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

Pre-theatre dinner in a lovely restaurant. The place was very busy at 8pm when we arrived. Told staff we needed to be be gone by half nine and they were happy to accommodate this request. Portions are very generous and the prices are very reasonable. The food was delicious and everyone was happy at our table. Also the complimentary limoncello at the end was a nice touch. We will definitely be back to enjoy the food at a more leisurely pace.

Family was fed and watered with some great dishes - very yummy 😋 lots of traditional foods that was appetising, portions great and Victoria looked after us.

We had a beautiful Christmas Day lunch with our family and little boy. The staff are just superb and cannot do enough for you, the food is also superb. I don’t think we have ever had a bad meal at this restaurant, the food is always amazing. Highly recommend!

10 of us visited for dinner last week. Holly our waitress was fantastic - she couldn’t have done anymore to make us all feel welcome and cater to everyone’s requests - thank you!! The food was also great, the pizzas are delicious and we’d all highly recommend the pistachio tiramisu! We will be back!

We had starters,mushrooms and the aubergine with delicious blue cheese garlic bread,probably best garlic bread I've ever had,we both had fillet steak for main cooked to perfection,I had a pepper sauce my partner had a mushroom sauce so tasty,best meal we have both had in a very long time,we can't recommend this restaurant enough !

Fantastic food and atmosphere. We will be back.

Really not happy. Waited 2 hours before recieving our order with the delivery time constantly changing. And when the food finally arrived it was cold. I had called the restaurant and the food was waiting for a driver.

Lunch with a friend today. Menu has changed and is amazing! Much more choice and presented so well. Chose tomatoes on sourdough bread with two poached eggs. It came with houmous and pesto dressing, basil and a salad. It was delicious. Staff are friendly and helpful.

A gem of a restaurant!!! Lovely atmosphere and such.a welcome !! Food was delicious. Will be back !

This restaurant only opened under this name last month and appears to have a new menu etc. It was formally called II Palazzo and from the dates of the reviews below they all refer to the "previous" restaurant. Service was Ok but instead of the large dining room shown in the photos we were all packed into tables set out in the former bar area with about two feet between tables. Food was Ok

Omg! First steak after pregnancy and it did not disappoint!!!!! Perfect portion size and perfectly priced! Friendly staff

We chose La Sirena having been before, for a pre Christmas family meal. The food was a bit slow coming but hey plenty of time to catch up with family over drinks. When it did arrive the food as always, superb and plentiful. The staff were very pleasant and accomodating. I would recommend this eaterie for lunch and dinner.

What a amazing meal we had last night - food was amazing and the staff so friendly and accommodating def be back soon

What a fabulous and welcoming family Italian restaurant. Everyone so friendly and helpful. We had the set 2 course menu. Good varied options, big portions, delicious! Didn’t feel service was rushed as can often happen when busy. You can tell they take a pride in what they do. Will definitely be back.

I like the style and food at this restaurant, the decor is lovely and the young staff are lovely and look so smart . The only thing I would change is how the manger/ owner talks to her staff, they worked really hard and think you should be a little kinder to them