Billy Hundreds Fish n Tapas Reviews Summary

Category: Tapas restaurant

Address: Kiosk 12, Eastern Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2YH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441702808350

Rating: 4.6
based on 163 reviews.

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Uninterrupted sea views - eat literally on the beach, or sheltered inside."
  • "Such a chilled vibe whilst sipping Sangria and watching the sun go down with friends."
  • "The restaurant is on the beach so the view whilst eating your meal is so beautiful and relaxing."
  • "The setting is fantastic, we got lucky as it had been a hot sunny day, the roof was open, the windows overlooking the beach where open and really set the atmosphere."
  • "A cool atmosphere overlooking the beach."
  • "Great little tapas beach hut style decor restaurant, right on beach."
  • "Fabulous location right on sea front."

Cons:

  • "Grim place. Cold inside."
  • "Unfortunately the meal was spoilt by loud music and a very noisy bunch of 5 young women!"
  • "Music goes on till extremely late on Sunday evening. Can't get my kids to sleep."

Service

Pros:

  • "Fantastic service and reasonable prices."
  • "Staff is super nice and great service!!!"
  • "Friendly and attentive staff. I love this little local, relaxed vibe restaurant right on the beach."
  • "Thank you for such wonderful cheery service ❤"
  • "Staff were excellent."
  • "Service is very good, attentive, happy staff."
  • "Staff were very friendly, food was fab and to top it off a beautiful day."

Cons:

  • "Staff would not give us an alternate table."
  • "When we asked for some more drinks and a dessert menu the lady seemed agitated with us and couldn’t get away quick enough."
  • "The service was absolutely dreadful. Really slow and brought my dairy intolerant friend, buttered toast after she told them not to butter it because she was dairy intolerant."
  • "Two dishes we did not receive, the table in front had had dishes put on bill they did not order, the table next to us had dishes arrive they did not order."
  • "Worst experience, unhelpful staff."
  • "Had a lot of free tables and decided not to serve us neither wanted to help with take away."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Fantastic little restaurant, the staff are lovely, it's family friendly, the tapas delicious and the setting on the beach is beautiful."
  • "The food was very nice."
  • "Was very pleased with the tapas which was tasty and filling and the complimentary Prosecco was a gorgeous boost to our day."
  • "Every tapas plate has a distinct and punchy flavour as well as going together well."
  • "Perfect spot with amazing food. You can enjoy the sea view while enjoying an amazing tapas selection."
  • "The best tapas we've ever had Better than many had in Spain."
  • "All the food is freshly cooked, hot and nicely presented."

Cons:

  • "Took the family in law for a treat. Unfortunately the food was very bad. Long list of issues with all dishes, very amateur execution from the kitchen."
  • "The chicken skewers were dry, the scallops small and inoffensive."
  • "Ranging from dull to bad. The dishes that were battered were 90% batter. Flavourless batter."
  • "Food was overpriced for what you got. Tasty but nothing amazing."
  • "Overpriced, dirty and food was awful."
  • "The crab claws were slightly ‘fishy’."
  • "Sea Bass and Chicken slightly overcooked for my taste."

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