Great spot with very nice food. Thoroughly enjoyed the coq au vin and sticky lamb dishes, and the cod goujons from the kids was very good and great value. My daughter also loved the Bumbleberry juice!
The only negative on the food front was the chips with the kids meal were so over salted it could've killed an adult hippo. I had to wipe the salt off literally each chip with a napkin before giving them to my 4 year old.
Service was a bit slow when we got there, I think it was a shift changeover, so I had to get my own menus, find someone to take my order, but it got better after that and they were very attentive.
There was a couple of issues over food, but staff was excellent & everything solved quickly
Apart from that nice place lively good atmosphere
Staff friendly
A quiet, elegant dining room, helpful staff and terrific choice of music from 1960's through to early 1980's while we were there.
A lovely meal and attentive but not intrusive service.
The only downside was access, impossible for a wheelchair.
A very pleasant experience and the best part of our day in Southend.
This place was the perfect way to experience English culture! We walked around southend and just had to come in! The scones and tea were delicious as well as the different burgers and chicken meals they had! Definitely have no complains about the service here! It was lovely and perfect! Love the staff!
Visited Southend in Sea and popped for Sunday lunch at The Royal. One of the best lunches I have ever tasted. Sat outside overlooking the sea. Service was good, quick and polite. Food arrived piping hot. Good price for 2 courses.
Great service, fun friendly staff. Coronation chicken wrap and ships were excellent. Beetroot humous needed more flavour. Scotch egg was good. Tried the Maldon wine, decent. Good prices.
We have just had a celebration of life service and wake in the ballroom of the royal hotel and I can’t praise them enough.
From the initial enquiry with them and every interaction since they have been amazing and Sidonie the organiser has been fantastic. They couldn’t do enough for us and have supported every request we made.
The venue was perfect in every way and so adaptable to any set up you want.
The bar staff were great and the food delicious and plentiful. Every one of our guests were blown away and whilst the occasion was sad and emotional, they helped us achieve the best event possible.
Thank you to Sidonie and all the other staff that made this special and unique.
Our first visit to the royal and on the off chance tickets for the comedy club were available .. didn't eat at the royal but food looked amazing 👍
Had such a funny night staff went above and beyond
Entertainment was fabulous really enjoyed ourselves
Will revisit as down stairs bar looked good 👍
I've been coming here for a while now and can not fault the place. It's classy, staff are great and service is good even with these covid restrictions. Actually the one fault I can bring up, (because nothings perfect) is the 10 crisps you get when you order a "bowl" of crisps at £1.50...other than that miniscule issue I would definitely recommend the place for drinks at least...can't comment on cooked food as I haven't eaten here.
Amazing food, amazing choice of alcohol and lovely staff perfectly situated so you can people watch with a cold crisp glass of wine or unique cocktails.
Ps Salmon Roulade was off the scale
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