The Coach & Horses in Basildon

My wife and I went here for dinner last night and we were blown away by both the service and the quality fo food and drink. I had the curry special, which tonight was tikka masala and my wife had sea bass. I am not a big curry eater but I like a good one and the waitress recommended it so I thought, for once, I'd take a punt. I was not disappointed., Unbelievably good. Perfect flavour and heat. Lovely non-greasy, crunchy onion bhaji and pilau rice. Honestly, I don't know how you could make a better one. The wife's sea bass was also lovely though she tasted my curry and was jealous. Drinks were great too, I had a lovely german pilsner lager. We had a bottle of pinot grigio with dinner which was also good and decent value. Lovely atmosphere in this place. You won't find better. I was so impressed I asked to speak to the chef to tell him what awonderful meak he had cooked. We'll be back !

Once again, fabulous food, all home made and such friendly staff. I’ve been here a few times now and it’s my favourite place to eat in Billericay. Thanks to all the staff who make it great!

Great venue for a funeral reception- warm welcome, wonderful food and friendly attentive staff. The food is even better than the photos - delicious, plentiful and great value for money.

Went today for Sunday lunch, food was superb, service ( Sharon ) exceptional. Will definitely go back. Drinks brought to table from bar. A lovely experience for my wife son and fiancé Thankyou

Great place with good choice of 🍻

Super friendly staff and great range of drinks. Lovely atmosphere.

Went last minute for my birthday lunch. I had the Steak pudding. Thoroughly enjoyed the fresh cooked food and great service. Chef also made a point to meet and advise us on our pudding. Will be back.

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It is a truly old fashion local, you either hate it or love it, in my case the latter applies

Delicious sunday lunch here with the family. Food and service really was top notch. Highly recommend the lamb shank 👌

Great old fashion pub Good staff and landlord

Lovely genuine old school pub, Some excellent drinks available when we were there, really good friendly vibe. We have consistently had top class food every time we have dined at the C&H, and if you're looking for a bar snack decently give the sausage rolls a go. Plenty of seating including an outside beer garden, Loo's are spotless and modern. Already looking forward to our next visit to this pub.

Great friendly pub excellent choice of real ales A very pleasant atmosphere

Great Wednesday night curry, very reasonable price. And a lovely warm welcome as soon as I opened the door. Will be back.

Best pub food I've had in Billericay!

Great classic English pub... If you want authenticity in the staff and local clientele - coupled with great beer, great food (best Sunday lunch in town) and a friendly welcome...look no further.

Great place for a drink and good food!

A lovely pub with a warm welcome and nice atmosphere. A good selection of beer and wine with real Ale and a lovely warming fire in the lounge area. The lunch was fantastic. Good traditional Sunday roast served by helpful and cheerful staff. Will definitely be back and strongly recommend.

Very nice indeed, food excellent.

Brilliant pub. Great ales that rotate.

Friendly staff and a nice small pub with a good selection of beers etc.

Christmas meal for 7 from the set menu (limited choice, pre-order). Food was very good, nicely cooked and generous portions. Staff are always friendly and efficient.

Absolutely lovely food and service. Nice cosy atmosphere. Nice selection, will definitely come back to try the rest.

Good old style pub, with a selection of beers, and great pub grub. Great service.

Had excellent lunch, partner had fish & chips, as much as he could eat, chips were superb, I had special, chicken & mushroom & stilton pie, fresh veg were crisp pie, had so loads of chicken, gravy was lovely,.

Just tried to book for Sunday lunch for 5 adults and a 9 month old baby. Was told that they generally have a policy of no children. Really disappointed, bearing in mind that most people book Sunday lunch as a family. Perhaps they should state on their website that this is an adults only pub. Have had a very nice reply from the Coach and Horses, explaining their reasons why they are not able to take children. We will definitely book as a child free couple on that basis. Thank you Coach and Horses

Been here a few times. Never a bad meal. Went forbthe liver and bacon was sooo tasty and the homemade apple crumble was to die for! The waitress is always happy and friendly and puts herself out for everyone. We will be back again!

