The Greedy Chef in Basildon

Nice family run cafe with good quality food.

Never ordering from here again! They did not listen to my request of wanting my bacon panini well done with no fat - bacon full of fat and looks inedible and uncooked! Chips are stone cold, hot chocolate was stone cold! Do not order from here!! Waste of money!

lovely meal nice and hot.friendly improved since the last time we went there.young lady was learning very polite.

i had items missing. was told I would get a refund and still no refund. I even requested this and still nothing. this has happened twice now.

£12 for a burger that’s stale and rock solid is a joke. Looks and tastes like it was cooked yesterday and left out. Appalling!

Great food, lovely and hot. Thank you 🤩

Never received my food got delivered down the wrong street

OK...not the best greasy spoon around but it is reasonably priced. Hash browns were good. Unfortunately the food was pretty much thrown at us by the waitress who was clearly having a bad day. The older lady who cleared our plates was pleasant and smiled.

Missing four cans of Dr Pepper

I ordered a big breakfast with a coffee, I received 2 small breakfasts which had items I wouldn't have chosen and the drink was a hit chocolate. The good was quite greasy, sorry but I won't be buying again.

once again no food 2nd order 2day .money bk asap pls

Nice breakfast would order again. All came hot and well packaged.

wicked breakfast this morning we loved em both cheers guys

Great Breakfast hot and speedy delivery will be ordering again

first time here wasnt great item missing in both breakfasts to start my partners fave bit typical was warmish just not for us

1 sausage cut in half per sandwich :(

Breakfast was spot on - super tasty and hot on arrival. Will be ordering again!!

This is a fab place, hidden away next to a garden centre / Koi centre. A wide variety of food. Some home cooked. Excellent value and portions. Always well cooked and presented. Friendly staff and a pleasant atmosphere. I like to try different cafes but We always make excuses to go Greedy Cafe.

Cottage pie was delicious will definitely be back 10/10

I ordered food with just with Pacific instructions, stated no mushrooms in my order. I would like refund on my order & forward the complain.

Greasy, overcooked and missing items. Would not recommend

Great food and friendly service as always..

Great place to go for a great value breakfast!

The most disgusting cafe I’ve ever ordered. Undercooked Egg, Undercooked Bacon, Sausage Is The Cheapest Quality And Has Been Reheated. Manager Has Promised Us A Refund Which I’m STILL Waiting For. £19 For 2 Undercooked Breakfast’s. Disgusting.

Items missing and took nearly 90mins to arrive kept changing time. Also was not hot. Usually really like this cafe not sure what happened today 😕

It states chicken curry with rice and chips but doesn’t come with chips.

If you didn't know it was there you would miss it. A clean cafe with welcoming staff. We had omelettes with salad and it was very nice. Toilets are in an out building and were clean and well maintained. Parking directly outside the cafe but it is part of a garden centre so you do get a little traffic go by. You can choose to eat outside or inside. The cafe was a lovely little find.

Lovely clean food. Always hot.

We really like going here. Food is outstanding with lots to choose from. Can sit outside to eat or just have a coffee or both! Breakfast is lovely good choice of set menus. Highly Recommended 👍🏻Nice friendly atmosphere 👌

These are now are regular for breakfast baguettes. So tasty always arrive hot. Delicious

What a drop in service and quality of food Lots out of stock special of day bits missing Really let down after using the place for years Over charging other customers Then tell you not got the special! Ask for refund to be told they don't no how to do card refund A joke

Dirty tables filthy chairs outside poor service had to get up to get knives and forks after being served our dinner told to get them ourself, no serviettes total shambles. 😒

Really good service .. lovely food ... will definitely visit again 👍

Was not nice. ‘Burger’ was a little patty with some bread that tasted like it was drenched and cooked in oil. Inedible. Toast was half burnt. Didn’t eat most of my meal.

Disgusting people , absolute filth , found out from other had also received the same terrible treatment and shouldn't go there , wish I knew before hand , place should be shut down

Disappointed to be fair at the size of the breakfast for the price. Food hot and presented well. Very clean environment. Guy serving wearing glasses very friendly and attentive. Will return, however will try other dishes.

Food was great and service was very good. Staff were very polite.

I been a few times and always good food

Lovely, plenty of seating and parking out the front

Good food at reasonable prices. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Food is good here. Service is average. Could do with better lighting and a little refresh.

Good place to grab a bite to eat menu has a lot in it

Great breakfast nice sausages, friendly staff good value

Good food and fast friendly service.

