Peter Boat Inn, Leigh-on-Sea

my son and I ordered the childrens lasagne and the hunters chicken when the dish arrived my chicken was luke warm smothered in bbq sauce covered in a thick layer of cheese that had melted then gone cold and set on the chicken it was awful but even worse was the childrens lasagne that arrived in a pudding bowl and was all mashed together and looked like baby food and the garlic bread was burnt. When I tasted it all I could taste was flour!! I complained to the manager and he said it was very unusual for people to complain about the quality of food at the Peterboat and I find this very hard to believe surely getting food out hot is a basic requirement in a restaurant and this was not achieved. The food was dire. My advise would be dont waste your money. In fairness the manager did not charge me for the inedible childrens meal.

Visited the Peterboat with the kids yesterday (3 June 2010-really nice sunny day) who got really excited about a "foot-long hotdog" on the main menu (not the children's menu) and so I treated them! The hotdog was not your standard "hotdog"...it was a sausage! It was smothered in barbeque sauce (which neither child liked)! It had a side salad with coleslaw (salad smothered in salad dressing which meant they wouldn't eat the cucumber) and worst of all, there wasn't a chip in sight! So all in all...I paid just under £16 (£15.90 to be exact) for two "hotdogs"! Disaster...and oh boy, did it disappoint!

Totally overpriced. Drinks food everything. Service not brilliant either. Cheaper to go out in the City of London!

We have our own seafood restaurant on an island on the west coast of Scotland and we went to Old Leigh last Monday (8th March 2010) because I wanted my Scottish Husband to experience Old Leigh. We asked one of the people working at the cockle sheds which would be the best pub to go to for lunch and he recommended the The Peter Boat at Old Leigh. We find it difficult to eat out because we have our own restaurant and we are so picky....I can't remember the last time we enjoyed eating out......but we were DELIGHTED. The food was wonderful; it had great integrity and they obviously care, the service was wonderful and the prices were wonderful. I very much hope that we get the opportunity to return in the future. You would be mad not to go there!!!

Since this pub changed hands mid 2009 - admittedly it used to be awful and I would never visit - it has had a complete turnaround. Increased (and more efficient) staff numbers, fresh, good food and larger selection of wine, which now actually comes chilled! The outer area has been refurbished too and it is a thoroughly good place to eat and drink now

I thought the service was slow as a wet week, the food dreadful, filthy toilets, overpriced drinks, rickety, sticky, weatherbeaten furniture (inside and out).

Considering the area it is located in (Old Leigh) is one of the pretiest in the area I'd think this place would try a bit harder but I thought it was truly truly dreadful.

Peter Boat Inn is the epitome of a bad-taste Essex Pub. Loud, brash, dirty, and full of slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging yobs intent on causing trouble. This place is a blight on Old Leigh, and should be closed down.