Alec's Restaurant Review

Lovely food. Lovely atmosphere. Young lady singing and great voice. Fab staff.
Been here a few times and will go again x

Great place to wind down after earning a Monkey on BF every day...Superb selection of bananas for all the family...Friendly staff who park up the Bentley for me on arrival...See you when I get back from the villa...Love Zodie

Exceptional restaurant with fish and meat dishes. Delicious desserts and prompt, polite service. The sunset from the conservatory over the fields can just add to the ambiance. Well worth a visit and you pay for what you get.

Not allowing children to dine with their family for a special occassion just not cool. 9 an 12 year old are not babies..

Absolutely delicious. Great atmosphere for a Friday lunch. Excellent special lunch menu.
Excellent service.

Absolutely fantastic food staff and venue cannot wait to go again

Lovely ambience, attentive staff and great food. It is expensive so ideal for a special occasion. No young children allowed so be aware. We live to sit and talk after a meal and so were there for over 4 hours, and were not rushed out at all. All in all a very pleasant experience, and would highly recommend.

Great place for a catch up with my girlie's. Food good and staff welcoming and friendly.

Delicious food, great service, nice ambience. Expensive, but worth it

I love the location, the food and the service, wish there were more of these kind of restaurants around. The manager is very professional, knows what he's doing, keep up the good work

It is an amazing experience, very beautiful restaurant in a lovely setting. A little out of the main city centre but still easily accessible.

Great service, good food, (not quite great), buzzy ambience without being loud

just returned from alecs after 8 of us celebrated my mothers 80th birthday, food was superb staff extremely attentive excellent value for money .Was my first visit but will be returning thanks staff

Fabulous food, attentive service and a very pleasant ambiance.

Food beautiful but disappointed with etiquette of service...

Ladies should be served first
Napkins placed on laps
Take away dirty plates before serving next course
Replenish drinks and offer more water etc.

That said i will be back but not in big group again.

Really enjoyed my meal there .service was excellent

Had very poor experience yesterday, my birthday treat!
they overlooked our lobsters and my partner swears his steak was cooked and then ruined in the microwave as he asked for medium/well! The vegetables were not much better, flavour seeming to be in short supply!
Food gave us indigestion and wasn t cheap! Also strange policy of parking you chilled wine out of sight, so you can t see what you have left or pour yourself another if you cannot attract the waiters attention! Most annoying of all was when my partner did complain to the waiter, nothing was done! Not wanting a scene on my birthday we paid the hefty bill and bid a hasty retreat! We won t be going back !

The best food I've ever eaten.

The best service I've had in a restaurant.

Lovely location and immaculately decorated.

I've found my new favorite restaurant.

Love food, excellent service, a totally wonderful evening.

Very upscale place with brilliant staff and delicious food.

It might be perceived as being "ever so Essex", as it can seem a bit flashy, but the setting is stunning, the restaurant is roomy, and the menu interesting - very much to my taste. View from the front: village cricket pitch. View from the rear: country fields and Canary Wharf in the distance. I would strongly recommend a visit to this restaurant.

Good food but poor atmosphere with too many waiting staff without much to do. Plus the Maitre'D treated them very poorly...not a nice atmosphere to eat in! Shame as food was lovely.

Great sea food and good portion sizes, especially for the price. Nice ambience. People dress up to eat here so go smart. Wine list was good with a range to suit all budgets. Wash you car before you go. It's like a Range Rover showroom. :-)

Very good fish restaurant. Sunday roast also available.

Very Pricey but extremely good service,delecious food,stunning Decore

Fantastic service.

I decided to be brave and order shell fish thermidor. I have had muscles before and hated them, but hoped that other shell fish and muscles cooked well would be another story.

Unfortunately - I now know that I just really don't like shell fish. The sauce was lovely and everything was clearly cooked beautifully, but I just don't like shell fish.

The staff were amazing and even though I explained that it was not the dish at fault, they took the dish off the bill because I hadn't eaten very much of it. We certainly didn't expect the restaurant to do this as the fault was with me, not the way the dish was prepared.

My husbands steak and my creme brulee were both superb.

If, unlike me - you like shell fish (or any of the many other fish dishes available) I am sure that you will have an extremely enjoyable meal.

This spot never disappoints. They have excellent dishes for reasonable pricing, there are no long waits even when the place is loaded.

Most enjoyable evening celebrating our 7 year anniversary.

Always love it here, food was amazing once again. Birthday meal for my wife and didn't disappoint.

Great location, lovely food. If I had to raise any slight criticism it would be that the service was so attentive as to be OTT at times, with staff pouncing to top your glass up as soon as you have had a mouthful of water. But perhaps that is just me, a d liking more relaxed atmosphere.

Execellent food its mainly a fish restaurant but both fish & meat were great . The customer service and attention to detail is really refreshing and very professional a very nice relaxing ambiance
Will definitely come back .

The atmosphere is stylish, elegant and beautiful. It has a lovely ambience about it. The food is nice and the staff is really friendly. Would definitely recommend visiting. It's probably one of my favourite restaurants.

