Leigh Bistro Restaurant in Southend-on-Sea

Great value for money with good quality food, and large portions

Been here a few times for my daughter's birthday as she loves the steak. Wonderful meal and friendly atmosphere. Would definitely recommend and be coming again.🎉😋🍷

Nothing is too much trouble for this family run restaurant. Food and service is outstanding.

The owner was delightful to speak to, food was the best I've had for the price, starters were portioned amazingly and tasted spectacular, main steak was cooked to perfection, and all was perfect. Dessert was possibly the best waffle I've ever eaten in my life, no exaggerating. All around 10/10 would come back every time.

This family run restaurant offers some great food at a reasonable price, and the service is also very good. We had a fabulous evening with great food, good wine and a few brandies to finish.

Great food, great service and great value ,we live in Leigh, so have loads of options when we want to go out for food, but this is always top of the list.

Great service, lovely food, and well priced, we keep going back.

Went here for the fist time yesterday and so happy with the food and value for money. The set menu had a great choice and was delicious! Highly recommend 🤗

Went for the early dinner at 5pm today. Fantastic food and service. All our food was hot and very tasty. Great value for money and excellent service always. Can recommend the pigeon breast starter, the sirloin steak and the nut roast. 👌

Fantastic little restaurant, staff so friendly and amazing and food delicious

Absolute treat of a restaurant, service was top notch, food was absolutely beautiful and so reasonably priced. Many thanks for a special evening guys!!

Leigh is a bit overrated. Bit this place hit the spot with the surf and turf steak.

Great place for a Saturday afternoon brunch. Good menu and lovely staff.

Excellent food, great family service, felt like we was on holiday. Have eaten in multiple Michellin starred ŕestaurants this is right up there. Reminded me of Roast Borough market, with med twist.

Food and staff were amazing, my favourite place to eat in Leigh , all at a very reasonable price.

Initially I had booked for a Friday evening however had to change it last minute to a Saturday evening. The staff were very friendly and helpful on the phone and very accommodating of the change. They managed to fit us in. On arrival the restaurant was full and buzzing - the staff were very friendly and Pedro recognised us from the phone call and was very charming. Pedro and his colleagues provided a wonderful experience and the food was delicious. All of the courses were beautifully prepared and flavoursome. We felt special and well looked after - a family meal with wonderful conversation and laughter - attributed to the atmosphere. My mother - a specialist in making prawn cocktail as a starter for family feasts rated the prawn cocktail the best she had ever had… For the wine I was welcomed to taste samples to choose from. The first red on the menu - 19Cabernet Merlot - wasn’t great (one to take off the menu in my opinion) so we chose the ‘21 Antiguo Fuerte Malbec Mendoza’ from Argentina. Complex tasty wine - a good accompaniment for the red wine. Dishes ranged from Tempura Pork - a ‘sweet and sour pork balls’ style dish with a spicy kick. Delish. The steaks were perfectly cooked, the fish tasted fresh and delicious and desserts were well received. Overall a super place to wine and dine with family and friends and service was comforting and fast despite the fact that the restaurant was full with a 30 yr birthday party celebration going on with a table of about 50 people!!! Highly recommended.

A lovely evening, everything was great! A large group but all ate together. Thank you Peter for wonderful table service

Lovely evening meal and food cooked to perfection. Friendly staff and great value for money.

We came in not long before the kitchen was due to close and was still warmly welcomed, and well looked after. Amazing service and exceptional food.

Impromptu visit this evening, cannot fault this place, prompt and friendly service and great good value menu, will be visiting again soon

Went to Leigh Bistro last night for dinner to celebrate a friend’s engagement 💍 It’s always been one of our favourite restaurants and once again it didn’t disappoint! The breaded sardines starter was delicious. I think it was part of the specials board but I hope it becomes a permanent fixture on the menu 😄 The sea bass has always been my favourite dish and it was the nicest I’ve ever had it. I think they might add garlic butter to it now. It tasted amazing! Lovely bottle of Whispering Angel with the meal, one of my friend’s favourite wines 🍷 Finished off with espresso martinis for dessert! Plus a complimentary limoncello 🍋 Gjovan was so lovely as always, as was the young waitress who was really polite and attentive. Looking forward to the next visit, and this time we won’t leave it so long! 😄

Lovely staff and delicious food which was served hot. This place is a gem. Owner is very friendly and obviously proud of his establishment. We will definitely go back.

Nice setting for family meals etc. We've been coming here for a few years now! Value for money.

