Saxon King in Southend-on-Sea

Served by Vicky, she was very nice. Great food, burger was lovely, absolutely delicious dessert. Just a genuinely amazing place to go.

I go into the Saxon King every Monday evening as part of a group with Andy’s Man Club and each week I am served by Vicky. Her service is outstanding every week and she makes the most delicious hot drinks! On the rare occasion Vicky is not on shift it is hugely noticeable! She is part of the reason we come back here every week! Ross

Great food, great service (from Vicky, she's fantastic, as are all the staff), great atmosphere. Its just a great place to go for food and a drink.

Pleasantly surprised with the place considering where it’s situated, Vicky was a lovely server!

The waitress was very attentive, food was really nice, good experience

The food was average but there was nowhere near enough staff, the poor girl behind the bar was also taking all our food orders and we were a table of 11, without everyone else in there. We were in there 2 hours and most of us only got one course so we paid and left, won't be going back

Lovely lunch while catching up with family

Always enjoyed a nice meal with helpful and friendly service

It was our first time visiting here, we had vicky as our waitress and she was lovely, made us feel welcome. She was happy to have a chat with us and didn't try to get away to do other things, she is a true gem to the saxon king

Just wanted to commend Sarah for her friendly service during our visit. Very pleasant and an asset to the team. The food was good and we shall certainly return in the future. If there’s a criticism, it’s for another diner who seemed to think we’d all enjoy listening to their private FaceTime conversation. Some people have no manners! Totally not the fault of the Saxon King or its staff - it’s just a shame that they can’t confiscate some guests phones to save them from themselves…

The Sunday roastvwas excellent, the potatoes, parsnips and yorkshire pudding anazing. Vicky was very attentive and friendly. Would have given 5 stars but the heatingvappeared to be off.

Thank you to Sarah.. very attentive but not over the top.. thank you for the brilliant service

Amazing food and amazing service, super friendly and attentive, atmosphere was great! Our host was Sarah, we highly recommend the Camembert which has just been added to the menu, it was bigger than the both of us put together!

Sarah was very attentive, really good waitress, food was great

Great evening out for my Mums birthday. Sarah was very attentive and friendly. Great service and good food.

lovely waitress, and manager very welcoming and lovely customer service sarah was so polite and we so wanna come back here for a family meal

Sarah was lovely. Welcoming energy and efficient with her service. Food was good

Vicky was fantastic, made us welcome and was very attentive

Very lovely experience. Made us feel very welcome!

Vicky served us, she was lovely and polite

Fabulous food! Vicky looked after us very well - we will definitely be coming back! Thank you 🤩

good food and excellent service.

Served by Viccy , most amazing person . Love the place 5*!

Lovely lady serviced us tonight called Megan such a lovely girl so polite and helpful !

The place is lovely clean and very welcoming. Staff are very friendly helpful and accommodating. Nice food with a great atmosphere. Definately recommend.

Had a great experience this evening. Vicky & team were so helpful, friendly and amazing.

Was busy and bit slow with the food, but great food good price. Kids play area is great

The food is always lovely and not too expensive. You can hear yourself speak. And the service is great.

Very good food pub. Second time there and didn't feel out of place

So lovely to come out with friends and family and enjoy good food a in such a relaxed atmosphere where Vicky and Holly's service was exemplary.

I really wish I could give the service 10 stars instead of five. Vicky and Holly really made our meal absolutely incredible! Their service was exemplary and they really made us feel welcome and looked after. Vicky even took this picture while standing on a chair to make sure everybody got in. I would come back here just to receive the same service when Vicky and Holly

I found this pub by accident whilst looking for somewhere to charge my car. What a result! Instead of sitting in the car on a service station forecourt i got to sit in a cracking pub, lots of space well looked after and furnished, great food and drinks and staff super friendly. Oh, and the car chargers are easy to use and fast charging. Will now be the only place I charge when im in Southend. What a find. 5 stars 🌟

Wonderful service from millie! Thank you for fitting us in short notice :)