Ordered at 11:35 and was delivered at 15:18. Couldn’t couldn’t cancel my order on just eat for some reason. If you’re too busy don’t take the orders on.

Still haven’t received my order even though it says it’s been delivered??

Good food and drink nice prices,very basic

Not drivers. So wait 2 hours until chef delivered himself

Awful place. When requested a refund for burnt food, the counter staff noy through the money at my dad!!

An excellent experience with a variety of meals on the menu and excellent service from the staff

Breakfast is tasteful and well cooked and the staff will make changes to the content to suit your taste. Staff are very friendly and motivated to ensure customers needs are satisfied.

Prices have gone up ( which is understandable) but the portions have shrunk............now poor value

Horrible place chef very argumentative and rude when my 6 years old daughter told me she found hair in her sandwich.when i called someone to have a look they took the food in and came out shouting there is no hair in the food when my daughter clearly saw hair and the chef also saw the hair. Applauling

Terrible portions, 7pound for a one sausage, one egg & 2 hash browns with some sad beans and bread😂 it was absolutely shocking&so was the taste. Sort it out you lot

Great place. Nice food with good selection of homemade items. Fair prices plenty of space and parking!

1st time visiting, was pleasantly surprised. Lovely selection on the menu, very friendly service at great prices too, will definitely visit again.

Very good food, hot and all complete very happy with order and the quality of the food

I didn't receive my beans but other than that it was lovely. Could I possibly get a refund for the beans, it won't let me in the refund request x

Good home cooked food and friendly staff. Love my local cafe.

Food was excellent, restaurant was very helpful as had run out of one of the dishes but recommended a suitable replacement. We picked up the order as delivery was never collected by a driver and restaurant did not have our address to delivery.

Food was no different than any other greasy spoon. Service wasn’t. If you like sauce in your wrap you have to use the plastic packets on the table. (Can’t be added by the cook!) and talking about tables! It would be nice if they matched the chairs, or you may as well just stick ya face on the plate it would be easier as the table is so high!!!!

Had a veggie breakfast and my daughter a meat version all delicious. Well worth a visit.

It use to be ok but waited 45 for a toasted sandwich yesterday and it wasn't overly busy and this isn't the first time it has happened . Not sure if they focusing too much on the takeaways

Been popping in before or after our visit to our friends Stud clinic so we've had our dog with us and we sit outside with her she also has a breakfast with us. Friendly staff and we leave with happy filled tummies. We 1st used this cafe 14 years ago when our cake maker took us in there for lunch to organise our wedding cake as she had a stall in there. We never forgot it, sadly she passed away but didn't forget the lovely food we had in this cafe that also has much more surrounding it. Hair stylist male and female next door, tattooist the other side, garden and pond behind and further to the side. Could happily spend a few hours in this little haven. Plenty of parking space and dog friendly what more could you ask for. Thank you to the staff for amazing service and accepting a our dog she loves going there now....pops her head up when we pull up and fights to get out for her sausage x

Visited completely by chance today. My wife and I had a full English with traditional bubble and squeak. Wow 👌, the bubble tasted just like my dear old mum's. Outstanding. Friendly staff, great all round.

Always lovely food and friendly staff

Food was cold when arrived, food was cooked before their only driver even finished his last order which was also 30 mins late.

Great breakfast and do the best soft bread with it highly recommend

The place was almost empty but there was a half hour wait for food . I should have realised things were bad when three customers took bad there Sunday roasts because therms were a dreadful . They received a refund . The food we got was badly cooked and the burgers were greasy and partly raw very indifferent staff I would avoid in the future

Very disappointed today as I purchased and paid for two milk shakes @ £2.95 each. One they were not ice cold like they are advertised as and we’re not proper milk shakes. I can only describe them as Nesquick, chucked into a coffee cup, and when the jacket potato was opened it was swimming in butter if it wasn’t for the amount of butter the meal would have been perfect ( maybe add a choice of wether or not the customer wants butter or not ) it’s sad that write this review as we are always making food orders from you and up until today food and drink orders have deserved nothing but praise.

Delicious lunch delivered promptly. Great portions I would recommend. Thank you guys for the wonderful lunch 😊

Lovely Coffee this morning after arriving all the way from Scotland 👌 my only wee moan is the girl on counter actually still held my genuine £10 note up to the light and looked at me as if I was I had stole it 🙄 ...I really thought all that stuff had stopped years ago 🤷‍♂️roll on Independence🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Tbf the owner told her to accept it after hearing me speak 👌 so thanks for that.

