The best restaurants serving British food in St Martin's Basildon East of England

Me, the missus and the kids normally come here regularly.

i wish they would stick to their opening hours, went there today about 3.30 sorry we are closed had on the door closing time is advertised 4.30 this is not the first time, the family were dissapointed they had no pie and mash for tea, will think twice about going there again

Arrived with high expectations left very disappointed . Starter was ok but our main course was very poor . We ordered ox cheek pasta ragu at £17 a portion . We had difficulty finding the ox cheek buried under the pasta ,three small lumps of meat . It was barely warm , the pasta was undercooked and cool and the braised broccali ordered as a side was also cold .All served on cool plates . I am afraid we sent it back and left . We were told it had all bee cooked at 68 degrees but by the time it reached us it was no where near that .

Food is lovely, always fast, price not bad But biggest asset to this business is waitress Shelly, she is always so friendly, chatty and happy Seems like she loves her job which is so lovely to see Shelly needs a pay rise

I take my 20 year old Bichon Frise most days for breakfast where Siddyboy is treated like a king, the staff bend over backwards to make you and/or your fur babies very welcome. Adore the place and staff, a big thank you to everyone

Nice clean place, but that is all I can say was good. The worst pie & mash I've ever had, the meal was only luke warm, and the pies were under cooked, there was a group on another table that complained about their meal being cold, and then walked out leaving the food on the table. This was my first time in this restaraunt and will be my last.

The pies were soggy and not a lot of meat mash was average, and the liquor was Luke warm. Would I go back? Definitely not.

Staff are not very welcoming. You ask for something and it seems too much. Chips are horrible and cola is flat. Atmosphere is like you are a funeral. Decor is very gloomy too. Feels like I’m in the Wimpy back in 1982.

I & a friend visited this establishment a few days ago. we had to queue up at the counter. there was only one person serving & one person at the back dealing with the prepping of the jacket potatoes & putting the fillings on the the jackets.There were several different fillings on offer, I had a chilli filling & my friend had a plain one with just butter. she asked for plenty of butter on hers & was given 3 tiny pats of butter. We also had a "hot" drink each, me a coffee & she had a chocolate as the cold soft drinks dispenser was not working & there was only bottles of soft drinks available. . The drinks were luke warm. The chilli filling was very tasty, although a tad more chilli would have been even better. When we checked the bill, my friend saw that she had been charged an extra 10p for the extra tiny pat of butter! we noticed a lot of tables still had dirty plates on them, all in all this is the place for a cheap & tasty lunch at fair prices if you have lots of time. A few extra staff would be nice though, as you wouldn't have to wait so long before getting your meal

Nice clean restaurant pleasant staff Food and choices are excellent Seating area is nice and clean and excellent choices