The Inn At Belfairs in Southend-on-Sea

Quite overpriced but lovely atmosphere and service

2 weddings & a anniversary 😀 In the last four weeks we have been here 4 time’s & can’t say enough goods thing about the place. Whether we are talking about the lovely food or how accommodating the management & staff have been. On the whole we are very happy with our visits here & can’t recommend The Inn At Belfairs enough.

Great fish and chips! excellent service!

Had a nice meal in the garden good food and staff

Fabulous BBQ grilled food and excellent live music at the festival on Sunday. The saxophonist was especially magical. Will definitely be at the next one.

All great lovely meal great service lovely surroundings have a choice to sit inside or out

My sister had her wedding reception here. It is, personally my favourite place to be. The food is amazing the decor and atmosphere is so lovely indoors and out and the staff are the best around! Great customer service ! So friendly and polite and so concise in everything! Thank you so much! We are back for the beer and Prosecco festival! Can’t wait!

Food was great, not cheap but worth it as it was quality. Service and venue decor also great

Staff were very good and friendly, allowed us to take the dog through to the garden area, service was at the table and was very quick, seeing as the number of tables each member has to work through, well priced and would definitely go back

Met friends for drinks. Great service at our table. They need to get more garnishes for the drinks tho. Hendricks with no garnish isn’t so great.

Great food. Lovely garden and bar.

Had lunch here on Saturday for me and my wife's 40th wedding anniversary the service was brilliant the staff couldn't do enough for us food and atmosphere was fantastic had a brilliant day thankyou so much will definitely recommend the belfairs inn regards alan neal

Beautiful pub in the warm weather and lots of space!

Lovely staff very nice location. Thought the food was a touch expensive

Rather upmarket restaurant on the edge of golf course & woods. Has been upgraded in recent times & consequently the food tends to be rather expensive. Visited mid morning for a birthday breakfast. Indoor eating very quiet but, due to good weather, the outdoor area was quite busy for that time of day.

Great meal and time. Beautiful weather too, lovely evening ambience. Waiting staff very attentive and hard working. Speedy service and food

Nice setting but expensive for food

Delicious food and very pleasant staff.

Fabuuuulous. I loved!! I always wanted to visit this place and I'm glad that eventually, I find it a moment to do it. I enjoyed my Estrella Galicia beer from Spain 🇪🇦Definitely come back and recommend.

Lovely fathers day lunch with the family good food, nice weather and good entertainment great day

Go here if you like raw veg with your roast. Granted, the roast potatoes and meat were lovely. However, I couldn’t even cut through the green veg (who serves mange tout with a roast anyway?). Literally a desert spoon of gravy under the potatoes. Waitress tried to explain that they cook the veg al dente. I know what al dente is and this was raw. After being sent back to the kitchen, more raw veg was brought out. Waitress was very apologetic but nothing was resolved and I left feeling a bit robbed considering it was £25 each + drinks. Won’t be returning.

Great service and a lovely veggie breakfast.

Amazing time for Father's Day... Lovely food, atmosphere, and beautiful setting well done all x

Awesome bacon and brie sandwich... will be back soon.

I had 4 thin slices of ham, 1 egg & a few chips at a ridiculous price of more than £17. No culinary skills. That plate in the way it was made would cost me less than a fiver in my own kitchen.

40th birthday party in private area, really good service and really good food

Wonderful staff, food delicious, lovely area

Food was fine service excellent

Consistently good food and service.

Nice food, great staff always attentive and it's table service outside. The outside area is very pleasant, they have made great improvements with all the tables having parasols and the grass is now lush. Staff always asked us if we wanted anymore drinks and when we ordered the service was quick. Highly recommended 👌

Enjoyed a wonderful Baby Shower Celebration here today. The food, service & atmosphere was great. Our waitress Grace was very friendly & all the staff were helpful & welcoming. Very pretty interior & I thoroughly recommend it. Will definetly be back. Thanks so much for making it a special day.