Great Sunday roast, great service unfortunately let down by apple crumble, would recommend

The Coach and Horses provided a wonderful buffet for our Aunts Wake. The service was brilliant and the food was delicious. Thank you so much, we would highly recommend.

Wonderful atmospheric pub, serving proper food and drink. Highly recommended.

Very friendly place...felt really welcome there

This pub was recommended, but it was closed. The sign outside says it closes at 8pm on a Tuesday.

Friendly service, good food, good beer. What else could you want

Roast was very good friendly atmosphere and staff are amazing

We didn’t want anything fancy, and we didn’t want another gastro pub Sunday lunch prepped in advance and heated up. So The Coach & Horses hit the spot 100%. Ignoring starters we went straight in for a roast beef and a lamb shank lunch. Absolutely delicious meat with perfect roasties, lovely Yorkshire, well-cooked veg not insipid or over-boiled & thick flavoursome gravy. Limited menu on Sunday…but hey that’s what Sunday lunch is all about!! A proper local pub, not posh but with a great welcome (even though we headed home to watch Spurs!!) Recommended

Had a lovely Sunday Roast here this afternoon. Can’t recommend this local place enough. Delicious food, five star service. A lovely traditional pub. We will be back. Thank you x

No frills pub with a good range of real Ales and a couple of Craft beers as well. Proper grub, and a friendly smile for everyone.

Lovely cosy pub , great food and service

Lovely home cooked meals at such a great price, warm and welcoming from all staff.

Excellent pub, with great beer. A firm favourite :)

Very friendly place to have a drink in

With many pubs gradually becoming restaurants it is nice to find one that although it serves food has its regulars, has some good real ales, a roaring coal fire and a lovely atmosphere plus of course a good mein host

Great pub . Good selection of beers ales and wine . Tasty pub grub and really friendly staff who make everyone welcome. Continued success to Dave and his team

Went for the 3 course Christmas lunch and what a fantastic meal! So much to eat and piping hot. Could not fault any of it and the welcome and service was brilliant. This is a cosy friendly pub made even better by the West Ham memorabilia! This was far better than normal pub fayre and great value. Will definitely go again.

Great traditional Pub … good beer, great food, professionally operated . Top draw.

Love their Sunday Lunch staff are lovely

Always nice food in this pub. Nice and friendly people serving too.

Amazing roast dinner, great beers

Food was very good and not over priced. Proper pub atmosphere. Friendly efficient staff. Good beer with choice. Would recommend.

Had Sunday lunch here today with 2 of my friends, food was fantastic and the service was amazing. Our waitress was very warm and welcoming she had a big smile, nothing was too much effort. I'm gluten and dairy free and could not fault the food and service. I will be returning to this pub for definite. We'll recommend.

Great pub, great selection of beer. Phenomenal food.

Great beer and the best pub grub in billericay!! The staff are also very welcoming and a special mention for the lady bringing out our food ...very easy to speak too and always smiling .. I highly recommend the meat puddings ,home made and delicious 👌

Food and drink service was excellent staff are very helpful nice place

Best pint of beer I've had in a while.

The first time for us having Sunday lunch at the Coach and Horses, thoroughly recommend it. Home cooking for a great price. Service was fab as well.

On a recent visit to The Coach and Horses, it just looked like a nice, unassuming traditional pub, but there’s SO MUCH more to this fantastic place. A bar that is so well stocked it seemed to have every type of drink known to mankind and the staffs knowledge of EVERYTHING behind their bar and their food was amazing. Excellent, friendly service with a smile. Our dogs were made very welcome inside. Now to the food......and boy was it spectacular!!!... My husband had smoked haddock in a lip smacking creamy, mustardy sauce, sat on top of a big dollop of Mash and peas on the side. My husband said it was one of the most delicious and perfectly cooked fish dishes he’s enjoyed in years. I opted for the liver and bacon, which came with the same sized big dollop of creamy Mash, lashings of the most incredible real meat juices gravy and a beautiful selection of greens, beans and whole baby carrots. I literally could have lifted the plate and licked it at the end, had I not been eating out in public !!! WOW, what fantastic value for money, incredible produce and quality of food. The Coach and Horses really have knocked it out of the park with the BEST pub grub ever!!!

