Essex Restaurant Guide

Frankie & Benny's New York Italian Restaurant & Bar - Southend-On-Sea

Frankie and Benny's combine the best of classic American and Italian in both style and cuisine. They specialise in home style cooking 'just like Mamma used to make it'. This is a great place to take the entire family and represents excellent value for money.

• Address: 18/20 Southchurch Road, Southend-On-Sea, SS1 2NE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American, Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £18.00

Frankie & Benny's New York Italian Restaurant & Bar - West Thurrock

Frankie and Benny's combine the best of classic American and Italian in both style and cuisine. They specialise in home style cooking 'just like Mamma used to make it'. This is a great place to take the entire family and represents excellent value for money.

• Address: Lakeside Leisure Park, West Thurrock Way, West Thurrock, RM20 3WH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American, Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £18.00

Garden Room at Wivenhoe House

Nobody would have ever imagined that the manor house originally built for a military family of French Huguenot descent would one day become the lovely Wivenhoe House. They are well known for playing host to beautiful weddings in the most romantic of settings and also offer forty-six tastefully furnished bedrooms.

• Address: Wivenhoe House Hotel, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £25.00

George Inn, The

This beautiful 14th century country inn offers a charming timber framed building with a wealth of character and charm, set in rural countryside alongside the B1053 and within easy reach of Great Dunmow, Braintree and Stansted Airport.

• Address: The Street, Shalford, Braintree, CM7 5HH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £23.00

Giraffe - Lakeside

When you enter a chain restaurant there is always a sense of déjà vu, yet with the twelve outlets of Giraffe, this may not really be true. Russel and Juliette Joffe and Andrew Jacobs' philosophy behind this group of restaurants is sustaining the driving force of healthy, happy eating, while retaining the difference each location brings.

• Address: The Boardwalk, Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Thurrock, nr Grays, RM20 2ZN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £20.00

Giraffe - Stansted Airport

When you enter a chain restaurant there is always a sense of déjà vu, yet with the twelve outlets of Giraffe, this may not really be true. Russel and Juliette Joffe and Andrew Jacobs' philosophy behind this group of restaurants is sustaining the driving force of healthy, happy eating, while retaining the difference each location brings.

• Address: Satellite 3, T Building Airside, Bassingbourn Road, Stansted Airport, nr Great Dunmow, CM24 1QW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £20.00

Glasshouse, The

• Address: 43 Alexandra Street, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1BW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £30.00

Gourmet Burger Kitchen - Lakeside

Gourmet Burger Kitchen was the brainchild of three New Zealanders, who craved after the way that food tasted back home. The chain was instrumental in changing the perception of many people who saw the traditional burger purely as a fast food option; instead they are now seen as more sophisticated products, made using fresh, good quality ingredients.

• Address: Unit 7 Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Thurrock, nr Grays, RM20 2ZH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Hamburgers
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £17.00

Green Man Restaurant

A modern, bright and cheerful restaurant, decorated in warm terracotta and blue with sunshine yellow and furnished with polished wooden tables and comfortable seating. Menus provide value for money and consistency of quality, combined by friendly service.

• Address: Corus Hotel Harlow  , Mulberry Green, Harlow, CM17 0ET (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Green Man, The

• Address: The Street, Gosfield, nr Braintree, CO9 1TP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £28.00