The King's Head Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "It delivers well cooked food from a traditional and varied menu."
• "The new menu is great, food was very good."
• "The breakfast was absolutely the best breakfast I've had anywhere, bacon maple pancakes and full English breakfast was ace."
• "Easily the best burger in Essex."
• "The sirloin of beef was so tender and the flavour of all the trimmings was really great."
• "The food was fabulous. High quality, all beautifully cooked and presented - the portions were generous too!"
• "Fish was cooked to perfection with the most golden crispy batter."

Cons:

• "Food ok...sons burger just plonked on plate no garnish at all. Rib eye steaks ok nothing special. Very overpriced for what we had."
• "Mine was stone cold and had to be returned to the kitchen, my friends curry looked over cooked."
• "The food was horrible. It tasted and looked like none of it was fresh - and had been reheated."
• "Food was good but every part of the meal on the plate was a different temperature which wasn't good."
• "Some of the food was ok but was a bit hit and miss."
• "The pie was nice but mostly pastry and quite dry."
• "The chicken turned up as a butterflyed chicken breast which was so tough and chewy we left the meat."

Service

Pros:

• "Our waitress was superb."
• "Stylish place with really friendly and attentive staff (our waitress Pippa was wonderful.)"
• "Pleasant pub feel, welcoming restaurant with attentive staff and great food."
• "Staff were great and very friendly and didn't have to wait too long for service."
• "Service was impeccable and really friendly, helped with the menu choices and really was attentive."
• "Our waitress Amie was friendly and very helpful."
• "Very attentive staff delivering excellent customer service."

Cons:

• "Service seemed slow - had to ask a few times for drinks already ordered."
• "The service took nrly an hour."
• "Love the atmosphere in this pub and the staff but why is it every time I go half the things on the menu are not available?"
• "I originally booked for 2 but at the last minute my son came along so when we arrived we told the waitress that we needed to add a child, she gave me a dirty look."
• "The waitress was trying her best but to be honest u had to many bookings kitchen and staff could clearly not cope."
• "Service last Thursday evening was incredibly slow."
• "We sat for a good 10 minutes waiting to order."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely place we sat outside on the decking area, in the sunshine."
• "The pub is lovely with a great atmosphere."
• "Cosy beamed restaurant with open fires and festive decorations, which all added to the enjoyment of our work xmas lunch today."
• "The pub has such a warm, homely feel that will draw me back time and time again!"
• "The atmosphere was nice and inviting."
• "Such a beautiful, welcoming local pub."
• "A lovely decorated pub that felt very welcoming."

Cons:

• "A music bingo was going on and was so loud we could not talk to each other."
• "The downside was, we were asked to leave our table at 10pm on a Saturday night because the pub/restaurant was closing."
• "Not been here for a few months and more they've allowed the vultures that are Euro Car Parks into their bed."
• "The menu has been drastically reduced and even though it was 4.45pm they had run out of a lot of dishes which was disappointing."
• "We felt so angry and uncomfortable at this point we got up and left!"
• "The final nail in the coffin was receiving a parking charge for parking in the car park."
• "Neighbour of the kings head pub and extremely fed up of the garden noise."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Excellent value for money, four people having mains, drinks, desert and coffee, the bill was still only 130 quid."
• "The food and the service was excellent and great value for money."
• "I would say the portion size was generous and the quality of the food good for what you pay."
• "Always amazing food - our favourite restaurant in Essex."
• "The food is very nice and has been consistently nice each time we have visited."
• "The food was well presented and delicious."
• "Had a burger. Was insanely good."

Cons:

• "Very overpriced for what we had."
• "Overpriced food for quality presented."
• "However the food isnt all that and it is extremely expensive for the quality of it."
• "The food is very expensive for what it is!"
• "As the menu was expensive."
• "The mango and passion fruit sweet lacked considerably in the fruit department... rather expensive for what you got."
• "For the 2 of us the bread, a starter, mains, desert, 1 cider & 2 beers came to just under £90."