We had great food, good drinks and a friendly atmosphere.....but oh so long waiting for the food. We were told that none of the food is cooked in advance which caused a delay but it certainly was quite a wait But I shall no doubt...be back at the Alma before long as there's a lot going for it and the food is good!More

Wonderful dinner this early Evening, the starter was excellent endive, walnuts and blue cheese salad followed by cod and chips. Lovely atmosphere as always

This is such an amazing place. The beers are great, the atmosphere is fantastic in both the inside and outside and the staff friendly, quick, fun and great. However, the best is the fantastic food of the pub. The local fishes like the dover sole...and a kind of ray were excellent. This is such a good spot to go in Harwich!More

Shanty was amazing 🤩 Great food great atmosphere great staff a great night had by all of us! Lovely to see the staff and landlord enjoying themselves too A lot of hard work I’m sure but we’ll worth it and looking forward to next year!...Thanks to all at the almaMore

Lunch meal again and as always superb. Food fantastic and staff brilliant and so friendly and helpful. We visit family in Harwich few times a year and always eat at the Alma Inn and always have excellent experience. Definitely recommend.

Excellent as usual. We went for lunch, friendly greeting as soon as we entered. Decided to sit outside, pleasant seating area. Beef and ale pie and pork belly . Very good portions, well presented and cooked. It must be popular, bar was very busy and...food coming out continually. Well done, keep it going.More

The Alma Inn was booked for a cheeky birthday weekend away, it offered sea food, BBQ night, Boats, Sea Side, Beaches and accommodation that essentially was dog friendly enabling me to celebrate getting old with the puppy :) The Alma Inn publicised a BBQ/Steak night...for the Friday night of our visit, this was superb and ticked all the boxes on my wish list, breakfast was top drawer too, like Dinner, the base ingredients were quality, locally sourced and fresh and well prepared, cooked and presented, we had Lobster on our second evening, large, fresh and well prepared and cooked the lobster was delicious, great atmosphere, great room too even if the bath was a little unorthodox, all in all, 11/10 a great place to have been for the weekend.More

This restaurant had been recommended by a number of people and rightly so it seems. Apparently the Southwold bitter was about as good as beer gets and I had a choice between Pepsi (on tap and no thanks) or Diet Coke bottled. We selected the...seafood platter @£50 and I was worth every penny. Half a lobster each, cockles, anchovy, smoked mackerel pate, proper smoke house smoked salmon, gravadlax, shell on prawns, oysters, bread - a really good mix. Everything was wonderful but if I have one teeny gripe, I felt the shell on prawns were not as tasty as they possibly could be. However they were absolutely edible and my husband proved it by scoffing the lot. Add excellent service and you have the perfect lunch!More

Very disappointed after previous reviews. Waited a long time for our meals, our 2 year old toddler was very Hangry, as we're we. When food arrived it was bland had to add lots of seasoning.

I love the atmosphere and the staff, bit of banter, friendly. Love the skate wings with caper butter... only disappointment is not opened until 12noon hehe!

We tried to book a table the night before going but everything went wrong with the link to pay a deposit. We also sent an email and tried phoning but this place is busy. We turned up on the night and explained the issues with...booking as they had no record of my email and they were extremely busy. However the staff couldn't have been more understanding or helpful, they rearranged tables so we could sit and eat. My wife had the lobster which she described as probably the best she had eaten and I had traditional Fish and Chips, the batter was light and crispy and the fish tasted really good, my daughter wasn't particularly hungry so she had a starter and that was a good size to start with. The drinks were good, again my wife thought the wine serve was better than a standard table wine you find in a pub and we were able to bring the dog in too. We were getting the ferry back to Hoek of Holland later that day and it made a perfect end to our holiday.More

Went back to the Alma after a disappointing last visit food service and drinks on this occasion were very good even though they were extremely busy well done One tiny recommendation, I had the spicy crab linguini which was full of bits of dried chilli...this needs changing to fresh chilli as the bits were very hardMore