Good beer, great food, lovely atmosphere,

Great place for a pint good staff

Excellent food and service Wood go there again

Good to be back with friends sitting inside. Enjoyed the beer, food and company. The management had put in place adequate measures to reduce the risk of covid but still having a friendly welcome.

Very good range of cask beers served by friendly staff, pleasant atmosphere

One of the last proper pub's. Excellent food too. I've never had a bad meal in there.

Good food, good selection of beers, friendly staff - what more could you want 🙂👍

Just popped in un announced and Dave found us a seat for two food was 10 out of 10 staff were so lovely would deff go back lots of beers to

Tuesday afternoon for a couple of pints. Very safe and a nice welcome. Well done.

Great that David and his staff make you feel welcome despite covid. Nice banter and most important a great pint. Wish i wasnt always the driver!

Great home cooked food, service was excellent, waitress was friendly and helpful, definitely would go back

A lovely atmosphere even in these difficult times. Covid situation dealt with excellently

Homemade chicken and leek pie was gorgeous!

Excellent food and a really good selection of quality ales all served in a friendly atmosphere.

I've been here a few times now on a Wednesday evening for their curry night. Each time the menu has been different so we get to sample something new. It's always been delicious with decent portion sizes and amazing flavours. Service is incredible, the staff have got everything right. The beer is really good too. Thanks C&H i cant wait to return Jim

Excellent Sunday roast in a proper family pub - eight of us enjoyed a fantastic Sunday roast, the food was plentiful, well cooked and served in a pleasant, friendly and efficient manner. Despite eating fairly late in the day, only the turkey had sold out but we had no complaints over that. Everything else was available and freshly cooked. Prices are more than reasonable and while this might not be the most modern of venues, it doesn’t matter because that’s the appeal. This pub should be supported wholeheartedly, just make sure you leave room for our table for the Sunday roast.

The food in the Coach & Horses is second to none. They serve good old pub grub which tastes absolutely amazing and you always go home stuffed and not needing to eat for a week. Leigh is such a fantastic cook and Dave the Landlord is always friendly. You simply MUST go here!

Last of the old man pubs about, go there before it turns into a wine bar

Lovely place for a nice drink. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere

Went for Sunday lunch, not disappointed at all, perfect service from the start. Starters of pate, whitebait, soup and mushrooms with Brie, clear plates all round. Two turkey and two beef roasts, with roast potatoes, veg and Yorkshire puds, all lovely and steaming hot. Ordered cauliflower cheese, best I’ve ever had. Would highly recommend giving the coach and horses a try. It’s not on the high street and it’s a proper pub, would suggest you book as very popular and it deserves to be.

Good quality, unpretentious food with food friendly service, sample dishes from the menu include starters, prawn cocktail, pate, squid, pancake rolls, etc. Mains steak and ale pie, chicken pie, steak and kidney pudding, liver and back, fish and chips etc. Deserts: cheesecake, lemon tart, apple crumble, cheese and biscuits etc

Popped in here for a quick weekday snack lunch. I had the fish and chips served with peas and homemade tartar sauce. It was piping hot and good value for £10.95. My wife opted for soup of the day (£4.95). Although bread was not mentioned it was served with nice fresh granary bread, however it was also thinckly buttered and sadly my wife doesn't like butter. The pub was fairly empty - mainly with a handful of locals chatting and drinking at the bar. Very good and friendly service. It was almost like a trip down memory lane - as I used to regularly drink and play darts here in the late 1970s / early 1980s (when I mistakenly remember it being a lot larger), All in all a good experience, and we may be tempted to return for a speciality evening or Sunday lunch.