Always pop in for a pint/lunch bit pricey but very well maintained friendly staff

Good food and service as usual at this smart looking gastro pub

Food OK, not brilliant, service slow, quite nice conservatory area. I would try this place again just to see if it was just one of those days today. We've been there again, the food and service was really good, it's great you can bring dogs to the outside covered area, we will definitely go again 👍🏼

Good location and atmosphere. The table service is excellent, but we were a bit put off by the service charge that was automatically added. I tried to order at the bar but was sent back to my table. I assume this was to ensure the service charge payment went through. Seems very cheeky to me. The Level Head beer by Greeneking was fabulous though!

We only had coffee and puds. My daughter loved the waffle.

Great place,with good food...Dog friendly too

Great food! Excellent service with friendly and helpful staff. We always have an amazing time and highly recommend Belfairs Inn to anyone. James & Heidi

Mediocre food, poor beer & gin selection, ridiculously high prices for the quality. Waitress service was odd.

I came today with my friend for afternoon tea and can say with out any doubt it was wonderful and really lovely selection of savoury foods. The staff busy but attentive. My first afternoon tea at the inn however I’ve eaten very many times there previously. I’m a bit of a connoisseur on afternoon tea and it’s definitely on par if not better than my old favourite fortnum and mason … the only thing I’d say is that the cakes were very sweet. It may have been nice to have been offered an alternative for example the cake in the cold fridge. But having said that the Belfairs inn truly knows what an afternoon tea is about. Thank you for an un rushed and very enjoyable experience .

Very busy but excellent service.

Visited on a Monday lunchtime, actually found it difficult to find the entrance, however once inside it's a lovely place and atmosphere with friendly staff and food was great.

Had a breakfast with friends and got to say was one of the best breakfast I've had in a while the veggie sausage where so good amust try

We took our mum for Mother’s Day lunch. The was delicious, between us we had all courses. It would have been 5 stars but we only had a 2 hour window for our table, but it was a busy day and the service was efficient. All mums at the table were also given a candle as we left. Will definitely be going back.

Amazing Mother’s Day meal. All the food was brilliant, and the kids enjoyed theirs also. The Roast is 100% worth a go, and great portion. And the deserts. Perfect! The staff are great and you don’t have to wait long for anything, they are brilliant.

I attended The Inn at Belfairs on the 27th February 2024 this was my first time dining here. It was a very pretty decorated venue and cozy inside. I was with a group of 8 friends having dinner. I ordered the breaded brie off the specials menu. This was delicious and was shared with my husband who ordered the meze from the main menu, the falafel's were the best I have ever eaten and both were amazing starters. For my main I ordered the Inn burger. The burger was enormous and held together with a skewer topped with onion rings. Due to it's sheer size I removed the "lid" of the bun and did not eat it. I tackled the burger with a knife and fork, which was also very nice, tasty burger. However about a few bites in I struggled to cut into the burger and noticed something poking out between the 2 beef burgers. I pulled it out and discovered a large piece of thick plastic packaging. It had evidently been cooked with the burger as it had gone quite hard and melted. I checked the rest of the burger which was fine and placed it on the side of my plate. At this point the waitress returned to check everything was ok with our meals. I called her over and showed her the plastic that was in the burger. she very quickly apologised and offered to make another fresh one. I told her that I had checked and there was nothing else wrong, plus my friends had already been served up and eating theirs. She told me it must be the packaging around the burgers. I told her that I was surprised this wasn't picked up during the cooking process as surely they are flipped on both sides? The waitress just picked it up and took it away. As a group, my friends and I all said that we were surprised that I wasn't offered a complimentary drink or dessert or indeed a refund of my main meal. I probably wouldn't order a burger here again as it put me off. But the rest of the food here all looked really tasty.

Went for a 80th birthday, very friendly, amazing location with good views

Lovely food served in a lovely environment by lovely staff. Would highly recommend this restaurant and we look forward to going back.

What a fantastic night. We had a 60th birthday celebration here with over 25 people, ranging in ages of 4 months to over 70. The staff, food and atmosphere was perfect. The staff were attentive without being in your face. The food excellent and the kitchen managed to get everybody’s food out at the same time, which is not easy when catering for so many. The portion size was very good and the quality of the food was lovely. The decoration of the venue is good. It’s not the cheapest place to eat and drink but I think it was worth every penny. Will definitely come here again.