First time there for a family event 60 plus and still produced a very varied menu. The food was a very high standard and no one waited to be served. We will certainly go back to sample more good and reasonably priced delicacies.

An early luncheon with a friend. Great service and food. Definitely recommend.

Lovely place to eat with friends, staff very attentive without being overbearing. Been here a few times, will definitely be back Xx

Quiet lunch with a friend. Attentive, polite, efficient service. Very good food and great value for money. Thank you. I will return.

Quiet lunch with my husband. Helpful and cheerful waitress. My salad was delicious, whitebait fab. Will be booking again. Very good value lunch offer .

What a lovely restaurant to visit. It is NOT, like so many Leigh restaurants, expensive, overpriced, and over pretentious but just serves very good food with care, attention to detail, and a smile. It is also great value. We will be back very soon.

Visited the Bistro yesterday with family, and what a lovely place. The food was excellent ( daughter said it was the best steak she has ever eaten) all presented lovely. The atmosphere was buzzy and the staff were very polite and helpful.This is definitely a go back to restaurant. Thank you Pete and the staff for a lovely afternoon/evening, look forward to our next visit.

Lovely food and great service, good sized meals too

Had an afternoon lunch a couple of days ago. Was beautiful food, really tasty, well cooked and good portions.

Excellent food & service could not fault it a really pleasant evening. Rib eye steak was perfect.

Really lovely place to eat. Staff were wonderful and the atmosphere was great. I'm vegan and had the tomato soup to start, the nut roast as a main and sorbet for dessert, as shown in the photos. Tasty food but if I could make one small suggestion it would be to find a new vegan dessert because sorbet doesn't count ;)

Great Food, Great service, Great Cocktails

Amazing food, service. Already booked to go back

Lovely meal, excellent service , fair prices What more do you want. Give it a go you won't be disappointed.

We booked a meal using our Groupon vochure... we were not disappointed. This restaurant is lovely, the staff are helpful, friendly and attentive. The food and choices was fabulous. The decor and ambiance wonderful. We shall be returning. Thank you.

Went for a wonderful meal for our Wedding Anniversary. First time at Leigh Bistro and food was lovely, service good and staff very polite and friend. Would definitely recommend. We will definitely return again soon.

Only lost a star for the cold chips, they were nice, but cold. When I asked if they could warm them up, the lady said no. Probably a food health issue, but it wasn't stated why, and despite saying no to new chips as I wouldn't be able to eat a whole portion, a piping hot large chips arrived. Although very nice, it was a bit of a waste. The waiter was attentive and had a way of making you feel at home. Would I return, ..yes. but I would make sure I was a little hungrier as we struggled to eat it all.

Lovely food, good service. Steak was cooked excellently.

I brought a family group of 18 for an early evening meal. The booking was easy to arrange. The staff were very welcoming and attentive. We had the December Menu but the kitchen was happy to provide specials (agreed in advance). The food is relatively simple with quality ingredients well cooked. The meals were delivered hot and at the same time and all the guests were complimentary about the quality. The wines were good and reasonably priced. Highly recommend.

Excellent lunchtime meal. Very good quality and service

We love it there. Great value lovely fresh food. We have been a few times lately and the food has been top notch with service to match. We are booking to go again this Friday. Would HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Enjoy. 😎👍🍺🍺

We visited early on a Wednesday evening so it was a little quiet, however the food and service were fantastic. There was a set 3 course menu for £24.99 which amply provided for all tastes, containing among other things soup, pate, prawn cocktail and pork belly tempura. Main choices included a turkey roast, lamb shank, steak, and sea bass. Deserts choices were great too. All the food chosen by the four of us was delicious... the only thing left on any of the 12 plates was a lemon! Drinks and wine were good value too. Service was friendly and professional. We'll definitely be back.

Came here for the second time in 2 weeks - on both occasions the welcome, food and service were excellent. This last time I was part of a big group and yet nobody had to wait for their meal, the quality of the food was excellent and the atmosphere was fantastic. A lovely place to come to enjoy good quality food and at a reasonable price. Well done Giovan and staff and thank you! x

Went here using a Groupon deal. Was very pleased with the food and everything about the place, loved the food & will most definitely be visiting again.

Really lovely food. Really lovely staff. Highly recommend.

The food is out of this world tasty and wrll worth the money. The early bird is a great offer, and the food is still top-notch. Highly recommended 👌

Wow, great restaurant. Service was great, food was great. Very well priced too. I hope it's not too long before I return.