Great boozer with well kept beer and good value pub grub menu. Landlord is a diamond, well worth a visit

Great food and real ale, well worth a visit.

Fantastic selection of real ales!

Lunch menu: Good steak N kidney pudding, mash N mix veg £11.50. X 2 pink g & fever t £5.40, half of rhubarb cider (very sweet) but I enjoyed it £2.05. order food at bar.

Lunch menu: Been a while since we had a meal here, but steak n kidney pudding was very good, served with mash(good) and mix veg, with a g n t and half of Rhubarb cider(v sweet) bill came to £30.45

Lovely Sunday lunch. Lovely people. Back next week.

Were taken here by friends for Sunday lunch. I thought it was expensive for what you got, cauliflower cheese was 1.95 a portion which was barely enough for 2 people let alone 4. Apple pie would have been nice if it had been heated in an oven not a microwave, it made it soft and soggy. I wouldn't go back.

Small friendly pub with an excellent selection of ales and lagers, serving excellent food. I enjoyed a Sunday roast and it was delicious. I will definitely return.

Lovely and friendly and got told by the Man over the rd who was looking after my car he is also a lovely person runs a lovely mot garage look after his coustmer very well 🐈

Friendly no nonsense boozer.Good loos and garden too.

My family treated me to Sunday lunch at The .Coach and Horses..First visit and the table was pre booked for 6 persons.The pub was old fashioned and cosy.They have a fixed menu on Sundays consisting of 1/2/3 courses.We all opted for 2 course menu.which was priced at £16.95. There was a good choice of starters and main courses.The lady Sharon who waited on us was bubbly and friendly and was very impressed with her professionalism. I ordered prawn cocktail as a starter and was more than pleased with quality and size . Absolutely delicious.Some of my family had squid which they also commented was lovelyThe main courses were out of this world having fresh vegetables and two large Yorkshire pudding which came with the lamb shanks, rast beef and half a chicken..I cannot fault the quality of the food or the size of the portions and it made my Father's Day a enjoyable experience.

This is my favourite place for a Sunday roast! You always get tender meat with lovely fresh vegetables, plus the desserts are always delicious. The staff are always very friendly and attentive. To top it all they do a very good selection of real ales and ciders! Would definitely recommend.

Smashing roast dinner & excellent staff

Fantastic Sunday roast (two Yorkshire puds) and very good value with 2/3 courses available. Food was so good going back Wednesday for Steak Night

Good beer, good food, good aymosphere

Had a great Sunday lunch...well kept beer and friendly staff...just what a pub should be.

As someone has said - this is an old-fashioned pub and, in fact, I have not been there for the last 20 years and the interior has hardly changed.Buti the service has - service is excellent and so is the food. We had the special lunch choices and there is a seniors discount!! Whitebait to start and a healthy portion, and then steak and kidney pudding which was voted as double excellent and two x the fish and chips which were perfect - lovely light crispy batter and good hot, crisp chips. First class all round.And you won't believe the prices - great value for moneyForget some of the posh cafes along Billericay High St - get yourself to the Coach & Horses and have a wonderful lunch.

Great Sunday roast, staff great and friendly

Dined here on a Saturday evening with my wife and friends. We all ate well enough and we have no complaints about the food. Decent enough choice of starters, mains and deserts. I especially enjoyed the prawn cocktail - a real blast from the past. I also had the sirloin steak which was perfectly cooked. I would especially the pork chop, this was excellent. All in all a decent meal, fine dining it isn't, just decent pub grub. The atmosphere it is very pleasant in what is a bit of an old fashioned pub. Staff and service was pleasant and efficient.

What a nice selection of real ales.

Breakfast on a Sunday morning is amazing. I’ve also enjoyed a quite a few delicious dinners. Lamb was perfect. A lovely friendly pub tucked away behind the high street. Don’t miss out. In my view it’s the best food in billericay. They have some fun themed nights too. I don’t go there enough mainly because I work evenings. I plan on booking again soon. Friendly staff, fab food and great atmosphere. Looking forward to booking again soon.