The Kings Head - Maldon

Not long moved to the area. The Kings Head is in the next village. Had friends visiting so thought we’d book a table as it was a Saturday night. We drove into the village from the direction that we got to the car park first without driving past the pub, It was a bit difficult to navigate how to get inside. As there are a collection of barns and what looks like a disused dirty conservatory. There are no entry signs. We were just going to walk back to the car park entrance to enter from the street when we saw a member of staff. She told us to walk through the conservatory then through the restaurant and she would meet us a the bar. We were given a table in the window which had a lovely view but had a huge tv to the side of it which was really distracting. We ordered drinks at the bar and then went to collect menus as none on the table. We picked two different menus that had similar items on but presented very differently. The menu is not easy to read as it’s a huge choice all crammed onto one side of A4 paper. I’m Dyslexic which for me layout not being starters then a list, mains then a list and deserts then a list is really confusing. The layout is kind of newspaper style. Our order was taken and our starters arrived. The young lady serving us was very nice, smiley and relaxed. One of my friends is rather particular about certain things like minimal water being served from a closed bottle with an empty glass not being poured from a hose into the glass and delivered to the table. The young lady was very good at dealing with her. Even though she could not resolve the issue as the pub didn’t have any bottles of minimal water. My starter was kicking chicken wings which were delicious and melted off the bone. My main was beer battered haddock with chunky chips and a side portion of beer battered onion rings. Again delicious. I didn’t eat it all as the portions are a good size. I wanted to save room for dessert. I had the apple crumble with custard. Again delicious. I had a great evening and really enjoyed my food. I’ll definitely be going back again. Next time I will be mindful of who I’m taking as it’s not a brasserie type establishment that I thought it was.

Had a lovely lunch here after a long walk around the sea wall. Both had haddock and chips which was freshly cooked, super smooth pea puree and tasty tartar sauce. Great service too. Delicious, well worth another visit if we're in the area again

On arrival was greeted by well spoken polite bar man ,, that was very helpful and said get comfortable and would bring drinks to table , we where then greeted by the waitress Amy who took our food order how was so helpful, and polite also ,,, food came out in great time and the chef also must take some credit as really enjoyable food AMAZING LOVED IT ,,, would recommend to anyone ,,,great service great staff great pub restaurant,, will be using again very many thanks dean Sarah

Had a lovely roast dinner, the owner and staff were exceptional, the food was well cooked and presented, a great menu was on offer , I would highly recommend to try the kings head Bradwell , the new chef and owners have really put there stamp on it, 10/10

Nice food, lovely old pub. The service was really friendly.