The Crown in Basildon

Pitiful. Ordered a sharing starter of Camembert with 4 pitiful crusts of bread. 3/4 of the cheese went dry because we had nothing to eat it with. Ordered a medium to well done fillet steak that looked like it could be wandering a field again if it had the kiss of life. Dry and shrivelled salad, none of the menu stated sides arrived with any of the mains. Won’t be eating here again. Had tastier meals at Wetherspoons for an eighth of the price. Poor!!!!!

Birthday treat for me and some close friends. As ever the steaks are great and the dripping gravy is second to none.If you love steak this should be on your list.

Excellent meal, waitresses Julie was brilliant. Can't fault a single thing. Thank you

A great location for a romantic night out with my other half. Great service, friendly and informative, the food was fantastic and cooked perfectly.

I struggle here, it's at both ends of the scale, some things are great and some not.TL;DR I wanted to love this place and if I'd had just the meat with no sides, I would have given it 5 stars. I paid £170 for 2 people. The main attraction was on point. Starter, sides, sauce and extras had no love - stale, cold "decorations" that had potential to be amazing.Full review:Service staff were great, thoughtful, understanding and attentive. Perfect level of table service.The steak was excellent. It was a good cut and the meat was cooked to my liking! This main attraction was on point for me.The blue cheese side salad was great, fresh lettuce, nice dressing flavour. So simple and perfect as a plate addition.Critical review detail:Scallops starter; fishy, dry and overcooked.The deep fried string onion bedding tasted old, cold and oddly chewy.The lamb rack was a very small main, we treated it as a side. The meat was cooked well and quite tasty, just the plated side garnish was stale again. The vege bedding looked a bit rough and old, I didn't taste it though.The triple fried chips were soft and not triple fried. They were okay to eat and were close to what you would expect from a 'fish and chip' type of shop but not crispy, as I personally was expecting from the "triple fried" description.The hollandaise sauce tasted old, as if it had days sitting around and potentially just microwave reheated, or it had been reheated repeatedly over days. There was a thick surface skin and it was lukewarm.Tableware had dishwasher marks, the glasses looked dirty with crusty fluoride/limescale marks.Cost: £170 for 2 people.1 starter, 3 mains, fries upgrade and side salads. No desert, no wine. 1 gin and tonic and 2 pepsi drinks.Our choices were expensive ones, plenty of menu items are available with a lesser price tag. We arrived around 5.30pm only a few people on arrival but the full house by the time we left ~6.30pm.Did I complain?I don't think I did, I didn't ask for discount or compensation. I did want to give an opportunity to try the onion and chips fresh, so I did politely ask for a replacement of each. No qualms from the service. The replacements were not much better. I was given a refund for the chip upgrade without asking, I appreciated the gesture(£1).All moans with no solution?The kitchen could have been short staffed, worth checking chef loads during rush. The pre-prepped food is maybe done far too early and kept too long? Some sauces and sides need a review on their freshness. The chips need full resting periods between oil visits, allow the oil drip off, oil temp checked for crispy results. If they are not meant to be crispy, please reassess the value of triple fried? Add dishwasher salt to prevent limescale buildup and water markings on everything.

Best steakhouse chain hands down. Amazing service and food was top quality.

Always good steaks and burgers. Excellent service. For the sort of restaurant this is aiming to be they deliver on flavour, atmosphere and service and the prices are pretty reasonable and good value too.

Pretty nice dinner in lovely surroundings, 3 of us had 2 cocktails each, mojito and expresso martinis for me both excellent especially the mojito. We all had sirloin or ribeye with iceberg lettuce and fries, all nice but not awesome (steaks probably overcooked and fries definitely overcooked, very tasty regardless).Lovely looking restaurant (previously was here 25 years ago when it was The Crown pub) big car park. Was pretty busy when we visited on a Tuesday night.Annoying bell kept getting rung which for whatever reason got on my nerves

Lovely new waitress - Megan. She's only completed a few shifts and did very well, was very polite and apologetic if she couldn't find or know something. She'll be a cracker in a few more shifts. She has the right personality to help the guests to have a good night.The food was delicious. Most of us had various steaks. The cocktails not too bad at all.A little pricey so not your everyday restaurant. Definitely for a special occasion.**Beware ladies with your high heels and the stone tiled floor. It's an ice rink and quite dangerous to walk on!!!They need a serious degrease!

Great 🥩. Nice service even tho the waiters were shouting behind us and dropping glasses and plates behind us making it hard to hear ourselves. Nice decor and ambiance. Will definitely be back. Hope y’all enjoy.