Strada restaurant review, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex

Pollo alla Milanese at Strada Lakeside Essex

This has to be one of the best chain restaurants in my eyes, yet it doesn’t seem like a chain when dining there due to its relaxed atmosphere, lovely furnishing and interior and the staff who, although very professional, do not seem to follow a chain restaurant style [...]

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Immo Italian Restaurant review, Chelmsford, Essex

pizza and salad at Immo

From the outside, you would think that this place is quite small, but once you enter, the restaurant goes back a long way, and gives way to plenty of room and many tables. For a weeknight, it was busy, and everything looked good. We managed to get one of the [...]

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Ask restaurant review, Southend on Sea, Essex

Ask are a large chain of restaurants, present in most Towns, serving a range of pizzas and pasta. They are good, but there is so much choice in Southend-on-Sea, I tend to go more to other Italian restaurants. Keeping up with modern life, they have added salads, burgers and other mains to their menu, so [...]

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Il Gattopardo Italian restaurant, Westcliff on sea, Essex

Gattopardo restaurant, westcliff essex

I had been meaning to go to this restaurant for years and even featured it in one of my short stories, but still didn’t go until recently. I have no idea why, but we finally have and we were delighted. The interior is beautiful, with high ceilings, large colourful oil paintings, [...]

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Flying pasta Italian restaurant review, Westcliff on Sea, Essex

We had been here a long time before and went back as we had a show to go to at the Cliffs Pavilion theatre, but I wish we hadn’t. We were in a rush, and I have to say, they did serve us quickly, although they only gave us a table as we were going [...]

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Frankie and Bennys, Southend on Sea, Essex

 

frankie and bennys pizza lasagne and meatball spaghetti september 2008

 I like Frankie and Bennys and have been to Basildon and Southend on Sea, and I must say, this southend on sea branch is much better. 
 
This was a weekday evening.  I had the mussels starter and it was rich with perfectly cooked mussels.  I [...]

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Bella Italia Italian restaurant review, Southend on Sea, Essex

We have visited this restaurant a few times and have had some nice meals. The interior is comfortable and cosy, set out in a rustic Italian style, as are all the restaurants in this chain.

On this particular occasion, we had Calamari to start. They were a little overcooked, but tasty and a good sized portion, [...]

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