The Kings Head in Basildon

Kayleigh was amazing, great food and a great vibe

Called in for lunch with my sister while passing and looking for Great Burstead Church to do some family research. Car park was busy and sure enough the pub was near full. However we found a table by the fire which was a bonus on this cold day! Staff were very friendly and lady behind the bar was very helpful in giving directions to the church. Ordered drinks and from the set lunch menu, followed by one of the ‘small portion’ sweets. All was excellent, as was the service. We then had a coffee each, which was one of the best coffees I’ve ever had in a pub. All in all very impressed. Will definitely call again when next in the area.

The food was very nice and service was great, it was a Saturday and incredibly busy, the food was fresh and plenty of it. My issue was more that it was a bit on the expensive side which is fine the quality is great but there were loads of kids running around and getting in everyone's way, using the toilets as places to play around in and generally make loads of noise. This isn't what you expect when you are eating somewhere nicer which doesn't have a play area and isn't really designed for kids to be playing tag around your table and the staff didn't make any attempt to tell their parents of those children to do anything about it.

Emily our server was great food was yummy definitely coming back

Very nice place! It was a bit expensive, but they have good food and you get a lot of food for the money, I've never had a bigger skewer before! Cozy atmosphere and nice personell.

Served by Kayleigh, food was lovely and service was great. Great atmosphere loved how many dogs there were. Will definitely come back again

Went for a Sunday lunch with the family; host was very welcoming We was looked after by Kayleigh who was lovely and very attentive Dinner and dessert was lovely, only comment would be when ordering mini dessert and coffee, we would prefer these served together

Sam was fantastic- great service! Had a great meal and desserts were amazing! Would definitely recommend to anyone. Sunday Roast is perfect!

Nine of us came for Sunday dinner and had a fantastic time! The food was great (I had the trio meat dinner - highly recommend!). Service was wonderful and Sam was lovely and extremely helpful! Great atmosphere and looking forward to our next visit!

10 of us came in for Sunday lunch. Food and service was excellent - we will definitely been back. Thank you, Sam for looking after us.

Another great afternoon at the King's Head. Food was amazing, service was wonderful as usual, Kayleigh was fabulous. Would always recommend 👌

Great buzzing atmosphere, wonderful roast dinner, superb dessert, really good value. All round great Sunday lunch.

Kayleigh was very good and attentive.

Drinks left on bar to go flat. Food was cold and inedible. Table in the draft of a cold window & door. To be fair to waitresses, it was far too busy for only two waitresses. Poor, very disappointing. Reply .... yes you waved the fee ... but I came out for dinner & went home having eaten nothing, I shouldn't have to pay. I gave an honest review of my experience. If you think it's unfair, then that's your opinion, don't ask for a review in future. I was honest & I think people want an accurate review. I'm not changing it because you think it was OK because I didn't have to pay. You're lucky to get two stars.

Really nice place, been here multiple times and the staff are always lovely and accommodating, food’s nice too :)

As usual, we had a great meal here, food is always consistently good and I like the selection of ales. Service always friendly

came for my 18th birthday with my family. Had the most amazing service by Sam! she was so quick and helpful. food was unreal and we had the best time. Thank you all xxx

It had a really nice makeover earlier this year and the staff are very friendly and efficient

Lovely food and service from Anna was great

Lovely fresh food great service. Roast potatoes are so tasty, meat tender. Will be returning.

Lovely Sunday roast, kings Head never disappoints

Really happy with my service from Sam

Excellent food and excellent friendly service- cannot recommend enough!

Waited 20 minutes to order, 20 minutes for food. My “Beef Bourguignon” wasn’t. The chef is obviously ignorant as to what is Beef Bourguignon. What was served was short rib that was the driest piece of meat I ever ate. Three other tables were complaining or sent food or drink back. But, for ambience, we had three crying babies to add to the absolute crap experience.

Food was absolutely lovely, we had a really nice time here on Sun 2nd June. Trio of Pork belly, Turkey &Beef. Dessert duo of toffee/butterscotch. Eton mess. Lovely place we sat outside on the decking area, in the sunshine. Keith was excellent... Thank you.

Warm and friendly atmosphere, food quality was incredible and service was excellent from Kayleigh

Lovely warm welcome. Delicious food to choose from. Attentive happy staff. Fab drinks menu

Really nice Sunday lunch today with my family! We were served by Kayleigh who was really friendly and attentive. Really reccomend :)

Food was delicious and come out quickly. Service was amazing, Emily was lovely and super helpful. The atmosphere was calm, chilled and made us feel really comfortable. My brother had a lovely birthday.

Had a lovely birthday meal at the Kings head tonight our waitress Emily was very professional and polite

Great food, great service. Thank you Kayleigh and team.

Lovely food, staff where amazing. Lovely place for a Sunday lunch. Food wasnt out of this world but very good never the less.

Great Sunday dinner! Could’ve been slightly hotter, but that’s personal preference. Staff were lovely and extremely helpful. Service was quick and efficient. Lovely atmosphere and good menu. Will be coming back.