Millie did an excellent job from the ordering of our food to paying the bill . She was very tentative and displayed excellent customer service. We’d love to have her serve us when we come back . Very nice young lady

Food was nice reasonably priced great service from Millie

Great lunch at Saxon King for mums birthday, Megan was great

Our server vicky was amazing Food was great (i had hunters chicken) and I liked the historical atmosphere

Lovely meal good atmosphere. Well done Megan

Disappointed that no 0% gins were available, as many places offer a choice. The guy who served us seemed as if he couldn’t be bothered. His reply when I asked what zero gin he had, was ‘Zero’. No “Sorry we don’t stock any” So I was disappointed twice , by the lack of zero gin plus his unwelcoming attitude 🙁

Always have a great time at our local The Saxon King...Sarah is so personable and makes us feel so welcome...big cheers to Sarah

Always have a great time at the Saxon...Sarah has been a breath of fresh air...so welcoming and friendly with a big smile

Will never go back walked out 40 min wait for food.

We came in a group of 3, didn’t have a booking, and was seated in the nice bar areas, we ordered are food and was lovely, ours servers, chefs Harley and Noah did a great job with the food and service would definitely come back

Servers/chefs Noah and rob Delivered and recommended our lovely food dishes would recommend, great service from those two

Amazing service very polite lady called Megan

Great atmosphere, great food, great staff giving brilliant service

Always hAve a nice meal here, friendly staff & good service

Came to the restaurant with my boyfriend, on a whim and thoroughly enjoyed myself. We were served by the lovely Vicky who was the extremely helpful and polite. the food was nice and the atmosphere was relaxing and welcoming.

Always great in the Saxon King And Vicky is the best

Lovely food and brilliant service from Vicky!

Our server julie was amazing she gave great recommendations to what food we were fancying

Sarah was brilliant looking forward to coming back😍great food

Me and my partner were greeted by the lovely Megan, our food and service was great, definitely recommend 👌

Always a warm welcome, been coming here since we moved back into the area.

Millie was our server at The Saxon King in Southend. She was so lovely and helpful. There were 8 of us and 2 babies. Thank you Millie!! You were wonderful.

Our food was lovely, our server Millie couldn't have been more attentive.

Service was amazing very lovely lady ❤️ Served by Millie ! 🫶🏼

Good food and wine. Unfortunately no hand pump ale available. Good service. It needs to be made clear whrn booking a table, that the kitchen closes at 8pm on some evenings.

Had a really lovely mid-week dinner here - lovely food and a pudding ! We had a new waitress ( Sarah ) thank you for looking after us

Service was excellent, from bar staff to table waiting, food was well presented and delicious, our waitress was attentive and very pleasant, all round a great evening.

Very tasty food. Nice surroundings. Very friendly staff. Value for money. Free parking. Shame they stop serving main dishes during the week at 8pm.

Sarah was a great waitress, nothing was too much trouble. Thanks Princess x

Charming and helpful young lady Made us feel most welcome

Went in after receiving an offer of discount on main meals thought we would try it out Sat in a very crafty area Got a starter fairly quick then waited 55 mins for mains and it wasn’t that crowded in there Main roasts were not great vegetables hard Yorkshire over cooked Potatoes small and watery not crispy Meat the pre sliced you buy from a supermarket Overall disappointing visit Olivia our waitress was nice

The menu offered excellent value for money.

Been a few times and it’s just meh. Sometimes the service and food is great, and others it’s really poor. Just depends on the day. More times than not we’ve encountered lukewarm food that we’ve waited ages for and had to query after, and staff that don’t seem to care (wait staff as opposed to bar staff). If you go on a good day you’ll have a good time, but as locals we don’t want to go back again since we’re not guaranteed good food/service. Such a shame

Amazing place, always nice atmosphere

Service was great, food was really nice and the manager was really engaging

Service was awful had to ask for our drinks order as it got forgotten, and kids desert's took 35 minutes to come

The food was amazing the waitresses was very welcoming and the plates and knives and forks were we clean I would definitely recommend this restaurant

Lovely food served hot. Megan our waitress was helpful and friendly whilst ordering with allergens.

