The best restaurants serving British food in Thurrock East of England

The staff are super friendly and helpful they are a great laugh and fun to be around, the quiz nights are the best to go to with friends

Amazing Thai food and great service .Staff were professional and welcoming Highly recommended. We had the Pad Thai and Chicken Massaman.

I've been to the Wharf before and was very happy with the food and atmosphere and everything else, this time not impressed at all. The service and the staff were so nice, professional and knowledgeable and always had a smile despite being so busy. The food on the other hand, seemed like the chef loved oily food too much, there was excessive oil in everything, onion rings were covered in oil and heavy batter. Caesar salad was floating in sauce and even the pasta had excessive oil in it. This really brought the quality of the food down and affected my expectations. Hopefully the kitchen will revise the use of oil in their food in the future as it's a shame for such a nice place and good staff to lose customers based on food.

Lovely pub, friendly staff, food was amazing. Will definitely return

Come for friends birthday/leaving drinks. Wonderful Friday afternoon. We ordered through the app, service was quick. Shared lots of small plates between us which were great. Ended up staying for karaoke which was really fun!

Very nice pub with excellent staff With good parking. Our service was great and Some of the food we had today was exceptional and other were good. All at a great price. We will most definitely be back.

Had pie and mash, breakfast and kids had sandwiches; it's a nice cafe, meals were great, staff friendly and helpful; value for money.

We often bring the dogs here during the week for a quiet pint and to sit in the garden with the dogs. Friendly staff and very relaxing. At the moment there are 2 marquee in the garden which are perfect when it rained the other evening. Can get a bit busy at the weekends. Awesome.

We went on 20th April to celebrate my dads 82nd birthday we was a group of 9 people. We had a 4pm sitting. We chose Sir Henrys as the previous month we went there to celebrate my mums 78th. Completely different level of service at the weekend. The restaurant was busy the food was not up to scratch. I ordered goats cheese starter the presentation was poor it was like someone had thrown a few salad leaves on a plate with onion and tomatoes and a blob of goats cheese. For mains my dad and uncle ordered mixed grill which came up not only really fatty meat but it was swimming in grease they couldn't eat it. Me and my aunt had the salmon linguae - the salmon was rock hard. The serving staff kept asking if every thing was ok and we told them it wasn't but they didn't seem to care. When we paid the bill they ask again if everything was ok and we told them the above again - Again they didn't seem to care. They never took of the £20 deposit I paid to secure the table so I had to call the following morning. The manager called me back - I told her all the above and same as her staff didn't seem to care - just kept saying I am sorry it didn't meet your expectations on this occasion. I told her my dad and uncle couldn't eat their meals to which she replied well the servers said all the plates were cleared. This is NOT true but the tone in her voice it was clear she wasn't going to do anything about it - The least she should have done was credit them - Poor customer service - Hopefully the owners see this review and learn the manager there lacks customer service skills. She ended the call in a sarcastic tone saying hope this hasn't put you off coming again you enjoy the rest of your day!

I have been here a couple of times for a drink. But this time, I had something to eat. From the outside, The Royal looks like it needs some tlc. The outside seating area could also be improved with some potted plants and fairy lights to make it feel more cosy. However, when you enter the restaurant, it is fresh and newly decorated. The decor in the restaurant is really nice and looks great. I like that the bar and restaurant have models of ship on display (links to the history of Purfleet). The cocktails here are well priced and there is a good selection to choose from. I only ordered a couple of small dishes. The chips were seasoned nicely and tasted good. The chocolate fudge cake was delicious, I'd like to have some raspberries alongside the cake for that extra flavour. There is a good selection of food on their menu. When I visit again, I will be trying food from the main menu. The staff were friendly and the service was quick. There is also a pool table to play. I'd come back here and recommend The Royal for good food, drink and cheap prices.

We go to the cafe at least each week and dog friendly and it is so good

Sometimes the “ hole in the wall “ can be the best place to eat. This is one. Full English breakfast was delicious! Great if you want to get away from the overpriced chain restaurants.

The table was dirty with old food all over it and sticky. It was only 10am on a Sunday too. The glasses arrived filthy and when putting the drink in there was floating black bits so had to ask for new drinks which we drank from the bottles. The food arrived and was just warm not hot. The only redeeming factor was my eggs benedict was nice. My partner tried to speak to the waiter who was incredibly rude and just walked straight past whilst he was talking and he was aware we were talking to him. There is also no uniform as staff are wearing what looks like tracksuit bottoms and band hoodies which doesn't look presentable. I wouldn't return. ADD ON - My issue was not with the wear of your staff it was mainly how filthy the restaurant was and the staff are rude.

Good size portions for the right price

We had our son’s 21st birthday party at the fleet and it was brilliant. The staff were excellent and couldn’t do enough for us and the Dj was superb too. We will definitely be using again for all future parties