Been here over a dozens times now and always brilliant! Can't wait to see this place in the summer.

Stop by for a quick bite to eat and was very impressed with the service and food. Chose loads of starters and everything was lovely and well presented.

Great vegan options, good service with a smile

Had a wonderful meal at The King’s Head. The sticky platter for a starter was particularly delicious. A big thank you to Kayleigh for looking after us.

Lovely meal out. Our server Kayleigh was lovely and very helpful with everything we needed. Loved it and will be coming again !!

No time to pre book. Walk in on 12 January. Delicious Sunday lunch. We’ll looked after by Kayleigh. I would recommend.

Emily, our server was absolutely fantastic and really looked after us. Thank you to all of the staff at the Kings Head.

Good Sunday lunch. Service by Emily was excellent.

We had a really lovely time here one brunch. It wasn't too busy mid morning, though it filled up more for lunch. It was a great balance of enough attention from the waitresses, whilst being left on our own enough to talk freely. Thanks ladies.

My wife and I regularly eat at this pub. The food never fails to please and the service is always excellent, especially as Sam has been our server on the last four occasions. They also have an excellent loyalty card scheme which they supplement with additional offers.

Currently sat in the restaurant half the table with food, half the table without food. Not the first time this has happened. Table was booked at 16:30. It is now 17:35 and still waiting. Not what we expected when we come here for a birthday meal!

Usually the food at the King’s Head is very nice but tonight it was absolutely dreadful. Waited 40 minutes to be served pork belly which couldn’t even be cut never mind chewed. Changed for a pie with a crust so hard again my knife wouldn’t cut it. Won’t be returning in a hurry.

Friendly, lovely food and the best Americanos.

First visit to the pub and it was fabulous! Food was super delicious and we had the friendliest server Sam who was delightful! Definitely our local going forward - thanks!

We had an excellent meal at the King’s Head - Sam gave us fantastic service, a very enjoyable night out!

Great New Years Day meal, brilliant service and lovely food, large group of friends and family well catered for by Kayleigh and team. Thank you

Amazing quiz!! Big fat quiz of the year 2024 - great Monday night!

Amazing Christmas lunch and George Michael tribute night on 27th December. Gorgeous food, friendly service and brilliant atmosphere. Definitely coming back next Christmas.

Christmas Day dinner: had to pre pay, pre book a time slot and send food choices beforehand which is expected. Pub decorated really nicely and a pleasant welcome. Unfortunately the service was awful, they were running about an hour behind (we were told it was because one waitress went home sick). I treated elderly relatives as I wanted it to be special, it was not. My elderly mother had to stand up for over half an hour due to no chairs being available then we waited the rest of the time with mum on a chair. Where we waited was packed and I felt like we were on top of other diners tables. When seated there were no crackers on our table, the service was extremely slow, the soup was luke warm and the vegetables hard. Long wait between starters and main. The manageress was apologetic and worked hard and we were given free drinks, this is appreciated but we paid a lot of money for a Christmas Day treat that I’m sorry to say was awful. It’s not just the money it’s the fact Christmas dinner was extremely disappointing, not a good day to get things so wrong.

Lovely food, really friendly staff, our waitresse Sam was really attentive and friendly. We were in the private dining area which was really nice and cosy.

Love the Kings head. We go often. Food and service is great. Leanne who is there is amazing. Helpful and friendly. She makes you feel very welcome

Absoultely fantastic christmas day lunch. Leanne and the whole team go above and beyond to make it a festive treat for the whole family. Thank you

The worst Xmas dinner I have ever had,booked 12.30 sitting starters came out ok then had to wait over an hour for mains which was turkey ,roast potato’s were chewy and taste like they had been dipped in a salt pot,broccoli was so hard we couldn’t eat it and one of us had none on our plate,cauliflower cheese was also too hard to eat,cabbage hadn’t even been cooked at all,pigs in blankets had not been cooked long enough the bacon was quite raw and there wasn’t enough gravey even though we asked for extra,complained to the owner who was very defensive and patronizing and she spoke over me and wasn’t really sorry she just said that the service we had was bad because a member of staff had walked out and she told me nobody else had complained but we heard others complaining,thanks for ruining my Christmas unfortunately we won’t be returning to your pub I think your New Year’s resolution should be to drop your attitude

Christmas dinner: you had to pre order and pre pay which is fine, First time at the pub and took my elderly relatives hoping it would be special. Pub nicely decorated and friendly welcome. Had a very long wait to be seated , think about 40 minutes, mum had to stand up most of the time until we got moved to another area to wait where there was a chair for her. Very busy in standing areas as service running so late. When seated no crackers on the table, didn’t mention it as fed up by then. Very long wait for main course. Soup luke warm and vegetables hard, desserts very nice. Told reason for slow service is because one waitress went home sick. Manageress very apologetic (she was working non stop). Christmas dinner is expensive but happy to pay it as a treat on a special day however it was disappointing and won’t be going back.