Thank you Kate and ALL the staff for excellent friendly professional service. Our 60th birthday celebrations for 24 people had wonderful tasty, plentiful portions, on all three courses. ALL our guests had nothing but equal comments to say. Great location, beautiful decorations. Your drinks prices were above average. Feedback from the family. But top marks on your foods, service, and friendliness. Thank you xxxxxxx

Met up with friends for coffee and cake. Disappointing. Only two types of cake available. Identical chocolate sponge, one with Nutella filling and the other was Salted Caramel with nuts. Really had expected a much better selection. Portions with large and came with whipped cream. However both types of cake were dry and had definitely been around for more than a few days. I hadn’t arranged the get-together otherwise I’d have sent mine back. We did comment on the staleness to the waitress and she apologised. Plenty of parking round the back but park on the road if you have a mobility issue as the ground’s a bit uneven in the parking area. Do I recommend? From our experience, no. Will I go back? No

I eat and drink at this place quite often. I really like the setting, the staff are amazing. The food is not cheap, similar to dining out in London. On the last few occasions I have eaten here the food appears to have gone down hill quite a bit. On more than one occasion we have sent food back as it appears to be have been reheated. Parts of the dish are inedible. Last night unfortunately was the same. We had chips as a side dish. They were rock hard. Couldn’t even stick a fork in them. The main part of our meal was okay. Couldn’t be bothered to send the whole dish back, just left them. What disappoints me most is that the chef would have known this, but still thought it fine to send them out. The owner of this place has gone to great lengths to make it a success, but I think he needs to have a word with his chef.

We was so excited for this, but was so disappointed ☹️ if the pictures were real that they show you after of what you “apparently” eat then it looks pretty on the eye but definitely NOT on the pallet £130 for 2 of us and that was only purchasing a glass of wine one and 1 beer on top of our £45 ppph .. I actually feel sick. fillet of squid as a main on chef’s recommendation 😲 more like chefs can’t get rid of choice. It was in edible with teeth or knife and filled with one tbsp of rice if you was lucky. We Was starving so eat the dessert which was definitely an enquired taste which left us feeling very sick. Straight home for a slice of toast I think.

Excellent friendly service - our waitress Liv was so helpful and full of fun! Nothing was too much for her. The food was excellent - we will be back

Good. Had mum's party here last night.

Popped in for a quick lunch. Thank you - the food was great & we were truly filled. But your staff were even better! They were all friendly, engaging, helpful & attentive - it makes all the difference! We'll be back.

Had afternoon tea ta the Inn with some friends. Lovely table set up, vegan and veggie option. Great service. Thank you for making it so lovely.

As we had a dog we sat in the covered outside area where dogs were allowed. It was warm but not welcoming, floor was damp and rain had come in through the gap in plastic curtain. The seats were hard and felt damp. If you going to have a dog area make it a more comfortable and pleasant area for all. Saying that the staff were attentive and the meals were good, no complaint there. Have been before but always sat inside for lunch (minus dog) which was great.

Love the Lynn at Belfairs lovely food and lovely staff can't do enough for you , always get a nice welcome.

Visited here at 3.30pm in Jan, so possibly a quiet time of year. Really good menu (nice vegan options too). Good service at atmosphere, will return.

Last minute booking...on Christmas eve 🎄...could not fault our experience 😍👍... Sophie ,our hostess ,couldn't do enough for us Brilliant food Brilliant atmosphere Brilliant Brilliant Sophie...thank you thank you 😘 Have a happy new year 🎉 😊

We booked the fire pits for Xmas and had a large group mix of kids and adults, can’t fault the service our waitress /host was lovely and very patient. Hot chocolates were amazing however the food was terrible ..vegetable curry had potato and cauliflower and not much of it ..burgers were cheap over cooked and just a bit of raw onion and lettuce and hand full Of chips ..adult bolognese was a kids portion and they were not cheap ..disappointing to say the least and think you let yourselves down massively with the quality of food for the price.

