The best restaurants serving British food in Castle Point East of England

Never again! Visited with my wife, father in law and his wife. Ordered the steak, it came out virtually raw inside, I told staff who took it away, 15 minutes later I'm asked if this was OK, I could see it still oozing red from the outside and proceeded to cut it to show staff. Told them no way am I eating it now as family had virtually theirs and to be honest, if they can't get a simple steak right I won't be eating anyway. Manager came over, said I don't have to pay for it (hadn't eaten any of it anyway) said can have a free desert, incredibly cheeky when whole thing was ruined, took them up on the offer which was xmas pudding, wasn't even xmas pudding but a sponge tasting like it! Other observations were father in law had the mixed grill, his steak was red raw, staff didn't even ask how he'd like it, his wife's steak was very chewy, full of fat which she piledto the side. We actually all ended up asking for a doggy bag as was only fit for our dogs. They wanted over £100 for all this rubbish, had a 20% welcome offer signed up before ordering and had a £20 gift card but almost £60 in the end wasted. Please stay clear, it's terrible.

Nous sommes venus de France pour un séjour dans la famille qui habite à Canvey. Nous avons décidés de venir déjeuner au Lobster Smack et avons été très bien reçus, le personnel est très aimable. Les plats étaient copieux et bons, et le Fish and chips était délicieux. Merci pour votre accueil

We often go here when in Canvey, used to be good, then it never seemd to be open for a long time. Now seems to have new owners. Anyway, we all ordered a breakfast, I asked for mushrooms on mine, which weren't normally on that one. When the food arrived, everything seemed OK, tepid, not hot, except my mushrooms: instead of the soft juicy little fellas I usually expect, these were like crisps! They were so hard I couldn't eat them!