We came this year, (still here right now!) and had to write a review because Leanne and the team were wonderful, considering with it being so so busy- food came out very quickly and was outstanding as usual! Will defo reccomend, I had the parsnip soup - the best! Followed by the pork belly, unreal. Thank you so much & happy Christmas x

We came for Christmas and it was just unreal. Defo worth it! Thank you so much Leanne and team x

Excellent Service, nice atmosphere and lovely food.

Great food selection, what we had was delicious, server was great and ambience also great! Highly recommend!

Lovely night out with family for my mums birthday. Been here a couple of times but this is the first time we’ve had a live singer. Food was great quality, the singer was good and our host Sam was lovely! Excellent service and will definitely be coming back

I normally really enjoy the food here. However last night, I was so disappointed. I didn’t enjoy my meal at all. The lamb skewers were overcooked and I couldn’t eat it. I appreciate they were very busy, but my dinner should never of been served like that. I didn’t have the heart to complain at the time, because the waitress was so nice. Not sure I’d go back there now.

Pretty disappointing Christmas meal tbh. Prawn and smoked salmon starter arrived with a forest of lettuce but no salmon. Cocktail sauce tasteless. Stingey amount of turkey on the main, carrots and parsnips appeared and tasted like they'd been cooked the day before and reheated.

Served by Joy today - great service and great food. Thank you very much. We will definitely return :)

Could have had more vegetarian choice

Service very good , food below average, will not be going back

Great place for a Christmas meal, really good food and great service, our server Rachel was brilliant and always there to help

Food was excellent. Lovely atmosphere. Kayleigh the server was great. Will definitely be returning.

Excellent dining experience, for 8 of us. Food was good and the service from Amie even better

Lovely breakfast with Santa experience. The Santa was one of the best around and the service and food was amazing. Thank you Sarah our server too.

Lovely welcoming and warm , meals delicious

We had sat dinner there at 7pm , it was full to the brim so you will need to book. Staff all lovely and my food was good. Due to the numbers in the restaurant it took about 1 hour for the food to arrive but that was fine , just enjoyed a chat and a drink

Amie was a great server for us tonight, seating a table of 20 - her service was exemplary and the food was a great offer of Xmas and their regular evening menu - really comfortable place to be!

Food was overpriced and underwhelming. Service was just about average and the live singer was quite good but far too loud for the venue. Don't bother with the watery mulled wine.

Always very good food and very good sercice

We just had a lovely meal at the Kings Head, and were served by Ellie who made sure we had a very enjoyable meal. We had our toddler with us and Ellie made sure he was looked after and we had what we needed. Would definitely eat there again :)

Served by Kaykeigh , very.polite

Wonderful Sunday lunch. We turned up without a booking and they were so busy… but managed to help us out! Emily our server was wonderful Thanks Emma

Our waitress Emily was great, very attentive. Service was quick and easy food was a great standard. Would recommend.

There was 10 of us and we were there to celebrate a birthday. Food was great but service very slow. The clearing of plates between courses was hit and miss a few plates were taken then a long time after a few more and so on. When ordering drinks some were missed even though written down Such a shame as had been recommended all food was lovely but let down by overall service and experience. When asking for bill and getting it deposits paid had not been taken off and had to wait another 15 mins for bill to be returned.

Emily was very attentive and polite. Breakfast was delicious!

Excellent service by Amy would definitely recommend Kings Head Billericay

Food was both good and good value. Anna served us and she was attentive, helpful, polite and efficient. We arrived tired and hungry and left full and happy!

Very nice lunch and great service by Vicky

Thank you Kelly great service Delish calamari & paneng curry!

Fod was great and excellent service from Leanne.

Food and service amazing ,waitres Ellie been very lovely to us we will definitely go back.

Served by Kayleigh, had a lovely meal 😋

Lovely lunch. Kayleigh and Rachel were very good at their jobs. Nothing was too much trouble. Our party of four had no complaints at all.

Excellent service from Amie & whole team! Great food Be back soon

Had a wonderful full English breakfast! Sarah and the rest of the staff were lovely hosts. Will pop in again when in the area. Thank you 😊

Had a lovely lunch, Anna was very welcoming and helpful

Lovely food and service from Amie

Went for a birthday lunch with Wife, nice atmosphere and loved sittung by the fireplace playing cards

A warm welcome with a log fire great food and spotlessly clean

Fantastic time at the Kings head. We felt very welcomed and taken care of. Thanks to our server Kayleigh and the rest of the staff here. A great place for a nice family meal.

The Sunday roast was delicious and portions are generous. The restaurant was busy which is good sign but the tables were spaced comfortably. All the staff were friendly and service was great- we were served by Kayleigh. Will definitely be going back to try more of the menu!

Great service from Kayleigh! Yummy food, thank you! x

We had a great Sunday Lunch, Kayleigh made our experience fantastic, will be coming back