Customer service tip - next time your card machine fails, accept it as a known fault of your machine and don’t confront your customer. Really unpleasant exchange with the team there, which lets the place down massively. We went for the s'mores and BBQ evening, paying for food and drink as we went along rather than figuring out the bill at the end (group of five adults, six kids) Final payment of £10 for the s'mores failed - according to the staff there (who offered up that is happens with their machines sometimes) According to my banking app, the payment went through. I had a ‘Money Out’ notification on my Home Screen which I showed the staff and explained that, to me, it looked like the payment had already hit my account. Cue a very uncomfortable few minutes of going back & forth on what was right - their machine, or my phone. I said I wasn’t comfortable ignoring my phone and potentially paying twice. I told them it was my birthday and had my children there, I didn’t want to carry on creating a scene… I suggested we just leave it and my two children would not have the s’mores (despite paying for it) The manager gave me a slip of paper with her name on it and told me to call back if the payment went through after all. It was only after I strongly encouraged her to use her discretion rather than letting my children being the only two without s’mores which is what she was going to do! I pointed out we’d already spent a lot of money and the fault was clearly their machine and nothing else. She did use her discretion in the end but it was an ugly confrontation and spoilt the evening. I am so gutted by the customer service here.

Living just 10 minutes down the road we have always said we'd love to come here and never have. My partners parents came down for the day and we thought let's come here and have a festive meal. Well what can I say the food...

Had a fantastic dinner with family and friends to celebrate my husband’s 70th birthday, food and service was fabulous absolutely no complaints from us

Very nice Inn Would highly recommend food was great staff very friendly, in all lovely evening

First visit here, had lunch with friend. It was busy but service was very good and friendly. We had just had sandwiches which were freshly prepared and very nice. The main menu wasn't overly expensive but sufficient choice if we had wanted a full meal. Not rushed out after we'd eaten, we sat and enjoyed a cup of tea after our dessert. Plenty of parking too.

Unfortunately this was my first and last visit. We had an issue wirh the food, and instead of an apology it was confrontational. The dessert was included which I ordered, nothing to rave about. Such a shame, I had high hopes.

We booked for our friends 50th birthday lunch and some of us was late (sorry!) but Liv our waitress was so accomadating and even let us stay an extra hour and sorted out the following booking to another table for us. Food was amazing along...

Over 40 W I members enjoyed a superb Christmas lunch today. Excellent service from such pleasant staff. The festive decorations made the whole experience just what we hoped for a lovely time.

The vegetarian Christmas lunch had a Very Dry nut roast, 2 Brussels, 5 green beans, 2 roast potatoes, 3 mange tout, 2 deep fried hard stuffing balls. Dessert a non trifle trifle. Tinned grout in jelly, custard and a blob of cream all for £26.

Hi ,we went too the Belfairs inn on December 2nd 2023 for a birthday meal with my family members,the meal was lovely and it all can up at the same time, Sophie was very good keeping us happy also Megan work very hard supply the...

Fanatic secure and friendly staff food was wonderfully go there again as my mum and dad they should now ha,ha abit pricey.but worth it. Knife and forks could be scarper in cutting wiv meat only problem.

Lovely decor but food is very average for London prices. £18 for a mediocre burger, which was burnt. For a very limited menu I’d expect these dishes to be outstanding, but unfortunately the food is just standard pub grub.

Birthday lunch for my mum with my family yesterday...Sophie was very polite and very attentive and food was wonderful. Birthday candles too...thank you all so much.

Had our firms Christmas Dinner at the belfairs inn last night. My meal was one of the tatest meals I have had in a long time. Beautifully decorated inside and out.and service was great. Would definitely go back especially as it is a local business...

A large group of us were there yesterday.Staff friendly and helpful.My food was a bit cold,they took it back, received my plate back with extra on,it was hot and tasty veggie stack breakfast.The décoré for Christmas was very pretty.Recommend here and will return.

This place is so well run. So much care and love is taken it shows. The venue, the staff are all lovely always a nice big smile. Has to be the best place in the area! Thank you to whoever runs this place. It is...

Went today with a group of 5 friends for a lovely get together over a Christmas Meal. The staff were lovely and polite, despite suffering a slight power cut which distracted them from a full 5 star service. We asked for water on the table,...