Fantastic restaurant special occasions made more special here

Excellent food service can't complain definitely be back a1
Atmosphere was lovely people talking soft music in background and no children

Lovely food, beautiful views, attentive service. Went with 3 friends.The staff paid special attention to my gluten free. Special printed menu, brought me gf bread without me asking, arranged for veg to be gf for all of us on the table. Staff very knowledgeable about all the food. Restaurant looked out on to open fields, lovely conservatory. Only one small criticism: the raspberry pavlova was too massive. Looked impressive but we couldn't get through it, too much cream- shame to waste food. But all the food was delicious.

Excellent restaurant, very nice ambience with good choice of food and drinks.

Absolutely excellent food. We enjoyed all 3 courses.

Our first meal out since Christmas!! Food was excellent. There were 4 of us. We all chose from the set menu. I had Piri Piri Jumbo prawns, then Miso Cod with an additional side salad. The food was scrummy. Staff adhered to social distancing. Will go again once we have saved up for it.

I Went for my 40 birthday with my husband and son and the food was very good but extremely expensive. But what really annoys me is when your paying good money and they rush your food out so quickly that your in and out. Also they kept More

Amazing food, great atmosphere. Friendly staff and not to mention there amazing food

I ve been to Alec s Several times and have always admired the quality service and food. However, after my recent visit yesterday I was very disappointed with our food which was brought over cold and the lack of attention from the waiting staff. I had to send the side orders back which was then brought back to me with a cold steak! Very disappointing.

Fantastic service from the Sommelier helping me choose a champagne for my 50th birthday dinner and lovely grub.

Great Food as always but far too busy on Sundays. 3/1/16
Waited 45 mins. got drink order wrong, was expensive than normal, more european staff than normal, as we were leaving we found staff on the front steps talking and smoking, a disappointment for such a classy establishment,
Wonderful food!

Food was amazing. Service was to a great standard and I will be visiting again

Lovely food, beautiful views and attentive but not overwhelming service. Portion sizes are also pleasingly bold for high end food. Needs to be booked some way in advance which is a shame but testament to it's understandable popularity.

Visited here last night, cannot believe we haven't been here before. We went with friends who recommended it and we are glad they did. The atmosphere was great, the staff were friendly, attentive but discreet. I had the king prawn pil pil followed by Dover sole both were excellent. Cannot wait to come again.

Loved the ambience, the service and of course the food.

The turbot was over cooked! The skin was soggy. The starters were all ok. I was very disappointed to be honest. A fish resturant that over cooks it's fish and serves soggy skin. We won't be going back. It's NOT cheap so we expected much much more. The staff were very attentive and nice, although our waitress did not smile much. Very clean. Beautiful views. Ask Rick Stein to show the chef how to cook turbot.

What a beautiful restaurant service was great food was exactly how I wanted it and my dessert was the best I ever had I will be going back deffo

Haven't been here for couple of years used to think it was fab, not anyone had to keep asking for glasses to refilled couldn't do it ourselves as they take bottle away, the starter was nice but the main was awful for what we had very over priced and although the young lad who served us was very nice he was clueless won't be going back

This is a lovely restaurant in a fantastic setting. The food was absolutely delicious, the soft shell crab in tempura batter and the plum tarte tatin were a triumph. The staff gave just the right amount of attention and were not overbearing. The prices are quite reasonable too. All in all my family and I had an enjoyable evening and we will definitely be visiting again in the future.

Excellent food,staff and atmosphere - no need to say anymore!

Food, service, ambience all excellent....a place to dress up and dine in style and comfort. Preparation and taste of food is to a high standard.

Have been twice now and couldn't fault it. Had a free glass of prosecco and canope when I took my daughter for her 19th birthday. Beautiful lush decor. I feel the price reflected the quality of the food. Every dish was beautifully prepared and executed. Book in advance, but worth the wait.

A very good lunchtime menu reasonably priced for the standard of food.Could have chose several dishes. Seems to get busy, I went on a Thursday lunch time and it was full.

Excellent food,staff, service and atmosphere - This should serve as a template for ALL restaurants & has the edge over Smiths imo. Simply cannot understand the poor reviews here as we've been many times & the standard is top notch.

Food fantastic setting beautiful but the staff just Amazing. Polite, helpful and so kind. Shout out to the staff. Highly recommend.

Sticky Beef, Steak and Creme Brulee were all amazing

Faultless, superb food, service and occasion.
Celebrating 34 years of very happy marriage.

Great atmosphere in lovely contemporary surroundings with lovely views. Food and service excellent. Good choices, beautifully cooked.

My favourite restaurant. Always amazing food and superb service.

Can't fairly rate the food or decor or the majority of the staff. Our table was booked from 1230 until 1430 and we had to vacate the table by then. We turned up to the restaurant at 1210 and we could see they were still preparing for service. We asked if we could have a drink the bar tender said yes but a really off hand man told us we couldn't, he was extremely rude and said he needed at 'good half hour' to get ready. We decided to take our money elsewhere and when my wife went back to cancel the booking he continued to bully her until my son took her out. Went to Smith's of Ongar instead and had a great meal. I pity the Alec's staff, if that's how this guy talks to customers how must he talk to them?

Food was excellent. Staff were friendly and attentive. We had a lively evening there and will be back.

Beautiful food and nice chilled atmosphere. Will definitely be visiting again

Van delivery driver to here .seems busy .with good chefs and food