The Dukes Head is a warm, elegant pub and eating house located on Laindon Common Road in the small commuter town of Billericay, ideal for the enjoyment of a few drinks and a meal.

Backed by service that is cheerful, brisk and totally in keeping with the friendly nature of a good English gastropub this charming pub has a warm and inviting bar and a spacious dining room where you?ll find plenty of regulars dropping in. A log fire in the handsome exposed brick inglenook in winter, white leather chairs accompanied by sturdy wooden tables well matched with the quarry-tiled floor and an oak beamed ceiling with subdued lighting is the sort of interior you can expect at The Dukes Head.

The atmosphere is one of joviality, and when the sun is out there are few things better than an al fresco meal; a deck area and the garden overlooking the woods set with comfortable chairs and benches, easily seating around forty diners at a time provides the setting

The kitchen?s approach to cooking is mostly modern British, comfortably interwoven with some Mediterranean influences. It ranges from traditional favourites such as fish and chips and steaks to freshly made pizzas and pastas with the chef?s daily specials displaying the finest fresh market ingredients. There?s something for everyone and for all occasions and you don?t have to go for the full works if you don?t want to; just have a snack and a lingering drink in the bar with your friends.

To set the right note of fashionable sociability there are sharing plates, Greek mezze with taramasalata, red pepper hummus, tzatziki, feta and flatbread, or Italian antipasti with cured meats, dolcelatte, roasted vegetables, parmesan, rocket, stuffed peppers, curly green chillies and warm stone baked bread.

The grills for hearty eaters are well worth a visit and choices include spit chicken, ribeye steak and peroni beer battered haddock among others. These are all served with frites, garlic butter, brandy peppercorn sauce, béarnaise, burnt tomato and onion salsa or mango and chilli.

Specialities here include beef tomato Moroccan cous cous with feta, mint and harissa, fired piccante pizza with pepperoni, chorizo, tomato, and jalapenos, alfalfa sprouts, piquillo peppers, green beans and rocket salad, and Perisian spiced lamb chops, tzatziki, tomato, and red onion salad. Or perhaps a spit chicken cacciatora sauce served with frites, and veal paillard, lemon gremolata, asparagus, savoyard potatoes, and masala jus appeal to the adventurous palates, among many other dishes on the extensive menu.

Warm brownie with vanilla ice cream, and dark chocolate sauce, summer berry Eton mess, and vanilla pod cheesecake with blackcurrant compote are some of the crowd pullers in the pudding section.

The bar stocks a wide range of cask ales, super chilled draught and bottled beers, and the wine list features everything from crisp refreshing whites, trendy pinks to fat juicy reds by the bottle or glass.

Check in on their Website for further details, changing menus that follow the seasons, and special promotions. Please note that the E-Mail Contact is for enquiries only, not for bookings.