peter Langan, of Langan's Brasserie, together with his young French-trained head chef, Mark Baumann.

4-6 Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, Essex

We are pleased to introduce Benson Blakes Bar & Grill as a new addition to The UK Restaurant Guide for 2010.

88-89 St Johns Street, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk

We are pleased to introduce Cotto as a new addition to The Guide for 2010. A full review will be published shortly.

183 East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire