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

In the area and fancied a bit of fish and chips so after a walk along the front I chose to pop in here. Found a table near the back and chose what I was going to have before heading down to place my order. Two members of staff on and the younger of the two served me, firstly apologising as it was table service and she didn’t realise I was ready to order. To be fair to her I’d only been sat less than a minute. She was really happy in her work, not false happy, really pleasant and welcoming. She was also very chatty when she brought over my food. She’s a credit to this business. The food was good, a decent price and I left full and happy. What more do ya need on a cold Tuesday night in November?

We stopped here by chance & so glad we did. The gentleman running the cafe (on behalf of his daughter I believe) was an absolute gem, he made time to chat to everyone, entertained us all & provided top notch service along with the rest of the team! You would never have known they were short staffed as the service was great. Food was delicious (best bacon sarnie I’ve had for a while) Next time we visit Southend we will definitely return!

Went here with 2 friends for a festive treat, easy to book via Facebook, all ready when we arrived. Lovely decorations and a very friendly welcome and service. Food was plentiful, home made and delicious. Only criticism would be it was a little cold- wear a big jumper, we had to finish in our coats!

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 😊

Discovered this lovely restaurant. The food is fresh and delicious. Customer service amazing and friendly staff. I Wish. travel from London for my once a month fix at Fish and Wish. It is the go to place for great fish and chips.

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.

Brilliant breakfast. Everything was spot on cooked to perfection. Toast bacon egg hash brown perfect tea. Very tasty. Just note its cash only. Good service efficient. Best breakfast. Good value too.

The food, drinks and setting are amazing. Very affordable and the owners and staff are an absolute delight. Excellent views across the estuary just add to the charm.

I treated my daughters and their friend to ice cream and cookies, and they loved it. The ice cream was amazing- especially the mint aero, chosen by 2 of the girls. The guy serving us was friendly and chatty, and very patient while my daughter nipped to the loo mid order. He also made sure the table was clean before we sat down. Great experience.

Need to bake more white sandwich tins, always sold out before I can get there. Need to sell unseeded bread sandwiches. Far too many rules to take part in this review Why why why why why why

Loved this place. Great food, great price, variety of menus. Did meals like Shepherds pie, liver & bacon etc. Was sad when I discovered that the cafe had closed down.

Visited several times. Always a good experience. Chill ambience. Friendly, helpful staff. Tasty, freshly made food. May be the best coffee I've had locally. Freshly ground. (Had 2 cups.) Today we ate bowl of fresh leek and potato soup (Todays soup. Need to check flavour on the day) with croutons and baguette. Avocado and halloumi on sourdough with red onion, tomatoes, rocket and chilli jam. All presented attractively and very tasty. Previously had other dishes - all good. Also, really allergy aware for those that need it.

What a lovely experience! First of all, the staff were lovely and you can tell that they are very knowledgeable and genuinely love their jobs. They were very polite and helpful :) The environment was clean and surprisingly smelt good considering there were lots of cats about! You also have to be let in by a staff member as a safety measure to avoid loose cats! The cats were friendly and one of them loved my coat! Toward the end of our stay, he decided to reside on my lap and j guiltily had to shift him off when it was time to leave! The food was good, however the jacket potato was over cooked. Nobody else had any complaints so I’m assuming that was just a one off. The waffle looked delicious so I recommend trying one of those! The experience was certainly worth it and we are very glad we came!

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!

Went in quite late for dinner & Byron immediately came to our table to take our drinks orders. We were quite hungry and our starters of scotch egg & marmite butter roast potatoes came out quickly & definitely hit the spot! We both had the pie for our mains….Chef’s kiss 🤌 Byron was very hospitable & checked back that all was ok. I live very near by & pop in for a drink or Sunday lunch (which is the best in Southend I might add) but have never eaten here mid week & I was very happy with the last minute choice! Well done chef & well done Byron.