I rarely leave reviews but I had the best meal I've eaten in ages! Im not a big foodie but am not often very impressed and quite often disappointed. ut both starter and main were delicious! Also the staff member, may have been the owner I think, was really friendly and nice. The price for the weekday deal was very reasonable for such quality and I will definitely be returning to sample more of the menu.

Lovely food. Great service and pleasant restaurant.

Had a great chateaubriand very tasty service was excellent as always

We've just paid our first visit there and had a really good evening. They had a 3 piece group playing for a lot of the evening doing songs from 60s to 80s mainly and they went down very well with us and the other diners. As did the food. Our group of 6 had a variety of dishes and we all enjoyed them. I look forward to going again.

Stumbled across this place last Sunday lunchtime. So glad we did. Welcome was warm and inviting, the atmosphere was authentic, the staff were patient and attentive and the food was amazing. There were 6 of us and everyone said how much they enjoyed their chosen dishes. Portions were generous, tasty and well presented. Our daughter has just moved to the area, so we will be back. Don't take my word for it, go try for yourselves. 👍

Was gifted a groupon voucher for Leigh Bistro for my birthday. Checked on their website, the voucher and SAID ON THE RESERVATION THAT I WOULD BE USING THE VOUCHER. Turnt up and was refused service, the manager said it will say on here we don't accept it at this time so I gave him the voucher and he couldn't find it an d said regardless we aren't doing this now. Even though the restaurant was near enough empty. There was no mention of it anywhere, I double checked after but I thought if I stayed trying to get them to cook me food they would spit in it in all honesty as they were so unwelcoming. As of me writing this there is no mention of when you can use it and when you cant, anything that may mention it in future has been wrote after this review. I travelled 45 minutes to get here and wrote in the reservation I would be using and the manager just rudely said sorry we don't check them always, so what if I had an allergy they would of just missed it? Really appalling, staff was rude and restaurant was empty. If you have any allergies stay away as they clearly wont check your reservation.

Always great food, lovely relaxed atmosphere and great service 😄

Fabulous food and service. Great value pricing and a lovely atmosphere. Highly recommend and plenty of veggie options.

Went for our wedding anniversary the food was great as usual my husband said it was the best steak he's ever had which I tasted I have to agree and I don't usually eat red meat. Seabass cooked to perfection and great service

We got a Groupon voucher as a gift and we had a two course meal here. There was a fair selection of vegetarian/fish dishes, the food was well present and very tasty, the staff were friendly and the atmosphere quiet but nice so we'll come again!

If you like good food you will love it here.

Have just celebrated my husbands 70th birthday today with our family. Cannot fault this restaurant at all. Made my husbands birthday just perfect. Even catered well for the grandsons Food and service were brilliant and we weren’t rushed at all. Will definitely return

Great food, great service and pleasantly surprised by how reasonable it was. Will definitely be back soon.

Food fantastic, staff reall friendly, atmosphere 👌 definitely recommend

Food was lovely and good value as two courses for £14.95, but not a great choice without having to pay a supplement.

Had a lovely meal, seabass , cooked to perfection, husband had steak , both meals great , very pleasant staff , couldn't do enough for you, the decor is very welcoming, we will definitely be going back. 😀

Dined last night Fabulous tasty food , staff were attentive and very polite A lovely meal and atmosphere Will definitely be returning and recommending this gem of a place. Thankyou

It is such a lovely place to visit! They have such a selection of and the staff are always incredibly friendly. They allow dogs outside, and in the summer, it is beautiful! I always look forward to visiting and having the black pudding and goats cheese as well as the pigeon! I

Beautiful place with a nice view and open terrace in the summer

We had a very nice dinner and lovely staff. Thanks guys

We had a great family meal here. 😋 Food service everything was amazing. Will return. What's a great little place.

Lovely place for reasonably priced food, nice atmosphere.

5*’s all round, between us we had four starters, three mains courses and a side, three desserts, cheese and after dinner drinks, all amazing food, brilliant service, got a free shot and very very reasonable, faultless

Excellent food, excellent service, lovely staff, great value for money, highly recommended

Buyagift voucher really nice afternoon lunch

Good all-round experience only went for lunch nice and quiet and good food

Had a great lunch here as an anniversary treat from friends. Food was really good and the staff were really friendly. Our first visit, but it will certainly not be our last. We will definitely visit again. Recommended!!

Their service good and peaceful place.

