One of the better food options in Basildon. Ok food. It's fast since it's primarily a small scale…read morelimited "buffet" Choose your carved meats and then slide to choose your sides and the. Either a vegan or regular gravy. Go heavy on the gravy trust me. The Brita around you will have plates doused in gravy just follow their lead. They also have a began/vegetarian carvery available

Poor food and rubbish service. Over cooked and priced for what you get. Could do with cleaning more…read morefrequently

Breakfast Review -…read more This is the first time I've attended for breakfast at beefeater before and I wasn't disappointed. Following on the trend, they have wowed me with their unlimited breakfast offerings along with a speedy service. Not only that, but to add slight twists such as American pancakes and flapjacks were a great element that tied me in. This meant I could fuse my fry up and also have my bacon pancakes too! With a great selection from the menu such as traditional bacon, sausages, eggs, tomato etc, the food was freshly cooked and tasted great. Would definitely try again!

We walked in the this fine establishment and at first we had no service, but we were quickly picked…read moreup and shown where to sit. The place was busy and friendly with lots of families, small kids and big kids like me. Simon was a very nice gentleman looking after us both under trying circumstances with my mum(my mum had read this and refused to take me back hahahaha). I ordered the mixed grill without beer rings and they were very accommodating. Unlimited soft drink option is available, my mother had the Sirloin steak well done. 10 mins later the first was upon us..... my mix grill was fantastic apart from the optional rump steak that was a little under done than the asked medium(I can live with that). My mothers steak was under cooked also and had to be taken back for a second go as it start to moo a little bit. Simon was very understanding and had sorted this out for my patient mother. The food was great and the redone Sirloin was out of this world and melted in the mouth. Desert was amazing Rocky road Sundae!! Simon you have been a star thanks so much for everything!

This is my local bakers. It offers breakfast rolls and sausage rolls. A favourite with the local…read moreworkmen. I tend to go in when I fancy a fresh cream scone. Sometimes I might have only gone round to get a paper, but the window display temps me in or the smell of bacon cooking. The local school children use this bakers at lunchtime. The staff are polite and friendly. A nice bakers with a lovely selection of fresh loafs and cakes.

Located at the festival leisure park this is always my first choice when visiting the area. The…read moremenu is varied (obviously all Italian) but there are pastas, pizza's, salads and meat dishes. The atmosphere in here is very good as they have Italian music playing and the kitchen is visible from the dining area so you can see the chef's cooking up a storm. The place is always busy so a reservation is a must. There is a good bar area if you are waiting and I would definitely recommend the 'woo woo' cocktail. I have always found the staff to be efficient and friendly. I have visited this restaurant with friends and children and they provide the children with a mini colouring book and crayons which is excellent to keep the young ones occupied. Great atmosphere and great food for a good price.

I had the spaghetti marinara and it was awful! It wasn't seasoned and the sauce tasted like the…read moretomato sauce found in a tin of spaghetti hoops! However the waitress was lovely, as was my cocktail! I would go back but next time I'll stick to a pizza or something else which doesn't require the cook to actually be any good at cooking!!

What a kind, thoughtful, attentive staff they have here! I cannot recommend them enough. My mum…read morestruggles walking and everyone took great care of her, and of all of us, honestly. The front desk lady was really helpful, changing us from a booth table to a more accessible table for my mum, and then helping her to walk to there. The waiter was awesome, checking everyone's order, making sure we were happy with what we had (which we were) and always there when we needed him. The food was lovely I'm vegan and was able to get a salad starter from the buffet style bar, and a really nicely made beyond meat burger. Mum got scampi and chips, dad got the mixed grill and all were tasty. I highly recommend this restaurant, for the quality of food, the staff and the reasonable prices.

Decent wait, as ever on a Sunday, when there seemed to be empty tables but were dirty…read more Fodd was simple, yet tasty.

I love a Harvester, there are quite a few to choose from but the one at the Rayleigh Weir has a…read moregood vantage point when you are travelling between Southend and Rayleigh. Take the slip road off of the A127. Has a large free car park. Reserved disabled bays at front entrance. A lovely new building with good access and plenty of dinning area. Some tables on a 'ledge' so watch out for step as I know to my cost! A help yourself salad cart, goes with your choice from the menu. Currently offering earlybird of £4.99 (Jan 09). If using the bus, access can be gained from other end where the BP garage is located.

One of the poorer harvestors i ha e been to . Food was standard but service was slow . In fact the…read morestaff were more intested in gossiping than serving customers .

So I came across Mangetout on instagram a few months ago and was impressed with how the food…read morelooked. After reading the reviews and hearing about it some more, We decided to make a day trip if it from London to Southend-on-Sea and see if the food lived up to the hype. Oh boy, the pictures don't do the food justice. Firstly, this is one of the very few places where the food actually looks like the picture!! So my hubby ordered the rib tips for a starter, daughter had the shrimp starter and I had the brisket end starter. We were bowled over by how delicious the starters were. The shrimp was crispy and just plain gorgeous, we've never tasted better, honestly. Just he shrimp alone made the trip worth it. The rib tips and brisket ends were also amazing. So yummy. For our mains, were we glad we'd starved before coming! Hubby had the manwich, massive sandwiches, never seen bigger honestly and he said they were sooo good. Sandwiches came with chips and coleslaw and he demolished the lot to the shock of the waiter lol. My daughter had hickory smoked ribs and that came with corn on the cob, salad, coleslaw and chips. The meat off the rib just literally fell off the bone. It was so delicious and so full of flavour that even she managed to eat most of it. I had the Almighty burger...there are just no words to describe the awesomeness of this beast. It also came with chips and slaw and it was fantastic I ate it all. The portions here are HUGE and we didn't need to eat anything else all day... Apart from dessert coz honestly we'd come all the way, why not have dessert hey? The dessert was amazing, everything was amazing. We were so full at the end, thank God the restaurant is right by the sea and pier so we had a long walk site seeing to get the food down before going back home. We are certainly returning to taste all the other stuff on the menu! YUMMY!!!!!! Service was really good and the music and drinks were excellent

Ive been here twice. First time was good, but very slow service. Steak was good, not great value…read more Prawn entrée was above average. 2nd time again service was slow even though I pre-ordered. As it took so long I then asked for it to be takeaway...They then charged service...Not sure what for. Mama's ribs coating was too thick and to be honest not very nice. Perhaps they messed up the recipe? Meat itself was very good, but I struggled to remove as much of the coating as possible. Sweetcorn overcooked. Staff seemed ingenuine...Atmosphere is pretty good, but pretty poor value and food is hit and miss. The place across the road is the opposite. Humble, delicious and well priced.