The best restaurants serving British food in Southend-on-Sea East of England

Gorgeous meal at Fish & Wish. Four of us went ( my sister and brother-in-law visiting from Australia). My sister and I both have coeliac so we ordered a gluten free cod and chips. The owner was so knowledgable and explained they use a separate fryer. He even brought out gluten free vinegar. It’s really hard to have fish and chips when you can’t have gluten as nowhere does it gluten free so this was great for us. Photo is of the gluten free cod and chips. My husband and brother-in-law had normal cod and chips. The servings were really big and the owner was so friendly. Even though we live in London I’ll definitely go back. My sister definitely wants to visit again during her holiday! So impressed

What a big mistake we made it was absolutely terrible they couldn’t find cheap terrible produce if they tried it was vile

A lovely cosy restaurant on the sea front, amazing service and food. The owner Dino is extremely helpful and gave our two dogs sausages. We cannot wait to return in the summer. Highly recommend.

We regularly visit Natural Bite for lunch and we’ve never been disappointed. The food is top notch with great variety and the staff are super friendly. The owners even remember our order :-) We highly recommend.

This is the best cafe in Town...food is 'clean' and delicious.. bread pudding is banging! Staff are top notch, always so attentive...

We were taken to this lovely cafe for Mother’s Day brunch. What a great place. The staff were so friendly and nothing was too much trouble. The food was delicious and fresh. We will be going back!

Excellent planned party for my Partner's 65th birthday. We reserved the raised area. Staff could not have been any more attentive. Food was excellent, everyone commented. Such a good night.

Superb breakfast. Food was hot and the plate wasn’t swimming in grease like some other places I’ve been to. Friendly staff and quick service.

Visited this morning with my family before we set off back to London after a short break. Food was extremely tasty and the service was excellent. If I'm ever back in Southend I'll definitely be visiting this cafe again.

Food was superb, service really pleasant. Just an absolute pleasure to have been there. I visited with my elderly parents and they loved that it brought back some lovely memories of East London where my mum grew up in the 40s and 50s.

I popped into this coffee shop when I had a few spare hours. It was such a cosy and welcoming place, I enjoyed a hot chocolate. The staff were very friendly and attentive!

Booked up for lunch on Sunday 11th June for 1:30, got there with my disabled Mother and it was closed, no notification. !!

Fantastic pub and staff. Myself and my family had lunch at the pub on mothers day, Molly cooked everything to perfection. Laura and the team are always so welcoming.

I love this coffee shop. I’ve be going there years and Kate is amazing. The Manager And she makes the best coffee 😍😘

We often have a meal at the Camelia. The service and the food have always been of high quality. However, that was not the case on our last visit.Our table was booked for 8 pm.We were not offered any drinks on arrival at our table.The wine glasses were quickly cleared away. We expressed the wish that we would like to order wine with our meal. A wine list followed shortly after. We selected our wine We told the waitress what wine we wanted. Our starters arrived. We finished these.When our main course arrived the waiter asked us if we would like a drinkWe explained that we had ordered some wine which had not arrived. We were told that he did not know what happened there.There was no salt and pepper on the table and we were not offered any We were very disappointed with the whole experience.