The Pier at Harwich
Harwich, Essex
Good Hotel Guide Review
You can sit on the terrace at the Milsom family’s hotel overlooking harbour and estuary, and watch supper being landed. There is such a sea-going feel about Harwich, this year celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers’ Mayflower voyage, captained by local man Christopher Jones. Bedrooms, in the main Victorian building and the former Angel pub, range from smallish to the Mayflower Suite with seating area and telescope. They have a king-size bed, ‘quality tea and coffee’, fresh milk in a minibar, posh toiletries, but may feel slightly ‘corporate’. Soundproofing could be better. The young staff are ‘willing, open in manner’. A Gin Library and small plates are found in the NAVYÄRD bar, while in the first-floor brasserie with ‘industrial lamps, leather banquettes, an attractive exposed-brick wall’, the menu includes Colchester oysters, Harwich crab; feather blade of beef, Parmesan polenta, hispi cabbage, red wine jus, salsa verde. Breakfast, served by a ‘lovely, bustly woman, quick with jokes’, brought ‘expertly fried egg, avocado at peak ripeness’ for a Guide insider – for others, maybe, smoked haddock rarebit, or omelette with San Daniele ham, smoked Cheddar, rocket.
Hotel details
Address
The Pier
Harwich
Essex
CO12 3HH
England
Telephone
01255 241212
Bedrooms
14. 7 in annexe, 1 on ground floor suitable for disabled.
Open
all year.
Facilities
bar, lounge (in annexe), restaurant, private dining room, small lift, free Wi-Fi, in-room TV (Sky, BT, Freeview), civil wedding licence, balcony, small front terrace; restaurant, bar wheelchair accessible.
Background music
in the bar.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms, bar, lounge.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B £135–£300. À la carte £35.
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