Nautical-themed Essex hotel & restaurant

• Grand Dame: This harbourfront hotel has arguably the best setting in the town of Harwich, with a magnificent view across the water. The hotel occupies an elegant building from 1860 and the pub next door, both thoroughly modernised after an extensive renovation: comfortable bedrooms have stylish linens and nautical touches, the bar and restaurant have been given a fabulous facelift, and there’s an outside terrace for watching the ships come in when the sun’s shining.
  
  
• Award-winning dining: The hotel’s Pier Restaurant has been awarded two AA rosettes and is one of the area’s best eateries, with a focus, as you’d imagine, on seafood. Local oysters, mussels, Harwich lobster and crab accompany hearty meat dishes - like succulent sirloin steaks - and delectable veggie options on a menu to suit all palates. The desserts are also worth saving room for. The floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor overlook the magnificent harbour.
  
  
• Try a tipple: The hotel’s revamped NAVYÄRD bar gives off cool East London vibes, with Scandi-style influences and a terrace overlooking the working harbour. As well as small plates (perfect for sharing), the bar has a lengthy list of Prosecco-based cocktails, cask ales, craft beers and an impressive gin library of more than 150 different gins. It’s popular with locals as well as visitors, giving it a very firm Harwich stamp of approval.

Entry requirements

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