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Lovely breakfast table ready when we walked in. Lovely food and choice also reasonably priced Visit made extra special by waitress who was on duty Sunday 7th July. She was patient with the active children friendly and pleasant. I did not have chance to thank her when we left. Please do so on our behalf

Don’t we all love a spoons? Had a lot of good times in the north and south bank spent with friends. Very good value and the food is surprisingly nice. Sometimes the queue can be edging on the ludicrous on a Saturday night but that’s the same with everywhere. The only real downside is that it isn’t open 24/7!

Visited on Easter Saturday. Lovely food, hot and presented nicely. Great menu choice and reasonable compared to a lot of other pubs. Service with a smile and friendly staff. We'll be back!

Visited last night for a pre Christmas meal with friends. I have to say the food was superb. Reading other reviews it appears that this place has been hit with several problems recently. Last night the previous owner was waiting on tables as staff were off ill. It was very quiet unfortunately which obviously had a bearing on the atmosphere. Don’t let past events and bad reviews put you off as I believe this place under normal circumstances is a hidden gem.

On 5th October this year, I collected an order of food for my elderly parents ruby wedding anniversary. The service was fantastic and the food was delicious.

Great find! The food was really great and staff lovely. I even had dessert after breakfast as the cakes looked so good! See you guys again soon!

Poor customer service and what’s really annoying for a local family - they aren’t children friendly. I went on a cold Saturday morning wanting breakfast and coffee. The smell from the kitchen was overpowering , they really need to sort out the extractor fan and when we decided we just have a coffee the American sounding bloke was quick to say , it’s a restaurant and made sure we felt we weren’t welcome . Shame as I work across the road and live locally but they won’t have my business again.

Absolutely worth a visit! It was so nice to eat a meal that (took me back to the 90’s) The restaurant was clean , the food was freshly cooked , the staff were so friendly. Definitely go back again when visiting Southend .

Could not fault the dinner and breakfast and the service from all the staff in the restaurant. Everything was spot on

Expecting a decent lunch, but only sandwiches and sausage rolls available, so we had lovely, home made cheese scones, but the coffee was only luke warm and insipid.

We went as a group of 5, 3 adults 2 children for their Sunday buffet lunch. The function room we had was superb, lovely festive decorations really well done. The food was faultless, large selection to choose from and very well presented. Our waitress was very good, attentive and very pleasant always making sure our table was well looked after. Well done we will return.

Personal opinion, awful, terrible rude staff. Food not cooked properly and tea like nats pea. Paid over £20 for a child’s portion of ‘ on the turn ham, nearly hard centred tiny cheap eggs, watery weak tea and a small slice of school tray bake sponge. Because I dared mention to the girl behind the counter that school cake counts as a tray bake and not a cake and doesn’t warrant an extra £1 she ran off crying. ….. I didn’t raise my voice, I didn’t refuse to pay, I wasn’t rude, I pointed out IT IS A TRAYBAKE! The manager came out to tell me it was as a cake and another £1, then another woman came out and told me the same thing. By this time THEY were raising their voices, I tried to pay their upscaled price the original member of staff came out with popping her tears and checking tables, 2 members of staff were to my right laughing in my face! Then once I had paid I got a “ ITS NOT A TRAYBAKE ITS A CAKE, DON’T COME BACK HERE AGAIN! Trust me I won’t, you’re far too dramatic for me! Your ham and tea are awful, your fried eggs a cheap small and over cooked and your staff don’t know how to deal with customers! Tray bake was lovely though!!

We had lunch after a highly enjoyable walk round the gardens, and what a pleasure it was. Everything we had was beautifully served and of the highest quality. We were blown away with the service and food quality and all at such competitive prices. We would highly recommend.

Can't begin to say how bad this pub was, miserable landlady and landlord and the worst food I have ever not eaten. I say not eaten as we didn't get through even a quarter of the plate of awful food we were offered. My husband said the beer was okay but please don't bother with the food it REALLY ISNT WORTH IT.