The Friary - Southend-on-Sea

There's nothing better than enjoying fish and chips on a sunny bank holiday Monday at The Friary on the promenade wall. In my opinion, this is a true fish and chip shop. We both had freshly cooked cod with fab chips, and I also enjoyed the mushy peas. I would definitely return and recommend this place to others.

We enjoyed freshly cooked skinless cod with a deliciously light batter at a beachside restaurant. The food was served in neat boxes by very friendly family staff and we were served quickly. We will definitely be coming back soon.

This restaurant is overpriced and serves terrible food. I would not recommend going there again. The food was cold and did not taste good. I ended up having to spend more money and time to find better food elsewhere.

Waited way too long for some dry chips and sausage in batter, honestly wish I could have rewound time and starved to death instead. Very disappointing for something along a sea front

Out with friends and thought I’d get something to eat, to be greeted with the worst rude and ignorant service I have ever come across, extremely overpriced food overcooked to the point it was inedible, it went straight in the bin, biggest waste of money. so bad to the point I would go out of my way to deter others from making the same mistake. AVOID AT ALL COSTS, take a walk further along the seafront towards the kursall/sea life centre and choose any other fish and chip restaurant, you will see multiple.