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

Amazing service! What a lovely, attentive, friendly owner! He made our experience wonderful from the start. It was late as we had been to adventure island with our 3 children and I was apprehensive as to what would still be open at 9.45pm. So glad we found this place- food was delicious, well priced but what made the night for us was the kindness of the owner! We had fish and chips, sausage in batter and a side of mozzarella sticks- all perfect! Thank you 😊

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.

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.

Great night there for my birthday the food was excellent can’t wait to go back

Booked a family meal here for Good Friday lunch. Our carver, Chris, was very friendly, as was Paula, our server. We've been coming to this carvery for 10+ years and can honestly count on one hand, how many bad experiences we've had. I highly recommend Thorpe Bay Toby, as the staff are very welcoming and the atmosphere is lovely. Thank you 😊

Had a great experience, not fully experienced with the app, but Mandi literally walked through the whole thing with me. Asset to the team!

Awful experience. Visited on Sat 29/03/25 for a birthday treat. The service was so poor we had reason to complain. The response and lack of empathy we got from the manager left my partner in tears. You may reasonably expect there's always two sides to a story, but how can a restaurant manager reduce a customer to tears and promptly walk away unconcerned? Will never be going back.

First time in ages. Great traditional breakfast - we'll cooked and presented - in lovely setting: the park gardens on a sunny day. Two breakfasts with drinks: £19. I don't know why this place doesn't come to mind more often. Family run by same family for many years. Must go here more!