The best restaurants serving Italian food in Basildon West Berkshire South East

I am a local and have come a large number of times over the years and always been disappointed. Especially with the service. (At my adult daughter’s birthday dinner in July the waitress literally threw down her birthday pudding as she strode by without a word!) Last weak 3 of us came for a full lunch which was ok ish but horribly overpriced. the hostess at the entrance to the restaurant was rude beyond belief . As we stood at the desk waiting to be seated she carried on preparing a table in the empty bay nearby and spoke from there . Her words were “yes” . We said we woul like a table outside and were greeted by silence. She eventually came to the desk and asked us “is there one free” in an incredibly arrogant way. Her job to find out not ours. The conversation continued in the same vein. It’s hard to get over how rude she was. Undeterred I came to the cafe today and bought a roast beef roll and a tiny americano. £12.50!!!!! The beef was full of fat and sinews. I tried to chew it but impossible and had to remove from my mouth. Totally inedible. I ended up just eating the tomato and roll. If this place was not on the river no one would ever come here. It’s a disgrace. Never again.