Good choice of beers, staff friendly, food good.

Olivia served us today. Thank you so much for making my sisters birthday special. The roast was lovely. The desserts were amazing and the candles in my sis pudding was amazing Thank you X

Great service and food. Greatly improved over the last couple of years. Would highly recommend.

Food was good and atmosphere relaxing.

Lovely place to eat, reasonably priced, good quality food, pleasant, polite, friendly staff, definitely going again 😀

Went with group for Sunday lunch. Only reason for 4 stars ordered bass.tthe fish smelt very strong and was covered with some slimy sauce and one small tast convinced me it was not fresh. No trouble at all returning. Everyone else in group had Sunday roast and theirs were smashing. Service was quick but no sauces for roast given without asking(horse radish/applr etc) desserts were yummy)

I just wanted to say Lyle was an extremely and professional young man. He was great.

Absolute disaster of a place, no real ale, no Guinness, no Irish whiskey, various lagers run out! "Waiting for our delivery tomorrow" In response to their answer, we didnt go for food (which sounds like another lucky escape) we only went for a few drinks after a funeral and for a pub to be out of beer for a few days is a disaster in my book!

First time at Saxon King came here for Dads birthday, excellent food with excellent service and very reasonable priced as well

great service and even better food

Had to wait over an hour for food and the restaurant was not that busy

We were served by vicky and she was brilliant so attentive and sweet! Thank you

We went here today en route to an appointment. A really soul destroying place. Service was mediocre but the food was truly terrible and took so long to arrive. I ordered a prawn cocktail - this came as a handful of prawns on a plate, a tiny salad and one small slice of bread from a french stick. Marie Sauce was almost non existent and what was there was curdled. My husband order the BBQ chicken sandwich - which was basically a couple of chicken nuggets on a piece of lettuce and a tiny piece of bacon - in all covering about half the bread. Total bill just for the food £16.95. We had no time to complain as our appointment was a funeral. Shocking.

We travel miles and miles to revisit this pub/restaurant. The food is incredible, really reasonably priced aswell! The manager James is so welcoming, friendly and can not do enough for you. Would recommend it to anyone!!!!

Always guaranteed food quality.

Lovely meal at the Saxon King. Thank you to Vicky for being so accommodating.

We had booked out an area for a wake, the staff were friendly, accommodating and we look forward to returning to try the menu.

After waiting for over 45 mins the food and drink was very disappointing

The food was very nice, the staff friendly and polite .

It took an hour and a half for the food to come and then still my burger was overcooked. When we asked for the bill the waiter was very rude walking off muttering under his breath. The waitresses were nice and helpful at least. Overall a terrible experience and I’ll never go back

Staff nowhere to be seen at times with the bar completely unattended. Tables not cleared for ages until you actually ask them to as flies are gathering around your plates!

Only one chef on and no mains available just lunch time menu.

We went for Christmas Day Dinner ....we often go for dinner to saxon king throughout the year. This visit on Christmas day was worst service than ordinary days...xx we had pre ordered a drink when we arrived and had to ask for it....we sat at a table that felt sticky...no Christmas serviettes. The only thing on table for decorations was a piece of stiff netting and two Christmas crackers....we sat and waited 15 minuets to be asked if we would like a drink although I had pre ordered , when our main dinner arrived we had to ask for our bottle of pre ordered wine , we had already eaten our starters. My coffee liquor was bought to me while I was eating my starter. I had to ask that it could be bought back after my meal....however the food was OK...the staff were helpful when asked...my conclusion is that the staff maybe should of had a bit more training on how to serve tables on special occasions...some people look forward to this and save money for this all year....our usual service we have received is good , it appears total disorganisation on Christmas day....

Very nice mixed grill cooked to taste 😋

Food was lovely, clean and the staff were very accommodating especially vicky

Highly recommend for a drink and to eat.

Food was great. Service great. Vicky was great.

Thanks to Vicky. Made our experience so lovely. Very kind and attentive.

Great food and fantastic service 👌 Served by Vicky who was lovely 😍 will definitely be back