Good little bistro in Leigh, food very good, bit on the expensive side (as are most places in Leigh) only went as had a GroupOn for lunch to make it more reasonable, but pleasantly suprised

Lovely staff food was so tasty salmon was lovely 😍 and fresh it all was

Wonderful💯 we couldn't find it any desappointment. Food delicious. Service 10 at 10 Atmosphere pleasant and welcome. Definitely coming back and recommend.

Had a lovely lunch at Leigh Bistro. Owner very friendly and extremely helpful. Allowed us to use a voucher we had been unable to use due to ill health even though it had expired. Would definitely go again

Had a really nice dinner here with my friend last night. Service was excellent, food really good and a great atmosphere.

Disappointing customer service. We eat here regularly, sometimes it's great, sometimes food can not live up to previous times but for the price it has always been reasonable and kept us coming back. We decided to buy a Groupon and booked on one of the less busy days (mid week) and had a family emergency. Tried to speak to the manager about this but he wouldn't have any of it. We spent hundreds every few weeks in the restaurant and decided to cut our losses, which is a real shame. Plenty of other restaurants in Leigh to go to.

Impromptu Sunday evening dinner, excellent meal and great service. Will be back

Dreadfully boring and far too expensive. Nice decor and staff, so they get just one star on top of the default 1.

Where can i start. me and my family love this place.1st time i came here was for my daughters birthday and it was sooo nice and very good indeed. the food is amazing and drinks lovely but the best thing is how they treat you, with kindness and so polite and welcoming. i have been here quite a few times now and we will return again soon. the food is 1st class and very well portioned. and very good ingredients also and you can really taste the love they cook with. thank you to all the staff and very friendly owner.

We really enjoyed our lunch yesterday We took my 93 year old mother for her birthday/mother's day - she found it a bit noisy (hence 4 stars, there just is nothing to mutt the noise and so a bit hard at her age) The place is nicely decked out and the staff all very friendly

Absolutely fabulous food and service. Pedro really looked after us and food was faultless.

Calm welcoming environment, food was perfect , service was excellent. Can't wait to return to try the menu again . I wish I could I'd thanked the chef directly. Food was so fresh and delicious. Thanks to the kitchen and all the staff for a really enjoyable time .

Amazing food and service from Peter and jova. Will be back soon xxxxx

The fixed price lunchtime 2 course menu for £14.95 is very good value. Good service

Went there last year on a groupon, the service was horrible they don’t believe in customer being right . Look at the reviews before dining here and the amount of people who say that they are horrid. And look at the way he replies to reviews which customers are well in their right to leave … very sad business owner

Appalling ‘customer service’. Was spoken to rudely and the manager stood around the table lecturing us about how his staff don’t communicate. Was treated like a child and the 5th time he came over to act arrogantly. Horrible horrible experience, will never return and can see why the place was empty on a Saturday night! Then after posting this review he called me to bully me about us reviewing negatively without permission to use my number! Complete breach of GDPR! Was so rude to us, as you can see from the other reviews, he can’t take negative feedback without replying. You cannot be a business owner and throw and tantrum phoning people up using their personal number to threaten them. Was treated poorly the entire evening, we were going to pay for our meal rather than go some place else, but after the way he spoke and was rude, would not even eat there for free. I was shaking with anxiety leaving the place, as alot of other reviews say, not only does they not honour groupons, we proceeded to receive bombardment on how it costs him money, and how we have cost him money by buying it. Not even that we cared, just don’t expect to be yelled at for asking to use my groupon in the middle of a restaurant!

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and tasty food

The food was delicious and the dessert was awesome. Good service and a lovely atmosphere.

Customer service was appalling, staff were completely rude, will not be returning

Attitude and food disgusting! Second time coming here and only came back cos we were bought Groupons as a present… food last time was cold and bland…. Second time coming here the manager kept saying they don’t accept groupons on that day which I know is a lie as my brother inlaw came on that day before and got accepted… the manager wouldn’t leave us alone and kept arguing the case and attempting too guilt trip us by saying they have turned away people because of our booking (the restaurant was empty at peak time btw) NEVER coming back here… not even for free… so un professional… just paid for our over priced drinks and left

Had a free groupon and they didn’t accept but they knew on the phone we were going to use then proceeded to tell us they turned people away because of us , in the end we walk out and turned away a free meal was a disgrace

Had a Groupon to use. Staff were rude and denied it even though there was nothing in the small print and give an excuse to justify it. In the end we went somewhere else waste of money.