XO - The Greek

Being a vegetarian I always find it hard to find restaurants that can provide delicious, varied and filling food. At Big Fat Greek Taverna I not only found an array of options to choose from but they also provided gluten free options too. I had meat eaters in my party and everyone was very well catered for - they ordered fish, chicken and steak. They said all dishes were cooked to perfection. Even the side dishes are well prepared, for example the fries are divine not the frozen chips straight from a packet. We even ordered an extra bowl. Lastly the Halloumi fries are to die for! I ate there for 2 evenings and the food did not disappoint on either occasion. I advise you go hungry as all 3 courses are delicious. Make a day of it in Clacton. Daytime by the beach and when you are hungry treat your tastebuds to some truly scrumptious food. I plan to go back again in November.

Appalling food. Poor management. £25 per head. We are here today for Mother’s Day lunch. It was a set menu without any Greek food. The set menu was standard English pub food. Roasts with veg, deserts and/or entree. We both ordered the roast chicken breast. I advised I was gluten free and dairy free. My main arrived - with a Yorkshire pudding on it and an awful overcooked and dried out chicken breast. All the roast veg was room temperature- not hot! I asked for replacement meal - of beef instead. And without the Yorkshire pudding.! Was told to keep my meal and they brought a plate with 2 slices of roast beef. These were ok (but not good). Even worse, when dessert arrived of Gluten free/dairy free brownie it was supposed to come with dairy free ice cream as per the menu description! When it arrived I was then told they didn’t have dairy free ice cream! It’s not like they had run out.. we had arrived at 12pm lunch. The caffeine free coffee was very bitter/tasted like out of date coffee. We won’t be back. Was very disappointed about the awful food, lack of care about dietary needs and they didn’t even offer any compensation!