Food was good value and nice only criticism waited an hour for it to be served maybe picked a busy time although uber eats and others didn't seem to wait 🥴

The food was really late and cold

Ordered an ice cold chocolate milkshake and got a warm cup of milk, no flavour, it was disgusting

Ate here for the 1st time today with 2 friends. Friendly staff good food

Came here as searched for cafe’s in the area & this was close to my way home, arrived 8.15am, first impression was it was very clean, which post pandemic is a rarity. Served quickly at the counter & breakfast came within 10 minutes, all in all a decent quality breakfast, nice thick toast & cooked well, minor gripe was beans could have been hotter & bubble was mainly mash & only lightly fried (prefer more green veg mixed & fried more for colour & texture) but that’s what I’m used to so personal preference. Will definitely come again next week when in the area but go for hash browns instead of the bubble. Would definitely recommend for a good quality decent priced breakfast & most importantly spotlessly clean cafe

Good wholesome food, very varied menu, highly recommended.

Brilliant food Brilliant place Love it 😊

Once again a lovely breakfast delivered fast, food was great, hot and all there well done guys

Food is great but the woman is unbelievably rude and arrogant, she needs to cheer up a tad

No bottle of water that we ordered

Waited over 2 hours for a breakfast order, multiple calls to find out where the order was, food not received. Shambles.

Chips where cold and soggy. Didn’t get my choc cake

Food wasn't cooked properly. Was cold yet the box was somehow burnt with holes in it. Egg was disgusting, bread was stale. Only good part of the meal was the can of coke and that's because they didn't make it

hard stuffing balls and 30 mins late

First time for us, the breakfast was lovely, sausages was really good quality, we will definitely be returning.

Walked in sat down to a dirty table opened a sticky menu so got up to get another menu and that was sticky too. Ordered our breakfast witch was £25 for 3 breakfasts do was expecting good things food come out and it was wrong and they tried saying that's what I ordered reluctantly they sorted out the food but what we was given was under par at best over cooked scrambled eggs under cooked Fried egg bacon was hardly cooked deep fried sausages the black pudding was like a slice of ham it was so thin bubble was ok but nothing special I walked out within 3 mins of getting my food no wonder they wanted me to pay first oh and the coffee must be smart price coz it was bad. U lot need to up ur game especially for them prices. Iv run burger vans and worked in kitchens so I no what I'm talking about and this place needs to improve

Absolutely brilliant service great food reasonable prices waitress really great although what she does in fact she is wasted serving tables she should go into modelling she's great thanks

Been ordering from them since 2020,absolutely lovely, last 2 orders terrible, eggs and bacon under cooked, told that they undercook so Finnish in the box,if i didn't like it don't order from them anymore, so that is what I am going to do

Food was very nice although breakfasts missing beans and can of coke

For a garden centre cafe the choices available were very good. The lad taking the orders provided good customer service but 2 other staff members could do with improving theirs.

The food that we got was really nice but for £18.80 for 2 small baguettes, a tea and a coffee this place is massively over priced. I’m all up for people making money but that’s a rip off!

Food was out for delivery for just over 30 mins and food was by then cold. Not great!

Quite possibly the best takeaway breakfast I’ve ever had, the sausages were very tasty and not those horrible long thin wrinkled bangers that’s been deep fried, the eggs were lovely as was the homemade bubble n squeak, nice coffee too, quality!!

We waited nearly 3 hours for our food and when it arrived it was missing food items from our order. We called on 3 occasions and kept being told ot was on it's way. The customer service from this company was terrible and we will never use these again.

Waited 3 hours and 30 minutes for our ‘breakfast’ ended up being a late lunch, was stone cold and was missing the extra items we ordered

Terrible service got my delivery completely wrong when I called to ask if they could correct my order I was told no and that was not going to correct it they was to busy and if I wasn’t happy with that then don’t order from here again the lady named Sarah who claims she’s the manage was really rude and abrupt very very unprofessional will never order from here again

Was expecting some nice big jacket potatoe with loads of beans n cheese....nearly £7 for that ! Over priced . Food arrived cold. Wasn't enough . Wouldn't order again. My boys salad wasn't fresh ...yellow pepper was like rubber . Disappointed. Now i know why this place is called this! Wouldn't recommend sorry .

Previous times we have ordered they are late without fail - by at least 2 hours. Don’t know why I bothered to keep ordering from them. But I definitely won’t be again as today’s order didn’t even show up. Surprised they’re in business considering they’re other bad reviews