The best restaurants serving British food in England

Haven't been here in more than a year, and nothing has changed. No toasties, no jackets, all tables full of dirty plates etc, no beans in the coffee machine, no clean cutlery. 1pm on a Thursday. Why is it so awful here? I spoke to the store manager back in summer 2023, she advised me it was going to be taken under new management, I can only assume this hasn't happened. Such a let down considering it was alright once upon a time

Sólo comida horrible. Salchicha barata, tocino frío y flácido. Es una ubicación privilegiada y sería increíble tener algo mejor aquí!

Coffee is disgusting as now made from push button machine. Atmosphere terrible as crammed in more tables at comforts expense. Food ok but pricey.

We just had a couple of coffees and two sausage rolls. The coffees were OK, but the sausage rolls were vile. They appeared to have been kept warm for a very long time, so the pastry was rock hard and brittle. The sausage meat filling had the consistency of pink sawdust; it was very salty and there wasn't much of it - perhaps just as well really! Without any poetic licence - it really was the worst apology for a sausage roll I've ever encountered, and the most expensive at around £6. I would never eat at this establishment again. The catering offer lets Wakehurst down, bigtime.

OMG !!! Worst service ever ! So so slow . Not feeling welcome there at all . Grumpy faces .not giving attention to orders . Not going back again there.

we have had a few days staying in the hotel on site, wanted something different for breakfast there's not really much to choose from there and then we decided to try here the food was hot and was delivered to the table, it was expensive for what we actually had but cooked well and enjoyable the coffee was the best one I had in days so much better than McDonalds one and costa the man who served us was so pleasant and chatty he was brilliant made us feel really welcome and couldn't enough for us

This place has no hot food except packed buns with bacon ect. No menu at all. Wanted a toasted tea cake for my wife they said they had supply issues so it's a no-no. Yet in the store packets of them to buy. A hopeless place that's very clean. Go to Morrisons across the road, at least they have a full menu. Just don't bother.

Meal was thrown on the plate ...mostly made up of frozen vegetables bland not appetising at all will not be returning for a meal any time soon...plenty of other places to eat

Went to Hilliers for lunch there was a very poor selection of food stating that they didn't get there supplies! Wouldn't it be wise to order then ! Since Hilliers has taken over its really go e down Hill

Lovely place, food and staff were amazing! Id recommend to go for a great lunch out in Southend. The server was very nice and food was delicious.

Fuimos por un desayuno vegano que solía ser delicioso, pero ¿qué le han hecho? El aguacate no es fresco, el tomate es de una lata y los hongos viejos no son frescos. Qué lástima que lo hayan conservado todo demasiado. Traiga rodajas de aguacate frescas, tomates frescos y hongos por favor.

suprised at previous bad reviews. We were a group of 18 cyclist. We had prebooked. We received a warm welcome and places had been reserved for us. The taking of the order was efficient and service was without delay, I had a fried egg bap and tea which was hot and tasty and reasonably priced. couldnt fault.

I don't mind the self service, but the options were so limited. I'm gluten free and I basically couldn't get anything that wasn't available in the food court, and it was a significant mark up in price. Spent £20 for 2 sandwiches and a coffee! The high chairs were dirty, even though they'd been stacked. Not up to usual M&S standard.

Old and badly designed store with more miserable looking security guards then miserable looking staff. You have to walk 5 miles to get in to the store past a narrow corridor as entrance is right at the other end of store. You are told not to enter through the tills by angry staff and when you have finally got in to the store you can not get out if you have bought nothing as you are gated in and the alcohol is in locked glass cupboards. You then wait for 20 minutes to be bossed about by a talking till that never works as most of the staff tills have gone. Feels like being in Alcatraz and you are treated like you have done something wrong rather then a valued customer so not exactly a pleasurable shopping experience so now shop at Asda.

I was dubious about trying as I didn't think it would be for me, but am I glad I did. 100% converted. It tasted amazing. The ice cream curls were delicious. Definitely go back.