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About us

The Victory at Mersea is a friendly, family owned pub offering luxury accommodation and great traditional pub food in a beautiful waterfront location at the harbour with panoramic sea views. Our accommodation is rated an Enjoy England 4 Star Inn. Come and stay in one of our 7 waterfront or garden en-suite rooms. Each room is individually decorated in a contemporary style with a personal touch. Our award winning pub and restaurant offers fine casual dining and delicious traditional pub food with a modern touch. The Victory’s menu features locally sourced fresh ingredients including freshly caught fish. We love our Mersea Island location and we enjoy our business, which is reflected in the standards of service and the relaxed, friendly atmosphere. The Times newspaper rates Mersea in its 30 Great British Weekend Getaways and The Victory at Mersea as the place to stay! And we've appeared on Channel 4's Four in a Bed!!.

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AccommodationAllow campervansBeer gardenCar parkDisabled facilitiesDogs allowedFamily friendlyFoodOutside areaReal aleReal fireSmoking areaWiFi freeDartboardLive musicQuiz nightsFootballRugbyTerrestrial TVBIICask Marque

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Reviews

LW

2 months ago

Went to meet a friend for lunch only. Very pleasant people, good food. Great view from gardens.

Hattie Hall

2 months ago

Came to The Victory for a day out with the family and we had the most amazing meal, served by super welcoming and accommodating staff🙌🏼 Love that it is dog friendly so we could bring our little pups and the servers were great with them! Will definitely be coming back!

Deborah Galvin-Law

5 months ago

If I'm honest, I yearn for the days of The Victory 10 years ago. I remember it having a welcoming atmosphere, run by a family who took the time to make conversation with their guests. Since new management, everything is decorated very brown and beige! Room 1 used to have a lovely nautical theme which tied in with what you saw out the window. We ate in the restaurant. The tables looked and felt like they needed a good clean, very sticky! I noticed a member of the restaurant staff quite inappropriately dressed. Dinner wasn't amazing. Breakfast was better although it would be so much nicer considering our family garden room cost £150 to have a selection of jams, croissants, cereals. Garden room had extra guests ...spiders!

tina koeck

7 months ago

Didn't stay at pub but did have lunch with my husband and two grandsons, sat outside which is spacious and with the kids park a blessing, ordered food, I would say my youngest grandson had the best meal and good value for the money, he had fish and chips and peas @£9, however I had a prawn cocktail which I have to say is the worst I ever had, I don't know how they can offer some chopped up lettuce, grated carrot and approx 7 maybe 8 prawns, no lemon, no bread, (should have taken a photo) this was a starter at £12, REALLY. 😲 Would have liked to have given 4 stars.

Jonathan

7 months ago

My second visit to The Victory, this time with the wife and doggy. We only ate on the pub and haven't stayed in the hotel. It was a glorious summer's day after a wet fortnight so I thought it would be very busy even on a Wednesday during the school summer holidays but fortunately it was only moderately busy. The Victory is on the western shore of Mersea Island so away from all the holiday parks and campsites which means the clientele tends to be nicer. This was borne out by the fact that the kids playing on the impressive, big playground structures in the garden area were playing nicely and not being brats. We sat outside at one of the many bench tables and had lunch. I went for the usual fish and chips and my wife had the Squid starter and sticky toffee pudding with ice cream for desert. The food was excellent, the fish was clearly freshly cooked to order rather than being one of a batch being kept warm. The fish was tasty and moist and the batter crisp and crunchy. The chips and peas were spot on. My wife thoroughly enjoyed her food and desert and being a bit of a seafood fiend knows her way around that fayre and said it was lovely. One thing to point out is that you order at the bar and they bring your food to you but it is cooked fresh to order and they do it properly and not rushed so we were happy to sit in the sun and sip our drinks while we waited the 30 minutes for our first dishes to come out and told them when we were ready for the desert. If you fast food or food done fast this isht the place for you. Relax, enjoy the ambience and relish the food.

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Opening Times

Mon12:00 – 23:00
Tue12:00 – 23:00
Wed12:00 – 23:00
Thur12:00 – 23:00
Fri12:00 – 00:00
Sat12:00 – 00:00
Sun12:00 – 22:30
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Good food is at the heart of what we do and we have the awards to prove it! We use the finest local ingredients to create the best in casual dining. Mersea is well known for its seafood and fish, with Mersea Island Fresh Catch, the local fishing co-operative, supplying us with freshly landed fish on a daily basis.

We have put a contemporary touch on traditional pub cuisine, all made on the premises ranging from great steaks and fish and chips, to pies and pasta and on Sundays what we, and many others, say is the best roast lunch on the island. Many of the dishes can be ordered in smaller portions for children or grown-ups with small appetites. All accompanied by great of wines from around the world, along with a selection of well-kept cask beers.

Whether you choose to eat in the restaurant, bar or garden, all with fantastic views over the Blackwater estuary, you can be assured of a great standard of personal service. We serve food 12-3 & 6-9 Monday to Saturday and 12-6 on Sunday. Booking is advised at weekends.

Or if you just want chill out with some friends over a couple of beers or a crisp, cool glass of wine, then our comfortable lounge area with leather sofas is the place for you.

Heverlee 0623
Heverlee 0623