Had a nice Sunday Dinner with my family to celebrate my Sister and Brother in Laws Birthdays! Lovely Christmas decorations and great ambience! Good service by Liv….. served in good time and nice and hot! Enjoyed by us all! 👏👏🥰

Sorry but had the smallest portion for a roast lamb dinner. Carrot mush and cauliflower cheese was mush also 3 small roast potatoes all for a grand total for £19.95. When asked how the dinner was explained wasn’t impressed with the mushy cauliflower cheese and...

Sorry but had the smallest portion for a roast lamb dinner. Carrot mush and cauliflower cheese was mush also 3 small roast potatoes all for a grand total for £19.95. When asked how the dinner was explained wasn’t impressed with the mushy cauliflower cheese and waitress remark of “oh that’s the best bit! “ didn’t go down well. ! Won’t be returning.

We eat here a lot and the food has always been good, had a couple of iffy meals the one last week being the worst. We had ribeye steak ordered medium it arrived virtually raw very fatty& full of gristle the cod stuffed with prawns was over cooked and very dry the herb coating fell off when I moved it off the bed of new potatoes. The service was poor only 2 waitress' to serve inside & out. Very disappointing as this was one of our favourite restaurants. We did wonder if chef was new. Not just us who had issues either. Come on Inn get back to good food.

Our Rotary Club wanted a lunch for 29 people. The Inn gave us a separate area and a choice of menu, that was reasonably priced. We also had the facility to serve ourselves with tea and coffee after the meal. The food was excellent and...

The restaurant was extremely full, with tables and chairs pushed too close together. The food was OK, especially the starters and vegetables but the meat and fish were disappointing. Also the gammon was served swimming in gravy, never experienced this before! The worst part was...

Staff so accommodating, nothing but perfect service. Great food perfect atmosphere made to feel very welcome. We will definitely be going again soon - thank you for your support at my brothers wake

What a fantastic evening. 3 course dinner in the dark. Well looked after by Lottie and Sophie, at no time did we feel abandoned, Really good food, we guessed what some of it was, but not all of it by far. Its amazing how well...

Only went in for 2 sandwiches a portion of chips and a couple of beers on a lunchtime. Waited nearly 30 mins for the sandwiches and when they came my wife’s prawn one was warm thus the sauce had melted and the bread was crispy...

Great location. Food excellent.

The decorations are very nice. Service, on the other hand, is so slow and unprofessional. We had to ask for a drink menu a couple of times. The staff seem to be new and untrained. Food is average.

Went to the dine in the dark night. What an amazing evening. Good value for money, good food and well looked after by Lottie and Sophie

Nice place to eat but murder to park a car, it's shared with a Golf Club !

Somehow I'm always pleasantly surprised visiting here. The food is good and the service excellent. A regular visitor whether it's for a coffee to take away or to enjoy their excellent breakfast and lunch options.

Very pleasant restaurant decor. Nice soup and snacks plus drinks. The waitress was a most pleasant young lady but spoilt it all by referring to my wife and me as ‘you guys’. Also, she collected my wife’s plate but then instead of coming around behind...

Fabulous breakfast excellent service from a girl with dark hair in a high pony did not get her name sorry.

Been here a few times before as I live close by. Food quality has always been a bit hit and miss but this time was by far the worst experience! The French toast stack was totally burnt and literally charcoal! I was shocked they served...

Great pub next to a woods and golf course. Staff were fantastic. They had a Halloween thing setup outside. Really nice place

Not good value for money at all. We ordered four breakfasts and three hot drinks and it cost over £65. That wouldn't have been too bad, but portions were pretty meagre and food pretty basic (l ordered the smashed avocado and got one slice of...

Was a lovely place to go for lunch, we had fish and chips which was delicious but I have to say the price of their bottle of house white wine was ridiculous! £27 for a bottle of house!!! Don’t know how that can be justified,...

Thought this would be lovely as photos showed it to be very pretty. Which I guess it was. Tables weren't laid. We were given plastic menu. No atmosphere. Two of our party ordered ribs for starter. No ribs. I ordered chicken for main course. No chicken. Unbelievable. I would not recommend.