Lovely place with great history! Waitress was very attentive and welcoming. Food was good and decent portions. Regret not trying their famous ice creams!
Really enjoyed the food and service and atmosphere. It was a quiet time of the day and chose the fish and chips. It was very good. Loved the touch of the seasoning on the lemon wedge. When sprinkled the parsley also drips on the fish. The fish was lightly battered. I had a jacket potato and I love that I had that option. It was fantastic! The chips were good too. Also had the ice cream. It was the chocolate one with nuts. Also lovely and well presented. Will be going back for sure.
We had our lunch, two Piccata Sicilians and one Grilled Gammon. It was delicious. Staff was helpful and warm welcoming. We had no waiting time. Had a nice table for three. Well decorated, clean and comfortable. Meal was quick and hot. Food was good for value.
Nice place to dine in at Southend-on-sea. We were looking for a good restaurant all over the city, I think we got this the right choice. Enjoyed the meal. Highly recommended.
Beautiful setting, friendly staff, incredibly tasty food!
Had dinner with the family. There’s something on the menu for all ages, all palates.
• The potatoes in the below photo are the tastiest potatoes I’ve ever tasted, so soft, so buttery, yet they don’t fall apart! They melt off your tongue
• Their take on the Caesar salad is creatively delicious, generous, and healthy
• The perfectly cooked steak can’t be faulted and while I avoid desserts anywhere I dine, I did shamelessly devour their “mystical macaroon” and that will be the first and last time I have any dessert. It was really good, too good for my taste but I understood why people eat them. I’m hoping walking a few extra miles will help me feel better about breaking my no dessert rule, but glad I tried it. Thanks for the wonderful service!
5 stars for the ice creams, 3 stars for the rest of the food (nothing wrong, but generic and nothing special). Extensive ice cream menu in parfait style. This place is one of my favourites for desserts. Especially recommend black magick (the one with Italian cherries) and the one with candied ginger. They serve peroni too. The venue is clean and pleasant, good service.
How can I start off.......well when I lived in the area I would take my two little girls to Tomassi's not so much for a treat but because I wanted to go there. It was always a cut above the rest, a safe friendly place I distinctly remember Mr & Mrs Tomassi dining upstairs and the two girls hassling them. Now my youngest is 24 and has a 4 month I just felt it right to take my little girls back and it was like slipping into your bestest, comforting jumper. Absolutely fantastically magical what a brilliant time with great staff and out of this world food also great value. Thank you for surviving & 100yrs strong, this will now be our once a month experience. Update to the latter Tomassi's is an absolute Gem, so many years & visits I cannot fault it. The service is and always was impeccable, I seriously love the atmosphere & the food/menu added a few more photos of how relaxed my granddaughter was.
Lovely food, very friendly staff! I used to come to Tomassi's with my grandparents when I was a small boy over 50 years ago! I hadn't been since i was about 13 as I used to visit them from Brighton with my parents. It's been a long time but it's still brilliant at Tomassi's. It opened in1932 the same year my mum (who was from Southend originally) was born. Would highly recommend, can't wait to go back. You have to try a Sundae, go for the famous Knickerbocker Glory!
Popped in on a summers day for ice cream sundaes with my wife and daughter. Server was great, made a ice cream clown for my little one, who loved it.
Sundaes we had were awesome.
So, good food and great service, highly recommend.
Had a family lunch (10 adults and 1 toddler) celebrating a family members 40th birthday. We couldn't fault the service, food and friendliness of the staff. A big thank you to all.
Was very very impressed and with all the staff my cousins took me there today lovely meal from 3 of us. Back. Soon
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